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.”
When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us an idol that will go before us. As for this Moses, the man 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 sɛ, “Monyiyi mo sika nsonkawa nyinaa mmra.”
So Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings that are on your wives' ears, and the ears of your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 Wɔyiyii wɔn nsonkawa no maa Aaron—mmaa ne mmarima ne mmarimaa ne mmaayewa nyinaa.
All the people took off the golden rings that were on their ears and brought 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.”
He received the gold from them, fashioned it in a mold, and made it into a molded calf. Then the people said, “Israel, this is your god 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.”
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and made a proclamation; he said, “Tomorrow will be a festival in Yahweh's honor.”
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.
The people arose early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought fellowship offerings. Then they sat down to eat and to drink, and then got up to carouse in wild celebration.
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,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go quickly, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
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 left the way that I commanded them. They have molded for themselves a calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it. They have said, 'Israel, this is your god 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.
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen this people. Look, they are a stiff-necked people.
10 Enti afei, mede mʼabufuhyeɛ bɛtɔre wɔn ase na mama wo Mose mmom ayɛ ɔman kɛseɛ.”
Now then, do not try to stop me. My anger will burn hot against them, so I will destroy them. Then I will make a great nation from you.”
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?
But Moses tried to calm down Yahweh his God. He said, “Yahweh, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty 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 should the Egyptians say, 'He led them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth?' Turn from your burning anger and relent from this punishment on 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.’”
Call to mind Abraham and Isaac and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self and said to them, 'I will make your descendants as many as the stars in the heavens, and I will give to your descendants all this land of which I have spoken. They will inherit it forever.'”
14 Na Awurade sesaa nʼadwene de wɔn ho kyɛɛ wɔn.
Then Yahweh relented from the punishment that he had said he would inflict on 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.
Then Moses turned around and went down the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the covenant decrees in his hand. The tablets were written on both their sides, on both the front and the back.
16 Onyankopɔn no ankasa na ɔtwerɛɛ mmaransɛm no wɔ apono no so.
The tablets were God's own work, and the writing was God's own writing, 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!”
When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of combat in the camp.”
18 Ɛnna Mose nso buaa no sɛ, “Ɛnnyɛ nkonimdie mu anigyeɛ anaa, nkoguo na mmom, ɛyɛ nnwontoɔ.”
But Moses said, “It is not the sound of a victor, and not the sound of defeated people, but the sound of singing that I hear.”
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.
When Moses approached the camp, he saw the calf and the people dancing. He became very angry. He threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the bottom of 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.
He took the calf that the people had made, burned it, ground it to powder, and poured it into the water. Then he made the people of Israel drink it.
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?”
Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin on them?”
22 Aaron buaa no sɛ, “Mma wo bo mfu. Wo ara wonim sɛdeɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ yi yɛ nnipa bɔne fa.
Aaron said, “Do not let your anger burn hot, my master. You know these people, how they are set on doing 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.’
They said to me, 'Make us a god who will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know 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.”
So I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let him take it off.' They gave me the gold and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
25 Mose hunuu sɛ Aaron ama nnipa no adane adwamammɔfoɔ ama wɔn atamfoɔ anya wɔn no,
Moses saw that the people were running wild (for Aaron had let them get out of control, causing their enemies to mock them).
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.
Then Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around 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.’”
He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this: 'Let each man fasten his sword on his side and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and kill his brother, his companion, and his neighbor.'”
28 Enti, wɔyɛɛ saa maa nnipa bɛyɛ mpensa totɔɔ ɛda no.
The Levites did what Moses ordered. That day about three thousand of the people died.
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.”
Moses said to the Levites, “You have been placed into Yahweh's service today, for each of you has taken action against his son and his brother, so Yahweh might give you a blessing 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.”
The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a very great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I can make atonement 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.
Moses returned to Yahweh and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin and made themselves an idol of gold.
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.”
But now, please forgive their sin; but if you do not, blot me out of the book that you have written.”
33 Awurade buaa Mose sɛ, “Obiara a wayɛ me bɔne no, mɛpepa no afiri me nwoma mu.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, that person I will blot out of my book.
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.”
So now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish them, I will punish them for their sin.”
35 Na ɛsiane sɛ nnipa no somm Aaron nantwie ba no enti, ɔtee yadeɛ guu wɔn so.
Yahweh sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf, the one that Aaron made.
