U-Eksodusi 40
1 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Ngosuku lwenyanga yokuqala, ngolokuqala lwenyanga, uzamisa ithabhanekele, ithente lenhlangano,
“In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,
3 ubusufaka lapho umtshokotsho wobufakazi, umbomboze umtshokotsho ngeveyili.
and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.
4 Ungenise itafula, uhlele okuhlelwayo phezu kwalo; ungenise uluthi lwesibane, ulumathise izibane zalo.
And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,
5 Ubeke ilathi legolide lempepha phambi komtshokotsho wobufakazi, ulengise isilenge somnyango wethabhanekele.
and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,
6 Ubeke ilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa phambi komnyango wethabhanekele wethente lenhlangano,
and before it, the altar of holocaust.
7 ubeke inditshi yokugezela phakathi kwethente lenhlangano lelathi, uthele amanzi lapho.
The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.
8 Umise iguma inhlangothi zonke, ulengise isilenge sesango leguma.
And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.
9 Uthathe amafutha okugcoba, ugcobe ithabhanekele lakho konke okukulo, ulingcwelise lempahla yalo yonke, njalo lizakuba ngcwele.
And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.
10 Njalo ugcobe ilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa lezitsha zalo zonke, ulingcwelise ilathi, njalo ilathi lizakuba yingcwelengcwele.
The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,
11 Njalo ugcobe inditshi yokugezela lonyawo lwayo, uyingcwelise.
the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.
12 Usondeze uAroni lamadodana akhe emnyango wethente lenhlangano, ubagezise ngamanzi.
And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,
13 Ugqokise uAroni izembatho ezingcwele, umgcobe, umngcwelise, ukuze angisebenzele njengompristi.
14 Usondeze amadodana akhe, uwagqokise izigqoko,
15 uwagcobe njengalokhu ugcobe uyise, ukuze angisebenzele njengabapristi; kuzakuthi-ke ukugcotshwa kwabo kuzakuba kubo yibupristi obuphakade kuzizukulwana zabo.
you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”
16 UMozisi wenza njengakho konke iNkosi eyayimlaye khona; wenza njalo.
And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.
17 Kwasekusithi ngenyanga yokuqala ngomnyaka wesibili ngolokuqala lwenyanga ithabhanekele lamiswa.
Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.
18 UMozisi wasemisa ithabhanekele; wabeka phansi izisekelo zalo, wamisa amapulanka alo, wafaka imithando yalo, wamisa insika zalo.
And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,
19 Wendlala ithente phezu kwethabhanekele, wabeka isifulelo sethente phezu kwalo phezulu, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.
20 Wathatha wafaka ubufakazi emtshokotshweni, wafaka imijabo emtshokotshweni, wafaka isihlalo somusa ngaphezu komtshokotsho phezulu.
And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.
21 Wangenisa umtshokotsho ethabhanekeleni, wamisa iveyili lesembeso wambomboza umtshokotsho wobufakazi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.
22 Wasefaka itafula ethenteni lenhlangano, eceleni kwethabhanekele ngenyakatho ngaphandle kweveyili,
And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
23 wahlela isinkwa ngohlelo phezu kwalo phambi kweNkosi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
24 Wafaka uluthi lwesibane ethenteni lenhlangano, maqondana letafula, eceleni kwethabhanekele ngeningizimu.
And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,
25 Walumathisa izibane phambi kweNkosi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
26 Wafaka ilathi legolide ethenteni lenhlangano phambi kweveyili,
He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,
27 watshisa kulo impepha elephunga elimnandi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
28 Walengisa isilenge somnyango wethabhanekele.
And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,
29 Wabeka ilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa emnyango wethabhanekele lethente lenhlangano, wanikela kulo umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wokudla, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.
30 Wabeka inditshi yokugezela phakathi kwethente lenhlangano lelathi, wathela lapho amanzi okugeza.
Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
31 UMozisi loAroni lamadodana akhe bagezela kuyo izandla zabo lenyawo zabo;
And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,
32 ekungeneni kwabo ethenteni lenhlangano lekusondeleni kwabo elathini bageza, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
33 Wasemisa iguma lazingelezela ithabhanekele lelathi, walengisa isilenge sesango leguma. UMozisi wasewuqeda umsebenzi.
And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,
34 Iyezi laselisibekela ithente lenhlangano, lenkazimulo yeNkosi yagcwalisa ithabhanekele.
the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
35 Ngakho uMozisi wayengelakungena ethenteni lenhlangano, ngoba iyezi lahlala phezu kwalo lenkazimulo yeNkosi yagcwalisa ithabhanekele.
Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.
36 Lalapho iyezi lisenyuswa lisuka ethabhanekeleni, abantwana bakoIsrayeli baqhubekela phambili enhambeni zabo zonke,
Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.
37 kodwa lapho iyezi lingenyuswanga kabahambanga kuze kufike usuku lokwenyuswa kwalo.
But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.
38 Ngoba iyezi leNkosi laliphezu kwethabhanekele emini, lomlilo wawuphezu kwalo ebusuku, phambi kwamehlo endlu yonke yakoIsrayeli, enhambeni zabo zonke.
Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.
