M.Pickthall: He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: (Moses) said, `Indeed I did it (then inadvertently and) as I was lost (for the love of my people and was in a perplexed state of mind).
Maulana Mohammad Ali: And thou didst (that) deed of thine which thou didst and thou art of the ungrateful ones.