Exode 38
1 Et Beseléel fit l'arche.
[Several men helped] Bezalel to make the altar for burning sacrifices. They made it from acacia wood. It was square, (7-1/2 feet/2.2 meters) on each side, and it was (4-1/2 feet/1.3 meters) high.
2 Il la revêtit d'or pur au dedans et au dehors.
They made [a projection that looked like] a horn on each of the top corners. The projections were carved from the same block of wood that the altar [was made of]. They covered the whole altar with bronze.
3 Et, pour elle, il jeta en fonte quatre anneaux d'or, deux d'un côté, deux de l'autre côté,
They made the pans in which to put the greasy ashes [from the animal sacrifices]. They also made the shovels for cleaning out the ashes. They made the basins and forks for turning the meat as it cooked, and buckets for carrying hot coals/ashes. All of those things were made from bronze.
4 Assez larges pour qu'en y passant les leviers, on pût enlever l'arche.
They also made a bronze grating to hold the wood and burning coals. They put the grating under the rim that went around the altar. [They] made it so that it was [inside the altar], halfway down.
5 Au-dessus de l'arche, il fit le propitiatoire en or pur,
They made bronze rings in which to put the poles [for carrying the altar], and fastened one of them to each of the corners of the altar.
6 Avec les deux chérubins d'or,
They made the poles from acacia wood and covered them with bronze.
7 L'un des chérubins sur l'un des bords du propitiatoire, l'autre chérubin sur l'autre bord
They put the poles through the rings on each side of the altar. The poles were for carrying the altar.
8 Ombrageant de leurs ailes la surface du propitiatoire.
The altar was [hollow] like an empty box. It was made from boards [of acacia wood]. They made/cast the washbasin and its base from bronze. The bronze was from the mirrors that belonged to the women who worked at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
9 Il fit, pour être placé devant l'arche, la table; en or pur
[Around the Sacred Tent] Bezalel and his helpers made a courtyard. To form the courtyard, they made curtains of fine white linen. On the south side, the curtain was (150 feet/46 meters) long.
10 Et, pour elle, il jeta en fonte quatre anneaux, deux sur l'un des côtés, deux sur l'autre côté, Assez larges pour qu'en y passant les leviers, on pût enlever la table.
[To hang the curtain], they made 20 bronze posts and 20 bronze bases, [one for under each post]. [To fasten the curtains to] the posts, they made silver hooks, and [they made metal] rods [covered with] silver.
11 Il fit les leviers de l'arche et de la table, et il les revêtit d'or.
They made the same kind of curtains, posts, bases, and hooks for the north side of the courtyard.
12 Il fit aussi en or les vases de la table, les assiettes, les encensoirs, les urnes à puiser les libations, les coupes à les répandre.
On the west side [of the courtyard], they made a curtain (75 feet/23 meters) long. They also made ten posts on which to hang the curtains, and ten bases, with silver hooks and [metal] rods [covered with] silver.
13 Et il fit, pour porter la lumière, le chandelier d'or, à tige droite inflexible,
On the east side, [where the entrance is], the courtyard was (75 feet/23 meters) wide.
14 avec les branches sortant de ses deux côtés;
On each side of the entrance, they made a curtain (22-1/2 feet/6.6 meters) wide. On each side they [were hung from] three posts, and one base was under each post.
15 Les fleurs tenant aux branches, qui étaient trois à droite et trois à gauche, semblables les unes aux autres,
16 Et leurs petites lampes, posant sur leurs extrémités, façonnées comme des noix, avec les becs qui en sortent pour en être les foyers lumineux, et le septième bec, sur la pointe extrême du chandelier, en or massif.
All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine white linen.
17 Et les sept lampes d'or, reposant sur le chandelier, avec leurs mouchettes d'or, et leurs récipients en or.
All the posts around the courtyard were made of bronze, but the tops were covered with silver. The posts were connected with [metal] rods [covered with] silver. The clasps/fasteners and hooks were made of silver.
18 Il revêtit d'argent les colonnes; il jeta en fonte les colonnes, les anneaux d'or; il revêtit d'or les leviers, ainsi que les colonnes du voile intérieur, il fit les attaches d'or,
For the entrance of the courtyard, they made a curtain from fine white linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. The curtain was (30 feet/9 meters) long and (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high, just like the other curtains around the courtyard.
19 Et il fit les boucles d'or du tabernacle, les boucles du parvis, et les boucles d'airain pour tendre la couverture extérieure;
All the curtains were made of fine white linen. They were supported by four posts, and [under each post] was a base made of bronze. All the posts around the courtyard were connected with [metal] rods [covered with] silver. The clasps/fasteners were made of silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with silver.
20 il jeta en fonte les chapiteaux d'argent du tabernacle, les chapiteaux d'airain de la porte du tabernacle et de la porte du parvis; il fit aussi les attaches d'argent sur les colonnes qu'il avait revêtues d'argent.
All the tent pegs to support the Sacred Tent and the curtains around the courtyard were made of bronze.
21 Et il fit les piquets du tabernacle, et les piquets du parvis, tous en airain.
Here is a list of the amounts of metal used to make the Sacred Tent. Moses/I told [some men from] the tribe of Levi to [count all the materials used and] write down the amounts. Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, supervised those men.
22 Il fit l'autel d'airain, avec les encensoirs d'airain, qui avaient appartenu aux hommes de la troupe de Coré.
Bezalel the son of Uri and grandson of Hur made all the things that Yahweh commanded Moses/me to be made.
23 Et il fit les vases de l'autel avec son foyer, sa base, les coupes et les crochets d'airain.
Bezalel’s helper was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Oholiab was a skilled engraver who made artistic things. He made fine white linen, and he embroidered designs using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. He also made other cloth.
24 Il fit aussi pour l'autel une devanture en forme de grillage, au-dessous du foyer, descendant jusqu'à la moitié de l'autel, et il adapta quatre anneaux aux quatre angles supérieurs de cette devanture de l'autel; assez larges pour qu'en y passant les leviers, on pût enlever l'autel;
All the gold that was used to make the Sacred Tent weighed (2,195 pounds/1,000 kg.). They used the official standard when they weighed the gold.
25 Il fit encore l'huile sainte de l'onction, et composa l'encens: œuvre pure de l'art du parfumeur.
All the silver that the people contributed when the leaders (took the census/counted the men) weighed (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.). They also used the official standard when they weighed the silver.
26 Il fit le réservoir d'airain et sa base d'airain, avec l'airain des miroirs des femmes, qui jeûnèrent devant la porte du tabernacle le jour où il le dressa.
All the men who were at least 20 years old were counted, and they each paid the required amount. That was a total of 603,550 men.
27 Il fit le réservoir, afin que Moïse et Aaron et ses fils s’y lavassent les pieds et les mains, avant d'entrer dans le tabernacle du témoignage ou de monter à l'autel pour exercer le sacerdoce; ils s'y lavaient comme le Seigneur l'avait prescrit à Moïse.
They used (75 pounds/34 kg.) of silver for making/casting each of the 100 bases to [put under the posts to support] the curtains of the Sacred Tent.
Bezalel [and his helpers] used the (50 pounds/30 kg.) of silver that was not used for the bases to make the rods and the hooks for the posts, and to cover the tops of the posts.
The bronze that the people contributed weighed (5,310 pounds/2,425 kg.).
With the bronze, Bezalel and his helpers made the bases for under the posts at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They also made the altar for burning sacrifices, the grating for it and the tools used with it,
the bases for the posts [that supported the curtains] that surrounded the courtyard and the bases for the entrance to the courtyard, and the pegs for the Sacred Tent and for [the curtains around] the courtyard.
