U-Eksodusi 38
1 Wenza-ke ilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa ngesihlahla sesinga; ubude balo babuzingalo ezinhlanu, lobubanzi balo babuzingalo ezinhlanu, lilingana inhlangothi zozine, lokuphakama kwalo kwakuzingalo ezintathu.
Bezalel made the altar burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square and measured five cubits long by five cubits wide by three cubits high.
2 Wenza impondo zalo engonsini zalo zozine; impondo zalo zazivela kulo; walihuqa ngethusi.
He made horns for each of its corners, all one piece with the altar, and covered the whole altar with bronze.
3 Wenza zonke izinto zelathi, izimbiza lamafotsholo lemiganu yokufafaza lamafologwe lezitsha zokuthwala umlilo; zonke izinto zalo wazenza ngethusi.
He made all its utensils: buckets for removing ashes, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans. He made all its utensils of bronze.
4 Walenzela ilathi isihlengo sethusi esenziwe njengembule, ngaphansi komphetho walo, sehla saze safinyelela phakathi kwalo.
He made a bronze mesh grate for the altar and placed it under the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh came halfway down the altar.
5 Wabumba ngokuncibilikisa amasongo amane engonsini zozine zesihlengo sethusi, abe zindawo zemijabo.
He cast four bronze rings for the four corners of the grate as holders for the poles.
6 Wayenza imijabo ngesihlahla sesinga, wayihuqa ngethusi.
He made poles of acacia wood for the altar and covered them with bronze.
7 Wayifaka imijabo emasongweni enhlangothini zelathi ukuze lithwalwe ngayo; walenza lagubheka ngamapulanka.
He put the poles through the rings on either side of the altar so it could be carried. He made the altar hollow, using boards.
8 Wenza inditshi yokugezela ngethusi, lonyawo lwayo ngethusi, ngezibuko zabesifazana ababuthanayo, ababuthana emnyango wethente lenhlangano.
He made the bronze basin with its stand with bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
9 Wenza leguma; ehlangothini oluseningizimu ngaseningizimu kwakukhona amakhetheni eguma ayengawelembu elicolekileyo kakhulu lentambo ephothiweyo, izingalo ezilikhulu;
Then he made a courtyard. For the south side of the courtyard he made curtains of finely-spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
10 insika zawo ezingamatshumi amabili lezisekelo zawo ezingamatshumi amabili zazingezethusi, ingwegwe zensika lezibopho zazo zazingezesiliva.
with twenty posts and twenty bronze stands, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11 Lehlangothini olungenyakatho ingalo ezilikhulu; insika zawo ezingamatshumi amabili lezisekelo zawo ezingamatshumi amabili zazingezethusi; ingwegwe zezinsika lezibopho zazo zazingezesiliva.
Similarly he made curtains placed on the north side in an identical arrangement.
12 Lehlangothini olusentshonalanga kwakukhona amakhetheni azingalo ezingamatshumi amahlanu, lensika zawo ezilitshumi lezisekelo zawo ezilitshumi; ingwegwe zezinsika lezibopho zazo zazingezesiliva.
He made curtains for the west side of the courtyard fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten stands.
13 Lehlangothini olusempumalanga ngasempumalanga ingalo ezingamatshumi amahlanu.
The east side of the courtyard that faces the sunrise was fifty cubits wide.
14 Amakhetheni kwelinye icele ayezingalo ezilitshumi lanhlanu, insika zawo ezintathu lezisekelo zawo ezintathu.
He made the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three stands,
15 Lakwelinye icele, kwakukhona ngapha langapha komnyango weguma amakhetheni azingalo ezilitshumi lanhlanu, insika zawo ezintathu lezisekelo zawo ezintathu.
and the curtains on the other side just the same.
16 Wonke amakhetheni eguma inhlangothi zonke ayengawelembu elicolekileyo kakhulu lentambo ephothiweyo.
All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely-woven linen.
17 Lezisekelo zensika zazingezethusi, ingwegwe zezinsika lezibopho zazo zingezesiliva; ukuhuqwa kwezihloko zazo kwakungesiliva, lazo zonke insika zeguma zazilesibopho sesiliva.
The stands for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with silver. All the posts around the courtyard had silver bands.
18 Lesilenge somnyango weguma sasingumsebenzi womfekethisi ngenalithi, ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka lokuyibubende lokubomvu lelembu elicolekileyo kakhulu lentambo ephothiweyo; ubude babuzingalo ezingamatshumi amabili, lokuphakama ebubanzini kwakuzingalo ezinhlanu, kuvumelane lamakhetheni eguma.
The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and crimson thread, and finely-spun linen. It was twenty cubits long by five cubits high, the same height as the courtyard curtains.
19 Insika zawo ezine lezisekelo zawo ezine zingezethusi, ingwegwe zawo zingezesiliva, lokuhuqwa kwezihloko zawo lezibopho zawo kungesiliva.
It was held up by four posts and four stands. The posts had silver hooks, tops, and bands.
20 Lazo zonke izikhonkwane zethabhanekele lezeguma inhlangothi zonke zazingezethusi.
All the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were made of bronze.
21 Leli linani lezinto zethabhanekele, ithabhanekele lobufakazi, ezabalwayo njengokulaya kukaMozisi, umsebenzi wamaLevi, ngesandla sikaIthamari indodana kaAroni umpristi.
The following is what was used for the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony, recorded at Moses' direction by the Levites under the supervision of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
22 UBhezaleli indodana kaUri indodana kaHuri owesizwe sakoJuda wasekwenza konke njengalokho iNkosi ibimlayile uMozisi;
Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had ordered Moses to make.
23 njalo kanye laye kwakuloOholiyaba indodana kaAhisamaki owesizwe sakoDani, umbazi wamatshe, lengcitshi, lomfekethisi ngenalithi ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka lokuyibubende lokubomvu lelembu elicolekileyo kakhulu.
He was assisted by Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer using blue, purple, and crimson thread and finely-woven linen.
24 Lonke igolide elasetshenziswa emsebenzini, kuwo wonke umsebenzi wendlu engcwele, ngitsho igolide lomnikelo wokuzunguzwa, lalingamathalenta angamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye lamashekeli angamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi amathathu, ngokweshekeli lendlu engcwele.
The total amount of gold from the offering that was used for the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, (using the sanctuary shekel standard).
25 Lesiliva sababalwayo benhlangano sasingamathalenta alikhulu lamashekeli ayinkulungwane lamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi ayisikhombisa lanhlanu ngokweshekeli lendlu engcwele;
The total amount of silver from those who had been counted in the census was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels (using the sanctuary shekel standard).
26 kwaba libheka ngekhanda linye, ingxenye yeshekeli, njengokweshekeli lendlu engcwele, kuye wonke odlulela kwababaliweyo, kusukela kwabaleminyaka engamatshumi amabili langaphezulu; abazinkulungwane ezingamakhulu eziyisithupha lantathu lamakhulu amahlanu lamatshumi amahlanu.
This represents a beka per person, or half a shekel, (using the sanctuary shekel standard) from everyone twenty years of age or older who had been censused, a total of 603,550 men.
27 Njalo kwakulamathalenta alikhulu esiliva ukubumba ngokuncibilikisa izisekelo zendlu engcwele lezisekelo zeveyili, izisekelo ezilikhulu ngamathalenta alikhulu, ithalenta ngesisekelo.
The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the sanctuary stands and the curtain stands, 100 bases from the 100 talents, or one talent per base.
28 Lokwamashekeli ayinkulungwane lamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi ayisikhombisa lanhlanu wenza ingwegwe zensika, wahuqa inhloko zazo wazenzela izibopho.
Bezalel used the 1,775 shekels of silver to make the hooks for the posts, cover their tops, and make bands for them.
29 Lethusi lomnikelo wokuzunguzwa lalingamathalenta angamatshumi ayisikhombisa lamashekeli azinkulungwane ezimbili lamakhulu amane.
The total amount of bronze from the offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
30 Wenza ngalo izisekelo zomnyango wethente lenhlangano, lelathi lethusi, lesihlengo sethusi elalilaso, lezinto zonke zelathi,
Bezalel used it to make the stands for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grate, all the utensils for the altar,
31 lezisekelo zeguma inhlangothi zonke, lezisekelo zesango leguma, lazo zonke izikhonkwane zethabhanekele, lezikhonkwane zonke zeguma inhlangothi zonke.
the stands for the courtyard and its entrance, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.
