Thereupon Moses returned to his people, indignant and grieved. He said, ‘O my people! Did your Lord not give you a true promise? Did the period [of my absence] seem too long to you? Or did you desire that your Lord’s wrath should descend on you and so you failed your tryst with me?’
موسى خشمگين و پُر اندوه نزد قومش بازگشت و گفت: اى قوم من، آيا پروردگارتان شما را وعده‌هاى نيكو نداده بود؟ آيا درنگ من به درازا كشيد يا خواستيد كه خشم پروردگارتان به شما فرود آيد كه وعده مرا خلاف كرديد؟