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!”
Και ιδών ο λαός ότι εβράδυνεν ο Μωϋσής να καταβή εκ του όρους, συνήχθη ο λαός επί τον Ααρών και έλεγον προς αυτόν, Σηκώθητι, κάμε εις ημάς θεούς, οίτινες να προπορεύωνται ημών· διότι ούτος ο Μωϋσής, ο άνθρωπος όστις εξήγαγεν ημάς εκ γης Αιγύπτου, δεν εξεύρομεν τι απέγεινεν αυτός.
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.”
Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Ααρών, Αφαιρέσατε τα χρυσά ενώτια, τα οποία είναι εις τα ώτα των γυναικών σας, των υιών σας και των θυγατέρων σας, και φέρετε προς εμέ.
3 So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
Και αφήρεσε πας ο λαός τα χρυσά ενώτια, τα οποία ήσαν εις τα ώτα αυτών, και έφεραν προς τον Ααρών.
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!”
Και λαβών εκ των χειρών αυτών, διεμόρφωσεν αυτό με εργαλείον εγχαρακτικόν, και έκαμεν αυτό μόσχον χωνευτόν· οι δε είπον, Ούτοι είναι οι θεοί σου, Ισραήλ, οίτινες σε ανεβίβασαν εκ γης Αιγύπτου.
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!”
Και ότε είδε τούτο ο Ααρών, ωκοδόμησε θυσιαστήριον έμπροσθεν αυτού· και εκήρυξεν ο Ααρών, λέγων, Αύριον είναι εορτή εις τον Κύριον.
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.
Και σηκωθέντες ενωρίς την επαύριον, προσέφεραν ολοκαυτώματα και έφεραν ειρηνικάς προσφοράς· και εκάθισεν ο λαός να φάγη και να πίη, και εσηκώθησαν να παίζωσι.
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)!
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, Ύπαγε, κατάβηθι διότι ηνόμησεν ο λαός σου, τον οποίον εξήγαγες εκ γης Αιγύπτου·
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!’”
εξετράπησαν ταχέως εκ της οδού την οποίαν προσέταξα εις αυτούς· έκαμαν εις εαυτούς μόσχον χωνευτόν και προσεκύνησαν αυτόν και εθυσίασαν εις αυτόν και είπον, Ούτοι είναι οι θεοί σου, Ισραήλ, οίτινες σε ανεβίβασαν εκ γης Αιγύπτου.
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, είδον τον λαόν τούτον, και ιδού, είναι λαός σκληροτράχηλος·
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.”
τώρα λοιπόν, άφες με, και θέλει εξαφθή η οργή μου εναντίον αυτών και θέλω εξολοθρεύσει αυτούς· και θέλω σε καταστήσει έθνος μέγα.
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]!
Και ικέτευσεν ο Μωϋσής Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτού και είπε, Διά τι, Κύριε, εξάπτεται η οργή σου εναντίον του λαού σου, τον οποίον εξήγαγες εκ γης Αιγύπτου μετά μεγάλης δυνάμεως και κραταιάς χειρός;
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]
διά τι να είπωσιν οι Αιγύπτιοι, λέγοντες, Με πονηρίαν εξήγαγεν αυτούς, διά να θανατώση αυτούς εις τα όρη και να εξολοθρεύση αυτούς από προσώπου της γης; επίστρεψον από της εξάψεως της οργής σου και μεταμελήθητι περί του κακού του προς τον λαόν σου·
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.’”
ενθυμήθητι τον Αβραάμ, τον Ισαάκ και τον Ισραήλ, τους δούλους σου, προς τους οποίους ώμοσας επί σεαυτόν και είπας προς αυτούς, Θέλω πληθύνει το σπέρμα σας ως τα άστρα του ουρανού· και πάσαν την γην ταύτην περί της οποίας ελάλησα, θέλω δώσει εις το σπέρμα σας, και θέλουσι κληρονομήσει αυτήν διαπαντός.
14 So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
Και μετεμελήθη ο Κύριος περί του κακού, το οποίον είπε να κάμη κατά του λαού αυτού.
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.
Και στραφείς ο Μωϋσής κατέβη εκ του όρους, και αι δύο πλάκες του μαρτυρίου ήσαν εν ταις χερσίν αυτού· πλάκες γεγραμμέναι εξ αμφοτέρων των μερών· εκ του ενός μέρους και εκ του άλλου ήσαν γεγραμμέναι.
16 God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
Και αι πλάκες ήσαν έργον Θεού και η γραφή ήτο γραφή Θεού εγκεχαραγμένη επί τας πλάκας.
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!”
Και ακούσας ο Ιησούς τον θόρυβον του λαού αλαλάζοντος, είπε προς τον Μωϋσήν, Θόρυβος πολέμου είναι εν τω στρατοπέδω.
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!”
Ο δε είπε, Δεν είναι φωνή αλαλαζόντων διά νίκην ουδέ φωνή βοώντων διά ήτταν· φωνήν αδόντων εγώ ακούω.
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.
Καθώς δε επλησίασεν εις το στρατόπεδον, είδε τον μόσχον και χορούς· και εξήφθη ο θυμός του Μωϋσέως, και έρριψε τας πλάκας από των χειρών αυτού και συνέτριψεν αυτάς υπό το όρος·
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.
και λαβών τον μόσχον, τον οποίον είχον κάμει, κατέκαυσεν εν πυρί, και συντρίψας εωσού ελεπτύνθη, έσπειρεν επί το ύδωρ και επότισε τους υιούς Ισραήλ.
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?”
Και είπεν ο Μωϋσής προς τον Ααρών, Τι έκαμεν εις σε ο λαός ούτος, ώστε επέφερες επ' αυτούς αμαρτίαν μεγάλην;
22 Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
Και είπεν ο Ααρών, Ας μη εξάπτηται ο θυμός του κυρίου μου· συ γνωρίζεις τον λαόν, ότι έγκειται εις την κακίαν·
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!’
διότι είπον προς εμέ, Κάμε εις ημάς θεούς, οίτινες να προπορεύωνται ημών· διότι ούτος ο Μωϋσής, ο άνθρωπος όστις εξήγαγεν ημάς εκ γης Αιγύπτου, δεν εξεύρομεν τι απέγεινεν αυτός·
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!”
και είπα προς αυτούς, Όστις έχει χρυσίον, ας αφαιρέσωσιν αυτό· και έδωκαν εις εμέ· τότε έρριψα αυτό εις το πυρ, και εξήλθεν ο μόσχος ούτος.
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.
Και ιδών ο Μωϋσής τον λαόν ότι ήτο αχαλίνωτος, διότι ο Ααρών είχε αφήσει αυτούς αχαλινώτους προς καταισχύνην, μεταξύ των εχθρών αυτών,
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.
εστάθη ο Μωϋσής παρά την πύλην του στρατοπέδου και είπεν, Όστις είναι του Κυρίου, ας έλθη προς εμέ. Και συνήχθησαν προς αυτόν πάντες οι υιοί του Λευΐ.
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.”
Και είπε προς αυτούς, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός του Ισραήλ· Ας βάλη έκαστος την ρομφαίαν αυτού επί τον μηρόν αυτού· και διέλθετε και εξέλθετε από πύλης εις πύλην διά του στρατοπέδου, και ας θανατώση έκαστος τον αδελφόν αυτού και έκαστος τον φίλον αυτού και έκαστος τον πλησίον αυτού.
28 The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
Και έκαμον οι υιοί του Λευΐ κατά τον λόγον του Μωϋσέως· και έπεσαν εκ του λαού εκείνην την ημέραν περίπου τρεις χιλιάδες άνδρες.
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.”
διότι είπεν ο Μωϋσής, Καθιερώσατε εαυτούς σήμερον εις τον Κύριον, έκαστος επί τον υιόν αυτού και έκαστος επί τον αδελφόν αυτού, διά να δοθή εις εσάς ευλογία σήμερον.
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].”
Και την επαύριον είπεν ο Μωϋσής προς τον λαόν, Σεις ημαρτήσατε αμαρτίαν μεγάλην· και τώρα θέλω αναβή προς τον Κύριον· ίσως κάμω εξιλέωσιν διά την αμαρτίαν σας.
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.
Και επέστρεψεν ο Μωϋσής προς τον Κύριον και είπε, Δέομαι· ούτος ο λαός ημάρτησεν αμαρτίαν μεγάλην και έκαμον εις εαυτούς θεούς χρυσούς·
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].”
πλην τώρα, εάν συγχωρήσης την αμαρτίαν αυτών· ει δε μη, εξάλειψόν με, δέομαι, εκ της βίβλου σου, την οποίαν έγραψας.
33 But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book.
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, Όστις ημάρτησεν εναντίον εμού, τούτον θέλω εξαλείψει εκ της βίβλου μου·
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.”
όθεν τώρα ύπαγε, οδήγησον τον λαόν εις τον τόπον περί του οποίου σε είπα· ιδού, ο άγγελός μου θέλει προπορεύεσθαι έμπροσθέν σου' αλλ' όμως εν τη ημέρα της ανταποδώσεώς μου θέλω ανταποδώσει την αμαρτίαν αυτών επ' αυτούς.
35 [Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
Και επάταξε Κύριος τον λαόν, διά την κατασκευήν του μόσχου τον οποίον κατεσκεύασεν ο Ααρών.
