1Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2Aaron said to them, “Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3Then all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” 5Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” 6So the next day they rose early and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7Then the LORD spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. 8“They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’” 9The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people. 10“Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.” 11Then Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12“Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people. 13“Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’” 14So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.
1百姓見摩西遲延不下山，就大家聚集到亞倫那裡，對他說，起來，為我們作神﹝像﹞，可以在我們前面引路，因為領我們出埃及地的那個摩西，我們不知道他遭了甚麼事。2亞倫對他們說，你們去摘下你們妻子，兒女耳上的金環，拿來給我。3百姓就都摘下他們耳上的金環，拿來給亞倫。4亞倫從他們手裡接過來，鑄了一隻牛犢，用雕刻的器具作成。他們就說，以色列阿，這是領你出埃及地的神。5亞倫看見，就在牛犢面前築壇，且宣告說，明日要向耶和華守節。6次日清早，百姓起來獻燔祭，和平安祭，就坐下吃喝，起來玩耍。7耶和華吩咐摩西說，下去吧，因為你的百姓，就是你從埃及地領出來的，已經敗壞了。8他們快快偏離了我所吩咐的道，為自己鑄了一隻牛犢，向它下拜獻祭，說，以色列阿，這就是領你出埃及地的神。9耶和華對摩西說，我看這百姓真是硬著頸項的百姓。10你且由著我，我要向他們發烈怒，將他們滅絕，使你的後裔成為大國。11摩西便懇求耶和華他的神，說，耶和華阿，你為甚麼向你的百姓發烈怒呢，這百姓是你用大力和大能的手，從埃及地領出來的。12為甚麼使埃及人議論說，他領他們出去，是要降禍與他們，把他們殺在山中，將他們從地上除滅。求你轉意，不發你的烈怒，後悔，不降禍與你的百姓。13求你記念你的僕人亞伯拉罕，以撒，以色列。你曾指著自己起誓說，我必使你們的後裔像天上的星那樣多，並且我所應許的這全地，必給你們的後裔，他們要永遠承受為業。14於是耶和華後悔，不把所說的禍降與他的百姓。
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