Kutoka 32
1 Watu walipoona kuwa Mose amekawia sana kushuka kutoka mlimani, walimkusanyikia Aroni na kumwambia, “Njoo, tutengenezee miungu itakayotutangulia. Kwa maana huyu jamaa yetu Mose aliyetupandisha kutoka Misri, hatujui jambo lililompata.”
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 Aroni akawajibu, “Vueni vipuli vya dhahabu ambavyo wake zenu, wana wenu na binti zenu wamevaa, mkaniletee.”
So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 Kwa hiyo watu wote wakavua vipuli vyao, wakavileta kwa Aroni.
Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 Akavichukua vile vitu walivyomkabidhi, akavifanyiza kwa kusubu sanamu yenye umbo la ndama, akaichonga kwa kutumia chombo. Kisha wakasema, “Hii ndiyo miungu yenu, ee Israeli, iliyowapandisha kutoka Misri.”
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 Aroni alipoona hili, akajenga madhabahu mbele ya yule ndama na kutangaza, “Kesho kutakuwa na sikukuu kwa Bwana.”
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
6 Kwa hiyo siku iliyofuata watu wakaamka asubuhi na mapema na kutoa sadaka za kuteketeza na sadaka za amani. Baadaye watu wakaketi kula na kunywa, nao wakasimama, wakajizamisha katika sherehe.
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 Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Shuka, kwa sababu watu wako, uliowatoa Misri, wamepotoka.
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 Wamekuwa wepesi kugeuka na kuacha niliyowaamuru, na wamejitengenezea sanamu ya kuyeyusha yenye umbo la ndama. Wameisujudia na kuitolea dhabihu, nao wamesema, ‘Hii ndiyo miungu yenu, ee Israeli iliyokupandisha kutoka Misri.’”
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 Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Nimeona watu hawa, nao ni watu wenye shingo ngumu.
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
10 Sasa niache ili hasira yangu ipate kuwaka dhidi yao, nami nipate kuwaangamiza. Kisha nitakufanya wewe kuwa taifa kubwa.”
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 Lakini Mose akamsihi Bwana Mungu wake, akasema, “Ee Bwana, kwa nini hasira yako iwake dhidi ya watu wako, wale uliowatoa Misri kwa uweza mkuu na mkono wenye nguvu?
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 Kwa nini Wamisri waseme, ‘Ni kwa nia mbaya aliwatoa Misri, ili awaue milimani na kuwafuta usoni mwa dunia’? Achilia mbali hasira yako kali, waonee huruma na usilete maafa juu ya watu wako.
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 Wakumbuke watumishi wako Abrahamu, Isaki na Israeli, ambao uliwaapia kwa nafsi yako mwenyewe: ‘Nitawafanya uzao wako kuwa wengi kama nyota za angani, nami nitawapa wazao wako nchi hii yote ambayo niliwaahidia, nayo itakuwa urithi wao milele.’”
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 Kisha Bwana akawaonea huruma, wala hakuleta juu ya watu wake maafa aliyokuwa amekusudia.
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
15 Mose akageuka, akashuka kutoka mlimani akiwa na vibao viwili vya Ushuhuda mikononi mwake. Vilikuwa vimeandikwa pande zote mbili, mbele na nyuma.
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 Vibao hivyo vilikuwa kazi ya Mungu; maandishi yalikuwa mwandiko wa Mungu, yaliyochorwa kama muhuri juu ya vibao.
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Yoshua aliposikia sauti za watu wakipiga kelele, akamwambia Mose, “Kuna sauti ya vita kambini.”
When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
18 Mose akajibu: “Si sauti ya ushindi, wala si sauti ya kushindwa; ni sauti ya kuimba ninayosikia.”
But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
19 Mose alipoikaribia kambi na kuona yule ndama na ile michezo, hasira yake ikawaka, akatupa vile vibao vilivyokuwa mikononi mwake, akavipasua vipande vipande pale chini ya mlima.
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 Kisha akamchukua yule ndama waliokuwa wamemtengeneza na kumchoma kwenye moto, kisha akamsaga kuwa unga, akanyunyiza kwenye maji na kuwafanya Waisraeli wanywe.
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 akamwambia Aroni, “Watu hawa walikufanyia nini, hata ukawaongoza kufanya dhambi kubwa hivyo?”
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
22 Aroni akamwambia, “Usikasirike bwana wangu. Unajua jinsi watu hawa walivyo tayari kwa maovu.
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
23 Wao waliniambia, ‘Tufanyie miungu itakayotuongoza. Kwa kuwa huyu jamaa yetu Mose aliyetupandisha kutoka Misri, hatufahamu yaliyompata.’
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 Kwa hiyo nikawaambia, ‘Yeyote aliye na kito chochote cha dhahabu avue.’ Kisha wakanipa hiyo dhahabu, nami nikaitupa motoni, akatokea huyu ndama!”
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 Mose akaona kuwa watu wameasi, kwa kuwa Aroni alikuwa amewaacha waasi, na hivyo kuwa kichekesho kwa adui zao.
Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
26 Kwa hiyo Mose akasimama kwenye ingilio la kambi, akasema, “Yeyote aliye upande wa Bwana, aje upande wangu.” Walawi wote wakamjia.
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 Ndipo alipowaambia, “Hili ndilo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli asemalo: ‘Kila mmoja wenu ajifunge upanga wake kiunoni aende huku na huko kambi yote mwisho hadi mwisho mwingine, kila mmoja amuue ndugu yake, na rafiki yake na jirani yake.’”
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 Walawi wakafanya kama Mose alivyoamuru, siku ile wakafa watu wapatao 3,000.
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
29 Kisha Mose akasema, “Leo mmewekwa wakfu kwa Bwana, kwa kuwa mlikuwa kinyume na wana wenu wenyewe na ndugu zenu, naye Mungu amewabariki leo.”
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 Siku iliyofuata Mose akawaambia watu, “Mmefanya dhambi kubwa. Lakini sasa nitapanda juu kwa Bwana, labda nitaweza kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya dhambi yenu.”
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 Hivyo Mose akarudi kwa Bwana na kumwambia, “Lo! Hawa watu wamefanya dhambi kubwa namna gani! Wamejitengenezea miungu ya dhahabu.
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 Lakini sasa nakusihi, wasamehe dhambi yao; lakini kama sivyo, basi nifute kutoka kwenye kitabu ulichoandika.”
Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
33 Bwana akamjibu Mose, “Yeyote aliyenitenda dhambi ndiye nitakayemfuta kutoka kwenye kitabu changu.
The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
34 Sasa nenda, uongoze hao watu mpaka mahali nilipokuambia, naye malaika wangu atakutangulia. Pamoja na hayo, wakati utakapofika wa mimi kuwaadhibu, nitawaadhibu kwa ajili ya dhambi yao.”
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 Ndipo Bwana akawapiga watu kwa ugonjwa wa tauni kwa sababu ya yale waliyoyafanya kwa ndama yule ambaye alitengenezwa na Aroni.
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
