U-Eksodusi 40
1 UThixo wasesithi kuMosi:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Misa ithabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yakuqala.
The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony,
3 Beka umtshokotsho wesivumelwano kulo ube ususitha umtshokotsho wobufakazi ngekhetheni.
And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:
4 Ngenisa itafula ube usufaka izinto ezibekwa phezu kwayo. Letha-ke uluthi lwesibane ube usuxhuma izibane zalo.
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps,
5 Beka i-alithari lempepha elenziwe ngegolide phambi komtshokotsho wobufakazi njalo ufake ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
And the altar of gold whereon the incense is burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,
6 Beka i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phambi kwesango lethabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana;
And before it the altar of holocaust:
7 beka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari ube usuthela amanzi kuwo.
The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water.
8 Lungisa iguma eliwugombolozeleyo ubusufaka ikhetheni esangweni leguma.
And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.
9 Thatha amafutha okugcoba abantu abakhethiweyo ezikhundleni, ugcobe ngawo ithabanikeli lakho konke okukulo, ulibusise kanye lempahla zalo, ngalokho lizakuba ngcwele.
And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified:
10 Gcoba-ke i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa lazozonke izitsha zalo; ubusise i-alithari ukuze libe ngcwelengcwele.
The altar of holocaust and all its vessels:
11 Gcoba umkolo lenyawo zawo ubusuwubusisa.
The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy.
12 Letha u-Aroni lamadodana akhe ethenteni lokuhlangana ubusubagezisa ngamanzi.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water,
13 Ubusugqokisa u-Aroni izembatho ezingcwele umgcobe ngamafutha umbusise ukuze angenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi.
14 Letha amadodana akhe uwagqokise amabhatshi.
15 Bagcobe labo njengokugcotshwa kukayise ukuze bangenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi. Ukugcotshwa kwabo kubapha umsebenzi wobuphristi kuzozonke izizukulwane ezizayo.”
Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood.
16 UMosi wenza konke njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.
17 Lamiswa-ke ithabanikeli ngosuku lwakuqala ngenyanga yakuqala emnyakeni wesibili.
So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.
18 Kwathi uMosi emisa ithabanikeli, wafaka izisekelo endaweni yazo, wamisa amathala, wafaka imithando wasemisa izinsika.
And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,
19 Wasesendlala ithente phezu kwethabanikeli wafaka isembeso phezu kwethente njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded.
20 Wathatha izibhebhedu zobufakazi wazibeka emtshokotshweni wesivumelwano, wahloma imijabo kuwo wasefaka isihlalo somusa phezu kwawo.
And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.
21 Wasengenisa umtshokotsho wobufakazi ethabanikeleni, waphanyeka ikhetheni lokusitha wawugubuzela, njengalokho okwakulaywe nguThixo.
And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.
22 UMosi wasebeka itafula ethenteni lokuhlangana eceleni langenyakatho lethabanikeli ngaphandle kwekhetheni,
And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,
23 wasebeka isinkwa phezu kwalo phambi kukaThixo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
24 Wabeka uluthi lwesibane ethenteni lokuhlangana lukhangele itafula eningizimu kwethabanikeli,
He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony over against the table on the south side,
25 wasemisa izibane phambi kukaThixo, njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
Placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
26 UMosi wabeka i-alithari legolide ethenteni lokuhlangana phambi kwekhetheni,
He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil,
27 wasetshisela impepha phezu kwalo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
28 Waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,
29 Wamisa i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phansi kwesango lethabanikeli lethente lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yezilimo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And the altar of holocaust of the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded.
30 Wasebeka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari wasethela amanzi okugeza phakathi kwawo,
And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
31 ngakho uMosi lo-Aroni kanye lamadodana akhe bawusebenzisa ukugeza izandla zabo kanye lezinyawo.
And Moses and Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet,
32 Babegeza ngasosonke isikhathi nxa bengena ethenteni lokuhlangana loba nxa besiya e-alithareni njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo.
When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33 Ngakho uMosi walungisa iguma elihonqolozele ithabanikeli le-alithari waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni leguma kwaba yikho ukuqeda kukaMosi umsebenzi.
He set up also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all things were perfected,
34 Emva kwalokho iyezi lasibekela ithente lokuhlangana, kwathi inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ithabanikeli.
The cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
35 UMosi kenelisanga ukungena ethenteni lokuhlangana ngenxa yeyezi elalimi phezu kwalo, inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ethabanikeleni.
Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all things and the majesty of the Lord shining, for the cloud had covered all.
36 Kulolonke uhambo lwabako-Israyeli, kwakusithi iyezi lingaphakama lisuka phezu kwethabanikeli, labo baqhubeke;
If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:
37 kodwa kuthi nxa iyezi lingaphakamanga, labo babengaqhubekeli phambili, kuze kube mhla liphakama.
If it hung over, they remained in the same place.
38 Ngokunjalo iyezi likaThixo lalisiba phezu kwethabanikeli emini, kuthi ebusuku kube lomlilo eyezini, bekubona bonke abako-Israyeli ekuhambeni kwabo konke.
For the cloud of the Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.
