出エジプト記 28
1 汝イスラエルの子孫の中より汝の兄弟アロンとその子等すなはちアロンとその子ナダブ、アビウ、エレアザル、イタマルを汝に至らしめて彼をして我にむかひて祭司の職をなさしむべし
“Summon your [older] brother Aaron and his sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ([Set them apart/They are the ones whom I have chosen]) from [the rest of] the Israeli people, in order that they can serve me [by being] priests.
2 汝また汝の兄弟アロンのために聖衣を製りて彼の身に顯榮と榮光あらしむべし
[Tell the people to] make beautiful clothes for Aaron, clothes that are [suitable for one who] has this dignified and sacred [work].
3 汝凡て心に智慧ある者すなはち我が智慧の霊を充しおきたる者等に語りてアロンの衣服を製しめ之を用てアロンを聖別て我に祭司の職をなさしむべし
Talk to all the skilled workmen, those to whom I have given special ability. [Tell them] to make clothes for Aaron, for him to wear when he is (set apart/dedicated) [to become] a priest to serve me.
4 彼等が製るべき衣服は是なり即ち胸牌エポデ明衣間格の裏衣頭帽および帶彼等汝の兄弟アロンとその子等のために聖衣をつくりて彼をして祭司の職を我にむかひてなすことをえせしむべし
These are the clothes that they are to make: A sacred pouch for Aaron to wear over his chest, a sacred apron, a robe, an embroidered tunic/gown, a (turban/cloth to wrap around his head), and a sash/waistband. These are the clothes that your [older] brother Aaron and his sons must wear as they serve me [by doing the work that] priests do.
5 即ち彼等金靑紫紅の糸および麻糸をとりて用ふべし
The skilled workmen must use fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make these clothes.”
6 又金靑紫紅の線および麻の撚糸をもて巧にエポデを織なすべし
“The skilled workmen must make the sacred apron from fine linen, and skillfully embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.
7 エポデには二の肩帶をほどこしその兩の端を連ねて之を合すべし
It must have two shoulder straps, to join the front part to the back part.
8 エポデの上にありてこれを束ぬるところの帶はその物同うしてエポデの製のごとくにすべし即ち金靑紫紅の糸および麻の撚糸をもてこれを作るべし
A carefully-woven sash, which must be made from the same materials as the sacred apron, must be [sewn] onto the sacred apron.
9 汝二箇の葱珩をとりてその上にイスラエルの子等の名を鐫つくべし
[A skilled workman] must take two [expensive] onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.
10 即ち彼等の誕生にしたがひてその名六を一の玉に鐫りその遺餘の名六を外の玉に鐫べし
He must engrave the names in the order in which Jacob’s sons were born. He must engrave six names on one stone, and the other six names on the other stone.
11 玉に雕刻する人の印を刻が如くに汝イスラエルの子等の名をその二の玉に鐫つけその玉を金の槽に嵌べし
A gem-cutter should engrave these names on the stones. Then he should enclose the stones in (settings/tiny gold frames).
12 この二の玉をエポデの肩帶の上につけてイスラエルの子等の記念の玉とならしむべし即ちアロン、ヱホバの前において彼等の名をその兩の肩に負て記念とならしむべし
Then he should fasten the stones onto the shoulder straps [of the sacred apron], to represent the twelve Israeli tribes. In that way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes on his shoulders in order that [I], Yahweh, will never forget [my people] (OR, in order that [he will always] remember that [those tribes belong to] Yahweh).
13 汝金の槽を作るべし
The settings for the stones must be made from gold.
14 而して純金を組て紐の如き二箇の鏈を作りその組る鏈をかの槽につくべし
[Tell them to] make two tiny chains that are braided like cords, and fasten the chains to the settings.”
15 汝また審判の胸牌を巧に織なしエポデの製のごとくに之をつくるべし即ち金靑紫紅の線および麻の撚糸をもてこれを製るべし
“[Tell the skilled workman to] make a sacred pouch for Aaron to wear over his chest. [He will use the things he puts into the pouch] to determine [my answers to the questions he asks]. It must be made of the same materials as the sacred apron, and embroidered in the same way.
16 是は四角にして二重なるべく其長は半キユビトその濶も半キユビトなるべし
It is to be square, and the material must be folded double, so that it is (9 in./22 cm.) on each side.
17 汝またその中に玉を嵌て玉を四行にすべし即ち赤玉黄玉瑪瑙の一行を第一行とすべし
[The skilled workman must] fasten four rows of valuable stones onto the pouch. In the first row he must put a [red] ruby, a [yellow] topaz, and a [red] garnet.
18 第二行は紅玉靑玉金剛石
In the second row he must put a [green] emerald, a [blue] sapphire, and a [clear/white] diamond.
19 第三行は深紅玉 白瑪瑙 紫玉
In the third row he must put a [red] jacinth, a [white] agate, and a [purple] amethyst.
20 第四行は黄緑玉 葱珩 碧玉 凡て金の槽の中にこれを嵌べし
In the fourth row he must put a [yellow] beryl, a [red] carnelian, and a [green] jasper.
21 その玉はイスラエルの子等の名に循ひその名のごとくにこれを十二にすべし而してその十二の支派の各々の名は印を刻ごとくにこれを鐫つくべし
A gem-cutter should engrave on each of these twelve stones the name of one of the sons of Jacob. These names will represent the twelve Israeli tribes.
22 汝純金を紐のごとくに組たる鏈を胸牌の上につくべし
The two [chains] that are made from pure gold and braided like cords are for [attaching] the sacred pouch [to the sacred apron].
23 また胸牌の上に金の環二箇を作り胸牌の兩の端にその二箇の環をつけ
[The workman must] make two gold rings, and attach them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch.
24 かの金の紐二條を胸牌の端の二箇の環につくべし
[He must make] two gold cords, and fasten one end of each cord to one of the rings.
25 而してその二條の紐の兩の端を二箇の槽に結ひエポデの肩帶の上につけてその前にあらしむべし
He must fasten the other end of each cord to the two settings [that enclose the stones]. In that way, the sacred pouch will be attached to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron.
26 又二箇の金の環をつくりて之を胸牌の兩の端につくべし即ちそのエポデに對ふところの内の邊に之をつくべし
Then [he must] make two more gold rings, and attach them to the lower corners of the sacred pouch, on the inside edges, next to the sacred apron.
27 汝また金の環二箇を造りてこれをエポデの兩旁の下の方につけその前の方にてその聯接る處に對ひてエポデの帶の上にあらしむべし
[He must] make two more gold rings, and attach them to the lower part of the front of the shoulder straps, near to where [the shoulder straps] are joined [to the sacred apron], just above the carefully-woven sash/waistband.
28 胸牌は靑紐をもてその環によりて之をエポデの環に結ひつけエポデの帶の上にあらしむべし然せば胸牌エポデを離るること無るべし
The skilled workman must tie the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord, so that the sacred pouch is above the sash/waistband and does not come loose from the sacred apron.
29 アロン聖所に入る時はその胸にある審判の胸牌にイスラエルの子等の名を帶てこれをその心の上に置きヱホバの前に恒に記念とならしむべし
In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve Israeli tribes in the sacred pouch close to his chest when he enters the Holy Place. This will remind him that I, Yahweh, [will never forget my people] (OR, [that he represents my people when he talks to me, Yahweh]).
30 汝審判の胸牌にウリムとトンミムをいれアロンをしてそのヱホバの前に入る時にこれをその心の上に置しむべしアロンはヱホバの前に常にイスラエルの子孫の審判を帶てその心の上に置べし
Put into the sacred pouch the two things that the priest will use to determine my answers to the questions he asks. In that way, they will be close to his chest when he enters [the Holy Place to talk] to me. He will use them to find out what is my will for the Israeli people.”
31 エポデに屬する明衣は凡てこれを靑く作るべし
“[Tell the workmen to] use only blue [cloth] to make the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest’s sacred apron.
32 頭をいるる孔はその眞中に設くべし又その孔の周圍には織物の縁をつけて鎧の領盤のごとくになして之を綻びざらしむべし
It is to have an opening through which [the priest] can put his head. They must sew a border around this opening, to keep the material from tearing.
33 その裾には靑紫紅の糸をもて石榴をつくりてその裾の周圍につけ又四周に金の鈴をその間々につくべし
At the lower edge on the robe, they must fasten [decorations that look like] pomegranate fruit. They must be [woven from] blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.
34 即ち明衣の据には金の鈴に石榴又金の鈴に石榴とその周圍につくべし
Between each of these decorations, they must fasten a tiny gold bell.
35 アロン奉事をなす時にこれを著べし彼が聖所にいりてヱホバの前に至る時また出きたる時にはその鈴の音聞ゆべし斯せば彼死ることあらじ
When Aaron enters the Holy Place [in the Sacred Tent] to do his work as a priest and when he leaves the Sacred Tent, the bells will ring [as he walks]. As a result, he will not die [because of disobeying my instructions].
36 汝純金をもて一枚の前板を作り印を刻がごとくにその上にヱホバに聖と鐫つけ
“[Tell them to] make a tiny ornament of pure gold, and tell a (skilled workman/gem-cutter) to engrave on it the words, ‘Dedicated to Yahweh.’
37 之を靑紐につけて頭帽の上にあらしむべし即ち頭帽の前の方にこれをつくべし
They should fasten this ornament to the front of the turban by a blue cord.
38 是はアロンの額にあるべしアロンはイスラエルの子孫が献ぐるところの聖物すなはちその献ぐる諸の聖き供物の上にあるとこるの罪を負べしこの板をば常にアロンの額にあらしむべし是ヱホバの前に其等の受納られんためなり
Aaron must always wear this on his forehead. In that way, Aaron himself will show [that he accepts] the guilt if the Israeli people offer [their sacrifices] to me in a way that is not correct, and I, Yahweh, will accept their sacrifices.
39 汝麻糸をもて裏衣を間格に織り麻糸をもて頭帽を製りまた帶を繍工に織なすべし
“[Tell them to] weave the long-sleeved tunic/gown from fine linen. Also, they must make from fine linen a turban and a sash/waistband, and embroider [designs on it].
40 汝またアロンの子等のために裏衣を製り彼らのために帶を製り彼らのために頭巾を製りてその身に顯榮と榮光あらしむべし
“[Tell them to] make beautiful long-sleeved tunics/gowns, sashes, and caps for Aaron’s sons. Make ones that will be suitable for those who have this dignified work.
41 而して汝これを汝の兄弟アロンおよび彼とともなるその子等に着せ膏を彼等に灌ぎこれを立てこれを聖別てこれをして祭司の職を我になさしむべし
Put these clothes on your [older] brother Aaron and on his sons. Then (set them apart/dedicate them) for this work by anointing them [with olive oil], in order that they may serve me [by being] priests.
42 又かれらのためにその陰所を蔽ふ麻の褌を製り腰より髀に達らしむべし
Also [tell them to] make linen undershorts for them. The undershorts should extend from their waists to their thighs, in order that no one can see their private parts.
43 アロンとその子等は集會の幕屋に入る時又は祭壇に近づきて聖所に職事をなす時はこれを著べし斯せば愆をかうむりて死ることなからん是は彼および彼の後の子孫の永く守るべき例なり
Aaron and his sons must always wear those undershorts when they enter the Sacred Tent or when they come near to the altar to offer sacrifices in the Holy Place. If they do not obey this command, I will cause them to die. Aaron and all his male descendants must obey this rule forever.”
