2 Mosebog 32
1 Og Folket saa, at Mose tøvede med at komme ned ad Bjerget; og Folket forsamledes om Aron, og de sagde til ham: Staa op, gør os Guder, som kunne gaa foran os; thi denne Mose, Manden, som førte os op af Ægyptens Land, vide vi ikke, hvad der er vederfaret.
[(Moses/I) stayed on top of the mountain a long time]. When the people realized that he/I was not returning quickly, they gathered near Aaron and said to him, “We do not know what has happened to that man Moses who brought us here out of Egypt. So quickly, make us ([an idol/a statue of a god]) who will lead us!”
2 Og Aron sagde til dem: Afriver de Guldsmykker, som ere i eders Hustruers, eders Sønners og eders Døtres Øren, og bærer dem til mig.
Aaron replied to them, “All right, [I will do that, but] tell your wives and your sons and your daughters to take off all their gold earrings and bring them to me.”
3 Saa afrev alt Folket de Guldsmykker, som vare i deres Øren, og de bare dem til Aron.
So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 Og han tog det af deres Haand og dannede det med Mejselen og gjorde en støbt Kalv deraf, og de sagde: Israel! disse ere dine dine Guder, som førte dig op af Ægyptens Land.
He took all those gold earrings and melted them in a fire. He [poured the gold into a mold and] made a statue that looked like a young bull. The people saw it and said, “This is the god of us Israeli people! This is the one who brought us up from the land of Egypt!”
5 Der Aron saa det, byggede han et Alter for den; og Aron raabte og sagde: I Morgen er det Herrens Højtid.
When Aaron saw [what was happening], he built an altar in front of the [statue of the] young bull. Then he announced, “Tomorrow we will have a festival to honor Yahweh!”
6 Og de stode aarle op den anden Dag og ofrede Brændofre og fremførte Takofre; og Folket satte sig ned til at æde og drikke og stod op at lege.
So the people got up early the next morning and brought animals to kill and burn as sacrifices on the altar. They also brought sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then they sat down to eat and drink [wine]. Then they got up and started dancing in a very immoral way.
7 Da sagde Herren til Mose: Gaa, stig ned; thi dit Folk, som du førte op af Ægyptens Land, har handlet fordærveligt.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go back down from the mountain, because your people, the ones that you brought up here from Egypt, have [already] (become very depraved/wicked)!
8 De vege snart fra den Vej, som jeg bød dem, de have gjort sig en støbt Kalv, og de have tilbedet den og ofret til den og sagt: Israel! disse ere dine Guder, som førte dig op af Ægyptens Land.
They have already (left the road that I showed them/stopped obeying me)! They have made [a statue of] a young bull from melted gold. They have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. And they are saying, ‘This is the god of us Israeli people! This is the one who brought us up from Egypt!’”
9 Og Herren sagde til Mose: Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et haardnakket Folk.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
10 Og lad mig nu fare frem, at min Vrede maa optændes mod dem, og jeg maa fortære dem; og jeg vil gøre dig til et stort Folk.
I am very angry with them, and so I am going to get rid of them. Do not try to stop me! Then I will cause you and your descendants to become a great nation.”
11 Og Mose bad ydmygelig for Herrens, sin Guds Ansigt og sagde: Herre, hvorfor skal din Vrede optændes imod dit Folk, som du udførte af Ægyptens Land med stor Kraft og med en stærk Haand?
But Moses/I pleaded with his/my God, Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, (you should not be very angry with your people!/why are you so angry with your people [RHQ]?) These are the people whom you rescued from Egypt with very great power [MTY, DOU]!
12 Hvorfor skulle Ægypterne tale og sige: Han har udført dem til Ulykke, for at ihjelslaa dem paa Bjergene og ødelægge dem af Jorderige? Vend om fra din grumme Vrede, og lad det onde mod dit Folk fortryde dig!
Do not [do anything that would] allow the people of Egypt to say, ‘Their god led them out from our country, but [he did that] only [because he wanted] to kill them in the mountains and get rid of them completely [RHQ]!’ Stop being so angry! (Change your mind/Do not do what you have told me that you will do)! Do not do to your people this terrible thing [that you have just said that you will do]
13 Kom dine Tjenere, Abraham, Isak og Israel i Hu, hvilke du har tilsvoret ved dig selv og tilsagt: Jeg vil gøre eders Sæd mangfoldig, som Stjernerne paa Himmelen; og alt det Land, som jeg har sagt, vil jeg give eders Sæd, og de skulle eje det evindelig.
Think about your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You solemnly promised them, ‘I will enable you to have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky.’ You said to them, ‘I will give to your descendants all the land that I am promising to give them. It will be their land forever.’”
14 Saa fortrød Herren det onde, som han havde talet om at ville gøre sit Folk.
So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
15 Og Mose vendte sig og gik ned ad Bjerget og havde to Vidnesbyrdets Tavler i sin Haand, Tavler beskrevne paa begge Sider, de vare skrevne baade paa den ene og den anden Side.
Moses/I turned away from God and went down the mountain, carrying in his hands the two stone slabs on which Yahweh had engraved his commandments. He had written on both sides of the slabs.
16 Og Tavlerne vare Guds Arbejde; og Skriften var Guds Skrift, indgravet i Tavlerne.
God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
17 Der Josva I hørte Lyden af Folket, som raabte, da sagde han til Mose: Der er en Krigslyd i Lejren.
Joshua heard the very loud noise of the people shouting. So when he and I got near the camp, Joshua said, “There is a noise in the camp that sounds like [the noise of] a battle!”
18 Men denne sagde: Det er ikke en Lyd af dem, som raabe, naar de sejre, og ikke en Lyd af dem, som raabe, naar de tabe; men jeg hører en Lyd af Sang.
But Moses/I replied, [“No], that is not the shouting that people do when they have won a victory or when they have been defeated [in a battle] What I hear is the sound of [loud] singing!”
19 Og det skete, der han kom nær til Lejren og saa Kalven og Dansen, da optændtes Mose Vrede, og han kastede Tavlerne af sine Hænder og sønderbrød dem neden for Bjerget.
As soon as Moses/I came close to the camp and saw the statue of the young bull and saw the people dancing, he/I became extremely angry. He/I threw the stone tablets that he/I was carrying down onto the ground, there at the base of the mountain.
20 Og han tog Kalven, som de havde gjort, og opbrændte den med Ild og malede den til Støv og strøede det oven paa Vandet og gav Israels Børn det at drikke.
Then he/I took the statue of the young bull that they had made and melted it in the fire. [When it cooled], he/I ground it into [fine] powder. Then he/I mixed the powder with water and forced the Israeli people to drink it.
21 Og Mose sagde til Aron: Hvad har dette Folk gjort dig, at du har ført en saa stor Synd over det?
Then he/I said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, with the result that you have made them commit such a terrible sin?”
22 Og Aron svarede: Min Herres Vrede forhaste sig ikke; du kender Folket, at det ligger i det onde.
Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
23 Og de sagde til mig: Gør os Guder, som kunne gaa foran os; thi denne Mose, Manden, som førte os op af Ægyptens Land, vide vi ikke, hvad der er vederfaret.
They said to me, ‘As for that man Moses, the one who brought us up here from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him. So make for us an idol that will lead us!’
24 Da sagde jeg til dem: Hvo som har Guld, de maa rive det af, og de gave mig det; og jeg kastede det i i Ilden, saa kom denne Kalv ud.
So I said to them, ‘Everyone who is wearing [gold earrings] should take them off.’ So they [took them off and] gave them to me. I threw them into the fire, and out came this statue of a young bull!”
25 Der Mose saa Folket, at det var tøjleløst, — thi Aron havde givet det Tøjlen til en Spot for deres Modstandere, —
Moses/I saw that Aaron had allowed the people to become completely out of control and to do things that would make their enemies think the Israeli people were foolish.
26 da stillede Mose sig i Lejrens Port og sagde: Hvo der hører Herren til, han komme til mig; da forsamlede alle Levi Børn sig til ham.
So he/I stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “Everyone who is loyal to Yahweh should come [closer] to me!” So the descendants of Levi gathered around him/me.
27 Og han sagde til dem: Saa siger Herren, Israels Gud: Hver binde sit Sværd ved sin Side; gaar frem og tilbage, fra den ene Port i Lejren til den anden, og ihjelslaar hver sin Broder og hver sin Ven og hver sin Næste.
Then he/I said to them, “Yahweh, the God of us Israeli people, commands that every one of you should fasten your sword to your side, and then go through the camp from this entrance to the other one, and kill some of your relatives and your companions and your neighbors.”
28 Og Levi Børn gjorde, som Mose havde sagt, og der faldt af Folket paa den samme Dag henved tre Tusinde Mænd.
The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
29 Og Mose sagde: Fylder eders Haand i Dag for Herren, at enhver er imod sin Søn og imod sin Broder, og det for at bringe Velsignelse over eder i Dag.
Moses/I said to the descendants of Levi, “Today you have dedicated yourselves to serving Yahweh by (killing/not sparing) [even] your own sons and brothers, and as a result Yahweh will bless you.”
30 Og det skete den anden Dag, da sagde Mose til Folket: I have syndet en stor Synd, dog nu vil jeg opstige til Herren, om jeg maaske kan gøre Forligelse for eders Synd.
The next day, Moses/I said to the people, “You have committed a terrible sin. But I will now climb up the mountain again to talk with Yahweh. Perhaps I can [persuade him] to forgive you for sinning [like this].”
31 Der Mose kom igen til Herren, sagde han: Ak! dette Folk har syndet en stor Synd, og de have gjort sig Guder af Guld.
So Moses/I went back up the mountain and said to Yahweh, “I am sorry to admit that these people have committed a terrible sin. They have made for themselves a gold idol and have worshiped it.
32 Og nu, gid du vilde forlade dem deres Synd; men hvis ikke, da udslet mig nu af din Bog, som du har skrevet!
But now I ask you to please forgive them for having sinned. If you will not forgive them, then erase my name from the book in which you have written [the names of your people].”
33 Og Herren sagde til Mose: Hver den som synder imod mig, den vil jeg udslette af min Bog.
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book.
34 Og nu gaa, før Folket didhen, som jeg sagde dig: Se, min Engel skal gaa for dit Ansigt; men paa min Hjemsøgelses Dag vil jeg hjemsøge deres Synd over dem.
Now you go back down and lead the [Israeli] people to the place that I told you about. Keep in mind that my angel will go in front of you. But, at the time that I determine, I will punish them for their sin.”
35 Og Herren slog Folket, fordi de havde gjort Kalven, som Aron havde gjort.
[Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
