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!”
Et quand le peuple vit que Moïse tardait à descendre de la montagne, le peuple s’assembla auprès d’Aaron, et ils lui dirent: Lève-toi, fais-nous un dieu qui aille devant nous; car ce Moïse, cet homme qui nous a fait monter du pays d’Égypte, nous ne savons ce qui lui est arrivé.
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.”
Et Aaron leur dit: Brisez les pendants d’or qui sont aux oreilles de vos femmes, de vos fils et de vos filles, et apportez-les-moi.
3 So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
Et tout le peuple arracha les pendants d’or qui étaient à leurs oreilles, et ils les apportèrent à Aaron;
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!”
et il les prit de leurs mains, et il forma l’or avec un ciseau, et il en fit un veau de fonte. Et ils dirent: C’est ici ton dieu, ô Israël! qui t’a fait monter du pays d’Égypte.
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!”
Et Aaron vit [le veau], et bâtit un autel devant lui; et Aaron cria, et dit: Demain, une fête à l’Éternel!
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.
Et le lendemain, ils se levèrent de bonne heure, et offrirent des holocaustes, et amenèrent des sacrifices de prospérités. Et le peuple s’assit pour manger et pour boire, et ils se levèrent pour se divertir.
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)!
Et l’Éternel dit à Moïse: Va, descends; car ton peuple, que tu as fait monter du pays d’Égypte, s’est corrompu;
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!’”
ils se sont vite détournés du chemin que je leur avais commandé; ils se sont fait un veau de fonte, et se sont prosternés devant lui, et lui ont sacrifié, et ont dit: C’est ici ton dieu, ô Israël! qui t’a fait monter du pays d’Égypte.
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
Et l’Éternel dit à Moïse: J’ai vu ce peuple, et voici, c’est un peuple de cou roide.
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.”
Et maintenant laisse-moi faire, afin que ma colère s’embrase contre eux, et que je les consume; et je ferai de toi une grande nation.
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]!
Et Moïse implora l’Éternel, son Dieu, et dit: Pourquoi, ô Éternel, ta colère s’embraserait-elle contre ton peuple, que tu as fait sortir du pays d’Égypte, avec grande puissance et à main forte?
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]
Pourquoi les Égyptiens parleraient-ils, disant: C’est pour leur mal qu’il les a fait sortir, pour les tuer dans les montagnes, et pour les consumer de dessus la face de la terre? Reviens de l’ardeur de ta colère, et repens-toi du mal [que tu veux faire] à ton peuple.
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.’”
Souviens-toi d’Abraham, d’Isaac, et d’Israël, tes serviteurs, auxquels tu as juré par toi-même, et auxquels tu as dit: Je multiplierai votre semence comme les étoiles des cieux, et je donnerai à votre semence tout ce pays dont j’ai parlé, et ils l’hériteront pour toujours.
14 So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
Et l’Éternel se repentit du mal qu’il avait dit qu’il ferait à son peuple.
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.
Et Moïse se tourna, et descendit de la montagne, les deux tables du témoignage dans sa main: les tables étaient écrites de leurs deux côtés; elles étaient écrites deçà et delà.
16 God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
Et les tables étaient l’ouvrage de Dieu, et l’écriture était l’écriture de Dieu, gravée sur les tables.
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!”
– Et Josué entendit la voix du peuple qui jetait des cris, et il dit à Moïse: Il y a un bruit de guerre au camp!
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!”
Et [Moïse] dit: Ce n’est pas un bruit de cris de victoire, ni un bruit de cris de défaite; j’entends une voix de gens qui chantent en s’entre-répondant.
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.
– Et il arriva que, lorsque [Moïse] s’approcha du camp, il vit le veau et les danses; et la colère de Moïse s’embrasa, et il jeta de ses mains les tables, et les brisa au pied de la montagne.
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.
Et il prit le veau qu’ils avaient fait, et le brûla au feu, et le moulut jusqu’à ce qu’il fut en poudre; puis il le répandit sur la surface de l’eau, et en fit boire aux fils d’Israël.
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?”
Et Moïse dit à Aaron: Que t’a fait ce peuple, pour que tu aies fait venir sur lui un si grand péché?
22 Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
Et Aaron dit: Que la colère de mon seigneur ne s’embrase point; tu connais le peuple, qu’il est [plongé] dans le mal.
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!’
Or ils m’ont dit: Fais-nous un dieu qui marche devant nous; car ce Moïse, cet homme qui nous a fait monter du pays d’Égypte, nous ne savons ce qui lui est arrivé.
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!”
Et je leur ai dit: Qui a de l’or? Ils l’ont arraché, et me l’ont donné; et je l’ai jeté au feu, et il en est sorti ce veau.
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.
Et Moïse vit que le peuple était dans le désordre; car Aaron l’avait livré au désordre, pour leur honte parmi leurs adversaires.
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.
Et Moïse se tint à la porte du camp, et dit: À moi, quiconque est pour l’Éternel! Et tous les fils de Lévi se rassemblèrent vers lui.
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.”
Et il leur dit: Ainsi dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Que chacun mette son épée sur sa cuisse; passez et revenez d’une porte à l’autre dans le camp, et que chacun de vous tue son frère, et chacun son compagnon, et chacun son intime ami.
28 The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
Et les fils de Lévi firent selon la parole de Moïse; et il tomba d’entre le peuple, ce jour-là, environ 3 000 hommes.
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.”
Et Moïse dit: Consacrez-vous aujourd’hui à l’Éternel, chacun dans son fils et dans son frère, afin de faire venir aujourd’hui sur vous [une] bénédiction.
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].”
Et il arriva, le lendemain, que Moïse dit au peuple: Vous avez commis un grand péché, et maintenant je monterai vers l’Éternel: peut-être ferai-je propitiation pour votre péché.
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.
Et Moïse retourna vers l’Éternel, et dit: Hélas! ce peuple a commis un grand péché, et ils se sont fait un dieu d’or.
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].”
Et maintenant, si tu pardonnes leur péché…; sinon, efface-moi, je te prie, de ton livre que tu as écrit.
33 But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book.
Et l’Éternel dit à Moïse: Celui qui aura péché contre moi, je l’effacerai de mon livre.
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.”
Et maintenant, va, conduis le peuple où je t’ai dit. Voici, mon Ange ira devant toi: et le jour où je visiterai, je visiterai sur eux leur péché.
35 [Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
Et l’Éternel frappa le peuple, parce qu’ils avaient fait le veau qu’Aaron avait fait.
