The Altar of Burnt Offering
1They38:1 Or He; also in verses 2-9 built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits38:1 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.38:1 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide 2They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze. 3They made all its utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. 4They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar. 5They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating. 6They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.
The Basin for Washing
8They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
The Courtyard
9Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits38:9 That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters long and had curtains of finely twisted linen, 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
12The west end was fifty cubits38:12 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 13The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide. 14Curtains fifteen cubits38:14 That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, 15and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases. 16All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen. 17The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.
18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits38:18 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits38:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters high, 19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. 20All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
The Materials Used
21These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. 22(Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses; 23with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.) 24The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels,38:24 The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton. according to the sanctuary shekel.
25The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents38:25 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27 and 1,775 shekels,38:25 That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28 according to the sanctuary shekel— 26one beka per person, that is, half a shekel,38:26 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men. 27The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base. 28They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.
29The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.38:29 The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons. 30They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils, 31the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.
Guwa Lansembe Yopsereza
1Anapanga guwa lansembe zopsereza lamatabwa amtengo wa mkesha. Linali lofanana mbali zonse. Msinkhu wake masentimita 137, mulitali mwake masentimita 229, mulifupi masentimita 229. 2Anapanga nyanga imodziimodzi pa ngodya zake zinayizo, kotero kuti nyangazo ndi guwalo zinali chinthu chimodzi, ndipo anakuta guwalo ndi mkuwa. 3Anapanganso ziwiya zamkuwa izi zogwirira ntchito pa guwalo: miphika, mafosholo, mabeseni owazira magazi, ngowe zokowera nyama ndi zosonkhezera moto. 4Anapanga sefa yachitsulo chamkuwa ya guwa lansembelo kuti ikhale mmunsi mwa khoma la guwa lansembelo, kuchokera pansi mpaka pakati pa khoma la guwalo. 5Anapanga mphete zamkuwa zinayi ndipo anazilumikiza ku ngodya zinayi za sefa ija kuti zigwire nsichi zonyamulira. 6Anapanga nsichi zamtengo wa mkesha ndipo anazikuta ndi mkuwa. 7Iwo analowetsa nsichizo mʼmphetemo mbali zonse ziwiri za guwalo kuti azinyamulira. Guwalo linali lamatabwa ndi logoba mʼkati mwake.
Beseni Losambira
8Anapanga beseni lamkuwa lokhala ndi miyendo yamkuwanso kuchokera ku magalasi oyangʼanira nkhope a amayi amene ankatumikira pa chipata cha tenti ya msonkhano.
Bwalo la Chihema
9Kenaka anapanga bwalo la chihema. Mbali yakummwera inali yotalika mamita 46 ndipo kunali nsalu yotchinga yofewa yosalala yolukidwa bwino. 10Anapanganso mizati makumi awiri, matsinde makumi awiri amkuwa ndi ngowe zasiliva ndi zingwe za mizatiyo. 11Mbali yakumpoto inalinso yotalika mamita 46 ndipo inali ndi mizati makumi awiri, matsinde amkuwa makumi awiri, ngowe zasiliva ndi zingwe za mizatiyo.
12Mbali yakumadzulo inali yotalika mamita 23 ndipo inali ndi nsalu yotchinga, mizati khumi ndi matsinde khumi. Inalinso ndi ngowe zasiliva ndi zingwe za mizatiyo. 13Mbali yakummawa, kotulukira dzuwa, inalinso yotalika mamita 23. 14Mbali imodzi yachipata kunali nsalu yotchinga yotalika mamita asanu ndi awiri, mizati itatu ndi matsinde atatu, 15polowera mʼbwalo panali nsalu yotchinga ya mamita asanu ndi awiri pamodzi ndi mizati itatu ndi matsinde atatu. 16Katani yonse yotchinga kuzungulira chihema inali yofewa, yosalala ndi yolukidwa bwino. 17Matsinde amizati anali amkuwa. Ngowe ndi zingwe za mizati zinali zasiliva, ndipo pamwamba pa mizatiyo anakutapo siliva. Choncho mizati yonse ya bwalolo inalumikizidwa ndi zingwe zasiliva.
18Nsalu yotchinga ya pa chipata inali yamtundu wa mtambo, yapepo ndi yofiira, yofewa yosalala ndi yopangidwa ndi anthu aluso. Nsaluyo inali yotalika mamita asanu ndi anayi, molingana ndi nsalu zotchinga bwalo. Msinkhu wake unali masentimita 229, 19pamodzi ndi mizati yake inayi ndi matsinde amkuwa anayi. Ngowe ndi zingwe zake zinali za siliva, ndipo pamwamba pake pa mzati anakutapo ndi siliva. 20Zikhomo za chihema ndi zina zonse zozungulira chihemacho zinali zamkuwa.
Zipangizo Zachitsulo za ku Malo Opatulika
21Chiwerengero cha zipangizo zimene anagwiritsa ntchito popanga chihema, chihema chaumboni, zimene Mose analamulira Alevi kuti alembe motsogozedwa ndi Itamara mwana wa Aaroni, wansembe, chinali ichi: 22Bezaleli mwana wa Uri, mwana wa Huzi wa fuko la Yuda anapanga chilichonse Yehova analamulira Mose, 23pamodzi ndi Oholiabu mwana wa Ahisamaki, wa fuko la Dani, wa luso la zopangapanga ndi kulemba mapulani, ndi wopanga nsalu zolukidwa bwino za mtundu wa mtambo, yapepo ndi zofiira, zofewa ndi zosalala. 24Golide yense wochokera ku nsembe yoweyula amene anagwiritsa ntchito pa ntchito yonse yopanga malo wopatulika anali wolemera makilogalamu 1,000 potsata miyeso ya kumalo wopatulika.
25Siliva wochokera ku gulu lonse la anthu anali wolemerera makilogalamu 3,430, potsata miyeso ya ku malo wopatulika. 26Munthu aliyense amapereka beka imodzi, kufanana ngati makilogalamu 6, potsata muyeso wa ku malo wopatulika. Kuchokera kwa aliyense amene anawerengedwa kuyambira zaka 20 kapena kuposerapo, amuna onse analipo 603,550. 27Anagwiritsa ntchito siliva wolemera makilogalamu 3,400 kupanga matsinde 100 a ku malo wopatulika ndi makatani, ndipo makilogalamu 34 kupanga tsinde limodzi. 28Makilogalamu otsalawo anagwiritsa ntchito popanga ngowe zamzati kukutira pamwamba pa mizati ndiponso kupanga zingwe zake.
29Mkuwa ochokera ku nsembe yoweyula unali makilogalamu 2,425. 30Iwo anawugwiritsa ntchito popanga matsinde a pa chipata cha tenti ya msonkhano, guwa la mkuwa pamodzi ndi sefa yake ndiponso ziwiya zonse, 31matsinde ozungulira bwalo ndiponso a pa chipata pake, ndi zikhomo zonse za tentiyo ndi matsinde a malo wozungulirapo.
