U-Eksodusi 25

1 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

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

'And this [is] the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass,

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 badgers' 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 perfume 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 for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst;

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

according to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so ye do 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 thou hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.

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 thou hast cast for it four rings of gold, and hast 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 thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] gold,

14 uyifake imijabo emasongweni enhlangothini zomtshokotsho, ukuthwala umtshokotsho ngayo.

and hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them,

15 Imijabo izakuba semasongweni omtshokotsho, ayiyikukhutshwa kuwo.

in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;

16 Ubusufaka emtshokotshweni ubufakazi engizakunika bona.

and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.

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

'And thou hast made a mercy-seat 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 thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

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

and make thou one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that; at the mercy-seat ye do make the cherubs 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 cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces [are] one towards another — towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

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

'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee;

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 thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which [are] on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons of Israel.

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

'And thou hast 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 hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about,

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

and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.

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

'And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which [are] to its four feet;

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

over-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table;

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

and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them;

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

and thou hast made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; of pure gold thou dost make them;

30 Uzabeka-ke etafuleni izinkwa zokubukiswa phambi kwami njalonjalo.

and thou hast put on the table bread of the presence 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 thou hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, 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 candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick 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 the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.

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

'And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knops 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 knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, [are] to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick;

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

their knops 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 thou hast made its seven lamps, and [one] hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against 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.

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

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

And see thou and do [them] by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.