Exode 38
1 Et il fit l'Autel des holocaustes de bois d'acacia, de cinq coudées de longueur et de cinq coudées de largeur, carré, et de trois coudées de hauteur.
[Several men helped] Bezalel to make the altar for burning sacrifices. They made it from acacia wood. It was square, (7-1/2 feet/2.2 meters) on each side, and it was (4-1/2 feet/1.3 meters) high.
2 Et il fit ses cornes à ses quatre angles où elles furent adaptées; et il le plaqua d'airain.
They made [a projection that looked like] a horn on each of the top corners. The projections were carved from the same block of wood that the altar [was made of]. They covered the whole altar with bronze.
3 Et il fit tous les ustensiles de l'Autel, les vases et les pelles et les patères et les fourchettes et les brasiers; il employa l'airain pour tous ses ustensiles.
They made the pans in which to put the greasy ashes [from the animal sacrifices]. They also made the shovels for cleaning out the ashes. They made the basins and forks for turning the meat as it cooked, and buckets for carrying hot coals/ashes. All of those things were made from bronze.
4 Et il fit à l'Autel un treillis en réseau d'airain au-dessous de la corniche de l'Autel jusqu'à la moitié de l'Autel à partir du bas.
They also made a bronze grating to hold the wood and burning coals. They put the grating under the rim that went around the altar. [They] made it so that it was [inside the altar], halfway down.
5 Et il fixa au réseau d'airain quatre anneaux aux quatre angles pour recevoir les barres.
They made bronze rings in which to put the poles [for carrying the altar], and fastened one of them to each of the corners of the altar.
6 Et il fit les barres de bois d'acacia et les plaqua d'airain,
They made the poles from acacia wood and covered them with bronze.
7 et il passa les barres dans les anneaux aux côtés de l'Autel pour servir à le transporter; il le fit creux et formé d'ais.
They put the poles through the rings on each side of the altar. The poles were for carrying the altar.
8 Et il fit le Bassin d'airain et son support d'airain, y employant les miroirs des femmes qui à tour de rôle venaient faire leur service à l'entrée de la Tente du Rendez-vous.
The altar was [hollow] like an empty box. It was made from boards [of acacia wood]. They made/cast the washbasin and its base from bronze. The bronze was from the mirrors that belonged to the women who worked at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
9 Et il disposa le Parvis; au côté du midi au sud, il tendit sur une longueur de cent coudées les toiles du Parvis, de lin retors,
[Around the Sacred Tent] Bezalel and his helpers made a courtyard. To form the courtyard, they made curtains of fine white linen. On the south side, the curtain was (150 feet/46 meters) long.
10 au moyen de vingt colonnes fixées sur vingt soubassements d'airain et munies de clous et de tringles d'argent;
[To hang the curtain], they made 20 bronze posts and 20 bronze bases, [one for under each post]. [To fasten the curtains to] the posts, they made silver hooks, and [they made metal] rods [covered with] silver.
11 de même au côté du nord cent coudées de toiles avec leurs vingt colonnes et leurs vingt soubassements d'airain et leurs clous et leurs tringles d'argent;
They made the same kind of curtains, posts, bases, and hooks for the north side of the courtyard.
12 et au côté de l'occident cinquante coudées de toiles avec leurs dix colonnes et leurs dix soubassements, leurs clous et leurs tringles d'argent;
On the west side [of the courtyard], they made a curtain (75 feet/23 meters) long. They also made ten posts on which to hang the curtains, and ten bases, with silver hooks and [metal] rods [covered with] silver.
13 et au côté oriental, au levant, de cinquante coudées,
On the east side, [where the entrance is], the courtyard was (75 feet/23 meters) wide.
14 quinze coudées de toiles d'une part avec leurs trois colonnes et leurs trois soubassements,
On each side of the entrance, they made a curtain (22-1/2 feet/6.6 meters) wide. On each side they [were hung from] three posts, and one base was under each post.
15 et d'autre part des deux côtés de la porte du Parvis quinze coudées de toiles avec leurs trois colonnes et leurs trois soubassements,
16 toutes les toiles de pourtour du Parvis étant de lin retors,
All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine white linen.
17 et les soubassements des colonnes, d'airain, leurs clous et leurs tringles, d'argent, leurs têtes plaquées d'argent, les tringles de toutes les colonnes du Parvis étant d'argent;
All the posts around the courtyard were made of bronze, but the tops were covered with silver. The posts were connected with [metal] rods [covered with] silver. The clasps/fasteners and hooks were made of silver.
18 il fit aussi le Rideau à la porte du Parvis en ouvrage de brocart d'azur, de pourpre, de vermillon et de lin retors, de vingt coudées en longueur, de cinq coudées en hauteur et largeur, exactement comme les toiles du Parvis;
For the entrance of the courtyard, they made a curtain from fine white linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. The curtain was (30 feet/9 meters) long and (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high, just like the other curtains around the courtyard.
19 et ses quatre colonnes et leurs quatre soubassements d'airain, leurs clous d'argent, et leurs têtes et leurs tringles plaquées d'argent;
All the curtains were made of fine white linen. They were supported by four posts, and [under each post] was a base made of bronze. All the posts around the courtyard were connected with [metal] rods [covered with] silver. The clasps/fasteners were made of silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with silver.
20 tous les piliers formant l'enceinte de la Résidence et du Parvis étant d'airain.
All the tent pegs to support the Sacred Tent and the curtains around the courtyard were made of bronze.
21 Suivent les comptes de la Résidence, Résidence du Témoignage, rendus sur l'ordre de Moïse par les soins des Lévites, par l'organe d'Ithamar, fils du Prêtre Aaron.
Here is a list of the amounts of metal used to make the Sacred Tent. Moses/I told [some men from] the tribe of Levi to [count all the materials used and] write down the amounts. Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, supervised those men.
22 Car Betsaléel, fils de Ouri, fils de Hur, de la tribu de Juda, exécuta tout ce que l'Éternel avait prescrit à Moïse,
Bezalel the son of Uri and grandson of Hur made all the things that Yahweh commanded Moses/me to be made.
23 et avec lui Oholiab, fils de Ahisamach, de la tribu de Dan, ouvrier en fer et en bois et en brocart d'azur, de pourpre, de vermillon et de lin.
Bezalel’s helper was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Oholiab was a skilled engraver who made artistic things. He made fine white linen, and he embroidered designs using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. He also made other cloth.
24 Tout l'or mis en œuvre en tout genre de travail pour le Sanctuaire était l'or provenant des offrandes, savoir vingt-neuf talents et sept cent trente sicles, en sicles du Sanctuaire.
All the gold that was used to make the Sacred Tent weighed (2,195 pounds/1,000 kg.). They used the official standard when they weighed the gold.
25 Et l'argent de ceux de l'assemblée qui avaient passé à la revue, fut de cent talents et mille sept cent soixante-quinze sicles, en sicles du Sanctuaire,
All the silver that the people contributed when the leaders (took the census/counted the men) weighed (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.). They also used the official standard when they weighed the silver.
26 à raison de demi-sicle par tête, la moitié d'un sicle, en sicles du Sanctuaire, par chacun des hommes de vingt ans et au-dessus passant à la revue, dont il y eut six cent trois mille cinq cent cinquante.
All the men who were at least 20 years old were counted, and they each paid the required amount. That was a total of 603,550 men.
27 Et cent talents d'argent furent employés à couler les soubassements du Sanctuaire, et les soubassements du Rideau, cent talents pour cent soubassements, un talent par soubassement.
They used (75 pounds/34 kg.) of silver for making/casting each of the 100 bases to [put under the posts to support] the curtains of the Sacred Tent.
28 Et avec les mille sept cent soixante-quinze [sicles] il fit les clous des colonnes dont il plaqua les têtes, et fit les tringles.
Bezalel [and his helpers] used the (50 pounds/30 kg.) of silver that was not used for the bases to make the rods and the hooks for the posts, and to cover the tops of the posts.
29 Et l'airain des offrandes fut de soixante-dix talents et deux mille quatre cents sicles.
The bronze that the people contributed weighed (5,310 pounds/2,425 kg.).
30 Il l'employa aux soubassements de la porte de la Tente du Rendez-vous, à l'Autel d'airain, au réseau d'airain qui y était, et à tous les ustensiles de l'Autel,
With the bronze, Bezalel and his helpers made the bases for under the posts at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They also made the altar for burning sacrifices, the grating for it and the tools used with it,
31 et aux soubassements du Parvis dans son pourtour, et aux soubassements de la porte du Parvis et à tous les piliers de la Résidence et à tous les piliers du Parvis dans son pourtour.
the bases for the posts [that supported the curtains] that surrounded the courtyard and the bases for the entrance to the courtyard, and the pegs for the Sacred Tent and for [the curtains around] the courtyard.
