2 Mose 32
1 Mose kyɛree wɔ bepɔ no so saa no, nnipa no nyinaa kɔɔ Aaron so kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ntɛm, yɛ anyame a wɔbɛdi yɛn anim ma yɛn, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛnhunu baabi a Mose a ɔdii yɛn anim de yɛn firi Misraim asase so baa ha no afa; ebia na biribi ayɛ no.”
And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mountain, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say to him, “Rise, make gods for us, who go before us, for this Moses—the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt—we have not known what has happened to him.”
2 Aaron nso ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monyiyi mo sika nsonkawa nyinaa mmra.”
And Aaron says to them, “Break off the rings of gold which [are] in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring [them] to me”;
3 Wɔyiyii wɔn nsonkawa no maa Aaron—mmaa ne mmarima ne mmarimaa ne mmaayewa nyinaa.
and all the people break off the rings of gold which [are] in their ears, and bring [them] to Aaron,
4 Aaron nanee sikakɔkɔɔ nsonkawa no de bɔɔ nantwie ba ohoni. Nnipa no nyinaa teaam sɛ, “Ao, Israel, yei ne mo anyame a ɔyii mo firii Misraim asase so baeɛ no.”
and he receives [it] from their hand, and fashions it with an engraving tool, and makes it [into] a molten calf, and they say, “These [are] your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
5 Aaron hunuu sɛ nnipa no ani agye sika nantwie ba ohoni no ho no, ɔsii afɔrebukyia sii nantwie ba no anim kaa sɛ, “Ɔkyena yɛbɛhyɛ fa ama Awurade.”
And Aaron sees, and builds an altar before it, and Aaron calls, and says, “A festival to YHWH—tomorrow”;
6 Wɔsɔree anɔpahema firii aseɛ bɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ de maa nantwie ba ohoni no. Ɛno akyi, wɔtoo ɛpono kɛseɛ bi, didi nomee, goroo abosomgorɔ, yɛɛ ahuhudeɛ hodoɔ.
and they rise early on the next day, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring peace-offerings near; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play.
7 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Yɛ ntɛm na siane kɔ wo nkurɔfoɔ a wode wɔn firi Misraim asase so baeɛ no nkyɛn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔagu wɔn ho fi,
And YHWH says to Moses, “Go, descend, for your people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt have done corruptly,
8 na wɔabu me mmara nyinaa nso so. Wɔayɛ sika nantwie ba a wɔsom no, asane abɔ afɔdeɛ nso ama no aka sɛ, ‘Ao, Israel, yei ne mo nyame a ɔyii mo firii Misraim asase so baeɛ no.’”
they have quickly turned aside from the way that I have commanded them; they have made a molten calf for themselves, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These [are] your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
9 Awurade kaa sɛ, “Mahunu sɛdeɛ saa nnipa yi yɛ asoɔden na wɔsane yɛ adɔnyɛfoɔ fa.
And YHWH says to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it [is] a stiff-necked people;
10 Enti afei, mede mʼabufuhyeɛ bɛtɔre wɔn ase na mama wo Mose mmom ayɛ ɔman kɛseɛ.”
and now, leave Me alone, and My anger burns against them, and I consume them, and I make you become a great nation.”
11 Nanso, Mose srɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔnnyɛ saa. Ɔkɔɔ so sɛ, “Awurade, adɛn enti na wo bo afu atia wo ara wo nkurɔfoɔ a wonam anwanwakwan ne wo tumi so yii wɔn firii Misraim asase so yi?
And Moses appeases the face of his God YHWH and says, “Why, O YHWH, does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
12 Wopɛ sɛ Misraimfoɔ no ka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn daadaa wɔn sɛ wɔmmra bepɔ no so sɛdeɛ ɔbɛnya wɔn akum wɔn, atɔre wɔn ase afiri asase so?’ Ma wo bo ntɔ wo yam na gyae adwene a woafa sɛ wode rebɛtia wo nkurɔfoɔ no.
Why do the Egyptians speak, saying, He brought them out in calamity to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? Turn back from the heat of Your anger, and relent from this calamity against Your people.
13 Kae ɛbɔ a wohyɛɛ wʼasomfoɔ Abraham, Isak ne Israel no. Wo ara wokaa ntam sɛ, ‘Mɛma mo asefoɔ adɔɔso sɛ ɛsoro nsoromma na mede saa asase a mahyɛ mo ho bɔ yi nyinaa bɛma mo asefoɔ na wɔatena so afebɔɔ.’”
Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and to whom You speak: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited [it] for all time”;
14 Na Awurade sesaa nʼadwene de wɔn ho kyɛɛ wɔn.
and YHWH relents from the evil which He has spoken of doing to His people.
15 Afei, Mose siane firii bepɔ no so baeɛ a ɔkura Mmaransɛm Edu no a wɔatwerɛ agu aboɔ apono mmienu akyi ne animu no.
And Moses turns, and goes down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony [are] in his hand, tablets written on both their sides; they [are] written on this [side] and on that [side];
16 Onyankopɔn no ankasa na ɔtwerɛɛ mmaransɛm no wɔ apono no so.
and the tablets are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Ɛberɛ a Yosua tee sɛ nnipa bi reyɛ gyegyeegye no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Ɛyɛ me sɛ wɔreboaboa wɔn ho akɔ ɔko!”
And Joshua hears the voice of the people in their shouting and says to Moses, “A noise of battle in the camp!”
18 Ɛnna Mose nso buaa no sɛ, “Ɛnnyɛ nkonimdie mu anigyeɛ anaa, nkoguo na mmom, ɛyɛ nnwontoɔ.”
And he says, “It is not the voice of the crying of might, nor is it the voice of the crying of weakness—I am hearing a voice of singing.”
19 Wɔbɛduruu atenaeɛ hɔ, Mose hunuu nantwie ba no ne asa a wɔresa. Enti, ɔde abufuhyeɛ too twerɛ apono no hwee fam ma ɛbubuu wɔ bepɔ no ase.
And it comes to pass, when he has drawn near to the camp, that he sees the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burns, and he casts the tablets out of his hands, and breaks them below the mountain;
20 Ɔfaa nantwie ba no nanee no wɔ ogya mu na ɛdwoeɛ no, ɔyam no muhumuhu de guu nsuo mu maa nnipa no nomeeɛ.
and he takes the calf which they have made, and burns [it] with fire, and grinds [it] until [it is] small, and scatters [it] on the face of the waters, and causes the sons of Israel to drink.
21 Afei, ɔbisaa Aaron sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn nko ara na nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ wo a enti ɛnam so maa wode saa bɔne kɛseɛ yi baa wɔn so?”
And Moses says to Aaron, “What has this people done to you, that you have brought in a great sin on it?”
22 Aaron buaa no sɛ, “Mma wo bo mfu. Wo ara wonim sɛdeɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ yi yɛ nnipa bɔne fa.
And Aaron says, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you have known the people, that it [is beset] with evil;
23 Wɔn ara na wɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Yɛ onyame bi ma yɛn na ɔnkyerɛ yɛn ɛkwan na biribi ayɛ saa Mose a ɔdii yɛn anim firii Misraim no.’
and they say to me, Make gods for us, who go before us, for this Moses—the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt—we have not known what has happened to him;
24 Enti, me nso mekaa sɛ, ‘Monyiyi mo sikakɔkɔɔ nsonkawa mma me.’ Wɔyiyi de maa me na mede guu ogya mu. Ɛne saa nantwie ba no.”
and I say to them, Whoever has gold, let them break [it] off, and they give [it] to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf comes out.”
25 Mose hunuu sɛ Aaron ama nnipa no adane adwamammɔfoɔ ama wɔn atamfoɔ anya wɔn no,
And Moses sees the people, that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron has made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,
26 ɔgyinaa wɔn atenaeɛ hɔ ɛpono no ano teaam sɛ, “Mo a mowɔ Awurade afa no, mommra me nkyɛn.” Lewifoɔ no nyinaa kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
and Moses stands in the gate of the camp and says, “Who [is] for YHWH? [Come] to me!” And all the sons of Levi are gathered to him;
27 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Awurade Israel Onyankopɔn se, ‘Momfa mo akofena nhyehyɛ mo ho na monni mo atenaeɛ hɔ akɔneaba, na monkunkum mo nuanom, mo nnamfonom ne mo afipamfoɔ.’”
and he says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Each put his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and each slay his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.”
28 Enti, wɔyɛɛ saa maa nnipa bɛyɛ mpensa totɔɔ ɛda no.
And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there falls of the people on that day about three thousand men,
29 Afei, Mose ka kyerɛɛ Lewifoɔ no sɛ, “Ɛnnɛ, moatu mo ho akyɛ sɛ mobɛsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, moayɛ ɔsetie ama no ama mpo, monam so akunkum mo mma ne mo nuanom, enti ɔbɛhyira mo bebree.”
and Moses says, “Consecrate your hand to YHWH today, for a man [is] against his son, and against his brother, so as to bring a blessing on you today.”
30 Adeɛ kyee anɔpa no, Mose ka kyerɛɛ nkurɔfoɔ no sɛ, “Moayɛ bɔne a ɛso bi mmaa da, nanso mɛsane akɔ Awurade nkyɛn wɔ bepɔ no so akɔhwɛ sɛ ebia, mɛnya bɔnefakyɛ ama mo anaa.”
And it comes to pass, on the next day, that Moses says to the people, “You have sinned a great sin, and now I go up to YHWH, perhaps I can atone for your sin.”
31 Enti, Mose sane kɔɔ Awurade nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ao, saa nnipa yi ayɛ bɔne a ɛso bi mmaa da, na wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ayɛ wɔn anyame.
And Moses turns back to YHWH and says, “Ah, now this people has sinned a great sin, that they make a god of gold for themselves;
32 Enti, meredi ama wɔn sɛ, fa wɔn bɔne kyɛ wɔn, na sɛ ɛnte saa nso a, pepa me din firi nwoma a woatwerɛ no mu.”
and now, if You take away their sin—and if not—please blot me out of Your scroll which You have written.”
33 Awurade buaa Mose sɛ, “Obiara a wayɛ me bɔne no, mɛpepa no afiri me nwoma mu.
And YHWH says to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me—I blot him out of My scroll;
34 Enti afei, kɔ na di nkurɔfoɔ no anim kɔ beaeɛ a mekyerɛɛ woɔ no na mehyɛ wo bɔ sɛ, mɛma me ɔbɔfoɔ adi wʼanim; nanso sɛ mebɛsra nkurɔfoɔ no a, mɛtwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne no ho.”
and now, go, lead the people wherever I have spoken to you of; behold, My Messenger goes before you, and in the day of my charging—then I have charged their sin on them.”
35 Na ɛsiane sɛ nnipa no somm Aaron nantwie ba no enti, ɔtee yadeɛ guu wɔn so.
And YHWH plagues the people because they made the calf which Aaron made.
