Exodus 32
1 [(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!”
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 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.”
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 So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
眾百姓即將他們耳上的金環摘下，送到亞郎跟前。
4 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!”
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 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!”
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 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.
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 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)!
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 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!’”
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 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
上主又向梅瑟說：「我看這百姓，真是一個執拗的百姓!
10 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.”
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 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]!
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 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]
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 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.’”
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 Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
上主遂撤銷了要加於百姓的災禍。梅瑟怒碎約版
15 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.
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 God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
版是天主做的，字是天主寫的，刻在版上。
17 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!”
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 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!”
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 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.
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 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.
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 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?”
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 Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
亞郎回答說：「我主，請不要生氣! 你知道這百姓傾向於惡。
23 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!’
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 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!”
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.”
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 The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
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 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.”
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 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].”
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/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.
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 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].”
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 But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that 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 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.”
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 [Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
以後上主打擊了百姓，因他們敬拜了亞郎製造的牛犢。
