¹ Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Υπαγε, αναβηθι εντευθεν συ και ο λαος τον οποιον εξηγαγες εκ γης Αιγυπτου, εις την γην την οποιαν ωμοσα προς τον Αβρααμ, προς τον Ισαακ και προς τον Ιακωβ, λεγων, Εις το σπερμα σου θελω δωσει αυτην·

² και θελω αποστειλει αγγελον εμπροσθεν σου και θελω εκδιωξει τον Χαναναιον, τον Αμορραιον και τον Χετταιον και τον Φερεζαιον τον Ευαιον και τον Ιεβουσαιον·

³ εις γην ρεουσαν γαλα και μελι διοτι εγω δεν θελω αναβη εν τω μεσω σου, επειδη εισαι λαος σκληροτραχηλος, δια να μη σε εξολοθρευσω καθ' οδον.

⁴ Και οτε ηκουσεν ο λαος τον κακον τουτον λογον, κατεπενθησαν και ουδεις εβαλε τον στολισμον αυτου εφ' εαυτον.

⁵ Διοτι ο Κυριος ειπε προς τον Μωυσην, Ειπε προς τους υιους Ισραηλ, Σεις εισθε λαος σκληροτραχηλος· μιαν στιγμην εαν αναβω εις το μεσον σου, θελω σε εξολοθρευσει· οθεν τωρα εκδυθητι τους στολισμους σου απο σου, δια να γνωρισω τι θελω καμει εις σε.

⁶ Και εξεδυθησαν οι υιοι του Ισραηλ τους στολισμους αυτων πλησιον του ορους Χωρηβ.

⁷ Και λαβων ο Μωυσης την σκηνην, εστησεν αυτην εξω του στρατοπεδου, μακραν του στρατοπεδου, και ωνομασεν αυτην Σκηνην του μαρτυριου· και πας ο ζητων τον Κυριον εξηρχετο προς την σκηνην του μαρτυριου την εξω του στρατοπεδου.

⁸ Και οτε εξηρχετο ο Μωυσης προς την σκηνην, πας ο λαος εσηκονετο και ιστατο εκαστος παρα την θυραν της σκηνης αυτου και εβλεπον κατοπιν του Μωυσεως, εωσου εισηρχετο εις την σκηνην.

⁹ Και καθως εισηρχετο ο Μωυσης εις την σκηνην, κατεβαινεν ο στυλος της νεφελης και ιστατο επι των θυρων της σκηνης· και ελαλει ο Κυριος μετα του Μωυσεως.

¹⁰ Και εβλεπε πας ο λαος τον στυλον της νεφελης ισταμενον επι των θυρων της σκηνης· και πας ο λαος ανισταμενος προσεκυνει, εκαστος απο της θυρας της σκηνης αυτου.

¹¹ Και ελαλει ο Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην προσωπον προς προσωπον, καθως λαλει ανθρωπος προς τον φιλον αυτου. Και επεστρεφεν εις το στρατοπεδον· ο δε θεραπων αυτου νεος, Ιησους ο υιος του Ναυη, δεν ανεχωρει απο της σκηνης.

¹² Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης προς τον Κυριον, Ιδε, συ μοι λεγεις, Αναγαγε τον λαον τουτον· και συ δεν με εφανερωσας ποιον θελεις αποστειλει μετ' εμου· και συ ειπας, σε γνωριζω κατ' ονομα, και μαλιστα ευρηκας χαριν εμπροσθεν μου·

¹³ τωρα λοιπον, εαν ευρηκα χαριν εμπροσθεν σου, δειξον μοι, δεομαι, την οδον σου, δια να σε γνωρισω, δια να ευρω χαριν ενωπιον σου· και ιδε οτι τουτο το εθνος ειναι ο λαος σου.

¹⁴ και ειπεν, Η παρουσια μου θελει ελθει μετα σου και θελω σοι δωσει αναπαυσιν.

¹⁵ Ο δε ειπε προς αυτον, Εαν η παρουσια σου δεν ελθη μετ' εμου, μη αναγαγης ημας εντευθεν·

¹⁶ διοτι πως θελει γνωρισθη τωρα, οτι ευρηκα χαριν ενωπιον σου εγω και ο λαος σου; ουχι δια της ελευσεως σου μεθ' ημων; ουτω θελομεν διακριθη, εγω και ο λαος σου, απο παντος λαου, του επι προσωπου της γης.

¹⁷ Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Και τουτο το πραγμα το οποιον ειπας, θελω καμει διοτι ευρηκας χαριν ενωπιον μου και σε γνωριζω κατ' ονομα.

¹⁸ Και ειπε, Δειξον μοι, δεομαι, την δοξαν σου.

¹⁹ Ο δε ειπεν, Εγω θελω καμει να περαση εμπροσθεν σου ολη η αγαθοτης μου και θελω κηρυξει το ονομα του Κυριου εμπροσθεν σου και θελω ελεησει οντινα ελεω και θελω οικτειρησει οντινα οικτειρω.

²⁰ Και ειπε, δεν δυνασαι να ιδης το προσωπον μου· διοτι ανθρωπος δεν θελει με ιδει και ζησει.

²¹ Και ειπεν ο Κυριος, Ιδου, τοπος πλησιον μου, και θελεις σταθη επι της πετρας·

²² και οταν η δοξα μου διαβαινη, θελω σε βαλει εις το σχισμα της πετρας και θελω σε σκεπασει με την χειρα μου, εωσου παρελθω·

²³ και θελω σηκωσει την χειρα μου και θελεις ιδει τα οπισω μου· το δε προσωπον μου δεν θελεις ιδει.

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, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."

² Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me."

³ All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

⁴ He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

⁵ When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."

⁶ They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"

⁹ Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

¹⁰ Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."

¹¹ Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

¹² Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.

¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

¹⁴ Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

¹⁵ Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.

¹⁶ The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.

¹⁷ When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."

¹⁸ He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear."

¹⁹ It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.

²⁰ He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

²¹ Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"

²² Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

²³ For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'

²⁴ I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."

²⁵ When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),

²⁶ then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

²⁷ He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"

²⁸ The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

²⁹ Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."

³⁰ It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."

³¹ Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.

³² Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."

³³ Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

³⁴ 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 punish, I will punish them for their sin."

³⁵ Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.