出エジプト記 39
1 彼らは青糸、紫糸、緋糸で、聖所の務のための編物の服を作った。またアロンのために聖なる服を作った。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled workmen made the beautiful clothes for Aaron to wear while he did his work as a priest in the Holy Place. They made them from blue, purple, and red cloth, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
2 また金糸、青糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸でエポデを作った。
They made the sacred apron from fine white linen and from blue, purple, and red cloth.
3 また金を打ち延べて板とし、これを切って糸とし、青糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸に交えて、巧みな細工とした。
They hammered some thin sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips which they embroidered into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red cloth.
4 また、これがために肩ひもを作ってこれにつけ、その両端でこれにつけた。
The apron had two shoulder straps, to join the front part to the back part at the shoulders.
5 エポデの上で、これをつかねる帯は、同じきれで、同じように、金糸、青糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸で作った。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
A carefully-woven sash, which was made from the same materials as the sacred apron, was [sewn] onto the sacred apron. This was made exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
6 また、縞めのうを細工して、金糸の編細工にはめ、これに印を彫刻するように、イスラエルの子たちの名を刻み、
They cut two valuable onyx stones and enclosed them in a tiny gold frame, and a skilled gem-cutter engraved on the stones the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.
7 これをエポデの肩ひもにつけて、イスラエルの子たちの記念の石とした。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
They fastened the stones to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron, to represent the twelve Israeli tribes, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
8 また胸当を巧みなわざをもって、エポデの作りのように作った。すなわち金糸、青糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸で作った。
They made the sacred chest pouch. They made it of the same materials as the sacred apron and embroidered it in the same way.
9 胸当は二つに折って四角にした。すなわち二つに折って、長さを一指当りとし、幅も一指当りとした。
It was square, and the material was folded double, so that it was (9 in./22 cm.) long and (9 in./22 cm.) wide.
10 その中に宝石四列をはめた。すなわち、紅玉髄、貴かんらん石、水晶の列を第一列とし、
They fastened four rows of valuable stones onto the pouch. In the first row, they put a [red] ruby, a [yellow] topaz, and a [red] garnet.
11 第二列は、ざくろ石、るり、赤縞めのう、
In the second row, they put a [green] emerald, a [blue] sapphire, and a [clear/white] diamond.
12 第三列は黄水晶、めのう、紫水晶、
In the third row they put a [red] jacinth, a [white] agate, and a [purple] amethyst.
13 第四列は黄碧玉、縞めのう、碧玉であって、これらを金の編細工の中にはめ込んだ。
In the fourth row, they put a [yellow] beryl, a [red] carnelian, and a [green] jasper. They set each of the stones in tiny gold frames.
14 その宝石はイスラエルの子たちの名にしたがい、その名と等しく十二とし、おのおの印の彫刻のように、十二部族のためにその名を刻んだ。
On each of the twelve stones they engraved the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent one of the twelve Israeli tribes.
15 またひも細工にねじた純金のくさりを胸当につけた。
They made two [chains] from pure gold and braided them like cords, to [attach] the sacred pouch [to the sacred apron].
16 また金の二つの編細工と、二つの金の環とを作り、その二つの環を胸当の両端につけた。
They made two gold rings, and they attached them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch.
17 かの二筋の金のひもを胸当の端の二つの環につけた。
They fastened one end of each cord to one of the rings.
18 ただし、その二筋のひもの他の両端を、かの二つの編細工につけ、エポデの肩ひもにつけて前にくるようにした。
They fastened the other end of each cord to the two (settings/tiny frames) [that enclosed the stones]. Then they attached the sacred pouch to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron.
19 また二つの金の環を作って、これを胸当の両端につけた。すなわちエポデに接する内側の縁にこれをつけた。
Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower corners of the sacred pouch, on the inside edges, next to the sacred apron.
20 また金の環二つを作って、これをエポデの二つの肩ひもの下の部分につけ、前の方で、そのつなぎ目に近く、エポデの帯の上の方にくるようにした。
They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the shoulder straps, near to where [the shoulder straps] were joined [to the sacred apron], just above the carefully-woven sash/waistband.
21 胸当は青ひもをもって、その環をエポデの環に結びつけ、エポデの帯の上の方にくるようにした。こうして、胸当がエポデから離れないようにした。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
They tied the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord, so that the sacred pouch was above the sash/waistband and would not come loose from the sacred apron.
22 またエポデに属する上服は、すべて青地の織物で作った。
They made the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest’s sacred apron, using only blue [cloth].
23 上服の口はそのまん中にあって、その口の周囲には、よろいのえりのように縁をつけて、ほころびないようにした。
It had an opening through which [the priest] would put his head. They sewed a border around this opening, to prevent the material from tearing.
24 上服のすそには青糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸で、ざくろを作りつけ、
At the lower edge on the robe, they fastened [decorations that resembled] pomegranate fruit. The decorations were [woven from] blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.
25 また純金で鈴を作り、その鈴を上服のすその周囲の、ざくろとざくろとの間につけた。
Between each of these decorations, they fastened a tiny bell made from pure gold, so there was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, alternating all around the hem of the robe
26 すなわち鈴にざくろ、鈴にざくろと、務の上服のすその周囲につけた。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
for [Aaron to wear while] he did his work as a priest. They made all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
27 またアロンとその子たちのために、亜麻糸で織った下服を作り、
They wove long-sleeved tunics/gowns from fine white linen, for Aaron and his sons.
28 亜麻布で帽子を作り、亜麻布で麗しい頭布を作り、亜麻の撚糸の布で、下ばきを作り、
They also made a turban of fine linen [for Aaron to wear around his head]. They made the caps and the undershorts [for Aaron’s sons] from fine linen.
29 亜麻の撚糸および青糸、紫糸、緋糸で、色とりどりに織った帯を作った。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
They made the embroidered sash/waistband [for Aaron] from fine linen and from blue, purple, and red cloth, and they embroidered designs on it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
30 また純金をもって、聖なる冠の前板を作り、印の彫刻のように、その上に「主に聖なる者」という文字を書き、
They also made the tiny ornament of pure gold and had a skilled workman engrave on it the words, ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’.
31 これに青ひもをつけて、それを帽子の上に結びつけた。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
They fastened this to the front of the turban by a blue cord, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
32 こうして会見の天幕なる幕屋の、もろもろの工事が終った。イスラエルの人々はすべて主がモーセに命じられたようにおこなった。
Finally they finished all the work to make the Sacred Tent. They brought to Moses/me all the things that they had made. They had made them exactly as Yahweh had commanded me.
33 彼らは幕屋と天幕およびそのもろもろの器をモーセのもとに携えてきた。すなわち、その鉤、その枠、その横木、その柱、その座、
They brought to him/me the Sacred Tent and all the things that were used with it: the hooks, the frames, the crossbars, the posts and their bases,
34 あかね染めの雄羊の皮のおおい、じゅごんの皮のおおい、隔ての垂幕、
the coverings for the Sacred Tent that were made of tanned/dyed rams’ skins and goatskins, the curtains,
35 あかしの箱と、そのさお、贖罪所、
the sacred chest that contained the stone slabs [on which the commandments were written], the poles, the lid for the chest,
36 机と、そのもろもろの器、供えのパン、
the table with all the things that were used with it, the sacred bread [that was offered] to God,
37 純金の燭台と、そのともしび皿、すなわち列に並べるともしび皿と、そのもろもろの器、およびそのともし油、
the lampstand made of pure gold and all its lamps and all the things that were to be used to take care of it, the oil for the lamps,
38 金の祭壇、注ぎ油、香ばしい薫香、幕屋の入口のとばり、
the golden altar [for burning incense], the oil for anointing, the sweet-smelling incense, the curtain for the entrance to the Sacred Tent,
39 青銅の祭壇、その青銅の格子と、そのさお、およびそのもろもろの器、洗盤とその台、
the bronze altar [for burning sacrifices] and its bronze grating, the poles [for carrying] it, and all the other things that were used with it, the washbasin and its base,
40 庭のあげばり、その柱とその座、庭の門のとばり、そのひもとその釘、また会見の天幕の幕屋に用いるもろもろの器、
the curtains [that surrounded] the courtyard, the posts and bases that supported them, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard and its ropes, the tent pegs, and all the other things that would be used in the Sacred Tent,
41 聖所で務をなす編物の服、すなわち祭司の務をなすための祭司アロンの聖なる服およびその子たちの服。
the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron to wear when he did his work in the Holy Place, and the special clothes for his sons to wear as they did their work as priests.
42 イスラエルの人々は、すべて主がモーセに命じられたように、そのすべての工事をした。
The Israeli people had done all this work exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
43 モーセがそのすべての工事を見ると、彼らは主が命じられたとおりに、それをなしとげていたので、モーセは彼らを祝福した。
Then Moses/I saw all the work that they had done. Truly, they had done everything exactly as Yahweh had commanded [that it should be done]. Then Moses/I [asked God to] bless them.
