Sunglatnah 40
1 BOEIPA loh Moses te a voek tih,
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 “Hla lamhmacuek kah hlasae lamhmacuek khohnin ah tingtunnah dap kah dungtlungim te thoh.
“On the first day of the first month next year, [tell the people to] set up the Sacred Tent.
3 Te vaengah olphong thingkawng te pahoi khueh lamtah thingkawng soah hniyan neh khuk thil.
Put inside it the sacred chest [that contains the stone slabs on which are engraved] the Ten Commandments, and hang the curtain in front of it.
4 Caboei te khaw khuen lamtah a phu te tael pah. Hmaitung te khuen bal lamtah a hmaithoi te tok pah.
Bring the table into the Sacred Tent, and place on it all the things that are to be used with it. Bring in the lampstand and fasten the lamps to it.
5 Olphong thingkawng hmai ah bo-ul ham sui hmueihtuk te hol lamtah dungtlungim ham thohka kah himbaiyan te yan pah.
Put the gold altar for [burning] incense in front of the sacred chest, and set up the curtain at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
6 Te phoeiah hmueihhlutnah hmueihtuk te tingtunnah dap kah dungtlungim thohka hmai ah hol.
Put the altar for burning sacrifices in front of the Sacred Tent.
7 Baeldung te tingtunnah dap laklo neh hmueihtuk laklo ah hol lamtah tui pahoi loei pah.
Put the washbasin between the Sacred Tent and the altar, and fill it with water.
8 Vongtung te pin thoh lamtah vongtung vongka kah himbaiyan te yan pah. Te phoeiah a khui la kun nah thohka ah himbai te yan uh.
Hang the curtains that will surround the courtyard, and hang the curtain at its entrance.
9 Koelhnah situi te lo lamtah dungtlungim neh a khuikah a cungkuem te koelh. Te neh a hnopai cungkuem te na ciim daengah ni a cim la a om eh.
Then take the oil for anointing, and anoint the Sacred Tent and everything that is in it, to (set it apart/dedicate it) to me. Then it will be holy/sacred.
10 Te phoeiah hmueihhlutnah hmueihtuk neh a hnopai boeih te koelh. Hmueihtuk te ciim lamtah hmueihtuk te a cim a cim koek la om saeh.
Also anoint the altar for offering sacrifices that will be completely burned, and all the things that will be used with it, and set it apart. Then it also will be holy/sacred.
11 Baeldung neh a kho te khaw koelh lamtah ciim.
Also anoint the washbasin and its base, to set it apart.
12 Te phoeiah Aaron neh anih koca rhoek te tingtunnah dap thohka la khuen lamtah amih te tui hluk.
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and wash them [ritually] with water.
13 Aaron te a cim himbai bai sak lamtah koelh. Anih te ciim lamtah kamah taengah khosoih saeh.
Then put on Aaron his sacred clothes to (set him apart/dedicate him), in order that he can serve me as a priest.
14 A ca rhoek te khaw khuen lamtah amih te angkidung puei sak.
Also bring his sons there. Put their sacred tunics/gowns on them
15 Α napa na koelh bangla amih te koelh lamtah kamah taengah khosoih saeh. Khosoihbi he a cadilcahma ham kumhal due amih koelhnah la om rhoe om saeh,” a ti nah.
and anoint them just as you anointed their father, in order that they also may serve me by working as priests. By anointing them [and their descendants], you will cause them and their descendants to be priests throughout all coming generations.”
16 BOEIPA loh anih saii sak ham a uen boeih te Moses loh a saii.
Moses/I did all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
17 Te dongah a kum bae dongkah lamhma cuek hla a pha neh hlasae dongkah lamhma cuek hnin ah dungtlungim te a pai sak.
On the first day of the first month of the next year (OR, second year [after they/we left Egypt]), the people set up the Sacred Tent.
18 Moses loh dungtlungim te a thoh vaengah a buenhol a buen tih a longlaeng te a paek. A thohkalh te a rholh tih a tung te khaw a ling.
Following Moses’/my instructions, they set up the Sacred Tent and its bases, set up the frames, attached the crossbars, and put up the posts [for the curtains].
19 Dungtlungim sokah dap te a dih tih BOEIPA loh Moses a uen bangla dap imphu te a so, so lamloh a khueh.
Then they spread out the coverings over the Sacred Tent, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.
20 Te phoeiah olphong te a khuen tih thingkawng khuiah a khueh. Thingpang te thingkawng dongah a rholh phoeiah tah a tlaeng te thingkawng soah a so lamloh a tloeng.
Then he/I took the two stone slabs [on which the commandments were written] and put them in the sacred chest. He/I put the carrying poles [in the rings] on the chest and put the lid on top of the chest.
21 Te phoeiah thingkawng te dungtlungim khuila a khuen tih himbaiyan dongkah hniyan te a yan thil. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla olphong thingkawng te a khuk.
Then he/I took the chest into [the Very Holy Place inside] the Sacred Tent and hung the curtain. In that way, he/I prevented the people who were outside from seeing the chest. He/I did all this exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
22 Caboei te tah tingtunnah dap khuikah dungtlungim kaep, tlangpuei hniyan kah kawtpoeng ah a khueh.
He/I set the table inside the Sacred Tent, on the north side, outside the curtain.
23 A soah BOEIPA hmai kah buh te, BOEIPA loh Moses a uen bangla buelh a tawn.
He/I placed on the table the bread that was offered to Yahweh, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.
24 Hmaitung te tah tingtunnah dap khuikah caboei dan, dungtlungim kaep kah tuithim ah a khueh.
He/I set the lampstand inside the Sacred Tent, on the south side, opposite the table.
25 Hmaithoi te BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla BOEIPA mikhmuh ah a tok.
Then he/I fastened the lamps to the lampstand in Yahweh’s presence, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.
26 Sui hmueihtuk te tingtunnah dap khuikah hniyan hmai ah a khueh.
He/I set the golden altar for burning incense inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the curtain [that separated the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place],
27 A soah BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla botui bo-ul khaw a phum.
and he/I burned some sweet-smelling incense on it, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
28 Te phoeiah dungtlungim thohka kah himbaiyan te a bang.
He/I hung the curtain at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
29 Hmueihhlutnah hmueihtuk te tingtunnah dap kah dungtlungim thohka ah a khueh tih te soah te hmueihhlutnah neh khocang khaw BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla a nawn.
At the entrance to the Sacred Tent, he/I set the altar for offering sacrifices that were to be burned completely. Then he/I offered on it the meat that was to be burned completely and the grain offering, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.
30 Baeldung te tingtunnah dap laklo neh hmueihtuk laklo ah a hol tih hluk ham tui khaw pahoi a khueh.
He/I set the washbasin between the Sacred Tent and the [bronze] altar, and he/I filled the washbasin with water.
31 Te nen te Moses neh Aaron neh anih koca rhoek loh a kut a kho a silh uh.
Every time Moses/I and Aaron and his sons went into the Sacred Tent or went to the altar, they/we washed their/our hands and feet [ritually], exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
32 Tingtunnah dap khuila a kun ham vaengah khaw, hmueihtuk la a caeh uh vaengah khaw BOEIPA loh Moses a uen vanbangla a silh uh.
33 Dungtlungim ham neh hmueihtuk ham vongtung pin a tung tih vongup vongka kah himbaiyan a yan daengah Moses loh bitat a coeng.
Following Moses’/my instructions, they hung the curtains that surrounded the courtyard and the altar, and they hung the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses/I finished that work.
34 Te vaengah tingtunnah dap te cingmai loh a thing tih BOEIPA thangpomnah loh dungtlungim ah bae.
Then the [tall bright] cloud covered the Sacred Tent, and Yahweh’s (glory/brilliant light) filled the Sacred Tent.
35 A soah cingmai yaal tih BOEIPA kah thangpomnah loh dungtlungim ah a bae dongah Moses loh tingtunnah dap khuila kun ham coeng pah pawh.
Because that light was very bright, Moses/I was not able to enter the Sacred Tent.
36 A longpueng khing ah dungtlungim dong lamloh cingmai a caeh van vaengah ni Israel ca rhoek khaw a caeh uh.
From that day, whenever the Israeli people wanted to move to another place, they went only when the bright cloud rose from above the Sacred Tent.
37 Tedae cingmai a caeh pawt atah a caeh hnin duela cet uh van pawh.
If the cloud did not rise, they stayed where they were and did not go on until the cloud rose.
38 A longpueng khing Israel imkhui pum kah mikhmuh ah tah khothaih ah dungtlungim sokah BOEIPA cingmai neh khoyin ah hmai a om pah.
Wherever they traveled, the bright cloud that [indicated] Yahweh’s [presence] was above the Sacred Tent during the day, and a [bright] fire was inside the cloud at night, with the result that all the Israeli people [MTY] could see it [at any time].
