1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people collected together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, -we do not know what is become of him!
2 And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring {them} to me.
3 Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought {them} to Aaron.
4 And he took {them} out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
5 And Aaron saw {it}, and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah!
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport.
7 Then Jehovah said to Moses, Away, go down! for thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, is acting corruptly.
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
9 And Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
10 And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.
11 And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
12 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thyself, and saidst to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they shall possess {it} for ever!
14 And Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
15 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, {with} the two tables of the testimony in his hand-tables written on both their sides: on this side and on that were they written.
16 And the tables {were} God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.
17 And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, and said to Moses, There is a shout of war in the camp.
18 And he said, It is not the sound of a shout of victory, neither is it the sound of a shout of defeat: it is the noise of alternate singing I hear.
19 And it came to pass, when he came near the camp, and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses' anger burned, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and shattered them beneath the mountain.
20 And he took the calf that they had made, and burned {it} with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed {it} on the water, and made the children of Israel drink {it}.
21 And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin on them?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord burn! thou knowest the people, that they are {set} on mischief.
23 And they said to me, Make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him!
24 And I said to them, Who has gold? They broke {it} off, and gave {it} me, and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25 And Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to {their} shame before their adversaries.
26 And Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, He that is for Jehovah, {let him come} to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.
27 And he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.
28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
29 And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man with his son, and with his brother, and bring on yourselves a blessing to-day.
30 And it came to pass the next day, that Moses said to the people, Ye have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to Jehovah: perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.
31 And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Alas, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves a god of gold!
32 And now, if thou wilt forgive their sin...but if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book that thou hast written.
33 And Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34 And now go, lead the people whither I have told thee: behold, my Angel shall go before thee; but in the day of my visiting I will visit their sin upon them.
35 And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron had made.
1 人民见摩西迟迟不下山， 就聚集到亚伦那里去， 对他说： "起来， 为我们做神像可以走在我们前头领路， 因为那摩西， 就是把我们从埃及地领出来的那个人， 我们不知道他遭遇了什么事。"
2 亚伦对他们说： "把你们妻子和儿女戴在耳上的金环摘下来， 送来给我。"
3 全体人民就把他们耳上的金耳环都摘下来， 送来给亚伦。
4 亚伦从他们手中接过来， 用雕刻的工具雕刻， 铸造了一个牛像； 他们就说： "以色列啊， 这就是你们的神， 就是把你从埃及地领出来的那位。"
5 亚伦看见了， 就在牛像面前筑了一座祭坛， 并且宣告， 说： "明日是耶和华的节日。"
6 次日清早， 人民起来， 就献上了燔祭， 也带来了平安祭； 然后他们坐下吃喝， 起来玩乐。
7 耶和华对摩西说： "你下山去吧， 因为你的人民， 就是你从埃及地领出来的， 已经败坏了。
8 他们很快就偏离了我吩咐他们的道路， 为自己铸造了一个牛像， 向它跪拜， 向它献祭， 说： ‘以色列啊， 这就是你的神， 就是把你从埃及地领出来的那位。’"
9 耶和华对摩西说： "我看这人民， 真是硬着颈项的人民。
10 现在， 你且由得我， 让我向他们发烈怒， 把他们消灭； 我要使你成为大国。"
11 摩西就恳求耶和华他的 神施恩， 说： "耶和华啊， 你为什么向你的人民发烈怒呢？这人民是你用大能和全能的手从埃及地领出来的。
12 为什么让埃及人议论， 说： ‘把他们领出来是出于恶意的， 要在山上杀死他们， 在地上消灭他们’呢？求你回心转意， 不发烈怒； 求你改变初衷， 不降祸给你的人民。
13 求你记念你的仆人亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各； 你曾经指着自己向他们起誓， 说： ‘我必使你的后裔增多， 好像天上的星一样； 我必把我应许的这全地赐给你的后裔， 他们必永远承受这地作产业。’"
14 于是， 耶和华改变初衷， 不把他所说的祸降在他的人民身上。
15 摩西转身， 从山上下来， 手里拿着两块法版； 法版是两面写的， 这面和那面都写着字。
16 法版是 神的工作， 字是 神写的， 刻在法版上。
17 约书亚听见人民呼喊的声音的时候， 就对摩西说： "营里有战争的声音。"
18 摩西回答： "这不是战胜的呼声， 也不是战败的呼声； 我听见的是歌唱的声音。"
19 摩西走近营前的时候， 看见了那牛犊， 又看见了有人唱歌跳舞， 他就发烈怒， 把两块法版从他的手中摔掉， 在山下把它们摔碎了。
20 又把他们所做的那牛犊拿过来， 用火焚烧， 磨到粉碎， 撒在水面上， 让以色列人喝。
21 摩西对亚伦说： "这人民向你作了什么， 你竟使他们陷在大罪里呢？"
22 亚伦回答： "求我主不要发烈怒， 你知道这人民倾向罪恶。
23 他们对我说： ‘给我们做神像， 可以在我们前面引路， 因为那摩西， 就是把我们从埃及地领出来的那个人， 我们不知道他遭遇了什么事。’
24 我对他们说： ‘凡是有金子的， 都可以摘下来’， 他们就给了我； 我把它丢在火里， 这牛犊就出来了。"
25 摩西看见人民放肆原来是亚伦纵容他们， 使他们成为那些起来与他们为敌的人的笑柄，
26 就站在营门中， 说： "凡是属耶和华的， 都可以到我这里来。"于是， 所有利未的子孙都到他那里聚集。
27 摩西对他们说： "耶和华以色列的 神这样说： ‘你们各人要把自己的剑佩在大腿上， 在营中往来行走， 从这门到那门； 你们各人要杀自己的兄弟、邻舍和亲人。’"
28 利未的子孙照着摩西的话作了； 那一天， 人民中被杀的约有三千人。
29 摩西说： "今天你们要奉献自己归耶和华为圣， 因为各人牺牲了自己的儿子和兄弟， 好使耶和华今天赐福给你们。"
30 第二天， 摩西对人民说： "你们犯了大罪， 现在我要上耶和华那里去， 或者我可以为你们赎罪。"
31 于是， 摩西回到耶和华那里， 说： "唉， 这人民犯了大罪， 为自己做了金神像。
32 现在， 如果你肯赦免他们的罪， 那就好了； 如果不肯， 求你从你所写的册上把我涂抹吧。"
33 耶和华对摩西说： "谁得罪了我， 我就要从我的册上把谁涂抹。
34 现在你去吧， 领这人民到我吩咐你的地方去。看哪， 我的使者必在你前面引路； 只是在我追讨的日子， 我必追讨他们的罪。"
35 耶和华击杀人民是因为他们敬拜亚伦做的牛犊。