Exodus 40
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
UThixo wasesithi kuMosi:
2 On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
“Misa ithabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yakuqala.
3 And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.
Beka umtshokotsho wesivumelwano kulo ube ususitha umtshokotsho wobufakazi ngekhetheni.
4 And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
Ngenisa itafula ube usufaka izinto ezibekwa phezu kwayo. Letha-ke uluthi lwesibane ube usuxhuma izibane zalo.
5 And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
Beka i-alithari lempepha elenziwe ngegolide phambi komtshokotsho wobufakazi njalo ufake ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
6 And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Beka i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phambi kwesango lethabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana;
7 And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein.
beka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari ube usuthela amanzi kuwo.
8 And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
Lungisa iguma eliwugombolozeleyo ubusufaka ikhetheni esangweni leguma.
9 And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shall hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
Thatha amafutha okugcoba abantu abakhethiweyo ezikhundleni, ugcobe ngawo ithabanikeli lakho konke okukulo, ulibusise kanye lempahla zalo, ngalokho lizakuba ngcwele.
10 And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
Gcoba-ke i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa lazozonke izitsha zalo; ubusise i-alithari ukuze libe ngcwelengcwele.
11 And you shall anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
Gcoba umkolo lenyawo zawo ubusuwubusisa.
12 And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
Letha u-Aroni lamadodana akhe ethenteni lokuhlangana ubusubagezisa ngamanzi.
13 And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
Ubusugqokisa u-Aroni izembatho ezingcwele umgcobe ngamafutha umbusise ukuze angenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi.
14 And you shall bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
Letha amadodana akhe uwagqokise amabhatshi.
15 And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Bagcobe labo njengokugcotshwa kukayise ukuze bangenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi. Ukugcotshwa kwabo kubapha umsebenzi wobuphristi kuzozonke izizukulwane ezizayo.”
16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
UMosi wenza konke njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Lamiswa-ke ithabanikeli ngosuku lwakuqala ngenyanga yakuqala emnyakeni wesibili.
18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
Kwathi uMosi emisa ithabanikeli, wafaka izisekelo endaweni yazo, wamisa amathala, wafaka imithando wasemisa izinsika.
19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above on it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Wasesendlala ithente phezu kwethabanikeli wafaka isembeso phezu kwethente njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark:
Wathatha izibhebhedu zobufakazi wazibeka emtshokotshweni wesivumelwano, wahloma imijabo kuwo wasefaka isihlalo somusa phezu kwawo.
21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Wasengenisa umtshokotsho wobufakazi ethabanikeleni, waphanyeka ikhetheni lokusitha wawugubuzela, njengalokho okwakulaywe nguThixo.
22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.
UMosi wasebeka itafula ethenteni lokuhlangana eceleni langenyakatho lethabanikeli ngaphandle kwekhetheni,
23 And he set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
wasebeka isinkwa phezu kwalo phambi kukaThixo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Wabeka uluthi lwesibane ethenteni lokuhlangana lukhangele itafula eningizimu kwethabanikeli,
25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
wasemisa izibane phambi kukaThixo, njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil:
UMosi wabeka i-alithari legolide ethenteni lokuhlangana phambi kwekhetheni,
27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
wasetshisela impepha phezu kwalo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
Waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Wamisa i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phansi kwesango lethabanikeli lethente lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yezilimo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash with.
Wasebeka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari wasethela amanzi okugeza phakathi kwawo,
31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
ngakho uMosi lo-Aroni kanye lamadodana akhe bawusebenzisa ukugeza izandla zabo kanye lezinyawo.
32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Babegeza ngasosonke isikhathi nxa bengena ethenteni lokuhlangana loba nxa besiya e-alithareni njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo.
33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
Ngakho uMosi walungisa iguma elihonqolozele ithabanikeli le-alithari waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni leguma kwaba yikho ukuqeda kukaMosi umsebenzi.
34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Emva kwalokho iyezi lasibekela ithente lokuhlangana, kwathi inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ithabanikeli.
35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud stayed thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
UMosi kenelisanga ukungena ethenteni lokuhlangana ngenxa yeyezi elalimi phezu kwalo, inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ethabanikeleni.
36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
Kulolonke uhambo lwabako-Israyeli, kwakusithi iyezi lingaphakama lisuka phezu kwethabanikeli, labo baqhubeke;
37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
kodwa kuthi nxa iyezi lingaphakamanga, labo babengaqhubekeli phambili, kuze kube mhla liphakama.
38 For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Ngokunjalo iyezi likaThixo lalisiba phezu kwethabanikeli emini, kuthi ebusuku kube lomlilo eyezini, bekubona bonke abako-Israyeli ekuhambeni kwabo konke.
