Exodus 32

NOVA VULGATA	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Videns autem populus quod moram faceret descendendi de monte Moyses, congregatus ad Aaron dixit: “ Surge, fac nobis deos, qui nos praecedant; Moysi enim, huic viro, qui nos eduxit de terra Aegypti, ignoramus quid acciderit ”.	1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Up, make us gods, who shall 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 become of him."
2 Dixitque ad eos Aaron: “ Tollite inaures aureas de uxorum filiorumque et filiarum vestrarum auribus et afferte ad me ”.	2 And Aaron said to them, "Take off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."
3 Fecitque omnis populus, quae iusserat, deferens inaures ad Aaron.	3 So all the people took off the rings of gold which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
4 Quas cum ille accepisset, formavit stilo imaginem et fecit ex eis vitulum conflatilem. Dixeruntque: “ Hi sunt dii tui, Israel, qui te eduxerunt de terra Aegypti! ”.	4 And he received the gold at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"
5 Quod cum vidisset Aaron, aedificavit altare coram eo et praeconis voce clamavit dicens: “ Cras sollemnitas Domini est ”.	5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD."
6 Surgen tesque mane altero die obtulerunt holocausta et hostias pacificas; et sedit populus manducare et bibere et surrexerunt ludere.	6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
7 Locutus est autem Dominus ad Moysen: “ Vade, descende; peccavit populus tuus, quem eduxisti de terra Aegypti.	7 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves;
8 Recesserunt cito de via, quam praecepi eis, feceruntque sibi vitulum conflatilem et adoraverunt atque immolantes ei hostias dixerunt: "Isti sunt dii tui, Israel, qui te eduxerunt de terra Aegypti!" ”.	8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'"
9 Rursumque ait Dominus ad Moysen: “ Cerno quod populus iste durae cervicis sit;	9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people;
10 dimitte me, ut irascatur furor meus contra eos et deleam eos faciamque te in gentem magnam ”.	10 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; but of you I will make a great nation."
11 Moyses autem orabat Dominum Deum suum dicens: “ Cur, Domine, irascitur furor tuus contra populum tuum, quem eduxisti de terra Aegypti in fortitudine magna et in manu robusta?	11 But Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does thy wrath burn hot against thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
12 Ne, quaeso, dicant Aegyptii: "Callide eduxit eos, ut interficeret in montibus et deleret e terra". Quiescat ira tua, et esto placabilis super nequitia populi tui.	12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'With evil intent did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13 Recordare Abraham, Isaac et Israel servorum tuorum, quibus iurasti per temetipsum dicens: "Multiplicabo semen vestrum sicut stellas caeli; et universam terram hanc, de qua locutus sum, dabo semini vestro, et possidebitis eam semper" ”.	13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear by thine own self, and didst say to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.'"
14 Placatusque est Dominus, ne faceret malum, quod locutus fuerat adversus populum suum.	14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.
15 Et reversus est Moyses de monte portans duas tabulas testimonii in manu sua scriptas ex utraque parte	15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
16 et factas opere Dei; scriptura quoque Dei erat sculpta in tabulis.	16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17 Audiens autem Iosue tumultum populi vociferantis dixit ad Moysen: “ Ululatus pugnae auditur in castris ”.	17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp."
18 Qui respondit: “ Non est clamor vincentium neque clamor fugientium, sed clamorem cantantium ego audio ”.	18 But he said, "It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear."
19 Cumque appropinquasset ad castra, vidit vitulum et choros; iratusque valde proiecit de manu tabulas et confregit eas ad radices montis.	19 And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
20 Arripiensque vitulum, quem fecerant, combussit et contrivit usque ad pulverem, quem sparsit in aquam et dedit ex eo potum filiis Israel.	20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the people of Israel drink it.
21 Dixitque ad Aaron: “ Quid tibi fecit hic populus, ut induceres super eum peccatum maximum? ”.	21 And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought a great sin upon them?"
22 Cui ille respondit: “ Ne indignetur dominus meus; tu enim nosti populum istum, quod pronus sit ad malum.	22 And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil.
23 Dixerunt mihi: "Fac nobis deos, qui nos praecedant; huic enim Moysi, qui nos eduxit de terra Aegypti, nescimus quid acciderit".	23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods, who shall 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 become of him.'
24 Quibus ego dixi: Quis vestrum habet aurum? Abstulerunt et dederunt mihi, et proieci illud in ignem; egressusque est hic vitulus ”.	24 And I said to them, 'Let any who have gold take it off'; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and there came out this calf."
25 Vidit ergo Moyses populum quod esset effrenatus; relaxaverat enim ei Aaron frenum in ludibrium hostium eorum.	25 And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to their shame among their enemies),
26 Et stans in porta castrorum ait: “ Si quis est Domini, iungatur mihi! ”. Congregatique sunt ad eum omnes filii Levi.	26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Who is on the LORD's side? Come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
27 Quibus ait: “ Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel: Ponat unusquisque gladium super femur suum. Ite et redite de porta usque ad portam per medium castrorum, et occidat unusquisque fratrem et amicum et proximum suum ”.	27 And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"
28 Fecerunt filii Levi iuxta sermonem Moysi; cecideruntque de populo in die illa quasi tria milia hominum.	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 Et ait Moyses: “ Implestis manus vestras hodie Domino unusquisque in filio et in fratre suo, ut detur vobis benedictio ”.	29 And Moses said, "Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day."
30 Facto autem altero die, locutus est Moyses ad populum: “ Peccastis peccatum maximum; ascendam ad Dominum, si quo modo quivero eum deprecari pro scelere vestro ”.	30 On the morrow Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
31 Reversusque ad Dominum ait: “ Obsecro, peccavit populus iste peccatum maximum, feceruntque sibi deos aureos; aut dimitte eis hanc noxam	31 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Alas, this people have sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of gold.
32 aut, si non facis, dele me de libro tuo, quem scripsisti ”.	32 But now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written."
33 Cui respondit Dominus: “ Qui peccaverit mihi, delebo eum de libro meo.	33 But the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34 Tu autem vade et duc populum istum, quo locutus sum tibi: angelus meus praecedet te; ego autem in die ultionis visitabo et hoc peccatum eorum ”.	34 But now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them."
35 Percussit ergo Dominus populum pro reatu vituli, quem fecerat Aaron.	35 And the LORD sent a plague upon the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.