Exodus 28

1 “And you, bring your brother Aaron near to you, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, [even] Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, sons of Aaron;

你應從以色列子民中叫你的哥哥亞郎同他的兒子們，即亞郎和他的兒子，納達布、阿彼胡、厄肋阿匝爾和衣塔瑪爾，一起來到你前，立他們作我的司祭。

2 and you have made holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty;

應給你的哥哥亞郎做聖衣，以示莊嚴美觀。

3 and you speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled [with] a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me.

凡我使之具備藝術天才的藝術人員，你應吩咐他們為亞郎做服裝，祝聖他作我的司祭。

4 And these [are] the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a turban, and a girdle; indeed, they have made holy garments for your brother Aaron, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me.

他們應做的服裝如下：胸牌、厄弗得、無袖長袍、織成的長衣、禮冠和腰帶。他們為你的哥哥亞郎和他的兒子們做、這些聖衣，叫他們做我的司祭。

5 And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

他們應用金線，紫色、紅色、朱紅色的毛線和細麻去做。厄弗得的式樣

6 and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, the work of a designer;

他們應用鏽工以金線，紫色、紅色、朱紅色的毛線，和捻的細麻做厄弗得。

7 it has two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined.

兩條肩帶應結連在厄弗得的兩端。

8 And the girdle of his ephod which [is] on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

將厄弗得束在身上用的帶子，也應像厄弗得一樣的做法，與厄弗得連在一起，全是用金線、紫色、朱紅色的毛線和捻的細麻做成。

9 And you have taken the two shoham stones, and have engraved the names of the sons of Israel on them;

再取兩塊紅瑪瑙石，將以色列的兒子的名字刻在上面，

10 six of their names on the first stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;

六個名字刻在一塊寶石上，另六個名字刻在另一塊寶石上，全照他們出生的次序。

11 the work of an engraver of stone, [as] engravings of a signet—you engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones; encompassing, you make them [with] filigrees of gold.

以玉工雕刻法，好似刻印章，把以色列的兒子們的名字刻在這兩塊寶石上，崁在金框內。

12 And you have set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod—stones of memorial to the sons of Israel—and Aaron has borne their names before YHWH, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.

再將這兩塊寶石，即以色列子民的紀念石，掛在厄弗得的肩帶上；亞郎要在上主前常在兩肩上帶著他們的名字，好獲得紀念。

13 And you have made filigrees of gold,

要做兩個金框，

14 and you make them [with] two chains of pure gold [as] wreathed work, work of thick bands, and you have put the thick chains on the filigrees.

兩條純金的鏈子，要像做繩子一樣擰成，把這像繩子的金鏈結在框子上。胸牌的式樣

15 And you have made a breastplate of judgment, the work of a designer; you make it according to the work of the ephod; you make it of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen;

應以繡工做判斷的胸牌，像做厄弗得，用金線，紫色、紅色、朱紅色的毛線和捻的細麻去做。

16 it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.

胸牌要方形，雙層，一作長，一作寬。

17 And you have set settings of stone in it, four rows of stone: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle [is] the first row;

將鑲嵌的寶石安裝在上面，排成四行：第一行：赤玉、青玉、翡翠：

18 and the second row [is] emerald, sapphire, and diamond;

第二行：紫寶石、藍玉、金鋼石；

19 and the third row [is] opal, agate, and amethyst;

第三行：黃瑪瑙、白瑪瑙、紫晶；

20 and the fourth row [is] beryl, and onyx, and jasper; they are embroidered with gold in their settings,

第四行：黃玉、紅瑪瑙、水蒼玉；這些寶石都崁在金框內。

21 and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, [as] engravings of a signet, each with his name; they are for the twelve tribes.

按照以色列的兒子的名字，寶石應有十二塊，按刻印法，每塊刻一個名字，代表十二支派。

22 And you have made wreathed chains on the breastplate, [the] work of thick bands of pure gold;

為胸牌再做兩條純金鏈子，像繩子一要擰成。

23 and you have made two rings of gold on the breastplate, and have put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate;

在胸牌上做兩個金環，將兩個金環安在胸牌的兩端，

24 and you have put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

將那兩條金鏈結在胸牌兩端的環子上，

25 and you put the two ends of the two thick bands on the two filigrees, and you have put [them] on the shoulders of the ephod toward the front of its face.

把兩條鏈子的另兩端，結在那掛在厄弗得的肩帶前面的兩個框子上。

26 And you have made two rings of gold, and have set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which [is] toward the side of the ephod within it;

再做兩個金環，安在胸牌的下兩端，靠近厄弗得的內邊緣上。

27 and you have made two rings of gold, and have put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, from beneath, in front of its face, close by its joining, above the girdle of the ephod,

再做兩個金環，安在厄弗得前面兩肩帶的下邊，靠近厄弗得帶子的上邊與肩帶相連結的地方。

28 and they bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod.

用一根紫繩把胸牌的環子繫在厄弗得的環子上，使胸牌結在厄弗得的帶子上，免得胸牌在厄弗得上移動。

29 And Aaron has borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going into the holy place, for a memorial before YHWH continually.

如此亞郎進聖所時，在他的胸前，在判斷的胸牌上帶著以色列兒子們的名字，為在上主前常獲得紀念。

30 And you have put the Lights and the Perfections into the breastplate of judgment, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before YHWH, and Aaron has borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before YHWH continually.

在決斷的胸牌內應放上烏陵和突明，幾時亞郎進到上主前常帶在亞郎胸前：如此亞郎在上主前時，胸前常帶著為以色列子民行決斷的工具。長袍的式樣

31 And you have made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,

再為厄弗得做一無袖長袍，應全是紫色毛線的。

32 and the opening for his head has been in its midst; there is a border for its opening all around—the work of a weaver—[and] there is as the opening of a [linen] habergeon for it; it is not torn.

中間留一領口，領口周圍叫織工做上邊，像戰袍的領口，免得破裂。

33 And you have made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem all around, and bells of gold in their midst all around;

在長袍底邊周圍做上紫色、紅色、珠紅色的毛線石榴；在石榴中間，周圍再做上金鈴鐺：

34 a bell of gold and a pomegranate [and] a bell of gold and a pomegranate [are] on the hems of the upper robe all around.

如此在長袍底邊周圍，一個金鈴鐺，一個石榴；一個金鈴鐺，一個石榴。

35 And it has been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound has been heard in his coming into the holy place before YHWH, and in his going out, and he does not die.

當亞郎穿著行禮時，能聽見他進聖所到上主前，或者出來的聲音，免得他死亡。禮冠的式樣

36 And you have made a flower of pure gold, and have engraved engravings of a signet on it: Holy to YHWH;

應用純金製一個牌子，在上面像刻印章刻上「祝聖於上主。」

37 and you have put it on a blue ribbon, and it has been on the turban—it is toward the front of the face of the turban;

用紫繩子將牌子繫在禮冠上，即繫在禮冠的前面。

38 and it has been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron has borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it has been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before YHWH.

那牌常在亞郎的額上，好叫亞郎擔當以色列子民祝聖各種聖物時，干犯聖物的罪過；那牌常在亞郎的額上，為使人民在上主前獲得悅納。

39 And you have embroidered the coat of linen, and have made a turban of linen, and you make a girdle—the work of an embroiderer.

應用細麻編製長衣，並用細麻做禮冠；腰帶應是編成的。司祭的禮服

40 And you make coats for the sons of Aaron, and you have made girdles for them, and you make caps for them, for glory and for beauty;

也要為亞郎的兒子們做長衣、腰帶和頭巾，以示莊嚴美觀。

41 and you have clothed your brother Aaron with them, and his sons with him, and have anointed them, and have consecrated their hand, and have sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me.

你把這些服裝給你哥哥亞郎和他的兒子穿上；給他們傅油，授與聖職，祝聖他們做我的司祭。

42 And make linen trousers for them to cover the naked flesh; they are from the loins even to the thighs;

還應給他們用麻布做褲子，從腰部直到大腿，遮蓋他們的裸體。

43 and they have been on Aaron and on his sons in their going into the Tent of Meeting, or in their drawing near to the altar to minister in the holy place, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; [it is] a continuous statute to him and to his seed after him.”

當亞郎和他的兒子們進入會幕或走近祭台，在聖所內行禮時，要穿上褲子，免得招致懲罰死亡：這為亞郎和他的後代是永遠的規律。