U-Eksodusi 40
1 UThixo wasesithi kuMosi:
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Misa ithabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yakuqala.
“On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
3 Beka umtshokotsho wesivumelwano kulo ube ususitha umtshokotsho wobufakazi ngekhetheni.
You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
4 Ngenisa itafula ube usufaka izinto ezibekwa phezu kwayo. Letha-ke uluthi lwesibane ube usuxhuma izibane zalo.
You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lamp stand, and light its lamps.
5 Beka i-alithari lempepha elenziwe ngegolide phambi komtshokotsho wobufakazi njalo ufake ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
6 Beka i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phambi kwesango lethabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana;
“You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
7 beka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari ube usuthela amanzi kuwo.
You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.
8 Lungisa iguma eliwugombolozeleyo ubusufaka ikhetheni esangweni leguma.
You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
9 Thatha amafutha okugcoba abantu abakhethiweyo ezikhundleni, ugcobe ngawo ithabanikeli lakho konke okukulo, ulibusise kanye lempahla zalo, ngalokho lizakuba ngcwele.
“You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it will be holy.
10 Gcoba-ke i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa lazozonke izitsha zalo; ubusise i-alithari ukuze libe ngcwelengcwele.
You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.
11 Gcoba umkolo lenyawo zawo ubusuwubusisa.
You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
12 Letha u-Aroni lamadodana akhe ethenteni lokuhlangana ubusubagezisa ngamanzi.
“You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.
13 Ubusugqokisa u-Aroni izembatho ezingcwele umgcobe ngamafutha umbusise ukuze angenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi.
You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
14 Letha amadodana akhe uwagqokise amabhatshi.
You shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them.
15 Bagcobe labo njengokugcotshwa kukayise ukuze bangenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi. Ukugcotshwa kwabo kubapha umsebenzi wobuphristi kuzozonke izizukulwane ezizayo.”
You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
16 UMosi wenza konke njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
17 Lamiswa-ke ithabanikeli ngosuku lwakuqala ngenyanga yakuqala emnyakeni wesibili.
In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.
18 Kwathi uMosi emisa ithabanikeli, wafaka izisekelo endaweni yazo, wamisa amathala, wafaka imithando wasemisa izinsika.
Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.
19 Wasesendlala ithente phezu kwethabanikeli wafaka isembeso phezu kwethente njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
20 Wathatha izibhebhedu zobufakazi wazibeka emtshokotshweni wesivumelwano, wahloma imijabo kuwo wasefaka isihlalo somusa phezu kwawo.
He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
21 Wasengenisa umtshokotsho wobufakazi ethabanikeleni, waphanyeka ikhetheni lokusitha wawugubuzela, njengalokho okwakulaywe nguThixo.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
22 UMosi wasebeka itafula ethenteni lokuhlangana eceleni langenyakatho lethabanikeli ngaphandle kwekhetheni,
He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil.
23 wasebeka isinkwa phezu kwalo phambi kukaThixo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
24 Wabeka uluthi lwesibane ethenteni lokuhlangana lukhangele itafula eningizimu kwethabanikeli,
He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 wasemisa izibane phambi kukaThixo, njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
26 UMosi wabeka i-alithari legolide ethenteni lokuhlangana phambi kwekhetheni,
He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;
27 wasetshisela impepha phezu kwalo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
28 Waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
29 Wamisa i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phansi kwesango lethabanikeli lethente lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yezilimo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
30 Wasebeka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari wasethela amanzi okugeza phakathi kwawo,
He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.
31 ngakho uMosi lo-Aroni kanye lamadodana akhe bawusebenzisa ukugeza izandla zabo kanye lezinyawo.
Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
32 Babegeza ngasosonke isikhathi nxa bengena ethenteni lokuhlangana loba nxa besiya e-alithareni njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo.
When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
33 Ngakho uMosi walungisa iguma elihonqolozele ithabanikeli le-alithari waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni leguma kwaba yikho ukuqeda kukaMosi umsebenzi.
He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
34 Emva kwalokho iyezi lasibekela ithente lokuhlangana, kwathi inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ithabanikeli.
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
35 UMosi kenelisanga ukungena ethenteni lokuhlangana ngenxa yeyezi elalimi phezu kwalo, inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ethabanikeleni.
Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
36 Kulolonke uhambo lwabako-Israyeli, kwakusithi iyezi lingaphakama lisuka phezu kwethabanikeli, labo baqhubeke;
When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
37 kodwa kuthi nxa iyezi lingaphakamanga, labo babengaqhubekeli phambili, kuze kube mhla liphakama.
but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.
38 Ngokunjalo iyezi likaThixo lalisiba phezu kwethabanikeli emini, kuthi ebusuku kube lomlilo eyezini, bekubona bonke abako-Israyeli ekuhambeni kwabo konke.
For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
