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.”
When the people saw that Moses [Drawn out] delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron [Light-bringer], and said to him, “Come, make us deities, which shall lead us; for this Moses [Drawn out], the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], we don’t know what has become of 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.”
Aaron [Light-bringer] said to them, “Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 Ale wo katã woɖe woƒe sikatogɛwo tsɔ vɛ na Aron.
All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron [Light-bringer].
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 received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, “These are your deities, Israel [God prevails], which brought you up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].”
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 [Light-bringer] saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron [Light-bringer] made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to Adonai.”
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.
They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to pray.
7 Tete Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be, “Ɖi kaba, elabena wò ame siwo nèkplɔ tso Egipte la dze nu vɔ̃ me,
Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], “Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], 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.’”
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I enjoined them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your deities, Israel [God prevails], which brought you up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].’”
9 Yehowa yi edzi be, “Mekpɔ be dukɔ sia me tɔwo nye kɔlialiatɔwo kple aglãdzelawo.
Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “I have seen these people, and behold, they are 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 therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you 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?
Moses [Drawn out] begged Adonai his God, and said, “Adonai, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] with great power and with 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 [people from Abode of slavery] speak, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?’ Turn from your fierce wrath, and teshuvah ·turn repent· of this evil against 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 Abraham [Father of a multitude], Isaac [Laughter], and Israel [God prevails], your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
14 Ale Yehowa trɔ eƒe tameɖoɖo la, eye wòkpɔ nublanui na wo.
Adonai changed his mind concerning the disaster which he planned for his people.
15 Mose ɖi tso to la dzi. Elé kpe eve siwo ƒe akpa eveawo dzi woŋlɔ Se Ewoawo ɖo la ɖe asi.
Moses [Drawn out] turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.
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 tables.
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 [Salvation Yah] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses [Drawn out], “There is the noise of war in the camp.”
18 Ke Mose ɖo eŋu be, “Ao, menye dziɖuɣli alo aʋasiɣlie o, ke boŋ hadzidzie.”
He said, “It is not the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I sh'ma ·hear obey·.”
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 soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses [Drawn out]’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath 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.
He took the calf which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel [God prevails] drink of it.
21 Mose bia Aron be, “Nu ka tututu ameawo wɔ wò be nèhe nu vɔ̃ triakɔ sia va wo dzi?”
Moses [Drawn out] said to Aaron [Light-bringer], “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
22 Aron ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Nye aƒetɔ, mègado dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ nenema o. Ènya ame siawo nyuie, eye ènya ameha vɔ̃ɖi si wonye.
Aaron [Light-bringer] said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set 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.’
For they said to me, ‘Make us deities to lead us; for this Moses [Drawn out], the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], we don’t know what has become of 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!”
I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:’ so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and 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,
When Moses [Drawn out] saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron [Light-bringer] had let them loose for a derision among 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.
then Moses [Drawn out] stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Adonai’s side, come to me!” All the sons of Levi [United with] gathered themselves together to 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 said to them, “Adonai says, the God of Israel [God prevails], ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”
28 Levitɔwo wɔ abe ale si Mose gblɔ na wo ene, eye ame abe akpe etɔ̃ ene ku gbe ma gbe.
The sons of Levi [United with] did according to the word of Moses [Drawn out]: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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.”
Moses [Drawn out] said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Adonai, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may give you a blessing today.”
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.”
On the next day, Moses [Drawn out] said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Adonai. Perhaps I shall 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.
Moses [Drawn out] teshuvah ·completely returned· to Adonai, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves deities of gold.
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 will, forgive their sin— and if not, please blot me out of your book which 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.
Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Whoever has sinned against me, him will I 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 of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
35 Tete Yehowa na dɔvɔ̃ dze ameawo dzi, elabena wosubɔ Aron ƒe sikanyivilegba la.
Adonai struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron [Light-bringer] made.
