Exodus 32
1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
Pea ʻi he mamata ʻae kakai kuo tuai ʻae ʻalu hifo ʻa Mōsese mei he moʻunga, naʻe fakataha ʻae kakai kia ʻElone, ʻonau pehē kiate ia, “Tuʻu hake ʻo ngaohi hotau ngaahi ʻotua, ʻaia ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻiate kitautolu; he koeʻuhi ko Mōsese ni ko e tangata naʻe ʻomi ʻakitautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo pe kuo ʻi fē ia.”
2 So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe ʻElone kiate kinautolu, “Motuhi mai ʻae ngaahi hau koula, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he telinga ʻo homou ngaahi mali, mo homou ngaahi foha, mo homou ngaahi ʻofefine, pea ʻomi ia kiate au.”
3 Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
Pea naʻe fesiʻi leva ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻae ngaahi hau koula naʻe ʻi honau telinga, ʻo ʻomi ia kia ʻElone.
4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Pea maʻu ʻe ia ʻi honau nima, pea hili ʻene haka ia ke ngaohi ʻae fakatātā ʻoe pulu mui, naʻa ne fakafuofua ia ʻaki ʻae meʻa tā; pea naʻa nau pehē, “Ko ʻeni ho ngaahi ʻotua ʻe ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo ʻomi koe mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite.”
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
Pea kuo mamata ki ai ʻa ʻElone, pea fokotuʻu ʻe ia ʻae feilaulauʻanga ʻi hono ʻao: pea naʻe fakahā ʻe ʻElone, ʻo pehē, “ʻE fai ʻae kātoanga kia Sihova ʻapongipongi.”
6 So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.
Pea naʻa nau tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻi he pongipongi, ʻo ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, ʻo ʻomi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino; pea naʻe nofo hifo ʻae kakai ke kai mo inu, pea tutuʻu hake ke fakavā.
7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, “ʻAlu koe, pea ke ʻalu ki lalo: he ko ho kakai, ʻaia kuo ke ʻomi mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, kuo nau fakahalaʻi ʻakinautolu:
8 How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
Kuo nau afe leva mei he hala ʻaia kuo u fekauʻi ai ʻakinautolu: kuo nau ngaohi moʻonautolu ʻae fakatātā haka ki he pulu mui, pea kuo nau hū ki ai, mo nau feilaulau ki ai, ʻo pehē, Ko eni ho ngaahi ʻotua ʻe ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo ʻomi koe mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite.
9 The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, Kuo u mamata ki he kakai ni, pea vakai, ko e kakai kia kekeva ia:
10 Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
Pea ko ʻeni, tuku ai pe au, koeʻuhi ke tupu pe ʻo vela ʻeku tuputāmaki kiate kinautolu, pea koeʻuhi ke u fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu: pea te u fakatupu ʻiate koe ʻae puleʻanga lahi.”
11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
Pea naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻe Mōsese kia Sihova ko hono ʻOtua, ʻo pehē, “ʻE Sihova, ko e hā ʻoku tupu ʻo vela ai ho houhau ki ho kakai, ʻaia kuo ke aʻutaki mai mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite ʻi he mālohi lahi, pea ʻi he nima māfimafi?
12 Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
Ko e hā ka lea ai ʻae kakai ʻIsipite, ʻo pehē, naʻa ne ʻomi kovi ʻakinautolu kituaʻā, ke tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga, pea ke fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu mei he funga ʻo māmani? Tafoki mei ho houhau lahi, pea lolou ʻi he kovi ni ki ho kakai.
13 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
Manatu ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ko ʻEpalahame, mo ʻAisake, mo ʻIsileli, ʻakinautolu naʻa ke fuakava ki ai ʻi he ʻafiona, mo ke pehē kiate kinautolu, Te u fakatupu ke tokolahi homou hako ke tatau mo e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe langi, pea ko e fonua ni kotoa pē, ʻaia kuo u lea ki ai te u foaki ia ki homou hako, pea te nau maʻu ia ʻo taʻengata.”
14 So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
Pea naʻe lolou ʻa Sihova ʻi he kovi ʻaia naʻa ne finangalo ke fai ki hono kakai.
15 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Pea naʻe tafoki ʻa Mōsese, ʻo ʻalu hifo mei he moʻunga, mo e maka ʻe ua ʻoe fuakava naʻe ʻi hono nima: kuo tohi ʻae ongo maka ʻi hona potu fakatouʻosi: kuo tohi ia ʻi hono potu ʻe taha mo hono potu ʻe taha.
16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ongo maka, pea ko e tohi ko e tohi ʻae ʻOtua, kuo tongi ki he ongo maka.
17 When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻa Siosiua ki he longoaʻa ʻoe kakai ʻi heʻenau kalanga, naʻe pehē ʻe ia kia Mōsese, “ʻOku longolongo tau ʻae ʻapitanga.”
18 But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
Pea pehē ʻe ia, “ʻOku ʻikai ko e leʻo ia ʻokinautolu ʻoku mavava ʻi he mālohi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e leʻo ʻonautolu ʻoku tangi ʻi he fakavaivaiʻi: ka ʻoku ou ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻonautolu ʻoku hiva.”
19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
Pea naʻe pehē, ʻi heʻene hoko ʻo ofi ki he ʻapitanga, naʻa ne mamata leva ki he [fakatātā ʻoe ]pulu mui mo e meʻe hopohopo: pea tupu ʻo vela ʻae ʻita ʻa Mōsese, pea ne si ʻae ongo maka mei hono nima pea naʻe laiki ia ʻi he lalo moʻunga.
20 Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
Pea naʻa ne toʻo ʻae pulu mui ʻaia naʻa nau ngaohi, ʻo tutu ia ʻi he afi, ʻo ne momosi ia ke efu, ʻo ne lī ia ki he vai, ʻo ne fakainu ʻaki ia ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
21 “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Mōsese kia ʻElone, “Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe he kakai ni kiate koe, kuo ke ʻomi ai ʻae angahala lahi pehē ni kiate kinautolu?”
22 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
Pea pehēange ʻe ʻElone, “Ke ʻoua naʻa tupu ʻo vela lahi ʻae ʻita ʻa hoku ʻeiki: ʻoku ke ʻiloʻi ʻae kakai, ʻoku pau pe honau loto ki he kovi.
23 They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
He naʻa nau pehē mai kiate au, Ngaohi hotau ngaahi ʻotua, ʻaia ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻiate kitautolu: he koeʻuhi ko e Mōsese ni, ko e tangata naʻa ne ʻomi ʻakitautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo pe kuo ʻi fē ia.
24 So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
Pea ne u tala kiate kinautolu, Ko ia fulipē ʻoku ai haʻanau koula, ke nau motuhi ia. Pea naʻa nau tuku mai ia kiate au: pea naʻaku si ia ki he afi, pea naʻe haʻu mei ai ʻae pulu mui ni.”
25 Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa Mōsese, ʻoku telefua ʻae kakai; (he naʻe fakatelefuaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻElone ke nau mā ai ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo honau ngaahi fili: )
26 So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
Naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Mōsese ʻi he matapā ʻoe ʻapitanga, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko hai ʻoku kau mo Sihova? Ke haʻu ia kiate au. Pea ko e ngaahi foha kotoa pē ʻo Livai, naʻa nau fakataha kiate ia.”
27 He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ‘Ke ʻai ʻe he tangata taki taha ʻene heletā ki hono vakavaka, pea ʻalu ʻo feʻaluʻaki ʻi he matapā ki he matapā ʻi he ʻapitanga kotoa pē, ʻo tāmateʻi ʻe he tangata hono tokoua, mo e tangata kotoa pē ʻene kaumeʻa, mo e tangata kotoa pē hono kaungāʻapi.’”
28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
Pea naʻe fai ʻe he fānau ʻa Livai ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Mōsese: pea naʻe tō ai ʻi he kakai ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻae kau tangata ko e toko tolu afe nai.
29 Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”
He naʻe pehē ʻe Mōsese, “Fakatapui ʻakimoutolu kia Sihova he ʻaho ni, ʻae tangata taki taha ki hono foha, pea ki hono tokoua: koeʻuhi ke ne foaki ʻae tāpuaki kiate kimoutolu he ʻaho ni.”
30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
Pea pongipongi ai, naʻe pehē ʻe Mōsese ki he kakai, “Kuo mou fai ʻae angahala lahi: pea ko eni, te u ʻalu hake kia Sihova; heiʻilo pe teu lavaʻi ke fai ʻae fakalelei ʻi hoʻomou angahala.”
31 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
Pea naʻe toe ʻalu ʻa Mōsese kia Sihova, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOiauē, kuo fai ʻae angahala lahi ʻe he kakai ni, pea kuo ngaohi honau ngaahi ʻotua koula.
32 Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
Ka ko eni, kapau ʻe lelei te ke fakamolemole ʻenau angahala; pea kapau ʻe ʻikai, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, tāmateʻi au mei hoʻo tohi ʻaia kuo ke tohi.”
33 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
Pea pehē ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese, “Ko ia fulipē kuo fai angahala kiate au, te u tāmateʻi ia mei heʻeku tohi.
34 Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
Ko ia, ke ke ʻalu ni, ʻo ʻave ʻae kakai ki he [fonua], ʻaia naʻaku lea ai kiate koe: vakai, ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe a ʻeku ʻĀngelo ka ko e moʻoni ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻeku ʻaʻahi, Te u ʻaʻahi ʻenau angahala kiate kinautolu.”
35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
Pea naʻe fakamamahi ʻe Sihova ʻae kakai, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau ngaohi ʻae pulu mui, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe ʻElone.
