Kutoka 40
1 Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose:
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Simika Maskani ya Mungu, yaani Hema la Kukutania, katika siku ya kwanza ya mwezi wa kwanza.
“On the first day of the first month of the new year you must set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
3 Weka Sanduku la Ushuhuda ndani yake na ulifunike kwa pazia. Ingiza meza na kupanga vitu vyake juu yake.
You must place the ark of the testimony in it, and you must shield the ark with the curtain.
4 Kisha ingiza kinara cha taa na uweke taa zake juu yake.
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 Weka madhabahu ya dhahabu ya kufukizia uvumba mbele ya Sanduku la Ushuhuda kisha uweke pazia kwenye lango la Maskani ya Mungu.
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 “Weka madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa mbele ya lango la Maskani ya Mungu, yaani Hema la Kukutania;
You must put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
7 weka sinia kati ya Hema la Kukutania na madhabahu, na uweke maji ndani yake.
You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it.
8 Fanyiza ua kuzunguka maskani na uweke pazia penye ingilio la ua.
You must set up the courtyard around it, and you must hang up the curtain at the courtyard entrance.
9 “Chukua mafuta ya upako, ipake Maskani ya Mungu pamoja na kila kitu kilichomo ndani yake; iweke wakfu pamoja na vitu vyote vilivyomo ndani mwake, nayo itakuwa takatifu.
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 Kisha yapake mafuta hayo madhabahu ya kuteketezea sadaka pamoja na vifaa vyake vyote; weka wakfu madhabahu nayo yatakuwa takatifu sana.
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 Paka sinia mafuta pamoja na kishikilio chake na uviweke wakfu.
You must anoint the bronze basin and its base and set it apart to me.
12 “Mlete Aroni na wanawe kwenye ingilio la Hema la Kukutania na uwaoshe kwa maji.
You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and you must wash them with water.
13 Kisha mvike Aroni yale mavazi matakatifu, umtie mafuta na kumweka wakfu ili apate kunitumikia katikati ya ukuhani.
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 Walete wanawe na uwavike makoti.
You are to bring his sons and clothe them with coats.
15 Kisha watie mafuta kama ulivyomtia baba yao, ili nao pia wanitumikie katika kazi ya ukuhani. Kutiwa mafuta kwao kutakuwa kwa ajili ya ukuhani utakaoendelea kwa vizazi vyote vijavyo.”
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 Mose akafanya kila kitu sawa kama vile Bwana alivyomwagiza.
This is what Moses did; he followed all that Yahweh had commanded him. He did all these things.
17 Kwa hiyo Maskani ya Mungu ilisimikwa katika siku ya kwanza ya mwezi wa kwanza, katika mwaka wa pili.
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
18 Mose alipoweka wakfu Maskani ya Mungu, aliweka vitako mahali pake, akasimamisha mihimili, akatia mataruma na kusimamisha nguzo.
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 Kisha akalitandaza hema juu ya Maskani ya Mungu na kuifunika hema, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza.
He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put tent over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
20 Akachukua ule Ushuhuda na kuuweka ndani ya Sanduku la Agano, akaweka ile mipiko ya kubebea hilo Sanduku na kuweka kiti cha rehema juu yake.
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 Kisha Mose akalileta Sanduku ndani ya Maskani ya Mungu, akatundika pazia ili kulifunika Sanduku la Ushuhuda, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza.
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 Mose akaweka meza ndani ya Hema la Kukutania, upande wa kaskazini ya Maskani ya Mungu nje ya pazia
He put the table into the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.
23 na kupanga mikate juu yake mbele za Bwana, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza.
He placed the bread in order on the table before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
24 Akaweka kinara cha taa ndani ya Hema la Kukutania mkabala na meza upande wa kusini mwa Maskani ya Mungu
He put the lampstand into the tent of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 na kuziweka taa mbele za Bwana, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza.
He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
26 Mose akaweka madhabahu ya dhahabu ndani ya Hema la Kukutania mbele ya pazia
He put the golden incense altar into the tent of meeting in front of the curtain.
27 na kufukiza uvumba wenye harufu nzuri, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza.
He burned fragrant incense on it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
28 Kisha akaweka pazia kwenye ingilio la Maskani ya Mungu.
He hung the curtain at the tabernacle entrance.
29 Mose akaweka madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa karibu na ingilio la Maskani ya Mungu, yaani Hema la Kukutania, na kutoa juu yake sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za nafaka kama Bwana alivyomwagiza.
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 Akaweka sinia kati ya Hema la Kukutania na madhabahu, akaweka maji ndani yake kwa ajili ya kunawia,
He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and he put water in it for washing.
31 Naye Mose, Aroni na wanawe wakayatumia kwa kunawia mikono na miguu yao.
Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from the basin
32 Wakanawa kila walipoingia katika Hema la Kukutania au walipoikaribia madhabahu kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose.
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 Kisha Mose akafanya ua kuizunguka Maskani ya Mungu na madhabahu, pia akaweka pazia kwenye ingilio la huo ua. Hivyo Mose akaikamilisha kazi.
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 Ndipo wingu likafunika Hema la Kukutania, na utukufu wa Bwana ukaijaza Maskani ya Mungu.
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
35 Mose hakuweza kuingia ndani ya Hema la Kukutania kwa sababu wingu lilikuwa limetua juu ya Hema, nao utukufu wa Bwana ukaijaza Maskani ya Mungu.
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 Katika safari yote ya Waisraeli, kila wakati wingu lilipoinuka kutoka juu ya Maskani ya Mungu, wangeondoka;
Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey.
37 lakini kama wingu halikuinuka, hawakuondoka, mpaka siku lilipoinuka.
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 Kwa hiyo wingu la Bwana lilikuwa juu ya maskani mchana, na moto ulikuwa katika hilo wingu wakati wa usiku, machoni pa nyumba yote ya Israeli siku zote za safari zao.
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.
