U-Eksodusi 40
1 UThixo wasesithi kuMosi:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 “Misa ithabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yakuqala.
On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
3 Beka umtshokotsho wesivumelwano kulo ube ususitha umtshokotsho wobufakazi ngekhetheni.
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.
4 Ngenisa itafula ube usufaka izinto ezibekwa phezu kwayo. Letha-ke uluthi lwesibane ube usuxhuma izibane zalo.
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
5 Beka i-alithari lempepha elenziwe ngegolide phambi komtshokotsho wobufakazi njalo ufake ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
6 Beka i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phambi kwesango lethabanikeli, ithente lokuhlangana;
And thou shalt set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
7 beka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari ube usuthela amanzi kuwo.
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
8 Lungisa iguma eliwugombolozeleyo ubusufaka ikhetheni esangweni leguma.
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
9 Thatha amafutha okugcoba abantu abakhethiweyo ezikhundleni, ugcobe ngawo ithabanikeli lakho konke okukulo, ulibusise kanye lempahla zalo, ngalokho lizakuba ngcwele.
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof: and it shall be holy.
10 Gcoba-ke i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa lazozonke izitsha zalo; ubusise i-alithari ukuze libe ngcwelengcwele.
And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.
11 Gcoba umkolo lenyawo zawo ubusuwubusisa.
And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.
12 Letha u-Aroni lamadodana akhe ethenteni lokuhlangana ubusubagezisa ngamanzi.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
13 Ubusugqokisa u-Aroni izembatho ezingcwele umgcobe ngamafutha umbusise ukuze angenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi.
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
14 Letha amadodana akhe uwagqokise amabhatshi.
And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them:
15 Bagcobe labo njengokugcotshwa kukayise ukuze bangenzele umsebenzi wobuphristi. Ukugcotshwa kwabo kubapha umsebenzi wobuphristi kuzozonke izizukulwane ezizayo.”
and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
16 UMosi wenza konke njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
17 Lamiswa-ke ithabanikeli ngosuku lwakuqala ngenyanga yakuqala emnyakeni wesibili.
And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
18 Kwathi uMosi emisa ithabanikeli, wafaka izisekelo endaweni yazo, wamisa amathala, wafaka imithando wasemisa izinsika.
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.
19 Wasesendlala ithente phezu kwethabanikeli wafaka isembeso phezu kwethente njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
20 Wathatha izibhebhedu zobufakazi wazibeka emtshokotshweni wesivumelwano, wahloma imijabo kuwo wasefaka isihlalo somusa phezu kwawo.
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:
21 Wasengenisa umtshokotsho wobufakazi ethabanikeleni, waphanyeka ikhetheni lokusitha wawugubuzela, njengalokho okwakulaywe nguThixo.
and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
22 UMosi wasebeka itafula ethenteni lokuhlangana eceleni langenyakatho lethabanikeli ngaphandle kwekhetheni,
And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.
23 wasebeka isinkwa phezu kwalo phambi kukaThixo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
24 Wabeka uluthi lwesibane ethenteni lokuhlangana lukhangele itafula eningizimu kwethabanikeli,
And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
25 wasemisa izibane phambi kukaThixo, njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
26 UMosi wabeka i-alithari legolide ethenteni lokuhlangana phambi kwekhetheni,
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
27 wasetshisela impepha phezu kwalo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the LORD commanded Moses.
28 Waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni lethabanikeli.
And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
29 Wamisa i-alithari lomnikelo wokutshiswa phansi kwesango lethabanikeli lethente lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yezilimo njengokulaywa kwakhe nguThixo.
And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
30 Wasebeka umkolo phakathi laphakathi kwethente lokuhlangana le-alithari wasethela amanzi okugeza phakathi kwawo,
And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, to wash withal.
31 ngakho uMosi lo-Aroni kanye lamadodana akhe bawusebenzisa ukugeza izandla zabo kanye lezinyawo.
And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat;
32 Babegeza ngasosonke isikhathi nxa bengena ethenteni lokuhlangana loba nxa besiya e-alithareni njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo.
when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed: as the LORD commanded Moses.
33 Ngakho uMosi walungisa iguma elihonqolozele ithabanikeli le-alithari waselengisa ikhetheni esangweni leguma kwaba yikho ukuqeda kukaMosi umsebenzi.
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
34 Emva kwalokho iyezi lasibekela ithente lokuhlangana, kwathi inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ithabanikeli.
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35 UMosi kenelisanga ukungena ethenteni lokuhlangana ngenxa yeyezi elalimi phezu kwalo, inkazimulo kaThixo yagcwala ethabanikeleni.
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
36 Kulolonke uhambo lwabako-Israyeli, kwakusithi iyezi lingaphakama lisuka phezu kwethabanikeli, labo baqhubeke;
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:
37 kodwa kuthi nxa iyezi lingaphakamanga, labo babengaqhubekeli phambili, kuze kube mhla liphakama.
but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38 Ngokunjalo iyezi likaThixo lalisiba phezu kwethabanikeli emini, kuthi ebusuku kube lomlilo eyezini, bekubona bonke abako-Israyeli ekuhambeni kwabo konke.
For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
