U-Eksodusi 40
1 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Ngosuku lwenyanga yokuqala, ngolokuqala lwenyanga, uzamisa ithabhanekele, ithente lenhlangano,
“On the first day of the first month of the new year you must set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
3 ubusufaka lapho umtshokotsho wobufakazi, umbomboze umtshokotsho ngeveyili.
You must place the ark of the testimony in it, and you must shield the ark with the curtain.
4 Ungenise itafula, uhlele okuhlelwayo phezu kwalo; ungenise uluthi lwesibane, ulumathise izibane zalo.
You must bring in the table and set in order the things that belong on it. Then you must bring in the lampstand and set up the lamps.
5 Ubeke ilathi legolide lempepha phambi komtshokotsho wobufakazi, ulengise isilenge somnyango wethabhanekele.
You must put the golden incense altar before the ark of the testimony, and you must put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
6 Ubeke ilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa phambi komnyango wethabhanekele wethente lenhlangano,
You must put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
7 ubeke inditshi yokugezela phakathi kwethente lenhlangano lelathi, uthele amanzi lapho.
You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it.
8 Umise iguma inhlangothi zonke, ulengise isilenge sesango leguma.
You must set up the courtyard around it, and you must hang up the curtain at the courtyard entrance.
9 Uthathe amafutha okugcoba, ugcobe ithabhanekele lakho konke okukulo, ulingcwelise lempahla yalo yonke, njalo lizakuba ngcwele.
You must take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it. You must set it apart and all its furnishings to me; then it will be holy.
10 Njalo ugcobe ilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa lezitsha zalo zonke, ulingcwelise ilathi, njalo ilathi lizakuba yingcwelengcwele.
You must anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You must set apart the altar to me and it will become very holy to me.
11 Njalo ugcobe inditshi yokugezela lonyawo lwayo, uyingcwelise.
You must anoint the bronze basin and its base and set it apart to me.
12 Usondeze uAroni lamadodana akhe emnyango wethente lenhlangano, ubagezise ngamanzi.
You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and you must wash them with water.
13 Ugqokise uAroni izembatho ezingcwele, umgcobe, umngcwelise, ukuze angisebenzele njengompristi.
You are to clothe Aaron with the garments that are set apart to me, anoint him and set him apart so that he may serve as my priest.
14 Usondeze amadodana akhe, uwagqokise izigqoko,
You are to bring his sons and clothe them with coats.
15 uwagcobe njengalokhu ugcobe uyise, ukuze angisebenzele njengabapristi; kuzakuthi-ke ukugcotshwa kwabo kuzakuba kubo yibupristi obuphakade kuzizukulwana zabo.
You must anoint them as you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will make for them a permanent priesthood throughout their people's generations.”
16 UMozisi wenza njengakho konke iNkosi eyayimlaye khona; wenza njalo.
This is what Moses did; he followed all that Yahweh had commanded him. He did all these things.
17 Kwasekusithi ngenyanga yokuqala ngomnyaka wesibili ngolokuqala lwenyanga ithabhanekele lamiswa.
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
18 UMozisi wasemisa ithabhanekele; wabeka phansi izisekelo zalo, wamisa amapulanka alo, wafaka imithando yalo, wamisa insika zalo.
Moses set up the tabernacle, put its bases in place, set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its pillars and posts.
19 Wendlala ithente phezu kwethabhanekele, wabeka isifulelo sethente phezu kwalo phezulu, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put tent over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
20 Wathatha wafaka ubufakazi emtshokotshweni, wafaka imijabo emtshokotshweni, wafaka isihlalo somusa ngaphezu komtshokotsho phezulu.
He took the covenant decrees and put them into the ark. He also placed the poles on the ark and put the atonement lid on it.
21 Wangenisa umtshokotsho ethabhanekeleni, wamisa iveyili lesembeso wambomboza umtshokotsho wobufakazi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle. He set up the curtain for it to shield the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh had commanded him.
22 Wasefaka itafula ethenteni lenhlangano, eceleni kwethabhanekele ngenyakatho ngaphandle kweveyili,
He put the table into the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.
23 wahlela isinkwa ngohlelo phezu kwalo phambi kweNkosi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
He placed the bread in order on the table before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
24 Wafaka uluthi lwesibane ethenteni lenhlangano, maqondana letafula, eceleni kwethabhanekele ngeningizimu.
He put the lampstand into the tent of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 Walumathisa izibane phambi kweNkosi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
26 Wafaka ilathi legolide ethenteni lenhlangano phambi kweveyili,
He put the golden incense altar into the tent of meeting in front of the curtain.
27 watshisa kulo impepha elephunga elimnandi, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
He burned fragrant incense on it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
28 Walengisa isilenge somnyango wethabhanekele.
He hung the curtain at the tabernacle entrance.
29 Wabeka ilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa emnyango wethabhanekele lethente lenhlangano, wanikela kulo umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wokudla, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
He put the altar for the burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. He offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahweh had commanded him.
30 Wabeka inditshi yokugezela phakathi kwethente lenhlangano lelathi, wathela lapho amanzi okugeza.
He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and he put water in it for washing.
31 UMozisi loAroni lamadodana akhe bagezela kuyo izandla zabo lenyawo zabo;
Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from the basin
32 ekungeneni kwabo ethenteni lenhlangano lekusondeleni kwabo elathini bageza, njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi.
whenever they would go into the tent of meeting and whenever they would go up to the altar. They washed themselves, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
33 Wasemisa iguma lazingelezela ithabhanekele lelathi, walengisa isilenge sesango leguma. UMozisi wasewuqeda umsebenzi.
Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar. He set up the curtain at the courtyard entrance. In this way, Moses finished the work.
34 Iyezi laselisibekela ithente lenhlangano, lenkazimulo yeNkosi yagcwalisa ithabhanekele.
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
35 Ngakho uMozisi wayengelakungena ethenteni lenhlangano, ngoba iyezi lahlala phezu kwalo lenkazimulo yeNkosi yagcwalisa ithabhanekele.
Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and because Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
36 Lalapho iyezi lisenyuswa lisuka ethabhanekeleni, abantwana bakoIsrayeli baqhubekela phambili enhambeni zabo zonke,
Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey.
37 kodwa lapho iyezi lingenyuswanga kabahambanga kuze kufike usuku lokwenyuswa kwalo.
But if the cloud did not rise up from the tabernacle, then the people would not travel. They would stay until the day that it was lifted up.
38 Ngoba iyezi leNkosi laliphezu kwethabhanekele emini, lomlilo wawuphezu kwalo ebusuku, phambi kwamehlo endlu yonke yakoIsrayeli, enhambeni zabo zonke.
For Yahweh's cloud was over the tabernacle by day, and his fire was over it by night, in plain view of all the people of Israel throughout their journey.
