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Exodus 32: The Golden Calf (Vulgate and RSV)

[Exod 32:1] videns autem populus quod moram faceret descendendi de monte Moses congregatus adversus Aaron ait surge fac nobis deos qui nos praecedant Mosi enim huic viro qui nos eduxit de terra Aegypti ignoramus quid acciderit

[Exod 32:2] dixitque ad eos Aaron tollite inaures aureas de uxorum filiorumque et filiarum vestrarum auribus et adferte ad me

[Exod 32:3] fecit populus quae iusserat deferens inaures ad Aaron

[Exod 32:4] quas cum ille accepisset formavit opere fusorio et fecit ex eis vitulum conflatilem dixeruntque hii sunt dii tui Israhel qui te eduxerunt de terra Aegypti

[Exod 32:5] quod cum vidisset Aaron aedificavit altare coram eo et praeconis voce clamavit dicens cras sollemnitas Domini est

[Exod 32:6] surgentesque mane obtulerunt holocausta et hostias pacificas et sedit populus comedere ac bibere et surrexerunt ludere

[Exod 32:7] locutus est autem Dominus ad Mosen vade descende peccavit populus tuus quem eduxisti de terra Aegypti

[Exod 32:1] When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Up, make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

[Exod 32:2] And Aaron said to them, "Take off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

[Exod 32:3] So all the people took off the rings of gold which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

[Exod 32:4] And he received the gold at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"

[Exod 32:5] When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD."

[Exod 32:6] And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

 

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[Exod 32:15] et reversus est Moses de monte portans duas tabulas testimonii manu scriptas ex utraque parte

[Exod 32:16] et factas opere Dei scriptura quoque Dei erat sculpta in tabulis

[Exod 32:17] audiens autem Iosue tumultum populi vociferantis dixit ad Mosen ululatus pugnae auditur in castris

[Exod 32:18] qui respondit non est clamor adhortantium ad pugnam neque vociferatio conpellentium ad fugam sed vocem cantantium ego audio

[Exod 32:19] cumque adpropinquasset ad castra vidit vitulum et choros iratusque valde proiecit de manu tabulas et confregit eas ad radices montis

[Exod 32:20] arripiensque vitulum quem fecerant conbusit et contrivit usque ad pulverem quem sparsit in aqua et dedit ex eo potum filiis Israhel

[Exod 32:21] dixitque ad Aaron quid tibi fecit hic populus ut induceres super eum peccatum maximum

[Exod 32:22] cui ille respondit ne indignetur dominus meus tu enim nosti populum istum quod pronus sit ad malum

[Exod 32:23] dixerunt mihi fac nobis deos qui praecedant nos huic enim Mosi qui nos eduxit de terra Aegypti nescimus quid acciderit

[Exod 32:24] quibus ego dixi quis vestrum habet aurum tulerunt et dederunt mihi et proieci illud in ignem egressusque est hic vitulus

[Exod 32:25] videns ergo Moses populum quod esset nudatus spoliaverat enim eum Aaron propter ignominiam sordis et inter hostes nudum constituerat

[Exod 32:26] et stans in porta castrorum ait si quis est Domini iungatur mihi congregatique sunt ad eum omnes filii Levi

[Exod 32:27] quibus ait haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ponat vir gladium super femur suum ite et redite de porta usque ad portam per medium castrorum et occidat unusquisque fratrem et amicum et proximum suum

[Exod 32:28] fecerunt filii Levi iuxta sermonem Mosi cecideruntque in die illo quasi tria milia hominum

[Exod 32:29] et ait Moses consecrastis manus vestras hodie Domino unusquisque in filio et fratre suo ut detur vobis benedictio

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[Exod 32:15] And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

[Exod 32:16] And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

[Exod 32:17] When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp."

[Exod 32:18] But he said, "It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear."

[Exod 32:19] And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

[Exod 32:20] And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the people of Israel drink it.

[Exod 32:21] And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought a great sin upon them?"

[Exod 32:22] And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil.

[Exod 32:23] For they said to me, `Make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

[Exod 32:24] And I said to them, `Let any who have gold take it off; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and there came out this calf."

[Exod 32:25] And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to their shame among their enemies),

[Exod 32:26] then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Who is on the LORD's side? Come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

[Exod 32:27] And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, `Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor."

[Exod 32:28] And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

[Exod 32:29] And Moses said, "Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day."

 


Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring 2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/ for more info.
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