2 Mose 32
1 Mose kyɛe wɔ bepɔw no so saa no, nnipa no nyinaa kɔɔ Aaron so kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ntɛm, yɛ anyame a wobedi yɛn anim ma yɛn, efisɛ yenhu baabi a Mose a odii yɛn anim de yɛn fi Misraim asase so baa ha no afa; ebia na biribi ayɛ no.”
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 Aaron nso ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Munyiyi mo sika nsonkaa nyinaa mmra.”
So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 Wɔn nyinaa yiyii wɔn nsonkaa brɛɛ Aaron.
Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
4 Aaron nan sikakɔkɔɔ nsonkaa no, na ɔde oguu nantwi ba ohoni. Nnipa no nyinaa kae se, “Israel, oyi ne mo nyame a oyii mo fii Misraim asase so bae no.”
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 Aaron huu sɛ nnipa no ani agye sika nantwi ba ohoni no ho no, osii afɔremuka sii nantwi ba no anim kae se, “Ɔkyena yɛbɛhyɛ fa ama Awurade.”
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
6 Wɔsɔree anɔpahema fii ase bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre de maa nantwi ba ohoni no. Ɛno akyi no, wɔtoo pon kɛse, didi nomee, goruu abosongoru, yɛɛ ahuhude.
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 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Yɛ ntɛm na sian kɔ wo nkurɔfo a wode wɔn fi Misraim asase so bae no nkyɛn, efisɛ wɔagu wɔn ho fi,
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 na wɔabu me mmara nyinaa nso so. Wɔabɔ sika nantwi ba a wɔsom no, asan abɔ afɔre nso ama no aka se, ‘Israel, oyi ne mo nyame a oyii mo fii Misraim asase so bae no.’”
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 Awurade kae se, “Mahu sɛnea saa nnipa yi si yɛ asoɔden na wɔsan yɛ atuatewfo fa.
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
10 Afei, ma me kwan na memma mʼabufuw nnɛw ntia wɔn mma mensɛe wɔn. Na mɛyɛ wo ɔman kɛse.”
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 Nanso Mose srɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔnyɛ saa. Ɔkɔɔ so se, “Awurade, adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ wʼabufuw dɛw atia wo ara wo nkurɔfo a wonam anwonwakwan ne wo tumi so yii wɔn fii Misraim asase so yi?
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 Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ Misraimfo no ka se, ‘Onyankopɔn daadaa wɔn sɛ wɔmmra bepɔw no so sɛnea obenya wɔn akum wɔn, atɔre wɔn ase afi asase so?’ Ma wo bo ntɔ wo yam na gyae ɔsɛe a wopɛ sɛ wode ba wo nkurɔfo no so no.
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 Kae bɔ a wohyɛɛ wʼasomfo Abraham, Isak ne Israel no. Wo ara wokaa ntam se, ‘Mɛma mo asefo adɔɔso sɛ ɔsoro nsoromma na mede saa asase a mahyɛ mo ho bɔ yi nyinaa bɛma mo asefo na wɔatena so afebɔɔ.’”
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 Awurade sesaa nʼadwene de wɔn ho kyɛɛ wɔn.
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
15 Afei, Mose sian fii bepɔw no so bae a okura Mmaransɛm Du no a wɔakyerɛw agu abo apon abien akyi ne anim no.
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 Onyankopɔn no ankasa na ɔkyerɛw mmaransɛm no wɔ apon no so.
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Bere a Yosua tee sɛ nnipa bi reyɛ gyegyeegye no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Ɛyɛ me sɛ wɔreboaboa wɔn ho akɔ ɔko!”
When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
18 Ɛnna Mose nso buaa no se, “Ɛnyɛ nkonimdi mu nnyigyei na ɛnyɛ nkogu de, na mmom, ɛyɛ nnwonto nnyigyei na mete.”
But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
19 Wobeduu atenae hɔ, Mose huu nantwi ba no ne asaw a wɔresaw. Enti ɔde abufuwhyew tow kyerɛwapon no hwehwee fam ma ebubuu wɔ bepɔw no ase.
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 Ɔfaa nantwi ba no nan no wɔ ogya mu na edwoe no, ɔyam no muhumuhu de guu nsu mu maa nnipa no nomee.
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 Obisaa Aaron se, “Dɛn nko ara na saa nnipa no yɛɛ wo a enti wudii wɔn anim ma wɔyɛɛ saa bɔne kɛse yi?”
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
22 Aaron buaa no se, “Mma wo bo mmfuw. Wo ara wunim sɛnea wo nkurɔfo yi yɛ nnipa bɔne fa.
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
23 Wɔn ara na wɔka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Yɛ onyame bi ma yɛn na ɔnkyerɛ yɛn kwan na yennim nea ayɛ saa Mose a odii yɛn anim fii Misraim no.’
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 Enti me nso mekae se, ‘Munyiyi mo sikakɔkɔɔ nsonkaa mma me.’ Woyiyi de maa me na mede guu gya mu. Ɛne saa nantwi ba no!”
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 huu sɛ Aaron ama nnipa no adan aguamammɔfo ama wɔn atamfo anya wɔn no,
Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
26 ogyinaa wɔn atenae hɔ pon no ano teɛɛ mu se, “Mo a mowɔ Awurade afa no, mommra me nkyɛn.” Lewifo no nyinaa kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
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 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Awurade Israel Nyankopɔn se, ‘Momfa mo afoa nhyehyɛ mo ho na munni mo atenae hɔ akɔneaba, na munkunkum mo nuanom, mo nnamfonom ne mo afipamfo.’”
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 Enti wɔyɛɛ saa maa nnipa bɛyɛ mpensa totɔɔ da no.
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
29 Afei, Mose ka kyerɛɛ Lewifo no se, “Nnɛ, moatu mo ho asi hɔ sɛ mobɛsom Awurade, efisɛ moayɛ osetie ama no ama mpo, monam so akunkum mo mma ne mo nuanom, enti obehyira mo bebree.”
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 Ade kyee anɔpa no, Mose ka kyerɛɛ nkurɔfo no se, “Moayɛ bɔne a ɛso bi mmaa da, nanso mɛsan akɔ Awurade nkyɛn wɔ bepɔw no so akɔhwɛ sɛ ebia, menya bɔnefakyɛ ama mo ana.”
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 Enti Mose san kɔɔ Awurade nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ao, saa nnipa yi ayɛ bɔne a ɛso bi mmaa da, na wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ayɛ wɔn anyame.
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 Enti meredi ama wɔn sɛ, fa wɔn bɔne kyɛ wɔn, na sɛ ɛnte saa nso a, pepa me din fi nhoma a woakyerɛw no mu.”
Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
33 Awurade buaa Mose se, “Obiara a wayɛ me bɔne no, mɛpepa no afi me nhoma mu.
The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
34 Enti afei, kɔ na di nkurɔfo no anim kɔ baabi a mekyerɛɛ wo no na mehyɛ wo bɔ sɛ mɛma me bɔfo adi wʼanim; nanso sɛ mebɛsra nkurɔfo no a, mɛtwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne no ho.”
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 Na esiane sɛ nnipa no som Aaron nantwi ba no nti, ɔtew ɔyare guu wɔn so.
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
