Mose 2 32
1 Esi Mose megbɔ tso to la dzi kaba o ta la, Israelviwo gblɔ na Aron be, “Kpɔ ɖa, wɔ mawu aɖe si akplɔ mí la na mí, elabena Mose, ame si kplɔ mí tso Egipte la, bu ɖe mí. Nane anya wɔe.”
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
2 Aron ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Miɖe sikatogɛ siwo mia srɔ̃wo, mia viŋutsuwo kple mia vinyɔnuwo de la eye miatsɔ wo vɛ nam.”
So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 Ale wo katã woɖe woƒe sikatogɛwo tsɔ vɛ na Aron.
Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 Aron lolõ sika la, eye wòtsɔe wɔ nyivi aɖe ƒe nɔnɔme. Ameawo do ɣli be, “O, Israel, esiae nye mawu si kplɔ wò do goe le Egipte!”
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
5 Esi Aron kpɔ ale si ameawo kpɔ dzidzɔe le nyivilegba la ŋu la, etu vɔsamlekpui aɖe ɖe nyivilegba la ŋgɔ, eye wòɖe gbeƒã be, “Etsɔ la, míasa vɔ aɖe na Yehowa!”
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
6 Esi ŋu ke la, wofɔ kaba, eye wode asi numevɔsawo kple ŋutifafavɔsawo wɔwɔ me na nyivilegba la. Emegbe la, wonɔ anyi ɖu nu, eye wono nu nyuie, eye wotsi tsitre, eye woɖu ɣe.
So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.
7 Tete Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be, “Ɖi kaba, elabena wò ame siwo nèkplɔ tso Egipte la dze nu vɔ̃ me,
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
8 eye woɖe asi le nye seawo katã ŋu enumake. Wowɔ sikanyivilegba aɖe na wo ɖokuiwo. Wole esubɔm, le vɔ sam nɛ, eye wole gbɔgblɔm be, ‘O Israel, esiae nye wò mawu si kplɔ wò tso Egipte.’”
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
9 Yehowa yi edzi be, “Mekpɔ be dukɔ sia me tɔwo nye kɔlialiatɔwo kple aglãdzelawo.
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
10 Gblẽm ɖi azɔ, eye nye dɔmedzoe nabi ɖe wo ŋu. Matsrɔ̃ wo katã, eye mawɔ wò, Mose nàzu dukɔ gã aɖe ɖe wo teƒe.”
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
11 Ke Mose ɖe kuku na Yehowa, eƒe Mawu la be megawɔ nenema o. Eɖe kuku be, “Yehowa, nu ka ta nèdo dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ ale ɖe wò ŋutɔ wò dukɔ si nèkplɔ tso Egiptenyigba dzi kple ŋusẽ gã kple nukunu triakɔ mawo tɔgbi la ŋu?
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
12 Ɖe nèdi be Egiptetɔwo nagblɔ be, ‘Mawu ble wo be woava toawo dzi ale be yeate ŋu awu wo, atsrɔ̃ wo ɖa le anyigba dzi keŋkeŋ’ mahã? Ɖe asi le wò dɔmedzoe sesẽ la ŋu. Trɔ wò susu, eye mègahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va wò amewo dzi o.
Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
13 Ɖo ŋku wò ŋutɔ wò ŋugbe si nèdo na wò dɔlawo, Abraham, Isak kple Israel la dzi, elabena ètsɔ wò ŋutɔ wò ŋkɔ ka atam be, ‘Mana miaƒe dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ abe dziƒoɣletiviwo ene, eye matsɔ anyigba sia katã si ŋugbe medo la ana miaƒe dzidzimeviwo tegbetegbe.’”
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
14 Ale Yehowa trɔ eƒe tameɖoɖo la, eye wòkpɔ nublanui na wo.
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
15 Mose ɖi tso to la dzi. Elé kpe eve siwo ƒe akpa eveawo dzi woŋlɔ Se Ewoawo ɖo la ɖe asi.
Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
16 Mawu ŋutɔe kpa kpeawo, eye wòŋlɔ Seawo ɖe kpeawo dzi.
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Esi Yosua se ɣli si ameawo katã nɔ dodom le toa te la, egblɔ na Mose be, “Ewɔ abe ɖe wole dzadzram ɖo na aʋawɔwɔ ene!”
When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
18 Ke Mose ɖo eŋu be, “Ao, menye dziɖuɣli alo aʋasiɣlie o, ke boŋ hadzidzie.”
But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
19 Esi wote ɖe asaɖa la ŋu la, Mose kpɔ sikanyivilegba la kple ameawo wonɔ ɣe ɖum. Edo dɔmedzoe ale gbegbe be wòtsɔ kpe siwo dzi Mawu ŋlɔ Seawo ɖo la ƒu anyi wogbã le to la te.
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
20 Etsɔ sikanyivilegba la, eye wòdee dzo me wòlolo. Esi sika la fa la, etui memie wòzu wɔ. Etsɔ wɔ la kɔ ɖe tsi me hena Israelviwo wono.
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
21 Mose bia Aron be, “Nu ka tututu ameawo wɔ wò be nèhe nu vɔ̃ triakɔ sia va wo dzi?”
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
22 Aron ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Nye aƒetɔ, mègado dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ nenema o. Ènya ame siawo nyuie, eye ènya ameha vɔ̃ɖi si wonye.
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
23 Woawoe gblɔ nam be, ‘Wɔ mawu aɖe na mí, wòakplɔ mí, elabena nane wɔ Mose, ame si kplɔ mí do goe le Egipte.’
They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
24 Megblɔ na wo be, ‘Mitsɔ miaƒe sikatogɛwo vɛ.’ Ale wotsɔ wo vɛ. Metsɔ wo de dzo me, eye nyivi siae do go tso eme!”
So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
25 Esi Mose kpɔ be ameawo lé woƒe mɔ tsɔ to Aron ƒe ŋusẽdoame me, eye yewoƒe futɔwo nɔ dzidzɔ kpɔm le nu sia ŋu la,
Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
26 etsi tsitre ɖe asaɖa la ƒe mɔnu, eye wòdo ɣli be, “Mi ame siwo katã le Yehowa dzi la, miva afi sia miawɔ ɖeka kplim.” Tete Levitɔwo katã do go va egbɔ.
So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
27 Egblɔ na wo be, “Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be, ‘Mitsɔ miaƒe yiwo, eye miatsa le asaɖa la me, tso asaɖa la ƒe seƒe ɖeka yi ekemɛ, eye miawu mia ŋutɔwo mia nɔviwo, xɔlɔ̃wo kple ame nyanyɛwo gɔ̃ hã.’”
He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
28 Levitɔwo wɔ abe ale si Mose gblɔ na wo ene, eye ame abe akpe etɔ̃ ene ku gbe ma gbe.
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
29 Mose gblɔ na Levitɔwo be, “Egbe la, mieɖo mia ɖokuiwo hena dɔwɔwɔ na Yehowa, elabena mieɖo toe, togbɔ be toɖoɖoe na be miewu mia ŋutɔwo mia viwo kple mia nɔviwo hã. Azɔ la, Yehowa akɔ yayra geɖe ɖe mia dzi.”
Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”
30 Esi ŋu ke la, Mose gblɔ na Israelviwo be, “Miewɔ nu vɔ̃ gã aɖe, ke magbugbɔ ayi Yehowa gbɔ le to la dzi. Ɖewohĩ mate ŋu ana wòatsɔ miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ake mi.”
The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
31 Ale Mose trɔ yi Yehowa gbɔ, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “O, ame siawo wɔ nu vɔ̃ gã aɖe: wotsɔ sika wɔ mawuwo na wo ɖokuiwo.
So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
32 Meɖe kuku, tsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ke wo. Ke ne màte ŋui o la, ekema na nye boŋ maku ɖe wo teƒe, eye nàtutu nye ŋkɔ ɖa le wò agbalẽ la me.”
Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
33 Yehowa ɖo eŋu na Mose be, “Ame sia ame si wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe ŋunye la, eya ƒe ŋkɔe matutu ɖa le nye agbalẽ la me.
The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
34 Azɔ la, yi eye nàkplɔ nye ameawo ayi teƒe si ƒe nya megblɔ na wò. Meka ɖe edzi na wò be nye Dɔla anɔ ŋgɔ na mi. Ke ne meva be makpɔ ameawo ɖa la, mahe to na wo le woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta.”
Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
35 Tete Yehowa na dɔvɔ̃ dze ameawo dzi, elabena wosubɔ Aron ƒe sikanyivilegba la.
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
