出埃及記 28

1 「你要從以色列人中，使你的哥哥亞倫和他的兒子拿答、亞比戶、以利亞撒、以他瑪一同就近你，給我供祭司的職分。

“Also, join to yourself your brother Aaron, with his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me: Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

2 你要給你哥哥亞倫做聖衣為榮耀，為華美。

And you shall make a holy vestment for Aaron, your brother, with glory and elegance.

3 又要吩咐一切心中有智慧的，就是我用智慧的靈所充滿的，給亞倫做衣服，使他分別為聖，可以給我供祭司的職分。

And you shall speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of prudence, so that they may make the vestments of Aaron, in which, having been sanctified, he may minister to me.

4 所要做的就是胸牌、以弗得、外袍、雜色的內袍、冠冕、腰帶，使你哥哥亞倫和他兒子穿這聖服，可以給我供祭司的職分。

Now these shall be the vestments that they shall make: A breastplate and an ephod, a tunic and a close-fit linen garment, a headdress and a wide belt. They shall make the holy vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.

5 要用金線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色線，並細麻去做。

And they shall receive gold, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen.

6 「他們要拿金線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色線，並撚的細麻，用巧匠的手工做以弗得。

Then they shall make the ephod of gold, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen, wrought with diverse colors.

7 以弗得當有兩條肩帶，接上兩頭，使它相連。

It shall have two edges joined at the top on both sides, so that they may respond as one.

8 其上巧工織的帶子，要和以弗得一樣的做法，用以束上，與以弗得接連一塊，要用金線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色線，並撚的細麻做成。

Likewise, the weaving and all the detail work shall be of gold, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

9 要取兩塊紅瑪瑙，在上面刻以色列兒子的名字：

And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

10 六個名字在這塊寶石上，六個名字在那塊寶石上，都照他們生來的次序。

six names on one stone, and the remaining six on the other, according to the order of their birth.

11 要用刻寶石的手工，彷彿刻圖書，按着以色列兒子的名字，刻這兩塊寶石，要鑲在金槽上。

By the work of a sculptor and the skill of a jeweler, you shall engrave them with the names of the sons of Israel, enclosed and encompassed with gold.

12 要將這兩塊寶石安在以弗得的兩條肩帶上，為以色列人做紀念石。亞倫要在兩肩上擔他們的名字，在耶和華面前作為紀念。

And you shall place them on both sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall carry their names before the Lord, upon both shoulders, as a remembrance.

13 要用金子做二槽，

You shall also make hooks of gold,

14 又拿精金，用擰工彷彿擰繩子，做兩條鍊子，把這擰成的鍊子搭在二槽上。」

and two little chains of the purest gold, linked to one another, which you shall insert into the hooks.

15 「你要用巧匠的手工做一個決斷的胸牌。要和以弗得一樣的做法：用金線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色線，並撚的細麻做成。

Likewise, you shall make the breastplate of judgment, wrought with diverse colors according to the weaving of the ephod: of gold, hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

16 這胸牌要四方的，疊為兩層，長一虎口，寬一虎口。

It shall have four corners and be doubled. It shall have the measure of the palm of a hand, both in length and in width.

17 要在上面鑲寶石四行：第一行是紅寶石、紅璧璽、紅玉；

And you shall set within it four rows of stones. In the first row, there shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald.

18 第二行是綠寶石、藍寶石、金鋼石；

In the second, there shall be a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper.

19 第三行是紫瑪瑙、白瑪瑙、紫晶；

In the third, there shall be a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst.

20 第四行是水蒼玉、紅瑪瑙、碧玉。這都要鑲在金槽中。

In the fourth, there shall be a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

21 這些寶石都要按着以色列十二個兒子的名字，彷彿刻圖書，刻十二個支派的名字。

And these shall have the names of the sons of Israel. With twelve names shall they be engraved: each stone with one name from the twelve tribes.

22 要在胸牌上用精金擰成如繩的鍊子。

You shall make chains of the purest gold, linked one to another, on the breastplate,

23 在胸牌上也要做兩個金環，安在胸牌的兩頭。

and two rings of gold, which you shall place at both ends of the breastplate.

24 要把那兩條擰成的金鍊子，穿過胸牌兩頭的環子。

And the golden chains, you shall join to the rings, which are at its edges.

25 又要把鍊子的那兩頭接在兩槽上，安在以弗得前面肩帶上。

And the ends of the chains themselves, you shall couple with two hooks, on both sides of the ephod, which looks toward the breastplate.

26 要做兩個金環，安在胸牌的兩頭，在以弗得裏面的邊上。

You shall also make two rings of gold, which you shall place at the ends of the breastplate, at the borders which are away from the region of the ephod and which look toward its back.

27 又要做兩個金環，安在以弗得前面兩條肩帶的下邊，挨近相接之處，在以弗得巧工織的帶子以上。

And then you shall also make two other rings of gold, which are to be suspended on both sides at the bottom of the ephod, which looks out opposite the face of the lower juncture, so that the breastplate can be fitted to the ephod.

28 要用藍細帶子把胸牌的環子與以弗得的環子繫住，使胸牌貼在以弗得巧工織的帶子上，不可與以弗得離縫。

And it shall be drawn tight to the rings of the breastplate, by the rings of the ephod, with a hyacinth band, so that the well-constructed juncture will remain in place, and the breastplate and the ephod will not be able to be separated from one another.

29 亞倫進聖所的時候，要將決斷胸牌，就是刻着以色列兒子名字的，帶在胸前，在耶和華面前常作紀念。

And Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment upon his chest, when he enters into the Sanctuary, as a memorial in the presence of the Lord in eternity.

30 又要將烏陵和土明放在決斷的胸牌裏；亞倫進到耶和華面前的時候，要帶在胸前，在耶和華面前常將以色列人的決斷牌帶在胸前。」

Then you shall place in the breastplate of judgment, Doctrine and Truth, which shall then be upon Aaron’s chest, when he enters before the Lord. And he shall wear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his chest, in the sight of the Lord always.

31 「你要做以弗得的外袍，顏色全是藍的。

And you shall make the tunic for the ephod entirely of hyacinth,

32 袍上要為頭留一領口，口的周圍織出領邊來，彷彿鎧甲的領口，免得破裂。

and the head will be above its middle, with a hem woven around it, just as is usually made at the end parts of a garment, so that it may not be easily broken.

33 袍子周圍底邊上要用藍色、紫色、朱紅色線做石榴。在袍子周圍的石榴中間要有金鈴鐺：

Yet truly, beneath it, at the base of the same tunic, all around, you shall make something like pomegranates, from hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with little bells set in their midst.

34 一個金鈴鐺一個石榴，一個金鈴鐺一個石榴，在袍子周圍的底邊上。

So then, there shall be a little golden bell and a pomegranate, and again another golden bell and a pomegranate.

35 亞倫供職的時候要穿這袍子。他進聖所到耶和華面前，以及出來的時候，袍上的響聲必被聽見，使他不至於死亡。

And Aaron will be vested with it during the office of his ministry, so that the sound may be heard when he enters and exits the Sanctuary, in the sight of the Lord, and so that he may not die.

36 「你要用精金做一面牌，在上面按刻圖書之法刻着『歸耶和華為聖』。

And you shall make a plate of the purest gold, in which you shall engrave, with the skill of a sculptor, ‘Holy to the Lord.’

37 要用一條藍細帶子將牌繫在冠冕的前面。

And you shall fasten it with a band of hyacinth, and it shall be upon the headdress,

38 這牌必在亞倫的額上，亞倫要擔當干犯聖物條例的罪孽；這聖物是以色列人在一切的聖禮物上所分別為聖的。這牌要常在他的額上，使他們可以在耶和華面前蒙悅納。

hanging in front of the high priest. And Aaron shall carry the iniquities of that which the sons of Israel have offered and sanctified, in all their gifts and donations. But the plate will always be at his forehead, so that the Lord may be well pleased with them.

39 要用雜色細麻線織內袍，用細麻布做冠冕，又用繡花的手工做腰帶。

And you shall draw the tunic tight with fine linen, and you shall make a headdress of fine linen, and a wide belt, wrought with embroidery.

40 「你要為亞倫的兒子做內袍、腰帶、裹頭巾，為榮耀，為華美。

Furthermore, for the sons of Aaron, you shall prepare linen tunics, and wide belts as well as headdresses, with glory and elegance.

41 要把這些給你的哥哥亞倫和他的兒子穿戴，又要膏他們，將他們分別為聖，好給我供祭司的職分。

And with all these you shall vest your brother Aaron, and his sons with him. And you shall consecrate all their hands, and you shall sanctify them, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.

42 要給他們做細麻布褲子，遮掩下體；褲子當從腰達到大腿。

You shall also make linen undergarments, in order to cover the flesh of their nakedness, from the kidneys all the way to the thighs.

43 亞倫和他兒子進入會幕，或就近壇，在聖所供職的時候必穿上，免得擔罪而死。這要為亞倫和他的後裔作永遠的定例。」

And Aaron and his sons will use them when they enter the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they approach toward the altar, in order to minister in the sanctuary, lest, being guilty of iniquity, they may die. It shall be a law forever for Aaron, and for his offspring after him.”