Exodus · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Exodus 32 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Pero cuando el pueblo vio que Moisés tardaba en bajar de la Montaña, se reunió alrededor de Aarón y le dijeron: ¡Levántate, haznos ʼelohim que vayan delante de nosotros! Porque este Moisés, el varón que nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le sucedió.
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 Entonces Aarón les dijo: Quiten los zarcillos de oro de las orejas de 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 Así que todo el pueblo se quitó los zarcillos de oro que tenían en sus orejas y los llevaron a Aarón.
3 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
4 Él los tomó de sus manos, hizo un becerro de fundición y lo modeló con un buril. Entonces ellos exclamaron: ¡Éste es tu ʼelohim, oh Israel, que te sacó de la tierra 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 Al ver esto Aarón edificó un altar delante de [becerro] y pregonó: ¡Mañana será fiesta para Yavé!
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 Por lo cual al día siguiente madrugaron, ofrecieron holocaustos y llevaron ofrendas de paz. Después el pueblo se sentó a comer y a beber, y se levantaron para divertirse.
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 Yavé dijo a Moisés: Anda, desciende, porque tu pueblo que sacaste de la tierra de Egipto se corrompió.
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 Pronto se apartaron del camino que Yo les ordené. Hicieron un becerro de fundición, se postraron ante él y le ofrecieron sacrificios. Y dijeron: Israel, éste es tu ʼelohim que te sacó de la tierra 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 Además Yavé dijo a Moisés: Yo observé a este pueblo, y ciertamente es un pueblo indómito.
9 Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
10 Deja ahora que se encienda mi ira contra ellos y los consuma, y haré de ti una nación grande.
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 Entonces Moisés suplicó en la Presencia de Yavé su ʼElohim: Oh Yavé, ¿por qué se encenderá tu ira contra tu pueblo, al cual sacaste de la tierra de Egipto con gran poder y con 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 tienen que hablar los egipcios: Con mala intención los sacó para matarlos en las montañas y para destruirlos de la superficie de la tierra? ¡Desiste del ardor de tu ira y cambia de parecer con respecto a hacer mal a 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 Acuérdate de Abraham, Isaac e Israel, tus esclavos, a quienes juraste por Ti mismo: Multiplicaré tu descendencia como las estrellas del cielo. Daré a tu descendencia toda esta tierra de la cual hablé y la tomarán como posesión 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 Y Yavé desistió del mal que dijo que iba a hacer a su pueblo.
14 So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
15 Moisés volvió y descendió de la montaña. Llevaba en su mano las dos tablas del Testimonio escritas por ambos lados, [ciertamente] por un lado y por el otro.
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 ʼElohim, la escritura de ʼElohim grabada sobre las tablas.
16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 Y cuando Josué oyó el ruido del pueblo que clamaba, dijo a Moisés: ¡Hay 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 él respondió: No es ruido de gritos de victoria, ni ruido de gritos de derrota, pero oigo el sonido del canto.
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 Aconteció que cuando llegó al campamento, observó el becerro y las danzas, y se encendió la ira de Moisés. Y al lanzar las tablas de sus manos, las rompió al pie de la Montaña.
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 Luego tomó el becerro que hicieron, lo quemó en el fuego y lo molió hasta reducirlo a polvo, el cual esparció sobre la superficie del agua y dio a beber a los hijos de Israel.
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 Y Moisés preguntó a Aarón: ¿Qué te hizo este pueblo para que trajeras tan gran pecado sobre él?
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 encienda la ira de mi ʼadón. Tú mismo sabes que este pueblo es propenso 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 ʼelohim que vaya delante de nosotros, porque a este Moisés, el varón que nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le sucedió.
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 Les dije: El que 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 Al ver Moisés que el pueblo estaba desenfrenado, porque Aarón lo permitió para que llegara a ser una vergüenza en medio 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 se puso en pie en la entrada del campamento, y exclamó: ¡El que esté por Yavé, [únase] conmigo! Y se unieron a él todos los hijos de Leví.
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 Entonces él les dijo: Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Ate cada uno su espada a su cintura. Pasen y vuelvan de entrada en entrada del campamento, y cada uno mate a su hermano, a su amigo y a su pariente.
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 hijos de Leví hicieron conforme al dicho de Moisés, y cayeron del pueblo aquel día como 3.000 hombres.
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 les dijo: Hoy se consagraron ustedes a Yavé, pues cada uno se consagró en [la muerte de] su hijo y en su hermano para que Él les otorgue una bendición hoy.
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 Ocurrió que al día siguiente Moisés dijo al pueblo: Ustedes cometieron un gran pecado. Pero ahora subiré a Yavé. Tal vez pueda apaciguarlo 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 a Yavé y le dijo: ¡Ay, este pueblo cometió un gran pecado: hizo un ʼelohim de oro para él mismo!
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, ¡bórrame de tu rollo que escribiste!
32 Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
33 Pero Yavé dijo a Moisés: Al que peque contra Mí lo borraré de mi rollo.
33 Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
34 Ahora vé, conduce a este pueblo adonde te dije. Mira, mi Ángel irá delante de ti, pero el día cuando Yo castigue, 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 Yavé hirió al pueblo por lo que hicieron con el becerro que Aarón formó.
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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