| 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 Then the people, seeing that Moses made a delay in descending from the mountain, gathered together against Aaron, and said: “Rise up, make us gods, who may go before us. But as for this man Moses, who led us away from the land of Egypt, we do not know 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, carrying 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 formed these by the work of a casting furnace, and he made from these a molten calf. And they said: “These are your gods, O Israel, who led you away from 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 had seen it, he built an altar before it, and he cried out with a voice of proclamation, saying, “Tomorrow 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 up in the morning, they offered holocausts, and peace victims, and the people sat down to eat and to 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 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Go, descend. Your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, have 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 | 8 They have quickly withdrawn from the way which you revealed to them. And they have made for themselves a molten calf, and they have worshiped it. And immolating victims to it, they have said: ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who led you away from 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: “I discern that this people is stiff-necked. |
| 10 Por eso, déjame: mi ira se va a encender contra ellos hasta consumirlos. Y de ti haré un gran pueblo». | 10 Release me, so that my fury may be enraged against them, and I may destroy them, and then I will make of you 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 Then Moses prayed to the Lord his God, saying: “Why, O Lord, is your fury enraged against your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, with great strength 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 I beg you, let not the Egyptians say, ‘He cleverly led them away, so that he could put them to death in the mountains and destroy them from the earth.’ Let your anger be quieted and appeased concerning the wickedness of your 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, your servants, to whom you swore by your very self, saying: ‘I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And this entire land, about which I have spoken, I will give to your offspring. And you shall possess it forever.’ ” |
| 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 mountain, carrying the two tablets 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 accomplished by the work of God. Also, the writing of God was engraved on the tablets. |
| 17 Al oír Josué el griterío del pueblo dijo a Moisés: «Se oyen gritos de guerra en el campamento». | 17 Then Joshua, hearing the tumult of the people shouting, said to Moses: “The outcry 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 responded: “It is not the clamor of men being exhorted to battle, nor the shout of men being compelled to flee. But I hear the voice of singing.” |
| 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 had approached to the camp, he saw the calf and the dances. And being very angry, he threw down the tablets from his hand, and he broke them at the base of the mountain. |
| 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 seizing the calf, which they had made, he burnt it and crushed it, even to dust, which he scattered into water. And he gave from it to the sons 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 you, so that you would bring upon them the greatest 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 indignant. For you know 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 gods for us, who may go before us. For this Moses, who led us away from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has 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 has gold?’ And they took it and gave it to me. And I threw 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 Therefore, Moses, seeing that the people were naked (for Aaron had stripped them because of the disgrace of their sordidness, and he 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 and standing at the gate of the camp, said: “If anyone is for the Lord, let him join with me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to 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 says the Lord God of Israel: Let a man place his sword at his thigh. Go forth, and then return, from gate to gate, through the midst of the camp, and let each one kill his brother, and friend, and neighbor.” |
| 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 fell on that day about twenty-three 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: “On this day, you have consecrated your hands to the Lord, each one in his son and in his brother, so 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 Then, when the next day arrived, Moses spoke to the people: “You have sinned the greatest sin. I will ascend to the Lord. Perhaps, in some way, I might be able to entreat him for your wickedness.” |
| 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 beg you, this people has sinned the greatest sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold. Either release them from this offense, |
| 32 Pero ahora, o perdonas su pecado o me borras del libro que has escrito». | 32 or, if you do not, then delete me from the book that you have written.” |
| 33 El Señor respondió: «Al que haya pecado contra mí lo borraré del libro. | 33 And the Lord answered him: “Whoever has sinned against me, him I will delete from 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 as for you, go and lead this people where I have told you. My angel will go before you. Then, on the day of retribution, I will also visit this sin of theirs.” |
| 35 El Señor castigó al pueblo por el becerro que había hecho Aarón. | 35 Therefore, the Lord struck the people for the guilt of the calf, which Aaron had made. |
