Eksodusi
40:1 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
40:2 Ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala uyakumisa itabernakele
itende lokuhlangana.
40:3 Kumelwe ubeke kuyo umphongolo wobufakazi, futhi umboze umphongolo
ngeveyili.
40:4 Kumelwe ungenise itafula, futhi uhlele izinto ezikhona
ukuhlelwa phezu kwayo; ungenise uthi lwesibani, futhi
khanyisa izibani zalo.
40:5 Kumelwe ubeke i-altare legolide lempepho phambi komphongolo
ubufakazi, wafaka iveli lomnyango wetabernakele.
40:6 Ubeke i-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa phambi komnyango we-altare
itabernakele letende lokuhlangana.
40:7 Futhi kumelwe ubeke umcengezi phakathi kwetende lokuhlangana
i-altare, uthele amanzi kulo.
40:8 Futhi uzomisa igceke nxazonke, futhi ulengise iveli
isango lenkantolo.
40:9 Uthathe amafutha okugcoba, ugcobe itabernakele, futhi
konke okuphakathi kwawo, ulingcwelise, lezitsha zalo zonke;
futhi iyakuba ngcwele.
40:10 Ugcobe i-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa kanye nawo wonke awakhe
ungcwelise i-altare, i-altare libe ngcwelengcwele.
40:11 Futhi kumelwe ugcobe umcengezi nesinqe sawo, futhi uwungcwelise.
40:12 Usondeze u-Aroni namadodana akhe emnyango wetabernakele
webandla, ubageze ngamanzi.
40:13 Uyakugqokisa u-Aroni izambatho ezingcwele, umgcobe, futhi
mngcwelise; ukuze angikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi.
40:14 Usondeze amadodana akhe, uwembathise amajazi.
40:15 Futhi uyobagcoba, njengoba nje ugcobe uyise, ukuze babe
bangangikhonza esikhundleni sobupristi, ngokuba ukugcotshwa kwabo kuyakuba
impela makube ngubupristi obuphakade ezizukulwaneni zabo.
40:16 Wenze njalo uMose: njengakho konke uJehova amyale ngakho, wenze njalo.
40:17 Kwathi ngenyanga yokuqala ngomnyaka wesibili, ngolokuqala
ngosuku lwenyanga, lapho itabernakele lamiswa.
40:18 UMose walimisa itabernakele, wabeka izinyawo zalo, walimisa.
amapulangwe alo, wafaka imishayo yalo, wamisa eyakhe
izinsika.
40:19 Futhi weneka itende phezu kwetabernakele, futhi wabeka isimbozo
yetende phezu kwalo; njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose.
40:20 Wathatha futhi wafaka ubufakazi emkhunjini, futhi wabeka izinti
umphongolo, ubeke isihlalo somusa phezu komphongolo;
40:21 Futhi wawungenisa umphongolo etabernakele, futhi wamisa isihenqo sethempeli
yembozo, yasibekela umphongolo wobufakazi; njengokuyala kukaJehova
UMose.
40:22 Futhi wabeka itafula etendeni lokuhlangana, eceleni
itabernakele elingasenyakatho, ngaphandle kwesihenqo.
23 Wahlela isinkwa phezu kwalo phambi kukaJehova; njengalokho uJehova ayenakho
walaya uMozisi.
40:24 Walubeka uthi lwezibani etendeni lokuhlangana, malungana
itafula ohlangothini lwetabernakele olungaseningizimu.
40:25 Wakhanyisa izibani phambi kukaJehova; njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose.
40:26 Walibeka i-altare legolide etendeni lokuhlangana phambi kukaJehova
iveyili:
40:27 Washisa impepho ethaphukayo phezu kwalo; njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose.
40:28 Futhi wamisa iveli emnyango wetabernakele.
40:29 Wabeka i-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa ngasemnyango wetabernakele
itende lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo umnikelo wokushiswa, ne
umnikelo wempuphu; njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose.
40:30 Wabeka umcengezi phakathi kwetende lokuhlangana ne-altare;
ubeke amanzi okugeza ngawo.
40:31 OMose no-Aroni namadodana akhe bageza izandla zabo nezinyawo zabo
lapho:
40:32 Lapho bengena etendeni lokuhlangana, futhi lapho bengena
ngase-altare bageza; njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose.
40:33 Futhi wamisa igceke nxazonke itabernakele ne-altare, futhi
silengisa isango legceke. Ngakho uMose wawuqeda umsebenzi.
40:34 Ifu lasibekela itende lokuhlangana nenkazimulo kaJehova
UJehova wagcwalisa itabernakele.
40:35 UMose wayengenakungena etendeni lokuhlangana.
ngoba ifu lahlala phezu kwawo, lenkazimulo yeNKOSI yaligcwalisa
itabernakele.
40:36 Futhi lapho ifu lenyuswa phezu kwetabernakele, abantwana
bakwa-Israyeli baqhubekela phambili ezinkambeni zabo zonke.
40:37 Kodwa uma ifu lingenyuswanga, babengahambi kwaze kwaba semini
ukuthi yanyuswa.
40:38 Ngoba ifu likaJehova laliphezu kwetabernakele emini, nomlilo
phezu kwalo ebusuku, emehlweni ayo yonke indlu yakwa-Israyeli, phakathi kwabo bonke
uhambo lwabo.