出埃及記 32
1 百姓見摩西遲延不下山，就大家聚集到亞倫那裏，對他說：「起來！為我們做神像，可以在我們前面引路；因為領我們出埃及地的那個摩西，我們不知道他遭了甚麼事。」
When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us an idol that will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.”
2 亞倫對他們說：「你們去摘下你們妻子、兒女耳上的金環，拿來給我。」
So Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings that are on your wives' ears, and the ears of your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 百姓就都摘下他們耳上的金環，拿來給亞倫。
All the people took off the golden rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.
4 亞倫從他們手裏接過來，鑄了一隻牛犢，用雕刻的器具做成。他們就說：「以色列啊，這是領你出埃及地的神。」
He received the gold from them, fashioned it in a mold, and made it into a molded calf. Then the people said, “Israel, this is your god who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
5 亞倫看見，就在牛犢面前築壇，且宣告說：「明日要向耶和華守節。」
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and made a proclamation; he said, “Tomorrow will be a festival in Yahweh's honor.”
6 次日清早，百姓起來獻燔祭和平安祭，就坐下吃喝，起來玩耍。
The people arose early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought fellowship offerings. Then they sat down to eat and to drink, and then got up to carouse in wild celebration.
7 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「下去吧，因為你的百姓，就是你從埃及地領出來的，已經敗壞了。
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go quickly, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
8 他們快快偏離了我所吩咐的道，為自己鑄了一隻牛犢，向它下拜獻祭，說：『以色列啊，這就是領你出埃及地的神。』」
They have quickly left the way that I commanded them. They have molded for themselves a calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it. They have said, 'Israel, this is your god who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'”
9 耶和華對摩西說：「我看這百姓真是硬着頸項的百姓。
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen this people. Look, they are a stiff-necked people.
10 你且由着我，我要向他們發烈怒，將他們滅絕，使你的後裔成為大國。」
Now then, do not try to stop me. My anger will burn hot against them, so I will destroy them. Then I will make a great nation from you.”
11 摩西便懇求耶和華－他的上帝說：「耶和華啊，你為甚麼向你的百姓發烈怒呢？這百姓是你用大力和大能的手從埃及地領出來的。
But Moses tried to calm down Yahweh his God. He said, “Yahweh, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
12 為甚麼使埃及人議論說『他領他們出去，是要降禍與他們，把他們殺在山中，將他們從地上除滅』？求你轉意，不發你的烈怒，後悔，不降禍與你的百姓。
Why should the Egyptians say, 'He led them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth?' Turn from your burning anger and relent from this punishment on your people.
13 求你記念你的僕人亞伯拉罕、以撒、以色列。你曾指着自己起誓說：『我必使你們的後裔像天上的星那樣多，並且我所應許的這全地，必給你們的後裔，他們要永遠承受為業。』」
Call to mind Abraham and Isaac and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self and said to them, 'I will make your descendants as many as the stars in the heavens, and I will give to your descendants all this land of which I have spoken. They will inherit it forever.'”
14 於是耶和華後悔，不把所說的禍降與他的百姓。
Then Yahweh relented from the punishment that he had said he would inflict on his people.
15 摩西轉身下山，手裏拿着兩塊法版。這版是兩面寫的，這面那面都有字，
Then Moses turned around and went down the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the covenant decrees in his hand. The tablets were written on both their sides, on both the front and the back.
16 是上帝的工作，字是上帝寫的，刻在版上。
The tablets were God's own work, and the writing was God's own writing, engraved on the tablets.
17 約書亞一聽見百姓呼喊的聲音，就對摩西說：「在營裏有爭戰的聲音。」
When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of combat in the camp.”
18 摩西說：「這不是人打勝仗的聲音，也不是人打敗仗的聲音；我所聽見的乃是人歌唱的聲音。」
But Moses said, “It is not the sound of a victor, and not the sound of defeated people, but the sound of singing that I hear.”
19 摩西挨近營前就看見牛犢，又看見人跳舞，便發烈怒，把兩塊版扔在山下摔碎了，
When Moses approached the camp, he saw the calf and the people dancing. He became very angry. He threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the bottom of the mountain.
20 又將他們所鑄的牛犢用火焚燒，磨得粉碎，撒在水面上，叫以色列人喝。
He took the calf that the people had made, burned it, ground it to powder, and poured it into the water. Then he made the people of Israel drink it.
21 摩西對亞倫說：「這百姓向你做了甚麼？你竟使他們陷在大罪裏！」
Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin on them?”
22 亞倫說：「求我主不要發烈怒。這百姓專於作惡，是你知道的。
Aaron said, “Do not let your anger burn hot, my master. You know these people, how they are set on doing evil.
23 他們對我說：『你為我們做神像，可以在我們前面引路；因為領我們出埃及地的那個摩西，我們不知道他遭了甚麼事。』
They said to me, 'Make us a god who will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'
24 我對他們說：『凡有金環的可以摘下來』，他們就給了我。我把金環扔在火中，這牛犢便出來了。」
So I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let him take it off.' They gave me the gold and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
25 摩西見百姓放肆（亞倫縱容他們，使他們在仇敵中間被譏刺），
Moses saw that the people were running wild (for Aaron had let them get out of control, causing their enemies to mock them).
26 就站在營門中，說：「凡屬耶和華的，都要到我這裏來！」於是利未的子孫都到他那裏聚集。
Then Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him.
27 他對他們說：「耶和華－以色列的上帝這樣說：『你們各人把刀跨在腰間，在營中往來，從這門到那門，各人殺他的弟兄與同伴並鄰舍。』」
He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this: 'Let each man fasten his sword on his side and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and kill his brother, his companion, and his neighbor.'”
28 利未的子孫照摩西的話行了。那一天百姓中被殺的約有三千。
The Levites did what Moses ordered. That day about three thousand of the people died.
29 摩西說：「今天你們要自潔，歸耶和華為聖，各人攻擊他的兒子和弟兄，使耶和華賜福與你們。」
Moses said to the Levites, “You have been placed into Yahweh's service today, for each of you has taken action against his son and his brother, so Yahweh might give you a blessing today.”
30 到了第二天，摩西對百姓說：「你們犯了大罪。我如今要上耶和華那裏去，或者可以為你們贖罪。」
The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a very great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
31 摩西回到耶和華那裏，說：「唉！這百姓犯了大罪，為自己做了金像。
Moses returned to Yahweh and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin and made themselves an idol of gold.
32 倘或你肯赦免他們的罪......不然，求你從你所寫的冊上塗抹我的名。」
But now, please forgive their sin; but if you do not, blot me out of the book that you have written.”
33 耶和華對摩西說：「誰得罪我，我就從我的冊上塗抹誰的名。
Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, that person I will blot out of my book.
34 現在你去領這百姓，往我所告訴你的地方去，我的使者必在你前面引路；只是到我追討的日子，我必追討他們的罪。」
So now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish them, I will punish them for their sin.”
35 耶和華殺百姓的緣故是因他們同亞倫做了牛犢。
Yahweh sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf, the one that Aaron made.
