| 1 Viendo el pueblo que Moisés tardaba en bajar de la montaña, se reunió en torno a Aarón y le dijo: «Anda, haznos un dios que vaya delante de nosotros, pues a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto no sabemos qué le ha pasado». | 1 And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: for as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him. |
| 2 Aarón les contestó: «Quitadles los pendientes de oro a vuestras mujeres, hijos e hijas, y traédmelos». | 2 And Aaron said to them: Take the golden earrings from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and bring them to me. |
| 3 Todo el pueblo se quitó los pendientes de oro y se los trajeron a Aarón. | 3 And the people did what he had commanded, bringing the earrings to Aaron. |
| 4 Él los recibió, trabajó el oro a cincel y fabricó un becerro de fundición. Entonces ellos exclamaron: «Este es tu dios, Israel, el que te sacó de Egipto». | 4 And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt. |
| 5 Cuando Aarón lo vio, edificó un altar en su presencia y proclamó: «Mañana es fiesta del Señor». | 5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and made proclamation by a crier's voice, saying: To morrow is the solemnity of the Lord. |
| 6 Al día siguiente se levantaron, ofrecieron holocaustos y presentaron sacrificios de comunión. El pueblo se sentó a comer y beber, y después se levantaron a danzar. | 6 And rising in the morning, they offered holocausts, and peace victims, and the people sat down to eat, and drink, and they rose up to play. |
| 7 El Señor dijo a Moisés: «Anda, baja de la montaña, que se ha pervertido tu pueblo, el que tú sacaste de Egipto. | 7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned. |
| 8 Pronto se han desviado del camino que yo les había señalado. Se han hecho un becerro de metal, se postran ante él, le ofrecen sacrificios y proclaman: “Este es tu Dios, Israel, el que te sacó de Egipto”». | 8 They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt. |
| 9 Y el Señor añadió a Moisés: «Veo que este pueblo es un pueblo de dura cerviz. | 9 And again the Lord said to Moses: See that this people is stiffnecked: |
| 10 Por eso, déjame: mi ira se va a encender contra ellos hasta consumirlos. Y de ti haré un gran pueblo». | 10 Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation. |
| 11 Entonces Moisés suplicó al Señor, su Dios: «¿Por qué, Señor, se va a encender tu ira contra tu pueblo, que tú sacaste de Egipto, con gran poder y mano robusta? | 11 But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation kindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand? |
| 12 ¿Por qué han de decir los egipcios: “Con mala intención los sacó, para hacerlos morir en las montañas y exterminarlos de la superficie de la tierra”? Aleja el incendio de tu ira, arrepiéntete de la amenaza contra tu pueblo. | 12 Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people. |
| 13 Acuérdate de tus siervos, Abrahán, Isaac e Israel, a quienes juraste por ti mismo: “Multiplicaré vuestra descendencia como las estrellas del cielo, y toda esta tierra de que he hablado se la daré a vuestra descendencia para que la posea por siempre”». | 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to you seed, and you shall possess it for ever. |
| 14 Entonces se arrepintió el Señor de la amenaza que había pronunciado contra su pueblo. | 14 And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people. |
| 15 Moisés se volvió y bajó del monte con las dos tablas del Testimonio en la mano. Las tablas estaban escritas por ambos lados; | 15 And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides, |
| 16 eran hechura de Dios y la escritura era escritura de Dios grabada en las tablas. | 16 And made by the work of God: the writing also of God was graven in the tables. |
| 17 Al oír Josué el griterío del pueblo dijo a Moisés: «Se oyen gritos de guerra en el campamento». | 17 And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp. |
| 18 Contestó él: «No es grito de victoria, no es grito de derrota, que son cantos lo que oigo». | 18 But he answered: It is not the cry of men encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men compelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers. |
| 19 Al acercarse al campamento y ver el becerro y las danzas, Moisés, encendido en ira, tiró las tablas y las rompió al pie de la montaña. | 19 And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw the calf, and the dances: and being very angry, he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke them at the foot of the mount: |
| 20 Después agarró el becerro que habían hecho, lo quemó y lo trituró hasta hacerlo polvo, que echó en agua y se lo hizo beber a los hijos de Israel. | 20 And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strowed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink. |
| 21 Moisés dijo a Aarón: «¿Qué te ha hecho este pueblo para que nos acarreases tan enorme pecado?». | 21 And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin? |
| 22 Contestó Aarón: «No se irrite mi señor. Sabes que este pueblo es perverso. | 22 And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended: for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil. |
| 23 Me dijeron: “Haznos un dios que vaya delante de nosotros, pues a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto no sabemos qué le ha pasado”. | 23 They said to me: Make us gods, that may go before us: for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him. |
| 24 Yo les dije: “Quien tenga oro que se desprenda de él y me lo dé; yo lo eché al fuego y salió este becerro”». | 24 And I said to them: Which of you hath any gold? and they took and brought it to me: and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out. |
| 25 Moisés vio que el pueblo estaba desenfrenado, pues Aarón le había quitado el freno, exponiéndole a la burla de sus enemigos. | 25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies,) |
| 26 Entonces Moisés se plantó a la puerta del campamento y exclamó: «¡A mí los del Señor!», y se le unieron todos los levitas. | 26 Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said: If any man be on the Lord's side let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him: |
| 27 Y les dijo: «Así dice el Señor, el Dios de Israel: “Ceñíos cada uno la espada al costado, revisad el campamento de puerta a puerta y volved a revisarlo. Mate cada uno a su hermano, a su amigo y a su vecino”». | 27 And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour. |
| 28 Los levitas cumplieron la orden de Moisés y cayeron aquel día unos tres mil hombres del pueblo. | 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men. |
| 29 Luego Moisés dijo: «Consagraos hoy al Señor, cada uno a costa de su hijo o de su hermano. Que él os dé hoy la bendición». | 29 And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you. |
| 30 Al día siguiente Moisés dijo al pueblo: «Habéis cometido un pecado gravísimo; pero ahora subiré al Señor a expiar vuestro pecado». | 30 And when the next day was come, Moses spoke to the people: You have sinned a very great sin: I will go up to the Lord, if by any means I may be able to entreat him for your crime. |
| 31 Volvió, pues, Moisés al Señor y le dijo: «Este pueblo ha cometido un pecado gravísimo haciéndose dioses de oro. | 31 And returning to the Lord, he said: I beseech thee: this people hath sinned a heinous sin, and they have made to themselves gods of gold: either forgive them this trespass, |
| 32 Pero ahora, o perdonas su pecado o me borras del libro que has escrito». | 32 Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written. |
| 33 El Señor respondió: «Al que haya pecado contra mí lo borraré del libro. | 33 And the Lord answered him: He that hath sinned against me, him will I strike out of my book: |
| 34 Ahora ve y guía a tu pueblo al sitio que te dije: mi ángel irá delante de ti; y cuando llegue el día de la cuenta, les pediré cuentas de su pecado». | 34 But go thou, and lead this people whither I have told thee: my angel shall go before thee. And I in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs. |
| 35 El Señor castigó al pueblo por el becerro que había hecho Aarón. | 35 The Lord therefore struck the people for the guilt on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made. |
