2 Mose 36
1 Adwumfo a wɔaka a Onyankopɔn ama wɔn ɔdom akyɛde no nyinaa bɛboa Besaleel ne Oholiab na wɔasi asiesie Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu sɛnea Awurade ahyɛ no.”
“Bezalel and Oholiab, and all the other men to whom Yahweh has given ability and enabled them to understand how to do all the work to make the Sacred Tent, must make everything just as Yahweh has commanded.”
2 Enti Mose ka kyerɛɛ Besaleel ne Oholiab ne wɔn a wɔaka na wɔte nka sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔboa dwumadi no sɛ womfiti ase.
So Moses/I summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the work.
3 Mose de nneɛma a nnipa no de bɛkyɛɛ no maa wɔn, na adekyee biara nso, na wonya akyɛde foforo.
Moses/I gave them all the things that the people had brought as offerings to Yahweh for making the Sacred Tent. But the people continued bringing more things every morning.
4 Akyiri no, adwumayɛfo no nyinaa gyaee wɔn adwumayɛ no
As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me
5 kɔɔ Mose nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Nneɛma a yɛn nsa aka no dɔɔso sen nea yehia.”
and said, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!”
6 Enti Mose somaa obi maa ɔkɔɔ wɔn nyinaa so kɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, afei de, obiara mmmɛkyɛ wɔn ade bio. Na obiara amfa hwee amma bio.
So Moses/I gave the skilled men this message that was proclaimed throughout the camp: “No one should bring anything more as an offering to make the Sacred Tent!” When the people [heard that], they did not bring anything more.
7 Efisɛ na nneɛma a wɔwɔ no bɛso dwuma no di ama aboro so mpo.
What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. [In fact], it was more than was needed!
8 Wɔn a wonim adwinni pa ara no de asaawa a wɔanwen yɛɛ Ntamadan no nsɛnanotam du a emu bi yɛ tuntum, bibiri ne koogyan a wɔayɛ kerubim agu mu.
All the most skilled men among the workmen made the Sacred Tent. They made it from ten strips of fine linen, and carefully embroidered it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make figures that resembled the winged creatures.
9 Nkataano du no nyinaa kɛse yɛ pɛ. Emu biara tenten yɛ anammɔn aduanan abien na ne trɛw nso yɛ anammɔn asia.
Each strip was (14 yards/twelve meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
10 Wɔkekaa ntama bamma anum sisii anim nyaa nkataano baako. Na wɔkekaa ntama bamma anum a aka no nso sisii anim nyaa nkataano foforo.
They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set.
11 Wɔde ntama bibiri bamma aduonum wurawuraa nkataano a wɔkeka sisii anim no mu biara ano
For each set, they made loops of blue [cloth] and fastened them on the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set.
12 a hentia baako biara ne baako di nhwɛanim.
They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.
13 Afei, wɔyɛɛ sika nkɔtɔkoro aduonum de susoo nkɔtɔkoro no mu maa nkataano ahorow abien no yɛɛ nkataano baako.
They made 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. In that way, the inside of the Sacred Tent was [as though it was] one piece.
14 Wɔde ntama nkataso dubaako a wɔde mmirekyi nwi na ayɛ
They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.
15 a ne nyinaa tenten yɛ anammɔn aduanan anum na ne trɛw yɛ anammɔn asia kataa Ntamadan no so.
Each piece of cloth was (15 yards/13.5 meters) long and (2 yards/1.8 meters) wide.
16 Besaleel kekaa saa nkataso yi anum sisii anim ma ɛyɛɛ bamma tenten baako na ɔsan de afoforo asia sisii anim maa ɛno nso yɛɛ bamma tenten baako.
They sewed five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and they sewed the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set.
17 Afei, ɔbobɔɔ nkɔtɔkoro aduonum wɔ emu biara ano
They made 100 loops [of blue cloth]. They fastened 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and they fastened 50 to the outer edge of the other set.
18 na ɔyɛɛ kɔbere nkɔtɔkoro aduonum de koakoaa nkɔtɔkoro no, sɛnea ɛbɛma nkataho no akyere pintinn.
They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.
19 Wosiesiee nneɛma ahorow abien de bɔɔ ɔdan no so. Nea edi kan no yɛ odwennini were a wahyɛ no kɔkɔɔ, nea ɛto so abien yɛ abirekyi were a ɛsɔ.
They made two more covers for the Sacred Tent. They made one from rams’ skins that had been (tanned/dyed red), and they made the top cover from goatskin leather.
20 Wɔde ɔkanto yɛɛ ntaaboo de twaa Ahyiae Ntamadan no ho.
They made frames from acacia wood and set them up [to support the covers for the Sacred Tent].
21 Mpuran biara sorokɔ nyɛ anammɔn dunum na ne trɛw nyɛ anammɔn abien ne kakra,
Each frame was (15 feet/4.5 meters) long and (27 in./66 cm.) wide.
22 nkɔtɔkoro abien wɔ mpuran biara ase, na mpuran biara yɛ pɛ.
They made two projections at the bottom of each frame. These were for fastening the frames to the bases underneath them. Each frame had these projections.
23 Na Ahyiae Ntamadan no ntaaboo aduonu kyerɛ nʼanafo
The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.
24 a wɔn ase sisi dwetɛ nnyinaso aduanan so. Nnyinaso no abien abien hyehyɛ mpuran biara ase.
They made 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases went under each frame. The projections on each frame fit into these bases.
25 Ahyiae Ntamadan no atifi fam nso, na wɔde ntaaboo aduonu atwa ho
[Similarly], they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.
26 a esisi dwetɛ nnyinaso aduanan so a mpuran baako besi nnyinaso abien so.
They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame.
27 Ahyiae Ntamadan no fa a ɛkyerɛ atɔe fam no yɛ nʼakyi. Ɛno nso, wɔde ntaaboo asia na atwa ho,
For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames.
28 na ne twɔtwɔw biara so nso ntaaboo abien sisi hɔ.
They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, [to provide extra support].
29 Na mpuran a ɛbobɔ so abien abien sisi twɔtwɔw abien no biara so fi ase de kosi soro a wɔde nkaa asuso mu a ne nyinaa yɛ pɛ.
The two corner frames were joined from the bottom to the top (OR, joined at both the bottom and the top). At the top of each of the two corner frames they fastened a gold ring for holding the crossbar.
30 Enti mpuran awotwe ne dwetɛ nnyinaso dunsia a abien wɔ mpuran biara ase na wɔde yɛe.
In that way, [for the rear of the Sacred Tent] there were eight frames, and there were 16 bases, two bases under each frame.
31 Afei, ɔyɛɛ ɔkanto nnua bi de beabeaa ntaaboo no mu. Mmeamu nnua no anum kɔ mpuran no fa baako.
The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood.
32 Wɔyɛɛ afoforo anum nso kɔɔ ɔfa baako. Na mmeamu nnua no anum bɔ ntaaboo a ɛwɔ ntamadan no akyi a ani kyerɛ atɔe fam.
Five of them were for the frames on the north side of the Sacred Tent, five for the south side, and five for the frames at the rear of the Sacred Tent, the west side.
33 Wɔbɔɔ mmeamu dua baako de bɔɔ ntaaboo no mfimfini. Wɔde twaa mu fi ti kɔkaa ti.
The crossbars on the north, south, and west sides of the Sacred Tent were fastened to the middle of the frames. The two long crossbars extended from one end of the Sacred Tent to the other, and the crossbar on the west side extended from one side of the Sacred Tent to the other side.
34 Na wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ adura ntaaboo no ho, na wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ nkaa asuso mmeamu dua no mu ama no agyina. Na sikakɔkɔɔ dura mmeamu dua no nso ho.
The workmen covered the frames with gold and fastened gold rings to the poles. The crossbars [were put] into the rings. The crossbars were [also] covered with gold.
35 Wɔde ntama pa a ɛyɛ tuntum, bibiri ne koogyan a wɔanwen kerubim agu mu fɛfɛɛfɛ na ayɛ ntwamtam no wɔ Ntamadan no mu.
They made a curtain from fine white linen. Skilled craftsmen embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, making designs [that resembled] the winged creatures.
36 Na wɔyɛɛ ɔkanto nnua afadum anan a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ adura ho ne sikakɔkɔɔ nsusomu anan maa ntwamtam no. Na afadum anan no mu biara si dwetɛ nnyinaso anan no baako so.
They suspended/hung the curtain from four posts that were made from acacia [wood] and covered with gold. They set [each] post in a silver base.
37 Afei, wɔyɛɛ Ahyiae Ntamadan no ano nkataanim. Wɔde asaawatam a ɛyɛ fɛ a wɔde tuntum, bibiri ne koogyan adi mu adwinni na ɛyɛe.
They made a curtain to [cover] the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They made it from fine linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.
38 Wɔde nkɔtɔkoro anum na asuso saa nkataanim yi mu de akyekyere nnua anum no. Nnua no ne ɛho nneɛma ne pema no nyinaa, wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ adura ho na ne nnyinaso anum no nso, wɔde kɔbere na ɛyɛe.
[To support this curtain], they also made five posts from acacia wood and fastened gold clasps/fasteners to them. They completely covered the posts with gold. They also made a bronze base for each of those posts.
