Exodus 28
1 adplica quoque ad te Aaron fratrem tuum cum filiis suis de medio filiorum Israhel ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi Aaron Nadab et Abiu Eleazar et Ithamar
And do you take to yourself both Aaron your brother, and his sons, even [them] of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron, may minister to me.
2 faciesque vestem sanctam fratri tuo in gloriam et decorem
And you shall make holy apparel for Aaron your brother, for honor and glory.
3 et loqueris cunctis sapientibus corde quos replevi spiritu prudentiae ut faciant vestes Aaron in quibus sanctificatus ministret mihi
And speak you to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which [apparel] he shall minister to me as priest.
4 haec autem erunt vestimenta quae facient rationale et superumerale tunicam et lineam strictam cidarim et balteum facient vestimenta sancta Aaron fratri tuo et filiis eius ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi
And these are the garments which they shall make: the breast-plate, and the shoulder-piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.
5 accipientque aurum et hyacinthum et purpuram coccumque bis tinctum et byssum
And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6 facient autem superumerale de auro et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere polymito
And they shall make the shoulder-piece of fine linen spun, the woven work of the embroiderer.
7 duas oras iunctas habebit in utroque latere summitatum ut in unum redeant
It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined together, fastened on the two sides.
8 ipsaque textura et cuncta operis varietas erit ex auro et hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta
And the woven work of the shoulder-pieces which is upon it, shall be of one piece according to the work, of pure gold and blue and purple, and spun scarlet and fine twined linen.
9 sumesque duos lapides onychinos et sculpes in eis nomina filiorum Israhel
And you shall take the two stones, the stones of emerald, and you shall grave on them the names of the children of Israel.
10 sex nomina in lapide uno et sex reliqua in altero iuxta ordinem nativitatis eorum
Six names on the first stone, and the other six names on the second stone, according to their births.
11 opere sculptoris et celatura gemmarii sculpes eos nominibus filiorum Israhel inclusos auro atque circumdatos
[It shall be] the work of the stone-engraver's are; as the graving of a seal you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel.
12 et pones in utroque latere superumeralis memoriale filiis Israhel portabitque Aaron nomina eorum coram Domino super utrumque umerum ob recordationem
And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the shoulder-piece: they are memorial-stones for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders, a memorial for them.
13 facies et uncinos ex auro
And you shall make circlets of pure gold;
14 et duas catenulas auri purissimi sibi invicem coherentes quas inseres uncinis
and you shall make two fringes of pure gold, variegated with flowers wreathen work; and you shall put the wreathen fringes on the circlets, fastening them on their shoulder-pieces in front.
15 rationale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito iuxta texturam superumeralis ex auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta
And you shall make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, you shall make it of gold, and blue and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun.
16 quadrangulum erit et duplex mensuram palmi habebit tam in longitudine quam in latitudine
You shall make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth.
17 ponesque in eo quattuor ordines lapidum in primo versu erit lapis sardius et topazius et zmaragdus
And you shall interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, and emerald, the first row.
18 in secundo carbunculus sapphyrus et iaspis
And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.
19 in tertio ligyrius achates et amethistus
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, an amethyst:
20 in quarto chrysolitus onychinus et berillus inclusi auro erunt per ordines suos
and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row.
21 habebuntque nomina filiorum Israhel duodecim nominibus celabuntur singuli lapides nominibus singulorum per duodecim tribus
And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelve according to their names, engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name.
22 facies in rationali catenas sibi invicem coherentes ex auro purissimo
And you shall make on the oracle woven fringes, a chain-work of pure gold.
23 et duos anulos aureos quos pones in utraque rationalis summitate
And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel, on the oracle of judgment on his breast; a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary.
24 catenasque aureas iunges anulis qui sunt in marginibus eius
And you shall put the fringes on the oracle of judgment; you shall put the wreaths on both sides of the oracle,
25 et ipsarum catenarum extrema duobus copulabis uncinis in utroque latere superumeralis quod rationale respicit
and you shall put the two circlets on both the shoulders of the ephod in front.
26 facies et duos anulos aureos quos pones in summitatibus rationalis et in oris quae e regione sunt superumeralis et posteriora eius aspiciunt
And you shall put the Manifestation and the Truth on the oracle of judgment; and it shall be on the breast of Aaron, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgments of the children of Israel on his breast before the Lord continually.
27 nec non et alios duos anulos aureos qui ponendi sunt in utroque latere superumeralis deorsum quod respicit contra faciem iuncturae inferioris ut aptari possit cum superumerali
And you shall make the full-length tunic all of blue.
28 et stringatur rationale anulis suis cum anulis superumeralis vitta hyacinthina ut maneat iunctura fabrefacta et a se invicem rationale et superumerale nequeant separari
And the opening of it shall be in the middle having a fringe round about the opening, the work of the weaver, woven together in the joining of the same piece that it might not be tore.
29 portabitque Aaron nomina filiorum Israhel in rationali iudicii super pectus suum quando ingreditur sanctuarium memoriale coram Domino in aeternum
And under the fringe of the robe below you shall make as it were pomegranates of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun, under the fringe of the robe round about: golden pomegranates of the same shape, and bells round about between these.
30 pones autem in rationali iudicii doctrinam et veritatem quae erunt in pectore Aaron quando ingreditur coram Domino et gestabit iudicium filiorum Israhel in pectore suo in conspectu Domini semper
A bell by the side of a golden pomegranate, and flower-work on the fringe of the robe round about.
31 facies et tunicam superumeralis totam hyacinthinam
And the sound of Aaron shall be audible when he ministers, as he goes into the sanctuary before the Lord, and has he goes out, that he die not.
32 in cuius medio supra erit capitium et ora per gyrum eius textilis sicut fieri solet in extremis vestium partibus ne facile rumpatur
And you shall make a plate [of] pure gold, and you shall grave on it [as] the graving of a signet, Holiness of the Lord.
33 deorsum vero ad pedes eiusdem tunicae per circuitum quasi mala punica facies ex hyacintho et purpura et cocco bis tincto mixtis in medio tintinabulis
And you shall put it on the spun blue cloth, and it shall be on the mitre: it shall be in the front of the mitre.
34 ita ut tintinabulum sit aureum et malum rursumque tintinabulum aliud aureum et malum punicum
And it shall be on the forehead of Aaron; and Aaron shall bear away the sins of their holy things, all that the children of Israel shall sanctify of every gift of their holy things, and it shall be on the forehead of Aaron continually acceptable for them before the Lord.
35 et vestietur ea Aaron in officio ministerii ut audiatur sonitus quando ingreditur et egreditur sanctuarium in conspectu Domini et non moriatur
And the fringes of the garments [shall be] of fine linen; and you shall make a tire of fine linen, and you shall make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
36 facies et lamminam de auro purissimo in qua sculpes opere celatoris Sanctum Domino
And for the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics and girdles, and you shall make for them tires for honor and glory.
37 ligabisque eam vitta hyacinthina et erit super tiaram
And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, and you shall anoint them and fill their hands: and you shall sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
38 inminens fronti pontificis portabitque Aaron iniquitates eorum quae obtulerint et sanctificaverint filii Israhel in cunctis muneribus et donariis suis erit autem lammina semper in fronte eius ut placatus eis sit Dominus
And you shall make for them linen drawers to cover the nakedness of their flesh; they shall reach from the loins to the thighs.
39 stringesque tunicam bysso et tiaram byssinam facies et balteum opere plumarii
And Aaron shall have them, and his sons, whenever they enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when they shall advance to the altar of the sanctuary to minister, so they shall not bring sin upon themselves, lest they die: [it is] a perpetual statute for him, and for his seed after him.
40 porro filiis Aaron tunicas lineas parabis et balteos ac tiaras in gloriam et decorem
41 vestiesque his omnibus Aaron fratrem tuum et filios eius cum eo et cunctorum consecrabis manus sanctificabisque illos ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi
42 facies et feminalia linea ut operiant carnem turpitudinis suae a renibus usque ad femina
43 et utentur eis Aaron et filii eius quando ingredientur tabernaculum testimonii vel quando adpropinquant ad altare ut ministrent in sanctuario ne iniquitatis rei moriantur legitimum sempiternum erit Aaron et semini eius post eum
