Exodus 32
1 And, when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him—Up, make for us gods, who shall go before us, for, as for this Moses—the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him.
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。」
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the rings of gold, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons and of your daughters, —and bring them unto me.
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。」
3 And all the people of themselves brake off the rings of gold which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
眾百姓即將他們耳上的金環摘下，送到亞郎跟前。
4 And he received [the gold] 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, who brought thee up, out of the land of Egypt.
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。」
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made proclamation, and said, A festival to Yahweh, to-morrow!
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。」
6 So they rose up early, on the morrow, and offered ascending-sacrifices, and brought near peace-offerings, and the people sat down, to eat and to drink, and then rose up—to make sport!
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
7 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses—Go get thee down, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
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。
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, they have made for themselves—a molten calf, and have bowed themselves down thereto and have sacrificed thereto, and have said. These, are thy gods, O Israel, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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。」
9 So then Yahweh said unto Moses, —I have looked on this people, and lo! a stiff-necked people, it is.
上主又向梅瑟說：「我看這百姓，真是一個執拗的百姓!
10 Now, therefore, let me alone, that mine anger may kindle upon them and that I may consume them, and may make of thee a great nation.
你且由我向他們發怒，消滅他們；我要使你成為一個大民族。」
11 And Moses besought the face of Yahweh his God, —and said—Wherefore, O Yahweh, should thine anger kindle upon thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great might and with a firm hand?
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﹖
12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak saying—For mischief, hath he taken them forth to slay them among the mountains, and to make an end of them from off the face of the ground? Turn thou from the kindling of thine anger, and be grieved over the calamity to thy people,
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。
13 Have remembrance of Abraham, of Isaac and of Israel thy servants to whom thou didst swear by thyself, and didst speak unto them saying, I will multiply your seed, as the stars of the heavens, —and, all this land of which I have spoken, will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it to times age-abiding.
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。」
14 So then Yahweh was grieved, —over the calamity—which he had spoken of inflicting on his people.
上主遂撤銷了要加於百姓的災禍。梅瑟怒碎約版
15 And Moses turned and went down out of the mount, with the two tables of testimony in his hand, —tables written upon on both sides of them, on this and on that, were they written.
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。
16 Now as for, the tables, the work of God, they were, —and, as for the writing, the writing of God, it was, graven upon the tables.
版是天主做的，字是天主寫的，刻在版上。
17 And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, —so he said unto Moses—The noise of war, in the camp!
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。」
18 But he said—Not the noise of the cry of heroism, nor yet the noise of the cry of defeat, —the noise of alternate song, do I hear.
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。」
19 And it came to pass when he drew near unto the camp, and saw the calf, and the dancings, that the anger of Moses kindled, and he cast out of his hands the tables, and brake them in pieces at the foot of the mountain.
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。
20 Then took he the calf which they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it till it became powder, and strewed it on the face of the waters, and made the sons of Israel drink.
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。
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee, —that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin?
梅瑟對亞郎說：「這百姓對你作了什麼，你竟使他們陷於重罪﹖」
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord kindle, —thou thyself, knowest the people, that ready for mischief, they are.
亞郎回答說：「我主，請不要生氣! 你知道這百姓傾向於惡。
23 So they said to me—Make for us gods, who shall go before us, —for, as for this, Moses—the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him.
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。
24 And I said to them—Whosoever hath gold let them break it off, So they gave it to me, —and I cast it into the fire, and there came out—this calf.
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
25 And Moses saw the people, that unbridled, they were, —for Aaron had given them the rein, for a whispering, among their enemies.
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；─
26 So Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp, and said—Who is for Yahweh? …To me! Then gathered unto him all the sons of Levi,
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。
27 And he said to them—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, —pass through and return from gate to gate in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his neighbour.
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。」
28 So the sons of Levi did, according to the word of Moses, —and there fell from among the people on that day, about three thousand men.
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。
29 And Moses said—Install yourselves to-day, unto Yahweh, yea every man for his son and for his brother, —so will he bestow upon you to-day, a blessing.
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。」
30 And it came to pass, on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye, have sinned a great sin, —Now, therefore, I must go up unto Yahweh, Peradventure, I may make a propitiatory-covering for your sin.
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。」
31 So Moses returned unto Yahweh, and said, —Oh now, this people hath sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves—gods of gold.
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。
32 Now, therefore, if thou wilt forgive their sin, …but if not, blot me I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written,
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! 」
33 And Yahweh said unto Moses, —Him who hath sinned against me, must I blot out of my book.
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。
34 Now, therefore, go lead the people to the place of which I spake to thee, lo! my messenger, shall go before thee, —But, in the day when I do visit, then will I visit upon them their sin.
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。」
35 And Yahweh plagued the people, —for what they had done with the calf, which Aaron made.
以後上主打擊了百姓，因他們敬拜了亞郎製造的牛犢。
