Sunglatnah 40
1 BOEIPA loh Moses te a voek tih,
The Lord told Moses,
2 Hla lamhmacuek kah hlasae lamhmacuek khohnin ah tingtunnah dap kah dungtlungim te thoh.
“Put up the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month of the year.
3 Te vaengah olphong thingkawng te pahoi khueh lamtah thingkawng soah hniyan neh khuk thil.
Place the Ark of the Testimony inside it. Make sure the Ark is behind the veil.
4 Caboei te khaw khuen lamtah a phu te tael pah. Hmaitung te khuen bal lamtah a hmaithoi te tok pah.
Bring in the table and put on it what's necessary. Bring in the lampstand too, and set up its lamps.
5 Olphong thingkawng hmai ah bo-ul ham sui hmueihtuk te hol lamtah dungtlungim ham thohka kah himbaiyan te yan pah.
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the Ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
6 Te phoeiah hmueihhlutnah hmueihtuk te tingtunnah dap kah dungtlungim thohka hmai ah hol.
Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
7 Baeldung te tingtunnah dap laklo neh hmueihtuk laklo ah hol lamtah tui pahoi loei pah.
Place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
8 Vongtung te pin thoh lamtah vongtung vongka kah himbaiyan te yan pah vetih, akhui la kun nah thohka ah himbai te yanuh.
Set up the courtyard that's around it, and put up the curtain for the courtyard entrance.
9 Koelhnah situi te lo lamtah dungtlungim neh a khuikah a cungkuem te koelh. Te neh a hnopai cungkuem te na ciim daengah ni a cim la a om eh.
Use the anointing oil to anoint the Tabernacle and everything in it. Dedicate it and all its furniture to make it holy.
10 Te phoeiah hmueihhlutnah hmueihtuk neh a hnopai boeih te koelh. Hmueihtuk te ciim lamtah hmueihtuk te a cim a cim koek la om saeh.
Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils. Dedicate the altar and it will be especially holy.
11 Baeldung neh a kho te khaw koelh lamtah ciim.
Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.
12 Te phoeiah Aaron neh anih koca rhoek te tingtunnah dap thohka la khuen lamtah amih te tui hluk.
Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them there with water.
13 Aaron te a cim himbai bai sak lamtah koelh. Anih te ciim lamtah kamah taengah khosoih saeh.
Then you are to put on Aaron the holy clothes, anoint him, and dedicate him, so that he may serve me as a priest.
14 A ca rhoek te khaw khuen lamtah amih te angkidung puei sak.
Have his sons come forward and dress them with tunics.
15 A napa na koelh bangla amih te koelh lamtah kamah taengah khosoih saeh. Khosoihbi he a cadilcahma ham kumhal due amih koelhnah la om rhoe om saeh,” a ti nah.
Anoint them in the same way as you anointed their father, so that they can also serve me as priests. Their anointing makes their line priests forever, for generations to come.”
16 BOEIPA loh anih saii sak ham a uen boeih te Moses loh a saii.
Moses carried out all the Lord's instructions.
17 Te dongah a kum bae dongkah lamhma cuek hla a pha neh hlasae dongkah lamhma cuek hnin ah dungtlungim te a pai sak.
The Tabernacle was put up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
18 Moses loh dungtlungim te a thoh vaengah a buenhol a buen tih a longlaeng te a paek. A thohkalh te a rholh tih a tung te khaw a ling.
When Moses put up the Tabernacle, he placed its stands, attached its frames, connected its crossbars, and erected its posts.
19 Dungtlungim sokah dap te a dih tih BOEIPA loh Moses a uen bangla dap imphu te a so, so lamloh a khueh.
Then he spread the tent over the Tabernacle and placed the covering over the tent, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
20 Te phoeiah olphong te a khuen tih thingkawng khuiah a khueh. Thingpang te thingkawng dongah a rholh phoeiah tah a tlaeng te thingkawng soah a so lamloh a tloeng.
Moses took the Testimony and put it in the Ark. He attached the poles to the Ark, and he placed the atonement cover on the top of the Ark.
21 Te phoeiah thingkawng te dungtlungim khuila a khuen tih himbaiyan dongkah hniyan te a yan thil. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla olphong thingkawng te a khuk.
Then he carried the Ark into the Tabernacle. He put up the veil, and made sure the Ark of the Testimony was behind it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
22 Caboei te tah tingtunnah dap khuikah dungtlungim kaep, tlangpuei hniyan kah kawtpoeng ah a khueh.
Moses placed the table inside the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the Tabernacle, outside the veil.
23 A soah BOEIPA hmai kah buh te, BOEIPA loh Moses a uen bangla buelh a tawn.
He laid out the bread on it in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
24 Hmaitung te tah tingtunnah dap khuikah caboei dan, dungtlungim kaep kah tuithim ah a khueh.
He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the Tabernacle
25 Hmaithoi te BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla BOEIPA mikhmuh ah a tok.
and put up the lamps in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
26 Sui hmueihtuk te tingtunnah dap khuikah hniyan hmai ah a khueh.
Moses set up the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
27 A soah BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla botui bo-ul khaw a phum.
and he burned aromatic incense on it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
28 Te phoeiah dungtlungim thohka kah himbaiyan te a bang.
Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
29 Hmueihhlutnah hmueihtuk te tingtunnah dap kah dungtlungim thohka ah a khueh tih te soah te hmueihhlutnah neh khocang khaw BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla a nawn.
He set up the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and presented the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
30 Baeldung te tingtunnah dap laklo neh hmueihtuk laklo ah a hol tih hluk ham tui khaw pahoi a khueh.
He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.
31 Te nen te Moses neh Aaron neh anih koca rhoek loh a kut a kho a silh uh.
Moses, Aaron, and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet
32 Tingtunnah dap khuila a kun ham vaengah khaw, hmueihtuk la a caeh uh vaengah khaw BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla a silh uh.
They washed whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
33 Dungtlungim ham neh hmueihtuk ham vongtung pin a tung tih vongup vongka kah himbaiyan a yan daengah Moses loh bitat a coeng.
Moses set up the courtyard around the Tabernacle and the altar, and he put up the curtain for the courtyard entrance. This marked the end of the work done by Moses.
34 Te vaengah tingtunnah dap te cingmai loh a thing tih BOEIPA thangpomnah loh dungtlungim ah bae.
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
35 A soah cingmai yaal tih BOEIPA kah thangpomnah loh dungtlungim ah a bae dongah Moses loh tingtunnah dap khuila kun ham coeng pah pawh.
Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
36 A longpueng khing ah dungtlungim dong lamloh cingmai a caeh van vaengah ni Israel ca rhoek khaw a caeh uh.
Whenever the cloud rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.
37 Tedae cingmai a caeh pawt atah a caeh hnin duela cet uh van pawh.
If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.
38 A longpueng khing Israel imkhui pum kah mikhmuh ah tah khothaih ah dungtlungim sokah BOEIPA cingmai neh khoyin ah hmai a om pah.
The cloud of the Lord stayed over the Tabernacle by day, and fire burned inside the cloud by night, so that it could be seen by every Israelite wherever they traveled.
