Then Moses returned very angry and sorrowful to his people, saying, 'My people, did your Lord not promise a fair promise to you? Did the time of the covenant seem so long to you, or did you desire that anger should alight on you from your Lord, so that you failed in 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؟