Kutoka 32
1 Hata watu walipoona ya kuwa Musa amekawia kushuka katika mlima, wakakusanyana wakamwendea Aruni, wakamwambia, “Njoo, katufanyizie sanamu itakayokwenda mbele yetu, kwa maana Musa huyo aliyetutoa katika nchi ya Misri hatujui yaliyompata.”
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 Hivyo Aruni akawaambia, “Zitoeni pete za dhahabu zilizo katika masikio ya wake zenu, na wana wenu, na binti zenu, 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 Watu wote wakavua pete za dhahabu zilizo katika masikio yao, na wakamletea Aruni.
Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 Akapoke mikononi mwao akaitengeneza kwa patasi, akaifanya iwe sanamu ya ndama kwa kuiyeyusha. Nao wakasema, “Hiyo ndiyo miungu yako, Ee Israeli, iliyokutoa katika nchi ya 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 Naye Haruni alipoona jambo hili, akajenga madhabahu mbele yake; Aruni akatangaza akasema,
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
6 “Kesho itakuwa sikukuu kwa Yahweh.” Wakaondoka asubuhi na mapema, wakatoa dhabihu, wakaleta sadaka za amani, watu wakaketi kula na kunywa, wakaondoka wacheze.
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 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Shuka upesi, kwa maana watu wako uliowatoa katika nchi ya Misri wamejiharibu nafsi zao.
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 Wamepotoka upesi kuiacha ile njia niliyowaamuru, wamejifanyizia ndama ya kuyeyusha wakaiabudu na kuitolea dhabihu. Wakasema, 'Hiyo ndiyo miungu yako, Ee Israeli, iliyokutoa katika nchi ya 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 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Mimi nimewaona watu hawa, na tazama, 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 Basi sasa usinizuie. Ili hasira zangu ziwake juu yao, niwaangamize. Nami nitakufanya wewe uwe taifa kuu.”
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 Musa akamsihi sana Yahweh Mungu wake, na kusema,”Yahweh, kwa nini hasira zako kuwaka juu ya watu wako uliowaleta kutoka nchi ya Misri kwa uweza mkuu, na kwa 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 kusema, 'Amewatoa kwa kuwatenda uovu, ili apate kuwaua milimani, na kuwaondoa watoke juu ya uso wa nchi?' Geuka katika hasira yako kali, ughairi uovu huu ulio nao 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 Mkumbuke Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Israeli, watumishi wako, ambao uliwaapia kwa nafsi yako, na kuwaambia, 'Nitazidisha kizazi chenu mfano wa nyota za mbinguni; tena nchi hii yote niliyoinena nitakipa kizazi chenu nao watairithi 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 Na Yahweh akaughairi ule uovu aliosema ya kwamba atawatenda watu wake.
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
15 Kisha Musa akageuka akashuka katika mlima, na zile mbao mbili za mawe mikononi mwake. Mbao zilizoandikwa pande zote mbili, upande huu na upande huu ziliandikwa.
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 Na zile mbao zilikuwa kazi ya Mungu nayo maandiko yalikuwa maandiko ya Mungu, yaliyochorwa katika zile mbao.
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Na Yoshua aliposikia kelele za watu walipokuwa wakipiga kelele, akamwambia Musa, “Kuna kelele 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 “Lakini Musa akasema, “Hiyo si sauti ya watu wapigao kelele kwa sababu ya kushinda vitani, wala si sauti ya watu wapigao kelele kwa sababu ya kushindwa; bali kelele za watu waimbao ndizo ninazozisikia mimi.”
But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
19 Hata alipoyakaribia kambini akaiona ile ndama, na watu wakicheza. Hasira ya Musa ikawaka. Akazitupa zile mbao mikononi mwake, akazivunja 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 Akaitwaa ile ndama waliyoifanya, akaichoma moto, akaisaga hata ikawa mavumbi, akainyunyiza juu ya maji. Akawanywesha wana wa Israeli.
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 Musa akamwambia Aruni, “Watu hawa wamekufanyani hata ukaleta dhambi hii kuu juu yao?
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
22 Aruni akasema, “Hasira yako isiwake, bwana wangu. Wewe unawajua watu hawa, ya kuwa wamejielekeza kwa mabaya.
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
23 Maana waliniambia, 'Katufanyie miungu, itakayokwenda mbele yetu. Kwa maana mtu huyo Musa, aliyetutoa katika nchi ya Misri, hatujui 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 Nikawaambia, 'Mtu ye yote aliye na dhahabu na aivue; basi wakanipa, nami nikaitupa ndani ya moto, akatoka ndama huyu.”
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 Basi Musa alipoona ya kuwa watu hawa wameasi (maana Haruni amewaacha waasi, ili wawe dhihaka kati ya 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 Ndipo Musa akasimama katika mlango wa marago, akasema, “Mtu awaye yote aliye upande wa Yahweh na aje kwangu.” Wana wa Lawi wote wakamkusanyikia.
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 Akawaambia, Yahweh, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, 'Kila mtu na ajifunge upanga wake pajani mwake, akapite huko na huko toka mlango hata mlango kati ya marago, mkamchinje kila mtu ndugu yake, na kila mtu mwenziwe na kila mtu 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 Na hao wana wa Lawi wakafanya kama vile alivyosema Musa, wakaanguka siku ile kama watu elfu tatu.
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
29 Musa akasema, Jiwekeni wakfu kwa Yahweh leo, kila mtu juu ya mwanawe na juu ya ndugu yake; ili Yahweh awape baraka 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 Hata asubuhi yake Musa akawaambia watu, “Mmetenda dhambi kuu. Sasa nitakwenda juu kwa Yahweh. Labda nitafanya 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 Musa akarejea kwa Yahweh akasema,” Oh! Watu hawa wametenda dhambi kuu wamejifanyia 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 Walakini sasa, ikiwa utawasamehe dhambi yao – na kama sivyo, unifute, nakusihi, katika kitabu chako 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 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Mtu ye yote aliyenitenda dhambi ndiye nitakayemfuta katika kitabu changu.
The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
34 Basi sasa uende ukawaongoze watu hawa mpaka mahali pale ambapo nimekwambia habari zake. Tazama, malaika wangu atakutangulia. Lakini pamoja na hayo siku nitakayowajilia nitawapatiliza 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 Kisha Yahweh akawapiga hao watu, kwa walivyoifanya ile ndama, ambayo Aruni aliifanya.
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
