Liber Exodus, 28

1. Applica quoque ad te Aaron fratrem tuum cum filiis suis de medio filiorum Israel, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi: Aaron, Nadab et Abiu, Eleazar et Ithamar.

1. "Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests -- Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abi'hu, Elea'zar and Ith'amar.

2. Faciesque vestes sanctas Aaron fratri tuo in gloriam et decorem;

2. And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

3. et loqueris cunctis sapientibus corde, quos replevi spiritu prudentiae, ut faciant vestes Aaron, in quibus sanctificatus ministret mihi.

3. And you shall speak to all who have ability, whom I have endowed with an able mind, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.

4. Haec autem erunt vestimenta, quae facient: pectorale et ephod, tunicam et subuculam textam, tiaram et balteum. Facient vestimenta sancta Aaron fratri tuo et filiis eius, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi;

4. These are the garments which they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a girdle; they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.

5. accipientque aurum et hyacinthum et purpuram coccumque et byssum.

5. "They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.

6. Facient autem ephod de auro et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bysso retorta opere polymito.

6. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and of fine twined linen, skilfully worked.

7. Duas fascias umerales habebit et in utroque latere summitatum suarum copulabitur cum eis.

7. It shall have two shoulder-pieces attached to its two edges, that it may be joined together.

8. Et balteus super ephod ad constringendum, eiusdem operis et unum cum eo, erit ex auro et hyacintho et purpura coccoque et bysso retorta.

8. And the skilfully woven band upon it, to gird it on, shall be of the same workmanship and materials, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.

9. Sumesque duos lapides onychinos et sculpes in eis nomina filiorum Israel:

9. And you shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

10. sex nomina in lapide uno et sex reliqua in altero, iuxta ordinem nativitatis eorum.

10. six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

11. Opere sculptoris et caelatura gemmarii sculpes eos nominibus filiorum Israel, inclusos textura aurea;

11. As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; you shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.

12. et pones duos lapides super fascias umerales ephod, lapides memorialis filiorum Israel. Portabitque Aaron nomina eorum coram Domino super utrumque umerum ob recordationem.

12. And you shall set the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for remembrance.

13. Facies ergo margines textas ex auro

13. And you shall make settings of gold filigree,

14. et duas catenulas ex auro purissimo quasi funiculos opus tortile et inseres catenulas tortas marginibus.

14. and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.

15. Pectorale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito, iuxta texturam ephod, ex auro, hyacintho et purpura coccoque et bysso retorta.

15. "And you shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen shall you make it.

16. Quadrangulum erit et duplex; mensuram palmi habebit tam in longitudine quam in latitudine.

16. It shall be square and double, a span its length and a span its breadth.

17. Ponesque in eo quattuor ordines lapidum: in primo versu erit lapis sardius et topazius et smaragdus;

17. And you shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

18. in secundo carbunculus, sapphirus et iaspis;

18. and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

19. in tertio hyacinthus, achates et amethystus;

19. and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

20. in quarto chrysolithus, onychinus et beryllus. Inclusi auro erunt per ordines suos.

20. and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.

21. Habebuntque nomina filiorum Israel: duodecim nominibus caelabuntur, singuli lapides nominibus singulorum per duodecim tribus.

21. There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel; they shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

22. Facies in pectorali catenas quasi funiculos, opus tortile, ex auro purissimo;

22. And you shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold;

23. et duos anulos aureos, quos pones in utraque pectoralis summitate;

23. and you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.

24. catenasque aureas iunges anulis, qui sunt in marginalibus eius;

24. And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece;

25. et ipsarum catenarum extrema duobus copulabis marginibus in fasciis umeralibus ephod in parte eius anteriore.

25. the two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.

26. Facies et duos anulos aureos, quos pones in summitatibus pectoralis in ora interiore, quae respicit ephod.

26. And you shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.

27. Necnon et alios duos anulos aureos, qui ponendi sunt in utraque fascia umerali ephod deorsum, versus partem anteriorem eius iuxta iuncturam eius supra balteum ephod,

27. And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod, at its joining above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

28. et stringatur pectorale anulis suis cum anulis ephod vitta hyacinthina, ut maneat supra balteum ephod, et a se invicem pectorale et ephod nequeant separari.

28. And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may lie upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.

29. Portabitque Aaron nomina filiorum Israel in pectorali iudicii super cor suum, quando ingredietur sanctuarium: memoriale coram Domino in aeternum.

29. So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment upon his heart, when he goes into the holy place, to bring them to continual remembrance before the LORD.

30. Pones autem in pectorali iudicii Urim et Tummim, quae erunt super cor Aaron, quando ingredietur coram Domino; et gestabit iudicium filiorum Israel super cor suum in conspectu Domini semper.

30. And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the LORD; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

31. Facies et pallium ephod totum hyacinthinum,

31. "And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

32. in cuius medio supra erit capitium et ora per gyrum eius textilis, sicut in capitio loricae, ne rumpatur.

32. It shall have in it an opening for the head, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, that it may not be torn.

33. Deorsum vero, ad pedes eiusdem pallii per circuitum, quasi mala punica facies ex hyacintho et purpura et cocco, mixtis in medio tintinnabulis aureis;

33. On its skirts you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, around its skirts, with bells of gold between them,

34. ita ut sit tintinnabulum aureum inter singula mala punica.

34. a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, round about on the skirts of the robe.

35. Et vestietur eo Aaron in officio ministerii, ut audiatur sonitus, quando ingreditur et egreditur sanctuarium in conspectu Domini, et non moriatur.

35. And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the holy place before the LORD, and when he comes out, lest he die.

36. Facies et laminam de auro purissimo, in qua sculpes opere caelatoris: "Sanctum Domino".

36. "And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, `Holy to the LORD.'

37. Ligabisque eam vitta hyacinthina, et erit super tiaram

37. And you shall fasten it on the turban by a lace of blue; it shall be on the front of the turban.

38. super frontem Aaron. Portabitque Aaron iniquitatem contra sancta, quae sanctificabunt filii Israel in cunctis muneribus et donariis suis. Eritque lamina semper in fronte eius, ut placatus eis sit Dominus.

38. It shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall take upon himself any guilt incurred in the holy offering which the people of Israel hallow as their holy gifts; it shall always be upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

39. Texesque tunicam bysso et tiaram byssinam facies et balteum opere plumarii.

39. "And you shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a girdle embroidered with needlework.

40. Porro filiis Aaron tunicas lineas parabis et balteos ac mitras in gloriam et decorem;

40. "And for Aaron's sons you shall make coats and girdles and caps; you shall make them for glory and beauty.

41. vestiesque his omnibus Aaron fratrem tuum et filios eius cum eo. Et unges eos et implebis manus eorum sanctificabisque illos, ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi.

41. And you shall put them upon Aaron your brother, and upon his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

42. Facies eis et feminalia linea, ut operiant carnem turpitudinis suae a renibus usque ad femora;

42. And you shall make for them linen breeches to cover their naked flesh; from the loins to the thighs they shall reach;

43. et utentur eis Aaron et filii eius, quando ingredientur tabernaculum conventus, vel quando appropinquant ad altare, ut ministrent in sanctuario, ne iniquitatis rei moriantur: legitimum sempiternum erit Aaron et semini eius post eum.

43. and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place; lest they bring guilt upon themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his descendants after him.