Exodus 31
1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Yahweh [also] said to Moses/me, “Note that I have chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, [for special tasks].
2 to see: behold! to call: call to in/on/with name Bezalel son: child Uri son: child Hur to/for tribe Judah
3 and to fill [obj] him spirit God in/on/with wisdom and in/on/with understanding and in/on/with knowledge and in/on/with all work
I have caused him to be completely controlled/empowered by my Spirit, and I have given him special ability [to make things] and have enabled him to know how to do very skilled work.
4 to/for to devise: design plot to/for to make: do in/on/with gold and in/on/with silver: money and in/on/with bronze
He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze.
5 and in/on/with carving stone to/for to fill and in/on/with carving tree: wood to/for to make: do in/on/with all work
He can cut (jewels/valuable stones) and enclose them [in tiny gold settings/frames]. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work.
6 and I behold to give: put with him [obj] Oholiab son: child Ahisamach to/for tribe Dan and in/on/with heart all wise heart to give: give wisdom and to make [obj] all which to command you
Note that I have also appointed Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have also given special ability to other men, in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you [to be made].
7 [obj] tent meeting and [obj] [the] ark to/for testimony and [obj] [the] mercy seat which upon him and [obj] all article/utensil [the] tent
That includes the Sacred Tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the Sacred Tent,
8 and [obj] [the] table and [obj] article/utensil his and [obj] [the] lampstand [the] pure and [obj] all article/utensil her and [obj] altar [the] incense
the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar [for burning] incense,
9 and [obj] altar [the] burnt offering and [obj] all article/utensil his and [obj] [the] basin and [obj] stand his
the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base,
10 and [obj] garment [the] braiding and [obj] garment [the] holiness to/for Aaron [the] priest and [obj] garment son: child his to/for to minister
all the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests,
11 and [obj] oil [the] anointing and [obj] incense [the] spice to/for Holy Place like/as all which to command you to make: do
the oil for anointing, and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Place. [The skilled workers] must make all these things exactly as I have told you to do.”
12 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
13 and you(m. s.) to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say surely [obj] Sabbath my to keep: obey for sign: indicator he/she/it between me and between you to/for generation your to/for to know for I LORD to consecrate: consecate you
“Tell the Israeli people, ‘Obey my instructions regarding the (rest days/Sabbath days). Those days will remind you [and your descendants], throughout all future generations, that I, Yahweh, have (set you apart/chosen you) to be my people.
14 and to keep: obey [obj] [the] Sabbath for holiness he/she/it to/for you to profane/begin: profane her to die to die for all [the] to make: do in/on/with her work and to cut: eliminate [the] soul: person [the] he/she/it from entrails: among kinsman her
You must obey [my rules about] the Sabbath days because they are holy/sacred. Those who treat those days in an irreverent way by working on those days must be executed [to show that] I no longer consider them to belong to my people.
15 six day to make: do work and in/on/with day [the] seventh Sabbath sabbath observance holiness to/for LORD all [the] to make: do work in/on/with day [the] Sabbath to die to die
You may work for six days [each week], but the seventh day [of each week] is a solemn day of rest, dedicated to me, Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on a day of rest is to be executed [because I no longer want them to be able to associate with my people].
16 and to keep: obey son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] Sabbath to/for to make: do [obj] [the] Sabbath to/for generation their covenant forever: enduring
You Israeli people must respect the rest day, and you [and your descendants] must (celebrate it/keep it holy) throughout all future generations. [It will remind you] of the agreement that I have made with you that will last forever.
17 between me and between son: descendant/people Israel sign: indicator he/she/it to/for forever: enduring for six day to make LORD [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet and in/on/with day [the] seventh to cease and be refreshed
It will remind you Israeli people and remind me [of that agreement] because I, Yahweh, created the heavens and the earth in six days, and on the seventh day I stopped doing that work and relaxed.’”
18 and to give: give to(wards) Moses like/as to end: finish he to/for to speak: speak with him in/on/with mountain: mount Sinai two tablet [the] testimony tablet stone to write in/on/with finger God
When Yahweh finished talking with Moses/me on the top of Sinai Mountain, he gave him/me the two stone slabs on which he had engraved his commandments with his own fingers.
