ʻEkisotosi 25

1 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Ke ke lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ke nau ʻomi kiate au ʻae meʻaʻofa; pea ʻilonga ʻae tangata kotoa pē ʻoku foaki loto lelei pe, te mou maʻu mei ai ʻeku meʻaʻofa.

“Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

3 Pea ko e meʻaʻofa ʻeni te mou maʻu ʻiate kinautolu; ko e koula, mo e siliva, mo e palasa.

This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,

4 Mo e lanumoana, mo e paʻuhiʻuhi, mo e kulaʻahoʻaho, mo e silika, mo e fulufuluʻi kosi,

blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,

5 Mo e kili ʻoe sipitangata kuo tuku kula, mo e kili ʻoe pasa, mo e ʻakau ko e sitimi,

rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

6 Mo e lolo ke maama ʻaki, mo e ʻakau nanamu ki he lolo tākai, pea ki he meʻa namu kakala.

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

7 Ko e maka ko e oniki, mo e maka ke ʻai ki he ʻefoti, pea ki he sifa fatafata.

onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

8 Pea tuku ke nau ngaohi kiate au ʻae Potu Toputapu; koeʻuhi ke u nofo ʻiate kinautolu.

Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

9 Te mou ngaohi ia ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē te u fakahā kiate koe, ki he fakatātā ʻoe fale fehikitaki, mo e fakatātā ʻo hono ngaahi nāunau kotoa pē.

According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

10 “Pea te nau ngaohi ha puha ʻoe ʻakau ko e sitimi: ko e hanga ʻe nima mo e toe ʻa hono lōloa ʻo ia, pea ko e hanga ʻe tolu ʻa hono māukupu, mo e hanga ʻe tolu ʻa hono māʻolunga.

“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

11 Pea ke ʻaofi ʻaki ia ʻae koula haohaoa, ke ke ʻaofi ia ʻi loto mo tuʻa, pea ke ngaohi ʻi ai ʻae tatā koula ke takatakai.

You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

12 Pea te ke ngaohi hono kavei koula ʻe fā, ʻo ʻai ia ki hono tuliki ʻe fā; ʻe ai ʻae kavei ʻe ua ʻi hono faʻahi ʻe taha, mo e kavei ʻe ua ʻi hono faʻahi ʻe taha.

You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

13 Pea ke ngaohi ʻae ongo haʻamo mei he ʻakau ko e sitimi, ʻo ʻaofi ia ʻaki ʻae koula.

You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 Pea ke velo ʻae haʻamo ki he kavei ʻi he potu ʻe ua ʻoe puha, koeʻuhi ke haʻamo ʻaki ʻae puha.

You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

15 ‌ʻE tuku maʻuaipē ʻae ongo haʻamo ʻi he kavei ʻoe puha: ʻe ʻikai toʻo ʻo ʻave ia mei ai.

The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

16 Pea te ke ai ki he loto puha ʻae tohi ʻoe fuakava, ʻaia te u ʻatu kiate koe.

You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.

17 “Pea te ke ngaohi ʻae nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa ʻaki ʻae koula haohaoa: ko e hanga ʻe nima ʻa hono lōloa ʻo ia, mo e hanga ʻe tolu ʻa hono māukupu.

You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

18 Pea te ke ngaohi ʻae selupimi koula ʻe ua, ke ke ngaohi ia ʻaki ʻae koula tuki, ʻi hono tā ʻe ua ʻoe nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa.

You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 Pea te ke ngaohi ʻae selupi ʻe taha[ke tuʻu ]ʻi he tā ʻe taha, mo e selupi ʻe taha [ke tuʻu ]ʻi he tā ʻe taha; ʻe ʻi he nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa ʻae ongo selupimi ʻi hono tā ʻe ua ʻo ia.

Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

20 Pea ʻe mafola atu hona kapakau ʻi ʻolunga ʻe he ongo selupimi, ke maluʻi ʻae nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa ʻaki hona kapakau, pea ʻe fehangaʻaki hona mata, ʻo na femamataʻaki; pea ʻe hanga ki he nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa ʻae mata ʻoe ongo selupimi.

The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

21 Pea te ke hilifaki ʻae nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa ki ʻolunga ki he funga puha; pea te ke ʻai ki loto ʻi he puha ʻae tohi ʻoe fuakava ʻaia te u ʻatu kiate koe.

You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.

22 Pea te u fakafetaulaki ʻi ai kiate koe, pea te tā lea ai mo koe mei ʻolunga ʻi he nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa, mei he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo selupimi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he funga ʻoe puha ʻoe fuakava, ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻaia te u fekau atu ai kiate koe, ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.

There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

23 “Pea te ke ngaohi foki ʻae palepale mei he ʻakau ko e sitimi: ko e hanga ʻe fā ʻa hono lōloa, mo e hanga ʻe ua ʻa hono māukupu ʻo ia, mo e hanga ʻe tolu ʻa hono māʻolunga.

“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Its length shall be two cubits, and its width a cubit, and its height one and a half cubits.

24 Pea te ke ʻaofi ia ʻaki ʻae koula haohaoa, mo ke ngaohi ʻi ai ʻae tatā koula ke takatakai.

You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

25 Pea te ke ngaohi ki ai hono tapa takatakai ko e ʻaofinima ʻe taha hono lau lahi; pea ke ngaohi ha tatā takatakai.

You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.

26 Pea te ke ngaohi hono kavei koula ʻe fā, pea ʻai ʻae kavei ki hono tuliki ʻe fā, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi hono vaʻe ʻe fā.

You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

27 ‌ʻE tuʻu hanga tonu atu ʻae ngaahi kavei mo hono tapa ke velo ai ʻae ʻakau ke haʻamo ʻaki ʻae palepale.

The rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

28 Pea te ke ngaohi ʻae haʻamo ʻaki ʻae ʻakau ko e sitimi, ʻo ʻaofi ʻaki ia ʻae koula, ke haʻamo ʻaki ʻae palepale.

You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

29 Pea te ke ngaohi ʻa hono ngaahi ipu, mo hono ngaahi meʻa ohu, mo hono ngaahi tāpuni, mo hono ngaahi ipu luoluo, ke lingi ki ai: ke ke ngaohi ia kotoa pē ʻaki ʻae koula haohaoa.

You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls with which to pour out offerings. You shall make them of pure gold.

30 Pea te ke hili maʻuaipē ʻae mā ʻoe ʻao ki he palepale ʻi hoku ʻao.

You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

31 “Pea te ke ngaohi ʻae tuʻunga maama koula haohaoa: ʻe ngaohi ʻae tuʻunga maama ʻaki ʻae ngāue tuki: ko hono kau, mo hono ngaahi pasanga mo hono ngaahi ipu siʻi, mo hono ngaahi teunga potopoto, mo hono ngaahi fisiʻiʻakau, ʻe ʻi he meʻa pe ko ia.

“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

32 Pea ʻe tuʻu ʻae pasanga ʻe ono mei hono potu ʻe ua: ko e pasanga ʻe tolu mei he potu ʻe taha ʻoe tuʻunga maama, mo e pasanga ʻe tolu mei he potu kehe ʻoe tuʻunga maama:

There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side;

33 Ko e ipu ʻaiʻanga lolo ʻe tolu kuo ngaohi ʻo hangē ko e fuaʻi telie, ko e teunga potopoto mo hono fisiʻiʻakau ʻi he pasanga ʻe taha; mo e ipu ʻaiʻanga lolo ʻe tolu kuo ngaohi ʻo hangē ko e fuaʻi telie ʻi he pasanga ʻe taha, mo hono teunga potopoto mo hono fisiʻiʻakau: pea ʻe pehē pe ʻi he pasanga ʻe ono ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he tuʻunga maama.

three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand;

34 Pea ʻe ʻai ʻae ipu ʻaiʻanga lolo ʻe fā ʻi he tuʻunga maama kuo ngaohi ʻo hangē ko e fuaʻi telie mo honau ngaahi teunga potopoto mo hono ngaahi fisiʻiʻakau.

and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

35 Pea ʻe ʻai ʻae teunga potopoto ʻe taha ʻi lalo ʻi he pasanga ʻe ua, mo e teunga potopoto ʻe taha ʻi lalo ʻi he pasanga ʻe ua, mo e teunga potopoto ʻe taha ʻi lalo ʻi he pasanga ʻe ua, ʻo fakatatau ki he pasanga ʻe ono ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he tuʻunga maama.

and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.

36 Ko honau ngaahi teunga potopoto mo e ngaahi pasanga, ʻe ngaohi ia kotoa pē ʻi he koula haohaoa kuo tuki.

Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

37 Pea te ke ngaohi hono foʻi maama ʻe fitu ʻo ia: pea te nau tutu ʻae maama ʻi ai, koeʻuhi ke nau fakamaama ʻae potu ko ia.

You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

38 Pea ko hono helekosi, mo hono ʻaiʻanga efu; ʻe ngaohi ʻaki ia ʻae koula haohaoa.

Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

39 Te ne ngaohi ia mo e ngaahi ipu ni kotoa pē, ʻaki ʻae taleniti koula haohaoa pe taha.

It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

40 Pea vakai ʻe koe, ke ngaohi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, ʻo fakatatau ki hono fakatātā, ʻaia naʻe fakahā kiate koe ʻi he moʻunga.

See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.