Exodus 31
1 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].
| وَخَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى: | ١ |
| «هَا أَنَا قَدْ دَعَوْتُ بَصَلْئِيلَ بْنَ أُوْرِي، حَفِيدَ حُورَ مِنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا، بِاسْمِهِ، | ٢ |
3 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.
| وَمَلأْتُهُ مِنْ رُوحِ اللهِ وَوَهَبْتُهُ حِكْمَةً وَمَهَارَةً وَمَقْدِرَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً فِي كُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ الْحِرَفِ، | ٣ |
4 He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze.
| وَلِابْتِكَارِ فُنُونِ التَّصْمِيمَاتِ الْمَصْنُوعَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالنُّحَاسِ، | ٤ |
5 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.
| وَصَقْلِ الْجَوَاهِرِ وَتَرْصِيعِهَا، وَنِجَارَةِ الْخَشَبِ، وَلِيَكُونَ مُحْتَرِفاً لِكُلِّ صِنَاعَةٍ. | ٥ |
6 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].
| كَمَا اخْتَرْتُ أَهُولِيآبَ بْنَ أَخِيسَامَاكَ مِنْ سِبْطِ دَانَ، لِيَكُونَ مُسَاعِداً لَهُ. وَكَذَلِكَ وَهَبْتُ جَمِيعَ الصُّنَّاعِ مَهَارَةً خَاصَّةً لِيَقُومُوا بِكُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ. | ٦ |
7 That includes the Sacred Tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the Sacred Tent,
| فِي صُنْعِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ وَتَابُوتِ الشَّهَادَةِ وَالْغِطَاءِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَسَائِرِ آنِيَةِ الْخَيْمَةِ، | ٧ |
8 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,
| كَالْمَائِدَةِ وَآنِيَتِهَا، وَالْمَنَارَةِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ، وَكُلِّ آنِيَتِهَا، وَمَذْبَحِ الْبَخُورِ، | ٨ |
9 the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base,
| وَمَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ وَكُلِّ آنِيَتِهِ، وَحَوْضِ الاغْتِسَالِ وَقَاعِدَتِهِ. | ٩ |
10 all the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests,
| وَكَذَلِكَ الثِّيَابِ الْمَنْسُوجَةِ، ثِيَابِ هَرُونَ الْكَاهِنِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ وَثِيَابِ بَنِيهِ الْقَائِمِينَ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْكِهَانَةِ، | ١٠ |
11 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.”
| وَدُهْنِ الْمَسْحَةِ وَالْبَخُورِ الْعَطِرِ لِلْقُدْسِ. فَيَعْمَلُونَ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا بِمُقْتَضَى كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ». | ١١ |
12 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: | ١٢ |
13 “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.
| «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: احْفَظُوا أَيَّامَ سُبُوتِي لأَنَّهَا عَلامَةُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ، عَلَى مَرِّ الأَجْيَالِ، لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي يُقَدِّسُكُمْ. | ١٣ |
14 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.
| احْفَظُوا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ لأَنَّهُ مُقَدَّسٌ لَكُمْ. مَنْ يُدَنِّسْهُ حَتْماً يَمُتْ. فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَقُومُ فِيهِ بِعَمَلٍ، تُسْتَأْصَلُ تِلْكَ النَّفْسُ مِنْ بَيْنِ قَوْمِهَا. | ١٤ |
15 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].
| فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ تَعْمَلُونَ، أَمَّا يَوْمُ السَّبْتِ فَهُوَ يَوْمُ عُطْلَةٍ مُقَدَّسٌ لِلرَّبِّ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَقُومُ بِعَمَلٍ فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ يُقْتَلُ حَتْماً. | ١٥ |
16 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.
| لِيَحْفَظْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ السَّبْتَ وَيَحْتَفِلُوا بِهِ فِي كُلِّ أَجْيَالِهِمْ عَهْداً أَبَدِيًّا. | ١٦ |
17 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.’”
| هُوَ بَيْنِي وَبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلامَةُ عَهْدٍ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لأَنَّهُ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ فَرَغَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ وَاسْتَرَاحَ». | ١٧ |
18 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.
| وَعِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ اللهُ مِنْ مُخَاطَبَةِ مُوسَى فِي جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، أَعْطَاهُ لَوْحَيِ الشَّهَادَةِ، وَهُمَا لَوْحَانِ مِنْ حَجَرٍ مَكْتُوبَانِ بِإِصْبَعِ اللهِ. | ١٨ |
