Exodus · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Exodus 32 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Cuando el pueblo vio que Moisés tardaba mucho en bajar del monte, se reunió alrededor de Aarón y le dijo: «Ven, haznos un dios que vaya delante de nosotros, porque no sabemos qué le pasó a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto».
1 When the people saw that Moses delayed coming 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 Aarón les dijo: «Quítense los aretes de oro que llevan sus esposas, sus hijos y sus hijas, y tráiganmelos».
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 Todo el pueblo se quitó los aretes de oro y se los llevó a Aarón.
3 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
4 Aarón recibió el oro, lo trabajó con una herramienta y formó la imagen de un becerro. Entonces dijeron: «Israel, este es tu dios, que te sacó de Egipto».
4 He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molded calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
5 Cuando Aarón vio esto, construyó un altar delante del becerro y anunció: «Mañana habrá una fiesta al Señor».
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 Al día siguiente se levantaron temprano, ofrecieron holocaustos y presentaron ofrendas de paz. Después el pueblo se sentó a comer y beber, y luego se entregó a la diversión.
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 Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: «Baja pronto, porque tu pueblo, al que sacaste de Egipto, se ha corrompido.
7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
8 Muy pronto se han apartado del camino que les ordené. Se han hecho un becerro de metal, se han inclinado ante él y le han ofrecido sacrificios, diciendo: “Israel, este es tu dios, que te sacó de Egipto”».
8 They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded 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 El Señor dijo además a Moisés: «He observado a este pueblo y veo que es un pueblo terco.
9 Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
10 Ahora déjame. Mi ira arderá contra ellos y los destruiré. Pero de ti haré una gran nación».
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 Moisés rogó al Señor su Dios: «Señor, ¿por qué ha de arder tu ira contra tu pueblo, al que sacaste de Egipto con gran poder y mano fuerte?
11 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
12 ¿Por qué permitir que los egipcios digan: “Los sacó con malas intenciones, para matarlos en las montañas y hacerlos desaparecer de la tierra”? Deja tu ira y no traigas este desastre sobre tu pueblo.
12 Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from this evil against your people.
13 Recuerda a Abraham, Isaac e Israel, tus siervos, a quienes juraste: “Haré que sus descendientes sean tan numerosos como las estrellas del cielo, y daré toda esta tierra a sus descendientes como herencia para siempre”».
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
14 Entonces el Señor desistió del castigo que había dicho que traería sobre su pueblo.
14 So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
15 Moisés bajó del monte llevando en sus manos las dos tablas del testimonio. Las tablas estaban escritas por ambos lados.
15 Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were written on one side and on the other.
16 Las tablas eran obra de Dios, y la escritura grabada en ellas era escritura de Dios.
16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Cuando Josué oyó el ruido del pueblo que gritaba, dijo a Moisés: «Se oye ruido de guerra en el campamento».
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 Pero Moisés respondió: «No es el grito de los que vencen ni el lamento de los derrotados. Lo que oigo es sonido de cantos».
18 He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.”
19 Cuando Moisés se acercó al campamento y vio el becerro y las danzas, se llenó de ira. Arrojó las tablas de sus manos y las rompió al pie del monte.
19 As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
20 Tomó el becerro que habían hecho, lo quemó en el fuego y lo molió hasta convertirlo en polvo. Echó el polvo en el agua e hizo que los hijos de Israel la bebieran.
20 He took the calf which they had made, and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
21 Entonces Moisés dijo a Aarón: «¿Qué te hizo este pueblo para que trajeras sobre ellos un pecado tan grande?».
21 Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
22 Aarón respondió: «No se enoje mi señor. Tú mismo sabes que este pueblo se inclina al mal.
22 Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
23 Ellos me dijeron: “Haznos un dios que vaya delante de nosotros, porque no sabemos qué le pasó a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto”.
23 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods, which shall go before us. 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 Yo les dije: “Quien tenga oro, que se lo quite”. Me lo dieron, lo eché al fuego, ¡y salió este becerro!».
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 Moisés vio que el pueblo estaba fuera de control, porque Aarón había permitido que actuara de manera vergonzosa delante de sus enemigos.
25 When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
26 Entonces Moisés se puso a la entrada del campamento y dijo: «¡El que esté de parte del Señor, que venga conmigo!». Todos los levitas se reunieron alrededor de él.
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 Moisés les dijo: «El Señor, Dios de Israel, dice: “Cada uno póngase la espada al costado. Recorran el campamento de un extremo al otro y maten a su hermano, a su amigo y a su vecino”».
27 He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘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 Los levitas hicieron lo que Moisés había ordenado, y aquel día murieron unas tres mil personas.
28 The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.
29 Entonces Moisés dijo: «Hoy se han consagrado al servicio del Señor, aunque haya sido a costa de su propio hijo o hermano. Por eso hoy el Señor les da su bendición».
29 Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”
30 Al día siguiente Moisés dijo al pueblo: «Ustedes han cometido un gran pecado. Ahora subiré al Señor. Tal vez pueda conseguir perdón por su pecado».
30 On the next day, 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 Moisés volvió al Señor y dijo: «Este pueblo ha cometido un gran pecado al hacerse un dios de oro.
31 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
32 Pero ahora, perdona su pecado. Si no, borra mi nombre del libro que has escrito».
32 Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
33 El Señor respondió a Moisés: «Al que haya pecado contra mí, lo borraré de mi libro.
33 Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
34 Ahora ve y lleva al pueblo al lugar del que te hablé. Mi ángel irá delante de ti. Pero cuando llegue el momento de juzgarlos, los castigaré por su pecado».
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 Entonces el Señor castigó al pueblo porque había adorado el becerro que Aarón hizo.
35 Yahweh struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 7:40; Deuteronomy 9:9; Matthew 24:48; Exodus 24:18; 2 Peter 3:4
- 2 Judges 8:24–27; Exodus 12:35–36; Ezekiel 16:11–12; Ezekiel 16:17; Hosea 2:8
- 3 Isaiah 40:19–20; Jeremiah 10:9; Isaiah 46:6; Judges 17:3–4
- 4 Nehemiah 9:18; Deuteronomy 9:16; 1 Kings 12:28; Acts 7:41; Exodus 32:8
- 5 2 Kings 10:20; Leviticus 23:37; Leviticus 23:2; 2 Chronicles 30:5; Hosea 8:11
- 6 1 Corinthians 10:7; Numbers 25:2; Acts 7:41–42; Exodus 32:17–19; Amos 8:10
- 7 Exodus 32:11; Hosea 9:9; Exodus 19:24; Genesis 6:11–12; Deuteronomy 9:12
- 8 1 Kings 12:28; Exodus 20:3–4; Exodus 20:23; Deuteronomy 9:16; Exodus 22:20
- 9 Acts 7:51; Isaiah 48:4; Deuteronomy 9:13; Exodus 33:3; Exodus 33:5
- 10 Deuteronomy 9:14; Numbers 14:12; Deuteronomy 9:19; Numbers 16:45–48; Exodus 22:24
- 11 Deuteronomy 9:18–20; Deuteronomy 9:26–29; Psalm 106:23; Numbers 16:22; Numbers 11:11
- 12 Numbers 14:13–16; Deuteronomy 9:28; Exodus 32:14; Joshua 7:9; Genesis 6:6
- 13 Hebrews 6:13; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 15:5
- 14 Jonah 3:10; Jeremiah 26:13; Psalm 106:45; 1 Chronicles 21:15; Jeremiah 18:8
- 15 Deuteronomy 9:15; Deuteronomy 5:22; Exodus 40:20; Exodus 24:18; Psalm 19:7
- 16 Exodus 31:18; Hebrews 8:10; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 9:9–11
- 17 Exodus 24:13; Exodus 17:9; 1 Samuel 4:5–6; Joshua 6:16; 1 Samuel 17:20
- 18 Daniel 5:4; Exodus 15:1–18; Daniel 5:23
- 19 Deuteronomy 9:16–17; 2 Samuel 6:14; Deuteronomy 27:26; Ephesians 4:26; Exodus 32:4–6
- 20 Deuteronomy 9:21; 2 Kings 23:6; Deuteronomy 7:25; Proverbs 14:14; Deuteronomy 7:5
- 21 Genesis 20:9; Joshua 7:19–26; 1 Kings 14:16; 2 Kings 21:9–11; Deuteronomy 13:6–8
- 22 Deuteronomy 9:24; Exodus 14:11; Exodus 15:24; 1 Samuel 15:24; Psalm 36:4
- 23 Exodus 32:1–4; Exodus 32:8
- 24 Exodus 32:4; Genesis 3:12–13; Luke 10:29; Romans 3:10
- 25 Isaiah 47:3; Micah 1:11; Revelation 16:15; Hosea 2:3; Ezekiel 16:63
- 26 2 Kings 9:32; Matthew 12:30; Joshua 5:13; 2 Samuel 20:11
- 27 Numbers 25:5; Luke 14:26; Deuteronomy 33:8–9; Numbers 25:7–12; Exodus 32:29
- 28 Deuteronomy 33:9; Numbers 16:41; Numbers 16:32–35; Malachi 2:4–6; 1 Corinthians 10:8
- 29 Numbers 25:11–13; Matthew 10:37; Zechariah 13:3; Deuteronomy 13:6–11; Proverbs 21:3
- 30 1 Samuel 12:20; Numbers 25:13; 1 Samuel 12:23; Exodus 32:31–32; Amos 5:15
- 31 Exodus 20:23; Daniel 9:11; Exodus 32:30; Daniel 9:8; Deuteronomy 9:18–19
- 32 Psalm 69:28; Romans 9:3; Revelation 21:27; Philippians 4:3; Daniel 12:1
- 33 Ezekiel 18:4; Deuteronomy 29:20; Revelation 20:12; Psalm 69:28; Leviticus 23:30
- 34 Exodus 23:20; Deuteronomy 32:35; Exodus 33:14–15; Exodus 3:17; Matthew 23:35
- 35 2 Samuel 12:9–10; Acts 7:41; Exodus 32:4; Matthew 27:3–7; Exodus 32:25
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