Eksodo 40
1 Kenaka Yehova anati kwa Mose,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Imika chihema, tenti ya msonkhano, tsiku loyamba la mwezi.
“On the first day of the first month of the new year you must set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
3 Uyikemo bokosi la umboni ndipo uphimbe bokosilo ndi katani.
You must place the ark of the testimony in it, and you must shield the ark with the curtain.
4 Ulowetsemo tebulo ndi kuyika zimene zimakhala pamenepo. Kenaka ulowetse choyikapo nyale ndipo uyikepo nyale zake.
You must bring in the table and set in order the things that belong on it. Then you must bring in the lampstand and set up the lamps.
5 Uyike guwa lofukiza la golide patsogolo pa bokosi la umboni ndipo uyike katani ya pa chipata cha chihema.
You must put the golden incense altar before the ark of the testimony, and you must put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
6 “Uyike guwa lansembe yopsereza patsogolo pa chipata cha chihema, tenti ya msonkhano.
You must put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
7 Uyike beseni pakati pa tenti ya msonkhano ndi guwa lansembe ndipo uyikemo madzi.
You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it.
8 Upange bwalo lozungulira chihemacho ndipo uyike katani ya pa chipata cha bwalolo.
You must set up the courtyard around it, and you must hang up the curtain at the courtyard entrance.
9 “Utenge mafuta wodzozera ndipo udzoze chihema ndi chilichonse chili mʼmenemo ndipo zidzakhala zoyeretsedwa.
You must take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it. You must set it apart and all its furnishings to me; then it will be holy.
10 Kenaka udzoze guwa lansembe lopsereza ndi ziwiya zake zonse. Ulipatule guwalo ndipo lidzakhala loyera kwambiri.
You must anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You must set apart the altar to me and it will become very holy to me.
11 Udzoze beseni ndi miyendo yake ndipo uzipatule.
You must anoint the bronze basin and its base and set it apart to me.
12 “Ubwere ndi Aaroni ndi ana ake pa chipata cha tenti ya msonkhano ndipo uwasambitse ndi madzi.
You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and you must wash them with water.
13 Kenaka umuveke Aaroni zovala zopatulika, umudzoze ndi kumupatula kotero kuti athe kunditumikira monga wansembe.
You are to clothe Aaron with the garments that are set apart to me, anoint him and set him apart so that he may serve as my priest.
14 Ubweretse ana ake ndipo uwaveke minjiro.
You are to bring his sons and clothe them with coats.
15 Uwadzoze monga momwe unadzozera abambo awo, kotero kuti anditumikire monga ansembe. Kudzozedwako kudzakhala unsembe wawo pa mibado ndi mibado”
You must anoint them as you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will make for them a permanent priesthood throughout their people's generations.”
16 Mose anachita zonse monga Yehova anamulamulira.
This is what Moses did; he followed all that Yahweh had commanded him. He did all these things.
17 Kotero anayimika chihema tsiku loyamba la mwezi woyamba mʼchaka chachiwiri.
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
18 Nthawi imene Mose anayimika chihema, anayika matsinde mʼmalo ake, kuyimitsa maferemu, kulowetsa mitanda ndi kuyika nsichi.
Moses set up the tabernacle, put its bases in place, set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its pillars and posts.
19 Kenaka anayika tenti pamwamba pa chihema ndipo anayika chophimba pa tenti monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put tent over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
20 Iye anatenga miyala ya umboni nayika mʼbokosi lija ndi kuyika chivundikiro pamwamba pake.
He took the covenant decrees and put them into the ark. He also placed the poles on the ark and put the atonement lid on it.
21 Kenaka analowetsa bokosilo mʼchihema ndipo anapachika katani ndi kubisa bokosi la umboni monga momwe Yehova analamulira iye.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle. He set up the curtain for it to shield the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh had commanded him.
22 Mose anayika tebulo mu tenti ya msonkhano kumpoto kwa chihema, kunja kwa katani,
He put the table into the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.
23 ndipo anayikapo buledi pamaso pa Yehova, monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
He placed the bread in order on the table before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
24 Iye anayikanso choyikapo nyale mu tenti ya msonkhano moyangʼanana ndi tebulo mbali yakummwera kwa chihema.
He put the lampstand into the tent of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 Ndipo anayikapo nyale zija pamaso pa Yehova, monga Yehova analamulira Mose.
He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
26 Mose anayika guwa la golide mu tenti ya msonkhano patsogolo pa katani
He put the golden incense altar into the tent of meeting in front of the curtain.
27 ndipo anapserezapo lubani wonunkhira monga Yehova anamulamulira.
He burned fragrant incense on it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
28 Kenaka anayika katani ya pa chipata cha chihema.
He hung the curtain at the tabernacle entrance.
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.
He put the altar for the burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. He offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahweh had commanded him.
30 Iye anayika beseni pakati pa tenti ya msonkhano ndi guwa lansembe ndipo anathiramo madzi wosamba,
He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and he put water in it for washing.
31 ndipo Mose, Aaroni ndi ana ake amasamba manja ndi mapazi awo.
Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from the basin
32 Iwo amasamba nthawi zonse akamalowa mu tenti ya msonkhano kapena kuyandikira guwa lansembe monga Yehova analamulira Mose.
whenever they would go into the tent of meeting and whenever they would go up to the altar. They washed themselves, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
33 Kenaka Mose anamanga bwalo kuzungulira chihema ndi guwa lansembe ndipo anayika katani ya pa chipata cha bwalo. Kotero Mose anamaliza ntchito.
Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar. He set up the curtain at the courtyard entrance. In this way, Moses finished the work.
34 Kenaka mtambo unaphimba tenti ya msonkhano, ndipo ulemerero wa Yehova unadzaza mʼchihemacho.
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
35 Mose sanathe kulowa mu tenti ya msonkhano chifukwa mtambo unali utakhazikika pa chihemacho, ndipo ulemerero wa Yehova unadzaza mʼchihemacho.
Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and because Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
36 Pa maulendo awo onse, mtambo ukachoka pamwamba pa chihema, Aisraeli ankasamukanso pamene analipo.
Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey.
37 Koma ngati mtambo sunachoke, iwo sankasamukanso mpaka tsiku limene udzachoke.
But if the cloud did not rise up from the tabernacle, then the people would not travel. They would stay until the day that it was lifted up.
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.
For Yahweh's cloud was over the tabernacle by day, and his fire was over it by night, in plain view of all the people of Israel throughout their journey.
