Exodus 40
1 The Lord told Moses,
UThixo wasesithi kuMosi:
2 “Put up the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month of the year.
“Misa ithabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yakuqala.
3 Place the Ark of the Testimony inside it. Make sure the Ark is behind the veil.
Beka umtshokotsho wesivumelwano kulo ube ususitha umtshokotsho wobufakazi ngekhetheni.
4 Bring in the table and put on it what's necessary. Bring in the lampstand too, and set up its lamps.
Ngenisa itafula ube usufaka izinto ezibekwa phezu kwayo. Letha-ke uluthi lwesibane ube usuxhuma izibane zalo.
5 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.
Beka i-alithari lempepha elenziwe ngegolide phambi komtshokotsho wobufakazi njalo ufake ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
6 Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
Beka i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phambi kwesango lethabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana;
7 Place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
beka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari ube usuthela amanzi kuwo.
8 Set up the courtyard that's around it, and put up the curtain for the courtyard entrance.
Lungisa iguma eliwugombolozeleyo ubusufaka ikhetheni esangweni leguma.
9 Use the anointing oil to anoint the Tabernacle and everything in it. Dedicate it and all its furniture to make it holy.
Thatha amafutha okugcoba abantu abakhethiweyo ezikhundleni, ugcobe ngawo ithabanikeli lakho konke okukulo, ulibusise kanye lempahla zalo, ngalokho lizakuba ngcwele.
10 Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils. Dedicate the altar and it will be especially holy.
Gcoba-ke i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa lazozonke izitsha zalo; ubusise i-alithari ukuze libe ngcwelengcwele.
11 Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.
Gcoba umkolo lenyawo zawo ubusuwubusisa.
12 Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them there with water.
Letha u-Aroni lamadodana akhe ethenteni lokuhlangana ubusubagezisa ngamanzi.
13 Then you are to put on Aaron the holy clothes, anoint him, and dedicate him, so that he may serve me as a priest.
Ubusugqokisa u-Aroni izembatho ezingcwele umgcobe ngamafutha umbusise ukuze angenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi.
14 Have his sons come forward and dress them with tunics.
Letha amadodana akhe uwagqokise amabhatshi.
15 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.”
Bagcobe labo njengokugcotshwa kukayise ukuze bangenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi. Ukugcotshwa kwabo kubapha umsebenzi wobuphristi kuzozonke izizukulwane ezizayo.”
16 Moses carried out all the Lord's instructions.
UMosi wenza konke njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
17 The Tabernacle was put up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
Lamiswa-ke ithabanikeli ngosuku lwakuqala ngenyanga yakuqala emnyakeni wesibili.
18 When Moses put up the Tabernacle, he placed its stands, attached its frames, connected its crossbars, and erected its posts.
Kwathi uMosi emisa ithabanikeli, wafaka izisekelo endaweni yazo, wamisa amathala, wafaka imithando wasemisa izinsika.
19 Then he spread the tent over the Tabernacle and placed the covering over the tent, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
Wasesendlala ithente phezu kwethabanikeli wafaka isembeso phezu kwethente njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
20 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.
Wathatha izibhebhedu zobufakazi wazibeka emtshokotshweni wesivumelwano, wahloma imijabo kuwo wasefaka isihlalo somusa phezu kwawo.
21 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.
Wasengenisa umtshokotsho wobufakazi ethabanikeleni, waphanyeka ikhetheni lokusitha wawugubuzela, njengalokho okwakulaywe nguThixo.
22 Moses placed the table inside the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the Tabernacle, outside the veil.
UMosi wasebeka itafula ethenteni lokuhlangana eceleni langenyakatho lethabanikeli ngaphandle kwekhetheni,
23 He laid out the bread on it in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
wasebeka isinkwa phezu kwalo phambi kukaThixo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
24 He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the Tabernacle
Wabeka uluthi lwesibane ethenteni lokuhlangana lukhangele itafula eningizimu kwethabanikeli,
25 and put up the lamps in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
wasemisa izibane phambi kukaThixo, njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
26 Moses set up the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
UMosi wabeka i-alithari legolide ethenteni lokuhlangana phambi kwekhetheni,
27 and he burned aromatic incense on it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
wasetshisela impepha phezu kwalo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
28 Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
Waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
29 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.
Wamisa i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phansi kwesango lethabanikeli lethente lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yezilimo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
30 He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.
Wasebeka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari wasethela amanzi okugeza phakathi kwawo,
31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet
ngakho uMosi lo-Aroni kanye lamadodana akhe bawusebenzisa ukugeza izandla zabo kanye lezinyawo.
32 They washed whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
Babegeza ngasosonke isikhathi nxa bengena ethenteni lokuhlangana loba nxa besiya e-alithareni njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo.
33 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.
Ngakho uMosi walungisa iguma elihonqolozele ithabanikeli le-alithari waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni leguma kwaba yikho ukuqeda kukaMosi umsebenzi.
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
Emva kwalokho iyezi lasibekela ithente lokuhlangana, kwathi inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ithabanikeli.
35 Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
UMosi kenelisanga ukungena ethenteni lokuhlangana ngenxa yeyezi elalimi phezu kwalo, inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ethabanikeleni.
36 Whenever the cloud rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.
Kulolonke uhambo lwabako-Israyeli, kwakusithi iyezi lingaphakama lisuka phezu kwethabanikeli, labo baqhubeke;
37 If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.
kodwa kuthi nxa iyezi lingaphakamanga, labo babengaqhubekeli phambili, kuze kube mhla liphakama.
38 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.
Ngokunjalo iyezi likaThixo lalisiba phezu kwethabanikeli emini, kuthi ebusuku kube lomlilo eyezini, bekubona bonke abako-Israyeli ekuhambeni kwabo konke.
