Eksodo 36
1 Choncho Bezaleli, Oholiabu pamodzi ndi anthu aluso onse amene Yehova anawapatsa luso ndi nzeru zodziwira kupanga zofunika zonse zomangira malo opatulika, adzapanga zonse iwowo, monga momwe Yehova analamulira.”
“Bezalel and Oholiab, and all the other men to whom Yahweh has given ability and enabled them to understand how to do all the work to make the Sacred Tent, must make everything just as Yahweh has commanded.”
2 Ndipo Mose anayitana Bezaleli ndi Oholiabu ndiponso munthu aliyense waluso amene Yehova anamupatsa luso ndiponso amene anali ndi mtima wofuna kugwira ntchito.
So Moses/I summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the work.
3 Iwo analandira kuchokera kwa Mose zopereka zonse Aisraeli anabweretsa kuti agwirire ntchito yomanga malo wopatulika. Ndipo anthu anapitirira kupereka zopereka zaufulu mmawa uliwonse.
Moses/I gave them all the things that the people had brought as offerings to Yahweh for making the Sacred Tent. But the people continued bringing more things every morning.
4 Kotero amisiri onse amene amagwira ntchito yonse ya malo wopatulika anasiya ntchitoyo
As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me
5 ndipo anati kwa Mose, “Anthu akubweretsa kuposa zimene zikufunika kugwirira ntchito imene Yehova analamulira kuti ichitike.”
and said, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!”
6 Choncho Mose analamulira ndipo analengeza mu msasa onse, “Mwamuna kapena mayi aliyense asaperekenso chopereka chilichonse cha ku malo wopatulika.” Choncho anthu analetsedwa kubweretsa zambiri,
So Moses/I gave the skilled men this message that was proclaimed throughout the camp: “No one should bring anything more as an offering to make the Sacred Tent!” When the people [heard that], they did not bring anything more.
7 chifukwa zimene anali nazo zinali zoposera zimene zimafunika kugwirira ntchito yonse.
What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. [In fact], it was more than was needed!
8 Anthu onse aluso pakati pa anthu ogwira ntchitoyo anapanga chihema pogwiritsa ntchito nsalu khumi zofewa, zosalala ndi zolukidwa bwino, zobiriwira, zapepo ndi zofiira. Ndipo anthu aluso anapeta pa nsaluzo Akerubi.
All the most skilled men among the workmen made the Sacred Tent. They made it from ten strips of fine linen, and carefully embroidered it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make figures that resembled the winged creatures.
9 Nsalu zonse zinali zofanana. Mulitali mwake zinali mamita khumi ndi atatu, mulifupi mamita awiri.
Each strip was (14 yards/twelve meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
10 Iwo analumikiza nsalu zisanu, kuti ikhale nsalu imodzi ndipo anachita chimodzimodzi ndi nsalu zisanu zinazo.
They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set.
11 Kenaka anapanga zokolowekamo za nsalu yobiriwira mʼmphepete mwa nsalu imodzi yotsiriza ya mbali ina. Ndipo anachita chimodzimodzi ndi nsalu yotsiriza ya mbali inayo.
For each set, they made loops of blue [cloth] and fastened them on the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set.
12 Iwo anasokerera zokolowekamo makumi asanu pa nsalu yoyamba ndi zokolowekamo makumi asanu zinanso pa nsalu inayo. Anapanga kuti zokolowekamozo ziziyangʼanana.
They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.
13 Kenaka anapanga ngowe zagolide 50 zolumikizira nsalu ziwirizo kotero kuti zinapanga chihema chimodzi.
They made 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. In that way, the inside of the Sacred Tent was [as though it was] one piece.
14 Iwo anapanga nsalu za ubweya wambuzi zophimba pamwamba pa chihemacho. Nsalu zonse pamodzi zinalipo khumi ndi imodzi.
They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.
15 Nsalu zonse khumi ndi imodzi zinali zofanana. Mulitali mwake munali mamita khumi ndi anayi ndipo mulifupi mwake munali mamita awiri.
Each piece of cloth was (15 yards/13.5 meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
16 Iwo analumikiza nsalu zisanu kukhala nsalu imodzi ndipo nsalu zinazo zisanu ndi imodzi, analumikizanso kukhala nsalu imodzinso.
They sewed five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and they sewed the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set.
17 Kenaka anasokerera zokolowekamo makumi asanu mʼmphepete mwa nsalu imodzi yotsirizira ya nsalu yoyamba yolumikiza ija ndiponso anapanga zokolowekamo zina makumi asanu mʼmphepete mwa nsalu yotsirizira ya nsalu inanso yolumikiza ija.
They made 100 loops [of blue cloth]. They fastened 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and they fastened 50 to the outer edge of the other set.
18 Iwo anapanga ngowe 50 zamkuwa zolowetsa mu zokolowekazo ndipo anaphatikiza nsalu ziwirizo kuti tentiyo ikhale imodzi.
They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.
19 Ndipo anapanga chikopa cha nkhosa zazimuna cha utoto wofiira chophimbira tentiyo ndipo pamwamba pake anapanganso chophimbira china cha zikopa za akatumbu.
They made two more covers for the Sacred Tent. They made one from rams’ skins that had been (tanned/dyed red), and they made the top cover from goatskin leather.
20 Iwo anapanga maferemu amatabwa amtengo wa mkesha oyimikira chihemacho.
They made frames from acacia wood and set them up [to support the covers for the Sacred Tent].
21 Feremu iliyonse inali yotalika mamita anayi ndipo mulifupi mwake munali masentimita 69.
Each frame was (15 feet/4.5 meters) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.
22 Thabwa lililonse linali ndi zolumikizira ziwiri. Iwo anapanga maferemu onse a chihemacho ndi matabwa otere.
They made two projections at the bottom of each frame. These were for fastening the frames to the bases underneath them. Each frame had these projections.
23 Anapanga maferemu makumi awiri a mbali yakummwera kwa chihemacho,
The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.
24 ndiponso anapanga matsinde 40 asiliva ndipo anawayika pansi pa maferemuwo. Pansi pa feremu iliyonse anayika matsinde awiri ogwiriziza zolumikizira ziwiri zija.
They made 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases went under each frame. The projections on each frame fit into these bases.
25 Iwo anapanganso maferemu makumi awiri a mbali yakumpoto ya chihemacho,
[Similarly], they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.
26 ndiponso matsinde makumi anayi asiliva, awiri pansi pa feremu iliyonse.
They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame.
27 Anapanganso maferemu asanu ndi imodzi a kumbuyo kwa tenti, kumbali yakumadzulo,
For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames.
28 ndiponso maferemu awiri a pa ngodya yakumbuyo kwenikweni kwa tenti.
They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, [to provide extra support].
29 Pa ngodya ziwirizi panali maferemu awiri, kuyambira pansi mpaka pamwamba atalumikizidwa pa ngowe imodzi. Maferemu onse anali ofanana.
The two corner frames were joined from the bottom to the top (OR, joined at both the bottom and the top). At the top of each of the two corner frames they fastened a gold ring for holding the crossbar.
30 Choncho panali maferemu asanu ndi atatu ndiponso matsinde 16 asiliva, awiri anali pansi pa feremu iliyonse.
In that way, [for the rear of the Sacred Tent] there were eight frames, and there were 16 bases, two bases under each frame.
31 Iwo anapanganso mitanda ya matabwa amtengo wa mkesha. Mitanda isanu inali ya maferemu a mbali imodzi ya chihema,
The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.
32 mitanda isanu inanso inali ya maferemu a mbali inayo ndipo mitanda ina isanu ya mbali yakumadzulo, kumapeto kwenikweni kwa chihema.
Five of them were for the frames on the north side of the Sacred Tent, five for the south side, and five for the frames at the rear of the Sacred Tent, the west side.
33 Anapanga mtanda wapakati omwe umachokera pa maferemu a mbali ina mpaka mbali inanso.
The crossbars on the north, south, and west sides of the Sacred Tent were fastened to the middle of the frames. The two long crossbars extended from one end of the Sacred Tent to the other, and the crossbar on the west side extended from one side of the Sacred Tent to the other side.
34 Iwo anakuta maferemuwo ndi golide ndiponso anapanga mphete zagolide zogwiriziza mitandayo. Ndipo mitandayonso anayikuta ndi golide.
The workmen covered the frames with gold and fastened gold rings to the poles. The crossbars [were put] into the rings. The crossbars were [also] covered with gold.
35 Anapanga nsalu yokhala ndi mtundu wamtambo, wapepo ndi ofiira ndipo nsaluyo inali yolukidwa bwino, yofewa ndi yosalala. Ndipo anthu aluso anapetapo zithunzi za Akerubi.
They made a curtain from fine white linen. Skilled craftsmen embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, making designs [that resembled] the winged creatures.
36 Iwo anapanga nsanamira zinayi zamtengo wa mkesha zokutidwa ndi golide. Anapanganso ngowe zagolide za nsanamirazo ndi matsinde asiliva anayi.
They suspended/hung the curtain from four posts that were made from acacia [wood] and covered with gold. They set [each] post in a silver base.
37 Anapanga nsalu ya pa chipata cholowera mu chihema, yamtundu wamtambo, wapepo ndi ofiira yomwe inali yofewa ndi yosalala, yopetedwa bwino ndi amisiri aluso.
They made a curtain to [cover] the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They made it from fine linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.
38 Anapanga nsanamira zisanu ndi ngowe zake. Anakuta pamwamba pa nsanamirazo ndi zomangira zake ndi golide, ndipo anapanganso matsinde asanu amkuwa.
[To support this curtain], they also made five posts from acacia wood and fastened gold clasps/fasteners to them. They completely covered the posts with gold. They also made a bronze base for each of those posts.
