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!”
Cuando el pueblo se dio cuenta de cuánto tiempo tardaba Moisés en bajar de la montaña, fueron juntos a ver a Aarón. Le dijeron: “¡Levántate! Haznos unos dioses que nos guíen porque este hombre, Moisés, que nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le ha pasado”.
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.”
“Tráiganme los pendientes de oro que llevan sus esposas, hijos e hijas”, respondió Aarón.
3 So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
Así que todos se quitaron los pendientes de oro que llevaban puestos y se los llevaron a Aarón.
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!”
Él tomó lo que le dieron y usando una herramienta moldeó un ídolo con forma de becerro. Gritaron: “Israel, estos son los dioses que te sacaron de la tierra de Egipto”.
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!”
Cuando Aarón vio esto, edificó un altar frente al becerro de oro y gritó: “¡Mañana será una fiesta para honrar al Señor!”
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.
Al día siguiente, temprano, sacrificaron ofrendas quemadas y presentaron ofrendas de paz. Luego se sentaron a celebrar con comida y bebida. Luego se levantaron para bailar, y se convirtió en una orgía.
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)!
Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés, “Baja, porque tu pueblo, el que sacaste de Egipto está actuando inmoralmente.
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!’”
Han abandonado rápidamente el camino que les ordené seguir. Se han hecho un ídolo de metal con forma de becerro, inclinándose ante él en adoración y ofreciéndole sacrificios. Dicen: ‘Estos son los dioses que los sacaron de la tierra de Egipto’”.
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
“Sé cómo es este pueblo”, continuó diciendo el Señor a Moisés. “¡Son tan rebeldes!
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.”
¡Ahora déjame! Estoy enfadado con ellos... ¡Déjame acabar con ellos! Te convertiré en una gran nación”.
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]!
Pero Moisés suplicó al Señor su Dios, diciendo: “¿Por qué estás enojado con el pueblo que sacaste de la tierra de Egipto con tremendo poder y gran fuerza?
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]
¿Por qué permitirás que los egipcios digan ‘los sacó con el malvado propósito de matarlos en las montañas, borrándolos de la faz de la tierra’? Apártate de tu feroz ira. Por favor, arrepiéntete de esta amenaza contra tu pueblo.
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.’”
Recuerda que juraste una promesa a tus siervos Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, diciéndoles: ‘Haré que tu descendencia sea tan numerosa como las estrellas del cielo, y te daré toda la tierra que les prometí, y la poseerán para siempre’”.
14 So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
El Señor se arrepintió sobre el desastre que amenazó con causar a su pueblo.
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.
Moisés se volvió y bajó del monte, llevando las dos tablas de piedra de la Ley escritas a ambos lados.
16 God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
Dios había hecho las tablas, y Dios mismo había grabado la escritura.
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!”
Cuando Josué escuchó todos los gritos del campamento, le dijo a Moisés: “¡Suena como una pelea en el campamento!”
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!”
Pero Moisés respondió: “Estos no son los gritos de la victoria o de la derrota. ¡Lo que oigo es gente que está de fiesta!”
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.
Al acercarse al campamento vio el ídolo del becerro y el baile. Se enfadó tanto que tiró las tablas de piedra y las rompió allí al pie de la montaña.
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.
Tomó el becerro, lo quemó y lo molió en polvo. Luego mezcló esto con agua e hizo que los israelitas la bebieran.
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?”
Entonces Moisés le preguntó a Aarón: “¿Qué te hizo esta gente para que los hicieras pecar tan mal?”
22 Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
“Por favor, no te enfades conmigo, mi señor”, respondió Aarón. “Tú mismo sabes cuánto mal es capaz de hacer este pueblo.
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!’
Me dijeron: ‘Haznos unos dioses que nos guíen porque este hombre, Moisés, que nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le ha pasado’.
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!”
Entonces les dije: ‘El que tenga joyas de oro, que se las quite y me las dé’. Eché el oro en el horno y salió este becerro”.
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.
Moisés vio al pueblo enloqueciendo completamente porque Aarón lo había permitido, y que esto les había traído el ridículo de sus enemigos.
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.
Así que fue y se paró a la entrada del campamento, y gritó: “¡Quien esté del lado del Señor, que venga y se una a mí!” Y todos los levitas se reunieron a su alrededor.
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.”
Moisés les dijo: “Esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Dios de Israel: Cada uno amárrese su espada. Luego recorran todo el campamento de un extremo a otro y maten a sus hermanos, amigos y vecinos”.
28 The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
Los levitas hicieron lo que Moisés les había dicho, y ese día alrededor de 3.000 hombres fueron asesinados.
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.”
Moisés les dijo a los levitas: “Hoy han sido dedicados al Señor porque hanactuado contra sus hijos y hermanos. Hoy han ganado una bendición para ustedes mismos”.
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].”
Al día siguiente Moisés habló al pueblo diciendo: “Han pecado muy mal. Pero ahora subiré al Señor. Tal vez pueda conseguir que perdone su pecado”.
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.
Así que Moisés volvió al Señor. Y dijo: “Por favor, el pueblo ha pecado muy mal al hacerse dioses de oro para sí mismos.
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].”
Pero ahora, si quieres, perdona sus pecados. Si no, bórrame del pergamino en el que guardas tus registros”.
33 But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book.
Pero el Señor respondió a Moisés: “Los que pecaron contra mí son los que serán borrados de mi pergamino.
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.”
Ahora ve y conduce al pueblo al lugar del que te hablé. Mi ángel irá delante de ti, pero en el momento en que decida castigarlos, los castigaré por su pecado”.
35 [Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
El Señor trajo una plaga sobre el pueblo porque hicieron que Aarón hiciera el becerro.
