< 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!”
Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn rí i pé Mose pẹ́ kí ó tó sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti orí òkè wá, wọn péjọ yí Aaroni ká, wọ́n sì wí pé, “Wá, dá òrìṣà tí yóò máa ṣáájú wa fún wa. Bí ó ṣe ti Mose tí ó mú wa jáde láti Ejibiti wá, àwa kò mọ́ ohun tí ó ti ṣẹlẹ̀ sí i.”
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.”
Aaroni dá wọn lóhùn pé, “Ẹ bọ́ òrùka wúrà tí ó wà ní etí àwọn ìyàwó yín, tí àwọn ọmọkùnrin yín, àti tí àwọn ọmọbìnrin yín, kí ẹ sì mú wọn wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ mi.”
3 So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn bọ́ òrùka etí wọn, wọn sì kó wọn wá fún Aaroni.
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!”
Ó sì gbà wọ́n ní ọwọ́ wọn, ó sì fi ṣe ohun ọnà fínfín, ó sì dà á ní àwòrán ẹgbọrọ màlúù. Nígbà náà ni wọn wí pé, “Israẹli, wọ̀nyí ni òrìṣà, ti ó mú un yín jáde wá láti Ejibiti.”
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!”
Nígbà ti Aaroni rí èyí, ó kọ́ pẹpẹ kan níwájú ẹgbọrọ màlúù náà, ó sì kéde pé, “Lọ́la ni àjọyọ̀ sí Olúwa.”
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.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ènìyàn dìde ní kùtùkùtù ọjọ́ kejì, wọ́n sì rú ẹbọ sísun, wọ́n sì mú ẹbọ àlàáfíà wá. Lẹ́yìn náà wọ́n jókòó láti jẹ àti láti mu, wọ́n sì dìde láti ṣeré.
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)!
Olúwa sì wí fún Mose pé, “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ, nítorí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, tí ìwọ mú gòkè wá láti Ejibiti, wọ́n ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀.
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!’”
Wọ́n ti yí kánkán kúrò nípa ọ̀nà tí mo ti mo pàṣẹ fún wọn, wọ́n sì ti dá ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù fún ara wọn. Wọ́n ti foríbalẹ̀ fún un, wọ́n sì ti rú ẹbọ sí i, wọ́n sì ti sọ pé, ‘Israẹli wọ̀nyí ní òrìṣà tí ó mú un yín jáde láti Ejibiti wá.’”
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
Olúwa wí fún Mose pé, “Èmi ti rí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí, wọ́n sì jẹ́ ọlọ́rùn líle ènìyàn.
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.”
Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí fi mí sílẹ̀, nítorí kí ìbínú mi lè gbóná sí wọn, kí Èmi sì lè pa wọ́n run. Nígbà náà ni Èmi yóò sọ ọ́ di orílẹ̀-èdè ńlá.”
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]!
Ṣùgbọ́n Mose kígbe fún ojúrere Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀, ó wí pé, “Olúwa, èéṣe tí ìbínú rẹ yóò ṣe gbóná sí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, tí ìwọ mú jáde láti Ejibiti wá pẹ̀lú agbára ńlá àti ọwọ́ agbára?
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]
Èéṣe tí àwọn ará Ejibiti yóò ṣe wí pé, ‘Nítorí ibi ni ó ṣe mọ̀ ọ́n mọ̀ mú wọn jáde, láti pa wọ́n ní orí òkè àti láti gbá wọn kúrò lórí ayé’? Yípadà kúrò nínú ìbínú rẹ tí ó múná, yí ọkàn padà, kí o má sì ṣe mú ìparun wá sórí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ.
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.’”
Rántí àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ Abrahamu, Isaaki àti Israẹli, ẹni tí ìwọ búra fún fúnra rẹ̀, ‘Tí o wí fún wọn pé, Èmi yóò mú irú-ọmọ rẹ pọ̀ bí ìràwọ̀ ojú ọ̀run, Èmi yóò sì fún irú-ọmọ rẹ ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí mo ti pinnu fún wọn, yóò sì jẹ́ ogún ìní wọn láéláé.’”
14 So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
Nígbà náà ni Olúwa dáwọ́ ìbínú rẹ̀ dúró, kò sì mú ìparun náà tí ó sọ wá sórí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ mọ́.
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.
Mose sì yípadà, ó sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti orí òkè náà pẹ̀lú òkúta wàláà ẹ̀rí méjì ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀. Wọ́n kọ ìwé síhà méjèèjì, iwájú àti ẹ̀yin.
16 God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
Iṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run sì ni wàláà náà; ìkọ̀wé náà jẹ́ ìkọ̀wé Ọlọ́run, a fín in sára àwọn òkúta wàláà náà.
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!”
Nígbà tí Joṣua gbọ́ ariwo àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n ń kígbe, ó sọ fún Mose pé, “Ariwo ogun wà nínú àgọ́.”
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!”
Mose dáhùn pé, “Kì í ṣe ariwo fún ìṣẹ́gun, kì í ṣe ariwo fún aṣẹ́gun; ohùn àwọn tí ń kọrin ni mo gbọ́.”
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.
Nígbà tí Mose dé àgọ́, ó sì rí ẹgbọrọ màlúù náà àti ijó, ìbínú rẹ gbóná, ó sì sọ wàláà ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, ó sì fọ́ wọn sí wẹ́wẹ́ ní ìsàlẹ̀ òkè náà.
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.
Ó sì gbé ẹgbọrọ màlúù tí wọ́n ṣe, ó sì fi iná jó wọn; ó sì lọ̀ wọ́n kúnná, ó dà á sínú omi, ó sì mú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli mu ún.
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?”
Mose sọ fún Aaroni pé, “Kí ni àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí ṣe sí ọ, tí ìwọ ṣe mú wọn dá ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ńlá yìí?”
22 Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
Aaroni dáhùn wí pé, “Má ṣe bínú olúwa mi. Ìwọ mọ bí àwọn ènìyàn yìí ṣe burú tó.
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!’
Wọ́n sọ fún mi pé, ‘Ṣe òrìṣà fún wa, tí yóò máa ṣáájú wa. Bí ó ṣe ti Mose ẹni tí ó mú wa jáde láti Ejibiti wá àwa kò mọ ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ sí i.’
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!”
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mo sọ fún wọn pé, ‘Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó ní òrùka wúrà, kí ó bọ́ ọ wá.’ Nígbà náà ni wọ́n fún mi ní wúrà, mo sì jù ú sínú iná, a sì fi ṣe ẹgbọrọ màlúù yìí!”
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.
Mose rí pé àwọn ènìyàn náà kò ṣe ṣàkóso àti pé Aaroni ti sọ wọ́n di aláìlákóṣo láàrín àwọn ọ̀tá tí ó dìde sí wọn.
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.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Mose dúró ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà àgọ́, ó sì wí pé, “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá wà fún Olúwa, kí ó wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ mi.” Gbogbo àwọn ará Lefi sì péjọ yí i ká.
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.”
Nígbà náà ni ó sọ fún wọn pé, “Èyí ni Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli, wí pé, ‘Kí olúkúlùkù ọkùnrin kí ó kọ idà rẹ̀ sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ rẹ̀. Ẹ lọ padà, kí ẹ jà láti àgọ́ kan dé òmíràn, olúkúlùkù kí ó pa arákùnrin rẹ̀ ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀ àti aládùúgbò rẹ.’”
28 The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
Àwọn ará Lefi ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí Mose ṣe pàṣẹ, àti ní ọjọ́ náà àwọn tí ó kú tó ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́ta ènìyàn.
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.”
Nígbà náà ni Mose wí pé, “Ẹ ti ya ara yín sọ́tọ̀ fún Olúwa lónìí, nítorí ìwọ ti dìde sí àwọn ọmọ rẹ àti arákùnrin rẹ, ó sì ti bùkún fún ọ lónìí.”
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].”
Ní ọjọ́ kejì Mose sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn náà pé, “Ẹ̀yin ti dá ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ó pọ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí èmi yóò gòkè lọ bá Olúwa; bóyá èmi lè ṣe ètùtù fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín.”
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.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Mose padà tọ Olúwa lọ, ó sì wí pé, “Yé, kí ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ńlá tí àwọn ènìyàn ti dá yìí! Wọ́n ti ṣe òrìṣà wúrà fún ara wọn.
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].”
Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, jọ̀wọ́ dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn jì wọ́n ṣùgbọ́n tí kò bá sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, pa orúkọ mi rẹ́ kúrò nínú ìwé tí ìwọ ti kọ.”
33 But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book.
Olúwa dá Mose lóhùn pé, “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí mi, Èmi yóò pa á rẹ́ kúrò nínú ìwé mi.
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.”
Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí lọ, máa darí àwọn ènìyàn yìí lọ sí ibi ti mo sọ, angẹli mi yóò sì máa lọ ṣáájú yín. Ìgbà ń bọ̀ fún mi tì Èmi yóò ṣe ìbẹ̀wò, Èmi yóò fi yà jẹ wọ́n fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.”
35 [Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
Olúwa sì yọ àwọn ènìyàn náà lẹ́nu, pẹ̀lú ààrùn nítorí ohun tí wọ́n ṣe ní ti ẹgbọrọ màlúù tí Aaroni ṣe.