Eksodo 40
1 Kenaka Yehova anati kwa Mose,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Imika chihema, tenti ya msonkhano, tsiku loyamba la mwezi.
“In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,
3 Uyikemo bokosi la umboni ndipo uphimbe bokosilo ndi katani.
and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.
4 Ulowetsemo tebulo ndi kuyika zimene zimakhala pamenepo. Kenaka ulowetse choyikapo nyale ndipo uyikepo nyale zake.
And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,
5 Uyike guwa lofukiza la golide patsogolo pa bokosi la umboni ndipo uyike katani ya pa chipata cha chihema.
and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,
6 “Uyike guwa lansembe yopsereza patsogolo pa chipata cha chihema, tenti ya msonkhano.
and before it, the altar of holocaust.
7 Uyike beseni pakati pa tenti ya msonkhano ndi guwa lansembe ndipo uyikemo madzi.
The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.
8 Upange bwalo lozungulira chihemacho ndipo uyike katani ya pa chipata cha bwalolo.
And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.
9 “Utenge mafuta wodzozera ndipo udzoze chihema ndi chilichonse chili mʼmenemo ndipo zidzakhala zoyeretsedwa.
And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.
10 Kenaka udzoze guwa lansembe lopsereza ndi ziwiya zake zonse. Ulipatule guwalo ndipo lidzakhala loyera kwambiri.
The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,
11 Udzoze beseni ndi miyendo yake ndipo uzipatule.
the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.
12 “Ubwere ndi Aaroni ndi ana ake pa chipata cha tenti ya msonkhano ndipo uwasambitse ndi madzi.
And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,
13 Kenaka umuveke Aaroni zovala zopatulika, umudzoze ndi kumupatula kotero kuti athe kunditumikira monga wansembe.
14 Ubweretse ana ake ndipo uwaveke minjiro.
15 Uwadzoze monga momwe unadzozera abambo awo, kotero kuti anditumikire monga ansembe. Kudzozedwako kudzakhala unsembe wawo pa mibado ndi mibado”
you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”
16 Mose anachita zonse monga Yehova anamulamulira.
And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.
17 Kotero anayimika chihema tsiku loyamba la mwezi woyamba mʼchaka chachiwiri.
Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.
18 Nthawi imene Mose anayimika chihema, anayika matsinde mʼmalo ake, kuyimitsa maferemu, kulowetsa mitanda ndi kuyika nsichi.
And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,
19 Kenaka anayika tenti pamwamba pa chihema ndipo anayika chophimba pa tenti monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.
20 Iye anatenga miyala ya umboni nayika mʼbokosi lija ndi kuyika chivundikiro pamwamba pake.
And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.
21 Kenaka analowetsa bokosilo mʼchihema ndipo anapachika katani ndi kubisa bokosi la umboni monga momwe Yehova analamulira iye.
And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.
22 Mose anayika tebulo mu tenti ya msonkhano kumpoto kwa chihema, kunja kwa katani,
And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
23 ndipo anayikapo buledi pamaso pa Yehova, monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
24 Iye anayikanso choyikapo nyale mu tenti ya msonkhano moyangʼanana ndi tebulo mbali yakummwera kwa chihema.
And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,
25 Ndipo anayikapo nyale zija pamaso pa Yehova, monga Yehova analamulira Mose.
setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
26 Mose anayika guwa la golide mu tenti ya msonkhano patsogolo pa katani
He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,
27 ndipo anapserezapo lubani wonunkhira monga Yehova anamulamulira.
and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
28 Kenaka anayika katani ya pa chipata cha chihema.
And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,
29 Iye anayika guwa lansembe yopsereza pafupi ndi chipata cha chihema, tenti ya msonkhano, ndipo anapereka nsembe yopsereza ndi nsembe ya ufa monga Yehova anamulamulira.
and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.
30 Iye anayika beseni pakati pa tenti ya msonkhano ndi guwa lansembe ndipo anathiramo madzi wosamba,
Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
31 ndipo Mose, Aaroni ndi ana ake amasamba manja ndi mapazi awo.
And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,
32 Iwo amasamba nthawi zonse akamalowa mu tenti ya msonkhano kapena kuyandikira guwa lansembe monga Yehova analamulira Mose.
whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
33 Kenaka Mose anamanga bwalo kuzungulira chihema ndi guwa lansembe ndipo anayika katani ya pa chipata cha bwalo. Kotero Mose anamaliza ntchito.
And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,
34 Kenaka mtambo unaphimba tenti ya msonkhano, ndipo ulemerero wa Yehova unadzaza mʼchihemacho.
the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
35 Mose sanathe kulowa mu tenti ya msonkhano chifukwa mtambo unali utakhazikika pa chihemacho, ndipo ulemerero wa Yehova unadzaza mʼchihemacho.
Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.
36 Pa maulendo awo onse, mtambo ukachoka pamwamba pa chihema, Aisraeli ankasamukanso pamene analipo.
Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.
37 Koma ngati mtambo sunachoke, iwo sankasamukanso mpaka tsiku limene udzachoke.
But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.
38 Kotero mtambo wa Yehova unkakhala pamwamba pa chihema usana, ndi mtambo wamoto umakhala usiku, pamaso pa nyumba yonse ya Israeli pa masiku onse aulendo wawo.
Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.
