When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said: "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence: did ye make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down the tablets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him. Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed reckon me as naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin."

So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so ye broke your promise to me?"

当穆萨愤怒而又悲伤地去见他的宗族的时候，他说：“我不在的时候，你们替我做的事真恶劣！难道你们不能静候你们主的命令吗？”他扔了法版，揪住他哥哥的头发，把他拉到身边。他说：“胞弟啊！宗族们确已欺负我，他们几乎杀害了我，你不要使我的仇敌称快，不要把我当作不义者。”

穆萨悲愤地转回去看他的宗族，他说：“我的宗族啊！难道你们的主，没有给你们一个美好的应许吗？你们觉得时间太长呢？ 还是你们想应受从你们的主发出的谴责，因而你们违背了对我的约言呢？”