Eksodusi
32:1 Kwathi lapho abantu bebona ukuthi uMose uyephuza ukwehla
entabeni, abantu babuthana ku-Aroni, bathi kuye
Sukumani, usenzele onkulunkulu abayakuhamba phambi kwethu; ngoba uMozisi lo.
umuntu owasikhuphula ezweni laseGibithe, asazi ukuthi uyini
abe kuye.
" 32:2 U-Aroni wathi kubo: "Qala amacici egolide angaphakathi
izindlebe zabafazi benu, ezamadodana enu, nezamadodakazi enu, nilethe
bona kimi.
32:3 Futhi bonke abantu bagqashula amacici egolide ayesezintweni zabo
izindlebe, waziletha ku-Aroni.
32:4 Futhi wawamukela esandleni sabo, futhi eklanywe ngomdwebo
ithuluzi, eselenzile ithole elibunjiweyo; bathi: Lezi ngezakho
onkulunkulu, Israyeli, owakukhuphula ezweni laseGibithe.
32:5 U-Aroni wakubona, wakha i-altare phambi kwalo; u-Aroni wenza
yamemezela, yathi: Kusasa kungumkhosi kaJehova.
32:6 Futhi bavuka ekuseni kakhulu, futhi banikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa, futhi
baletha iminikelo yokuthula; abantu bahlala phansi ukuba badle baphuze.
asukume adlale.
" 32:7 UJehova wathi kuMose: "Hamba wehle; kubantu bakho, okuyinto
owakhipha ezweni laseGibithe, bonakalisile;
32:8 Baphambukile masinyane endleleni engabayala ngayo.
bazenzele ithole elibunjiweyo, balikhonza, balikhonza
wahlabela kuyo, wathi: “Naba onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abanazo
wakukhuphula ezweni laseGibithe.
" 32:9 Futhi uJehova wathi kuMose: "Ngibabonile laba bantu, futhi bheka!
bangabantu abantamo ilukhuni:
32:10 Manje ngiyeke, ukuze ulaka lwami luvuthele kubo, futhi
ukuze ngibaqede, ngikwenze isizwe esikhulu.
32:11 UMose wamncenga uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe, wathi: "Jehova, kungani ukufutheka kwakho?
shisela abantu bakho, obakhuphile kubo
izwe laseGibithe ngamandla amakhulu nangesandla esinamandla na?
32:12 Kungani abaseGibhithe kufanele bakhulume, futhi bathi: 'Wenzé ngobubi
babakhiphe, bababulale ezintabeni, babaqede ebusweni
ubuso bomhlaba? Buya olakeni lwakho oluvuthayo, uphenduke kulobu bubi
ngokumelene nabantu bakho.
32:13 Khumbula u-Abrahama, u-Isaka, no-Israyeli, izinceku zakho, owafunga kubo
wena ngokwakho, wathi kubo: Ngiyakwandisa inzalo yenu njenge
izinkanyezi zezulu, nalo lonke leli zwe engikhulume ngalo ngiyakunika lona
enzalweni yakho, iyakudla ifa kuze kube phakade.
32:14 Futhi uJehova wazisola ngobubi ayecabanga ukubenza kuye
abantu.
32:15 UMose waphenduka, wehla entabeni, kanye nezibhebhe ezimbili ze
kwakukhona ubufakazi esandleni sakhe; izibhebhe zazilotshwe kuzo zombili
izinhlangothi; zazilotshiwe ngalapha nangalapha.
32:16 Futhi izibhebhe wawungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, futhi umbhalo kwakungumbhalo
uNkulunkulu, eqoshwe phezu kwamatafula.
32:17 Futhi lapho uJoshuwa ezwa umsindo abantu njengoba bememeza, wathi
kuMose: "Kunomsindo wempi ekamu."
32:18 Wathi, "Akusilo izwi labo abamemezayo, noma
yizwi labakhala ngokunqotshwa, kodwa umsindo we
abahlabelelayo ngiyabezwa.
32:19 Kwathi nje lapho esondela ekamu, wabona
ithole nokusina; intukuthelo kaMose yavutha, wayiphonsa
amatafula esandleni sakhe, wawaphihliza phansi kwentaba.
32:20 Futhi wathatha ithole ababelenzile, walishisa ngomlilo, futhi
wayicolisa yaba yimpuphu, wayifafaza emanzini, wayenza
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphuze kuso.
32:21 UMose wathi ku-Aroni: "Benzeni laba bantu kuwe, ukuze wena?
wehlisele isono esikhulu kangaka phezu kwabo?
32:22 U-Aroni wathi: “Intukuthelo yenkosi yami mayingavuthi;
abantu, ukuthi bagxile ebubini.
32:23 Ngoba bathi kimi, 'Senzele onkulunkulu, abayohamba phambi kwethu.'
ngoba uMozisi lo, indoda eyasikhupha elizweni leGibhithe, thina
angazi ukuthi kwenzekeni ngaye.
32:24 Futhi ngathi kubo: "Yilowo nalowo onegolide, makaliqhekeze. Ngakho
banginika wona; ngase ngiwuphonsa emlilweni, kwaphuma wona
ithole.
32:25 UMose wabona ukuthi abantu babenqunu; (ngokuba u-Aroni wayezenzile
benqunu kube yihlazo phakathi kwezitha zabo;)
32:26 UMose wema esangweni lekamu, futhi wathi: "Ngubani ongokaJehova
side? akeze kimi. Abuthana onke amadodana kaLevi
ndawonye kuye.
" 32:27 Wathi kubo: "Usho kanje uJehova, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli: Bekani wonke umuntu
inkemba yakhe eceleni kwakhe, ingena iphuma isuka kwelinye isango iye kwelinye
abulale, kube yilowo nalowo umfowabo, yilowo nalowo umngane wakhe,
yilowo nalowo umakhelwane wakhe.
28 Abantwana bakwaLevi benza njengezwi likaMose;
kwawa ebantwini ngalolo suku kungathi izinkulungwane ezintathu.
32:29 Ngoba uMose wayethé: "Zingcweliseni namuhla kuJehova, yonke into
umuntu phezu kwendodana yakhe, nomfowabo; ukuze aniphe a
busisa lolusuku.
32:30 Kwathi ngangomuso, uMose wathi kubantu: "Nina
bonile ngesono esikhulu; manje sengiyakukhuphukela kuJehova;
mhlawumbe ngizakwenza inhlawulo yokuthula ngesono senu.
32:31 UMose wabuyela kuJehova, futhi wathi: "O, laba bantu bonile
isono esikhulu, babenze onkulunkulu ngegolide.
32 Kepha manje uma ubathethelela isono sabo; uma kungenjalo, ngesule
kuwe, encwadini yakho oyilobileyo.
" 32:33 Futhi uJehova wathi kuMose: "Yilowo nalowo owona kimi, yena
Ngiyesule encwadini yami.
32:34 Ngakho manje hamba, uhole abantu endaweni engikhulume ngayo
bheka, ingelosi yami iyakuhamba phambi kwakho;
mhla ngibahambela ngizabahambela isono sabo.
32:35 Futhi uJehova washaya abantu, ngoba benza ithole, u-Aroni
eyenziwe.