Exodus 28
1 Applica quoque ad te Aaron fratrem tuum cum filiis suis de medio filiorum Israel, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi: Aaron, Nadab, et Abiu, Eleazar, et Ithamar.
Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.
2 Faciesque vestem sanctam Aaron fratri tuo in gloriam et decorem.
And make holy robes for Aaron your brother, so that he may be clothed with glory and honour.
3 Et loqueris cunctis sapientibus corde, quos replevi spiritu prudentiae, ut faciant vestes Aaron, in quibus sanctificatus ministret mihi.
Give orders to all the wise-hearted workmen, whom I have made full of the spirit of wisdom, to make robes for Aaron, so that he may be made holy as my priest.
4 Haec autem erunt vestimenta quae faciet: Rationale, et superhumerale, tunicam et lineam strictam, cidarim et balteum. Facient vestimenta sancta fratri tuo Aaron et filiis eius, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi.
This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.
5 Accipientque aurum, et hyacinthum, et purpuram, coccumque bis tinctum, et byssum.
They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,
6 Facient autem superhumerale de auro et hyacintho et purpura, coccoque bis tincto, et bysso retorta, opere polymito.
And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.
7 Duas oras iunctas habebit in utroque latere summitatum, ut in unum redeant.
It is to have two bands stitched to it at the top of the arms, joining it together.
8 Ipsa quoque textura et cuncta operis varietas erit ex auro et hyacintho, et purpura, coccoque bis tincto, et bysso retorta.
And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.
9 Sumesque duos lapides onychinos, et sculpes in eis nomina filiorum Israel:
You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut:
10 sex nomina in lapide uno, et sex reliqua in altero, iuxta ordinem nativitatis eorum.
Six names on the one stone and six on the other, in the order of their birth.
11 Opere sculptoris et caelatura gemmarii, sculpes eos nominibus filiorum Israel, inclusos auro atque circumdatos:
With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.
12 et pones in utroque latere superhumeralis, memoriale filiis Israel. Portabitque Aaron nomina eorum coram Domino super utrumque humerum, ob recordationem.
And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.
13 Facies et uncinos ex auro,
And you are to make twisted frames of gold;
14 et duas catenulas auri purissimi sibi invicem cohaerentes, quas inseres uncinis.
And two chains of the best gold, twisted like cords; and have the chains fixed on to the frames.
15 Rationale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito iuxta texturam superhumeralis ex auro, hyacintho, et purpura, coccoque bis tincto, et bysso retorta.
And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.
16 Quadrangulum erit et duplex: mensuram palmi habebit tam in longitudine quam in latitudine.
It is to be square, folded in two, a hand-stretch long and a hand-stretch wide.
17 Ponesque in eo quattuor ordines lapidum: in primo versu erit lapis sardius, et topazius, et smaragdus:
And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;
18 in secundo carbunculus, sapphirus, et iaspis:
The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;
19 in tertio ligurius, achates, et amethystus:
The third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20 in quarto chrysolithus, onychinus, et beryllus. inclusi auro erunt per ordines suos.
The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.
21 Habebuntque nomina filiorum Israel: duodecim nominibus caelabuntur, singuli lapides nominibus singulorum per duodecim tribus.
The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it as on a stamp.
22 Facies in rationali catenas sibi invicem cohaerentes ex auro purissimo:
And you are to make two chains of gold, twisted like cords, to be fixed to the priest's bag.
23 et duos annulos aureos, quos pones in utraque rationalis summitate:
And put two gold rings on the two ends of the bag.
24 catenasque aureas iunges annulis, qui sunt in marginibus eius:
Put the two gold chains on the two rings at the ends of the bag;
25 et ipsarum catenarum extrema duobus copulabis uncinis in utroque latere superhumeralis quod rationale respicit.
Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.
26 Facies et duos annulos aureos, quos pones in summitatibus rationalis, in oris, quae e regione sunt superhumeralis, et posteriora eius aspiciunt.
Then make two gold rings and put them on the lower ends of the bag, at the edge of it on the inner side nearest to the ephod.
27 Nec non et alios duos annulos aureos, qui ponendi sunt in utroque latere superhumeralis deorsum, quod respicit contra faciem iuncturae inferioris, ut aptari possit cum superhumerali,
And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:
28 et stringatur rationale annulis suis cum annulis superhumeralis vitta hyacinthina, ut maneat iunctura fabrefacta, et a seinvicem rationale et superhumerale nequeant separari.
So that the rings on the bag may be fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord and on to the band of the ephod, so that the bag may not come loose from the ephod.
29 Portabitque Aaron nomina filiorum Israel in rationali iudicii super pectus suum, quando ingredietur Sanctuarium, memoriale coram Domino in aeternum.
And so Aaron will have the names of the children of Israel on the priest's bag over his heart whenever he goes into the holy place, to keep the memory of them before the Lord.
30 Pones autem in rationali iudicii Doctrinam et Veritatem, quae erunt in pectore Aaron, quando ingredietur coram Domino: et gestabit iudicium filiorum Israel in pectore suo, in conspectu Domini semper.
And in the bag you are to put the Urim and Thummim, so that they may be on Aaron's heart whenever he goes in before the Lord; and Aaron may have the power of making decisions for the children of Israel before the Lord at all times.
31 Facies et tunicam superhumeralis totam hyacinthinam,
The robe which goes with the ephod is to be made all of blue;
32 in cuius medio supra erit capitium, et ora per gyrum eius textilis, sicut fieri solet in extremis vestium partibus, ne facile rumpatur.
With a hole at the top, in the middle of it; the hole is to be edged with a band to make it strong like the hole in the coat of a fighting-man, so that it may not be broken open.
33 Deorsum vero, ad pedes eiusdem tunicae, per circuitum, quasi mala punica facies, ex hyacintho, et purpura, et cocco bis tincto, mistis in medio tintinnabulis,
And round the skirts of it put fruits in blue and purple and red, with bells of gold between;
34 ita ut tintinnabulum sit aureum et malum punicum: rursumque tintinnabulum aliud aureum et malum punicum.
A gold bell and a fruit in turn all round the skirts of the robe.
35 Et vestietur ea Aaron in officio ministerii, ut audiatur sonitus quando ingreditur et egreditur Sanctuarium in conspectu Domini, et non moriatur.
Aaron is to put it on for his holy work; and the sound of it will be clear, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, keeping him safe from death.
36 Facies et laminam de auro purissimo: in qua sculpes opere caelatoris, Sanctum Domino.
You are to make a plate of the best gold, cutting on it, as on a stamp, these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.
37 Ligabisque eam vitta hyacinthina, et erit super tiaram,
Put a blue cord on it and put it on the front of the twisted head-dress:
38 imminens fronti pontificis. Portabitque Aaron iniquitates eorum, quae obtulerunt et sanctificaverunt filii Israel, in cunctis muneribus et donariis suis. Erit autem lamina semper in fronte eius, ut placatus sit ei Dominus.
And it will be over Aaron's brow, so that Aaron will be responsible for any error in all the holy offerings made by the children of Israel; it will be on his brow at all times, so that their offerings may be pleasing to the Lord.
39 Stringesque tunicam bysso, et tiaram byssinam facies, et balteum opere plumarii.
The coat is to be made of the best linen, worked in squares; and you are to make a head-dress of linen, and a linen band worked in needlework.
40 Porro filiis Aaron tunicas lineas parabis et balteos ac tiaras in gloriam et decorem:
And for Aaron's sons you are to make coats, and bands, and head-dresses, so that they may be clothed with glory and honour.
41 vestiesque his omnibus Aaron fratrem tuum et filios eius cum eo. Et cunctorum consecrabis manus, sanctificabisque illos, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi.
These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.
42 Facies et feminalia linea, ut operiant carnem turpitudinis suae, a renibus usque ad femora:
And you are to make them linen trousers, covering their bodies from the middle to the knee;
43 et utentur eis Aaron et filii eius quando ingredientur tabernaculum testimonii, vel quando appropinquant ad altare ut ministrent in sanctuario, ne iniquitatis rei moriantur. Legitimum sempiternum erit Aaron, et semini eius post eum.
Aaron and his sons are to put these on whenever they go into the Tent of meeting or come near the altar, when they are doing the work of the holy place, so that they may be free from any sin causing death: this is to be an order for him and his seed after him for ever.
