出埃及記 32
1 百姓見梅瑟遲遲不下山，就聚集到亞郎跟前，對他說：「起來，給我們製造一尊神像，在我們前面引路，因為那領我們出埃及國的梅瑟，不知道遭遇了什麼事。」
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from 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 know not what is become of him.
2 亞郎給他們說：「你們去摘下你們的妻子、兒女所配戴的金耳環，給我送來。」
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3 眾百姓即將他們耳上的金環摘下，送到亞郎跟前。
And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 亞郎從他們手裏接過來，製了一個模型，用來鑄了一個牛像。他們遂說：「以色列，這就是領你出埃及國的天主。」
And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 亞郎一見，就在牛犢前築了一座祭壇，宣布說：「明日是上主的慶節。」
And when Aaron saw [this], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.
6 次日清晨，他們起來，就奉獻了全燔祭和和平祭；以後百姓坐下來吃喝，起來玩樂。梅瑟求天主息怒
And 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.
7 上主訓示梅瑟說：「你下去! 因為你從埃及國領出來的百姓敗壞了。
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8 他們很快就離開了我給他們指示的道路，為自己鑄了一個牛犢，朝拜牠，向牠祭獻並且說：「以色列，這就是領你出埃及的天主。」
they 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 unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9 上主又向梅瑟說：「我看這百姓，真是一個執拗的百姓!
And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10 你且由我向他們發怒，消滅他們；我要使你成為一個大民族。」
now 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.
11 梅瑟求上主他們的天主息怒說：「上主，你為什麼要向你用大力，用強硬的手臂，由埃及國領出來的百姓發怒呢﹖
And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
12 為什麼要叫埃及人說：他是惡意領他們出來，要在山中殺死他們，由地面上絕滅他們呢﹖求你息怒，撤銷要加於你百姓的災禍。
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, 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.
13 茄你記念你的僕人亞巴郎、依撒格和以色列，你曾指責自己向他們起誓說：我要使你們的後裔，像天上的繁星那樣多；我所許的那整個地方，必賜給你們的後裔，叫他們永遠佔有。」
Remember 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.
14 上主遂撤銷了要加於百姓的災禍。梅瑟怒碎約版
And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
15 梅瑟轉身下山，手中拿著兩塊約版，版兩面都寫著字，前面後面都有字。
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
16 版是天主做的，字是天主寫的，刻在版上。
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17 若蘇厄一聽見百姓喧嘩的聲音，就對梅瑟說：「營裏有戰爭的聲音。」
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
18 梅瑟回答說：「這不是戰勝的歌聲，也不是戰敗的吵聲，我聽見的是應和的聲音。」
And 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.
19 當梅瑟走近營幕的時候，見了那牛犢，看見人歌舞，遂大發憤怒，把兩塊石版由手中拋出，摔碎在山下。
And 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.
20 隨後拿過他們所造的牛犢，投在火中焚燒，搗成細末，撒在水面上，叫以色列子民喝。
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
21 梅瑟對亞郎說：「這百姓對你作了什麼，你竟使他們陷於重罪﹖」
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?
22 亞郎回答說：「我主，請不要生氣! 你知道這百姓傾向於惡。
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are [set] on evil.
23 他們對我說：請給我們製一神像，在我們前面引路，因為那領我們出埃及國的梅瑟，不知道遭遇了什麼事。
For 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 know not what is become of him.
24 我給他們說：誰有金子，就摘下來! 他們遂給我送來。我把金子投在火中，這牛犢便出來了。」懲罰拜金牛者
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25 梅瑟見百姓這樣放肆，─因為亞郎放縱了他們，成了敵人的笑柄；─
And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies, )
26 就站在營幕門口說：「凡屬上主的，到我跟前來! 」於是肋末的子孫聚到梅瑟前。
then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah’s side, [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27 梅瑟向他們說：「上主，以色列的天主這樣說：每人要把刀配在腰間，在營中往來，從這門到那門，要殺自己的兄弟、朋友和親人。」
And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
28 肋末的子孫就照梅瑟的吩咐作了，那一天百姓中被殺的約有三千人。
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
29 梅瑟說：「今天你們應接受奉事上主的聖職，因為你們每人犧牲了自己的兒子和兄弟，上主今日必賜福與你們。」
And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
30 到了次日，梅瑟向百姓說：「你們犯了重罪，現在我要上到上主台前，也許我能為你們贖罪。」
And 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 Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin.
31 梅瑟回到上主那裏說：「唉! 這百姓犯了重罪，為自己製造了今神像。
And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32 現在只求你赦免他們的罪，不然，就把我從你所記錄的冊子上抹去罷! 」
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
33 上主回答梅瑟說：「誰犯罪得罪我，我就把誰從我的冊子上抹去。
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34 現在你去領我的百姓到我吩咐你的地方去。看，我的使者在你前面引路。在我懲罰之日，我必懲罰他們的罪。」
And 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.
35 以後上主打擊了百姓，因他們敬拜了亞郎製造的牛犢。
And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
