Exodus 36 – NIVUK & JCB

New International Version – UK

Exodus 36:1-38

1So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.’

2Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work. 3They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. 4So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing 5and said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.’

6Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: ‘No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.’ And so the people were restrained from bringing more, 7because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.

The tabernacle

8All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands. 9All the curtains were the same size – twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.36:9 That is, about 13 metres long and 1.8 metres wide 10They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five. 11Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set. 12They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 13Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

14They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle – eleven altogether. 15All eleven curtains were the same size – thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.36:15 That is, about 14 metres long and 1.8 metres wide 16They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. 17Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 18They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit. 19Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of other durable leather.36:19 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 35:7)

20They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,36:21 That is, about 4.5 metres long and 68 centimetres wide 22with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 23They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 24and made forty silver bases to go under them – two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 25For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames 26and forty silver bases – two under each frame. 27They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, 28and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. 29At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike. 30So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases – two under each frame.

31They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 32five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. 33They made the centre crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

35They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. 36They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases. 37For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen – the work of an embroiderer; 38and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.

Japanese Contemporary Bible

出エジプト記 36:1-38

36

1-2ほかにも、才能に恵まれた技術者がたくさんいる。二人を中心にみなで力を合わせ、調度品を作り上げてほしい。」

ベツァルエルとオホリアブをはじめ、この仕事に参加したいと思った者たち全員に、モーセは仕事を始めるよう命じました。 3そして、人々がささげた材料を彼らに渡しました。しかしそのあとも、新しい材料が毎朝ささげられました。 4-7あまりに多くて、もうとても、現場ではさばききれません。彼らは仕事を中断し、モーセに実情を報告しました。「材料があまりにたくさん集まりすぎて、使いきれないくらいです。」そこでモーセは野営地中に、これ以上奉納する必要はないと伝えさせたので、ようやく人々は持って来るのをやめました。

8-9腕のいい織物師たちが、まず上等の細い撚り糸で織った亜麻布で幕を十枚作り、青、紫、緋色の撚り糸でケルビム(天使の像)を織り出しました。幕の大きさは長さが二十八キュビト(十二メートル)、幅が四キュビトで、 10これを五枚ずつつなぎ合わせ、長い布を二枚作りました。 11-12次に、それぞれの端に青いひもでループを五十ずつ作り、対になるようにしました。 13ループをつなぎ合わせる留め金を五十個作り、二枚の長い布を一枚にして、天幕ができ上がりました。

14-15布の上には、二番目の覆いとして、やぎの毛皮で作った十一枚の幕を使いました。それぞれ長さ三十キュビト(十三メートル)、幅四キュビトのものです。 16ベツァルエルはこの五枚をつなぎ合わせて一枚の長い幕とし、残りの六枚も別の長い幕としました。 17次に、それぞれのへりに沿ってループを五十ずつ作り、 18五十個の小さな青銅の留め金でつなぎ、二枚の幕をぴったりつなぎ合わせました。

19屋根の外側にかぶせる覆いは、赤く染めた雄羊のなめし皮とじゅごん(海に住む哺乳動物)の皮で作りました。

20天幕の側面にするために、まっすぐ立ったわく組みをアカシヤ材で作りました。 21一枚の板は高さ十キュビト(四・四メートル)、幅一キュビト半です。 22それぞれの板には二個のほぞをつけて、隣の板にはめ込みます。 23南側に板が二十枚、 24下の部分は銀の土台四十個にさし込みます。一枚の板に二個ずつの土台とほぞを使って、しっかり固定しました。 25-26北側にも板が二十枚、それぞれに二個ずつ、全部で四十個の銀の土台を作りました。 27西側、つまり天幕のうしろ側は板六枚と、 28両隅に一枚ずつの板を置きました。 29この二枚はそれぞれ下を重ね、上を環でつなぎます。 30ですから西側には、全部で板が八枚、それぞれの下に二個ずつ、計十六個の銀の土台があることになります。

31-32次にベツァルエルは、わく組みの板をしっかりつなぎ合わせるために、アカシヤ材で横木を作りました。天幕の三方に五本ずつの横木です。 33五本のうち真ん中の横木は、板のほぼ中央を端から端まで通っています。 34板と横木にはすべて金をかぶせ、木を通す環は純金で作りました。

35天幕内を仕切る垂れ幕は、青、紫、緋色の撚り糸で亜麻布を織り、ケルビムを織り出しました。 36幕は、アカシヤ材の四本の柱に金のかぎを四つ取りつけ、そこから垂らしました。柱には金をかぶせ、四個の銀の土台にはめ込んでありました。

37次に幕屋の入口用の垂れ幕を作りました。目のつまった亜麻布に青、紫、緋色の刺しゅうをしたものです。 38垂れ幕は五個のかぎで取りつけ、柱の頭部と環に金をかぶせました。土台は青銅で五個作りました。