2 Mosebok 32
1 Då folket såg, att Mose fördröjde komma neder af bergena, församlade de sig emot Aaron, och sade till honom: Upp, och gör oss gudar, de som gå före oss; ty vi vete icke hvad dessom manne Mose vederfaret är, den oss fört hafver utur Egypti land.
[(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!”
2 Aaron sade till dem: Rifver de gyldene örnaringar utur edra hustrurs öron, edra söners och edra döttrars, och bärer dem till mig.
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.”
3 Då ref allt folket deras gyldene örnaringar utu deras öron, och båro dem till Aaron.
So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 Och han tog dem af deras händer, och utkastade det med en grafstickel, och gjorde en gjuten kalf. Och de sade: Desse äro dine gudar, Israel, som dig utur Egypti land fört hafva.
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!”
5 Då Aaron såg det, byggde han ett altare för honom, och lät utropa, och säga: I morgon är Herrans högtid.
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!”
6 Och de stodo om morgonen bittida upp, och offrade bränneoffer, och båro fram tackoffer. Sedan satte sig folket till att äta och dricka, och stodo upp till att leka.
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.
7 Då sade Herren till Mose: Gack, stig ned; ty ditt folk, som du utur Egypti land fört hafver, hafver förderfvat det.
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)!
8 De äro snarliga trädde ifrå de vägar, som jag dem budit hafver. De hafva gjort sig en gjuten kalf; och hafva tillbedit honom, och offrat honom och sagt: Desse äro dina gudar, Israel, som dig hafva fört utur Egypti land.
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!’”
9 Och Herren sade till Mose: Jag ser, att det är ett hårdnackadt folk.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
10 Och nu låt mig, att min vrede förgrymmar sig öfver dem, och uppfräter dem, så vill jag göra dig till ett stort folk.
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.”
11 Men Mose bad allvarliga inför Herran sin Gud, och sade: Ack! Herre, hvi vill din vrede förgrymma sig öfver ditt folk, det du med stora magt och väldiga hand utur Egypti land fört hafver?
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]!
12 Hvi skulle de Egyptier tala, och säga: Han hafver fört dem ut till deras ofärd, på det han skulle dräpa dem i bergomen, och utskrapa dem af jordene? Vänd dig ifrå dine vredes grymhet, och var nådelig öfver dins folks ondsko.
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]
13 Tänk uppå dina tjenare Abraham, Isaac och Israel, hvilkom du vid dig sjelf svorit hafver, och sagt dem: Jag skall föröka edra säd, såsom stjernorna i himlenom; och allt det landet, der jag om talat hafver, vill jag gifva edro säd, och de skola besitta det evinnerliga.
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.’”
14 Så ångrade då Herren det onda, som han hotade att göra sino folke.
So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
15 Mose vände sig, och steg ned af bergena, och hade två vittnesbördsens taflor i sine hand; de voro skrifna på båda sidor.
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.
16 Och Gud hade sjelf gjort dem, och sjelf skrifvit skriftena deruti.
God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
17 Då nu Josua hörde folkens skri, att de jubilerade, sade han till Mose: Ett krigsskriande är i lägret.
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!”
18 Svarade han: Det är icke ett skriande såsom af dem der vinna eller tappa; utan jag hörer ett skriande af qvädedansar.
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!”
19 Som han nu kom intill lägret, och fick se kalfven, och dansen, förgrymmade han sig i vrede, och kastade taflorna utu sine hand, och slog dem sönder nedanför bergena;
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.
20 Och tog kalfven, som de gjort hade, och brände honom upp i eld, och gjorde honom till pulfver, och strödde det i vatten, och gaf det Israels barnom till att dricka;
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.
21 Och sade till Aaron: Hvad hafver folket gjort dig, att du hafver kommit dem en så stor synd uppå?
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?”
22 Aaron sade: Min herre låte sina vrede icke förgrymma sig; du vetst att detta folket är ondt.
Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
23 De sade till mig: Gör oss gudar, som oss föregå; ty vi vete icke huru denna mannenom Mose går, den oss fört hafver utur Egypti land.
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!’
24 Jag sade till dem: Den som guld hafver, han rifve det af, och få mig; och jag kastade det i eld, deraf är denne kalfven vorden.
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!”
25 Då nu Mose såg, att folket var fritt (ty Aaron hade gjort dem fri, och dermed han dem förhöja ville, kom han dem på skam),
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.
26 Trädde han in i porten åt lägrena, och sade: Kommer hit till mig hvar och en, som Herranom tillhörer. Då församlade sig till honom alle Levi barn.
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.
27 Och han sade till dem: Detta säger Herren Israels Gud: Binde hvar och en sitt svärd på sina länder; och går igenom lägret fram och åter, ifrå den ena porten till den andra, och dräpe hvar och en sin broder, frända och nästa.
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.”
28 Levi barn gjorde såsom Mose dem sade. Och föll i den dagen af folkena vid tretusend män.
The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
29 Då sade Mose: Fyller i dag edra händer Herranom, hvar och en på sin son och broder, att i dag må öfver eder välsignelse gifven varda.
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.”
30 Om morgonen derefter sade Mose till folket: I hafven gjort en stor synd. Nu, jag vill uppstiga till Herran, om jag tilläfventyrs kan försona edra synder.
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].”
31 Som nu Mose åter kom till Herran, sade han: Ack! detta folket hafver gjort en stor synd, och hafva gjort sig gyldene gudar.
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.
32 Nu förlåt dem deras synd; hvar icke, så skrapa mig ock utu dine bok, som du skrifvit hafver.
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].”
33 Herren sade till Mose: Huru? Den vill jag utskrapa utu mine bok, som syndar emot mig.
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book.
34 Så gack nu, och för folket dit, som jag hafver sagt dig; si, min Ängel skall gå före dig. Men på min sökningsdag skall jag söka deras synder öfver dem.
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.”
35 Alltså plågade Herren folket, derföre att de hade gjort kalfven, hvilken Aaron gjorde.
[Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
