Ọpụpụ 40
1 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 “Guzobe ụlọ nzute ahụ nʼụbọchị mbụ nke ọnwa mbụ.
“On the first day of the first month next year, [tell the people to] set up the Sacred Tent.
3 Dọnye igbe ọgbụgba ndụ nke Ihe Ama ahụ nʼime ya. Konyekwa akwa mgbochi nke ga-ezo ya.
Put inside it the sacred chest [that contains the stone slabs on which are engraved] the Ten Commandments, and hang the curtain in front of it.
4 Webata tebul ahụ, na ngwongwo dị nʼelu ya, webatakwa ihe ịdọba oriọna ahụ. Mụnyekwa oriọna ndị ahụ ọkụ.
Bring the table into the Sacred Tent, and place on it all the things that are to be used with it. Bring in the lampstand and fasten the lamps to it.
5 Doo ebe ịchụ aja ọlaedo ahụ nke e mere maka ịchụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nʼihu igbe iwu ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ. Konyekwa akwa mgbochi nke kwesiri ịdị nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abata nʼime ụlọ nzute ahụ.
Put the gold altar for [burning] incense in front of the sacred chest, and set up the curtain at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
6 “Doo ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ ahụ nʼihu ọnụ ụzọ ịbata nʼụlọ nzute bụ ụlọ ikwu ahụ.
Put the altar for burning sacrifices in front of the Sacred Tent.
7 Dọnye efere ukwu ịsa mmiri ahụ nʼetiti ụlọ nzute na ebe ịchụ aja ahụ. Gbajukwaa ya mmiri.
Put the washbasin between the Sacred Tent and the altar, and fill it with water.
8 Guzobe ogige gburugburu ụlọ nzute ahụ. Konyekwa akwa mgbochi nʼọnụ ụzọ ogige ahụ.
Hang the curtains that will surround the courtyard, and hang the curtain at its entrance.
9 “Were mmanụ nsọ ahụ tee ụlọ nzute ahụ, ya na ihe niile dị nʼime ya, si otu a doo ha nsọ ma ngwongwo ịchọ mma ya niile. Ọ ga-abụ ebe dị nsọ.
Then take the oil for anointing, and anoint the Sacred Tent and everything that is in it, to (set it apart/dedicate it) to me. Then it will be holy/sacred.
10 Mgbe ahụ, tee ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ ahụ mmanụ ya na ihe ya niile e ji eje ozi. Doo ebe ịchụ aja ahụ nsọ, ọ ga-abụkwa ebe dịkarịsịrị nsọ.
Also anoint the altar for offering sacrifices that will be completely burned, and all the things that will be used with it, and set it apart. Then it also will be holy/sacred.
11 Tekwaa efere ukwu ịsa mmiri ahụ na ụkwụ ya mmanụ. Doo ha nsọ.
Also anoint the washbasin and its base, to set it apart.
12 “Kpọbata Erọn na ụmụ ya ndị ikom nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ nzute. Jiri mmiri saa ha ahụ nʼebe ahụ.
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and wash them [ritually] with water.
13 Yikwasị Erọn uwe nsọ ya. Tekwaa ya mmanụ, ido ya nsọ maka i jere m ozi dịka onye nchụaja.
Then put on Aaron his sacred clothes to (set him apart/dedicate him), in order that he can serve me as a priest.
14 Mekwaa ka ụmụ ya ndị ikom bịaruo nso, yikwasịkwa ha uwe ime ahụ.
Also bring his sons there. Put their sacred tunics/gowns on them
15 Tee ha mmanụ dịka i si tee nna ha, ime ka ha bụrụ ndị na-ejere m ozi dịka ndị nchụaja. Otite mmanụ ha ga-abụ nye ọrụ nchụaja ha nke ga-adịgide site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.”
and anoint them just as you anointed their father, in order that they also may serve me by working as priests. By anointing them [and their descendants], you will cause them and their descendants to be priests throughout all coming generations.”
16 Mosis mezuru ihe niile dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere ya nʼiwu ime.
Moses/I did all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
17 O ruo, nʼụbọchị mbụ nke ọnwa mbụ, nʼafọ nke abụọ, e mere ka ụlọ nzute ahụ guzo ọtọ.
On the first day of the first month of the next year (OR, second year [after they/we left Egypt]), the people set up the Sacred Tent.
18 Mosis mere ka ụlọ nzute ahụ guzo ọtọ site nʼitinye mbudo ibo ya niile, ụkwụ ya na mkpọrọ osisi ya niile nʼọnọdụ ha.
Following Moses’/my instructions, they set up the Sacred Tent and its bases, set up the frames, attached the crossbars, and put up the posts [for the curtains].
19 Emesịa, ọ gbasapụrụ ihe mkpuchi nʼelu ụlọ nzute ahụ, tụkwasịkwa okpukpu ihe mkpuchi nke abụọ nʼelu ya dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere ya iwu.
Then they spread out the coverings over the Sacred Tent, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.
20 O tinyere Ihe Ama nʼime igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ. Emesịa, ọ tụkwasịkwara mkpara e ji ebu igbe ahụ nʼakụkụ igbe ahụ, were okwuchi igbe ahụ, nke bụ Oche Ebere ahụ, kpuchie igbe iwu ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ.
Then he/I took the two stone slabs [on which the commandments were written] and put them in the sacred chest. He/I put the carrying poles [in the rings] on the chest and put the lid on top of the chest.
21 Emesịa, o bubatara igbe ahụ nʼime ụlọ nzute ahụ, kwụnyekwa akwa mgbochi nke mgbochi, kewapụ igbe iwu ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ, dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere ya nʼiwu.
Then he/I took the chest into [the Very Holy Place inside] the Sacred Tent and hung the curtain. In that way, he/I prevented the people who were outside from seeing the chest. He/I did all this exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
22 Mosis dọnyere tebul ahụ nʼakụkụ ugwu nke ụlọ nzute ahụ, na mpụta nke akwa mgbochi ahụ.
He/I set the table inside the Sacred Tent, on the north side, outside the curtain.
23 Ọ dọkwasịrị achịcha ahụ a na-edo nʼihu Onyenwe anyị nʼelu tebul ahụ, dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere ya nʼiwu.
He/I placed on the table the bread that was offered to Yahweh, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.
24 Ọ dọkwasịrị ihe ịdọba oriọna ahụ nʼime ụlọ nzute nʼakụkụ tebul ahụ, nʼakụkụ ndịda nke ụlọ nzute ahụ.
He/I set the lampstand inside the Sacred Tent, on the south side, opposite the table.
25 Ọ mụnyere oriọna ndị ahụ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị dịka Onyenwe anyị si nye nʼiwu.
Then he/I fastened the lamps to the lampstand in Yahweh’s presence, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.
26 Mosis debere ebe ịchụ aja ọlaedo ahụ nʼime ụlọ nzute nso nso ebe akwa mgbochi ahụ dị,
He/I set the golden altar for burning incense inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the curtain [that separated the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place],
27 surekwaa ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nʼelu ya, dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere ya nʼiwu.
and he/I burned some sweet-smelling incense on it, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
28 Ọ kwụbara akwa mgbochi nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ nzute ahụ.
He/I hung the curtain at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
29 Debekwa ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ ahụ nso ọnụ ụzọ ịba ụlọ nzute ahụ. O surekwara aja nsure ọkụ nʼelu ya, na aja onyinye mkpụrụ ọka dịka Onyenwe anyị si nye ya nʼiwu.
At the entrance to the Sacred Tent, he/I set the altar for offering sacrifices that were to be burned completely. Then he/I offered on it the meat that was to be burned completely and the grain offering, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
30 Ọ dọbara efere ịsa mmiri ahụ nʼetiti ụlọ nzute na ebe ịchụ aja, wụjuo ya mmiri, maka iji sachaa ihe.
He/I set the washbasin between the Sacred Tent and the [bronze] altar, and he/I filled the washbasin with water.
31 Mosis, na Erọn, na ụmụ ya ndị ikom na-eji ya akwọcha aka ha, sakwaa ụkwụ ha.
Every time Moses/I and Aaron and his sons went into the Sacred Tent or went to the altar, they/we washed their/our hands and feet [ritually], exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
32 Mgbe ọbụla ha na-abanye nʼụlọ nzute na mgbe ha na-abịa nso ebe ịchụ aja, ha na-asacha, dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere ya Mosis nʼiwu.
33 Mosis guzobere ogige ahụ gburugburu ụlọ nzute ahụ na ebe ịchụ aja ahụ. O konyekwara akwa mgbochi nʼụzọ mbata nke ogige ụlọ nzute ahụ. Otu a, Mosis rụzuru ọrụ niile ahụ.
Following Moses’/my instructions, they hung the curtains that surrounded the courtyard and the altar, and they hung the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses/I finished that work.
34 Mgbe ahụ, igwe ojii kpuchiri ụlọ nzute ahụ, ebube Onyenwe anyị jupụtakwara nʼime ya.
Then the [tall bright] cloud covered the Sacred Tent, and Yahweh’s (glory/brilliant light) filled the Sacred Tent.
35 Mosis nʼonwe ya enweghị ike ịbanye nʼime ụlọ nzute ahụ nʼihi igwe ojii kpuchiri elu ya na ebube Onyenwe anyị jupụtara nʼụlọ nzute ahụ.
Because that light was very bright, Moses/I was not able to enter the Sacred Tent.
36 Nʼime njegharị ha niile, mgbe ọbụla igwe ojii ahụ si nʼelu ụlọ nzute ahụ bilie, mgbe ahụ ka ụmụ Izrel na-ebuli njem.
From that day, whenever the Israeli people wanted to move to another place, they went only when the bright cloud rose from above the Sacred Tent.
37 Ma ọ bụrụ na igwe ojii ahụ ebilighị, ụmụ Izrel adịghị ebulikwa njem tutuu ruo mgbe o biliri.
If the cloud did not rise, they stayed where they were and did not go on until the cloud rose.
38 Igwe ojii Onyenwe anyị ahụ na-anọgide nʼelu ụlọ nzute ahụ nʼehihie ma nʼabalị, ọkụ na-esi nʼime ya na-enwupụta. Ndị Izrel niile na-ahụkwa ya anya ụbọchị niile nke ha jegharịrị nʼọzara.
Wherever they traveled, the bright cloud that [indicated] Yahweh’s [presence] was above the Sacred Tent during the day, and a [bright] fire was inside the cloud at night, with the result that all the Israeli people [MTY] could see it [at any time].
