Liber Exodus, 25

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. “Loquere filiis Israel, ut tollant mihi donaria; ab omni homine, qui offert ultroneus, accipietis ea.

2. "Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me an offering; from every man whose heart makes him willing you shall receive the offering for me.

3. Haec sunt autem, quae accipere debetis: aurum et argentum et aes,

3. And this is the offering which you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

4. hyacinthum et purpuram coccumque et byssum, pilos caprarum

4. blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, goats' hair,

5. et pelles arietum rubricatas pellesque delphini et ligna acaciae,

5. tanned rams' skins, goatskins, acacia wood,

6. oleum ad luminaria concinnanda, aromata in unguentum et in thymiama boni odoris,

6. oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

7. lapides onychinos et gemmas ad ornandum ephod ac pectorale.

7. onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

8. Facientque mihi sanctuarium, et habitabo in medio eorum.

8. And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.

9. Iuxta omnem similitudinem habitaculi, quam ostendam tibi, et omnium vasorum in cultum eius: sicque facietis illud.

9. According to all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

10. Arcam de lignis acaciae compingent; cuius longitudo habeat duos semis cubitos, latitudo cubitum et dimidium, altitudo cubitum similiter ac semissem.

10. "They shall make an ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

11. Et deaurabis eam auro mundissimo intus et foris; faciesque supra coronam auream per circuitum

11. And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without shall you overlay it, and you shall make upon it a molding of gold round about.

12. et conflabis ei quattuor circulos aureos, quos pones in quattuor arcae pedibus: duo circuli sint in latere uno et duo in altero.

12. And you shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

13. Facies quoque vectes de lignis acaciae et operies eos auro;

13. You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14. inducesque per circulos, qui sunt in arcae lateribus, ut portetur in eis;

14. And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark by them.

15. qui semper erunt in circulis nec umquam extrahentur ab eis.

15. The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

16. Ponesque in arcam testimonium, quod dabo tibi.

16. And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

17. Facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo; duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo eius, et cubitum ac semissem latitudo.

17. Then you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

18. Duos quoque cherubim aureos et productiles facies ex utraque parte propitiatorii,

18. And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.

19. cherub unus sit in latere uno et alter in altero; ex propitiatorio facies cherubim in utraque parte eius.

19. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.

20. Expandent alas sursum et operient alis suis propitiatorium; respicientque se mutuo, versis vultibus in propitiatorium,

20. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

21. quo operienda est arca, in qua pones testimonium, quod dabo tibi.

21. And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

22. Et conveniam te ibi et loquar ad te supra propitiatorium de medio duorum cherubim, qui erunt super arcam testimonii, cuncta, quae mandabo per te filiis Israel.

22. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you of all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

23. Facies et mensam de lignis acaciae habentem duos cubitos longitudinis et in latitudine cubitum et in altitudine cubitum ac semissem.

23. "And you shall make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

24. Et inaurabis eam auro purissimo; faciesque illi coronam auream per circuitum.

24. You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold around it.

25. Facies quoque ei limbum altum quattuor digitis per circuitum et super illum coronam auream.

25. And you shall make around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the frame.

26. Quattuor quoque circulos aureos praeparabis et pones eos in quattuor angulis eiusdem mensae per singulos pedes.

26. And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27. Iuxta limbum erunt circuli aurei, ut mittantur vectes per eos, et possit mensa portari.

27. Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

28. Ipsosque vectes facies de lignis acaciae et circumdabis auro, et per ipsos subvehitur mensa.

28. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.

29. Parabis et acetabula ac phialas, vasa et cyathos, in quibus offerenda sunt libamina, ex auro purissimo.

29. And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour libations; of pure gold you shall make them.

30. Et pones super mensam panes propositionis in conspectu meo semper.

30. And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.

31. Facies et candelabrum ductile de auro mundissimo: basis et hastile eius, scyphi et sphaerulae ac flores in unum efformentur.

31. "And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its capitals, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it;

32. Sex calami egredientur de lateribus, tres ex uno latere et tres ex altero.

32. and there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

33. Tres scyphi quasi in nucis modum in calamo uno sphaerulaeque simul et flores; et tres similiter scyphi instar nucis in calamo altero sphaerulaeque simul et flores: hoc erit opus sex calamorum, qui producendi sunt de hastili.

33. three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on the other branch -- so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;

34. In ipso autem hastili candelabri erunt quattuor scyphi in nucis modum sphaerulaeque et flores.

34. and on the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,

35. Singulae sphaerulae sub binis calamis per tria loca, qui simul sex fiunt, procedentes de hastili uno.

35. and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.

36. Sphaerulae igitur et calami unum cum ipso erunt, totum ductile de auro purissimo.

36. Their capitals and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

37. Facies et lucernas septem et pones eas super candelabrum, ut luceant in locum ex adverso.

37. And you shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light upon the space in front of it.

38. Emunctoria quoque et vasa, in quibus emuncta condantur, fient de auro purissimo.

38. Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold.

39. Omne pondus candelabri cum universis vasis suis habebit talentum auri purissimi.

39. Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these utensils.

40. Inspice et fac secundum exemplar, quod tibi in monte monstratum est.

40. And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.