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1 またアカシヤ材で燔祭の祭壇を造った。長さ五キュビト、幅五キュビトの四角で、高さは三キュビトである。
[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 その四すみの上に、その一部とし、それの角を造り、青銅で祭壇をおおった。
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 また祭壇のもろもろの器、すなわち、つぼ、十能、鉢、肉叉、火皿を造った。そのすべての器を青銅で造った。
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 また祭壇のために、青銅の網細工の格子を造り、これを祭壇の出張りの下に取りつけて、祭壇の高さの半ばに達するようにした。
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 また青銅の格子の四すみのために、環四つを鋳て、さおを通す所とした。
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 アカシヤ材で、そのさおを造り、青銅でこれをおおい、
They made the poles from acacia wood and covered them with bronze.
7 そのさおを祭壇の両側にある環に通して、それをかつぐようにした。祭壇は板をもって、空洞に造った。
They put the poles through the rings on each side of the altar. The poles were for carrying the altar.
8 また洗盤と、その台を青銅で造った。すなわち会見の幕屋の入口で務をなす女たちの鏡をもって造った。
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 また庭を造った。その南側のために百キュビトの亜麻の撚糸の庭のあげばりを設けた。
[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 その柱は二十、その柱の二十の座は青銅で、その柱の鉤と桁は銀とした。
[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 また北側のためにも百キュビトのあげばりを設けた。その柱二十、その柱の二十の座は青銅で、その柱の鉤と桁は銀とした。
They made the same kind of curtains, posts, bases, and hooks for the north side of the courtyard.
12 また西側のために、五十キュビトのあげばりを設けた。その柱は十、その座も十で、その柱の鉤と桁は銀とした。
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 また東側のためにも、五十キュビトのあげばりを設けた。
On the east side, [where the entrance is], the courtyard was (75 feet/23 meters) wide.
14 その一方に十五キュビトのあげばりを設けた。その柱は三つ、その座も三つ。
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 また他の一方にも、同じようにした。すなわち庭の門のこなたかなたともに、十五キュビトのあげばりを設けた。その柱は三つ、その座も三つ。
16 庭の周囲のあげばりはみな亜麻の撚糸である。
All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine white linen.
17 柱の座は青銅、柱の鉤と桁とは銀、柱の頭のおおいも銀である。庭の柱はみな銀の桁で連ねた。
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 庭の門のとばりは青糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸で、色とりどりに織ったものであった。長さは二十キュビト、幅なる高さは五キュビトで、庭のあげばりと等しかった。
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 その柱は四つ、その座も四つで、ともに青銅。その鉤は銀、柱の頭のおおいと桁は銀である。
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 ただし、幕屋および、その周囲の庭の釘はみな青銅であった。
All the tent pegs to support the Sacred Tent and the curtains around the courtyard were made of bronze.
21 幕屋、すなわちあかしの幕屋に用いた物の総計は次のとおりである。すなわちモーセの命に従い、祭司アロンの子イタマルがレビびとを用いて量ったものである。
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 ユダの部族に属するホルの子なるウリの子ベザレルは、主がモーセに命じられた事をことごとくした。
Bezalel the son of Uri and grandson of Hur made all the things that Yahweh commanded Moses/me to be made.
23 ダンの部族に属するアヒサマクの子アホリアブは彼と共にあって彫刻、浮き織をなし、また青糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻糸で、縫取りをする者であった。
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 聖所のもろもろの工作に用いたすべての金、すなわち、ささげ物なる金は聖所のシケルで、二十九タラント七百三十シケルであった。
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 会衆のうちの数えられた者のささげた銀は聖所のシケルで、百タラント千七百七十五シケルであった。
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 これはひとり当り一ベカ、すなわち聖所のシケルの半シケルであって、すべて二十歳以上で数えられた者が六十万三千五百五十人であったからである。
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 聖所の座と垂幕の座とを鋳るために用いた銀は百タラントであった。すなわち百座につき百タラント、一座につき一タラントである。
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.
28 また千七百七十五シケルで柱の鉤を造り、また柱の頭をおおい、柱のために桁を造った。
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.
29 ささげ物なる青銅は七十タラント二千四百シケルであった。
The bronze that the people contributed weighed (5,310 pounds/2,425 kg.).
30 これを用いて会見の幕屋の入口の座、青銅の祭壇と、それにつく青銅の格子、および祭壇のもろもろの器を造った。
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,
31 また庭の周囲の座、庭の門の座、および幕屋のもろもろの釘と、庭の周囲のもろもろの釘を造った。
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.

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