2 Mose 25

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Ka kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, wɔmmɔ afɔdeɛ mma me.

“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 “Saa nneɛma a ɛdidi so yi mu na wɔmfiri mmɔ me afɔdeɛ no: “sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere,

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

4 ntoma tuntum, koogyan bibire tam; koogyan tam, serekye, abirekyie ho nwi,

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

5 odwennini nhoma a wɔahyɛ no kɔkɔɔ, mmirekyie nwoma a wɔahyɛ, okuo dua,

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

6 kanea ngo, ɔsra ngo, nnuhwam a wɔhyeɛ,

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

7 apopobibirieboɔ, aboɔdemmoɔ a wɔde bɛtuatua asɔfotadeɛ ne adaaboɔ no mu.

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

8 “Mepɛ sɛ Israelfoɔ si asɔredan kronkron ma me, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mɛtumi atena wɔn mu.

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

9 Me fie no bɛyɛ ntomadan. Mɛkyerɛ mo ɛkwan a mepɛ sɛ mosi saa dan no ne sɛdeɛ mobɛsiesie mu na moagyina so asi.

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 “Momfa okuo dua nyɛ Apam Adaka a ne ntentenemu yɛ basafa baako ne fa, ne tɛtrɛtɛ nyɛ anammɔn mmienu ne kakra na ne korɔn nso nyɛ anammɔn mmienu ne kakra.

“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 Na momfa sikakɔkɔɔ mapa nnura ɛho ne emu nyinaa.

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

12 Momfa sikakɔkɔɔ nkawa ɛnan nhyehyɛ adaka no nan ɛnan no ho, wɔ fam pɛɛ. Ma nkawa no mmienu nkɔ ɛfa baako na mmienu a aka no nso nkɔ ɛfa.

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 Fa okuo sene mpoma, na fa sikakɔkɔɔ duradura ho,

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

14 na fa hyehyɛ nkawa no mu na wɔde apam adaka no asoa.

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

15 Monnyiyi nnua a wɔde soa adaka no mfiri nkawa no mu. Momma ɛnhyehyɛ mu afebɔɔ.

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

16 Mowie adaka no a, momfa ɛboɔ a matwerɛ Mmaransɛm Edu no agu so no nto mu.

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

17 “Momfa sikakɔkɔɔ nyɛ adaka no mmuasoɔ a wɔfrɛ no Mpata Dwa. Ne ntentenemu yɛ anammɔn mmiɛnsa ne fa, ɛnna ne tɛtrɛtɛ nso yɛ anammɔn mmienu ne fa. Ɛha ne beaeɛ a mobɛnya mo bɔne so ahummɔborɔ.

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 Momfa sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro nyɛ Kerubim mmienu. Momfa ɔbaako nsi adaka no nkatasoɔ atifi na momfa ɔbaako nsi anafoɔ.

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

19 Fa Kerubim no tetare adaka no ti ne nʼanafoɔ na ɛne adaka no nkatasoɔ no nyɛ mua.

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 Kerubim a wɔyɛ abɔfoɔ no bɛdi nhwɛanimu a wɔasisi wɔn ti ase rehwɛ mpatadwa no na wɔatrɛtrɛ wɔn ntaban mu akata so.

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

21 Momfa ɛboɔ twerɛpono a mede bɛma mo no nto adaka no mu, na momfa ne ti no nkata so.

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 Na mɛhyia mo wɔ hɔ na makasa afiri mpata beaeɛ wɔ soro hɔ afa abɔfoɔ no ntam. Na adaka no mu na wɔbɛkora mʼapam no ho mmara. Ɛhɔ na mɛda me mmaransɛm a mode bɛma Israelfoɔ no adi akyerɛ mo.

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 “Momfa okuo dua nyɛ ɛpono a ne ntentenemu yɛ anammɔn mmiɛnsa, ne tɛtrɛtɛ yɛ anammɔn baako ne fa na ne ɔsorokɔ yɛ anammɔn mmienu ne fa.

“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 Momfa sikakɔkɔɔ nnura ho na momfa sikakɔkɔɔ hankra ntwa ho nhyia.

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

25 Yɛ adaka no ho mfomfamho a ne tɛtrɛtɛ yɛ nsateakwaa ɛnan twa ɛpono no ntɛntɛnoa ho hyia, na fa sikakɔkɔɔ hankra fa ho.

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

26 Yɛ sikakɔkɔɔ nkawa ɛnan na fa nkawa ɛnan no tuatua ne nan ɛnan no biara akyi

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

27 twɛtwɛwaso wɔ soro. Wɔde nnua no bɛhyehyɛ saa nkawa no mu na wɔde apagya ɛpono no asoa.

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

28 Fa okuo yɛ nnua no, na fa sikakɔkɔɔ dura ho.

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

29 Momfa sikakɔkɔɔ amapa nyɛ nwowaa, ntere, nhina ne nsatoa.

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 Ɛda biara, fa burodo to ɛpono no so wɔ mʼanim.

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

31 “Momfa sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro nyɛ kaneadua. Kaneadua no ase, nʼabaa, nkanea no nhwiren ne ɛho nsiesie no nyinaa nyɛ adeɛ baako.

“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 Kaneadua a ɛhyɛ mfimfini no bɛnya nkorabata nsia a mmiɛnsa wɔ ɛfa na mmiɛnsa nso wɔ ɛfa.

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 Momfa nhwiren mmiɛnsa nsiesie nkorabata biara ho.

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 Na kaneadua no, momfa nhwiren a ɛyɛ fɛ nni adwini mfa nsiesie no.

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

35 Nhwiren no bi bɛwɔ ne dua no ase wɔ nkorabata mmienu biara ase. Afei, nhwiren no bi bɛwɔ nkorabata mmienu a ɛwɔ aseɛ no ase, ɛnna ebi nso bɛwɔ nkorabata mmienu a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no so.

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 Saa nneɛma a wɔde siesie kaneadua no ne ne nkorabata no nyinaa nyɛ adeɛ fua a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ amapa a wɔaboro ayɛ.

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

37 “Monyɛ nkanea dua ntuatuaho nson wɔ kaneadua no ho wɔ ɛkwan bi so a ne hyerɛn no bɛto ne hann agu nʼanim.

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

38 Kanea ntomaban akapɛ no ne ne mpampaa no nso, momfa sikakɔkɔɔ amapa nyɛ.

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

39 Sikakɔkɔɔ kilogram aduasa ɛnan na ɛho bɛhia sɛ mode yɛ kaneadua no ne ɛho nneɛma nyinaa.

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

40 Biribiara a mobɛyɛ no nso, monyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ sɛdeɛ merekyerɛ mo wɔ bepɔ so ha yi no.

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