Exodus 25
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
Yahweh said to Moses,
2 Loquere filiis Israel ut tollant mihi primitias ab omni homine qui offert ultroneus, accipietis eas.
“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me from every person who is motivated by a willing heart. You must receive these offerings for me.
3 Haec sunt autem quae accipere debeatis: Aurum, et argentum, et aes,
These are the offerings that you must receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 hyacinthum et purpuram, coccumque bis tinctum, et byssum, pilos caprarum,
blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen; goats' hair;
5 et pelles arietum rubricatas, pellesque ianthinas, et ligna setim:
ram skins dyed red and sea cow hides; acacia wood;
6 oleum ad luminaria concinnanda: aromata in unguentum, et thymiamata boni odoris:
oil for the sanctuary lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
7 lapides onychinos, et gemmas ad ornandum ephod, ac rationale.
onyx stones and other precious stones to be set for the ephod and breastpiece.
8 Facientque mihi sanctuarium, et habitabo in medio eorum:
Let them make me a sanctuary so that I may live among them.
9 iuxta omnem similitudinem tabernaculi quod ostendam tibi, et omnium vasorum in cultum eius: sicque facietis illud:
You must make it exactly as I will show you in the plans for the tabernacle and for all its equipment.
10 Arcam de lignis setim compingite, cuius longitudo habeat duos et semis cubitos: latitudo, cubitum et dimidium: altitudo, cubitum similiter ac semissem.
They are to make an ark of acacia wood. Its length must be two and a half cubits; its width will be one cubit and a half; and its height will be one cubit and a half.
11 Et deaurabis eam auro mundissimo intus et foris: faciesque supra, coronam auream per circuitum:
You must cover it inside and out with pure gold, and you must make on it a border of gold around its top.
12 et quattuor circulos aureos, quos pones per quattuor arcae angulos: duo circuli sint in latere uno, et duo in altero.
You must cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on the ark's four feet, with two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side.
13 Facies quoque vectes de lignis setim, et operies eos auro.
You must make poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
14 Inducesque per circulos qui sunt in arcae lateribus, ut portetur in eis:
You must put the poles into the rings on the ark's sides, in order to carry the ark.
15 qui semper erunt in circulis, nec umquam extrahentur ab eis.
The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be taken from it.
16 Ponesque in arca testificationem quam dabo tibi.
You must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I will give you.
17 Facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo: duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo eius, et cubitum ac semissem latitudo.
You must make an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length must be two and a half cubits, and its width must be a cubit and a half.
18 Duos quoque Cherubim aureos, et productiles facies, ex utraque parte oraculi.
You must make two cherubim of hammered gold for the two ends of the atonement lid.
19 Cherub unus sit in latere uno, et alter in altero.
Make one cherub for one end of the atonement lid, and the other cherub for the other end. They must be made as one piece with the atonement lid.
20 Utrumque latus propitiatorii tegant expandentes alas, et operientes oraculum, respiciantque se mutuo versis vultibus in propitiatorium quo operienda est arca,
The cherubim must spread out their wings upward and overshadow the atonement lid with them. The cherubim must face one another and look toward the center of the atonement lid.
21 in qua pones testimonium quod dabo tibi.
You must put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and you must put into the ark the covenant decrees that I am giving you.
22 Inde praecipiam, et loquar ad te supra propitiatorium, ac de medio duorum Cherubim, qui erunt super arcam testimonii, cuncta quae mandabo per te filiis Israel.
It is at the ark that I will meet with you. I will speak with you from my position above the atonement lid. It will be from between the two cherubim over the ark of the testimony that I will speak to you about all the commands I will give you for the Israelites.
23 Facies et mensam de lignis setim, habentem duos cubitos longitudinis, et in latitudine cubitum, et in altitudine cubitum et semissem.
You must make a table of acacia wood. Its length must be two cubits; its width must be one cubit, and its height must be a cubit and a half.
24 Et inaurabis eam auro purissimo: faciesque illi labrum aureum per circuitum,
You must cover it with pure gold and put a border of gold around the top.
25 et ipsi labro coronam interrasilem altam quattuor digitis: et super illam, alteram coronam aureolam.
You must make a surrounding frame for it one handbreadth wide, with a surrounding border of gold for the frame.
26 Quattuor quoque circulos aureos praeparabis, et pones eis in quattuor angulis eiusdem mensae per singulos pedes.
You must make for it four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four corners, where the four feet were.
27 Subter coronam erunt circuli aurei, ut mittantur vectes per eos, et possit mensa portari.
The rings must be attached to the frame to provide places for the poles, in order to carry the table.
28 Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et circumdabis auro ad subvehendam mensam.
You must make the poles out of acacia wood and cover them with gold so that the table may be carried with them.
29 Parabis et acetabula, ac phialas, thuribula, et cyathos, in quibus offerenda sunt libamina, ex auro purissimo.
You must make the dishes, spoons, pitchers, and bowls to be used to pour out drink offerings. You must make them of pure gold.
30 Et pones super mensam panes propositionis in conspectu meo semper.
You must regularly set the bread of the presence on the table before me.
31 Facies et candelabrum ductile de auro mundissimo, hastile eius, et calamos, scyphos, et sphaerulas, ac lilia ex ipso procedentia.
You must make a lampstand of pure hammered gold. The lampstand is to be made with its base and shaft. Its cups, its leafy bases, and its flowers are to be all made of one piece with it.
32 Sex calami egredientur de lateribus, tres ex uno latere, et tres ex altero.
Six branches must extend out from its sides—three branches must extend from one side, and three branches of the lampstand must extend from the other side.
33 Tres scyphi quasi in nucis modum per calamos singulos, sphaerulaque simul, et lilia: et tres similiter scyphi instar nucis in calamo altero, sphaerulaque simul et lilia. hoc erit opus sex calamorum, qui producendi sunt de hastili:
The first branch must have three cups made like almond blossoms, with a leafy base and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, with a leafy base and a flower. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
34 in ipso autem candelabro erunt quattuor scyphi in nucis modum, sphaerulaeque per singulos, et lilia.
On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there must be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.
35 Sphaerulae sub duobus calamis per tria loca, qui simul sex fiunt procedentes de hastili uno.
There must be a leafy base under the first pair of branches—made as one piece with it, and a leafy base under the second pair of branches—also made as one piece with it. In the same way there must be a leafy base under the third pair of branches, made as one piece with it. It must be the same for all six branches extending out from the lampstand.
36 Et sphaerulae igitur et calami ex ipso erunt, universa ductilia de auro purissimo.
Their leafy bases and branches must all be one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.
37 Facies et lucernas septem, et pones eas super candelabrum, ut luceant ex adverso.
You must make the lampstand and its seven lamps, and set up its lamps for them to give light from it.
38 Emunctoria quoque, et ubi quae emuncta sunt extinguantur, fiant auro purissimo.
The tongs and their trays must be made of pure gold.
39 Omne pondus candelabri cum universis vasis suis habebit talentum auri purissimi.
Use one talent of pure gold to make the lampstand and its accessories.
40 Inspice, et fac secundum exemplar quod tibi in monte monstratum est.
Be sure to make them after the pattern that you are being shown on the mountain.
