1 A nd when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

وَرَأى الشَّعبُ أنَّ مُوسَى قَدْ تَأخَّرَ فِي النُّزُولِ مِنَ الجَبَلِ، فاجتَمَعُوا حَولَ هارُونَ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «قُمْ وَاصنَعْ لَنا آلِهَةً لِتَقُودَنا فِي الطَّرِيقِ. فَنَحْنُ لا نَدرِي ما الَّذِي حَلَّ بهَذا الرَّجُلِ مُوسَى الَّذِي أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.»

2 A nd Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

فَقالَ هارُونُ لَهُمْ: «انزِعُوا أقراطَ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي فِي آذانِ زَوجاتِكُمْ وَأولادِكُمْ وَأحضِرُوها لَي.»

3 A nd all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

فَنَزَعَ الشَّعبُ أقراطَ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي كانَتْ فِي آذانِهِمْ وَأحضَرُوها إلَى هارُونَ.

4 A nd he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

فَأخَذَ هارُونُ الذَّهَبَ مِنهُمْ، وَصَهَرَهُ وَشَكَّلَهُ بِالإزمِيلِ، وَصَنَعَ مِنهُ عِجلاً مَسبُوكاً. فَقالُوا: «هَذِهِ هِيَ آلِهَتُكَ الَّتِي أخرَجَتْكَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ يا إسْرائِيلُ.»

5 A nd when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.

وَحِينَ رَأى هارُونُ هَذا، بَنَى مَذبَحاً أمامَهُ. وَأعلَنَ هارُونُ: «سَنَعمَلُ عِيداً للهِ غَداً.»

6 A nd they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

فَنَهَضَ الشَّعبُ باكِراً فِي صَباحِ اليَومِ التّالِي وَقَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً وَذَبائِحَ سَلامٍ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ جَلَسَ الشَّعبُ لِيأكُلُوا وَيَشْرَبُوا، وَنَهَضُوا لِيُرَفِّهُوا عَنْ أنفُسِهِمْ.

7 A nd the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «انزِلْ فِي الحالِ! فَها شَعبُكَ الَّذِي أخرَجتَهُ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ قَدْ فَسَدَ.

8 T hey have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

حادُوا سَريعاً عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي أمَرتُهُمْ بِهِ، إذْ صَنَعُوا عِجلاً مَسبُوكاً لِأنفُسِهِمْ وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ ذَبائِحَ، وَقالُوا: ‹هَذِهِ هِيَ آلِهَتُكَ الَّتِي أخرَجَتْكَ مِنْ مِصرَ يا إسْرائِيلُ.›»

9 A nd the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قَدْ رَأيتُ هَذا الشَّعبَ! إنَّهُمْ شَعبٌ عَنِيدٌ.

10 N ow therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

وَالآنَ، دَعْنِي فَيَشتَعِلَ غَضَبِي عَلَيهِمْ وَيَلتَهِمَهُمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَأجْعَلُ مِنكَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً.»

11 A nd Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

لَكِنَّ مُوسَى تَوَسَّلَ إلَى إلَهِهِ وَقالَ: «لِماذا يا اللهُ يَشتَعِلُ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى شَعبِكَ الَّذِي أخرَجتَهُ مِنْ مِصرَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ؟

12 W herefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

لِماذا تُعطِي المِصرِيِّينَ فُرصَةً لِيَقُولُوا: ‹أخرَجَهُمُ إلَهُهُمْ وَهُوَ يُضْمِرُ لَهُمُ الشَّرَّ، لِيَقتُلَهُمْ في الجِبالِ، وَلِيُبِيدَهُمْ مِنْ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ›؟ ارجِعْ عَنْ غَضَبِكَ الشَّدِيدِ. وَلا تَعمَلْ ما فَكَّرْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ عَلَى شَعبِكَ.

13 R emember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

تَذَكَّرْ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَإسْرائِيلَ، خُدّامَكَ الَّذِينَ أقسَمتَ لَهُمْ بِنَفسِكَ وَوَعَدتَهُمْ: ‹سَأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَكَ لِيَصِيرَ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ، وَسَأُعطِي هَذِهِ الأرْضَ، الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها، لِنَسلِكُمْ لِيَمتَلِكُوها إلَى الأبَدِ.›»

14 A nd the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

فَرَجِعَ اللهُ عَمّا كانَ يُفَكِّرُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قالَ إنَّهُ سَيَعمَلُهُ بِشَعبِهِ.

15 A nd Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

ثُمَّ نَزَلَ مُوسَى مِنَ الجَبَلِ وَلَوحا الشَّهادَةِ فِي يَدِهِ. كانَتِ الوَصايا مَنْقُوشَةً عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ مِنَ الأمامِ وَمِنَ الخَلفِ.

16 A nd the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

اللهُ هُوَ مَنْ صَنَعَ اللَّوحَينِ، وَاللهُ هُوَ مَنْ نَقَشَ الكِتابَةَ عَلَيهِما.

17 A nd when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

وَحِينَ سَمِعَ يَشُوعُ ضَجيجَ الشَّعبِ، قالَ لِمُوسَى: «هُناكَ صَوتُ حَربٍ فِي المُخَيَّمِ.»

18 A nd he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

فَأجابَهُ مُوسَى: «لَيسَ هَذَا بِهُتافِ انتِصارٍ وَلا صُراخِ هَزِيمَةٍ. إنَّهُ صَوتُ غِناءٍ.»

19 A nd it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

وَحِينَ اقتَرَبَ مُوسَى مِنَ المُخَيَّمِ، رَأى العِجلَ الذَّهَبِيَّ وَالرَّقصَ. فَغَضِبَ جِدّاً، وَطَرَحَ اللَّوحَينِ مِنْ يَدَيهِ فَتَحَطَّما عِندَ أسفَلِ الجَبَلِ.

20 A nd he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

ثُمَّ أخَذَ العِجلَ الَّذِي صَنَعُوهُ، وَأحرَقَهُ بِالنّارِ وَسَحَقَهُ سَحقاً، وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى الماءِ، وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يَشرَبُونَ مِنَ الماءِ.

21 A nd Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

وَقالَ مُوسَى لِهارُونَ: «ماذا عَمِلَ هَذا الشَّعبُ ضِدَّكَ حَتَّى تَجلِبَ عَلَيهِمْ هَذِهِ الخَطِيَّةَ العَظِيمَةَ؟»

22 A nd Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

فَقالَ هارُونُ: «لا تَغضَبْ يا سَيِّدِي! أنتَ تَعرِفُ أنَّ الشَّعبَ مَيّالٌ لِلشَّرِّ،

23 F or they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

وَقَدْ قالُوا لِيَ: ‹قُمْ وَاصنَعْ لَنا آلِهَةً لِتَقُودَنا فِي الطَّرِيقِ. فَنَحْنُ لا نَدرِي ما الَّذِي حَلَّ بهَذا الرَّجُلِ مُوسَى الَّذِي أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.›

24 A nd I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ مَنْ يَملُكُ ذَهَباً فَلْيَنْزِعْهُ وَلْيُعطِهِ لِي. ثُمَّ ألقَيتُ الذَّهَبَ فِي النّارِ، فَخَرَجَ هَذا العِجلُ!»

25 A nd when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

فَرَأى مُوسَى أنَّ الشَّعبَ قَدْ خَرَجَ عَنِ السَّيطَرَةِ، لِأنَّ هارُونَ سَمَحَ بِذَلِكَ، حَتَّى إنْ أعْداءَهُمُ اسْتَهْزأوا بَسُلُوكِهِمُ المُخْزِي.

26 T hen Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord 's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

فَوَقَفَ فِي مَدخَلِ المُخَيَّمِ وَقالَ: «مَنْ يَتبَعُ اللهَ فَلْيَأْتِ إلَيَّ.» فَأتَى الَّلاوِيُّونَ إلَيهِ.

27 A nd he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: فَلْيَضَعْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ سَيفَهُ عَلَى فَخذِهِ، وَيَمشِي فِي المُخَيَّمِ مِنْ بابٍ إلَى آخَرَ. وَلْيَقتُلْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ أخاهُ وَصَدِيقَهُ وَجارَهُ.»

28 A nd the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

فَعَمِلَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ بِحَسَبِ قَولِ مُوسَى. وَماتَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ نَحْوُ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ مِنْ الشَّعبِ.

29 F or Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

وَقالَ مُوسَى: «قَدْ كَرَّسْتُمْ أنفُسَكُمُ اليَومَ لِخِدْمَةِ اللهِ ، حَتَّى بِأبنائِكُمْ وَإخوَتِكُمْ. فَسَيُبارِكَكُمُ اللهُ اليَومَ.»

30 A nd it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، قالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعبِ: «لَقَدْ أخطَأْتُمْ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً. وَالآنَ، سَأصعَدُ إلَى اللهِ ، لَعَلَّهُ يَستَجِيبُ لِي فَيُكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ.»

31 A nd Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

فَعادَ مُوسَى إلَى اللهِ وَقالَ: «يا اللهُ ، قَدْ أخطَأ هَذا الشَّعبُ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً بِصُنعِهِمْ آلِهَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ لِأنفُسِهِمْ.

32 Y et now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

وَالآنَ، اغفِرْ خَطِيَّتَهُمْ، أوِ امحُنِي مِنْ كِتابِكَ الَّذِي كَتَبتَهُ.»

33 A nd the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «مَنْ يُخطِئُ إلَيَّ، أمحُو اسْمَهُ مِنْ كِتابِي.

34 T herefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

وَالآنَ، اذْهَبْ وَقُدِ الشَّعبَ إلَى حَيثُ قُلْتُ لَكَ. سَيَسِيرُ مَلاكِي أمامَكَ، لَكِنِّي سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِهِمْ فِي الوَقتِ المُناسِبِ.»

35 A nd the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ اللهُ الشَّعبَ بِوَباءٍ لِأنَّهُمْ هُمْ بِالحَقيقَةِ الَّذينَ صَنَعُوا العِجلَ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ هارُونُ.