Exodo 32
1 Nang makita ng mga tao na si Moises ay natagalang bumaba sa bundok, nagtipon sila sa paligid ni Aaron at sinabi sa kaniya, “Halika, igawa mo kami ng diyos-diyosan na mangunguna sa amin. Dahil itong si Moises, ang taong nagdala sa amin palabas sa lupain ng Ehipto, hindi namin alam kung ano ang nangyari sa kaniya.”
[(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 Kaya sinabi ni Aaron sa kanila, “Kunin ninyo ang mga gintong hikaw sa mga tainga ng inyong mga asawa at sa mga tainga ng inyong mga anak na lalaki at sa mga anak na babae at dalhin ang mga ito sa akin.
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 Kinuhang lahat ng mga tao ang mga gintong hikaw na nasa kanilang mga tainga at dinala ang mga ito kay Aaron.
So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 Natanggap niya ang ginto mula sa kanila, niyari ito sa isang molde, at ginawa ito sa isang minoldeng guya. Pagkatapos sinabi ng mga tao, “Israel, ito ang inyong diyos na nagdala sa inyo palabas sa lupain ng Ehipto.”
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 Nang nakita ito ni Aaron, nagtayo siya ng isang altar sa harap ng guya at ginawa sa isang pagpapahayag, sinabi niya, “Bukas magkakaroon ng pagdiriwang sa karangalan ni Yahweh.
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 Kinabukasan gumising ng maaga ang mga tao at nag-alay ng mga sinunog na handog at sama-samang nagdala ng mga alay. Pagkatapos sila ay umupo para kumain at uminom, at pagkatapos tumindig para makipag-inuman sa mahalay na pagdiriwang.
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 Pagkatapos nagsalita si Yahweh kay Moises, “Umalis ka agad, dahil sa iyong bayan, na nagdala palabas sa lupain ng Ehipto, naging masama ang kanilang mga sarili.
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 Mabilis silang umalis sa daan na aking inutos sa kanila. Nagmolde sila para sa kanilang sarili ng isang guya at sumamba dito at naghandog dito. Sinabi nila, 'Israel, “Ito ang inyong diyos na nagdala palabas sa lupain ng Egipto.”
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 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Nakita ko ang bayang ito. Tingnan mo, sila ay mga taong mapagmatigas.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn.
10 Kaya pagkatapos, huwag mong subukang pigilan ko. Ang aking galit ay sisiklab laban sa kanila, kaya wawasakin ko sila. “Pagkatapos gagawa ako ng isang dakilang bansa mula sa iyo.”
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 Pero sinubukang huminahon ni Moises si Yahweh na kaniyang Diyos. Sinabi niya, “Yahweh, bakit ang inyong galit ay sumiklab laban sa iyong bayan, na nagdala palabas sa lupain ng Ehipto na may dakilang kapangyarihan at may malakas na kamay?
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 Bakit kailangang sabihin ng mga taga-Ehipto, “Pinangunahan niya sila nang may masamang layunin, para patayin sila sa mga bundok at para wasakin sila sa ibabaw ng mundo? Magbalik ka mula sa iyong nagsusumiklab na galit at mahabag ang loob mula sa kaparusahan ng iyong bayan.
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 Alalahanin mo sina Abraham at Isaac at Israel, iyong mga lingkod, na siyang sumumpa sa pamamagitan ng iyong sarili mismo at sinabi sa kanila, “Gagawin ko ang iyong mga kaapu-apuhan na kasing dami ng mga bituin sa kalangitan, at bibigyan ko ang iyong mga kaapu-apuhan lahat ng lupaing aking sinabi. Mamanahin nila ito magpakailanman.”
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 Pagkatapos nahabag si Yahweh mula sa kaparusahan na kaniyang sinabi na dapat pahirapan ang kaniyang bayan.
So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do.
15 Pagkatapos tumalikod si Moises at bumaba sa bundok, dala-dala ang dalawang tipak ng bato ng tipan ng kautusan sa kaniyang kamay. Ang mga tipak ng bato ay may nakasulat sa magkabilang gilid, sa harap at sa likuran.
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 Ang mga tipak ng bato ay sariling gawa ng Diyos, at ang mga sulat ay sariling sulat ng Diyos, inukit sa mga tipak ng bato.
God [himself] had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them.
17 Nang marinig ni Josue ang ingay ng mga tao na humihiyaw, sinabi niya kay Moises, “May ingay ng labanan doon sa kampo.”
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 Pero sinabi ni Moises, “Hindi ito tunog ng isang tagumpay at hindi tunog ng natatalong mga tao, pero ang tunog ng umaawit ang aking naririnig.”
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 Nang dumating si Moises sa kampo, nakita niya ang guya at ang mga taong nagsasayawan. Siya ay lubhang nagalit. Itinapon niya ang mga tipak ng bato na nasa kaniyang mga kamay, at nabiyak ang mga ito sa ibaba ng bundok.
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 Kinuha niya ang guya na ginawa ng mga tao, sinunog ito, dinurog ito para maging abo at ibinuhos ito sa tubig. Pagkatapos ipinainom niya ito sa bayan ng Israel.
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 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Moises kay Aaron, “Ano ang ginawa ng mga taong ito sa iyo, na dinala mo ang ganyang dakilang kasalanan sa kanila?”
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 Sinabi ni Aaron, “Huwag mong hayaan ang iyong galit ay sumiklab, aking panginoon. Alam mo ang mga taong ito, kung paano sila gumagawa ng kasamaan.
Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things.
23 Sinabi nila sa akin, igawa mo kami ng diyos na mangunguna sa amin. Dahil itong si Moises, ang taong nagdala palabas sa amin sa lupain ng Ehipto. hindi namin alam kung ano ang nangyari sa kaniya.'
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 Kaya sinabi ko sa kanila, 'Kung sinuman ang mayroong anumang ginto, hayaang tanggalin niya ito. Binigay nila sa akin ang ginto at itinapon ko ito sa apoy, at ito ay naging isang guya.”
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 Nakita ni Moises ang mga tao ay tumatakbo ng marahas, dahil hinayaan ni Aaron sila ay mawalan ng pagpipigil, para tuksuhin ang kanilang mga kaaway.
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 Pagkatapos tumayo si Moises sa pasukan ng kampo at sinabi, “Sinuman ang nasa panig ni Yahweh, pumunta sa akin.” Lahat ng mga Levita ay nagtipon sa paligid niya,
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 Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israelita, sanasabi ito, 'Hayaang ang bawat lalaki ay ikabit ang kaniyang espada sa kaniyang gilid at magbalik at bumalik mula sa pasukan hanggang pasukan ng buong kampo, at patayin ang kaniyang kapatid na lalaki, kaniyang kasamahan at kaniyang kapitbahay.”
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 Ginawa ng mga Levita ang inutos ni Moises. Sa araw na iyon ay mahigit tatlong libong lalaki mula sa bayan ang namatay,
The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day.
29 Sinabi ni Moises sa mga Levita, “Itinalaga kayo sa paglilingkod kay Yahweh sa araw na ito, dahil bawat isa sa inyo ay kumilos laban sa kaniyang anak na kaniyang kapatid na lalaki, kaya bibigyan kayo ni Yahweh ng pagpapala sa araw na ito.”
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 Kinabukasan sinabi ni Moises sa mga tao, “Nakagawa kayo ng isang dakilang kasalanan. Ngayon aakyat ako kay Yahweh. Marahil maari akong gumawa ng pambayad sa inyong pagkakasala.”
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 Bumalik si Moises kay Yahweh at sinabing, “Naku, ang mga taong ito ay nakagawa ng malaking kasalanan at gumawa ng kanilang mga sariling gintong diyos-diyosan.
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 Pero ngayon, pakiusap patawarin mo ang kanilang kasalanan; pero kung hindi ninyo gagawin, pawiin mo ako sa aklat na iyong isinulat.”
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 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Kung sinuman ang nagkasala laban sa akin, ang taong iyon ay papawiin ko sa aking aklat.
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is [only] those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book.
34 Kaya ngayon lumakad ka, pangunahan mo ang bayan papunta sa lugar na sinabi ko sa iyo. Tingnan, ang aking anghel ang mangunguna sa inyo. Pero sa araw na parusahan ko sila, paparusahan ko sila dahil sa kanilang pagkakasala.
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 Pagkatapos nagpadala si Yahweh ng salot sa bayan dahil gumawa sila ng guya, ang isa na ginawa ni Aaron.
[Later] Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold [statue of a] young bull.
