Exodus 32
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people collected together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, — we do not know what is become of him!
Mose kyɛree wɔ bepɔ no so saa no, nnipa no nyinaa kɔɔ Aaron so kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ntɛm, yɛ anyame a wɔbɛdi yɛn anim ma yɛn, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛnhunu baabi a Mose a ɔdii yɛn anim de yɛn firi Misraim asase so baa ha no afa; ebia na biribi ayɛ no.”
2 And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] to me.
Aaron nso ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monyiyi mo sika nsonkawa nyinaa mmra.”
3 Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought [them] to Aaron.
Wɔyiyii wɔn nsonkawa no maa Aaron—mmaa ne mmarima ne mmarimaa ne mmaayewa nyinaa.
4 And he took [them] out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
Aaron nanee sikakɔkɔɔ nsonkawa no de bɔɔ nantwie ba ohoni. Nnipa no nyinaa teaam sɛ, “Ao, Israel, yei ne mo anyame a ɔyii mo firii Misraim asase so baeɛ no.”
5 And Aaron saw [it], and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah!
Aaron hunuu sɛ nnipa no ani agye sika nantwie ba ohoni no ho no, ɔsii afɔrebukyia sii nantwie ba no anim kaa sɛ, “Ɔkyena yɛbɛhyɛ fa ama Awurade.”
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport.
Wɔsɔree anɔpahema firii aseɛ bɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ de maa nantwie ba ohoni no. Ɛno akyi, wɔtoo ɛpono kɛseɛ bi, didi nomee, goroo abosomgorɔ, yɛɛ ahuhudeɛ hodoɔ.
7 Then Jehovah said to Moses, Away, go down! for thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, is acting corruptly.
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Yɛ ntɛm na siane kɔ wo nkurɔfoɔ a wode wɔn firi Misraim asase so baeɛ no nkyɛn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔagu wɔn ho fi,
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
na wɔabu me mmara nyinaa nso so. Wɔayɛ sika nantwie ba a wɔsom no, asane abɔ afɔdeɛ nso ama no aka sɛ, ‘Ao, Israel, yei ne mo nyame a ɔyii mo firii Misraim asase so baeɛ no.’”
9 And Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
Awurade kaa sɛ, “Mahunu sɛdeɛ saa nnipa yi yɛ asoɔden na wɔsane yɛ adɔnyɛfoɔ fa.
10 And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Enti afei, mede mʼabufuhyeɛ bɛtɔre wɔn ase na mama wo Mose mmom ayɛ ɔman kɛseɛ.”
11 And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
Nanso, Mose srɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔnnyɛ saa. Ɔkɔɔ so sɛ, “Awurade, adɛn enti na wo bo afu atia wo ara wo nkurɔfoɔ a wonam anwanwakwan ne wo tumi so yii wɔn firii Misraim asase so yi?
12 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!
Wopɛ sɛ Misraimfoɔ no ka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn daadaa wɔn sɛ wɔmmra bepɔ no so sɛdeɛ ɔbɛnya wɔn akum wɔn, atɔre wɔn ase afiri asase so?’ Ma wo bo ntɔ wo yam na gyae adwene a woafa sɛ wode rebɛtia wo nkurɔfoɔ no.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thyself, and saidst to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they shall possess [it] for ever!
Kae ɛbɔ a wohyɛɛ wʼasomfoɔ Abraham, Isak ne Israel no. Wo ara wokaa ntam sɛ, ‘Mɛma mo asefoɔ adɔɔso sɛ ɛsoro nsoromma na mede saa asase a mahyɛ mo ho bɔ yi nyinaa bɛma mo asefoɔ na wɔatena so afebɔɔ.’”
14 And Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
Na Awurade sesaa nʼadwene de wɔn ho kyɛɛ wɔn.
15 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, [with] the two tables of the testimony in his hand — tables written on both their sides: on this side and on that were they written.
Afei, Mose siane firii bepɔ no so baeɛ a ɔkura Mmaransɛm Edu no a wɔatwerɛ agu aboɔ apono mmienu akyi ne animu no.
16 And the tables [were] God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.
Onyankopɔn no ankasa na ɔtwerɛɛ mmaransɛm no wɔ apono no so.
17 And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, and said to Moses, There is a shout of war in the camp.
Ɛberɛ a Yosua tee sɛ nnipa bi reyɛ gyegyeegye no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Ɛyɛ me sɛ wɔreboaboa wɔn ho akɔ ɔko!”
18 And he said, It is not the sound of a shout of victory, neither is it the sound of a shout of defeat: it is the noise of alternate singing I hear.
Ɛnna Mose nso buaa no sɛ, “Ɛnnyɛ nkonimdie mu anigyeɛ anaa, nkoguo na mmom, ɛyɛ nnwontoɔ.”
19 And it came to pass, when he came near the camp, and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses' anger burned, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and shattered them beneath the mountain.
Wɔbɛduruu atenaeɛ hɔ, Mose hunuu nantwie ba no ne asa a wɔresa. Enti, ɔde abufuhyeɛ too twerɛ apono no hwee fam ma ɛbubuu wɔ bepɔ no ase.
20 And he took the calf that they had made, and burned [it] with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed [it] on the water, and made the children of Israel drink [it].
Ɔfaa nantwie ba no nanee no wɔ ogya mu na ɛdwoeɛ no, ɔyam no muhumuhu de guu nsuo mu maa nnipa no nomeeɛ.
21 And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin on them?
Afei, ɔbisaa Aaron sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn nko ara na nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ wo a enti ɛnam so maa wode saa bɔne kɛseɛ yi baa wɔn so?”
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord burn! thou knowest the people, that they are [set] on mischief.
Aaron buaa no sɛ, “Mma wo bo mfu. Wo ara wonim sɛdeɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ yi yɛ nnipa bɔne fa.
23 And they said to me, Make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him!
Wɔn ara na wɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Yɛ onyame bi ma yɛn na ɔnkyerɛ yɛn ɛkwan na biribi ayɛ saa Mose a ɔdii yɛn anim firii Misraim no.’
24 And I said to them, Who has gold? They broke [it] off, and gave [it] me, and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
Enti, me nso mekaa sɛ, ‘Monyiyi mo sikakɔkɔɔ nsonkawa mma me.’ Wɔyiyi de maa me na mede guu ogya mu. Ɛne saa nantwie ba no.”
25 And Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to [their] shame before their adversaries.
Mose hunuu sɛ Aaron ama nnipa no adane adwamammɔfoɔ ama wɔn atamfoɔ anya wɔn no,
26 And Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, He that is for Jehovah, [let him come] to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.
ɔgyinaa wɔn atenaeɛ hɔ ɛpono no ano teaam sɛ, “Mo a mowɔ Awurade afa no, mommra me nkyɛn.” Lewifoɔ no nyinaa kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
27 And he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.
Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Awurade Israel Onyankopɔn se, ‘Momfa mo akofena nhyehyɛ mo ho na monni mo atenaeɛ hɔ akɔneaba, na monkunkum mo nuanom, mo nnamfonom ne mo afipamfoɔ.’”
28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
Enti, wɔyɛɛ saa maa nnipa bɛyɛ mpensa totɔɔ ɛda no.
29 And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man with his son, and with his brother, and bring on yourselves a blessing to-day.
Afei, Mose ka kyerɛɛ Lewifoɔ no sɛ, “Ɛnnɛ, moatu mo ho akyɛ sɛ mobɛsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, moayɛ ɔsetie ama no ama mpo, monam so akunkum mo mma ne mo nuanom, enti ɔbɛhyira mo bebree.”
30 And it came to pass the next day, that Moses said to the people, Ye have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to Jehovah: perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.
Adeɛ kyee anɔpa no, Mose ka kyerɛɛ nkurɔfoɔ no sɛ, “Moayɛ bɔne a ɛso bi mmaa da, nanso mɛsane akɔ Awurade nkyɛn wɔ bepɔ no so akɔhwɛ sɛ ebia, mɛnya bɔnefakyɛ ama mo anaa.”
31 And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Alas, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves a god of gold!
Enti, Mose sane kɔɔ Awurade nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ao, saa nnipa yi ayɛ bɔne a ɛso bi mmaa da, na wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ayɛ wɔn anyame.
32 And now, if thou wilt forgive their sin...but if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book that thou hast written.
Enti, meredi ama wɔn sɛ, fa wɔn bɔne kyɛ wɔn, na sɛ ɛnte saa nso a, pepa me din firi nwoma a woatwerɛ no mu.”
33 And Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Awurade buaa Mose sɛ, “Obiara a wayɛ me bɔne no, mɛpepa no afiri me nwoma mu.
34 And now go, lead the people whither I have told thee: behold, my Angel shall go before thee; but in the day of my visiting I will visit their sin upon them.
Enti afei, kɔ na di nkurɔfoɔ no anim kɔ beaeɛ a mekyerɛɛ woɔ no na mehyɛ wo bɔ sɛ, mɛma me ɔbɔfoɔ adi wʼanim; nanso sɛ mebɛsra nkurɔfoɔ no a, mɛtwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne no ho.”
35 And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron had made.
Na ɛsiane sɛ nnipa no somm Aaron nantwie ba no enti, ɔtee yadeɛ guu wɔn so.
