¹金牛像

¹And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, `Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses — the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt — we have not known what hath happened to him.`

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。”

²And Aaron saith unto them, `Break off the rings of gold which [are] in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring in unto me;`

³全体人民就把他们耳上的金耳环都摘下来，送来给亚伦。

³and all the people themselves break off the rings of gold which [are] in their ears, and bring in unto Aaron,

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。”

⁴and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, `These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.`

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。”

⁵And Aaron seeth, and buildeth an altar before it, and Aaron calleth, and saith, `A festival to Jehovah — to-morrow;`

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。

⁶and they rise early on the morrow, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring nigh peace-offerings; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play.

⁷摩西向　神求情（申9:12-14）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。

⁷And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly,

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。’”

⁸they have turned aside hastily from the way that I have commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.`

⁹耶和华对摩西说：“我看这人民，真是硬着颈项的人民。

⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `I have seen this people, and lo, it [is] a stiff-necked people;

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。”

¹⁰and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.`

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。

¹¹And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, `Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

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。

¹²why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people.

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。’”

¹³`Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: 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 to the age;`

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。

¹⁴and Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.

¹⁵摩西发怒摔破法版（申9:15-21）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。

¹⁵And Moses turneth, and goeth down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [are] in his hand, tables written on both their sides, on this and on that [are] they written;

¹⁶法版是　神的工作，字是　神写的，刻在法版上。

¹⁶and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.

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。”

¹⁷And Joshua heareth the voice of the people in their shouting, and saith unto Moses, `A noise of battle in the camp!`

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。”

¹⁸and he saith, `It is not the voice of the crying of might, nor is it the voice of the crying of weakness — a voice of singing I am hearing.`

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。

¹⁹And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount;

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。

²⁰and he taketh the calf which they have made, and burneth [it] with fire, and grindeth until [it is] small, and scattereth on the face of the waters, and causeth the sons of Israel to drink.

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？”

²¹And Moses saith unto Aaron, `What hath this people done to thee, that thou hast brought in upon it a great sin?`

²²亚伦回答：“求我主不要发烈怒，你知道这人民倾向罪恶。

²²and Aaron saith, `Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou — thou hast known the people that it [is] in evil;

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。’

²³and they say to me, Make for us gods, who go before us, for this Moses — the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt — we have not known what hath happened to him;

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。”

²⁴and I say to them, Whoso hath gold, let them break [it] off, and they give to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf cometh out.`

²⁵惩罚拜金牛犊的人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，

²⁵And Moses seeth the people that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,

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。

²⁶and Moses standeth in the gate of the camp, and saith, `Who [is] for Jehovah? — unto me!` and all the sons of Levi are gathered unto him;

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。’”

²⁷and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Put each his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and slay each his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.`

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。

²⁸And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men,

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。”

²⁹and Moses saith, `Consecrate your hand to-day to Jehovah, for a man [is] against his son, and against his brother, so as to bring on you to-day a blessing.`

³⁰摩西代祷（申9:25-29）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。”

³⁰And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses saith unto the people, `Ye — ye have sinned a great sin, and now I go up unto Jehovah, if so be I atone for your sin.`

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。

³¹And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, `Oh this people hath sinned a great sin, that they make to themselves a god of gold;

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。”

³²and now, if Thou takest away their sin — and if not — blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.`

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。

³³And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Whoso hath sinned against Me — I blot him out of My book;

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。”

³⁴and now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging — then I have charged upon them their sin.`

³⁵耶和华击杀人民是因为他们敬拜亚伦做的牛犊。

³⁵And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.