U-Eksodusi 25

1 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 Khuluma kubantwana bakoIsrayeli ukuthi bangithathele umnikelo; uzathatha umnikelo wami kuye wonke umuntu, onhliziyo yakhe imenza avume.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and they take a raised-offering for Me; you take My raised-offering from every man whose heart impels him.

3 Njalo yilo umnikelo ozawuthatha kubo: Igolide, lesiliva, lethusi,

And this [is] the raised-offering which you take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,

4 lokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, lokuyibubende, lokubomvu, lelembu elicolekileyo kakhulu, loboya bembuzi,

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair],

5 lezikhumba eziphendulwe zababomvu zezinqama, lezikhumba zikamantswane, lesihlahla sesinga,

and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, and shittim wood,

6 amafutha esibane, amakha amafutha okugcoba, lawempepha ethunqayo elephunga elimnandi,

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices,

7 amatshe athiwa ngama-onikse, lamatshe okubekwa e-efodini lesembathweni sesifuba.

shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

8 Njalo kabangenzele indawo engcwele ukuze ngihlale phakathi kwabo.

And they have made a sanctuary for Me, and I have dwelt in their midst;

9 Njengakho konke engizakutshengisa khona, isibonelo sethabhanekele, lesibonelo sempahla yalo yonke, lenze njalo-ke.

according to all that which I am showing you, the pattern of the Dwelling Place, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so you make [it].

10 Njalo bazakwenza umtshokotsho ngesihlahla sesinga; ubude bawo bube zingalo ezimbili lengxenye, lobubanzi bawo yingalo lengxenye, lokuphakama kwawo yingalo lengxenye.

And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

11 Uwuhuqe-ke ngegolide elicwengekileyo, uwuhuqe ngaphakathi langaphandle, wenze phezu kwawo umqolo wegolide inhlangothi zonke.

and you have overlaid it [with] pure gold, you overlay it inside and outside, and you have made a ring of gold on it all around.

12 Uwubumbele ngokuncibilikisa futhi amasongo amane egolide, uwafake emagumbini omane awo, ukuze amasongo amabili abe kolunye uhlangothi lwawo, lamasongo amabili abe kolunye uhlangothi lwawo.

And you have cast four rings of gold for it, and have put [them] on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

13 Njalo uzakwenza imijabo ngesihlahla sesinga, uyihuqe ngegolide,

and you have made poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] gold,

14 uyifake imijabo emasongweni enhlangothini zomtshokotsho, ukuthwala umtshokotsho ngayo.

and have brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark by them;

15 Imijabo izakuba semasongweni omtshokotsho, ayiyikukhutshwa kuwo.

the poles are in the rings of the Ark, they are not turned aside from it;

16 Ubusufaka emtshokotshweni ubufakazi engizakunika bona.

and you have put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark.

17 Njalo uzakwenza isihlalo somusa ngegolide elicwengekileyo, ubude baso bube zingalo ezimbili lengxenye, ububanzi baso yingalo lengxenye.

And you have made a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

18 Ubususenza amakherubhi amabili ngegolide, uzawenza ngomsebenzi okhandiweyo, avele emaphethelweni womabili esihlalo somusa.

and you have made two cherubim of gold; you make them beaten work at the two ends of the propitiatory covering;

19 Wenze elinye ikherubhi livele ephethelweni lwaloluhlangothi, lelinye ikherubhi livele ephethelweni lolunye uhlangothi, uzakwenza amakherubhi evela esihlalweni somusa emaphethelweni womabili aso.

and make one cherub at the end on this [side] and one cherub at the end on that [side]; at the propitiatory covering you make the cherubim on its two ends.

20 Lamakherubhi azakwelula impiko zawo ngaphezulu, ambomboze isihlalo somusa ngempiko zawo, lobuso bawo bukhangelane; ubuso bamakherubhi buzakhangela isihlalo somusa.

And the cherubim have been spreading out wings on high, covering over the propitiatory covering with their wings, and their faces [are] toward one another—the faces of the cherubim are toward the propitiatory covering.

21 Njalo uzasibeka isihlalo somusa ngaphezulu, phezu komtshokotsho, ufake emtshokotshweni ubufakazi engizakunika bona.

And you have put the propitiatory covering on the Ark above, and you put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark;

22 Ngizahlangana-ke lawe lapho, ngikhulume lawe ngingaphezu kwesihlalo somusa, ngiphakathi kwamakherubhi amabili aphezu komtshokotsho wobufakazi, konke engizakulaya khona kubantwana bakoIsrayeli.

and I have met with you there, and have spoken with you from off the propitiatory covering (from between the two cherubim, which [are] on the Ark of the Testimony) all that which I command you concerning the sons of Israel.

23 Uzakwenza futhi itafula ngesihlahla sesinga; ubude balo bube zingalo ezimbili, lobubanzi balo yingalo, lokuphakama kwalo yingalo lengxenye.

And you have made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

24 Uzalihuqa-ke ngegolide elicwengekileyo, wenze kulo umqolo wegolide inhlangothi zonke.

and have overlaid it [with] pure gold, and have made a crown of gold for it all around,

25 Uzakwenza kulo inhlangothi zonke ibhanti elingangobubanzi besandla, ulenzele ibhanti lalo umqolo wegolide inhlangothi zonke.

and have made a border of a handbreadth for it all around, and have made a crown of gold for its border all around.

26 Ulenzele futhi amasongo amane egolide, uwafake amasongo emagunjini amane asenyaweni zalo zozine.

And you have made four rings of gold for it, and have put the rings on the four corners, which [are] at its four feet;

27 Amasongo azakuba ngasebhantini ukuze abe zindawo zemijabo, ukuthwala itafula.

close by the border are the rings for places for poles to carry the table;

28 Njalo uzakwenza imijabo ngesihlahla sesinga, uyihuqe ngegolide, ukuze itafula lithwalwe ngayo;

and you have made the poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them with gold, and the table has been carried with them;

29 wenze futhi imiganu yalo lenkezo zalo lezitsha zalo lenditshi zalo abathela ngazo, uzenze ngegolide elicwengekileyo.

and you have made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; you make them of pure gold;

30 Uzabeka-ke etafuleni izinkwa zokubukiswa phambi kwami njalonjalo.

and you have put Bread of the Presentation on the table before Me continually.

31 Uzakwenza njalo uluthi lwesibane ngegolide elicwengekileyo; uluthi lwesibane luzakwenziwa ngomsebenzi okhandiweyo, isidindi salo, lezinti zalo, imbizana zalo, induku zalo, lamaluba alo, kuvele kulo.

And you have made a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand is made of beaten work; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knobs, and its flowers are of the same;

32 Njalo izinti eziyisithupha zizaphuma enhlangothini zalo; izinti ezintathu zoluthi lwesibane kolunye uhlangothi, lezinti ezintathu zoluthi lwesibane kolunye uhlangothi.

and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of the first side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the second side;

33 Imbizana ezintathu ezenziwe zafanana lamaluba esihlahla se-alimondi kolunye uluthi, isiduku leluba; lembizana ezintathu ezenziwe zafanana lamaluba esihlahla se-alimondi kolunye uluthi, isiduku leluba; kube njalo ezintini eziyisithupha eziphuma oluthini lwesibane.

three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower—so for the six branches which are coming out from the lampstand.

34 Oluthini lwesibane kube khona imbizana ezine ezenziwe zafanana lamaluba esihlahla se-alimondi, iziduku zalo lamaluba alo;

And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;

35 kube lesiduku ngaphansi kwezinti ezimbili ezivela kulo, lesiduku ngaphansi kwezinti ezimbili ezivela kulo, futhi isiduku ngaphansi kwezinti ezimbili ezivela kulo, njengezinti eziyisithupha eziphuma oluthini lwesibane.

and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, for the six branches which are coming out of the lampstand;

36 Iziduku zazo lezinti zazo zizavela kulo, lonke lube ngumsebenzi munye okhandiweyo wegolide elicwengekileyo.

their knobs and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold;

37 Uzakwenza futhi izibane zalo eziyisikhombisa, njalo bazalumathisa izibane zalo, bazazenza zikhanyise ehlangothini oluphambi kwalo.

and you have made its seven lamps, and [one] has caused its lamps to go up, and it has given light over [and] beyond its front.

38 Njalo indlawu zalo lemiganu yalo yomlotha kuzakuba ligolide elicwengekileyo.

And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold;

39 Kalwenziwe ngethalenta legolide elicwengekileyo, kanye lazo zonke lezizinto.

he makes it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels.

40 Nanzelela-ke ukuthi uzenze njengomfanekiso wazo, owatshengiswa wona entabeni.

Now see and make [them] by their pattern which you are shown on the mountain.”