Exodus 32

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1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

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1 Como Moisés se demoraba en descender del monte, el pueblo se presentó ante Aarón: ―Mira —le dijeron—, haznos dioses que nos dirijan, porque este Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto no aparece; algo debe de haberle ocurrido.

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2 So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

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2–3 ―Tráiganme los aretes de oro que tengan sus esposas, hijos e hijas —respondió Aarón. Así que todos los que tenían aretes se los quitaron y se los entregaron a Aarón.

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3 Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.

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4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

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4 Entonces él fundió el oro, y con un cincel hizo un becerro. Al ver el becerro, el pueblo exclamó: «¡Israel, este es tu dios que te sacó de Egipto!».

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5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”

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5 Cuando Aarón vio lo feliz que estaba el pueblo con el becerro, edificó un altar delante del becerro, y anunció: ―Mañana habrá fiesta en honor del Señor.

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6 So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

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6 A la mañana siguiente madrugaron y comenzaron a presentar holocaustos y ofrendas de paz. Luego de comer y beber, se entregaron a la diversión.

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7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

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7 Por eso, el Señor le dijo a Moisés: ―Date prisa, desciende, porque el pueblo que sacaste de Egipto se ha contaminado,

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8 How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”

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8 y pronto han abandonado mis leyes. Han hecho un becerro y lo han adorado; le han ofrecido sacrificios y han dicho: “¡Israel, este es tu dios que te sacó de Egipto!”.

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9 The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

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9 El Señor añadió: ―He visto que este pueblo es rebelde y testarudo.

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10 Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

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10 Deja que desate contra ellos mi ira y los destruya; y de ti, Moisés, haré otra nación grande.

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11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

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11 Pero Moisés le rogó al Señor que no lo hiciera. ―Señor —suplicó—, ¿por qué se ha encendido tanto tu ira contra este tu pueblo, al que sacaste de Egipto con tu gran poder y tan grandes milagros?

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12 Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

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12 ¿Quieres que los egipcios digan: “Dios los engañó y los hizo ir a las montañas para matarlos y borrarlos de la tierra”? Aparta tu ira y no le hagas eso a tu pueblo.

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13 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”

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13 Recuerda lo que le prometiste a tus siervos Abraham, Isaac e Israel cuando juraste por ti mismo: “Yo multiplicaré tu descendencia como las estrellas del cielo, y les daré toda la tierra que he prometido a tus descendientes, y la heredarán para siempre”.

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14 So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

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14 Entonces el Señor tuvo compasión de ellos y no los destruyó.

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15 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.

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15 Luego Moisés descendió del monte, llevando en sus manos las dos tablas de piedra, en las que estaban escritos los mandamientos por ambos lados.

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

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16 Dios mismo preparó las tablas y escribió en ellas.

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17 When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”

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17 Cuando Josué oyó el bullicio del pueblo que gritaba, le dijo a Moisés: ―Suena como si estuvieran preparándose para la guerra.

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18 But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

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18 Pero Moisés le respondió: ―No es grito de victoria ni de derrota lo que yo oigo; lo que escucho son canciones.

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19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

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19 Cuando llegaron cerca del campamento, Moisés vio el becerro y las danzas, y con terrible ira arrojó las tablas al suelo, al pie del monte, y se rompieron.

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20 Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

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20 Luego tomó el becerro, lo fundió en fuego, y cuando se enfrió el metal, lo molió hasta hacerlo polvo. Mezcló ese polvo con agua, para que el pueblo bebiera.

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21 “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

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21 Después se dirigió a Aarón, y le preguntó: ―¿Qué te ha hecho este pueblo, para que le hagas cometer este terrible pecado?

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22 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

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22 ―No te enojes tanto —dijo Aarón—. Tú bien sabes que este pueblo es inclinado a la maldad.

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23 They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’

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23 Ellos me dijeron. “Haznos un dios que nos dirija, porque algo le habrá ocurrido a Moisés, el que nos sacó de Egipto”.

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24 So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”

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24 Entonces les dije: “Tráiganme sus aretes”. Ellos me los trajeron, los eché al fuego… y ¡salió este becerro!

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25 Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.

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25 Cuando Moisés vio que Aarón no había podido guiar bien a los israelitas, y que por eso se habían vuelto locos, de tal modo que la gente de otros pueblos se estaban burlando de ellos,

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26 So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

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26 se paró a la entrada del campamento y gritó: «¡Todos los que estén de parte del Señor, vengan aquí y únanse a mí!». Entonces todos los levitas se acercaron.

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27 He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

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27 Moisés les dijo: «El Señor, Dios de Israel, les ordena que tomen sus espadas y recorran el campamento, de uno a otro extremo, y maten a sus hermanos, parientes y vecinos».

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28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.

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28 Los levitas lo hicieron, y aquel día mataron a unos tres mil hombres.

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29 Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”

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29 Moisés, entonces, les dijo: «Hoy se han santificado para el servicio del Señor, porque han obedecido, aun cuando tuvieron que dar muerte a sus hijos y hermanos. Ahora el Señor les dará una gran bendición».

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30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

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30 Al día siguiente, Moisés le dijo al pueblo: «Ustedes han cometido un gran pecado, pero yo regresaré a la montaña, y me presentaré delante del Señor, para interceder por ustedes. Quizá él quiera otorgarles el perdón».

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31 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.

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31 Moisés regresó a la presencia del Señor, y le dijo: ―Desgraciadamente este pueblo ha pecado en gran manera y ha hecho ídolos de oro.

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32 Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

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32 Sólo te ruego que perdones su pecado. Si no lo haces, te pido que borres mi nombre del libro que has escrito.

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33 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.

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33 ―Cualquiera que haya pecado contra mí —dijo el Señor— será borrado.

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34 Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”

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34 Ahora ve y conduce al pueblo al lugar que yo te indiqué, y diles que mi ángel irá delante de ellos. Sin embargo, cuando yo visite a este pueblo, lo castigaré por sus pecados.

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35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.

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35 Luego el Señor envió una gran plaga al pueblo, porque habían adorado al becerro que Aarón les hizo.

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