Eksodosy 31
1 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:
Yahweh [also] said to Moses/me, “Note that I have chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, [for special tasks].
2 Indro, efa notononiko anarana Bezalila, zanak’ i Ory, zanak’ i Hora, avy amin’ ny firenen’ i Joda;
3 ary efa nofenoiko fanahin’ Andriamanitra izy, dia fahendrena sy fahiratan-tsaina sy fahalalana ny amin’ ny tao-zavatra samy hafa:
I have caused him to be completely controlled/empowered by my Spirit, and I have given him special ability [to make things] and have enabled him to know how to do very skilled work.
4 dia ny hihevitra hanao asa kanto, ny hiasa volamena sy volafotsy ary varahina
He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze.
5 sy ny hamboatra vato halatsaka an-tranontranony ary ny handrafitra hazo, mba hanaovany ny tao-zavatra samy hafa.
He can cut (jewels/valuable stones) and enclose them [in tiny gold settings/frames]. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work.
6 Ary, indro, Izaho efa nanome an’ i Oholiaba, zanak’ i Ahisamaka, avy amin’ ny firenen’ i Dana, ho namany; ary ny fon’ izay hendry rehetra dia efa nasiako fahendrena, mba hanaovany izay rehetra efa nandidiako anao:
Note that I have also appointed Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have also given special ability to other men, in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you [to be made].
7 dia ny trano-lay fihaonana sy ny fiara hasiana ny Vavolombelona sy ny rakotra fanaovam-panavotana, izay eo amboniny, sy ny fanaka rehetra momba ny trano-lay.
That includes the Sacred Tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the Sacred Tent,
8 sy ny latabatra mbamin’ ny fanaka momba azy, sy ny fanaovan-jiro tsara mbamin’ ny fanaka rehetra momba azy, sy ny alitara fandoroana ditin-kazo manitra
the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar [for burning] incense,
9 sy ny alitara fandoroana ny fanatitra odorana mbamin’ ny fanaka rehetra momba azy, ary ny tavy, sy ny faladiany.
the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base,
10 ary ny fitafiana makarakara sy ny fitafiana masìna ho an’ i Arona mpisorona sy ny fitafian’ ny zanany ho entiny misorona,
all the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests,
11 ary ny diloilo fanosorana sy ny ditin-kazo manitra ho ao amin’ ny fitoerana masìna: araka izay rehetra nandidiako anao no aoka hataon’ ireo.
the oil for anointing, and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Place. [The skilled workers] must make all these things exactly as I have told you to do.”
12 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
13 Ary dia milaza amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely ianao hoe: Ny Sabatako no tandremo; fa famantarana ho amiko, sy ho aminareo hatramin’ ny taranakareo fara mandimby izany, mba ho fantatrareo fa Izaho no Jehovah Izay manamasìna anareo.
“Tell the Israeli people, ‘Obey my instructions regarding the (rest days/Sabbath days). Those days will remind you [and your descendants], throughout all future generations, that I, Yahweh, have (set you apart/chosen you) to be my people.
14 Koa tandremo ny Sabata, fa masìna aminareo izany; izay tsy manamasìna azy dia hatao maty tokoa, fa izay rehetra manao raharaha amin’ izany dia hofongorana tsy ho amin’ ny fireneny.
You must obey [my rules about] the Sabbath days because they are holy/sacred. Those who treat those days in an irreverent way by working on those days must be executed [to show that] I no longer consider them to belong to my people.
15 Henemana no hanaovana raharaha; fa ny andro fahafito dia tena fitsaharana ka masìna ho an’ i Jehovah: izay rehetra manao raharaha amin’ ny andro Sabata dia hatao maty tokoa.
You may work for six days [each week], but the seventh day [of each week] is a solemn day of rest, dedicated to me, Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on a day of rest is to be executed [because I no longer want them to be able to associate with my people].
16 Dia hotandreman’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely ny Sabata hankatoavany azy hatramin’ ny taranany fara mandimby, dia fanekena mandrakizay izany.
You Israeli people must respect the rest day, and you [and your descendants] must (celebrate it/keep it holy) throughout all future generations. [It will remind you] of the agreement that I have made with you that will last forever.
17 Ho famantarana amiko sy amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely mandrakizay izany; fa tamin’ ny henemana no nanaovan’ i Jehovah ny lanitra sy ny tany, ary tamin’ ny andro fahafito dia nitsahatra Izy ka niala sasatra.
It will remind you Israeli people and remind me [of that agreement] because I, Yahweh, created the heavens and the earth in six days, and on the seventh day I stopped doing that work and relaxed.’”
18 Ary rehefa vita ny teny nataony tamin’ i Mosesy tao an-tendrombohitra Sinay, dia nomeny azy ny vato fisaka roa, izay nisy ny Vavolombelona, dia vato fisaka voasoratry ny rantsan-tànan’ Andriamanitra.
When Yahweh finished talking with Moses/me on the top of Sinai Mountain, he gave him/me the two stone slabs on which he had engraved his commandments with his own fingers.
