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1 ከያዕቆብ ጋር ወደ ግብፅ የገቡት የእስራኤል ልጆች ስሞች እነዚህ ናቸው፤ ሰው ሁሉ ከቤተ ሰቡ ጋር ገባ።

2 ሮቤል፥ ስምዖን፥ ሌዊ፥ ይሁዳ፥

3 ይሳኮር፥ ዛብሎን፥ ብንያም፥

4 ዳን፥ ንፍታሌም፥ ጋድ፥ አሴር።

5 ከያቆብ ጕልበት የወጡት ሰዎች ሁሉ ሰባ ነፍሶች ነበሩ፤ ዮሴፍም አስቀድሞ በግብፅ ነበረ።

6 ዮሴፍም ሞተ፥ ወንድሞቹም፥ ያም ትውልድ ሁሉ።

7 የእስራኤልም ልጆች አፈሩ፥ እጅግም በዙ፥ ተባዙም፥ አጅግም ጸኑ፤ ምድሪቱም በእነርሱ ሞላች።

8 በግብፅም ዮሴፍን ያላወቀ አዲስ ንጉሥ ተነሣ።

9 እርሱም ሕዝቡን፡— እነሆ፥ የእስራኤል ልጆች ሕዝብ ከእኛ ይልቅ በዝተዋል በርትተውማል፤

10 እንዳይበዙ፥ ሰልፍም በተነሳብን ጊዜ ጠላቶቻችንን አግዘው እንዳይወጉን ከምድሪቱም እንዳይወጡ፥ ኑ እንጠበብባቸው፡ አለ።

11 በብርቱ ሥራም ያስጨንቁአቸው ዘንድ ግብር አስገባሪዎችን ሾመባቸው፤ ለፈርዖንም ፊቶምንና ራምሴን ጽኑ ከተሞች አድርገው ሠሩ።

12 ነገር ግን እንዳስጨነቁአቸው መጠን እንዲሁ በዙ፥ እጅግም ጸኑ፤ ከእስራኤልም ልጆች የተነሣ ተጸይፈዋቸው ነበር።

13 ግብፃውያንም የእስራኤልን ልጆች በመከራ ገዙአቸው።

14 በጽኑ ሥራ፥ በጭቃ፥ በጡብም በእርሻም ሥራ ሁሉ፥ በመከራም በሚያሠሩአቸው ሥራ ሁሉ፥ ሕይወታቸውን ያስመርሩአቸው ነበር።

15 የግብፅም ንጉሥ አንዲቱ ሲፓራ ሁለተኛይቱም ፉሐ የሚባሉትን የዕብራውያንን አዋላጆች እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረ።

16 እናንተ የዕብራውያንን ሴቶች ስታዋልዱ፥ ለመውለድ እንደደረሱ ባያችሁ ጊዜ፥ ወንድ ቢሆን ግደሉት፤ ሴት ብትሆን ግን በሕይወት ትኑር።

17 አዋላጆች ግን እግዚአብሔርን ፈሩ፥ የግብፅ ንጉሥም እንዳዘዛቸው አላደረጉም፥ ወንዶቹን ሕፃናትንም አዳኑአቸው።

18 የግብፅም ንጉሥ አዋላጆችን ጠርቶ፡— ለምን እንዲህ አደረጋችሁ? ወንዶቹን ሕፃናትንስ ለምን አዳናችሁ? አላቸው።

19 አዋላጆቹም ፈርዖንን፡— የዕብራውያን ሴቶች እንደ ግብፅ ሴቶች ስላልሆኑ፤ እነርሱ ጠንካሮች ናቸውና አዋላጆች ሳይገቡ ስለሚወልዱ ነው፡ አሉት።

20 እግዚአብሔርም ለአዋላጆች መልካም አደረገላቸው፤ ሕዝቡም በዛ፥ እጅግም ጸና።

21 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ አዋላጆች እግዚአብሔርን ስለ ፈሩ ቤቶችን አደረገላቸው።

22 ፈርዖንም፡— የሚወለደውን ወንድ ልጅ ሁሉ ወደ ወንዝ ጣሉት፥ ሴትን ልጅ ሁሉ ግን በሕይወት አድኑአት ብሎ ሕዝቡን ሁሉ አዘዘ።

Chapter 1

1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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1 ከሌዊ ወገንም አንድ ሰው ሄዶ የሌዊን ልጅ አገባ።

2 ሴቲቱም ፀነሰች፥ ወንድ ልጅም ወለደች፤ መልካምም እንደሆነ ባየች ጊዜ ሦስት ወር ሸሸገችው።

3 ደግሞም ልትሸሽገው ባልቻለች ጊዜ፥ የደንገል ሣጥን ለእርሱ ወስዳ ዝፍትና ቅጥራን ለቀለቀችው፤ ሕፃኑንም አኖረችበት፥ በወንዝም ዳር ባለ በቄጠማ ውስጥ አስቀመጠችው።

4 እኅቱም የሚደረግበትን ታውቅ ዘንድ በሩቅ ቆማ ትጎበኘው ነበር።

5 የፈርዖንም ልጅ ልትታጠብ ወደ ወንዝ ወረደች፤ ደንገጥሮችዋም በወንዝ ዳር ይሄዱ ነበር፤ ሣጥኑንም በቄጠማ ውስጥ አየች፥ ደንገጥርዋንም ልካ አስመጣችው።

6 በከፈተችውም ጊዜ ሕፃኑን አየች፥ እነሆም ሕፃኑ ያለቅስ ነበር፤ አዘነችለትም። ይህ ከዕብራውያን ልጆች አንድ ነው አለች።

7 እኅቱም ለፈርዖን ልጅ፡— ሕፃኑን ታጠባልሽ ዘንድ ሄጄ የምታጠባ ሴት ከዕብራውያን ሴቶች ልጥራልሽን? አለቻት።

8 የፈርዖንም ልጅ፡— ሂጂ አለቻት፤ ብላቴናይቱም ሄዳ የሕፃኑን እናት ጠራች።

9 የፈርዖንም ልጅ፡— ይህን ሕፃን ወስደሽ አጥቢልኝ፥ ዋጋሽንም እሰጥሻለሁ አለቻት። ሴቲቱም ሕፃኑን ወስዳ አጠባችው።

10 ሕፃኑም አደገ፥ ወደ ፈርዖንም ልጅ ዘንድ አመጣችው፥ ለእርስዋም ልጅ ሆነላት። እኔ ከውኃ አውጥቼዋለሁና ስትልም ስሙን ሙሴ ብላ ጠራችው።

11 በዚያም ወራት እንዲህ ሆነ፤ ሙሴ ጎበዝ በሆነ ጊዜ ወደ ወንድሞቹ ወጣ፥ የሥራቸውንም መከራ ተመለከተ፤ የግብፅም ሰው የወንድሞቹን የዕብራውያንን ሰው ሲመታ አየ።

12 ወዲህና ወዲያም ተመለከተ፥ ማንንም አላየም፥ ግብፃዊውንም ገደለ፥ በአሸዋም ውስጥ ሸሸገው።

13 በሁለተኛውም ቀን ወጣ፥ ሁለቱም የዕብራውያን ሰዎች ሲጣሉ አየ፤ በዳዩንም፡— ለምን ባልንጀራህን ትመታዋለህ? አለው።

14 ያም፡— በእኛ ላይ አንተን አለቃ ወይስ ዳኛ ማን አደረገህ? ወይስ ግብፃዊውን እንደ ገደልኸው ልትገድለኝ ትሻለህን? አለው። ሙሴም፡— በእውነት ይህ ነገር ታውቆአል ብሎ ፈራ።

15 ፈርዖንም ይህን ነገር በሰማ ጊዜ ሙሴን ሊገድለው ፈለገ። ሙሴ ግን ከፈርዖን ፊት ኰበለለ፥ በምድያምም ምድር ተቀመጠ፤ በውኃም ጕድጓድ አጠገብ ዐረፈ።

16 ለምድያምም ካህን ሰባት ሴቶች ልጆች ነበሩት፤ እነርሱም መጥተው ውኃ ቀዱ፥ የአባታቸውንም በጎች ሊያጠጡ የውኃውን ገንዳ ሞሉ።

17 እረኞችም መጥተው ገፉአቸው፤ ሙሴ ግን ተነሥቶ ረዳቸው፥ በጎቻቸውንም አጠጣላቸው።

18 ወደ አባታቸው ወደ ራጉኤልም በመጡ ጊዜ፡— ስለ ምን ዛሬ ፈጥናችሁ መጣችሁ? አላቸው።

19 እነርሱም፡— አንድ የግብፅ ሰው ከእረኞች እጅ አዳነን፥ ደግሞም ቀዳልን፥ በጎቻችንንም አጠጣ፡ አሉ።

20 ልጆቹንም፡— እርሱ ወዴት ነው? ለምንስ ያንን ሰው ተዋችሁት? ጥሩት እንጀራም ይብላ፡ አላቸው።

21 ሙሴም ከዚያ ሰው ጋር ሊቀመጥ ወደደ፤ ልጁንም ሲፓራን ለሙሴ ሚስት ትሆነው ዘንድ ሰጠው።

22 ወንድ ልጅም ወለደች። በሌላ ምድር መጻተኛ ነኝ ሲል ስሙን ጌርሳም ብሎ ጠራው።

23 ከዚያም ከብዙ ቀን በኋላ እንዲህ ሆነ፤ የግብፅ ንጉሥ ሞተ፤ የእስራኤልም ልጆች ከባርነት የተነሣ አለቀሱ፥ ጮኹም፥ ስለ ባርነታቸውም ጩኸታቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር ወጣ።

24 እግዚአብሔርም የለቅሶአቸውን ድምፅ ሰማ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከአብርሃምና ከይስሐቅ ከያዕቆብም ጋር ያደረገውን ቃል ኪዳን አሰበ።

25 እግዚአብሔርም የእስራኤልን ልጆች አየ፥ እግዚአብሔርም በእነርሱ ያለውን ነገር አወቀ።

Chapter 2

1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.

9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

3

1 ሙሴም የዮቶርን የአማቱን የምድያምን ካህን በጎች ይጠብቅ ነበር፤ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ዳርቻም በጎቹን ነዳ፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ተራራ ወደ ኮሬብ መጣ።

2 የእግዚአብሔርም መልአክ በእሳት ነበልባል በእሾህ ቍጥቋጦ መካከል ታየው፤ እነሆም ቍጥቋጦው በእሳት ሲነድድ ቍጥቋጦውም ሳይቃጠል አየ።

3 ሙሴም፡— ልሂድና ቍጥቋጦው ስለ ምን አልተቃጠለም ይህን ታላቅ ራእይ ልይ፡ አለ።

4 እግዚአብሔር እርሱ ይመለከት ዘንድ እንደ መጣ ባየ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር ከቍጥቋጦው ውስጥ እርሱን ጠርቶ፡— ሙሴ፥ ሙሴ ሆይ፡ አለ።

5 እርሱም፡— እነሆኝ፡ አለ። ወደዚህ አትቅረብ፤ አንተ የቆምህባት ስፍራ የተቀደሰች መሬት ናትና ጫማህን ከእግርህ፡ አውጣ፡ አለው።

6 ደግሞም፡— እኔ የአባትህ አምላክ፥ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ፡ አለው። ሙሴም ወደ እግዚአብሔር ያይ ዘንድ ፈርቶአልና ፊቱን ሸፈነ።

7 እግዚአብሔርም አለ፡— በግብፅ ያለውን የሕዝቤን መከራ በእውነት አየሁ፥ ከአስገባሪዎቻቸውም የተነሣ ጩኸታቸውን ሰማሁ፤ ሥቃያቸውንም አውቄአለሁ፤

8 ከግብፃውያንም እጅ አድናቸው ዘንድ፥ ከዚያችም አገር ወተትና ማር ወደምታፈስሰው አገር ወደ ሰፊይቱና ወደ መልካሚቱ አገር ወደ ከነዓናውያንም ወደ ኬጢያውያንም ወደ አሞራውያንም ወደ ፌርዛውያንም ወደ ኤዊያውያንም ወደ ኢያቡሳውያንም ስፍራ አወጣቸው ዘንድ ወረድሁ።

9 አሁንም እነሆ የእስራኤል ልጆች ጩኸት ወደ እኔ ወጣ፤ ግብፃውያንም የሚያደርጉባቸውን ግፍ ደግሞ አየሁ።

10 አሁንም ና፥ ሕዝቤን የእስራኤልን ልጆች ከግብፅ ታወጣ ዘንድ ወደ ፈርዖን እልክሃለሁ።

11 ሙሴም እግዚአብሔርን፡— ወደ ፈርዖን የምሄድ የእስራኤልንም ልጆች ከግብፅ የማወጣ እኔ ማን ነኝ? አለው።

12 እርሱም፡— በእውነት እኔ ከአንተ ጋር እሆናለሁ፤ እኔም እንደ ላክሁህ ምልክትህ ይህ ነው፤ ሕዝቡን ከግብፅ ባወጣህ ጊዜ በዚህ ተራራ ላይ ለእግዚአብሔር ትገዛላችሁ፡ አለ።

13 ሙሴም እግዚአብሔርን፡— እነሆ፥ እኔ ወደ እስራኤል ልጆች በመጣሁ ጊዜ፡— የአባቶቻችሁ አምላክ ወደ እናንተ ላከኝ ባልሁም ጊዜ፡— ስሙስ ማን ነው? ባሉኝ ጊዜ፥ ምን እላቸዋለሁ? አለው።

14 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— «ያለና የሚኖር» እኔ ነኝ አለው፤ እንዲህ ለእስራኤል ልጆች፡— «ያለና የሚኖር» ወደ እናንተ ላከኝ ትላለህ፡ አለው።

15 እግዚአብሔርም ደግሞ ሙሴን አለው፡— ለእስራኤል ልጆች እንዲህ ትላለህ፡— የአባቶቻችሁ አምላክ፥ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ወደ እናንተ ላከኝ፤ ይህ ለዘላለሙ ስሜ ነው፥ እስከ ልጅ ልጅ ድረስም መታሰቢያዬ ይህ ነው።

16 ሂድ የእስራኤልንም ሽማግሌዎች ሰብስብ፡— እግዚአብሔር የአባቶቻችሁ አምላክ የአብርሃም የይስሐቅም የያዕቆብም አምላክ፡— መጐብኘትን ጐበኘኋችሁ፥ በግብፅም የሚደረግባችሁን አየሁ፤

17 ከግብፅም መከራ ወደ ከነዓናውያን ወደ ኬጢያውያንም ወደ አሞራውያንም ወደ ፌርዛውያንም ወደ ኤዊያውያንም ወደ ያቡሳውያንም አገር ወተትና ማር ወደምታፈስስ አገር አወጣችኋለሁ አልሁ ብሎ ተገለጠልኝ በላቸው።

18 እነርሱም ቃልህን ይሰማሉ፤ አንተና የእስራኤል ሽማግሌዎች ወደ ግብፅ ንጉሥ ትገባላችሁ፡— የዕብራውያን አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ተገለጠልን፤ አሁንም ለአምላካችን ለእግዚአብሔር እንሠዋ ዘንድ የሦስት ቀን መንገድ በምድረ በዳ እንሂድ ትሉታላችሁ።

19 ነገር ግን በጽኑ እጅ ካልሆነ በቀር ትሄዱ ዘንድ የግብፅ ንጉሥ እንደማይፈቅድላችሁ እኔ አውቃለሁ።

20 እኔም እጄን እዘረጋለሁ፥ በማደርግባቸውም ተአምራቴ ሁሉ ግብፅን እመታለሁ፤ ከዚያም በኋላ ይለቅቃችኋል።

21 በግብፃውያንም ፊት ለዚህ ሕዝብ ሞገስን እሰጣለሁ፤ እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ በሄዳችሁ ጊዜ ባዶ እጃችሁን አትሄዱም፤

22 ነገር ግን እያንዳንዲቱ ሴት ከጎረቤትዋ በቤትዋም ካለችው ሴት የብር ዕቃ የወርቅ እቃ ልብስም ትለምናለች፤ በወንዶችና በሴቶች ልጆቻችሁ ላይ ታደርጉታላችሁ፤ ግብፃውያንንም ትበዘብዛላችሁ።

Chapter 3

1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.

21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:

22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

4

1 ሙሴም መለሰ፡— እነሆ አያምኑኝም ቃሌንም አይሰሙም፡— እግዚአብሔር ከቶ አልተገለጠልህም ይሉኛል፡ አለ።

2 እግዚአብሔርም፡— ይህች በእጅህ ያለችው ምንድር ናት? አለው። እርሱም፡— በትር ናት፡ አለ።

3 ወደ መሬት ጣላት አለው፤ እርሱም በመሬት ጣላት፥ እባብም ሆነች፤ ሙሴም ከእርሷ ሸሸ።

4 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— የአባቶቻቸው አምላክ፥ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ፥ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተገለጠልህ እንዲያምኑ እጅህን ዘርግተህ ጅራትዋን ያዝ፡ አለው። እጁንም ዘርግቶ ያዛት፡ በእጁም ውስጥ በትር ሆነች።

6 እግዚአብሔርም ደግሞ፡— እጅህን ወደ ብብትህ አግባ፡ አለው። እጁንም ወደ ብብቱ አገባት፤ ባወጣትም ጊዜ እነሆ፥ እጁ እንደ በረዶ ለምጽ ሆነች።

7 እርሱም፡— እጅህን ወደ ብብትህ መልስ፡ አለው። እጁንም ወደ ብብቱ መለሳት፥ ከብብቱም ባወጣት ጊዜ እነሆ ተመልሳ ገላውን መሰለች።

8 ደግሞም አለው፡— እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ ባያምኑህ የፊተኛይቱንም ምልክት ነገር ባይሰሙ፥ የሁለተኛይቱን ምልክት ነገር ያምናሉ።

9 እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ እነዚህን ሁለት ምልክቶች ባያምኑ ቃልህንም ባይሰሙ፥ ከወንዙ ውኃን ውሰድ፥ በደረቁም መሬት ላይ አፍስሰው፤ ከወንዙም የወሰድኸው ውኃ በደረቁ መሬት ላይ ደም ይሆናል።

10 ሙሴም እግዚአብሔርን፡— ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ አፌ ኰልታፋ ምላሴም ጸያፍ የሆነ ሰው ነኝ፤ ትናንት ከትናንት ወዲያ ባሪያህንም ከተናገርኸኝ ጀምሮ አፈ ትብ ሰው አይደለሁም።

11 እግዚአብሔርም፡— የሰውን አፍ የፈጠረ ማን ነው? ዲዳስ ደንቆሮስ የሚያይስ ዕውርስ ያደረገ ማን ነው? እኔ እግዚአብሔር አይደለሁምን?

12 እንግዲህ አሁን ሂድ፥ እኔም ከአፍህ ጋር እሆናለሁ፥ የምትናገረውንም አስተምርሃለሁ፡ አለው።

13 እርሱም፡— ጌታ ሆይ፥ በምትልከው ሰው እጅ ትልክ ዘንድ እለምንሃለሁ፡ አለ።

14 የእግዚአብሔርም ቍጣ በሙሴ ላይ ነደደ እንዲህም አለ፡— ሌዋዊው ወንድምህ አሮን አለ አይደለምን? እርሱ ደህና እንዲናገር አውቃለሁ፤ እነሆም ደግሞ ሊገናኝህ ይመጣል፤ ባየህም ጊዜ በልቡ ደስ ይለዋል።

15 አንተም ትናገረዋለህ ቃሉንም በአፉ ታደርገዋለህ፤ እኔ ከአፍህና ከአፉ ጋር እሆናለሁ፥ የምታደርጉትንም አስተምራችኋለሁ።

16 እርሱ ስለ አንተ ከሕዝቡ ጋር ይናገራል፤ እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ እርሱ አፍ ይሆንልሃል አንተም በእግዚአብሔር ፋንታ ትሆንለታለህ።

17 ይህችንም ተአምራት የምታደርግባትን በትር በእጅህ ይዘሃት ሂድ።

18 ሙሴም ሄደ፥ ወደ አማቱ ወደ ዮቶር ተመለሰ፡— እስከ ዛሬ በሕይወት እንዳሉ አይ ዘንድ ተመልሼ ወደ ግብፅ ወደ ወንድሞቼ ልሂድ፡ አለው። ዮቶርም ሙሴን፡— በሰላም ሂድ፡ አለው።

19 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን በምድያም፡— ነፍስህን የሚሹአት ሰዎች ሁሉ ሞተዋልና ተመልሰህ ወደ ግብፅ ሂድ፡ አለው።

20 ሙሴም ሚስቱንና ልጆቹን ወሰደ፥ በአህያ ላይም አስቀመጣቸው፥ ወደ ግብፅም አገር ተመለሰ፤ ሙሴም የእግዚአብሔርን በትር ይዞ ሄደ።

21 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ወደ ግብፅ ስትመለስ በእጅህ ያደረግሁትን ተአምራት ሁሉ በፈርዖን ፊት ታደርገው ዘንድ ተመልከት፤ እኔ ግን ልቡን አጸናዋለሁ፥ ሕዝቡንም አይለቅቅም።

22 ፈርዖንንም፡— እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል።

23 እስራኤል የበኵር ልጄ ነው፤ ይገዛልኝ ዘንድ ልጄን ልቀቅ አልሁህ፤ አንተም ትለቅቀው ዘንድ እንቢ አልህ፤ እነሆ እኔ የበኵር ልጅህን እገድላለሁ ትለዋለህ።

24 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ በመንገድ ላይ ባደረበት ስፍራ እግዚአብሔር ተገናኘው፥ ሊገድለውም ፈለገ።

25 ሲፓራም ሚስቱ ባልጩት ወሰደች፥ የልጅዋንም ሸለፈት ገረዘች፥ ወደ እግሩም ጣለችው፡— አንተ ለእኔ የደም ሙሽራ ነህ አለች።

26 ከእርሱም ፈቀቅ አለ። የዚያን ጊዜ፡— ስለ ግርዛቱ አንተ የደም ሙሽራ ነህ አለች።

27 እግዚአብሔርም አሮንን፡— ሄደህ በምድረ በዳ ሙሴን ተገናኘው አለው፤ ሄዶም በእግዚአብሔር ተራራ ተገናኘው፥ ሳመውም።

28 ሙሴም እግዚአብሔር በእርሱ ዘንድ የላከውን ቃል ሁሉ ያዘዘውንም ተአምራት ሁሉ ለአሮን ተናገረው።

29 ሙሴና አሮንም ሄዱ የእስራኤልንም ልጆች ሽማግሌዎች ሁሉ ሰበሰቡ።

30 አሮንም እግዚአብሔር ለሙሴ የነገረውን ቃል ሁሉ ተናገረ፥ ተአምራቱንም በሕዝቡ ፊት አደረገ።

31 ሕዝቡም አመኑ፤ እግዚአብሔርም የእስራኤልን ልጆች እንደ ጐበኘ ጭንቀታቸውንም እንዳየ በሰሙ ጊዜ፥ አጐነበሱ ሰገዱም።

Chapter 4

1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

6

1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— በጸናች እጅ ይለቅቃችኋልና፥ በጸናችም እጅ ከምድሩ አስወጥቶ ይሰድዳቸዋልና አሁን በፈርዖን የማደርገውን ታያለህ።

2 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን ተናገረው አለውም፡— እኔ እግዚአብሔር ነኝ፤

3 ለአብርሃምም ለይስሐቅም ለያዕቆብም ሁሉን እንደሚችል አምላክ ተገለጥሁ፤ ነገር ግን ስሜ እግዚአብሔር አልታወቀላቸውም ነበር።

4 የተሰደዱባትንም ምድር፥ የእንግድነታቸውን የከነዓንን ምድር፥ እሰጣቸው ዘንድ ከእነርሱ ጋር ቃል ኪዳኔን አቆምሁ።

5 ደግሞ እኔ ግብፃውያን የገዙአቸውን የእስራኤልን ልጆች ልቅሶ ሰማሁ፤ ቃል ኪዳኔንም አሰብሁ።

6 ስለዚህም ለእስራኤል ልጆች እንዲህ በላቸው፡— እኔ እግዚአብሔር ነኝ፥ ከግብፃውያንም ባርነት አወጣችኋለሁ፥ ከተገዥነታቸውም አድናችኋለሁ፤ በተዘረጋ ክንድ በታላቅ ፍርድም እታደጋችኋለሁ፥

7 ለእኔም ሕዝብ እንድትሆኑ እቀበላችኋለሁ፥ አምላክም እሆናችኋለሁ፤ እኔም ከግብፃውያን ባርነት ያወጣኋችሁ እግዚአብሔር አምላካችሁ እንደሆንሁ ታውቃላችሁ።

8 ለአብርሃምና ለይስሐቅ ለያዕቆብም እሰጣት ዘንድ ወደ ማልሁባት ምድር አገባችኋለሁ፤ እርስዋንም ርስት አድርጌ እሰጣችኋለሁ፤ እኔ እግዚአብሔር ነኝ።

9 ሙሴም ይህን ለእስራኤል ልጆች ተናገረ፤ እነርሱ ግን ከሰውነታቸው መጨነቅ ከከባዱም ሥራ የተነሣ ቃሉን አልሰሙትም።

10 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረው።

11 ግባ፥ የእስራኤልንም ልጆች ከአገሩ ይለቅቅ ዘንድ ለግብፅ ንጉሥ ለፈርዖን ንገር።

12 ሙሴም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት፡— እነሆ የእስራኤል ልጆች አልሰሙኝም፤ እንዴትስ ፈርዖን ይሰማኛል? ይልቁንም እኔ ከንፈረ ቈላፍ ነኝ ብሎ ተናገረ።

13 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴንና አሮንን ተናገራቸው፥ የግብፅ ንጉሥ ፈርዖንም የእስራኤልን ልጆች ከግብፅ እንዲያወጣቸው ይነግሩት ዘንድ አዘዛቸው።

14 የአባታቸውም ቤት አለቆች እነዚህ ናቸው። የእስራኤል የበኵር ልጅ የሮቤል ልጆች፤ ሄኖኅ፥ ፈሉስ፥ አስሮን፥ ከርሚ፤ እነዚህ የሮቤል ወገኖች ናቸው።

15 የስምዖንም ልጆች፤ ይሙኤል፥ ያሚን፥ ኦሃድ፥ ያኪን፥ ዶሐር፥ የከነዓናዊቱም ልጅ ሳኡል፤ እነዚህ የስምዖን ወገኖች ናቸው።

16 እነዚህም እንደ ወገኖቻቸው የሌዊ ልጆች ስሞች ጌድሶን፥ ቀዓት፥ ሜራሪ ናቸው። የሌዊም የሕይወት ዘመን መቶ ሠላሳ ሰባት ዓመት ነው።

17 የጌድሶንም ልጆች እንደ ወገኖቻቸው ሎቤኒ፥ ሰሜኢ ናቸው።

18 የቀዓትም ልጆች እንበረም፥ ይስዓር፥ ኬብሮን፥ ዑዝኤል ናቸው፤ የቀዓትም የሕይወቱ ዘመን መቶ ሠላሳ ሦስት ዓመት ነው።

19 የሜራሪ ልጆች ሞሖሊ፥ ሙሲ ናቸው። እነዚህ እንደ ትውልዳቸው የሌዊ ወገኖች ናቸው።

20 እንበረምም የአጎቱን ልጅ ዮካብድን አገባ፥ አሮንና ሙሴንም ወለደችለት፤ የእንበረምም የሕይወቱ ዘመን መቶ ሠላሳ ሰባት ዓመት ነው።

21 የይስዓር ልጆች ቆሬ፥ ናፌግ፥ ዝክሪ ናቸው።

22 የዑዝኤል ልጆች ሚሳኤል፥ ኤልዳፋን፥ ሥትሪ ናቸው።

23 አሮንም የአሚናዳብን የነአሶንን እኅት ኤልሳቤጥን አገባ፥ እርስዋም ናዳብንና አብዮድን አልዓዛርንና ኢታምርን ወለደችለት።

24 የቆሬ ልጆች አሴር፥ ሕልቃና፥ አብያሳፍ ናቸው፤ እነዚህ የቆሬ ልጆች ወገኖች ናቸው።

25 የአሮንም ልጅ አልዓዛር ከፉትኤል ልጆች ሚስት አገባ፥ እርስዋም ፊንሐስን ወለደችለት። እነዚህ እንደ ወገኖቻቸው የሌዋውያን አባቶች አለቆች ናቸው።

26 እነዚህ አሮንና ሙሴ እግዚአብሔር፡— ከግብፅ ምድር በየሠራዊቶቻቸው የእስራኤልን ልጆች አውጡ ያላቸው ናቸው።

27 እነዚህ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ከግብፅ ያወጡ ዘንድ ከግብፅ ንጉሥ ከፈርዖን ጋር የተነጋገሩ ናቸው፤ እነዚህ ሙሴና አሮን ናቸው።

28 እግዚአብሔርም በግብፅ አገር ሙሴን በተናገረው ቀን እንዲህ ሆነ፤

29 እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን፡— እኔ እግዚአብሔር ነኝ፤ እኔ የምነግርህን ሁሉ ለግብፅ ንጉሥ ለፈርዖን ንገር ብሎ ተናገረው።

30 ሙሴም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት፡— እነሆ እኔ ከንፈረ ቈላፍ ነኝ፤ እንዴትስ ፈርዖን ይሰማኛል? አለ።

Chapter 6

1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.

9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

14 These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.

15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

7

1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— እይ፥ እኔ ለፈርዖን አምላክ አድርጌሃለሁ፤ ወንድምህም አሮን ነቢይ ይሆንልሃል።

2 ያዘዝሁህን ነገር ሁሉ አንተ ትነግረዋለህ፤ ወንድምህም አሮን የእስራኤልን ልጆች ከአገሩ ይለቅቅ ዘንድ ከፈርዖን ጋር ይናገራል።

3 እኔም የፈርዖንን ልብ አጸናለሁ፥ በግብፅ ምድርም ድንቄንና ተአምራቴን አበዛለሁ።

4 ፈርዖንም አይሰማችሁም፥ እጄንም በግብፅ ላይ አደርጋለሁ፥ ሠራዊቴንም የእስራኤልን ልጆች ሕዝቤን በታላቅ ፍርድ ከግብፅ አገር አወጣለሁ።

5 ግብፃውያንም፥ እጄን በግብፅ ላይ በዘረጋሁ ጊዜ፥ የእስራኤልንም ልጆች ከመካከላቸው ባወጣሁ ጊዜ፥ እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆነሁ ያውቃሉ።

6 ሙሴና አሮንም እንዲህ አደረጉ፤ እግዚአብሔር እንዳዘዛቸው አደረጉ።

7 ፈርዖንንም በተናገሩት ጊዜ ሙሴ የሰማንያ ዓመት ሰው ነበረ፥ አሮንም የሰማንያ ሦስት ዓመት ሰው ነበረ።

8 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴንና አሮንን እንዲህ ሲል ተናገራቸው።

9 ፈርዖን፡— ተአምራትን አሳዩኝ ሲላችሁ፥ አሮንን፡— በትርህን ወስደህ እባብ እንድትሆን በፈርዖን ፊት ጣላት በለው።

10 ሙሴና አሮንም ወደ ፈርዖን ገቡ፥ እግዚአብሔርም እንዳዘዛቸው እንዲሁ አደረጉ፤ አሮንም በትሩን በፈርዖንና በባሮቹ ፊት ጣለ፥ እባብም ሆነች።

11 ፈርዖንም ጠቢባንንና መተተኞችን ጠራ፤ የግብፅም ጠንቋዮች በአስማታቸው እንዲሁ ደግሞ አደረጉ።

12 እያንዳንዳቸውም በትራቸውን ጣሉ፥ እባቦችም ሆኑ፤ የአሮን በትር ግን በትራቸውን ዋጠች።

13 እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተናገረ፥ የፈርዖን ልብ ጸና፥ አልሰማቸውምም።

14 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— የፈርዖን ልብ ደነደነ፥ ሕዝቡንም ለመልቀቅ እንቢ አለ።

15 ማልደህ ወደ ፈርዖን ሂድ፤ እነሆ ወደ ውኃ ይወጣል፥ ትገናኘውም ዘንድ አንተ በወንዝ ዳር ትቆማለህ፤ እባብም ሆና የተለወጠችውን በትር በእጅህ ትወስዳለህ።

16 እንዲህም ትለዋለህ፡— የዕብራውያን አምላክ እግዚአብሔር፡— በምድረ በዳ እንዲያገለግሉኝ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ ብሎ ወደ አንተ ላከኝ፤ እነሆም እስከ ዛሬ አልሰማህም።

17 እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ በዚህ ታውቃለህ፤ እነሆ እኔ የወንዙን ውኃ በእጄ ባለችው በትር እመታለሁ፥ ውኃውም ተለውጦ ደም ይሆናል።

18 በወንዙም ያሉት ዓሦች ይሞታሉ፥ ወንዙም ይገማል፤ ግብፃውያንም የወንዙን ውኃ ለመጠጣት ይጠላሉ።

19 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— አሮንን፡— በትርህን ውሰድ፥ ደምም እንዲሆኑ በግብፅ ውኆች በወንዞቻቸውም በመስኖቻቸውም በኩሬዎቻቸውም በውኃ ማከማቻዎቻቸውም ሁሉ ላይ እጅህን ዘርጋ በለው፤ በግብፅም አገር ሁሉ በእንጨት ዕቃና በድንጋይ ዕቃ ሁሉ ደም ይሆናል።

20 ሙሴና አሮንም እግዚአብሔር እንዳዘዛቸው እንዲሁ አደረጉ፤ በትሩንም አነሣ፥ በፈርዖንና በባሪያዎቹም ፊት የወንዙን ውኃ መታ፤ የወንዙም ውኃ ሁሉ ተለውጦ ደም ሆነ።

21 በወንዙም የነበሩ ዓሦች ሞቱ፤ ወንዙም ገማ፥ ግብፃውያንም ከወንዙ ውኃ ይጠጡ ዘንድ አልቻሉም ደሙም በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ ነበረ።

22 የግብፅም ጠንቋዮች በአስማታቸው እንዲሁ አደረጉ፤ እግዚአብሔርም እንደተናገረ የፈርዖን ልብ ጸና፥ አልሰማቸውምም።

23 ፈርዖንም ተመልሶ ወደ ቤቱ ገባ፥ ይህንም ደግሞ በልቡ አላኖረውም።

24 ግብፃውያንም ሁሉ የወንዙን ውኃ ይጠጡ ዘንድ አልቻሉምና በወንዙ አጠገብ ውኃ ሊጠጡ ቆፈሩ።

25 እግዚአብሔርም ወንዙን ከመታ በኋላ ሰባት ቀን ተፈጸመ።

Chapter 7

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.

7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.

23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

8

1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን ተናገረው፡— ወደ ፈርዖን ግባ እንዲህም በለው፡— እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— ያገለግለኝ ዘንድ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ።

2 ለመልቀቅ እንቢ ብትል ግን እነሆ እኔ አገርህን ሁሉ በጓጕንቸሮች እመታለሁ፤

3 ወንዙም ጓጕንቸሮችን ያፈላል፥ ወጥተውም ወደ ቤትህ፥ ወደ መኝታ ቤትህ፥ ወደ አልጋህም፥ ወደ ባሪያዎችህም ቤት፥ በሕዝብህም ላይ፥ ወደ ምድጆችህም፥ ወደ ቡሃቃዎችህም ይገባሉ፤

4 ጓጕንቸሮችም በአንተ በሕዝብህም በባሪያዎችም ሁሉ ላይ ይወጣሉ።

5 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— አሮንን፡— በትርህን ይዘህ በወንዞቹና በመስኖቹ በውኃ ማከማቻዎቹም ላይ እጅህን ዘርጋ፥ በግብፅም አገር ላይ ጓጕንቸሮችን አውጣ በለው።

6 አሮንም በግብፅ ውኆች ላይ እጁን ዘረጋ፤ ጓጕንቸሮቹም ወጡ፥ የግብፅንም አገር ሸፈኑ።

7 ጠንቋዮችም በአስማታቸው እንዲህ አደረጉ፥ በግብፅም አገር ላይ ጓጕንቸሮችን አወጡ።

8 ፈርዖንም ሙሴንና አሮንን ጠርቶ፡— ጓጕንቸሮቹን ከእኔ ከሕዝቤም እንዲያርቅ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸልዩልኝ፤ ለእግዚአብሔርም ይሠዋ ዘንድ ሕዝቡን እለቅቃለሁ፡ አላቸው።

9 ሙሴም ፈርዖንን፡— ጓጕንቸሮቹ ከአንተ ከቤቶችህም እንዲጠፉ፥ በወንዙም ብቻ እንዲቀሩ፥ ለአንተ ለባሪያዎችህም ለሕዝብህም መቼ እንድጸልይ አስታውቀኝ፡ አለው። እርሱም፡— ነገ፡ አለ።

10 ሙሴም፡— አምላካችንን እግዚአብሔርን የሚመስል እንደሌለ ታውቅ ዘንድ እንደ ቃልህ ይሁን።

11 ጓጕንቸሮቹም ከአንተ ከቤቶችህም ከባርያዎችህም ከሕዝብህም ይሄዳሉ፤ በወንዙም ብቻ ይቀራሉ፡ አለ።

12 ሙሴና አሮንም ከፈርዖን ዘንድ ወጡ፤ ሙሴም በፈርዖን ላይ ስላመጣቸው ጓጕንቸሮች ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኸ።

13 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴ እንዳለ አደረገ፤ ጓጕንቸሮቹም ከቤት ከወጀድም ከሜዳም ሞቱ።

14 እንደ ክምርም አድርገው ሰበሰቡአቸው፤ ምድርም ገማች።

15 ፈርዖንም ጸጥታ እንደሆነ ባየ ጊዜ ልቡን አደነደነ፤ እግዚአብሔርም እንደተናገረ አልሰማቸውም።

16 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— አሮንን፡— በትርህን ዘርጋ፥ በግብፅም አገር ሁሉ ቅማል እንዲሆን የምድሩን ትቢያ ምታ በለው።

17 እንዲሁም አደረጉ፤ አሮንም እጁን ዘረጋ፥ በበትሩም የምድሩን ትቢያ መታው፥ በሰውና በእንስሳም ላይ ቅማል ሆነ፤ በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ የምድር ትቢያ ሁሉ ቅማል ሆነ።

18 ጠንቋዮችም በአስማታቸው ያወጡ ዘንድ እንዲሁ አደረጉ፥ ነገር ግን አልቻሉም፤ ቅማሉም በሰውና በእንስሳ ላይ ነበረ።

19 ጠንቋዮችም ፈርዖንን፡— ይህስ የእግዚአብሔር ጣት ነው አሉት፤ የፈርዖን ልብ ግን ጸና፥ እግዚአብሔርም እንደ ተናገረ አልሰማቸውም።

20 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ማልደህ ተነሣ፥ በፈርዖንም ፊት ቁም፤ እነሆ እርሱ ወደ ውኃ ይወርዳል፤ እንዲህም በለው፡— እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— እንዲያገለግለኝ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ።

21 ሕዝቤንም ባትለቅቅ፥ እነሆ በአንተ በባሪያዎችህም በሕዝብህም በቤቶችህም ላይ የዝንብ መንጎች እሰድዳለሁ፤ የግብፃውያን ቤቶች የሚኖሩባትም ምድር ሁሉ በዝንብ መንጎች ይሞላሉ።

22 በዚያን ቀን በምድር መካከል እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደሆንሁ ታውቅ ዘንድ፥ በዚያ የዝንብ መንጋ እንዳይሆን ሕዝቤ የሚቀመጥባትን የጌሤምን ምድር እለያለሁ።

23 በሕዝቤና በሕዝብህ መካከል እለያለሁ፤ ይህም ተአምራት ነገ ይሆናል።

24 እግዚአብሔርም እንዲሁ አደረገ፤ በፈርዖንም ቤት በባሪያዎቹም ቤቶች ውስጥ ብዙ የዝንብ መንጋ መጣ፤ በግብፅም አገር ሁሉ ላይ ከዝንቡ መንጋ የተነሣ ምድር ጠፋች።

25 ፈርዖንም ሙሴንና አሮንን ጠርቶ፡— ሂዱ፥ በአገሩ ውስጥ ለአምላካችሁ ሠዉ፡ አላቸው።

26 ሙሴም፡— ለእግዚአብሔር ለአምላካችን የግብፃውያንን ርኵሰት እንሰዋለንና እንዲህ ይደረግ ዘንድ አይገባም፤ እነሆ እኛ የግብፃውያንን ርኵሰት በፊታቸው ብንሠዋ አይወግሩንምን?

27 እኛስ ለእግዚአብሔር ለአምላካችን እንሠዋ ዘንድ እንደሚያዝዘን የሦስት ቀን መንገድ ወደ ምድረ በዳ እንሄዳለን፡ አለ።

28 ፈርዖንም፡— ለእግዚአብሔር ለአምላካችሁ በምድረ በዳ ትሠዉ ዘንድ እለቅቃችኋለሁ፤ ነገር ግን ርቃችሁ አትሂዱ፥ ጸልዩልኝ፡ አለ።

29 ሙሴም፡— እነሆ ከአንተ ዘንድ እወጣለሁ፥ የዝንቡም መንጎች ከፈርዖን ከባሪያዎቹም ከሕዝቡም ነገ እንዲሄዱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር እጸልያለሁ፤ ነገር ግን ለእግዚአብሔር ይሠዋ ዘንድ ሕዝቡን እንዳይለቅቅ ፈርዖን እንደገና አያታልለን፡ አለ።

30 ሙሴም ከፈርዖን ዘንድ ወጣ፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ጸለየ።

31 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴ እንዳለ አደረገ፤ የዝንቡንም መንጎች ከፈርዖን ከባሪያዎቹም ከህዝቡም አስነሣ፤ አንድ ስንኳ አልቀረም።

32 ፈርዖንም በዚህ ጊዜ ደግሞ ልቡን አደነደነ፥ ሕዝቡንም አልለቀቀም።

Chapter 8

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.

11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

27 We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

9

1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ወደ ፈርዖን ዘንድ ገብተህ ንገረው፡— የዕብራውያን አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— ያገለግሉኝ ዘንድ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ።

2 ልትለቅቃቸውም እንቢ ብትል ብትይዛቸውም፥

3 እነሆ የእግዚአብሔር እጅ በሜዳ ውስጥ ባሉት በከብቶችህ፥ በፈረሶችም በአህዮችም በግመሎችም በበሬዎችም በበጎችም ላይ ትሆናለች፤ ብርቱ ቸነፈርም ይወርዳል።

4 እግዚአብሔርም በእስራኤልና በግብፅ ከብቶች መካከል ይለያል፤ ከእስራኤልም ልጆች ከብት አንዳች አይጠፋም።

5 እግዚአብሔርም፡— ነገ እግዚአብሔር ይህን ነገር በምድር ላይ ያደርጋል ብሎ ጊዜን ወሰነ።

6 እግዚአብሔርም ያንን ነገር በነጋው አደረገ፥ የግብፅም ከብት ሁሉ ሞተ፤ ከእስራኤል ልጆች ከብት ግን አንድ ስንኳ አልሞተም።

7 ፈርዖንም ላከ፥ እነሆም ከእስራኤል ልጆች ከብት አንድ ስንኳ አልሞተም። የፈርዖን ልብ ግን ደነደነ፥ ሕዝቡንም አልለቀቀም።

8 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴንና አሮንን፡— እጃችሁን ሞልታችሁ ከምድጃ አመድ ውሰዱ፥ ሙሴም በፈርዖን ፊት ወደ ሰማይ ይበትነው።

9 እርሱም በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ ትቢያ ይሆናል፥ በግብፅም አገር ሁሉ በሰውና በእንስሳ ላይ ሻህኝ የሚያመጣ ቍስል ይሆናል፡ አላቸው።

10 ከምድጃውም አመድ ወስደው በፈርዖን ፊት ቆሙ፤ ሙሴም ወደ ሰማይ በተነው፥ በሰውና በእንስሳም ላይ ሻህኝ የሚያወጣ ቍስል ሆነ።

11 ጠንቋዮችም ቍስል ስለ ነበረባቸው በሙሴ ፊት መቆም አልቻሉም፤ ቍስል በጠንቋዮችና በግብፃያን ሁሉ ላይ ነበረና።

12 እግዚአብሔርም የፈርዖንን ልብ አጸና፤ እግዚአብሔር ለሙሴ እንደተናገረው አልሰማቸውም።

13 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ማልደህ ተነሣ፥ በፈርኦንም ፊት ቆመህ በለው፡— የዕብራውያን አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— እንዲያገለግሉኝ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ።

14 በምድር ሁሉ እንደ እኔ ያለ እንደሌለ ታውቅ ዘንድ በሰውነትህ በባሪያዎችህም በሕዝብህም ላይ መቅሠፍቴን ሁሉ አሁን እልካለሁ።

15 አሁን እጄን ዘርግቼ አንተን ሕዝብህንም በቸነፈር በመታሁህ ነበር፥ አንተም ከምድር በጠፋህ ነበር፤

16 ነገር ግን ኃይሌን እገልጥብህ ዘንድ ስሜም በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ይነገር ዘንድ ስለዚህ አስነሥቼሃለሁ።

17 እንዳትለቅቃቸው ገና በሕዝቤ ላይ ትታበያለህን?

18 እነሆ ነገ በዚህ ጊዜ፥ ከተመሰረተች ጀምሮ እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ እንደ እርሱ ያለ በግብፅ ሆኖ የማያውቅ፥ እጅግ ታላቅ በረዶ አዘንብብሃለሁ።

19 በሜዳ የተገኘ ወደ ቤት ያልገባ ሰውና እንስሳ ሁሉ በረዶ ወርዶበት ይሞታልና አሁን እንግዲህ ላክ፥ ከብቶችህንም በሜዳም ያለህን ሁሉ አስቸኵል።

20 ከፈርዖንም ባሪያዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል የፈራ ባሪያዎቹንና ከብቶቹን ወደ ቤቶቹ አሸሸ፤

21 የእግዚአብሔርንም ቃል ያላሰበ ባሪያዎቹንና ከብቶቹን በሜዳ ተወ።

22 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— በግብፅ አገር በሰው በእንስሳም በእርሻም ቡቃያ ሁሉ ላይ፥ በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ በረዶ ይሆን ዘንድ እጅህን ወደ ሰማይ ዘርጋ፡ አለው።

23 ሙሴም በትሩን ወደ ሰማይ ዘረጋ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ነጎድጓድና በረዶ ላከ፥ እሳትም ወደ ምድር ወረደ፤ እግዚአብሔርም በግብፅ አገር ላይ በረዶ አዘነበ።

24 በረዶም ነበረ፥ በበረዶውም መካከል እሳት ይቃጠል ነበር፥ በረዶውም በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ ሕዝብ ከሆነ ጀምሮ እንደ እርሱ ያልሆነ እጅግ ታላቅ ነበረ።

25 በረዶውም በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ በሜዳ ያለውን ሁሉ ሰውንና እንስሳን መታ፤ በረዶውም የእርሻን ቡቃያ ሁሉ መታ፥ የአገሩንም ዛፍ ሁሉ ሰበረ።

26 የእስራኤል ልጆች ተቀምጠው በነበሩባት በጌሤም አገር ብቻ በረዶ አልወረደም።

27 ፈርዖንም ልኮ ሙሴንና አሮንን ጠራ፡— በዚህ ጊዜ በደልሁ፤ እግዚአብሔር ጻድቅ ነው፥ እኔና ሕዝቤም ኃጢያተኞች ነን።

28 የአምላክ ነጎድጓድ በረዶውም በዝቶአልና ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸልዩ፤ እለቅቃችሁማለሁ፥ ከዚያም በኋላ በዚህ አትቀመጡም፡ አላቸው።

29 ሙሴም፡— ከከተማ በወጣሁ ጊዜ እጄን ወደ እግዚአብሔር እዘረጋለሁ፤ ምድሪቱ ለእግዚአብሔር እንደሆነች ታውቅ ዘንድ ነጎድጓዱ ይቀራል፥ በረዶውም ደግሞ አይወርድም።

30 ነገር ግን አንተና ባሪያዎችህ አምላክን እግዚአብሔርን ገና እንደማትፈሩ አውቃለሁ፡ አለው።

31 ገብሱ እሸቶ ተልባውም ኣፍርቶ ነበርና ተልባና ገብሱ ተመታ።

32 ስንዴውና አጃው ግን ጊዜው ገና ነበርና አልተመታም።

33 ሙሴም ከፈርዖን ዘንድ ከከተማ ወጣ፥ እጁንም ወደ እግዚአብሔር ዘረጋ፤ ነጎድጓዱም በረዶውም ተቋረጠ፥ ዝናቡም በምድር ላይ አልፈሰሰም።

34 ፈርዖንም ዝናቡ በረዶውም ነጎድጓዱም እንደ ተቋረጠ ባየ ጊዜ ኃጢያትን ጨመረ፥ እርሱና ባሪያዎቹም ልባቸውን አደነደኑ።

35 የፈርዖንም ልብ ጸና፤ እግዚአብሔርም በሙሴ አፍ እንደተናገር የእስራኤልን ልጆች አልለቀቀም።

Chapter 9

1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel.

5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’S.

30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.

31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

10

1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቁ ዘንድ በግብፃውያን ያደረግሁትን ነገር ያደረግሁባቸውንም ተአምራቴን በልጅህ በልጅ ልጅህም ጆሮች ትነግር ዘንድ፥ ይህችንም ተአምራቴን በመካከላቸው አደረግ ዘንድ የእርሱን የባሪያዎቹንም ልብ አደንድኜአለሁና ወደ ፈርዖን ግባ፡ አለው።

3 ሙሴም አሮንም ወደ ፈርዖን ገቡ፥ አሉትም፡— የዕብራውያን አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— በፊቴ ለመዋረድ እስከ መቼ እንቢ ትላለህ? ያገለግሉኝ ዘንድ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ።

4 ሕዝቤን ለመልቀቅ እንቢ ብትል ግን፥ እነሆ ነገ በአገርህ አንበጣዎችን አመጣለሁ፤

5 የምድሩንም ፊት ይሸፍኑታልና ምድሩን ለማየት አይቻልም፤ ከበረዶውም አምልጦ የተረፈላችሁን ትርፍ ይበሉታል፥ ያደገላችሁንም የእርሻውን ዛፍ ሁሉ ይበሉታል፤

6 ቤቶችህም የባሪያዎችህም ሁሉ ቤቶች የግብፃውያንም ሁሉ ቤቶች በእነርሱ ይሞላል፤ አባቶችህ የአባቶችህም አባቶች በምድር ላይ ከተቀመጡበት ቀን ጀምሮ እስከዚህ ቀን ድረስ እንደ እርሱ ያለ ያላዩት ነው። ተመልሶም ከፈርዖን ዘንድ ወጣ።

7 የፈርዖንም ባሪያዎች፡— ይህ ሰው እስከ መቼ ዕንቅፋት ይሆንብናል? አምላካቸውን እግዚአብሔርን ያገለግሉት ዘንድ ሰዎችን ልቀቅ ግብፅስ እንደ ጠፋች ገና አታውቅምን? አሉት።

8 ፈርዖንም ሙሴንና አሮንን መልሶ አስመጣቸው፡— ሂዱ፥ አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን አገልግሉ፤ ነገር ግን የሚሄዱት እነማን ናቸው? አላቸው።

9 ሙሴም፡— እኛ እንሄዳለን፥ የእግዚአብሔር በዓል ሆኖልናልና ታናናሾቻችንና ሽማግሌዎቻችን ወንዶችና ሴቶች ልጆቻችንም በጎቻችንና ከብቶቻችንም ከእኛ ጋር ይሄዳሉ፡ አለ።

10 ፈርዖንም፡— እናንተን ከልጆቻችሁ ጋር ስለቅቅ እግዚአብሔር ከእናንተ ጋር ይሁን፤ ነገር ግን ክፉ ነገር በፊታችሁ እንደሚሆን ተመልከቱ።

11 እንዲህም አይይደለም፤ እናንተ ወንዶቹ ሂዱ፥ ይህን ፈልጋችኋልና እግዚአብሔርን አገልግሉ፡ አላቸው። ከፈርዖንም ፊት አባረሩአቸው።

12 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— በግብፅ አገር ላይ እንዲወጡ፥ ከበረዶውም የተረፈውን የምድርን ቡቃያ ሁሉ እንዲበሉ፥ ስለ አንበጣዎች በግብፅ አገር ላይ እጅህን ዘርጋ፡ አለው።

13 ሙሴም በግብፅ አገር ላይ በትሩን ዘረጋ፥ እግዚአብሔርም የምሥራቅን ነፋስ ያን ቀን ሁሉ ሌሊቱን ሁሉ አመጣ፤ ማለዳም በሆነ ጊዜ የምሥራቁ ነፋስ አንበጣዎቹን አመጣ።

14 አንበጣዎችም በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ ላይ ወጡ፥ በግብፅም ዳርቻ ሁሉ ላይ ተቀመጡ፤ እጅግም ብዙ ነበሩ፤ ይህንም የሚያህል አንበጣ በፊት አልነበረም፥ ወደ ፊትም ደግሞ እንደ እርሱ አይሆንም።

15 የምድሩንም ፊት ፈጽመው ሸፈኑት አገሪቱም ጨለመች፤ የአገሪቱን ቡቃያ ሁሉ በረዶውም የተወውን በዛፉ የነበረውን ፍሬ ሁሉ በሉ፤ ለምለም ነገር ዛፍም የምድር ሣርም በግብፅ አገር ሁሉ አልቀረም።

16 ፈርዖንም ሙሴንና አሮንን በፍጥነት ጠራ፡— አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን እናንተንም በደልሁ፤

17 አሁን እንግዲህ በዚህ ጊዜ ብቻ ኃጢአቴን ይቅር በሉኝ፥ ይህንም ሞት ብቻ ከእኔ ያነሣልኝ ዘንድ አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን ለምኑ፡ አላቸው።

18 ሙሴም ከፈርዖን ፊት ወጣ፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ለመነ።

19 እግዚአብሔርም ከምዕራብ ዐውሎ ነፋሱን አስወገደ፥ አንበጣዎችንም ወስዶ በኤርትራ ባሕር ውስጥ ጣላቸው፤ አንድ አንበጣም በግብፅ ዳርቻ ሁሉ አልቀረም።

20 እግዚአብሔር የፈርዖንን ልብ አጸና የእስራኤልንም ልጆች አልለቀቀም።

21 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— እጅህን ወደ ሰማይ ዘርጋ፥ በግብፅም አገር ላይ ሰው የሚዳስሰው ፅኑ ጨለማ ይሁን፡ አለው።

22 ሙሴም እጁን ወደ ሰማይ ዘረጋ፥ በግብፅም አገር ሁሉ ላይ ፅኑ ጨለማ ሦስት ቀን ሆነ፤

23 ማንም ወንድሙን አላየም፥ ሦስት ቀንም ሙሉ ከስፍራው ማንም አልተነሣም፤ ለእስራኤል ልጆች ሁሉ ግን በተቀመጡበት ስፍራ ብርሃን ነበራቸው።

24 ፈርዖንም ሙሴን ጠርቶ፡— ሂዱ፥ እግዚአብሔርን አገልግሉ፤ ነገር ግን በጎቻችሁንና ከብቶቻችሁን ተዉ፤ ልጆቻችሁ ደግሞ ከእናንተ ጋር ይሂዱ፡ አለው።

25 ሙሴም፡— አንተ ደግሞ ለአምላካችን ለእግዚአብሔር የምንሠዋው መሥዋዕትንና የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕትን ትሰጠናለህ።

26 አምላካችንን እግዚአብሔርን ለማገልገል ከእነርሱ እንወስዳለንና ከብቶቻችን ከእኛ ጋር ይሄዳሉ፥ አንድ ሰኮናም አይቀርም፤ አምላካችን የምናገለግለው ምን እንደሆነ ከዚያ እስክንደርስ አናውቅም፡ አለ።

27 እግዚአብሔር የፈርዖንን ልብ አጸና፥ ሊለቅቃቸውም አልወደደም።

28 ፈርዖንም፡— ከእኔ ዘንድ ሂድ፤ ፊቴን ባየህበት ቀን ትሞታለህና ፊቴን እንዳታይ ተጠንቀቅ፡ አለው።

29 ሙሴም፡— እንደ ተናገርህ ይሁን፤ ፊትህን እንደ ገና አላይም፡ አለ።

Chapter 10

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

7 And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?

9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.

10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.

26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.

28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም በግብፅ አገር ሙሴንና አሮንን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገራቸው።

2 ይህ ወር የወሮች መጀመሪያ ይሁናችሁ፤ የዓመቱም መጀመሪያ ወር ይሁናችሁ።

3 ለእስራኤል ልጆች ሁሉ ተናገሩ፥ በሉአቸውም፡— በዚህ ወር በአሥረኛው ቀን ሰው ሁሉ ለአባቱ ቤት አንድ ጠቦት፥ ለአንድ ቤትም አንድ ጠቦት ይውሰድ።

4 የቤቱ ሰዎች ቍጥርም ለጠቦቱ የማይበቃ ቢሆን እርሱና ለቤቱ የቀረበው ጎረቤቱ እንደ ነፍሶቻቸው ቍጥር አንድ ጠቦት ይውሰድ፤ እያንዳንዱም እንደሚበላው መጠን ከጠቦቱ ይካፈሉ።

5 የእናንተ ጠቦት ነውር የሌለበት የአንድ ዓመት ተባት ይሁን፤ ከበጎች ወይም ከፍየሎች ውሰድ።

6 በዚህም ወር እስከ አሥራ አራተኛው ቀን ድረስ ጠብቁት፤ የእስራኤልም ማኅበር ጉባኤ ሁሉ ሲመሽ ይረዱት።

7 ከደሙም ወስደው በሚበሉበት ቤት ሁለቱን መቃንና ጉበኑን ይቅቡት።

8 በእሳት የተጠበሰውን ሥጋውንና ቂጣውን እንጀራ በዚያች ሌሊት ይብሉ፤ ከመራራ ቅጠል ጋር ይበሉታል።

9 ጥሬውን በውኃም የበሰለውን አትብሉ፥ ነገር ግን ከራሱ ከጭኑ ከሆድ ዕቃው ጋር በእሳት የተጠበሰውን ብሉት።

10 ከእርሱም እስከ ጥዋት አንዳች አታስቀሩ፤ እስከ ጥዋትም የቀረውን በእሳት አቃጥሉት።

11 ወገቦቻችሁን ታጥቃችሁ፥ ጫማችሁን በእግራችሁ፥ በትራችሁንም በእጃችሁ አድርጋችሁ እንዲህ ብሉት፥ ፈጥናችሁም ትበሉታላችህ፤ እርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ፋሲካ ነው።

12 እኔም በዚያች ሌሊት በግብፅ አገር አልፋለሁ፥ በግብፅም አገር ከሰው እስከ እንስሳ ድረስ በኵርን ሁሉ እገድላለሁ፤ በግብፅም አማልክት ሁሉ ላይ እፈርድባቸዋለሁ፤ እኔ እግዚአብሔር ነኝ።

13 ደሙም ባላችሁበት ቤቶች ምልክት ይሆንላችኋል፤ ደሙንም ባየሁ ጊዜ ከእናንተ አልፋለሁ፤ እኔም የግብፅን አገር በመታሁ ጊዜ መቅሰፍቱ ለጥፋት አይመጣባችሁም።

14 ይህም ቀን መታሰቢያ ይሁናችሁ፥ ለእግዚአብሔርም በዓል ታደርጉታላችሁ፤ ለልጅ ልጃችሁ ሥርዓት ሆኖ ለዘላለም ታደርጉታላችሁ።

15 ሰባት ቀን ቂጣ እንጀራ ትበላላችሁ፤ በመጀመሪያም ቀን እርሾውን ከቤታችሁ ታወጣላችሁ፤ ከመጀመሪያውም ቀን አንሥቶ እስከ ሰባተኛው ቀን እርሾ ያለበትን እንጀራ የሚበላ ነፍስ ከእስራኤል ተለይቶ ይጥፋ።

16 በመጀመሪያውም ቀን የተቀደሰ ጉባኤ እንዲሁም በሰባተኛውም ቀን የተቀደሰ ጉባኤ ይሆንላችኋል። ከሚበላው በቀር በእነርሱም ምንም አትሠሩም፥ ይህንም ብቻ ታደርጉታላችሁ።

17 በዚህም ቀን ሠራዊታችሁን ከግብፅ አገር አውጥቼአለሁና የቂጣውንም በዓል ጠብቁት፤ እንግዲህ ይህን ቀን ለልጅ ልጃችሁ ለዘላለም ሥርዓት ትጠብቃላችሁ።

18 በመጀመሪያውም ወር በአሥራ አራተኛው ቀን በመሸ ጊዜ ከወሩም እስከ ሀያ አንድ ቀን በመሸ ጊዜ የቂጣ እንጀራ ትበላላችሁ።

19 ሰባት ቀን በቤታችሁ እርሾ አይገኝ፤ እርሾ ያለበትንም እንጀራ የሚበላ ነፍስ፥ ከመጻተኛው ጀምሮ እስከ አገር ልጁ ድረስ፥ ከእስራኤል ማኅበር ተለይቶ ይጥፋ።

20 እርሾ ያለበትን ምንም አትብሉ፥ በቤቶቻችሁም ሁሉ ውስጥ ቂጣ እንጀራ ብሉ።

21 ሙሴም የእስራኤልን ሽማግሌዎች ጠርቶ አላቸው፡— በየቤታችሁ ጠቦት ምረጡ፥ ወስዳችሁም ለፋሲካ እረዱት።

22 ከሂሶጵ ቅጠልም ጭብጥ ውሰዱ፥ በዕቃ ውስጥ ባለውም ደም ንከሩት፥ በዕቃውም ውስጥ ካለው ደም ሁለቱን መቃኖችና ጉበኑን እርጩ፤ ከእናንተም አንድ ሰው ከቤቱ ደጅ እስኪነጋ ድረስ አይውጣ።

23 እግዚአብሔር ግብፃውያንን ይመታ ዘንድ ያልፋልና፤ ደሙንም በጉበኑና በሁለቱ መቃኖች ላይ ባየ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር በደጁ ላይ ያልፋል፥ አጥፊውም ይመታችሁ ዘንድ ወደ ቤታችሁ እንዲገባ አይተውም።

24 ለእናንተ ለልጆቻችሁም ለዘላለም ሥርዓት አድርጋችሁ ይህችን ነገር ጠብቁ።

25 እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተናገረ ወደ ሚሰጣችሁ አገር በገባችሁ ጊዜ ይህን አምልኮ ጠብቁት።

26 እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ ልጆቻችሁ፡— ይህ አምልኮ ለእናንተ ምንድር ነው?

27 ባሉአችሁ ጊዜ፥ እናንተ፡— በግብፅ አገር በእስራኤል ልጆች ቤቶች ላይ አልፎ ግብፃዊያንን በመታ ጊዜ፥ ቤቶቻችንን ያዳነ የእግዚአብሔር የማለፉ መሥዋዕት ይህች ናት ትሉአቸዋላችሁ።

28 ሕዝቡም ተጎነበሰ ሰገደም። የእስራኤልም ልጆች ሄዱ፥ እንዲሁም አደረጉ፤ እግዚአብሔር ሙሴንና አሮንን እንዳዘዘ እንዲሁ አደረጉ።

29 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ እኩል ሌሊት በሆነ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር፥ በዙፋን ከተቀመጠው ከፈርዖን በኵር ጀምሮ በግዞት እስካሉት እስከ ምርኮኞቹ በኵር ድረስ፥ የግብፃውያንን በግብፅ ምድር የተገኘውን በኵር ሁሉ፥ የእንስሳውንም በኵሮች ሁሉ መታ።

30 ፈርዖንም ባሪያዎቹም ሁሉ ግብፃውያንም ሁሉ በሌሊት ተነሡ፤ የሞተ የሌለበት ቤት አልነበረምና በግብፅ ምድር ታላቅ ልቅሶ ሆነ።

31 ፈርዖንም ሙሴንና አሮንን በሌሊት ጠርቶ፡— እናንተ የእስራኤልም ልጆች ተነሡ፥ ከሕዝቤ መካከል ውጡ፤ ሂዱም፥ እንዳላችሁም እግዚአብሔርን አገልግሉ፤

32 እንዳላችሁም መንጎቻችሁንና ከብቶቻችሁን ውሰዱ፥ ሂዱም፥ እኔንም ደግሞ ባርኩኝ፡ አለ።

33 ግብፃውያንም ፈጥነው ከምድሩ ይወጡ ዘንድ ሕዝቡን ያስቸኵሉአቸው ነበር። ሁላችን እንሞታለን ብለዋልና።

34 ሕዝቡም ሊጡን ሳይቦካ ተሸከሙ፥ ቡሃቃውንም በልብሳቸው ጠቅልለው በትከሻቸው ተሸከሙት።

35 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ሙሴ እንዳዘዘ አደረጉ፥ ከግብፃውያንም የብርንና የወርቅን ዕቃ ልብስንም ለመኑ።

36 እግዚአብሔርም ለሕዝቡ በግብፃውያን ፊት የፈለጉትን እንዲሰጡአቸው ሞገስን ሰጠ። እነርሱም ግብፃውያንን በዘበዙ።

37 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ከራምሴ ተነሥተው ወደ ሱኮት ሄዱ፤ ከሕፃናቱም ሌላ ስድስት መቶ ሺህ ሰው የሚያህል እግረኛ ነበረ።

38 ደግሞም ሌላ ብዙ ድብልቅ ሕዝብ መንጎችና ላሞችም እጅግ ብዙም ከብቶች ከእነርሱ ጋር ወጡ።

39 ከግብፅም ከእነርሱ ጋር ያወጡትን ሊጥ ጋገሩ፥ አልቦካም ነበርና ቂጣ እንጎቻ አደረጉት፤ ግብፃውያን በመውጣት ስላስቸኰሉአቸው ይቈዩ ዘንድ አልተቻላቸውም፥ ስንቅም አላሰናዱም ነበር።

40 የእስራኤልም ልጆች በግብፅ ምድር የተቀመጡት ዘመን አራት መቶ ሠላሳ ዓመት ነው።

41 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ አራት መቶ ሠላሳ ዓመት ከተፈጸመ በኋላ በዚያ ቀን የእግዚአብሔር ሠራዊት ሁሉ ከግብፅ ምድር ወጣ።

42 ይህች ሌሊት ከግብፅ ምድር ስላወጣቸው ለእግዚአብሔር የተጠበቀች ናት፤ ይህች ሌሊት በእስራኤል ልጆች ሁሉ ዘንድ እስከ ልጅ ልጃቸው ድረስ ለእግዚአብሔር የተጠበቀች ናት።

43 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴንና አሮንን አለ፡— ይህ የፋሲካ ሕግ ነው፤ ከእርሱ እንግዳ ሰው አይብላ።

44 በብር የተገዛ ባሪያ ቢኖር ከተገረዘ በኋላ ከእርሱ ይብላ።

45 መጻተኛና ሞያተኛ ግን ከእርሱ አይብሉ።

46 በአንድ ቤትም ይበላ፤ ከሥጋውም አንዳች ከቤት ወደ ሜዳ አታውጡ፤ አጥንትም አትስበሩበት።

47 የእስራኤልም ጉባኤ ሁሉ ያድርጉት።

48 እንግዳ ሰውም በመካከላችሁ ቢቀመጥ ለእግዚአብሔርም ፋሲካን ሊያደርግ ቢወድድ፥ አስቀድሞ ወንድ ሁሉ ይገረዝ፥ ከዚያም ወዲያ ይቅረብ ያድርግም፤ እንደ አገር ልጅም ይሆናል፤ ያልተገረዘ ሁሉ ግን ከእርሱ አይብላ።

49 ለአገር ልጅ በእናንተ መካከልም ለሚቀመጡ እንግዶች አንድ ሥርዓት ይሆናል።

50 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ሁሉ እንዲህ አደረጉ፤ እግዚአብሔር ሙሴንና አሮንን እንዳዘዘ እንዲሁ አደረጉ።

51 በዚያም ቀን እግዚአብሔር የእስራኤልን ልጆች ከሠራዊታቸው ጋር ከግብፅ ምድር አወጣ።

Chapter 12

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S passover.

12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገርው።

2 በእስራኤል ልጆች ዘንድ ከሰውም ከእንስሳም ማሕፀንን የሚከፈት በኵር ሁሉ ለእኔ ቀድስልኝ፤ የእኔ ነው።

3 ሙሴም ሕዝቡን አለ፡— ከባርነት ቤት ከግብፅ የወጣችሁበትን ይህን ቀን አስቡ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከዚህ ቦታ በብርቱ እጅ አውጥቶአችኋልና፤ ስለዚህ የቦካ እንጀራ አትብሉ።

4 እናንተ ዛሬ በአቢብ ወር ወጥታችኋል።

5 እግዚአብሔርም ለአንተ ይሰጣት ዘንድ ለአባቶችህ ወደ ማለላቸው፥ ወተትና ማር ወደምታፈስስ ምድር፥ ወደ ከነዓናውያን ወደ ኬጢያውያንም ወደ አሞራውያንም ወደ ኤዊያውያንም ወደ ኢያቡሳውያንም ምድር ባገባህ ጊዜ ይህችን አምልኮ በዚህ ወር ታደርጋለህ።

6 ሰባት ቀን ቂጣ እንጀራ ትበላለህ፥ በሰባተኛውም ቀን ለእግዚአብሔር በዓል ይሆናል።

7 ሰባት ቀንም ሙሉ ቂጣ እንጀራ ትበላለህ፥ በአንተም ዘንድ እርሾ ያለበት እንጀራ አይታይ፥ በድንበርህም ሁሉ እርሾ አይታይ።

8 በዚያም ቀን፡— ከግብፅ በወጣሁ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር ስላደረገልኝ ነው ስትል ለልጅህ ትነግረዋለህ።

9 እግዚአብሔር በብርቱ እጅ ከግብፅ አውጥቶሃልና የእግዚአብሔር ሕግ በአፍህ ይሆን ዘንድ በእጅህ እንደ ምልክት በዓይኖችህም መካከል እንደ መታሰቢያ ይሁንልህ።

10 በዓመት በዓመት በወራቱ ይህችን ሥርዓት ጠብቃት።

11 እግዚአብሔርም ለአንተ ለአባቶችህም እንደ ማለ ወደ ከነዓናውያን ምድር ባገባህ ጊዜ፥ እርስዋንም በሰጠህ ጊዜ፥

12 ማሕፀንን የሚከፍተውን ሁሉ ለእግዚአብሔር ለይ፤ ከሚሆንልህ ከብት ሁሉ ተባት ሆኖ አስቀድሞ የተወለደው ለእግዚአብሔር ይሆናል።

13 የአህያውን በኵር በጠቦት ትዋጀዋለህ፥ ባትዋጀውም አንገቱን ትሰብረዋለህ፤ የሰውንም በኵር ሁሉ ከልጆችህ መካከል ትዋጀዋለህ።

14 እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ በሚመጣው ጊዜ ልጅህ፡— ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ በጠየቀህ ጊዜ እንዲህ ትለዋለህ፡— እግዚአብሔር በብርቱ እጅ ከባርነት ቤት ከግብፅ ምድር አወጣን፤

15 ፈርዖንም እንዳይሰድደን ልቡን ባጸና ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር ከሰው በኵር ጀምሮ እስከ እንስሳ በኵር ድረስ በግብፅ ምድር ያለውን በኵር ሁሉ ገደለ፤ ስለዚህ ወንድ ሆኖ ማሕፀንን የከፈተውን ሁሉ ለእግዚአብሔር እሠዋለሁ፥ ነገር ግን የልጆቼን በኵር ሁሉ እዋጃለሁ።

16 እግዚአብሔርም በብርቱ እጅ ከግብፅ አውጥቶናልና በእጅህ እንደ ምልክት፥ በዓይኖችህም መካከል እንደ ተንጠለጠለ ነገር ይሁንልህ።

17 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ ፈርዖን ሕዝቡን በለቀቀ ጊዜ፥ ምንም ቅርብ ቢሆን እግዚአብሔር በፍልስጥኤማውያን ምድር መንገድ አልመራቸውም፤ እግዚአብሔር፡— ሕዝቡ ሰልፉን ባየ ጊዜ እንዳይጸጽተው ወደ ግብፅም እንዳይመለስ ብሎአልና።

18 ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ሕዝቡን በዙሪያ መንገድ በኤርትራ ባሕር ባለችው ምድረ በዳ መራቸው። የእስራኤልም ልጆች ከግብፅ ምድር ተሰልፈው ወጡ።

19 ዮሴፍም፡— እግዚአብሔር ሳይጎበኛችሁ አይቀርም፥ አጥንቶቼንም ከዚህ ከእናንተ ጋር ታወጣላችሁ ብሎ የእስራኤልን ልጆች አምሎአቸው ነበርና ሙሴ የእርሱን አጥንቶች ከእርሱ ጋር ወሰደ።

20 ከሱኮትም ተጓዙ፥ በምድረ በዳውም ዳር በኤታም ሰፈሩ።

21 በቀንና በሌሊትም ይሄዱ ዘንድ፥ መንገድ ሊያሳያቸው ቀን በደመና ዓምድ፥ ሊያበራላቸውም ሌሊት በእሳት ዓምድ እግዚአብሔር በፊታቸው ሄደ።

22 የደመና ዓምድ በቀን፥ የእሳት ዓምድ በሌሊት ከሕዝቡ ፊት ከቶ ፈቀቅ አላለም።

Chapter 13

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.

5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD’S.

13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረው።

2 ተመልሰው በሚግዶልና በባሕር መካከል፥ በበኣልዛፎንም ፊት ለፊት ባለው በፊሀሒሮት ፊት እንዲሰፍሩ ለእስራኤል ልጆች ተናገር፤ ከእርሱም አጠገብ በባሕር ዳር ትሰፍራላችሁ።

3 ፈርዖንም ስለ እስራኤል ልጆች፡— በምድር ይቅበዘበዛሉ፥ ምድረ በዳም ዘጋቻቸው ይላል።

4 እኔም የፈርዖንን ልብ አጸናለሁ፥ እርሱም ያባርራቸዋል፤ በፈርዖንና በሠራዊቱም ሁሉ ላይ ክብር አገኛለሁ፤ ግብፃውያንም እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ያውቃሉ። እነርሱም እንዲሁ አደረጉ።

5 ሕዝቡም እንደ ኰበለሉ ለግብፅ ንጉሥ ነገሩት፤ የፈርዖንና የባሪያዎቹም ልብ በሕዝቡ ላይ ተለወጠና፡— እንዳይገዛልን እስራኤልን የለቀቅነው ምን አድርገናል? አሉ።

6 ሰረገላውንም አሰናዳ፥ ሕዝቡንም ከእርሱ ጋር ወሰደ፤

7 ስድስት መቶ የተመረጡ ሰረገሎችንም፥ የግብፅንም ፈረሶች ሁሉ፥ በእያንዳንዱም ሰረገላ ሁሉ ላይ ሦስተኞችን ወሰደ።

8 እግዚአብሔርም የግብፅን ንጉሥ የፈርዖንን ልብ አጸና፥ እርሱም የእስራኤልን ልጆች አሳደደ፤ የእስራኤልም ልጆች ከፍ ባለች እጅ ወጡ።

9 ግብፃውያንም የፈርዖን ፈረሶች ሰረገሎቹም ፈረሰኞቹም ሠራዊቱም ሁሉ፥ አሳደዱአቸው፤ በባሕሩ ዳር በበኣልዛፎን ፊት ለፊት ባለው በፊሀሒሮት አጠገብ ሰፍረው አገኙአቸው።

10 ፈርዖንም በቀረበ ጊዜ የእስራኤል ልጆች ዓይናቸውን አነሡ፥ እነሆም ግብፃውያን በኋላቸው ገሥግስው ነበር፤ የእስራኤልም ልጆች እጅግ ፈሩ፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም ጮኹ።

11 ሙሴንም፡— በግብፅ መቃብር ስላልኖረ በምድረ በዳ እንሞት ዘንድ አወጣኸንን? ከግብፅ ታወጣን ዘንድ ይህ ያደረግህብን ምንድር ነው?

12 በምድረ በዳ ከምንሞት ብንገዛላቸው ይሻላልና፡— ተወን፥ ለግብፃውያን እንገዛ ብለን በግብፅ ሳለን ያልንህ ቃል ይህ አይደለምን? አሉት።

13 ሙሴም ለሕዝቡ፡— አትፍሩ፥ ዛሬ የምታዩአቸውን ግብፃውያንን ለዘላለም አታዩአቸውምና ቁሙ፥ ዛሬ ለእናንተ የሚያደርጋትን የእግዚአብሔርን ማዳን እዩ።

14 እግዚአብሔር ስለ እናንተ ይዋጋል፥ እናንተም ዝም ትላላችሁ፡ አላቸው።

15 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ለምን ትጮኽብኛለህ? እንዲጓዙ ለእስራኤል ልጆች ንገር።

16 አንተም በትርህን አንሣ፥ እጅህንም በባሕሩ ላይ ዘርጋ፥ ክፈለውም፤ የእስራኤልም ልጆች በባሕሩ ውስጥ በየብስ ያልፋሉ።

17 እነሆም እኔ የግብፃውያንን ልብ አጸናለሁ፥ በኋላቸውም ይገባሉ፤ በፈርዖንና በሠራዊቱም ሁሉ በሰረገሎቹም በፈረሰኞቹም ላይ ክብር አገኛለሁ።

18 ግብፃውያንም በፈርዖንና በሰረገሎቹ በፈረሰኞቹም ላይ ክብር ባገኘሁ ጊዜ እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ያውቃሉ።

19 በእስራኤልም ሠራዊት ፊት ይሄድ የነበረው የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ ፈቀቅ ብሎ በኋላቸው ሄደ፤ የደመናውም ዓምድ ከፊታቸው ፈቀቅ ብሎ በኋላቸው ቆመ፥

20 በግብፃውያን ሰፈርና በእስራኤል ሰፈር መካከልም ገባ፤ በዚያም ደመናና ጨለማ ነበረ፥ በዚህ በኩል ግን ሌሊቱን አበራ፤ ሌሊቱንም ሁሉ እርስ በእርሳቸው አልተቃረቡም።

21 ሙሴም በባሕሩ ላይ እጁን ዘረጋ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ሌሊቱን ሁሉ ጽኑ የምሥራቅ ነፋስ አምጥቶ ባሕሩን አስወገደው፥ ባሕሩንም አደረቀው፥ ውኃውም ተከፈለ።

22 የእስራኤልም ልጆች በባሕሩ መካከል በየብስ ገቡ፤ ውኃውም በቀኛቸውና በግራቸው እንደ ግድግዳ ሆነላቸው።

23 ግብፃውያንም፥ የፈርዖን ፈረሶችና ሰረገሎች ፈረሰኞቹም ሁሉ፥ እያሳደዱ በኋላቸው ወደ ባሕር መካከል ገቡ።

24 ንጋትም በሆነ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር በእሳትና በደመና ዓምድ ሆኖ የግብፃውያንን ሠራዊት ተመለከተ፥ የግብፃውያንንም ሠራዊት አወከ።

25 የሰረገሎቹንም መንኰራኵር አሰረ፥ ወደ ጭንቅም አገባቸው፤ ግብፃውያንም፡— እግዚአብሔር በግብፃውያን ላይ ይዋጋላቸዋልና ከእስራኤል ፊት እንሽሽ፡ አሉ።

26 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— እጅህን በባሕሩ ላይ ዘርጋ፥ ውኃውም በግብፃውያን በሰረገሎቻቸውም በፈረሰኞቻቸውም ላይ ይመለስ፡ አለው።

27 ሙሴም እጁን በባሕሩ ላይ ዘረጋ፥ ባሕሩም ማለዳ ወደ መፍሰሱ ተመለሰ፤ ግብፃውያንም ከእርሱ ሸሹ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ግብፃውያንን በባሕሩ መካከል ጣላቸው።

28 ውኃውም ተመልሶ በኋላቸው ወደ ባሕር የገቡትን ሰረገሎችን ፈረሰኞችንም የፈርዖንንም ሠራዊት ሁሉ ከደነ፤ ከእነርሱም አንድ ስንኳ አልቀረም።

29 የእስራኤል ልጆች ግን በባሕሩ ውስጥ በየብስ ሄዱ፤ ውኆችም በቀኛቸውና በግራቸው እንደ ግድግዳ ሆኑላችው።

30 እግዚአብሔር በዚያን ቀን እስራኤልን እንደዚህ ከግብፃውያን እጅ አዳነ፤ እስራኤልም የግብፃውያንን ሬሳ በባሕር ዳር አዩ።

31 እስራኤልም እግዚአብሔር በግብፃውያን ላይ ያደረጋትን ታላቂቱን እጅ አዩ፥ ሕዝቡም እግዚአብሔርን ፈሩ፥ በእግዚአብሔርም በባሪያውም በሙሴ አመኑ።

Chapter 14

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

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1 በዚያም ጊዜ ሙሴና የእስራኤል ልጆች ይህንን መዝሙር ለእግዚአብሔር ዘመሩ፥ እንዲህም ብለው ተናገሩ፡— በክብር ከፍ ከፍ ብሎአልና ለእግዚአብሔር እዘምራለሁ፤ ፈረሱንና ፈረሰኛውን በባሕር ጣለ።

2 ጕልበቴ ዝማሬዬም እግዚአብሔር ነው፥ መድኃኒቴም ሆነልኝ፤ ይህ አምላኬ ነው አመሰግነውማለሁ፥ የአባቴ አምላክ ነው ከፍ ከፍም አደርገዋለሁ።

3 እግዚአብሔር ተዋጊ ነው፥ ስሙም እግዚአብሔር ነው፥

4 የፈርዖንን ሰረገሎች ሠራዊቱንም በባሕር ጣላቸው፤ የተመረጡት ሦስተኞች በኤርትራ ባሕር ሰጠሙ።

5 ቀላያትም ከደኑአቸው፤ ወደ ባሕር ጥልቀት እንደ ድንጋይ ሰጠሙ።

6 አቤቱ፥ ቀኝህ በኃይል ከበረ፤ አቤቱ፥ ቀኝህ ጠላቱን አደቀቀ።

7 በክብርህም ብዛት የተነሡብህን አጠፋህ፤ ቍጣህን ሰድደህ፥ እንደ ገለባም በላቸው።

8 በአፍንጫህ እስትንፋስ ውኆች ተከመሩ፥ ፈሳሾቹም እንደ ክምር ቆሙ፤ ሞገዱም በባሕር ውስጥ ረጋ።

9 ጠላትም፡— አሳድጄ እይዛቸዋለሁ፥ ምርኮም እካፈላለሁ፥ ነፍሴም ትጠግባቸዋለች፤ ሰይፌንም እመዝዛለሁ፥ እጄም ታጠፋቸዋለች፡ አለ።

10 ነፋስህን አነፈስህ፥ ባሕርም ከደናቸው፤ በኃይለኞች ውኆችም እንደ አረር ሰጠሙ።

11 አቤቱ፥ በአማልክት መካከል እንደ አንተ ያለ ማን ነው? በምስጋና የተፈራህ፥ ድንቅንም የምታደርግ፥ በቅድስና የከበረ እንደ አንተ ያለ ማን ነው?

12 ቀኝህን ዘረጋህ፥ ምድርም ዋጠቻቸው።

13 በቸርነትህ የተቤዠሃቸውን ሕዝብህን መራህ፤ በኃይልህ ወደ ቅዱስ ማደሪያህ አገባሃቸው።

14 አሕዛብ ሰሙ፥ ተንቀጠቀጡም፤ በፍልስጥኤም የሚኖሩትን ምጥ ያዛቸው።

15 የዚያን ጊዜ የኤዶም አለቆች ደነገጡ፤ የሞአብን ኃያላን መንቀጥቀጥ ያዛቸው፤ በከነዓን የሚኖሩ ሁሉ ቀለጡ።

16 አቤቱ፥ ሕዝብህ እስኪያልፍ ድረስ፥ የተቤዠኸው ሕዝብ እስኪያልፍ ድረስ፥ ፍርሃትና ድንጋጤ ወደቀባቸው፤ በክንድህ ብርታት እንደ ድንጋይ ዝም አሉ።

17 አቤቱ፥ አንተ ታስገባቸዋለህ፥ በርስትህ ተራራም ትተክላቸዋለህ፥ አቤቱ፥ ለማደሪያህ ባደረግኸው ስፍራ፥ አቤቱ፥ እጆችህ ባዘጋጁት መቅደስ።

18 እግዚአብሔር ለዘላለሙ እስከ ፍጻሜ ይነግሣል።

19 የፈርዖን ፈረሶች ከሰረገሎቹ ከፈረሰኞቹም ጋር ወደ ባሕር ገቡ፥ እግዚአብሔርም የባሕሩን ውኆች መለሰባቸው፤ የእስራኤል ልጆች ግን በባሕሩ መካከል በየብስ ሄዱ።

20 የአሮን እኅት ነቢይቱ ማሪያምም ከበሮ በእጅዋ ወሰደች፤ ሴቶችም ሁሉ በከበሮና በዘፈን በኋላዋ ወጡ።

21 ማርያምም እየዘመረች መለሰችላቸው፡— በክብር ከፍ ከፍ ብሎአልና ለእግዚአብሔር ዘምሩ፤ ፈረሱንና ፈረሰኛውን በባሕር ጣለ።

22 ሙሴም እስራኤልን ከኤርትራ ባሕር አስጓዘ፥ ወደ ሱርም ምድረ በዳ ወጡ፤ በምድረ በዳም ሦስት ቀን ሄዱ፥ ውኃም አላገኙም።

23 ወደ ማራም በመጡ ጊዜ የማራ ውኃ መራራ ነበረና ሊጠጡ አልቻሉም፤ ስለዚህ የዚያ ስፍራ ስም ማራ ተብሎ ተጠራ።

24 ሕዝቡም፡— ምን እንጠጣለን? ብለው በሙሴ ላይ አንጐራጐሩ።

25 ሙሴም ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኸ፤ እግዚአብሔርም እንጨትን አሳየው፥ በውኃውም ላይ ጣለው፥ ውኃውም ጣፈጠ። በዚያም ሥርዓትንና ፍርድን አደረገላቸው፥ በዚያም ፈተናቸው፤

26 እርሱም፡— አንተ የአምላክህን የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል አጥብቀህ ብትሰማ፥ በፊቱም የሚበጀውን ብታደርግ፥ ትእዛዙንም ብታደምጥ፥ ሥርዓቱንም ሁሉ ብትጠብቅ፥ በግብፃውያን ላይ ያመጣሁትን በሽታ አላደርስብህም፤ እኔ ፈዋሽህ እግዚአብሔር ነኝና፡ አለ።

27 እነርሱም ወደ ኤሊም መጡ፥ በዚያም አሥራ ሁለት የውኃ ምንጮችና ሰባ የዘንባባ ዛፎች ነበሩባት፤ በዚያም በውኃው አጠገብ ሰፈሩ።

Chapter 15

1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

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1 ከኤሊምም ተጓዙ፥ የእስራኤልም ልጆች ማኅበር ሁሉ ከግብፅ አገር ከወጡ በኋላ በሁለተኛው ወር ከወሩም በአሥራ አምስተኛው ቀን በኤሊምና በሲና መካከል ወዳለችው ወደ ሲን ምድረ በዳ መጡ።

2 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ማኅበር ሁሉ በምድረ በዳ በሙሴና በአሮን ላይ አንጐራጐሩ።

3 የእስራኤልም ልጆች፡— ይህን ጉባኤ ሁሉ በራብ ልትገድሉ እኛን ወደዚች ምድረ በዳ አውጥታችኋል፤ በሥጋው ምንቸት አጠገብ ተቀምጠን እንጀራ ስንበላ ስንጠግብ ሳለን በግብፅ ምድር በእግዚአብሔር እጅ ምነው በሞትን! አሉአቸው።

4 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— በሕጌ ይሄዱ ወይም አይሄዱ እንደሆነ እኔ እንድፈትናቸው፥ እነሆ ከሰማይ እንጀራን አዘንብላችኋለሁ፤ ሕዝቡም ወጥተው ለዕለት ለዕለት የሚበቃቸውን ይልቀሙ።

5 እንዲህም ይሆናል፤ በስድስተኛው ቀን ያመጡትን ያዘጋጁ፥ ዕለት ዕለትም ከሚለቅሙት ይልቅ ሁለት እጥፍ ይሁን፡ አለው።

6 ሙሴና አሮንም ለእስራኤል ልጆች ሁሉ፡— እግዚአብሔር ከግብፅ ምድር እንዳወጣችሁ ማታ ታውቃላችሁ፥

7 የእግዚአብሔርንም ክብር ጥዋት ታያላችሁ፤ በእግዚአብሔር ላይ ያንጐራጐራችሁትን ሰምቶአልና በእኛም ላይ የምታንጐራጕሩ እኛ ምንድር ነን? አሉ።

8 ሙሴም፡— እግዚአብሔር ያንጐራጐራችሁበትን ማንጐራጐራችሁን ሰምቶአልና በመሸ ጊዜ ትበሉ ዘንድ ሥጋን፥ ማልዶም ትጠግቡ ዘንድ እንጀራን እግዚአብሔር ይሰጣችኋል፤ እኛም ምንድር ነን? ማንጐራጐራችሁ በእግዚአብሔር ላይ ነው እንጂ በእኛ አይደለም፡ አለ።

9 ሙሴም አሮንን፡— ለእስራኤል ልጆች ማኅበር ሁሉ፡— ማንጐራጐራችሁን ሰምቶአልና ወደ እግዚአብሔር ፊት ቅረቡ በል፡ አለው።

10 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ አሮን ለእስራኤል ልጆች ማኅበር ሁሉ በተናገረ ጊዜ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ፊታቸውን አቀኑ፤ እነሆም የእግዚአብሔር ክብር በደመናው ታየ።

11 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— የእስራኤልን ልጆች ማንጐራጐር ሰማሁ፡— ወደ ማታ ሥጋን ትበላላችሁ፥ ማለዳም እንጀራን ትጠግባላችሁ፤ እኔም እግዚአብሔር አምላካችሁ እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቃላችሁ በላቸው።

13 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ በመሸ ጊዜ ድርጭቶች መጡ፥ ሰፈሩንም ከደኑት፤ ማለዳም በሰፈሩ ዙሪያ ጠል ወድቆ ነበር።

14 የወደቀውም ጠል ባለፈ ጊዜ፥ እነሆ በመሬት ላይ እንደ ደቃቅ ውርጭ ሆኖ ቅርፊት የሚመስል ደቃቅ ነገር በምድረ በዳ ታየ።

15 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ባዩት ጊዜ ያ ምን እንደ ሆነ አላወቁምና እርስ በእርሳቸው፡— ይህ ምንድር ነው? ተባባሉ። ሙሴም፡— ትበሉት ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር የሰጣችሁ እንጀራ ነው።

16 እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘው ነገር ይህ ነው፡— እያንዳንዱ የሚበላውን ያህል ይልቀም፤ በድኳኑ ባሉት ነፍሶች ቍጥር ለአንድ ሰው አንድ ጎሞር ውሰዱ፡ አላቸው።

17 የእስራኤልም ልጆች እንዲሁ አደረጉ፤ አንዱ አብዝቶ አንዱም አሳንሶ ለቀመ።

18 በጎሞርም በሰፈሩት ጊዜ እጅግ ለለቀመ አልተረፈውም ጥቂትም ለለቀመ አልጐደለበትም፤ ሁሉ እያንዳንዱ የሚበላውን ያህል ለቀመ።

19 ሙሴም፡— ማንም ከእርሱ አንዳች ለነገ አያስቀር፡ አላቸው።

20 ነገር ግን ሙሴን አልሰሙትም፤ አንዳንድ ሰዎችም ከእርሱ ለነገ አስቀሩ፥ እርሱም ተላ ሸተተም፤ ሙሴም ተቈጣቸው።

21 ሰውም ሁሉ ዕለት ዕለት የሚበላውን ያህል በጥዋት ለቀመ፤ ፀሐይም በተኰሰ ጊዜ ቀለጠ።

22 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ በስድስተኛው ቀን ሁለት እጥፍ አድርገው እያንዳንዳቸው ሁለት ጎሞር እንጀራ ለቀሙ፤ የማኀበሩም አለቆች ሁሉ መጥተው ለሙሴ ነገሩት።

23 እርሱም፡— እግዚአብሔር የተናገረው ይህ ነው፡— ነገ ዕረፍት፥ ለእግዚአብሔርም የተቀደሰ ሰንበት ነው፤ የምትጋግሩትን ጋግሩ፥ የምትቀቅሉትንም ቀቅሉ፥ የተረፈውን ሁሉ ለነገ እንዲጠበቅ አኑሩት፡ አላቸው።

24 ሙሴም እንዳዘዘ ለነገ አኖሩት፤ አልሸተተም፥ ትልም አልሆነበትም።

25 ሙሴም፡— የእግዚአብሔር ሰንበት ዛሬ ነውና ብሉት፤ ዛሬ በሜዳ አታገኙትም።

26 ስድስት ቀን ልቀሙት፤ ሰባተኛው ቀን ግን ሰንበት ነው፤ በእርሱ አይገኝም፡ አለ።

27 በሰባተኛውም ቀን እንዲህ ሆነ፤ ከሕዝቡ አንዳንድ ሰዎች ሊለቅሙ ወጡ፥ ምንምን አላገኙም።

28 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— ትእዛዞቼንና ሕጎቼን ለመጠበቅ እስከ መቼ እንቢ ትላላችሁ?

29 እግዚአብሔር ሰንበትን እንደ ሰጣችሁ እዩ፤ ስለዚህ በስድስተኛው ቀን የሁለት ቀን እንጀራ ሰጣችሁ፤ ሰው ሁሉ በስፍራው ይቀመጥ፥ በሰባተኛው ቀን ማንም ከስፍራው አይሂድ፡ አለው።

30 ሕዝቡም በሰባተኛው ቀን ዐረፈ።

31 የእስራኤልም ወገን ስሙን መና ብለው ጠሩት፤ እርሱም እንደ ድንብላል ዘር ነጭ ነው፤ ጣዕሙም እንደ ማር ቂጣ ነው።

32 ሙሴም፡— እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘው ነገር ይህ ነው፡— ከግብፅ ምድር ባወጣኋችሁ ጊዜ በምድረ በዳ ያበላኋችሁን እንጀራ ያዩ ዘንድ ከእርሱ አንድ ጎሞር ሙሉ ለልጅ ልጆቻችሁ ይጠበቅ፡ አለ።

33 ሙሴም አሮንን፡— አንድ ማድጋ ወስደህ ጎሞር ሙሉ መና አግባበት፥ ለልጅ ልጃችሁም ይጠበቅ ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አኑረው፡ አለው።

34 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው እንዲሁ ይጠበቅ ዘንድ አሮን በምስክሩ ፊት አኖረው።

35 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ወደሚኖሩባት ምድር እስኪመጡ ድረስ አርባ ዓመት መና በሉ፤ ወደ ከነዓን ምድር ድንበር እስኪመጡ ድረስ መና በሉ።

36 ጎሞርም የኢፍ መስፈሪያ አሥረኛ ክፍል ነው።

Chapter 16

1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:

7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.

10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.

26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

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1 የምድያምም ካህን የሙሴ አማት ዮቶር እግዚአብሔር ለሙሴና ለሕዝቡ ለእስራኤል ያደረገውን ሁሉ፥ እግዚአብሔርም እስራኤልን ከግብፅ እንዳወጣ ሰማ።

2 በዚያን ጊዜ የሙሴ አማት ዮቶር መልሶአት የነበረውን የሙሴን ሚስት ሲፓራን ሁለቱንም ልጆቿን ወሰደ።

3 ከእነርሱ የአንደኛው ስም ጌርሳም ነበረ፤ አባቱ፡— በሌላ አገር ስደተኛ ነበርሁ ብሎአልና፤

4 የሁለተኛውም ስም አልዓዛር ነበረ፡— የአባቴ አምላክ ረዳኝ፥ ከፈርዖንም ሰይፍ አዳነኝ ብሎአልና።

5 የሙሴ አማት ዮቶርም ከልጆቹና ከሚስቱ ጋር በእግዚአብሔር ተራራ አጠገብ በምድረ በዳ ወደ ሰፈረ ወደ ሙሴ መጣ።

6 ሙሴንም፡— እኔ አማትህ ዮቶር፥ ሚስትህም፥ ከእርስዋም ጋር ሁለቱ ልጆችዋ መጥተንልሃል፡ አለው።

7 ሙሴም አማቱን ሊገናኝ ወጣ፥ ሰገደም፥ ሳመውም፤ እርስ በርሳቸውም ደኅንነታቸውን ተጠያየቁ፥ ወደ ድንኳኑም ገቡ።

8 ሙሴም እግዚአብሔር በፈርዖንና በግብፃውያን ላይ ስለ እስራኤል ያደረገውን ሁሉ፥ በመንገድም ያገኛቸውን ድካም ሁሉ፥ እግዚአብሔርም እንዳዳናቸው ለአማቱ ነገረው።

9 ዮቶርም እግዚአብሔር ለእስራኤል ስላደረገው ቸርነት ሁሉ፥ ከግብፃውያንም እጅ ስላዳናቸው ደስ አለው።

10 ዮቶርም፡— ከግብፃውያንና ከፈርዖን እጅ ያዳናችሁ፥ ከግብፃውያንም እጅ ሕዝቡን ያዳነ እግዚአብሔር ይባረክ።

11 ትዕቢት ባደረጉባቸው ነገር እግዚአብሔር ከአማልክት ሁሉ እንዲበልጥ አሁን አወቅሁ፡ አለ።

12 የሙሴ አማት ዮቶርም የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕትንና ሌላ መሥዋዕትን ለእግዚአብሔር ወሰደ፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ከሙሴ አማት ጋር እንጀራ ሊበሉ አሮን የእስራኤልም ሽማግሌዎች ሁሉ መጡ።

13 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ በነጋው ሙሴ በሕዝቡ ሊፈርድ ተቀመጠ፤ ሕዝቡም በሙሴ ፊት ከጥዋት እስከ ማታ ድረስ ቆመው ነበር።

14 የሙሴም አማት በሕዝቡ ያደረገውን ሁሉ ባየ ጊዜ፡— ይህ በሕዝቡ የምታደርገው ምንድር ነው? ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ከጥዋት ጀምሮ እስከ ማታ ድረስ በዙሪያህ ቆመው ሳሉ አንተ ብቻህን ስለ ምን ተቀምጠሃል? አለው።

15 ሙሴም አማቱን፡— ሕዝቡ እግዚአብሔርን ለመጠየቅ ወደ እኔ ይመጣሉ፤

16 ነገርም ቢኖራቸው ወደ እኔ ይመጣሉ፥ በዚህና በዚያ ሰውም መካከል እፈርዳለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔርንም ሥርዓትና ሕግ አስታውቃቸዋለሁ፡ አለው።

17 የሙሴም አማት አለው፡— አንተ የምታደርገው ይህ ነገር መልካም አይደለም።

18 ይህ ነገር ይከብድብሃልና አንተ ከአንተም ጋር ያለው ሕዝብ ትደክማላችሁ፤ አንተ ብቻህን ልታደርገው አትችልም።

19 አሁንም እመክርሃለሁና ቃሌን ስማ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ከአንተ ጋር ይሆናል፤ አንተ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለሕዝቡ ሁን፥ ነገራቸውንም ወደ እግዚአብሔር አድርስ፤

20 ሥርዓቱንም ሕጉንም አስተምራቸው፥ የሚሄዱበትን መንገድ የሚያደርጉትንም ሥራ ሁሉ አሳያቸው።

21 አንተም ከሕዝቡ ሁሉ አዋቂዎችን፥ እግዚአብሔርን የሚፈሩትን፥ የታመኑ፥ የግፍንም ረብ የሚጠሉትን ሰዎች ምረጥ፤ ከእነርሱም የሺህ አለቆችን፥ የመቶ አለቆችን፥ የአምሳ አለቆችን፥ የአሥርም አለቆችን ሹምላቸው።

22 በሕዝቡ ላይ ሁልጊዜ ይፍረዱ፤ አውራውን ነገር ሁሉ ወደ አንተ ያምጡት፥ ታናሹንም ነገር ሁሉ እነርሱ ይፍረዱ፤ እነርሱም ከአንተ ጋር ሸክሙን ይሸከማሉ፥ ለአንተም ይቀልልልሃል።

23 ይህንም ብታደርግ፥ እግዚአብሔር እንዲሁ ቢያዝዝህ፥ መቆም ይቻልሃል፥ ደግሞም ይህ ሕዝብ ሁሉ በሰላም ወደ ስፍራው ይደርሳል።

24 ሙሴም የአማቱን ቃል ሰማ፥ ያለውንም ሁሉ አደረገ።

25 ሙሴም ከእስራኤል ሁሉ አዋቂዎችን መረጠ፥ በሕዝቡም ላይ የሺህ አለቆች፥ የመቶም አለቆች፥ የአምሳም አለቆች፥ የአሥርም አለቆች አድርጎ ሾማቸው።

26 በሕዝቡም ላይ ሁልጊዜ ፈረዱ፤ የከበደባቸውንም ነገር ወደ ሙሴ አመጡ፥ ታናሹን ነገር ሁሉ ግን እነርሱ ፈረዱ።

27 ሙሴም አማቱን ሰደደው፤ እርሱም ወደ አገሩ ተመለሰ።

Chapter 18

1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.

13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

14 And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

17 And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

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1 በሦስተኛውም ወር የእስራኤል ልጆች ከግብፅ ምድር ከወጡ በኋላ በዚያ ቀን ወደ ሲና ምድረ በዳ መጡ።

2 ከራፊድም ተነሥተው ወደ ሲና ምድረ በዳ መጡ፥ በምድረ በዳም ሰፈሩ፤ በዚያም እስራኤል በተራራው ፊት ሰፈረ።

3 ሙሴም ወደ እግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ወጣ፤ እግዚአብሔርም በተራራው ጠርቶ አለው፡— ለያዕቆብ ቤት እንዲህ በል፥ ለእስራኤልም ልጆች እንዲህ ንገር።

4 በግብፃውያን ያደረግሁትን፥ በንስርም ክንፍ እንደተሸከምኋችሁ፥ ወደ እኔም እንዳመጣኋችሁ አይታችኋል።

5 አሁንም ቃሌን በእውነት ብትሰሙ ኪዳኔንም ብትጠብቁ፥ ምድር ሁሉ የእኔ ናትና ከአሕዛብ ሁሉ የተመረጠ ርስት ትሆኑልኛላችሁ፤

6 እናንተም የካህናት መንግሥት የተቀደሰም ሕዝብ ትሆኑልኛላችሁ። ለእስራኤል ልጆች የምትነግራቸው ቃል ይህ ነው።

7 ሙሴም መጣ፥ የሕዝቡንም ሽማግሌዎች ጠርቶ እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘውን ይህን ቃል ሁሉ በፊታቸው ተናገረ።

8 ሕዝቡ ሁሉ አንድ አፍ ሆነው፡— እግዚአብሔር ያለውን ሁሉ እናደርጋለን፡ ብለው መለሱ፤ ሙሴም የሕዝቡን ቃል ወደ እግዚአብሔር አደረሰ።

9 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— ከአንተ ጋር ስነጋገር ሕዝቡ እንዲሰሙ፥ ደግሞም ለዘላለም እንዲያምኑብህ፥ እነሆ በከባድ ደመና እመጣልሃለሁ፡ አለው። ሙሴም የሕዝቡን ቃል ለእግዚአብሔር ነገረ።

10 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ወደ ሕዝቡ ሂድ፥ ዛሬና ነገም ቀድሳቸው፥ ልብሳቸውንም ይጠቡ፤

11 በሦስተኛው ቀን ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ሲያዩ እግዚአብሔር በሲና ተራራ ላይ ይወርዳልና ለሦስተኛው ቀን ይዘጋጁ።

12 ወሰንም ለሕዝቡ በዙሪያው አድርግላቸው፡— ወደ ተራራው እንዳትወጡ ጫፉንም እንዳትነኩ ተጠንቀቁ፤ ተራራውንም የነካ ፈጽሞ ይሞታል፤

13 የማንም እጅ አይንካ፤ ነገር ግን የሚነካው ሁሉ ይወገራል፥ ወይም በፍላጻ ይወጋል፤ እንስሳ ወይም ሰው ቢሆን አይድንም በላቸው። ሳያቋርጥ የመለከት ድምፅ ሲነፋ በዚያን ጊዜ ወደ ተራራው ይውጡ።

14 ሙሴም ከተራራው ወደ ሕዝቡ ወረደ፥ ሕዝቡንም ቀደሰ፤ ልብሳቸውንም አጠቡ።

15 ሕዝቡንም፡— ለሦስተኛው ቀን ተዘጋጁ፥ ወደ ሴቶቻችሁ አትቅረቡ፡ አለ።

16 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ በሦስተኛው ቀን በማለዳ ጊዜ ነጐድጓድና መብረቅ ከባድም ደመና እጅግም የበረታ የቀንደ መለከት ድምጽ በተራራው ላይ ሆነ፤ በሰፈሩም የነበሩት ሕዝብ ሁሉ ተንቀጠቀጡ።

17 ሙሴም ሕዝቡን ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ለማገናኘት ከሰፈር አወጣቸው፤ ከተራራውም እግርጌ ቆሙ።

18 እግዚአብሔርም በእሳት ስለ ወረደበት የሲና ተራራ ሁሉ ይጤስ ነበር፤ ከእርሱም እንደ እቶን ጢስ ያለ ጢስ ይወጣ ነበር፥ ተራራውም ሁሉ እጅግ ይናወጥ ነበር።

19 የቀንደ መለከቱም ድምፅ እጅግ በበረታና በጸና ጊዜ ሙሴ ተናገረ እግዚአብሔርም በድምፅ መለሰለት።

20 እግዚአብሔርም በሲና ተራራ ላይ ወደ ተራራው ራስ ወረደ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን ወደ ተራራው ራስ ጠራው፤ ሙሴም ወጣ።

21 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— ውረድ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ለማየት ዳርቻውን እንዳያልፉ ከእነርሱም ብዙ እንዳይጠፉ ለሕዝቡ አስጠንቅቃቸው፤

22 ወደ እግዚአብሔርም የሚቀርቡት ካህናት ደግሞ እግዚአብሔር እንዳያጠፋቸው ራሳቸውን ይቀድሱ፡ አለው።

23 ሙሴም እግዚአብሔርን፡— አንተ፡— በተራራው ዙሪያ ወሰን አድርግ ቀድሰውም ብለህ አስጠንቅቀኸናልና ሕዝቡ ወደ ተራራ ይወጡ ዘንድ አይችሉም፡ አለው።

24 እግዚአብሔርም፡— ሂድ፥ ውረድ፤ አንተ አሮንም ከአንተ ጋር ትወጣላችሁ፤ ካህናቱና ሕዝቡ ግን እግዚአብሔር እንዳያጠፋቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር ይወጡ ዘንድ አይተላለፉ፡ አለው።

25 ሙሴም ወደ ሕዝቡ ወረደ፥ ይህንንም ነገራቸው።

Chapter 19

1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

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1 በፊታቸው የምታደርገው ሥርዓት ይህ ነው።

2 ዕብራዊ ባሪያ የገዛህ እንደሆነ ስድስት ዓመት ያገልግልህ፥ በሰባተኛውም በከንቱ አርነት ይውጣ።

3 ብቻውን መጥቶ እንደሆነ ብቻውን ይውጣ፤ ከሚስቱ ጋር መጥቶ እንደሆነ ሚስቱ ከእርሱ ጋር ትውጣ።

4 ጌታው ሚስት አጋብቶት እንደ ሆነ ወንዶች ወይም ሴቶች ልጆች ብትወልድለት፥ ሚስቱና ልጆችዋ ለጌታው ይሁኑ፥ እርሱም ብቻውን ይውጣ።

5 ባሪያውም፡— ጌታዬን ሚስቴን ልጅቼንም እወድዳለሁ፥ አርነት አልወጣም ብሎ ቢናገር፥ ጌታው ወደ ፈራጆች ይውሰደው፥

6 ወደ ደጁም ወደ መቃኑ አቅርቦ ጆሮውን በወስፌ ይብሳው፤ ለዘላለምም ባሪያው ይሁን።

7 ሰውም ሴት ልጁን ለባርነት ቢሸጥ ባሪያዎች እንደሚወጡ እርስዋ አትውጣ።

8 ጌታዋን ደስ ባታሰኘው በዎጆ ይስደዳት፤ ስለ ናቃት ለሌላ ወገን ሰዎች ይሸጣት ዘንድ አይገባውም።

9 ለልጁም ብድራት፥ ለሴት ልጆች የሚገባውን ያድርግላት።

10 ከእርስዋ ሌላም ቢያጋባው፥ መኖዋን ልብስዋንም ለምንጣፍዋም ተገቢውን አያጕድልባት።

11 ይህንም ሦስት ነገር ባያደርግላት ያለ ገንዘብ በከንቱ ትውጣ።

12 ሰው ሰውን ቢመታ ቢሞትም፥ እርሱ ፈጽሞ ይገደል።

13 ባይሸምቅበትም፥ ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ድንገት በእጁ ቢጥለው፥ የሚሸሽበት ስፍራ እኔ አደርግልሃለሁ።

14 ሰው ግን ቢደፍር፥ ባልጀራውን በተንኰል ቢገድለው፥ እንዲሞት ከመሠዊያዬ አውጥተህ ውሰደው።

15 አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሚመታ ፈጽሞ ይገደል።

16 ሰውን ሰርቆ ቢሸጥ፥ ወይም በእጁ ቢገኝ፥ እርሱ ፈጽሞ ይገደል።

17 አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሚሰድብ ፈጽሞ ይገደል።

18 ሁለት ሰዎችም ቢጣሉ፥ አንዱም ሌላውን በድንጋይ ወይም በጡጫ ቢመታ፥ ያም ባይሞት ነገር ግን ታምሞ በአልጋው ላይ ቢተኛ፥

19 ተነሥቶም በምርኩዝ ወደ ሜዳ ቢወጣ፥ የመታው ንጹሕ ነው፤ ነገር ግን ተግባሩን ስላስፈታው ገንዘብ ይከፍለው ዘንድ፥ ያስፈውሰውም ዘንድ ግዴታ አለበት።

20 ሰውም ወንድ ባሪያውን ወይም ሴት ባሪያውን በበትር ቢመታ፥ ቢሞትበትም፥ ፈጽሞ ይቀጣ።

21 የተመታው ግን አንድ ወይም ሁለት ቀን ቢቈይ ገንዘቡ ነውና አይቀጣ።

22 ሁለት ሰዎች ቢጣሉ፥ ያረገዘችንም ሴት ልጁን እስክትጨነግፍ ቢገፉአት ባትጐዳ ግን፥ የሴቲቱ ባል የጫነበትን ያህል ካሳ ይስጥ፤ ፈራጆቹም እንደ ፈረዱበት ይክፈል።

23 ጕዳት ግን ቢያገኛት ሕይወት በሕይወት፥

24 ዓይን በዓይን፥ ጥርስ በጥርስ፥ እጅ በእጅ፥

25 እግር በእግር፥ መቃጠል በመቃጠል፥ ቍስል በቍስል፥ ግርፋት በግርፋት ይከፈል።

26 ሰውም የባሪያውን ወይም የባሪይይቱን ዓይን ቢመታ ቢያጠፋውም፥ ስለ ዓይኑ አርነት ያውጣው።

27 የባሪያውን ወይም የባሪያይቱን ጥርስ ቢሰብር፥ ስለ ጥርሱ አርነት ያውጣው።

28 በሬም ወንድን ወይም ሴትን እስኪሞቱ ድረስ ቢወጋ፥ በሬው ይወገር፥ ሥጋውም አይበላ፤ የበሬው ባለቤት ግን ንጹሕ ነው።

29 በሬው ግን አስቀድሞ ተዋጊ ቢሆን፥ ሰዎችም ለባለቤቱ ቢመሰክሩለት ባይጠብቀውም፥ ወንድንም ወይም ሴትን ቢገድል፥ በሬው ይወገር፥ ባለቤቱ ደግሞ ይገደል።

30 ከእርሱ ግን ካሳ ቢፈልጉ፥ የሕይወቱን ዎጆ የጫኑበትን ያህል ይስጥ።

31 ደግሞ ወንድን ልጅ ቢወጋ ሴትንም ልጅ ቢወጋ፥ ይህንኑ ፍርድ ያድርጉበት።

32 በሬው ወንድ ባሪያ ወይም ሴት ባሪያ ቢወጋ፥ የበሬው ባለቤት ሠላሳ የብር ሰቅል ለጌታቸው ይስጥ፥ በሬውም ይወገር።

33 ሰውም ጕድጓድ ቢከፍት፥ ወይም ጕድጓድ ቢቈፍር ባይከድነውም፥ በሬም ወይም አህያ ቢወድቅበት፥

34 የጕድጓዱ ባለቤት ዋጋቸውን ለባለቤታቸው ይክፈል፤ የሞተውም ለእርሱ ይሁን።

35 የሰው በሬ የሌላውን በሬ እስኪሞት ድረስ ቢወጋ፥ ደኅናውን በሬ ይሽጡ፥ ዋጋውንም በትክክል ይካፈሉ፤ የሞተውንም ደግሞ በትክክል ይካፈሉ።

36 በሬውም አስቀድሞ ተዋጊ መሆኑ ቢታወቅ፥ ባለቤቱም ባይጠብቀው፥ በሬውን በበሬው ፈንታ ይስጥ፥ የሞተውም ለእርሱ ይሁነው።

Chapter 21

1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

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1 ሰው በሬ ወይም በግ ቢሰርቅ፥ ቢያርደው ወይም ቢሸጠው፥ በበሬው ፋንታ አምስት በሬዎች፥ በበጉም ፋንታ አራት በጎች ይክፈል።

2 ሌባው ቤት ሲምስ ቢገኝ፥ እርሱም እስኪሞት ቢመታ፥ በመታው ሰው ላይ የደም ዕዳ አይሆንበትም።

3 ፀሐይ ግን ከወጣችበት የደም ዕዳ አለበት፤ ሌባው የሰረቀውን ይመልስ፤ የሚከፍለውም ቢያጣ ስለ ሰረቀው ይሸጥ።

4 የሰረቀው ደኅና ሆኖ በእጁ ቢገኝ፥ በሬም ወይም አህያ ወይም በግ ቢሆን፥ የሰረቀውን ያህል ሁለት እጥፍ ይክፈል።

5 ማንም ሰው ወደ እርሻ ወይም ወደ ወይን ስፍራ ከብቱን ቢነዳው፥ የሌላውንም እርሻ ቢያስበላ፥ ከተመረጠ እርሻው ከማለፊያውም ወይኑ ይካስ።

6 እሳት ቢነሣ፥ እሾኽንም ቢይዝ፥ ክምሩንም ወይም ያልታጨደውን እህል ወይም እርሻውን ቢያቃጥል፥ እሳቱን ያነደደው ይካስ።

7 ሰው በባልንጀራው ዘንድ ብር ወይም ሌላ ነገር እንዲጠብቅለት አደራ ቢያኖር ከቤቱም ቢሰረቅ፥ ሌባው ቢገኝ ስለ አንድ ሁለት ይክፈል።

8 ሌባውም ባይገኝ ባለቤቱ ወደ ፈራጆች ይቅረብ፥ እጁንም በባልንጀራው ከብት ላይ እንዳልዘረጋ ይማል።

9 ሰዎች ስለ በሬ ወይም ስለ አህያ ወይም ስለ በግ ወይም ስለ ልብስ ወይም ስለ ሌላ ስለ ጠፋ ነገር ቢካሰሱ፥ አንዱም፡— ይህ የእኔ ነው ቢል፥ ክርክራቸው ወደ ፈራጆች ይድረስ፤ ፈራጆቹም የፈረዱበት እርሱ ለባልንጀራው በአንድ ሁለት ይክፈል።

10 ሰው በባልንጀራው ዘንድ አህያ ወይም በሬ ወይም በግ ወይም ሌላ እንስሳ እንዲጠብቅለት አደራ ቢያኖር፥ ማንም ሳያይ ቢሞት ወይም ቢጎዳ ወይም ቢማረክ፥

11 በባልንጀራው ከብት ላይ እጁን እንዳልዘረጋ የእግዚአብሔር መሐላ በሁለታቸው መካከል ይሁን፤ የከብቱም ባለቤት መሐላውን ይቀበል፥ እርሱም ምንም አይክፈል።

12 ከእርሱም ዘንድ ቢሰረቅ የጠፋውን ያህል ለባለቤቱ ይመልስ።

13 ተቧጭሮም ቢገኝ ለምስክር ያምጣው፤ በመቧጨሩም ምክንያት አይክፈል።

14 ከባልንጀራው አንዳች ቢዋስ ባለቤቱ ከእርሱ ጋር ሳይኖር ቢጎዳ፥ ወይም ቢሞት፥ ፈጽሞ ይክፈለው።

15 ባለቤቱ ግን ከእርሱ ጋር ቢኖር አይክፈል፤ ቢከራየው በክራዩ ይግባ።

16 ሰው ያልታጨችውን ድንግል ቢያስታት፥ ከእርስዋም ጋር ቢተኛ፥ ማጫዋን ሰጥቶ ሚስት ያድርጋት።

17 አባትዋም እርስዋን እንዳይሰጠው ፈጽሞ እንቢ ቢል እንደ ደናግል ማጫ ያህል ብር ይክፈላት።

18 መተተኛይቱን በሕይወት እንድትኖር አትፍቀድላት።

19 ከእንስሳ ጋር የሚረክስ ፈጽሞ ይገደል።

20 ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ለአንዳች አምላክ የሚሠዋ ፈጽሞ ይጥፋ።

21 እናንተ በግብፅ ምድር ስደተኞች ነበራችሁና ስደተኛውን አትበድለው፥ ግፍም አታድርግበት።

22 መበለቲቱንና ድሀ አደጎቹን አታስጨንቁአቸው።

23 ብታስጨንቁአቸውና ወደ እኔ ቢጮኹ እኔ ጩኸታቸውን ፈጽሞ እሰማለሁ፤

24 ቍጣዬም ይጸናባችኋል፥ በሰይፍም አስገድላችኋለሁ፤ ሚስቶቻችሁም መበለት፥ ልጆቻችሁም ድሀ አደጎች ይሆናሉ።

25 ከአንተ ጋር ለተቀመጠው ለወገኔ ለድሀው ገንዘብ ብታበድረው፥ እንደ ባለ አራጣ አትሁን፥ አራጣም አትጫንበት።

26 የባልንጀራህን ልብስ ለመያዣ ብትወስድ ፀሐይ ሳትገባ መልስለት፤

27 ሥጋውን የሚከድንበት እርሱ ብቻ ነውና፤ የሚተኛበትም ሌላ የለውምና፤ ወደ እኔም ቢጮኽ መሐሪ ነኝና እሰማዋለሁ።

28 ፈራጆችን አትስደብ፥ የሕዝብህንም አለቃ አትርገመው።

29 ነዶህንም የወይንህንም ጭማቂ ለማቅረብ አትዘግይ፤ የልጆችህንም በኵር ትሰጠኛለህ።

30 እንዲህም በበሬዎችህና በበጎችህ ታደርገዋለህ፤ ሰባት ቀን ከእናቱ ጋር ይቀመጥ፥ በስምንተኛውም ቀን ለእኔ ትሰጠዋለህ።

31 ቅዱስ ወገን ትሆኑልኛላችሁ፤ ስለዚህ በምድረ በዳ አውሬ የቧጨረውን ሥጋ ለውሻ ጣሉት እንጂ አትብሉት።

Chapter 22

1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

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1 ሐሰተኛ ወሬ አትቀበል፤ ሐሰተኛ ምስክርም ትሆን ዘንድ ከኃጢአተኛ ጋር እጅህን አታንሣ።

2 ክፉውን ለማድረግ ብዙ ሰዎችን አትከተል፤ ፍርድንም ለማጥመም ከብዙ ሰዎች ጋር ተስማምተህ አትመስክር።

3 በፍርድ ነገርም ለድሀው አታድላ።

4 የጠላትህን በሬ ወይም አህያውን ጠፍቶ ብታገኘው በፍጹም መልስለት።

5 የሚጠላህን ሰው አህያ ከሸክሙ በታች ወድቆ ብታየው አትተወው፥ ነገር ግን ከእርሱ ጋር አንሣው።

6 በሚምዋገትበት ጊዜ የድሀህን ፍርድ አታጥምም።

7 ከሐሰት ነገር ራቅ፤ እኔ ኃጢአተኛውን አላጸድቅምና ንጹሕንና ጻድቅን አትግደል።

8 ማማለጃን አትቀበል፤ ማማለጃ የዓይናማዎችን ሰዎች ዓይን ያሳውራልና፥ የጻድቃንንም ቃል ያጣምማልና።

9 በስደተኛው ግፍ አታድርጉ፤ እናንተ በግብፅ ምድር ስደተኞች ስለ ነበራችሁ የስደተኛ ነፍስ እንዴት እንደ ሆነች አውቃችኋልና።

10 ስድስት ዓመት ምድርህን ዝራ፥ ፍሬዋንም አግባ፤

11 በሰባተኛው ዓመት ግን ተዋት አሳርፋትም፤ የሕዝብህም ድሆች ይበሉታል፤ ያስቀሩትንም የሜዳ እንስሳ ይብላው። እንዲሁም በወይንህና በወይራህ አድርግ።

12 ስድስት ቀን ሥራህን ሥራ፤ በሬህና አህያህ ያርፉ ዘንድ ለባሪያህም ልጅ ለመጻተኛውም ዕረፍት ይሆን ዘንድ በሰባተኛው ቀን ዕረፍ።

13 ያልኋችሁንም ነገር ሁሉ ጠብቁ፤ የሌሎችንም አማልክት ስም አትጥሩ፥ ከአፋችሁም አይሰማ።

14 በዓመት ሦስት ጊዜ በዓል ታደርግልኛለህ።

15 የቂጣውን በዓል ጠብቅ፤ በአቢብ ወር ከግብፅ ምድር ወጥታችኋልና በዚህ ወር እንዳዘዝሁህ ሰባት ቀን ቂጣ እንጀራ ትበላለህ፤ በፊቴም ባዶ እጃችሁን አትታዩ።

16 በእርሻም የምትዘራትን የፍሬህን በኵራት የመከር በዓል፥ ዓመቱም ሳያልቅ ፍሬህን ከእርሻ ባከማቸህ ጊዜ የመክተቻውን በዓል ጠብቅ።

17 በዓመት ሦስት ጊዜ በአንተ ዘንድ ያለው ወንድ ሁሉ በጌታ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ይታይ።

18 የመሥዋዕቴን ደም ከቦካ እንጀራ ጋር አትሠዋ፤ የበዓሌም ስብ እስኪነጋ አይደር።

19 የተመረጠውን የምድርህን ፍሬ በኵራት ወደ አምላክህ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት አምጣ። ጠቦትን በእናቱ ወተት አትቀቅል።

20 በመንገድ ይጠብቅህ ዘንድ ወዳዘጋጀሁትም ስፍራ ያገባህ ዘንድ፥ እነሆ፥ እኔ መልአክን በፊትህ እሰድዳለሁ።

21 በፊቱ ተጠንቀቁ፥ ቃሉንም አድምጡ፤ ስሜም በእርሱ ስለ ሆነ ኃጢአት ብትሠሩ ይቅር አይልምና አታስመርሩት።

22 አንተ ግን ቃሉን ብትሰማ፥ ያልሁህንም ሁሉ ብታደርግ፥ ጠላቶችህን እጣላቸዋለሁ፥ የሚያስጨንቁህንም አስጨንቃቸዋለሁ።

23 መልአኬ በፊትህ ይሄዳልና፥ ወደ አሞራውያንም ወደ ኬጢያውያንም ወደ ፌርዛውያንም ወደ ከነዓናውያንም ወደ ኤዊያውያንም ወደ ኢያቡሳውያንም ያገባሃል፤ እኔም አጠፋቸዋለሁ።

24 ለአማልክቶቻቸው አትስገድ፥ አታምልካቸውም፤ እንደ ሥራቸውም አትሥራ፤ ነገር ግን ፈጽመህ አፍርሳቸው፥ ሐውልቶቻቸውንም ሰባብራቸው።

25 አምላካችሁንም እግዚአብሔርን ታመልኩታላችሁ፥ እርሱም እህልህንና ውኃህን ይባርካል፤ በሽታንም ከመካከልህ አርቃለሁ።

26 በምድርህም መካን ወይም የምትጨነግፍ አትሆንም፤ የዘመንህን ቍጥር እሞላለሁ።

27 መፈራቴንም በፊትህ እሰድዳለሁ፥ የምትሄድበትንም ሕዝብ ሁሉ አስደነግጣቸዋለሁ፥ ጠላቶችህንም ሁሉ በፊትህ ጀርባቸውን እንዲያዞሩ አደርጋለሁ።

28 በፊትህም ተርብ እሰድዳለሁ፥ ኤዊያዊውንም ከነዓናዊውንም ኬጢያዊውንም ከፊትህ አባርራለሁ።

29 ምድር ባድማ እንዳትሆን፥ የምድር አራዊትም እንዳይበዙብህ፥ በአንድ ዓመት ከፊታችሁ አላባርራቸውም።

30 ነገር ግን እስክትበዛ ምድርንም እስክትወርስ ድረስ በጥቂት በጥቂት አባርራቸዋለሁ።

31 ድንበርህንም ከኤርትራ ባሕር እስከ ፍልስጥኤም ባሕር፥ ከምድረ በዳም እስከ ወንዙ ድረስ አደርጋለሁ፤ በምድር የሚኖሩትን በእጅህ እጥላለሁና፤ ከፊትህም ታባርራቸዋለሁ።

32 ከእነርሱና ከአማልክቶቻቸው ጋር ቃል ኪዳን አታድርግ።

33 አማልክቶቻቸውንም ብታመልክ ወጥመድ ይሆኑብሃልና እኔን እንድትበድል እንዳያደርጉህ በአገርህ አይቀመጡ።

Chapter 23

1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

4 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ሲል ተናገረው።

2 ስጦታ ያመጡልኝ ዘንድ ለእስራኤል ልጆች ተናገር፤ በገዛ እጁ ሊሰጠኝ በልቡ ከሚያምረው ሰው ሁሉ መባ ተቀበሉ።

3 ከእነርሱም የምትቀበሉት መባ ይህ ነው፤

4 ወርቅ፥ ብር፥ ናስም፥ ሰማያዊና ሐምራዊ ቀይም ግምጃ፥ ጥሩ በፍታም፥

5 የፍየልም ጠጕር፥ ቀይ የአውራ በግ ቁርበት፥ የአቆስጣ ቁርበት፥ የግራርም እንጨት፥

6 የመብራትም ዘይት፥ ለቅብዓት ዘይትና ለጣፋጭ ዕጣን ቅመም፥

7 መረግድም፥ ለኤፉድና ለደረት ኪስ የሚደረግ ፈርጥ።

8 በመካከላቸውም አድር ዘንድ መቅደስ ይሥሩልኝ።

9 እኔ እንደማሳይህ ሁሉ፥ እንደ ማደሪያው ምሳሌ እንደ ዕቃውም ሁሉ ምሳሌ፥ እንዲሁ ሥሩት።

10 ከግራር እንጨትም ታቦትን ይሥሩ፤ ርዝመቱ ሁለት ክንድ ተኩል፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል፥ ቁመቱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል ይሁን።

11 በውስጥና በውጭም በጥሩ ወርቅ ለብጠው፤ በእርሱም ላይ በዙሪያው የወርቅ አክሊል አድርግለት።

12 አራት የወርቅ ቀለበቶችም አድርግለት፥ እነርሱንም በአራቱ እግሮቹ ላይ አኑር፤ በአንድ ወገን ሁለት ቀለበቶች፥ በሌላው ወገን ሁለት ቀለበቶች ይሁኑ።

13 መሎጊያዎችንም ከግራር እንጨት ሥራ፥ በወርቅም ለብጣቸው።

14 ለታቦቱ መሸከሚያ በታቦቱ ጐን ባሉት ቀለበቶች መሎጊያዎቹን አግባ።

15 መሎጊያዎቹም በታቦቱ ቀለበቶች ውስጥ ይኑሩ፥ ከቶም አይውጡ።

16 በታቦቱም ውስጥ እኔ የምሰጥህን ምስክር ታስቀምጣለህ።

17 ከጥሩ ወርቅም ርዝመቱ ሁለት ክንድ ተኩል፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል የሆነ የስርየት መክደኛ ሥራ።

18 ሁለት ኪሩቤል ከተቀጠቀጠ ወርቅ ሥራ፥ በስርየት መክደኛውም ላይ በሁለት ወገን ታደርጋቸዋለህ።

19 ከስርየት መክደኛውም ጋር አንዱን ኪሩብ በአንድ ወገን፥ ሁለተኛውንም ኪሩብ በሌላው ወገን አድርገህ በአንድ ላይ ትሠራዋለህ።

20 ኪሩቤልም ክንፎቻቸውን ወደ ላይ ይዘረጋሉ፥ የስርየት መክደኛውንም በክንፎቻቸው ይሸፍናሉ፥ ፊታቸውም እርስ በርሱ ይተያያል፤ የኪሩቤልም ፊቶቻቸው ወደ ስርየት መክደኛው ይመለከታሉ።

21 የስርየት መክደኛውንም በታቦቱ ላይ ታደርገዋለህ፤ እኔም የምሰጥህን ምስክር በታቦቱ ውስጥ ታኖረዋለህ።

22 በዚያም ከአንተ ጋር እገናኛለሁ፤ የእስራኤልንም ልጆች ታዝዝ ዘንድ የምሰጥህን ነገር ሁሉ፥ በምስክሩ ታቦት ላይ ባለው በሁለት ኪሩቤል መካከል፥ በስርየት መክደኛውም ላይ ሆኜ እነጋገርሃለሁ።

23 ርዝመቱም ሁለት ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ፥ ቁመቱ አንድ ክንድ ተኩል የሆነ ገበታ ከግራር እንጨት ሥራ።

24 በጥሩም ወርቅ ትለብጠዋለህ፤ በዙሪያውም የወርቅ አክሊል አድርግለት፤

25 በዙሪያውም አንድ ጋት የሚያህል ክፈፍ አድርግለት፤ የወርቅም አክሊል በክፈፉ ዙሪያ አድርግለት።

26 አራትም የወርቅ ቀለበቶች አድርግለት፤ ቀለበቶቹንም አራቱ እግሮቹ ባሉበት በአራቱ ማዕዘኖች አድርግ።

27 ገበታውንም ለመሸከም መሎጊያዎቹ እንዲሰኩባቸው ቀለበቶቹ በክፈፉ አቅራቢያ ይሁኑ።

28 ገበታውን ይሸከሙባቸው ዘንድ መሎጊያዎቹን ከግራር እንጨት ሠርተህ በወርቅ ለብጣቸው።

29 ለማፍሰሻም ይሆኑ ዘንድ ወጭቶችዋን ጭልፋዎችዋንም መቅጃዎችዋንም ጽዋዎችዋንም አድርግ፤ እነርሱንም ከጥሩ ወርቅ አድርጋቸው።

30 በገበታም ላይ የገጽ ኅብስት ሁልጊዜ በፊቴ ታደርጋለህ።

31 መቅረዝንም ከጥሩ ወርቅ አድርግ፤ መቅረዙ ከእግሩና ከአገዳው ጋር በተቀጠቀጠ ሥራ ይደረግ፤ ጽዋዎቹም ጕብጕቦቹም አበቦቹም አንድነት በእርሱ ይደረጉበት።

32 በስተጎኑ ስድስት ቅርንጫፎች ይውጡለት፤ ሦስት የመቅረዙ ቅርንጫፎች በአንድ ወገን፥ ሦስትም የመቅረዙ ቅርንጫፎች በሌላ ወገን ይውጡ።

33 በአንደኛውም ቅርንጫፍ ጕብጕብና አበባ ሦስትም የለውዝ አበባ የሚመስሉትን ጽዋዎች፥ በሁለተኛውም ቅርንጫፍ ጕብጕብና አበባ ሦስትም የለውዝ አበባ የሚመስሉትን ጽዋዎች፤ እንዲሁም ከመቅረዙ ለሚወጡ ለስድስቱ ቅርንጫፎች አድርግ።

34 በመቅረዙም ጕብጕቦቹንና አበቦቹን አራትም የለውዝ አበባ የሚመስሉትን ጽዋዎች አድርግ።

35 ከመቅረዙ ለሚወጡ ለስድስቱ ቅርንጫፎች ከሁለት ቅርንጫፎች በታች አንድ ሆኖ የተሠራ አንድ ጕብጕብ፥ ከሁለትም ቅርንጫፎች በታች አንድ ሆኖ የተሠራ አንድ ጕብጕብ፥ ደግሞ ከሁለት ቅርንጫፎች በታች አንድ ሆኖ የተሠራ አንድ ጕብጕብ ይሁን።

36 ጕብጕቦቹና ቅርንጫፎቹ ሁሉ ከእርሱ ጋር አንድ ይሁኑ፤ ሁሉም አንድ ሆኖ ከተቀረጸ ከጥሩ ወርቅ ይደረግ።

37 ሰባቱንም መብራቶች ሥራ፤ በፊቱ ያበሩ ዘንድ መብራቶቹን ያቀጣጥሉአቸዋል።

38 መኰስተሪያዎችዋን የኵስታሪ ማድረጊያዎችዋንም ከጥሩ ወርቅ አድርግ።

39 መቅረዙም ዕቃውም ሁሉ ከአንድ መክሊት ጥሩ ወርቅ ይሠሩ።

40 በተራራ ላይ እንዳሳየሁህ ምሳሌ እንድትሠራ ተጠንቀቅ።

Chapter 25

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats hair,

5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

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1 ደግሞም ከተፈተለ ከጥሩ በፍታ፥ ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ የተሠሩ አሥር መጋረጆች ያሉበትን ማደሪያ ሥራ፤ ብልህ ሠራተኛ እንደሚሠራ ኪሩቤል በእነርሱ ላይ ይሁኑ።

2 የእያንዳንዱ መጋረጃ ርዝመት ሀያ ስምንት ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አራት ክንድ ይሁን፤ የመጋረጆቹ ሁሉ መጠን ትክክል ይሁን።

3 አምስቱ መጋረጆች እርስ በርሳቸው የተጋጠሙ ይሁኑ፤ አምስቱም መጋረጆች እንዲሁ እርስ በርሳቸው የተጋጠሙ ይሁኑ።

4 ከሚጋጠሙት መጋረጆች በአንደኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ የሰማያዊውን ግምጃ ቀለበቶች አድርግ፤ ደግሞ ከተጋጠሙት ከሌሎች በአንደኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ እንዲሁ አድርግ።

5 አምሳ ቀለበቶችን በአንድ መጋረጃ አድርግ፥ አምሳውንም ቀለበቶች በሁለተኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ አድርግ፤ ቀለበቶቹ ሁሉ እርስ በርሳቸው ፊት ለፊት ይሆናሉ።

6 አምሳ የወርቅ መያዣዎች ሥራ፤ ማደሪያውንም አንድ እንዲሆን መጋረጆችን እርስ በርሳቸው በመያዣዎች አጋጥማቸው።

7 ከማደሪያውም በላይ ለድንኳን የሚሆኑ መጋረጆች ከፍየል ጠጕር አድርግ፤ አሥራ አንድ መጋረጆች ታደርጋለህ።

8 እያንዳንዱም መጋረጃ ርዝመቱ ሠላሳ ክንድ፥ እያንዳንዱም መጋረጃ ወርዱ አራት ክንድ ይሁን፤ የአሥራ አንዱም መጋረጆች መጠናቸው ትክክል ይሁን።

9 አምስቱ መጋረጆች አንድ ሆነው ይጋጠሙ፥ ስድስቱም መጋረጆች እርስ በርሳቸው አንድ ሆነው ይጋጠሙ፤ ስድስተኛውም መጋረጃ በድንኳኑ ፊት ይደረብ።

10 ከተጋጠሙት መጋረጆች በአንደኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ አምሳ ቀለበቶች አድርግ፤ ደግሞ ከተጋጠሙት ከሌሎቹ በአንድኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ እንዲሁ አምሳ ቀለበቶች አድርግ።

11 አምሳም የናስ መያዣዎችን ሥራ፥ መያዣዎችንም ወደ ቀለበቶች አግባቸው፥ ድንኳኑም አንድ እንዲሆን አጋጥመው።

12 ከድንኳኑ መጋረጆች የቀረ ትርፍ ግማሽ መጋረጃ በማደሪያው ጀርባ ይንጠልጠል።

13 ማደሪያውን እንዲሸፍን ከርዝመቱ በአንድ ወገን አንድ ክንድ፥ በአንድ ወገንም አንድ ክንድ ከድንኳኑ መጋረጆች የቀረው ትርፍ በማደሪያው ውጭ በወዲህና በወዲያ ይንጠልጠል።

14 ለድንኳኑም መደረቢያ ከቀይ አውራ በግ ቁርበት፥ ከዚያም በላይ ሌላ መደረቢያ ከአቆስጣ ቁርበት አድርግ።

15 ለማደሪያውም የሚቆሙትን ሳንቆች ከግራር እንጨት አድርግ።

16 የሳንቃው ሁሉ ርዝመቱ አሥር ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል ይሁን።

17 ለእያንዳንዱም ሳንቃ አንዱን በአንዱ ላይ የሚያያይዙ ሁለት ማጋጠሚያዎች ይሁኑለት፤ ለማደሪያው ሳንቆች ሁሉ እንዲሁ አድርግ።

18 ለማደሪያውም በደቡብ ወገን ሀያ ሳንቆችን አድርግ።

19 ከሀያውም ሳንቆች በታች አርባ የብር እግሮችን አድርግ፤ ከእያንዳንዱ ሳንቃ በታች ለሁለት ማጋጠሚያዎች ሁለት እግሮች ይሁኑ።

20 ለማደሪያው ለሁለተኛው ወገን በሰሜን በኩል ሀያ ሳንቆች፥

21 ለእነርሱም አርባ የብር እግሮች ይሁኑ፤ ከእያንዳንዱም ሳንቃ በታች ሁለት እግሮች ይሁኑ።

22 ለማደሪያውም በምዕራቡ ወገን በስተ ኋላ ስድስት ሳንቆችን አድርግ።

23 ለማደሪያውም ለሁለቱ ማዕዘን በስተ ኋላ ሁለት ሳንቆችን አድርግ።

24 ከታችም እስከ ላይ እስከ አንደኛው ቀለበት ድረስ አንዱ ሳንቃ ድርብ ይሁን፤ እንዲሁም ለሁለቱ ይሁን፤ እነርሱም ለሁለቱ ማዕዘን ይሆናሉ።

25 ስምንት ሳንቆችና አሥራ ስድስት የብር እግሮቻቸው ይሁኑ፤ ከእያንዳንዱም ሳንቃ በታች ሁለት እግሮች ይሆናሉ።

26 ከግራርም እንጨት በማደሪያው በአንድ ወገን ላሉት ሳንቆች አምስት መወርወሪያዎች፥

27 በማደሪያውም በሁለተኛው ወገን ላሉት ሳንቆች አምስት መወርወሪያዎች፥ በማደሪያውም በስተ ኋላ በምዕራብ ወገን ላሉት ሳንቆች አምስት መወርወሪያዎች አድርግ።

28 መካከለኛውም መወርወሪያ በሳንቆች መካከል ከዳር እስከ ዳር ይለፍ።

29 ሳንቆቹንም በወርቅ ለብጣቸው፤ ቀለበቶቻቸውንም የመወርወሪያ ቤት እንዲሆኑላቸው ከወርቅ ሥራቸው፤ መወርወሪያዎችንም በወርቅ ለብጣቸው።

30 ማደሪያውንም በተራራ እንዳሳየሁህ ምሳሌ አቁም።

31 መጋረጃውንም ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ ከተፈተለ ከጥሩ በፍታም አድርግ፤ ብልህ ሠራተኛ እንደሚሠራ ኪሩቤል በእርሱ ላይ ይሁኑ።

32 በወርቅ በተለበጡት ከግራር እንጨትም በተሠሩት በአራቱ ምሰሶች ላይ ስቀለው፤ ኩላቦቻቸውም ከወርቅ፥ አራቱም እግሮቻቸው ከብር የተሠሩ ይሁኑ።

33 መጋረጃውንም ከመያዣዎቹ በታች ታንጠለጥለዋለህ፥ በመጋረጃውም ውስጥ የምስክርን ታቦት አግባው፤ መጋረጃውም በቅድስቱና በቅድስተ ቅዱሳኑ መካከል መለያ ይሁናችሁ።

34 በቅድስተ ቅዱሳኑም ውስጥ የስርየት መክደኛውን በምስክሩ ታቦት ላይ አድርግ።

35 ገበታውንም በመጋረጃው ውጭ፥ መቅረዙንም በገበታው ፊት ለፊት በማደሪያው በደቡብ ወገን አድርግ፤ ገበታውንም በሰሜን ወገን አድርገው።

36 ለድንኳኑም ደጃፍ ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ ከተፈተለ ከጥሩ በፍታም በጥልፍ አሠራር የተሠራ መጋረጃ አድርግለት።

37 ለመጋረጃውም አምስት ምሰሶች ከግራር እንጨት አድርግ፥ በወርቅም ለብጣቸው፤ ኩላቦቻቸውም ከወርቅ የተሠሩ ይሁኑ፤ አምስትም እግሮች አድርግላቸው።

Chapter 26

1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers skins.

15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

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1 አንተም ወንድምህን አሮንን ከእርሱም ጋር ልጆቹን ከእስራኤል ልጆች መካከል ለይተህ ካህናት ይሆኑልኝ ዘንድ ወደ አንተ አቅርብ፤ አሮንን የአሮንንም ልጆች፥ ናዳብን አብዮድንም አልዓዛርንም ኢታምርንም፥ አቅርብ።

2 የተቀደሰውንም ልብስ ለክብርና ለጌጥ እንዲሆን ለወንድምህ ለአሮን ሥራለት።

3 አንተም ካህን ሆኖ እንዲያገለግለኝ አሮን ቅዱስ ይሆን ዘንድ ልብስ እንዲሠሩለት የጥበብ መንፈስ ለሞላሁባቸው በልባቸው ጥበበኞች ለሆኑት ሁሉ ተናገር።

4 የሚሠሩአቸውም ልብሶች እነዚህ ናቸው፤ የደረት ኪስ ኤፉድም ቀሚስም ዝንጕርጕር ሸሚዝም መጠምጠሚያም መታጠቂያም፤ እነዚህም ካህናት ይሆኑልኝ ዘንድ ለወንድምህ ለአሮን ለልጆቹም የተቀደሰ ልብስ ያድርጉ።

5 ወርቅንም፥ ሰማያዊና ሐምራዊ ቀይም ግምጃ፥ ጥሩ በፍታም ይውሰዱ።

6 ኤፉዱንም በብልሃት የተሠራ በወርቅና በሰማያዊ በሐምራዊም በቀይም ግምጃ ከተፈተለ ከጥሩ በፍታም ብልህ ሠራተኛ እንደሚሠራ ያድርጉ።

7 ሁለቱ ወገን አንድ እንዲሆን በሁለቱ ጫንቃ ላይ የሚጋጠም ጨርቅ ይሁን።

8 በላዩም መታጠቂያ ሆኖ በብልሃት የተጠለፈው የኤፉድ ቋድ እንደ እርሱ ከእርሱም ጋር አንድ ይሁን፤ ከወርቅና ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊ ከቀይ ግምጃም ከተፈተለ ከጥሩ በፍታም የተሠራ ይሁን።

9 ሁለትም የመረግድ ድንጋይ ወስደህ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ስም ስማቸውን ቅረጽባቸው፤

10 እንደ አወላለዳቸው ስድስት ስም በአንድ ድንጋይ፥ የቀረውንም ስድስቱን ስም በሌላው ቅረጽ።

11 በቅርጽ ሠራተኛ ሥራ እንደ ማኅተም ቅርጽ አድርገህ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ስም በሁለት ድንጋዮች ቅረጽ በወርቅም ፈርጥ አድርግ።

12 የእስራኤል ልጆችም የመታሰቢያ ድንጋዮች ይሆኑ ዘንድ ሁለቱን ዕንቍዎች በኤፉዱ ጫንቃዎች ላይ ታደርጋለህ፤ አሮንም በሁለቱ ጫንቃዎች ላይ ለመታሰቢያ ስማቸውን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ይሸከማል።

13 የወርቅም ፈርጦች ሁለትም ድሪዎች ከጥሩ ወርቅ ሥራ፤ እንደ ተጐነጐነም ገመድ አድርግ፤ የተጐነጐኑትንም ድሪዎች በፈርጦቹ ላይ አንጠልጥል።

15 ብልህ ሠራተኛም እንደሚሠራ የፍርዱን የደረት ኪስ ሥራው እንደ ኤፉዱም አሠራር ሥራው፤ ከወርቅና ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ ከጥሩ በፍታም ሥራው።

16 ርዝመቱ ስንዝር ስፋቱም ስንዝር ሆኖ ትክክልና ድርብ ይሆናል።

17 በአራት ተራ የሆነ የዕንቍ ፈርጥ አድርግበት፤ በፊተኛው ተራ ሰርድዮን፥ ቶጳዝዮን፥ የሚያብረቀርቅ ዕንቍ፤

18 በሁለተኛውም ተራ በሉር፥ ሰንፔር፥ አልማዝ፤

19 በሦስተኛውም ተራ ያክንት፥ ኬልቄዶን፥ አሜቴስጢኖስ፤

20 በአራተኛውም ተራ ቢረሌ፥ መረግድ፥ ኢያስጲድ በወርቅ ፈርጥ ይደረጋሉ።

21 የዕንቈቹም ድንጋዮች እንደ እስራኤል ልጆች ስሞች አሥራ ሁለት ይሆናሉ፤ በየስማቸውም ማተሚያ እንደሚቀረጽ ይቀረጹ፤ ስለ አሥራ ሁለቱ ነገዶችም ይሁኑ።

22 ለደረቱ ኪስም የተጐነጐኑትን ድሪዎች እንደ ገመድ አድርገህ ከጥሩ ወርቅ ሥራቸው።

23 ለደረቱ ኪስም ሁለት የወርቅ ቀለበቶች ሥራ፥ ሁለቱንም ቀለበቶች በደረቱ ኪስ በሁለቱ ወገን አድርጋቸው።

24 የተጐነጐኑትንም ሁለቱን የወርቅ ድሪዎች በደረቱ ኪስ ወገኖች ወዳሉት ወደ ሁለቱ ቀለበቶች ታገባቸዋለህ።

25 የሁለቱንም ድሪዎች ጫፎች በሁለቱ ፈርጦች ውስጥ አግብተህ በኤፉዱ ጫንቃዎች ላይ በፊታቸው ታደርጋቸዋለህ።

26 ሁለት የወርቅ ቀለበቶችም ሥራ፥ እነርሱንም በኤፉዱ ፊት ለፊት ባለው በደረቱ ኪስ በሁለቱ ጫፎች ላይ ታደርጋቸዋለህ።

27 ደግሞም ሁለት የወርቅ ቀለበቶች ሥራ፥ በኤፉዱም ፊት ከጫንቃዎች በታች በብልሃት ከተጠለፈ ከኤፉዱ ቋድ በላይ በመያዣው አጠገብ ታደርጋቸዋለህ።

28 የደረቱም ኪስ በብልሃት ከተጠለፈ ከኤፉዱ ቋድ በላይ እንዲሆን ከኤፉዱም እንዳይለይ፥ የደረቱን ኪስ ከቀለበቶቹ ወደ ኤፉዱ ቀለበቶች በሰማያዊ ፈትል ያስሩታል።

29 አሮንም ወደ መቅደስ በገባ ጊዜ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለዘላለም መታሰቢያ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ስሞች በፍርዱ በደረት ኪስ ውስጥ በልቡ ላይ ይሸከም።

30 በፍርዱ በደረት ኪስም ውስጥ ኡሪምንና ቱሚምን ታደርጋለህ፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት በገባ ጊዜ በአሮን ልብ ላይ ይሆናሉ፤ አሮንም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሁልጊዜ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ፍርድ በልቡ ላይ ይሸከማል።

31 የኤፉዱንም ቀሚስ ሁሉ ሰማያዊ አድርገው።

32 ከላይም በመካከል አንገትጌ ይሁንበት፤ እንዳይቀደድም እንደ ጥሩር የተሠራ ጥልፍ በአንገትጌው ዙሪያ ይሁንበት።

33 በታችኛውም ዘርፍ ዙሪያ ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ ሮማኖች አድርግ፤ በዚያም መካከል በዙሪያው የወርቅ ሻኵራዎች አድርግ፤

34 የወርቅ ሻኵራ ሮማንም፥ ሌላም የወርቅ ሻኵራ ሮማንም በቀሚሱ ዘርፍ ዙሪያውን ይሆናሉ።

35 በማገልገል ጊዜም በአሮን ላይ ይሆናል፤ እርሱም እንዳይሞት ወደ መቅደሱ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሲገባና ሲወጣ ድምፁ ይሰማል።

36 ከጥሩ ወርቅም ቅጠል የሚመስል ምልክት ሥራ፥ በእርሱም እንደ ማኅተም ቅርጽ አድርገህ፡— ቅድስና ለእግዚአብሔር የሚል ትቀርጽበታለህ።

37 በሰማያዊም ፈትል በመጠምጠሚያው ፊት ላይ ታንጠለጥለዋለህ።

38 በአሮንም ግምባር ላይ ይሆናል፥ አሮንም የእስራኤል ልጆች በሚያቀርቡትና በሚቀድሱት በቅዱስ ስጦታቸው ሁሉ ላይ ያለውን ኃጢአት ይሸከም፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ሞገስ እንዲሆንላቸው ቅጠል የሚመስለው ምልክቱ ሁልጊዜ በግምባሩ ላይ ይሁን።

39 ሸሚዙንም ከጥሩ በፍታ ዝንጕርጕር አድርገህ፥ መጠምጠሚያውን ከበፍታ ትሠራለህ፤ በጥልፍ አሠራር መታጠቂያም ትሠራለህ።

40 ለአሮንም ልጆች ሸሚዞችን መታጠቂያዎችንም ቆቦችንም ለክብርና ለጌጥ ታደርግላቸዋለህ።

41 ይህንም ሁሉ ወንድምህን አሮንን ከእርሱም ጋር ልጆቹን ታለብሳቸዋለህ፤ በክህነት እንዲያገለግሉኝ ትቀባቸዋለህ፥ ትክናቸዋለህ፥ ትቀድሳቸውማለህ።

42 ኀፍረተ ሥጋቸውንም ይከድኑበት ዘንድ የበፍታ ሱሪ ታደርግላቸዋለህ፤ ከወገባቸውም እስከ ጭናቸው ይደርሳል፤

43 ኃጢአትም እንዳይሆንባቸው እንዳይሞቱም፥ ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን ሲገቡ በመቅደሱም ያገለግሉ ዘንድ ወደ መሠዊያው ሲቀርቡ በአሮንና በልጆቹ ላይ ይሆናል፤ ለእርሱ ከእርሱም በኋላ ለዘሩ ለዘላለም ሥርዓት ይሆናል።

Chapter 28

1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.

27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.

38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.

40 And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

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1 እኔንም በክህነት እንዲያገለግሉኝ ትቀድሳቸው ዘንድ የምታደርግባቸው ነገር ይህ ነው፤ ነውር የሌለባቸውን አንድ ወይፈንና ሁለት አውራ በጎች ትወስዳለህ።

2 ቂጣ እንጀራ፥ በዘይትም የተለወሰ የቂጣ እንጐቻ፥ በዘይትም የተቀባ ስስ ቂጣ ከመልካም ስንዴ ታደርጋለህ።

3 በአንድ ሌማትም ታደርጋቸዋለህ፤ ከወይፈኑና ከሁለቱ አውራ በጎች ጋር በሌማቱ ታቀርባቸዋለህ።

4 አሮንና ልጆቹንም ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን ታቀርባቸዋለህ፥ በውኃም ታጥባቸዋለህ።

5 ልብሶችን ወስደህ ለአሮን ሸሚዝና የኤፉድ ቀሚስ ኤፉድም የደረት ኪስም ታለብሰዋለህ፥ በብልሃትም በተጠለፈ ቋድ ታስታጥቀዋለህ፤

6 መጠምጠሚያውንም በራሱ ላይ ታደርጋለህ፥ የተቀደሰውንም አክሊል በመጠምጠሚያው ላይ ታኖራለህ።

7 የቅብዓትንም ዘይት ወስደህ በራሱ ላይ ታፈስሰዋለህ፥ ትቀባውማለህ።

8 ልጆቹንም ታቀርባቸዋለህ፥ ሸሚዞቹንም ታለብሳቸዋለህ።

9 አሮንንና ልጆቹንም በመታጠቂያ ታስታጥቃቸዋለህ፥ ቆብንም ታለብሳቸዋለህ፤ ለዘላለም ሥርዓትም ክህነት ይሆንላቸዋል፤ እንዲሁም አሮንንና ልጆቹን ትክናቸዋለህ።

10 ወይፈኑንም ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን በር ፊት ታቀርበዋለህ፤ አሮንና ልጆቹም እጆቻቸውን በወይፈኑ ራስ ላይ ይጭናሉ።

11 ወይፈኑንም በመገናኛው ድንኳን በር አጠገብ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ታርደዋለህ።

12 ከወይፈኑም ደም ወስደህ በመሠዊያው ቀንዶች ላይ በጣትህ ትረጨዋለህ፤ ደሙንም ሁሉ ከመሠዊያው በታች ታፈስሰዋለህ።

13 የሆድ ዕቃውንም የሚሸፍነውን ስብ ሁሉ በጉልበቱም ላይ ያለውን መረብ ሁለቱንም ኵላሊቶች በላያቸውም ያለውን ስብ ወስደህ በመሠዊያው ላይ ታቃጥላለህ።

14 የወይፈኑን ሥጋ ግን፥ ቁርበቱንም፥ ፈርሱንም ከሰፈር ውጭ በእሳት ታቃጥለዋለህ፤ የኃጢአት መሥዋዕት ነው።

15 አንደኛውንም አውራ በግ ትወስደዋለህ፤ አሮንና ልጆቹም በአውራው በግ ራስ ላይ እጆቻቸውን ይጭናሉ።

16 አውራውንም በግ ታርደዋለህ፥ ደሙንም ወስደህ በመሠዊያው ላይ በዙሪያው ትረጨዋለህ።

17 አውራውንም በግ በየብልቱ ትቈርጠዋለህ፥ የሆድ ዕቃውንና እግሮቹንም ታጥባለህ፥ ከብልቱና ከራሱም ጋር ታኖረዋለህ።

18 አውራውንም በግ በሞላው በመሠዊያው ላይ ታቃጥላለህ፤ ለእግዚአብሔር የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት ነው፤ ጣፋጭ ሽቱ ነው። ለእግዚአብሔር የቀረበ የእሳት ቍርባን ነው።

19 ሁለተኛውንም አውራ በግ ትወስደዋለህ፤ አሮንና ልጆቹም እጆቻቸውን በአውራው በግ ራስ ላይ ይጭናሉ።

20 አውራውንም በግ ታርደዋለህ፥ ደሙንም ትወስዳለህ፥ የአሮንንም የቀኝ ጆሮ ጫፍ፥ የልጆቹንም የቀኝ ጆሮአቸውን ጫፍ፥ የቀኝ እጃቸውንና የቀኝ እግራቸውን አውራ ጣት ታስነካለህ፤ ደሙንም በመሠዊያው ላይ በዙሪያው ትረጨዋለህ።

21 በመሠዊያውም ላይ ካለው ደም ከቅብዓት ዘይትም ወስደህ በአሮንና በልብሱ ላይ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ባሉት በልጆቹና በልብሶቻቸው ላይ ትረጨዋለህ፤ እርሱም ልብሶቹም፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ልጆቹ ልብሶቻቸውም ይቀደሳሉ።

22 ደግሞም የሚካኑበት አውራ በግ ነውና የበጉን ስብ፥ ላቱንም፥ የሆድ ዕቃውንም የሚሸፍነውን ስብ፥ በጉበቱም ላይ ያለውን መረብ፥ ሁለቱንም ኵላሊቶች በላያቸውም ያለውን ስብ፥ የቀኙንም ወርች ትወስዳለህ።

23 አንድ እንጀራ፥ አንድም የዘይት እንጀራ፥ አንድም ስስ ቂጣ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በሌማት ካለው ቂጣ እንጀራ ትወስዳለህ፤

24 ሁሉንም በአሮን እጆችና በልጆቹ እጆች ታኖረዋለህ፤ ለሚወዘወዝ ቍርባን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ትወዘውዘዋለህ።

25 ከእጃቸውም ትቀበለዋለህ፥ በመሠዊያውም ላይ ከሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት ጋር በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ጣፋጭ ሽቱ እንዲሆን ታቃጥለዋለህ፤ እርሱ ለእግዚአብሔር የእሳት ቍርባን ነው።

26 ለአሮንም ክህነት የታረደውን በግ ፍርምባ ወስደህ ለሚወዘወዝ ቍርባን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ትወዘውዘዋለህ፤ እርሱም የአንተ ወግ ይሆናል።

27 ከሚካኑበትም አውራ በግ የተወሰደ ለአሮንና ለልጆቹ ወግ የሚሆን ለመሥዋዕት የተወዘወዘውን ፍርምባና የተነሣውን ወርች ትቀድሳለህ።

28 ያውም የማንሣት ቍርባን ነውና ከእስራኤል ልጆች ዘንድ ለዘላለም የአሮንና የልጆቹ ወግ ይሁን፤ የእስራኤል ልጆች የሚያቀርቡት የደኅንነት መሥዋዕታቸው የማንሣት ቍርባን ይሆናል፤ ለእግዚአብሔር የማንሣት ቍርባን ይሆናል።

29 የተቀደሰውም የአሮን ልብስ ይቀቡበትና ይካኑበት ዘንድ ከእርሱ በኋላ ለልጆቹ ይሁን።

30 ከልጆቹም በእርሱ ፋንታ ካህን የሚሆነው በመቅደስ ለማገልገል ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን ሲገባ ሰባት ቀን ይልበሰው።

31 የሚካንበትንም አውራ በግ ወስደህ ሥጋውን በተቀደሰ ስፍራ ትቀቅለዋለህ።

32 አሮንና ልጆቹም የአውራውን በግ ሥጋ በሌማትም ያለውን እንጀራ በመገናኛው ድንኳን በር ይበሉታል።

33 የተካኑና የተቀደሱ ይሆኑ ዘንድ ማስተስረያ የሆነውን ነገር ይብሉት፤ ሌላ ሰው ግን አይብላው፤ የተቀደሰ ነውና።

34 የተካኑበትም ሥጋ ወይም እንጀራ ተርፎ ቢያድር፥ የቀረውን በእሳት ታቃጥለዋለህ፤ የተቀደሰ ነውና አይበላም።

35 እንዳዘዝሁህም ሁሉ በአሮንና በልጆቹ እንዲህ አድርግ፤ ሰባት ቀን ትክናቸዋለህ።

36 ዕለት ዕለትም ስለ ማስተስረይ ለኃጢአት መሥዋዕት ወይፈኑን ታቀርባለህ፤ ማስተስረያም ባደረግህ ጊዜ መሠዊያውን ታነጻዋለህ፤ ቅዱስም ይሆን ዘንድ ትቀባዋለህ።

37 ሰባት ቀን ለመሠዊያው ማስተስረያ ታደርጋለህ፥ ትቀድሰውማለህ፤ መሠዊያውም ቅድስተ ቅዱሳን ይሆናል፤ መሠዊያውንም የሚነካ ሁሉ ቅዱስ ይሆናል።

38 በመሠዊያውም ላይ የምታቀርበው ይህ ነው፤ በቀን በቀን ዘወትር ሁለት የዓመት ጠቦቶች ታቀርባለህ።

39 አንዱን ጠቦት በማለዳ ቍርባን አድርገህ ታቀርበዋለህ፤ ሁለተኛውንም ጠቦት በማታ ቍርባን አድርገህ ታቀርበዋለህ።

40 ከአንዱ ጠቦትም ጋር የኢን መስፈሪያ አራተኛ እጅ በሆነ ተወቅጦ በተጠለለ ዘይት የተለወሰ የኢፍ መስፈሪያ አሥረኛ እጅ መልካም ዱቄት፥ ደግሞ ለመጠጥ ቍርባን የኢን መስፈሪያ አራተኛ እጅ የወይን ጠጅ ታቀርባለህ።

41 ሁለተኛውንም ጠቦት በማታ ታቀርበዋለህ፥ እንደ ማለዳውም የእህልና የመጠጥ ቍርባን ታደርግበታለህ፤ ለእግዚአብሔር ጣፋጭ ሽቱ እንዲሆን የእሳት ቍርባን ይሆናል።

42 ለአንተ እናገር ዘንድ ከእናንተ ጋር በምገናኝበት በመገናኛው ድንኳን ደጃፍ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ይህ ዘወትር ለልጅ ልጃችሁ የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት ይሆናል።

43 ከእስራኤልም ልጆች ጋር በዚያ እገናኛለሁ፤ ድንኳኑም በክብሬ ይቀደሳል።

44 የመገናኛውንም ድንኳን መሠዊያውንም እቀድሳለሁ፤ በክህነትም ያገለግሉኝ ዘንድ አሮንንና ልጆቹን እቀድሳለሁ።

45 በእስራኤልም ልጆች መካከል እኖራለሁ፥ አምላክም እሆናቸዋለሁ።

46 በመካከላቸውም እኖር ዘንድ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣኋቸው አምላካቸው እግዚአብሔር እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ ያውቃሉ፤ እኔ አምላካቸው እግዚአብሔር ነኝ።

Chapter 29

1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:

24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

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1 የዕጣን መሠዊያውን ሥራ፤ ከግራር እንጨት አድርገው።

2 ርዝመቱ አንድ ክንድ፥ ስፋቱም አንድ ክንድ፥ አራት ማዕዘን ይሁን፤ ከፍታውም ሁለት ክንድ ይሆናል፤ ቀንዶቹም ከእርሱ ጋር በአንድነት የተሠሩ ይሁኑ።

3 ላይኛውንና የግድግዳውንም ዙሪያ ቀንዶቹንም በጥሩ ወርቅ ትለብጠዋለህ፤ በዙሪያውም የወርቅ ክፈፍ ታደርግለታለህ።

4 ከክፈፉም በታች ሁለት የወርቅ ቀለበቶች አድርግለት። በዚህና በዚያ በሁለቱ ጎን ታደርጋቸዋለህ፤ ለመሸከምም የመሎጊያዎች ስፍራ ይሁኑ።

5 መሎጊያዎቹንም ከግራር እንጨት አድርግ፥ በወርቅም ለብጣቸው።

6 በምስክሩ ታቦት አጠገብም ካለው መጋረጃ በፊት ታኖረዋለህ ይህንም አንተን በምገናኝበት ከምስክሩ በላይ ባለው በስርየት መክደኛ ፊት ታኖረዋለህ።

7 አሮንም የጣፋጭ ሽቱ እጣን ይጠንበት፤ በማለዳ በማለዳ መብራቶቹን ሲያዘጋጅ ይጠነው።

8 ይህን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለልጅ ልጃችሁ የዘወትር ዕጣን ይሆን ዘንድ አሮን በማታ ጊዜ መብራቶቹን ሲያበራ ያጥነዋል።

9 ሌላም ዕጣን፥ የሚቃጠለውንም መሥዋዕት፥ የእህሉንም ቍርባን አታቀርብበትም፤ የመጠጥም ቍርባን አታፈስስበትም።

10 አሮንም በአመት አንድ ጊዜ በቀንዶቹ ላይ ማስተስረያ ያደርጋል፤ በአመት አንድ ጊዜ ለልጅ ልጃችሁ ማስተስረያ በሚሆን በኃጢአት መሥዋዕት ደም ማስተስረያ ያደርግበታል። ለእግዚአብሔር ቅድስተ ቅዱሳን ናት።

11 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረው።

12 አንተ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ቍጥር ተቀብለህ፥ በቈጠርሃቸው ጊዜ መቅሰፍት እንዳይሆንባቸው፥ በቈጠርሃቸው ጊዜ ከእነርሱ ሰው ሁሉ እንደ ቍጥራቸው መጠን የነፍሱን ቤዛ ለእግዚአብሔር ይስጥ።

13 አልፎ የሚቈጠር ሁሉ ግማሽ ሰቅል እንደ መቅደሱ ሰቅል ሚዛን ይሰጣል፤ የሰቅል ግማሽ ለእግዚአብሔር ያነሣል።

14 ሰቅሉ ሀያ ኦቦሊ ነው። አልፎ የተቈጠረ ሁሉ፥ ከሀያ ዓመት ጀምሮ ከዚያም ከፍ ያለ፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታ ይሰጣል።

15 ለነፍሳችሁ ማስተስረያ የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታ ስትሰጡ ባለ ጠጋው ከሰቅል ግማሽ አይጨምር፥ ድሀውም አያጕድል።

16 የማስተስረያውንም ገንዘብ ከእስራኤል ልጆች ወስደህ ለመገናኛው ድንኳን ማገልገያ ታደርገዋለህ፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ለነፍሳችሁ ቤዛ እንዲሆን ለእስራኤል ልጆች መታሰቢያ ይሁን።

17 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረው።

18 የመታጠቢያ ሰንና መቀመጫውን ከናስ ሥራ፤ በመገናኛው ድንኳንና በመሠዊያው መካከል እርሱን አድርገህ ውኃን ትጨምርበታለህ።

19 አሮንና ልጆቹም እጆቻቸውንና እግሮቻቸውን ይታጠቡበታል።

20 ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን በገቡ ጊዜ፥ ለእግዚአብሔርም የእሳት መሥዋዕት ያቃጥሉ ዘንድ ወደ መሠዊያው ሊያገለግሉ በቀረቡ ጊዜ፥ እንዳይሞቱ ይታጠቡበታል።

21 እንዳይሞቱም እጆቻቸውንና እግሮቻቸውን ይታጠቡ፤ ይህም ለእርሱ ከእርሱም በኋላ ለዘሩ የዘላለም ሥርዓት ይሆንላቸዋል።

22 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረው።

23 አንተም ክቡሩን ሽቱ ውሰድ፤ የተመረጠ ከርቤ አምስት መቶ ሰቅል፥ ግማሽም ጣፋጭ ቀረፋ ሁለት መቶ አምሳ ሰቅል፥ የጠጅ ሣርም እንዲሁ ሁለት መቶ አምሳ ሰቅል፥

24 ብርጕድም አምስት መቶ ሰቅል እንደ መቅደሱ ሰቅል ሚዛን፥ የወይራ ዘይትም አንድ የኢን መስፈሪያ ትወስዳለህ።

25 በቀማሚም ብልሃት እንደ ተሠራ ቅመም፥ የተቀደሰ የቅብዓት ዘይት ታደርገዋለህ፤ የተቀደሰ የቅብዓት ዘይት ይሆናል።

26 የመገናኛውንም ድንኳን፥ የምስክሩንም ታቦት፥

27 ገበታውንም ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፥ መቅረዙንም ዕቃውንም፥ የዕጣን መሠዊያውንም፥

28 ለሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት የሚሆነውን መሠዊያና ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፥ የመታጠቢያውን ሰንና መቀመጫውንም ትቀባበታለህ።

29 ሁሉንም ትቀድሳቸዋለህ፥ ቅድስተ ቅዱሳንም ይሆናሉ፤ የሚነካቸውም ሁሉ ቅዱስ ይሆናል።

30 በክህነትም ያገለግሉኝ ዘንድ አሮንንና ልጆቹን ቅባቸው፥ ቀድሳቸውም።

31 አንተም ለእስራኤል ልጆች እንዲህ ብለህ ተናገር፡— ይህ ለልጅ ልጃችሁ የተቀደሰ የቅብዓት ዘይት ይሁንልኝ።

32 በሰው ሥጋ ላይ አይፍሰስ፤ እንደ እርሱም የተሰራ ሌላ ቅብዓት አታድርጉ፤ ቅዱስ ነው፥ ለእናንተም ቅዱስ ይሁን።

33 እንደ እርሱ ያለውን የሚያደርግ ሰው፥ በሌላም ሰው ላይ የሚያፈስሰው ከሕዝቡ ተለይቶ ይጥፋ።

34 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ጣፋጭ ሽቱ ውሰድ፤ የሚንጠባጠብ ሙጫ፥ በዛጎል ውስጥ የሚገኝ ሽቱ፥ የሚሸትትም ሙጫ፥ ጥሩም እጣን ውሰድ፤ የሁሉም መጠን ትክክል ይሁን።

35 በቀማሚ ብልሃት እንደ ተሠራ፥ በጨው የተቀመመ ንጹሕና ቅዱስ ዕጣን አድርገው።

36 ከእርሱም ጥቂት ትወቅጣለህ፥ ታልመውማለህ፤ ከዚያም ወስደህ አንተን በምገናኝበት በመገናኛው ድንኳን ውስጥ በምስክሩ ፊት ታኖረዋለህ። እርሱም የቅዱሳን ቅዱስ ይሁንላችሁ።

37 እንደ እርሱ የተሠራ ዕጣን ለእናንተ አታድርጉ፤ በእናንተ ዘንድም ለእግዚአብሔር የተቀደሰ ይሁን።

38 ሊያሸትተውም እንደ እርሱ የሚያደርግ ሰው ከሕዝቡ ተለይቶ ይጥፋ።

Chapter 30

1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

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1 ሕዝቡም ሙሴ ከተራራው ሳይወርድ እንደ ዘገየ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ወደ አሮን ተሰብስበው፡— ይህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣን ሰው ሙሴ ምን እንደ ሆነ አናውቅምና ተነሥተህ በፊታችን የሚሄዱ አማልክት ሥራልን፡ አሉት።

2 አሮንም፡— በሚስቶቻችሁ በወንዶችና በሴቶች ልጆቻችሁም ጆሮ ያሉትን የወርቅ ቀለበቶች ሰብራችሁ አምጡልኝ፡ አላቸው።

3 ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በጆሮቻቸው ያሉትን የወርቅ ቀለበቶች ሰብረው ወደ አሮን አመጡለት።

4 ከእጃቸውም ተቀብሎ በመቅረጫ ቀረጸው፥ ቀልጦ የተሠራ ጥጃም አደረገው፤ እርሱም፡— እስራኤል ሆይ፥ እነዚህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጡህ አማልክትህ ናቸው፡ አላቸው።

5 አሮንም ባየው ጊዜ መሠዊያን በፊቱ ሠራ፤ አሮንም፡— ነገ የእግዚአብሔር በዓል ነው፤ ሲል አወጀ።

6 በነጋውም ማልደው ተነሥተው የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት ሠዉ፥ የደኅነትም መሥዋዕት አቀረቡ፤ ሕዝቡም ሊበሉና ሊጠጡ ተቀመጡ፥ ሊዘፍኑም ተነሡ።

7 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣኸው ሕዝብህ ኃጢአት ሠርተዋልና ሂድ፥ ውረድ።

8 ካዘዝኋቸው መንገድ ፈጥነው ፈቀቅ አሉ፤ ቀልጦ የተሠራ የጥጃ ምስል ለራሳቸው አደረጉ፥ ሰገዱለትም፥ ሠዉለትም፡— እስራኤል ሆይ፥ እነዚህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጡህ አማልክትህ ናቸው አሉ ሲል ተናገረው።

9 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— እኔ ይህን ሕዝብ አየሁት፥ እነሆም አንገተ ደንዳና ሕዝብ ነው።

10 አሁንም ቍጣዬ እንዲቃጠልባቸው እንዳጠፋቸውም ተወኝ፤ አንተንም ለታላቅ ሕዝብ አደርግሃለሁ፡ አለው።

11 ሙሴም በእግዚአብሔር በአምላኩ ፊት ጸለየ፥ አለም፡— አቤቱ፥ ቍጣህ በታላቅ ኃይልና በጽኑ እጅ ከግብፅ ምድር ባወጣኸው በሕዝብህ ላይ ስለ ምን ተቃጠለ?

12 ግብፃውያንስ፡— በተራራ መካከል ሊገድላቸው፥ ከምድርም ፊት ሊያጠፋቸው ለክፋት አወጣቸው፡ ብለው ስለ ምን ይናገራሉ? ከመዓትህ ተመለስ፥ ለሕዝብህም በክፋታቸው ላይ ራራ።

13 ዘራችሁን እንደ ሰማይ ከዋክብት አበዛለሁ፥ ይህችንም የተናገርኋትን ምድር ሁሉ ለዘራችሁ እሰጣታለሁ፥ ለዘላለምም ይወርሱአታል ብለህ በራስህ የማልህላቸውን ባሪያዎችህን አብርሃምንና ይስሐቅን እስራኤልንም አስብ።

14 እግዚአብሔርም በሕዝቡ ላይ ሊያደርግ ስላሰበው ክፋት ራራ።

15 ሙሴም ተመለሰ፥ ሁለቱንም የምስክር ጽላቶች በእጁ ይዞ ከተራራው ወረደ፤ ጽላቶቹም በዚህና በዚያ በሁለት ወገን ተጽፎባቸው ነበር።

16 ጽላቶቹም የእግዚአብሔር ሥራ ነበሩ፤ ጽሕፈቱም በጽላቶች ላይ የተቀረጸባቸው የእግዚአብሔር ጽሕፈት ነበረ።

17 ኢያሱም እልል ሲሉ የሕዝቡን ድምፅ ሰምቶ ሙሴን፡— የሰልፍ ድምፅ በሰፈሩ ውስጥ አለ፡ አለው።

18 እርሱም፡— ይህ የድል ነሺዎች ወይም የድል ተነሺዎች ድምፅ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን የዘፈን ድምፅ እሰማለሁ፡ አለው።

19 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ ወደ ሰፈሩ ሲቀርብ ጥጃውንም ዘፈኑንም አየ፤ የሙሴም ቍጣ ተቃጠለ፥ ጽላቶቹንም ከእጁ ጥሎ ከተራራው በታች ሰበራቸው።

20 የሠሩትንም ጥጃ ወስዶ በእሳት አቀለጠው፥ እንደ ትቢያም እስኪሆን ድረስ ፈጨው፥ በውኃውም ላይ በተነው፥ ለእስራኤልም ልጆች አጠጣው።

21 ሙሴም አሮንን፡— ይህን ታላቅ ኃጢአት ታመጣበት ዘንድ ይህ ሕዝብ ምን አደረገህ? አለው።

22 አሮንም እንዲህ አለ፡— ጌታዬ ሆይ፥ ቍጣህ አይቃጠል፤ ይህ ሕዝብ ክፋትን እንዲወድድ አንተ ታውቃለህ።

23 እነርሱም፡— ይህ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣን ሰው ሙሴ ምን እንደ ሆነ አናውቅምና በፊታችን የሚሄዱ አማልክት ሥራልን አሉኝ።

24 እኔም፡— ከእናንተ ወርቅ ያለው ሰው ከእርሱ ሰብሮ ያምጣልኝ አልኋቸው፤ ሰጡኝም፤ በእሳትም ላይ ጣልሁት፥ ይህም ጥጃ ወጣ።

25 ሙሴም በጠላቶቻቸው ፊት እንዲነወሩ አሮን ስድ ለቅቋቸዋልና ሕዝቡ ስድ እንደ ተለቀቁ ባየ ጊዜ፥

26 በሰፈሩ ደጅ ቆሞ፡— የእግዚአብሔር ወገን የሆነ ወደ እኔ ይምጣ! አለ፤ የሌዊም ልጆች ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ።

27 እርሱም፡— የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— የእናንተ ሰው ሁሉ ሰይፉን በወገቡ ላይ ይታጠቅ፥ በሰፈሩም ውስጥ በዚህና በዚያ ከበር እስከ በር ተመላለሱ፥ የእናንተም ሰው ሁሉ ወንድሙን ወዳጁንም ጎረቤቱንም ይግደል፡ አላቸው።

28 የሌዊም ልጆች ሙሴ እንዳለ አደረጉ፤ በዚያም ቀን ከሕዝቡ ሦስት ሺህ ሰዎች ሞቱ።

29 ሙሴም፡— ዛሬ በረከትን እንዲያወርድላችሁ እያንዳንዳችሁ በልጃችሁና በወንድማችሁ ላይ ዛሬ እጃችሁን ለእግዚአብሔር ቅዱስ አድርጉ፡ አለ።

30 በነጋውም ሙሴ ለሕዝቡ፡— እናንተ ታላቅ ኃጢአት ሠርታችኋል፤ አሁንም ወደ እግዚአብሔር እወጣለሁ፤ ምናልባት ኃጢአታችሁን አስተሰርይላችኋለሁ፡ አላቸው።

31 ሙሴም ወደ እግዚአብሔር ተመልሶ፡— ወዮ! እኒህ ሕዝብ ታላቅ ኃጢአት ሠርተዋል፥ ለራሳቸውም የወርቅ አማልክት አድርገዋል፤

32 አሁን ይህን ኃጢአታቸውን ይቅር በላቸው፤ ያለዚያ ግን ከጻፍኸው መጽሐፍህ እባክህ ደምስሰኝ፡ አለ።

33 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— የበደለኝን እርሱን ከመጽሐፌ እደመስሰዋለሁ።

34 አሁንም ሂድ፥ ይህንም ሕዝብ ወደ ነገርሁህ ምራ፤ እነሆ መልአኬ በፊትህ ይሄዳል፤ ነገር ግን በምጐበኝበት ቀን ኃጢአታቸውን አመጣባቸዋለሁ፡ አለው።

35 አሮን የሠራውን ጥጃ ስለ ሠሩ እግዚአብሔር ሕዝቡን ቀሠፈ።

Chapter 32

1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረው፡— ሂድ፥ ለአብርሃምና ለይስሐቅ ለያዕቆብም፡— ለዘርህ እሰጣታለሁ ብዬ ወደ ማልሁባት ምድር፥ ወተትና ማርም ወደምታፈስሰው ምድር አንተ ከግብፅ ምድር ካወጣኸው ሕዝብ ጋር ከዚህም ውጣ። አንገተ ደንዳና ሕዝብ ስለ ሆንህ በመንገድ ላይ እንዳላጠፋህ እኔ በአንተ መካከል አልወጣምና በፊትህ መልአክ እሰድዳለሁ፤ ከነዓናዊውን አሞራዊውንም ኬጢያዊውንም ፌርዛዊውንም ኤዊያዊውንም ኢያቡሳዊውንም አወጣልሃለሁ።

4 ሕዝቡም ይህን ክፉ ወሬ ሰምተው አዘኑ፤ ከእነርሱም ማንም ጌጡን አልለበሰም።

5 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— ለእስራኤል ልጆች፡— እናንተ አንገተ ደንዳና ሕዝብ ናችሁ፥ አንድ ጊዜ በእናንተ መካከል ብወጣ አጠፋችኋለሁ፤ አሁንም የማደርግባችሁን አውቅ ዘንድ ጌጣችሁን ከእናንተ አውጡ በላቸው፡ አለው።

6 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ከኮሬብ ተራራ ጀምረው ጌጣቸውን አወጡ።

7 ሙሴም ድንኳኑን እየወሰደ ከሰፈር ውጭ ይተክለው ነበር፤ ከሰፈሩም ራቅ ያደርገው ነበር፤ የመገናኛውም ድንኳን ብሎ ጠራው። እግዚአብሔርንም የፈለገ ሁሉ ከሰፈር ውጭ ወዳለው ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን ይወጣ ነበር።

8 ሙሴም ወደ ድንኳኑ በሄደ ጊዜ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ይነሡ ነበር፥ እያንዳንዱም በድንኳኑ ደጃፍ ይቆም ነበር፥ ሙሴም ወደ ድንኳኑ እስኪገባ ድረስ ይመለከቱት ነበር።

9 ሙሴም ወደ ድንኳኑ በገባ ጊዜ የደመና ዓምድ ይወርድ ነበር፥ በድንኳኑም ደጃፍ ይቆም ነበር፤ እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን ይናገረው ነበር።

10 ሕዝቡም ሁሉ የደመናው ዓምድ በድንኳኑ ደጃፍ ሲቆም ያየው ነበር፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ተነሥቶ እያንዳንዱ በድንኳኑ ደጃፍ ይሰግድ ነበር።

11 እግዚአብሔርም ሰው ከባልንጀራው ጋር እንደሚነጋገር ፊት ለፊት ከሙሴ ጋር ይነጋገር ነበር። ሙሴም ወደ ሰፈሩ ይመለስ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን ሎሌው ብላቴና የነዌ ልጅ ኢያሱ ከድንኳኑ አይለይም ነበር።

12 ሙሴም እግዚአብሔርን፡— እነሆ አንተ፡— ይህን ሕዝብ አውጣ ትለኛለህ፤ ከእኔም ጋር የምትልከውን አላስታወቅኸኝም። አንተም፡— በስምህ አወቅሁህ፥ ደግሞም በእኔ ፊት ሞገስን አገኘህ አልኸኝ።

13 አሁንም በፊትህ ሞገስን አግኝቼ እንደ ሆነ፥ አውቅህ ዘንድ በፊትህም ሞገስን አገኝ ዘንድ መንገድህን እባክህ አሳየኝ፤ ይህም ሕዝብ ሕዝብህ እንደ ሆነ ተመልከት፡ አለው።

14 እግዚአብሔርም፡— እኔ ከአንተ ጋር እሄዳለሁ፥ አሳርፍህማለሁ፡ አለው።

15 እርሱም፡— አንተ ከእኛ ጋር ካልወጣህስ፥ ከዚህ አታውጣን።

16 በምድርም ፊት ካለው ሕዝብ ሁሉ እኔና ሕዝብህ የተለየን እንሆን ዘንድ አንተ ከእኛ ጋር ካልወጣህ፥ እኔና ሕዝብህ በአንተ ዘንድ ሞገስ ማግኘታችን በምን ይታወቃል? አለው።

17 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— በፊቴ ሞገስ ስላገኘህ በስምህም ስላወቅሁህ ይህን ያልኸውን ነገር አደርጋለሁ፡ አለው።

18 እርሱም፡— እባክህ ክብርህን አሳየኝ፡ አለ።

19 እግዚአብሔርም፡— እኔ መልካምነቴን ሁሉ በፊትህ አሳልፋለሁ፤ የእግዚአብሔርንም ስም በፊትህ አውጃለሁ፤ ይቅርም የምለውን ይቅር እላለሁ፥ የምምረውንም እምራለሁ፡ አለ።

20 ደግሞም፡— ሰው አይቶኝ አይድንምና ፊቴን ማየት አይቻልህም፡ አለ።

21 እግዚአብሔርም አለ፡— እነሆ ስፍራ በእኔ ዘንድ አለ፥ በዓለቱም ላይ ትቆማለህ፤

22 ክብሬም ባለፈ ጊዜ በሰንጣቃው ዓለት አኖርሃለሁ፥ እስካልፍ ድረስ እጄን በላይህ እጋርዳለሁ፤

23 እጄንም ፈቀቅ አደርጋለሁ፥ ጀርባዬንም ታያለህ፤ ፊቴ ግን አይታይም።

Chapter 33

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.

10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን አለው፡— ሁለት የድንጋይ ጽላቶች እንደ ፊተኞች አድርገህ ጥረብ፤ በሰበርኻቸው በፊተኞቹ ጽላቶች የነበሩትን ቃሎች እጽፍባቸዋለሁ።

2 ነገም የተዘጋጀህ ሁን፥ በማለዳም ወደ ሲና ተራራ ወጥተህ በዚያ በተራራው ራስ ላይ በፊቴ ቁም።

3 ከአንተም ጋር ማንም ሰው አይውጣ፥ በተራራውም ሁሉ ማንም አይታይ፤ መንጎችና ከብቶችም በዚያ ተራራ ፊት አይሰማሩ።

4 ሙሴም እንደ ፊተኞቹ አድርጎ ሁለት የድንጋይ ጽላቶች ጠረበ፤ በነጋውም ማልዶ እግዚአብሔር እንዳዘዘው ወደ ሲና ተራራ ወጣ፥ ሁለቱንም የድንጋይ ጽላቶች በእጁ ወሰደ፥

5 እግዚአብሔርም በደመናው ውስጥ ወረደ፥ በዚያም ከእርሱ ጋር ቆመ፥ የእግዚአብሔርንም ስም አወጀ።

6 እግዚአብሔርም በፊቱ አልፎ፡— እግዚአብሔር፥ እግዚአብሔር መሐሪ፥ ሞገስ ያለው፥ ታጋሽም፥ ባለ ብዙ ቸርነትና እውነት፥

7 እስከ ሺህ ትውልድም ቸርነትን የሚጠብቅ፥ አበሳንና መተላለፍን ኃጢአትንም ይቅር የሚል፥ በደለኛውንም ከቶ የማያነጻ፥ የአባቶችንም ኃጢአት በልጆች እስከ ሦስትና እስከ አራት ትውልድም በልጅ ልጆች የሚያመጣ አምላክ ነው ሲል አወጀ።

8 ሙሴም ፈጥኖ ወደ መሬት ተጐነበሰና ሰገደ።

9 አቤቱ በፊትህስ ሞገስን አግኝቼ እንደ ሆነ፥ ይህ አንገተ ደንዳና ሕዝብ ነውና ጌታዬ በመካከላችን ይሂድ፤ ጠማማነታችንንና ኃጢአታችንንም ይቅር በለን፥ ለርስትህም ተቀበለን፡ አለ።

10 እርሱም አለው፡— እነሆ እኔ ቃል ኪዳን አደርጋለሁ፤ በምድር ሁሉ፥ በአሕዛብም ሁሉ ዘንድ እንደ እርሱ ያለ ከቶ ያልተደረገውን ተአምራት በሕዝብህ ሁሉ ፊት አደርጋለሁ፤ እኔም በአንተ ዘንድ የምሠራው ነገር የሚያስፈራ ነውና አንተ ያለህበት ይህ ሕዝብ ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ሥራ ያያል።

11 በዚህ ቀን የማዝዝህን ነገር ጠብቅ፤ እነሆ እኔ አሞራዊውን ከነዓናዊውንም ኬጢያዊውንም ፌርዛዊውንም ኤዊያዊውንም ኢያቡሳዊውንም በፊትህ አወጣለሁ።

12 በመካከልህ ወጥመድ እንዳይሆኑብህ አንተ በምትሄድባት ምድር ከሚኖሩ ሰዎች ጋር ቃል ኪዳን እንዳታደርግ ተጠንቀቅ፤

13 ነገር ግን መሠዊያዎቻቸውን ታፈርሳላችሁ፥ ሐውልቶቻቸውንም ትሰብራላችሁ፥ የማምለኪያ ዓፀዶቻቸውንም ትቈርጣላችሁ፤

14 ስሙ ቀናተኛ የሆነ እግዚአብሔር ቅንዓት ያለው አምላክ ነውና ለሌላ አምላክ አትስገድ።

15 በዚያች ምድር ከሚኖሩ ሰዎች ጋር ቃል ኪዳን እንዳታደርግ፥ እነርሱ አምላኮቻቸውን ተከትለው ባመነዘሩና በሠዉላቸው ጊዜ እንዳይጠሩህ፥ ከመሥዋዕታቸውም እንዳትበላ፥

16 ሴት ልጆቻቸውንም ከወንድ ልጆችህ ጋር እንዳታጋባ፥ ልጆቻቸውም አምላኮቻቸውን ተከትለው ሲያመነዝሩ ከአምላኮቻቸው በኋላ ሄደው አመንዝረውም ልጆችህን እንዳያስቱ ተጠንቀቅ።

17 ቀልጠው የተሠሩትን የአማልክት ምስሎች ለአንተ አታድርግ።

18 የቂጣውን በዓል ትጠብቀዋለህ። በአቢብ ወር ከግብፅ ወጥተሃልና በታዘዘው ዘመን በአቢብ ወር እንዳዘዝሁህ ሰባት ቀን ቂጣ እንጀራ ብላ።

19 ማኅፀንንም የሚከፍት ሁሉ የእኔ ነው፤ የከብትህም ተባት በኵር ሁሉ፥ በሬም ቢሆን በግም ቢሆን፥ የእኔ ነው።

20 የአህያውንም በኵር በጠቦት ትዋጀዋለህ፤ ባትዋጀውም አንገቱን ትሰብረዋለህ። የልጆችህንም በኵር ሁሉ ትዋጃለህ። በፊቴም አንድ ሰው ባዶ እጁን አይታይ።

21 ስድስት ቀን ትሠራለህ፥ በሰባተኛውም ቀን ታርፋለህ፤ በምታርስበትና በምታጭድበት ዘመን ታርፋለህ።

22 የሰባቱንም ሱባዔ በዓል ታደርጋለህ፥ እርሱም የስንዴ መከር በኵራት ነው፤ በዓመቱም ፍጻሜ የመክተቻ በዓል ታደርጋለህ።

23 በአንተ ዘንድ ያለው ወንድ ሁሉ በእስራኤል አምላክ በጌታ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በዓመት ሦስት ጊዜ ይታይ።

24 አሕዛብን ከፊትህ አወጣለሁ፥ አገርህንም አሰፋለሁ፤ በአምላክህም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለመታየት በዓመት ሦስት ጊዜ ስትወጣ ማንም ምድርህን አይመኝም።

25 የመሥዋዕቴን ደም ከቦካ እንጀራ ጋር አትሠዋ፤ የፋሲካውም በዓል መሥዋዕት እስከ ነገ አይደር።

26 የተመረጠውን የምድርህን ፍሬ በኵራት ወደ አምላክህ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት ታገባለህ። ጠቦቱን በእናቱ ወተት አትቀቅልም።

27 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— በእነዚህ ቃሎች መጠን ከአንተና ከእስራኤል ጋር ቃል ኪዳን አድርጌአለሁና እነዚህን ቃሎች ጻፍ፡ አለው።

28 በዚያም አርባ ቀንና አርባ ሌሊት ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ነበረ፤ እንጀራም አልበላም፥ ውኃም አልጠጣም። በጽላቶቹም አሥሩን የቃል ኪዳን ቃሎች ጻፈ።

29 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ ሙሴ ከሲና ተራራ በወረደ ጊዜ ሁለቱ የምስክር ጽላቶች በሙሴ እጅ ነበሩ፤ ሙሴም ከተራራው በወረደ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ስለ ተነጋገረ የፊቱ ቁርበት እንዳንጸባረቀ አላወቀም ነበር።

30 አሮንና የእስራኤልም ልጆች ሁሉ ሙሴን ባዩ ጊዜ፥ እነሆ የፊቱ ቁርበት አንጸባረቀ፤ ወደ እርሱም ይቀርቡ ዘንድ ፈሩ።

31 ሙሴም ጠራቸው፤ አሮንም የማኅበሩን አለቆች ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ ተመለሱ፤ ሙሴም ተናገራቸው።

32 ከዚያም በኋላ የእስራኤል ልጆች ሁሉ ቀረቡ፤ እግዚአብሔርም በሲና ተራራ የተናገረውን ነገር ሁሉ አዘዛቸው።

33 ሙሴም ለእነርሱ ተናግሮ ከጨረሰ በኋላ በፊቱ መሸፈኛ አደረገ።

34 ሙሴም ከእርሱ ጋር ሲነጋገር ወደ እግዚአብሔር በገባ ጊዜ እስኪ ወጣ ድረስ መሸፈኛውን ከፊቱ አነሣ፤ በወጣም ጊዜ ለእስራኤል ልጆች የታዘዘውን ነገር ነገረ።

35 የእስራኤልም ልጆች የሙሴን ፊት ቁርበት እንዳንጸባረቀ ያዩ ነበር፤ እርሱም ከእርሱ ጋር ሊነጋገር እስኪገባ ድረስ እንደ ገና በፊቱ መሸፈኛ ያደርግ ነበር።

Chapter 34

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.

3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.

23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.

32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.

34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

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1 ሙሴም የእስራኤልን ልጆች ማኅበር ሁሉ ሰብስቦ እንዲህ አላቸው፡— ታደርጉ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘው ቃል ይህ ነው፤

2 ስድስት ቀን ሥራ ይደረጋል፥ ሰባተኛው ቀን ግን ለእግዚአብሔር የዕረፍት ሰንበት የተቀደሰ ቀን ይሆንላችኋል፤ የሚሠራበትም ሁሉ ይገደል።

3 በማደሪያዎቻችሁ ውስጥ በሰንበት ቀን እሳትን አታንድዱ።

4 ሙሴም ለእስራኤል ልጆች ማህበር ሁሉ አላቸው፡— እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ብሎ ያዘዘው ነገር ይህ ነው፤

5 ከእናንተ ዘንድ ለእግዚአብሔር ቍርባንን አቅርቡ፤ የልብ ፈቃድ ያለው የእግዚአብሔርን ቍርባን ያምጣ፤ ወርቅና ብርም ናስም፤

6 ሰማያዊም ሐምራዊም ቀይ ግምጃም፥ ጥሩ በፍታም፥ የፍየል ጠጕርም፤

7 ቀይም የአውራ በግ ቁርበት፥ የአቆስጣም ቁርበት፥ የግራርም እንጨት፤

8 ለመብራትም ዘይት፥ ለቅብዓት ዘይትና ለጣፋጭ ዕጣን ቅመም፤

9 መረግድ ለኤፉዱና ለደረት ኪስ የሚደረግ ፈርጥ ያምጣ።

10 በእናንተም ዘንድ ያሉ በልባቸው ጥበበኞች ሁሉ መጥተው እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘውን ሁሉ ያድርጉ።

11 ማደሪያውን፥ ድንኳኑንም መደረቢያውንም፥ መያዣዎቹንም፥ ሳንቆቹንም፥ መወርወሪያዎቹንም፥ ምሰሶቹንም፥ እግሮቹንም፤

12 ታቦቱን መሎጊያዎቹንም፥ የስርየት መክደኛውንም በእርሱም ፊት የሚሸፍነውን መጋረጃ፤

13 ገበታውን መሎጊያዎቹንም ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፥ የገጹንም ኅብስት፤

14 መብራት የሚያበሩበትን መቅረዙን ዕቃውንም፥ ቀንዲሉንም፥ የመብራቱንም ዘይት፤

15 የዕጣኑን መሠዊያም መሎጊያዎቹንም፥ የቅብዓቱንም ዘይት፥ ጣፋጩንም ዕጣን፥ ለማደሪያውም ደጃፍ የሚሆን የደጃፉን መጋረጃ፤

16 ለሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት የሚሆነውን መሠዊያውን፥ የናሱንም መከታ፥ መሎጊያዎቹንም፥ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፤ የመታጠቢያውን ሰንም መቀመጫውንም፤

17 የአደባባዩን መጋረጆች ምሰሶቹንም እግሮቻቸውንም፥ የአደባባዩንም ደጃፍ መጋረጃ፤

18 የማደሪያውን ካስማዎች፥ የአደባባዩንም ካስማዎች አውታሮቻቸውንም፤

19 በመቅደስ ውስጥ ለማገልገል በብልሃት የተሠሩትን ልብሶች፥ በክህነት ያገለግሉበት ዘንድ የተቀደሱትን የካህኑን የአሮን ልብሶች፥ የልጆቹንም ልብሶች።

20 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ማኅበር ሁሉ ከሙሴ ፊት ወጡ።

21 ከእነርሱም ሰው ሁሉ ልቡ እንዳነሣሣው መንፈሱም እሺ እንዳሰኘው ለመገናኛው ድንኳን ሥራ ለማገልገያውም ሁሉ ለተቀደሰውም ልብስ ለእግዚአብሔር ስጦታ አመጡ።

22 ወንዶችና ሴቶችም ልባቸው እንደ ፈቀደ ማርዳዎችን፥ ሎቲዎችንም፥ ቀለበቶችንም፥ ድሪዎችንም፥ የወርቅ ጌጦችንም ሁሉ አመጡ፤ ሰዎችም ሁሉ የወርቅ ስጦታ ወደ እግዚአብሔር አቀረቡ።

23 ሰማያዊም ሐምራዊም ቀይ ግምጃም፥ ጥሩ በፍታም፥ የፍየል ጠጕርም፥ ቀይ የአውራ በግ ቁርበትም፥ የአቆስጣ ቁርበትም ያላቸው ሰዎች ሁሉ አመጡ።

24 ስእለት የተሳለ ሁሉ የብርንም የናስንም ስጦታ ለእግዚአብሔር ቍርባን አቀረበ፤ የግራርም እንጨት ያለው ሁሉ ለማገልገያ ሥራ አመጣ።

25 በልባቸው ጥበበኞች የሆኑ ሴቶችም በእጃቸው ፈተሉ፥ የፈተሉትንም ሰማያዊውን ሐምራዊውንም ቀዩንም ግምጃ፥ ጥሩውንም በፍታ አመጡ።

26 ልባቸውም በጥበብ ያስነሣቸው ሴቶች ሁሉ የፍየልን ጠጕር ፈተሉ።

27 አለቆችም መረግድን፥ ለኤፉድና ለደረት ኪስ የሚገቡትንም ፈርጦችን፥

28 ለመብራትም ለቅብዓት ዘይትም ለጣፋጭ ዕጣንም ሽቱንና ዘይትን አመጡ።

29 ከእስራኤል ልጆችም ያመጡ ዘንድ ልባቸው ያስነሣቸው ወንዶችና ሴቶች ሁሉ ሙሴ ይሠራ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር ላዘዘው ሥራ ሁሉ ለእግዚአብሔር ስጦታ በፈቃዳቸው አመጡ።

30 ሙሴም የእስራኤልን ልጆች አላቸው፡— እዩ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከይሁዳ ነገድ የሆነውን የሆር የልጅ ልጅ፥ የኡሪ ልጅ ባስልኤልን በስሙ ጠራው።

31 በሥራ ሁሉ ብልሃት በጥበብም በማስተዋልም በእውቀትም የእግዚአብሔርን መንፈስ ሞላበት፤

32 የጥበብን ሥራ ያስተውል ዘንድ፥ በወርቅና በብር በናስም ይሠራ ዘንድ፥

33 በፈርጥ የሚሆነውን የዕንቍ ድንጋይ ይቀርጽ ዘንድ፥ እንጨቱንም ይጠርብ ዘንድ፥ የብልሃት ሥራውንም ሁሉ ይሠራ ዘንድ።

34 እርሱና የዳን ነገድ የሆነው የአሂሳሚክ ልጅ ኤልያብ ያስተምሩ ዘንድ በልባቸው አሳደረባቸው።

35 በአንጥረኛ፥ በብልህ ሠራተኛም፥ በሰማያዊና በሐምራዊ በቀይም ግምጃ በጥሩ በፍታም በሚሠራ ጠላፊ፥ በሸማኔም ሥራ የሚሠራውን፥ ማናቸውንም ሥራና በብልሃት የሚሠራውን ሁሉ ያደርጉ ዘንድ በእነርሱ ልብ ጥበብን ሞላ።

Chapter 35

1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,

5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,

6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;

11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,

13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,

14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,

15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,

16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.

20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.

23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.

24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’S offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.

25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.

27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

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1 ለመቅደስም ማገልገያ ሥራ ሁሉ ያደርጉ ዘንድ እንዲያውቁ እግዚአብሔር ጥበብንና ማስተዋልን የሰጣቸው ባስልኤልና ኤልያብ በልባቸው ጥበበኞችም ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር እንዳዘዘው ነገር ሁሉ አደረጉ።

2 ሙሴም ባስልኤልንና ኤልያብን፥ እግዚአብሔርም በልቡ ጥበብን ያደረገለትን በልብ ጥበበኛ ሰው ሁሉ፥ ሥራውንም ለመሥራት ይቀርብ ዘንድ ልቡ ያስነሣውን ሁሉ ጠራቸው።

3 እነርሱም የእስራኤል ልጆች ለመቅደስ ማገልገያ ሥራ ያመጡትን ስጦታ ሁሉ ይሠሩ ዘንድ ከሙሴ ተቀበሉ። እነዚያም እንደ ፈቃዳቸው ማለዳ ማለዳ ስጦታውን ገና ወደ እርሱ ያመጡ ነበር።

4 የመቅደሱንም ሥራ የሚሠሩ ጠቢባን ሁሉ የሚያደርጉትን ሥራ ትተው መጡ፥

5 እነርሱም ሙሴን፡— እግዚአብሔር ለማገልገያ ሥራ ይደረግ ዘንድ ላዘዘው ከሚበቃ ይልቅ እጅግ የሚበልጥ ሕዝቡ አመጡ፡ ብለው ተናገሩት።

6 ያመጡትም ነገር ሥራን ሁሉ ለመፈጸም በቅቶ ገና ይተርፍ ስለ ነበረ ሙሴ አዘዘና፡— ወንድ ወይም ሴት ለመቅደስ ስጦታ ከዚህ የበለጠ የሚያመጣ አይኑር ብሎ በሰፈሩ ውስጥ አሳወጀ። ሕዝቡም እንዳያመጡ ተከለከሉ።

8 በእነርሱም ዘንድ ያሉት ሥራ ሲሠሩ የነበሩት በልባቸው ጥበበኞች ሁሉ ማደሪያውን ከአሥር መጋረጆች ሠሩ፤ እነርሱንም ከተፈተለ ከጥሩ በፍታ፥ ከሰማያዊም ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ ሠሩ፤ በእነርሱም ላይ ብልህ ሠራተኛ እንደሚሠራ ኪሩቤልን አደረጉባቸው።

9 የእያንዳንዱ መጋረጃ ርዝመት ሀያ ስምንት ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አራት ክንድ ነበረ፤ የመጋረጆቹ ሁሉ ልክ ትክክል ነበረ።

10 አምስቱንም መጋረጆች እርስ በርሳቸው አጋጠሙ፤ አምስቱንም መጋረጆች እንዲሁ እርስ በርሳቸው አጋጠሙ።

11 ከሚጋጠሙትም መጋረጆች በአንደኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ የሰማያዊውን ግምጃ ቀለበቶች አደረጉ፤ ደግሞ ከተጋጠሙት ከሌሎቹ በአንደኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ እንዲሁ አደረጉ።

12 አምሳ ቀለበቶችንችን በአንድ መጋረጃ አደረጉ፤ አምሳውንም ቀለበቶች በሁለተኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ አደረጉ፤ ቀለበቶቹ እርስ በርሳቸው ፊት ለፊት የሚተያዩ ነበሩ።

13 አምሳም የወርቅ መያዣዎች ሠሩ፤ መጋረጆችንም እርስ በርሳቸው በመያዣዎች አጋጠሙአቸው፤ አንድ ማደሪያም ሆነ።

14 ከማደሪያውም በላይ ለድንኳን የሚሆኑ መጋረጆችን ከፍየል ጠጕር አደረጉ፤ አሥራ አንድ መጋረጆች አደረጉ።

15 እያንዳንዱም መጋረጃ ርዝመቱ ሠላሳ ክንድ፥ እያንዳንዱም መጋረጃ ወርዱ አራት ክንድ ነበረ፤ የአሥራ አንዱም መጋረጆች መጠናቸው ትክክል ነበረ።

16 አምስቱንም መጋረጆች እርስ በርሳቸው አንድ አድርገው፥ ስድስቱንም መጋረጆች አንድ አድርገው አጋጠሙአቸው።

17 ከተጋጠሙትም መጋረጆች በአንደኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ አምሳ ቀለበቶች አደረጉ፤ ደግሞ ከተጋጠሙት ከሌሎቹ በአንደኛው መጋረጃ ዘርፍ ላይ አምሳ ቀለበቶች አደረጉ።

18 ድንኳኑም አንድ እንዲሆን ያጋጥሙት ዘንድ አምሳ የናስ መያዣዎችን ሠሩ።

19 ለድንኳኑም መደረቢያ ከቀይ ከአውራ በግ ቁርበት፥ ከዚያም በላይ ሌላ መደረቢያ ከአቆስጣ ቁርበት አደረጉ።

20 ለማደሪያውም ከግራር እንጨት የሚቆሙትን ሳንቆች አደረጉ።

21 የሳንቃው ሁሉ ርዝመቱ አሥር ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል ነበረ።

22 ለእያንዳንዱም ሳንቃ አንዱን በአንዱ ላይ የሚያያይዙ ሁለት ማጋጠሚያዎች ነበሩ፤ ለማደሪያው ሳንቆች ሁሉ እንዲሁ አደረጉ።

23 ለማደሪያውም በደቡብ ወገን ሀያ ሳንቆችን አደረጉ፤

24 ከሀያውም ሳንቆች በታች አርባ የብር እግሮች አደረጉ፤ ከእያንዳንዱም ሳንቃ በታች ለሁለቱ ማጋጠሚያዎች ሁለት እግሮች ነበሩ።

25 ለማደሪያው ለሁለተኛው ወገን በሰሜን በኩል ሀያ ሳንቆች አደረጉ፤

26 ለእነርሱም አርባ የብር እግሮች፥ ከእያንዳንዱም ሳንቃ በታች ሁለት እግሮች አደረጉ።

27 ለማደሪያውም በምዕራቡ ወገበስተ ኋላ ስድስት ሳንቆች አደረጉ።

28 ለማደሪያውም ለሁለቱ ማዕዘን በስተ ኋላ ሁለት ሳንቆች አደረጉ።

29 ከታችም እስከ ላይ እስከ አንደኛው ቀለበት ድረስ አንድ ሳንቃ ድርብ ነበረ፤ ለሁለቱም ማዕዘን እንዲሁ ሁለት ነበሩ።

30 ስምንት ሳንቆችና አሥራ ስድስቱ የብር እግሮቻቸው፥ ከእያንዳንዱም ሳንቃ በታች ሁለት ሁለት እግሮች ነበሩ።

31 ከግራርም እንጨት በማደሪያው በአንደኛው ወገን ላሉት ሳንቆች አምስት መወርወሪያዎች፥

32 በማደሪያውም በሁለተኛው ወገን ላሉት ሳንቆች አምስት መወርወሪያዎች፥ ከማደሪያውም በስተ ኋላ በምዕራቡ ወገን ላሉት ሳንቆች አምስት መወርወሪያዎች አደረጉ።

33 መካከለኛውንም መወርወሪያ በሳንቆቹ መካከል ከዳር እስከ ዳር አሳለፉ።

34 ሳንቆቹንም በወርቅ ለበጡአቸው፤ ቀለበቶቻቸውንም የመወርወሪያ ቤት እንዲሆኑላቸው ከወርቅ አደረጉ፤ መወርወሪያዎቹንም በወርቅ ለበጡአቸው።

35 መጋረጃውንም ከሰማያዊና ከሐምራዊ ከቀይም ግምጃ፥ ከተፈተለም ከጥሩ በፍታ አደረጉ፤ ብልህ ሠራተኛ እንደሚሠራ ኪሩቤልን በእርሱ ላይ አደረጉ።

36 ከግራርም እንጨት አራት ምሰሶች አደረጉለት፥ በወርቅም ለበጡአቸው፤ ኩላቦቻቸው የወርቅ ነበሩ፤ ለእነርሱም አራት የብር እግሮች አደረጉ።

37 ለድንኳኑም ደጃፍ ከሰማያዊና ከሐምራዊ ከቀይም ግምጃ፥ ከተፈተለም ከጥሩ በፍታ በጥልፍ አሠራር የተሠራ መጋረጃ አደረጉ፤

38 አምስቱንም ምሰሶች፥ ኩላቦቻቸውንም አደረጉ፤ ጕልላቶቻቸውንና ዘንጎቻቸውንም በወርቅ ለበጡአቸው፤ አምስቱም እግሮቻቸው የናስ ነበሩ።

Chapter 36

1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.

20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

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1 ባስልኤልም ከግራር እንጨት ታቦቱን ሠራ፤ ርዝመቱም ሁለት ክንድ ተኩል፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል፥ ቁመቱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል ነበረ።

2 በውስጥም በውጭም በጥሩ ወርቅ ለበጠው፤ በዙሪያውም የወርቅ አክሊል አደረገለት።

3 አራት የወርቅ ቀለበቶችም አደረገለት፤ እነርሱንም በአራቱ እግሮቹ ላይ አኖረ። በአንድ ወገን ሁለት ቀለበቶች፥ በሌላውም ወገን ሁለት ቀለበቶች ሆኑ።

4 መሎጊያዎቹንም ከግራር እንጨት ሠራ፥ በወርቅም ለበጣቸው።

5 ታቦቱንም ለመሸከም በታቦቱ አጠገብ ባሉት ቀለበቶች መሎጊያዎቹን አገባ።

6 ከጥሩ ወርቅም ርዝመቱ ሁለት ክንድ ተኩል፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል የሆነ የስርየት መክደኛ ሠራ።

7 ሁለት ኪሩቤልንም ከተቀጠቀጠ ወርቅ ሠራ፤ በስርየት መክደኛውም ላይ በሁለት ወገን አደረጋቸው።

8 ከስርየት መክደኛውም ጋር አንዱን ኪሩብ በአንድ ወገን፥ ሁለተኛውንም ኪሩብ በሌላው ወገን አድርጎ በአንድ ላይ ሠራቸው።

9 ኪሩቤልም ክንፎቻቸውን ወደ ላይ የዘረጉ ሆኑ፥ የስርየት መክደኛውንም በክንፎቻቸው ሸፈኑ፥ እርስ በርሳቸውም ተያዩ፤ የኪሩቤልም ፊቶቻቸው ወደ መክደኛው ተመለከቱ።

10 ርዝመቱ ሁለት ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አንድ ክንድ፥ ቁመቱም አንድ ክንድ ተኩል የሆነውን ገበታ ከግራር እንጨት ሠራ።

11 በጥሩም ወርቅ ለበጠው፥ በዙሪያውም የወርቅ አክሊል አደረገለት።

12 በዙሪያውም አንድ ጋት የሚያህል ክፈፍ አደረገለት፤ የወርቅም አክሊል በክፈፉ ዙሪያ አደረገለት።

13 አራትም የወርቅ ቀለበቶች አደረገለት፤ ቀለበቶቹንም አራቱ እግሮቹ ባሉበት በአራቱ ማዕዘኖች አደረገ።

14 ገበታውንም ለመሸከም መሎጊያዎቹ እንዲሰኩባቸው ቀለበቶች በክፈፉ አቅራቢያ ነበሩ።

15 ገበታውንም ይሸከሙባቸው ዘንድ መሎጊያዎቹን ከግራር እንጨት ሠርቶ በወርቅ ለበጣቸው።

16 ለማፍሰሻም ይሆኑ ዘንድ በገበታው ላይ የሚኖሩትን ዕቃዎች፥ ወጭቶቹንና ጭልፋዎቹን ጽዋዎቹንም መቅጃዎቹንም፥ ከጥሩ ወርቅ አደረጋቸው።

17 መቅረዙንም ከጥሩ ወርቅ አደረገ፤ መቅረዙንም ከእግሩና ከአገዳው ጋር በተቀረጸ ሥራ አደረገ፤ ጽዋዎቹን፥ ጕብጕቦቹን፥ አበቦቹን ከዚያው በአንድነት አደረገ።

18 በስተ ጎኑም ስድስት ቅርንጫፎች ወጡለት፤ ሦስቱ የመቅረዙ ቅርንጫፎች በአንድ ወገን፥ ሦስቱም የመቅረዙ ቅርንጫፎች በሌላ ወገን ወጡ።

19 በአንደኛው ቅርንጫፍ ጕብጕቡንና አበባውን ሦስትም የለውዝ አበባ የሚመስሉትን ጽዋዎች፥ በሁለተኛውም ቅርንጫፍ ጕብጕቡንና አበባውን ሦስትም የለውዝ አበባ የሚመስሉትን ጽዋዎች፥ እንዲሁም ከመቅረዙ ለወጡ ለስድስቱ ቅርንጫፎች አደረገ።

20 በመቅረዙም ጕብጕቦቹንና አበቦቹን አራትም የለውዝ አበባ የሚመስሉትን ጽዋዎች አደረገ።

21 ከመቅረዙ ለወጡ ለስድስት ቅርንጫፎች ከሁለት ቅርንጫፎች በታች አንድ ሆኖ የተሠራ አንድ ጕብጕብ፥ ከሁለትም ቅርንጫፎች በታች አንድ ሆኖ የተሠራ አንድ ጕብጕብ፥ ደግሞ ከሁለት ቅርንጫፎች በታች አንድ ሆኖ የተሠራ አንድ ጕብጕብ ነበረ።

22 ጕብጕቦቹና ቅርንጫፎቹ ከእርሱ ጋር አንድ ነበሩ፤ ሁሉም አንድ ሆኖ ከተቀረጸ ከጥሩ ወርቅ ተሠርቶ ነበር።

23 ሰባቱንም መብራቶች መኰስተሪያዎቹንም፥ የኩስታሪ ማድረጊያዎቹንም ከጥሩ ወርቅ ሠራ።

24 መቅረዙንም ዕቃውንም ሁሉ ከአንድ መክሊት ጥሩ ወርቅ አደረገ።

25 የዕጣን መሠዊያ ከግራር እንጨት ሠራ፤ ርዝመቱ አንድ ክንድ፥ ስፋቱ አንድ ክንድ፥ አራት ማዕዘን ነበረ፤ ከፍታውም ሁለት ክንድ ነበረ፤ ቀንዶቹም ከእርሱ ጋር በአንድነት የተሠሩ ነበሩ።

26 ላይኛውንና የግድግዳውንም ዙሪያ ቀንዶቹንም በጥሩ ወርቅ ለበጠው፤ በዙሪያውም የወርቅ ክፈፍ አደረገበት።

27 ከክፈፉም በታች ሁለት የወርቅ ቀለበቶች አደረገበት፥ በዚህና በዚያ በሁለቱም ጎን አደረጋቸው፤ ለመሸከምም የመሎጊያዎች ስፍራ ነበሩ።

28 መሎጊያዎቹንም ከግራር እንጨት አደረገ፥ በወርቅም ለበጣቸው።

29 የተቀደሰውንም የቅብዓቱን ዘይት፥ ጥሩውንም የጣፋጭ ሽቱ ዕጣን በቀማሚ ብልሃት እንደ ተሠራ አደረገ።

Chapter 37

1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.

4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.

12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.

13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.

14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.

15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.

16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.

17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:

21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.

22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.

24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.

28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

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1 ርዝመቱ አምስት ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አምስት ክንድ ለሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት የሚሆን መሠዊያን ከግራር እንጨት አደረገ፤ አራት ማዕዘንም ነበረ፤ ከፍታው ሦስት ክንድ ነበረ።

2 ቀንዶቹንም በአራቱ ማዕዘን አደረገበት፤ ቀንዶቹም ከእርሱ ጋር በአንድ የተሠሩ ነበሩ፤ በናስም ለበጠው።

3 የመሠዊያውንም ዕቃ ሁሉ፥ ምንቸቶቹንም፥ መጫሪያዎቹንም፥ ድስቶቹንም፥ ሜንጦቹንም፥ ማንደጃዎቹንም አደረገ፤ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ ከናስ አደረገ።

4 እንደ መረብ ሆኖም የተሠራ የናስ መከታ ለመሠዊያ አደረገ፤ መከታውም እስከ መሠዊያው እኩሌታ ይደርስ ዘንድ በመሠዊያው በሚዞረው በደረጃው ታች አደረገው።

5 ለናሱም መከታ ለአራቱ ማዕዘን የመሎጊያዎች ስፍራ ይሆኑ ዘንድ አራት ቀለበቶች አደረገ።

6 መሎጊያዎቹንም ከግራር እንጨት ሠራ፥ በናስም ለበጣቸው።

7 ይሸከሙትም ዘንድ በመሠዊያ ጎን ባሉት ቀለበቶች ውስጥ መሎጊያዎቹን አገባ፤ ከሳንቆቹም ሠርቶ ባዶ አደረገው።

8 የመታጠቢያውን ሰንና መቀመጫውንም በመገናኛው ድንኳን ደጃፍ ከሚያገለግሉ ከሴቶች መስተዋት ከናስ አደረገ።

9 አደባባዩንም አደረገ፤ በደቡብ ወገን ርዝመቱ መቶ ክንድ የሆነ፥ የተፈተለ የጥሩ በፍታ መጋረጆች ነበሩ።

10 ከናስ የተሠሩ ሀያውን ምሰሶችና ሀያውን እግሮች አደረገ፤ የምሰሶቹንም ኩላቦችና ዘንጎች ከብር አደረገ።

11 በሰሜኑም ወገን መቶ ክንድ ርዝመት ያላቸውን መጋረጆች፥ ከናስም የተሠራ ሀያ ምሰሶችንና ሀያ እግሮችን፥ ለምሰሶቹም የብር ኩላቦችንና ዘንጎችን አደረገ።

12 በምዕራብም ወገን አምሳ ክንድ ርዝመት ያላቸውን መጋረጆች፥ አሥሩንም ምሰሶች፥ አሥሩንም የናስ እግሮች፥ ለምሰሶቹም የብር ኩላቦችንና ዘንጎችን አደረገ።

13 በምሥራቅም ወገን አምሳ ክንድ ርዝመት ያላቸውን መጋረጆች አደረገ።

14 በአንድ ወገንም የመጋረጆቹ ርዝመት አሥራ አምስት ክንድ፥ ምሰሶቹም ሦስት፥ እግሮቹም ሦስት ነበሩ።

15 እንዲሁም በሁለተኛው ወገን በአደባባዩ ደጅ በዚህና በዚያ አሥራ አምስት ክንድ ርዝመት ያላቸው መጋረጆች፥ ሦስትም ምሰሶች፥ ሦስትም እግሮች ነበሩ።

16 በአደባባዩ ዙሪያ ያሉ መጋረጆች ሁሉ ከተፈተለ ከጥሩ በፍታ ተሠርተው ነበር።

17 የምሰሶቹም እግሮች የናስ፥ የምሰሶቹም ኩላቦችና ዘንጎች የብር ነበሩ፤ የምሰሶችም ጕልላቶች በብር ተለብጠው ነበር፤ በአደባባዩ ላሉ ምሰሶች ሁሉ የብር ዘንጎች ነበሩአቸው።

18 የአደባባዩም ደጅ መጋረጃ ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ፥ ከጥሩም በፍታ በጥልፍ አሠራር የተሠራ ነበረ፤ ርዝመቱ ሀያ ክንድ ነበረ፥ ቁመቱም እንደ አደባባዩ መጋረጆች አምስት ክንድ ነበረ፤

19 ከናስ የተሠሩ ምሰሶቹም አራት፥ እግሮቹም አራት ነበሩ፤ ኩላቦቹ የብር ነበሩ፤ ጕልላቶቹና ዘንጎቹም በብር ተለብጠው ነበር።

20 የማደሪያውም ካስማዎች በዙሪያውም ያለ የአደባባዩ ካስማዎች የናስ ነበሩ።

21 በሙሴ ትእዛዝ ለሌዋውያን ማገልገል ሊሆን በካህኑ በአሮን ልጅ በኢታማር እጅ እንደ ተቈጠረው የማደሪያው፥ የምስክሩ ማደሪያ፥ ዕቃ ድምር ይህ ነው።

22 ከይሁዳ ነገድም የሆነ የሆር የልጅ ልጅ፥ የኡሪ ልጅ ባስልኤል እግዚአብሔር ለሙሴ ያዘዘውን ሁሉ አደረገ።

23 ከእርሱም ጋር ከዳን ነገድ የሆነ የአሂሳሚክ ልጅ ኤልያብ ነበረ፤ እርሱም የቅርጽ ሠራተኛና ብልህ ሠራተኛ፥ በሰማያዊ በሐምራዊም በቀይም ግምጃ፥ በጥሩም በፍታ የሚሠራ ጠላፊ ነበረ።

24 የተሰጠው ወርቅ ሁሉ፥ በመቅደሱ ሥራ ሁሉ የተደረገው ወርቅ፥ እንደ መቅደሱ ሰቅል ሚዛን ሀያ ዘጠኝ መክሊት ሰባት መቶ ሠላሳ ሰቅል ነበረ።

25 በማኅበሩም ከሚቈጠሩት የተገኘ ብር፥ እንደ መቅደሱ ሰቅል ሚዛን፥ መቶ መክሊትና አንድ ሺህ ሰባት መቶ ከሰባ አምስት ሰቅል ነበረ።

26 እንደ መቅደሱ ሰቅል ሚዛን፥ የሰቅል ግማሽ ከተቈጠረው ከእያንዳንዱ ሰው የተሰጠ ነው፤ ከሀያ ዓመት ጀምሮ ከዚያም በላይ የተቈጠሩት ሁሉ ስድስት መቶ ሦስት ሺህ አምስት መቶ አምሳ ሰዎች ነበሩ።

27 መቶውም የብር መክሊት የመቅደሱንና የመጋረጃውን እግሮች ለመሥራት ነበረ፤ ከመቶውም መክሊት መቶ እግሮች አደረገ፤ ለአንድ እግርም አንድ መክሊት ነበረ።

28 ከሺህ ሰባት መቶ ሰባ አምስት ሰቅል የምሰሶቹን ኩላቦችና ዘንጎች አደረገ፥ የምሰሶቹንም ጕልላቶች ለበጠ።

29 የተሰጠውም ናስ ሰባ መክሊትና ሁለት ሺህ አራት መቶ ሰቅል ነበረ።

30 ከእርሱም የመገናኛውን ድንኳን ደጃፍ እግሮች፥ የናሱንም መሠዊያ፥ ለእርሱም የሆነውን የናሱን መከታ፥ የመሠዊያውንም ዕቃ ሁሉ፥

31 በአደባባዩ ዙሪያ ያሉትን እግሮች፥ የአደባባዩንም ደጃፍ እግሮች፥ የማደሪያውንም ካስማዎች ሁሉ በአደባባዩ ዙሪያም ያሉትን ካስማዎች ሁሉ አደረገ።

Chapter 38

1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ በመቅደሱ ለማገልገል ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይ ግምጃም በብልሃት የተሠራ ልብስ፥ ለአሮንም የተቀደሰውን ልብስ አደረጉ።

2 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ ኤፉዱን ከወርቅ ከሰማያዊም ከሐምራዊም ከቀይ ግምጃም ከተፈተለም ከጥሩ በፍታ አደረገ።

3 ወርቁንም ቀጥቅጠው እንደ ቅጠል ስስ አድርገው እንደ ፈትል ቈረጡ። ብልህ ሠራተኛም እንደሚሠራ ሰማያዊ ሐምራዊም ቀይም ግምጃ የተፈተለም ጥሩ በፍታ ከእርሱ ጠለፉ።

4 ሁለቱ ወገን እንዲጋጠም በሁለቱ ጫንቃዎች ላይ የሚጋጠም ልብስ አደረጉት።

5 በላዩም መታጠቂያ ሆኖ በብልሃት የተጠለፈው የኤፉዱ ቋድ እንደ እርሱ ከእርሱም ጋር አንድ ነበረ፤ ከወርቅና ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊ ከቀይ ግምጃም ከተፈተለም ከጥሩ በፍታ የተሠራ ነበረ።

6 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ በወርቅ ፈርጥ የተያዙ የመረግድ ድንጋዮች ሠርተው እንደ ማኅተም ቅርጽ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ስም ቀረጹባቸው።

7 ለእስራኤል ልጆች የመታሰቢያ ድንጋዮች ይሆኑ ዘንድ በኤፉዱ ጫንቃዎች ላይ አደረጋቸው።

8 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ የደረቱን ኪስ ብልህ ሠራተኛ እንደሚሠራ እንደ ኤፉዱ አሠራር ከወርቅና ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ ከተፈተለም ከጥሩ በፍታ አደረገው።

9 አራት ማዕዘንም ነበረ፤ የደረቱን ኪስም ድርብ አደረጉ፤ ርዝመቱ ስንዝር፥ ወርዱም ስንዝር፥ ድርብም ነበረ።

10 ዕንቍዎቹንም በአራት ተራ አደረጉበት፤ በፊተኛውም ተራ ሰርድዮን፥ ቶጳዝዮን፥ የሚያብረቀርቅ ዕንቍ፤

11 በሁለተኛውም ተራ በሉር፥ ሰንፔር፥ አልማዝ፤

12 በሦስተኛውም ተራ ያክንት፥ ኬልቄዶን፥ አሜቴስጢኖስ፤

13 በአራተኛውም ተራ ቢረሌ፥ መረግድ፥ ኢያስጲድ በወርቅ ፈርጥ ተደረጉ።

14 የዕንቍዎችም ድንጋዮች እንደ አሥራ ሁለቱ እንደ እስራኤል ልጆች ስሞች ነበሩ፤ በየስማቸውም ማተሚያ እንደሚቀረጽ ተቀረጹ፥ ስለ አሥራ ሁለቱም ነገዶች ነበሩ።

15 ለደረቱ ኪስም የተጐነጐኑትን ድሪዎች እንደ ገመድ አድርገው ከጥሩ ወርቅ ሠሩ።

16 ሁለትም የወርቅ ፈርጦች፥ ሁለትም የወርቅ ቀለበቶች ሠሩ፤ ሁለቱንም ቀለበቶች በደረቱ ኪስ በሁለቱ ወገን አደረጉ።

17 ሁለቱንም የተጐነጐኑትን የወርቅ ድሪዎች በደረቱ ኪስ ወገኖች ወዳሉት ወደ ሁለቱ ቀለበቶች አገቡ።

18 የሁለቱንም ድሪዎች ጫፎች በሁለቱ ፈርጦች ውስጥ አግብተው በኤፉዱ ጫንቃዎች ላይ በፊታቸው አደረጉ።

19 ሁለቱንም የወርቅ ቀለበቶች ሠሩ፥ እነርሱንም በኤፉዱ ፊት ለፊት ባለው በደረቱ ኪስ በሁለት ጫፎቹ ላይ አደረጉአቸው።

20 ደግሞም ሁለት የወርቅ ቀለበቶች ሠሩ፥ በኤፉዱም ፊት፥ ከጫንቃዎች በታች፥ በብልሃት ከተጠለፈ ከኤፉዱ ቋድ በላይ፥ በመያዣው አጠገብ አደረጉአቸው።

21 የደረቱ ኪስ በብልሃት ከተጠለፈው ከኤፉዱ ቋድ በላይ እንዲሆን፥ ከኤፉዱም እንዳይለይ የደረቱን ኪስ ከቀለበቶቹ ጋር ወደ ኤፉዱ ቀለበቶች በሰማያዊ ፈትል አሰሩት።

22 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ የኤፉዱን ቀሚስ ሞላውን በሸማኔ ሥራ ሰማያዊ አደረገው።

23 በቀሚሱም መካከል አንገትጌ ነበረ፤ እንዳይቀደድም እንደ ጥሩር የተሠራ ጥልፍ በአንገትጌው ዙሪያ ነበረ።

24 በቀሚሱም ታችኛ ዘርፍ ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ፥ ከተፈተለ በፍታም ሮማኖች አደረጉ።

25 ከጥሩ ወርቅም ሻኵራዎችን ሠሩ፥ ሻኵራዎቹንም ከሮማኖች መካከል በቀሚሱ ዘርፍ ዙሪያ አደረጉ።

26 በቀሚሱ ዘርፍ ዙሪያ ሻኵራንና ሮማንን፥ ሻኵራንና ሮማንን ለማገልገል አደረጉ።

27 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ እንደ ሸማኔ ሥራ ከጥሩ በፍታ ለአሮንና ለልጆቹ ሸሚዞችን፥

28 ከጥሩ በፍታም መጠምጠሚያውን፥ ከጥሩ በፍታም መልካሞቹን ቆቦች፥ ከተፈተለም ከጥሩ በፍታ የእግር ሱሪዎችን፥

29 ከተፈተለም ከጥሩ በፍታ፥ ከሰማያዊም ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ በጥልፍ አሠራር የተሠራ መታጠቂያውን አደረጉ።

30 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ ከጥሩ ወርቅ የተቀደሰውን የአክሊል ምልክት ሠሩ፤ በእርሱም እንደ ማኅተም ቅርጽ አድርገው። ቅድስና ለእግዚአብሔር የሚል ጻፉበት።

31 በመጠምጠሚያውም ላይ ያንጠለጥሉት ዘንድ ሰማያዊውን ፈትል አሰሩበት።

32 እንዲሁም የመገናኛው ድንኳን የማደሪያው ሥራ ሁሉ ተጨረሰ። እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው ሁሉ የእስራኤል ልጆች አደረጉ፤ እንዲሁ አደረጉ።

33 ማደሪያውንም፥ ድንኳኑንም፥ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ ወደ ሙሴ አመጡ፤ መያዣዎቹን፥ ሳንቆቹን፥ መወርወሪያዎቹን፥ ምሰሶቹንም፥ እግሮቹንም፤

34 ከቀይ ከአውራ በግ ቁርበትም የተሠራ መደረቢያ፥ ከአቆስጣ ቁርበትም የተሠራ መደረቢያ፥ የሚሸፍነውንም መጋረጃ፤

35 የምስክሩንም ታቦት፥ መሎጊያዎቹንም፥ የስርየት መክደኛውንም፤

36 ገበታውንም፥ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፥ የገጹንም ኅብስት፤

37 ጥሩውንም መቅረዝ፥ መብራቶቹንም፥ በተራ የሚሆኑትንም ቀንዲሎች፥ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፥ የመብራቱንም ዘይት፤

38 የወርቁንም መሠዊያ፥ የቅብዓቱንም ዘይት፥ ጣፋጩንም ዕጣን፥ የድንኳኑንም ደጃፍ መጋረጃ፤

39 የናሱንም መሠዊያ፥ የናሱንም መከታ፥ መሎጊያዎቹንም፥ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፥ የመታጠቢያውን ሰንም መቀመጫውንም፤

40 የአደባባዩንም መጋረጆች፥ ምሰሶቹንም፥ እግሮቹንም፥ የአደባባዩንም ደጃፍ መጋረጃ፥ አውታሮቹንም፥ ካስማዎቹንም፥ ለመገናኛው ድንኳን ለማደሪያው ማገልገያ የሚሆኑን ዕቃዎች ሁሉ፤

41 በመቅደስ ውስጥ ለማገልገል በብልሃት የተሠሩትን ልብሶች፥ በክህነትም ያገለግሉበት ዘንድ የተቀደሱትን የካህኑን የአሮንን ልብሶች፥ የልጆቹንም ልብሶች አመጡ።

42 እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን እንዳዘዘ ሁሉ እንዲሁ የእስራኤል ልጆች ሥራውን ሁሉ ሠሩ።

43 ሙሴም ሥራውን ሁሉ አየ፥ እነሆም አድርገውት ነበር፤ እግዚአብሔር እንዳዘዘው እንዲሁ አድርገውት ነበር፤ ሙሴም ባረካቸው።

Chapter 39

1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.

19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.

32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

34 And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,

35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,

37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office.

42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they have done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ሲል ተናገረው።

2 ከመጀመሪያው ወር በፊተኛው ቀን የመገናኛውን ድንኳን ማደሪያ ትተክላለህ።

3 በእርሱም ውስጥ የምስክሩን ታቦት ታኖራለህ፥ ታቦቱንም በመጋረጃ ትጋርዳለህ።

4 ገበታውንም አግብተህ በእርሱ ላይ የሚኖረውን ዕቃ ታሰናዳለህ፤ መቅረዙንም አግብተህ ቀንዲሎቹን ትለኵሳለህ።

5 ለዕጣንም የሚሆነውን የወርቅ መሠዊያ በምስክሩ ታቦት ፊት ታኖራለህ፥ በማደሪያውም ደጃፍ ፊት መጋረጃውን ትጋርዳለህ።

6 ለሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት የሚሆነውንም መሠዊያ በመገናኛው ድንኳን በማደሪያው ደጅ ፊት ታኖረዋለህ።

7 የመታጠቢያውን ሰንም በመገናኛው ድንኳንና በመሠዊያው መካከል አኑረህ ውኃ ትጨምርበታለህ።

8 በዙሪያውም አደባባዩን ትተክላለህ፥ የአደባባዩንም ደጃፍ መጋረጃ ትዘረጋለህ።

9 የቅብዓቱንም ዘይት ወስደህ ማደሪያውን በእርሱም ያለውን ሁሉ ትቀባለህ፥ እርሱንም ዕቃውንም ሁሉ ትቀድሳለህ፤ ቅዱስም ይሆናል።

10 ለሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት የሚሆነውንም መሠዊያ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ ትቀባዋለህ፥ መሠዊያውንም ትቀድሳለህ፤ መሠዊያውም ቅድስተ ቅዱሳን ይሆናል።

11 የመታጠቢያውን ሰንና መቀመጫውን ቀብተህ ትቀድሳለህ።

12 አሮንንና ልጆቹንም ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን ደጃፍ አቅርበህ በውኃ ታጥባቸዋለህ።

13 የተቀደሰውንም ልብስ አሮንን ታለብሰዋለህ፤ በክህነትም ያገለግለኝ ዘንድ ቀብተህ ትቀድሰዋለህ።

14 ልጆቹንም አቅርበህ ሸሚዞችን ታለብሳቸዋለህ፤

15 በክህነትም ያገለግሉኝ ዘንድ አባታቸውን እንደ ቀባህ ትቀባቸዋለህ፤ መቀባታቸውም ለልጅ ልጃቸው ለዘላለም ክህነት ይሆንላቸዋል።

16 ሙሴም እንዲሁ አደረገ፤ እግዚአብሔር እንዳዘዘው ሁሉ እንዲሁ አደረገ።

17 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ በሁለተኛው ዓመት በፊተኛው ወር በመጀመሪያው ቀን ማደሪያው ተተከለ።

18 እግዚአብሔርም እንዳዘዘው ሙሴ ማደሪያውን ተከለ፥ እግሮቹንም አኖረ፥ ሳንቆቹንም አቆመ፥ መወርወሪያዎቹንም አደረገባቸው፥ ምሰሶቹንም አቆመ።

19 ድንኳኑንም በማደሪያው ላይ ዘረጋ፥ የድንኳኑን መደረቢያ በላዩ አደረገበት።

20 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው ጽላቱን ወስዶ በታቦቱ ውስጥ አኖረው፥ መሎጊያዎቹን በታቦቱ ዘንድ አደረገ፥ የስርየት መክደኛውንም በታቦቱ ላይ አኖረው፤

21 ታቦቱን ወደ ማደሪያው አገባ፥ የሚሸፍነውንም መጋረጃ አድርጎ የምስክሩን ታቦት ሸፈነ።

22 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው ገበታውን በመገናኛው ድንኳን ውስጥ፥ ከመጋረጃው ውጭ፥ በማደሪያው በሰሜን በኩል አኖረው፤

23 እንጀራውን በላዩ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አሰናዳ።

24 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው መቅረዙን በመገናኛው ድንኳን ውስጥ፥ በገበታው ፊት ለፊት፥ በማደሪያው በደቡብ በኩል አኖረ፤

25 ቀንዲሎቹን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለኰሰ።

26 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው የወርቁን መሠዊያ በመገናኛው ድንኳን ውስጥ በመጋረጃው ፊት አኖረ፤

27 የጣፋጩን ሽቱ ዕጣን ዐጠነበት።

28 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው በማደሪያው ደጃፍ ፊት መጋረጃውን ዘረጋ።

29 ለሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት የሚሆነውን መሠዊያ በመገናኛው ድንኳን በማደሪያው ደጅ ፊት አኖረ፥ የሚቃጠለውንና የእህልን መሥዋዕት ሠዋበት።

30 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው የመታጠቢያውን ሰን በመገናኛው ድንኳንና በመሠዊያው መካከል አኖረ፥ ለመታጠቢያም ውኃን ጨመረበት።

31 በእርሱም ሙሴና አሮን ልጆቹም እጆቻቸውንና እግሮቻቸውን ታጠቡ፤

32 ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን በገቡ ጊዜ፥ ወደ መሠዊያውም በቀረቡ ጊዜ ይታጠቡ ነበር።

33 በማደሪያውና በመሠዊያውም ዙሪያ አደባባዩን ተከለ፤ የአደባባዩንም ደጃፍ መጋረጃ ዘረጋ። እንዲሁም ሙሴ ሥራውን ፈጸመ።

34 ደመናውም የመገናኛውን ድንኳን ከደነ፥ የእግዚአብሔርም ክብር ማደሪያውን ሞላ።

35 ደመናውም በላዩ ስለ ነበረ የእግዚአብሔርም ክብር ማደሪያውን ስለ ሞላ ሙሴ ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን ይገባ ዘንድ አልቻለም።

36 ደመናውም ከማደሪያው በተነሣ ጊዜ የእስራኤል ልጆች በመንገዳቸው ሁሉ ይጓዙ ነበር።

37 ደመናው ባይነሣ እስከሚነሣበት ቀን ድረስ አይጓዙም ነበር።

Chapter 40

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.

23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:

27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.

28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

5

1 ከዚህም በኋላ ሙሴና አሮን መጥተው ፈርዖንን እንዲህ አሉት፡— የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— በምድረ በዳ በዓል ያደርግልኝ ዘንድ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ።

2 ፈርዖንም፡— ቃሉን እሰማ ዘንድ እስራኤልንስ እለቅቅ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር ማን ነው? እግዚአብሔርን አላውቅም፥ እስራኤልንም ደግሞ አልለቅቅም፡ አለ።

3 እነርሱም፡— የዕብራውያን አምላክ ተገናኘን፤ ቸነፈር ወይም ሰይፍ እንዳይጥልብን የሦስት ቀን መንገድ በምድረ በዳ እንድንሄድ፥ ለአምላካችን ለእግዚአብሔር እንድንሠዋ እንለምንሃለን፡ አሉት።

4 የግብፅ ንጉሥም፡— አንተ ሙሴ አንተም አሮን፥ ሕዝቡን ለምን ሥራቸውን ታስተዋላችሁ? ወደ ተግባራችሁ ሂዱ፡ አላቸው።

5 ፈርዖንም፡— እነሆ የምድሩ ሕዝብ አሁን በዝቶአል፥ እናንተም ሥራቸውን ታስፈቱአቸዋላችሁ፡ አለ።

6 ፈርዖንም በዚያን ቀን የሕዝቡን አስገባሪዎች ሹማምቶቹንም እንዲህ ሲል አዘዘ።

7 እንደ ወትሮው ለጡብ ሥራ ደግሞ ገለባ ለሕዝቡ አትስጡ፤ ነገር ግን እነርሱ ሄደው ገለባ ይሰብስቡ።

8 ቀድሞ ያደርጉት የነበረውን የጡብ ቍጥር በእነርሱ ላይ አድርጉት፤ ምንም ከእርሱ አታጕድሉ፤ ሥራ ሰልችተዋልና ስለዚህ፡— ለአምላካችን እንድንሰዋ እንሂድ እያሉ ይጮኻሉ።

9 እርሱንም ያደርጉ ዘንድ በሰዎች ላይ ሥራው ይክበድባቸው፤ ከንቱ ቃልም አያስቡ።

10 የሕዝቡም አስገባሪዎች ሹማምቶቹም ወጡ፥ ሕዝቡንም፡— ፈርዖን እንዲህ ይላል፡— ገለባ አልሰጣችሁም።

11 እናንተ ሂዱ፥ ከምታገኙበትም ስፍራ ገለባ ሰብስቡ፤ ከሥራችሁ ግን ምንም አይጐድልም አሉአቸው።

12 ሕዝቡም ስለ ገለባ እብቅ ሊሰበስቡ በግብፅ ምድር ሁሉ ተበተኑ።

13 አስገባሪዎቹም፡— ገለባ ትቀበሉበት እንደ ነበረ ጊዜ የቀን ሥራችሁን ጨርሱ እያሉ አስቸኰሉአቸው።

14 የፈርዖንም አስገባሪዎች፡— ቀድሞ ታደርጉ እንደ ነበራችሁ ትናንትናና ዛሬ የተቈጠረውን ጡብ ስለ ምን አትጨርሱም? እያሉ በእስራኤል ልጆች ላይ የተሾሙትን አለቆቹን ገረፉ።

15 የእስራኤል ልጆች አለቆችም ወደ ፈርዖን መጡ፡— ለምን በባሪያዎችህ እንዲህ ታደርጋለህ?

16 ገለባ አይሰጡንም፥ የጡቡንም ሥራ እንድንሠራ ያዝዙናል፤ እነሆም ባሪያዎችህን ይገርፉናል፤ ግድፈቱ ግን በአንተ ሕዝብ ላይ ነው፡ ብለው ጮኹ።

17 እርሱ ግን፡— ሰልችታችኋል፥ ሰልችታችኋል፤ ስለዚህም፡— እንሂድ ለእግዚአብሔርም እንሠዋ፡ ትላላችሁ።

18 አሁንም ሂዱ፥ ሥሩ፤ ገለባ አይሰጡአችሁም፥ የጡቡን ቍጥር ግን ታመጣላችሁ፡ አላቸው።

19 የእስራኤልም ልጆች አለቆች፡— ዕለት ዕለት ከምትሰሩት ከጡቡ ቍጥር ምንም አታጕድሉ ባሉአቸው ጊዜ ነገሩ እንደ ከፋባቸው አዩ።

20 ከፈርዖንም ዘንድ ሲወጡ ሙሴንና አሮንን በፊታቸው ቆመው ተገናኙአቸው።

21 እነርሱም፡— በፈርዖንና በባሪያዎቹ ፊት ሽታችንን አግምታችሁታልና፥ ይገድሉንም ዘንድ ሰይፍን በእጃቸው ሰጥታችኋቸዋልና እግዚአብሔር ይመልከታችሁ ይፍረድባችሁም አሉአቸው።

22 ሙሴም ወደ እግዚአብሔር ተመለሰና፡— ጌታ ሆይ፥ ስለ ምን ይህን ሕዝብ አስከፋህ? ስለ ምንስ ላክኸኝ?

23 በስምህ እናገር ዘንድ ወደ ፈርዖን ከገባሁ ወዲህ፥ ይህን ሕዝብ አስከፍቶታልና፤ አንተም ሕዝብህን ከቶ አላዳንኸውም፡ አለ።

Chapter 5

1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— በፈርዖንና በግብፅ ላይ ገና አንዲት መቅሰፍት አመጣለሁ፥ ከዚያ ወዲያም ይለቅቃችኋል፤ ሲለቅቃችሁም አባርሮ ይሰድዳችኋል።

2 ወንዱ ከወዳጁ ሴቲቱም ከወዳጅዋ የብርና የወርቅ ዕቃ ይሹ ዘንድ በሕዝቡ ጆሮ ተናገር፡ አለው።

3 እግዚአብሔርም በግብፃውያን ፊት ለሕዝቡ ሞገስን ሰጠው። ሙሴም በፈርዖን ባሪያዎችና በሕዝቡ ፊት በግብፅ አገር እጅግ የከበረ ሰው ነበረ።

4 ሙሴም አለ፡— እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፡— በእኩል ሌሊት እኔ በግብፅ መካከል እወጣለሁ፤

5 በግብፅም አገር ያለ በኵር ሁሉ፥ በዙፋኑ ከሚቀመጠው ከፈርዖን በኵር ጀምሮ በወፍጮ እግር እስካለችው እስከ ባሪያይቱ በኵር ድረስ፥ የከብቱም በኵር ሁሉ ይሞታል።

6 በግብፅም አገር ሁሉ አስቀድሞ እንደ እርሱ ያልሆነ ኋላም ደግሞ የማይሆን ታላቅ ጩኸት ይሆናል።

7 እግዚአብሔር ግን በግብፃውያንና በእስራኤል መካከል እንዲለይ እንድታውቁ በእስራኤል ልጆች መካከል ከሰው ጀምሮ እስከ እንስሳ ድረስ ውሻ ምላሱን አያንቀሳቅስባቸውም።

8 እነዚህም ባሪያዎችህ ሁሉ፡— አንተ ውጣ የሚከተሉህም ሕዝብ ሁሉ ይውጡ እያሉ ወደ እኔ ይወርዳሉ፥ ለእኔም ይሰግዳሉ፤ ከዚያም በኋላ እወጣለሁ። ሙሴም በጽኑ ቁጣ ከፈርዖን ዘንድ ወጣ።

9 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— ተአምራቴ በግብፅ አገር ብዙ እንዲሆን ፈርዖን አይሰማችሁም፡ አለው።

10 ሙሴና አሮንም እነዚህን ተአምራቶች ሁሉ በፈርዖን ፊት አደረጉ፤ እግዚአብሔር የፈርዖንን ልብ አጸና፥ የእስራኤልንም ልጆች ከአገሩ አልለቀቀም።

Chapter 11

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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1 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ማኅበር ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር እንዳዘዘ ከሲን ምድረ በዳ ሊጓዙ ተነሡ፥ በራፊዲምም ሰፈሩ፤ ሕዝቡም ይጠጡ ዘንድ ውኃ አልነበረም።

2 ሕዝቡም ሙሴን ተጣሉት፡— የምንጠጣውን ውኃ ስጠን፡ አሉት። ሙሴም፡— ለምን ትጣሉኛላችሁ? እግዚአብሔርንስ ለምን ትፈታተናላችሁ? አላቸው።

3 ሕዝቡም በዚያ ስፍራ ውኃ ተጠሙ፡— እኛንና ልጆቻችንን ከብቶቻችንንም በጥማት ልትገድል ለምን ከግብፅ አወጣኸን? ሲሉ በሙሴ ላይ አንጐራጐሩ።

4 ሙሴም፡— ሊወግሩኝ ቀርበዋልና በዚህ ሕዝብ ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኸ።

5 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— በሕዝቡ ፊት እለፍ፥ ከእስራኤልም ሽማግሌዎች ከአንተ ጋር ውሰድ፤ ወንዙንም የመታህባትን በትር በእጅህ ይዘሃት ሂድ።

6 እነሆ እኔ በዚያ በኮሬብ በዓለት ላይ በፊትህ እቆማለሁ፤ ዓለቱንም ትመታለህ፥ ሕዝቡም ይጠጣ ዘንድ ከእርሱ ውኃ ይወጣል፡ አለው። ሙሴም በእስራኤል ሽማግሌዎች ፊት እንዲሁ አደረገ።

7 ስለ እስራኤልም ልጆች ክርክር፡— እግዚአብሔር በመካከላችን ነውን ወይስ አይደለም? ሲሉ እግዚአብሔርን ስለተፈታተኑት የዚያን ስፍራ ስም ማሳህ፥ ደግሞም መሪባ ብሎ ጠራው።

8 አማሌቅም መጥቶ ከእስራኤል ጋር በራፊድም ተዋጋ።

9 ሙሴም ኢያሱን፡— ጕልማሶችን ምረጥልን፥ ወጥተህም ከአማሌቅ ጋር ተዋጋ፤ እኔ ነገ የእግዚአብሔርን በትር በእጄ ይዤ በኮረብታው ራስ ላይ እቆማለሁ፡ አለው።

10 ኢያሱም ሙሴ እንዳለው አደረገ፥ ከአማሌቅም ጋር ተዋጋ፤ ሙሴና አሮንም ሖርም ወደ ኮረብታው ራስ ወጡ።

11 እንዲህም ሆነ፤ ሙሴ እጁን ባነሣ ጊዜ እስራኤል ድል ያደርግ ነበር፤ እጁንም ባወረደ ጊዜ አማሌቅ ድል ያደርግ ነበር።

12 የሙሴ እጆች ግን ከብደው ነበር፤ ድንጋይም ወሰዱ፥ በበታቹም አኖሩ፥ እርሱም ተቀመጠበት፤ አሮንና ሖርም አንዱ በዚህ አንዱ በዚያ ሆነው እጆቹን ይደግፉ ነበር፤ ፀሐይም እስክትገባ ድረስ እጆቹ ጠነከሩ።

13 ኢያሱም አማሌቅንና ሕዝቡን በሰይፍ ስለት አሸነፈ።

14 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— የአማሌቅን ዝክር ከሰማይ በታች ጨርሼ እደመስሳለሁና ይህን ለመታሰቢያ በመጽሐፍ ጻፈው፥ በኢያሱም ጆሮ ተናገር፡ አለው።

15 ሙሴም መሠዊያ ሠራ፥ ስሙንም፡ ይህዌህ ንሲ፡ ብሎ ጠራው፤

16 እርሱም፡— እጁን በእግዚአብሔር ዙፋን ላይ ስለጫነ የእግዚአብሔር ሰልፍ በአማሌቅ ላይ ለልጅ ልጅ ይሁን፡ አለ።

Chapter 17

1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:

16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ይህን ቃል ሁሉ እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረ።

2 ከግብፅ ምድር ከባርነት ቤት ያወጣሁህ እግዚአብሔር አምላክህ እኔ ነኝ።

3 ከእኔ በቀር ሌሎች አማልክት አይሁኑልህ።

4 በላይ በሰማይ ካለው፥ በታችም በምድር ካለው፥ ከምድርም በታች በውኃ ካለው ነገር የማናቸውንም ምሳሌ፥ የተቀረጸውንም ምስል ለአንተ አታድርግ።

5 አትስገድላቸው፥ አታምልካቸውምም፤ በሚጠሉኝ እስከ ሦስተኛና እስከ አራተኛ ትውልድ ድረስ የአባቶችን ኃጢአት በልጆች ላይ የማመጣ፤

6 ለሚወድዱኝ፥ ትእዛዜንም ለሚጠብቁ እስከ ሺህ ትውልድ ድረስ ምሕረትን የማደርግ እኔ እግዚአብሔር አምላክህ ቀናተኛ አምላክ ነኝና።

7 የእግዚአብሔርን የአምላክህን ስም በከንቱ አትጥራ፤ እግዚአብሔር ስሙን በከንቱ የሚጠራውን ከበደል አያነጻውምና።

8 የሰንበትን ቀን ትቀድሰው ዘንድ አስብ።

9 ስድስት ቀን ሥራ ተግባርህንም ሁሉ አድርግ፤

10 ሰባተኛው ቀን ግን ለእግዚአብሔር ለአምላክህ ሰንበት ነው፤ አንተ፥ ወንድ ልጅህም፥ ሴት ልጅህም፥ ሎሌህም፥ ገረድህም፥ ከብትህም፥ በደጆችህም ውስጥ ያለ እንግዳ በእርሱ ምንም ሥራ አትሥሩ፤

11 እግዚአብሔር በስድስት ቀን ሰማይንና ምድርን፥ ባሕርንም፥ ያለባቸውንም ሁሉ ፈጥሮ በሰባተኛው ቀን ዐርፎአልና፤ ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር የሰንበትን ቀን ባርኮታል ቀድሶታልም።

12 አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፤ እግዚአብሔር አምላክህ በሚሰጥህ ምድር ዕድሜህ እንዲረዝም።

13 አትግደል።

14 አታመንዝር።

15 አትስረቅ።

16 በባልንጀራህ ላይ በሐሰት አትመስክር።

17 የባልንጀራህን ቤት አትመኝ፤ የባልንጀራህን ሚስት ሎሌውንም ገረዱንም በሬውንም አህያውንም ከባልንጀራህ ገንዘብ ሁሉ ማናቸውንም አትመኝ።

18 ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ነጐድጓዱንና መብረቁን፥ የቀንደ መለከቱን ድምፅ፥ ተራራውንም ሲጤስ አዩ፤ ሕዝቡም ባዩ ጊዜ ተርበደበዱ፥ ርቀውም ቆሙ።

19 ሙሴንም፡— አንተ ተናገረን እኛም እንሰማለን፤ እንዳንሞት ግን እግዚአብሔር አይናገረን፡ አሉት።

20 ሙሴም ለሕዝቡ፡— እግዚአብሔር ሊፈትናችሁ፥ ኃጢያትንም እንዳትሠሩ እርሱን መፍራት በልባችሁ ይሆን ዘንድ መጥቶአልና አትፍሩ፡ አለ።

21 ሕዝቡም ርቀው ቆሙ፥ ሙሴም እግዚአብሔር ወዳለበት ወደ ጨለማው ቀረበ።

22 እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን አለው፡— ለእስራኤል ልጆች እንዲህ በል፡— እኔ ከሰማይ እንደ ተናገርኋችሁ እናንተ አይታችኋል።

23 በአጠገቤ ምንም አታድርጉ፤ የብር አማልክት የወርቅም አማልክት ለእናንተ አታድርጉ።

24 የጭቃ መሠዊያ ሥራልኝ፥ የሚቃጠለውንና የደኅንነት መሥዋዕትህን በጎችህንም በሬዎችህንም ሠዋበት፤ ስሜን በማሳስብበት ስፍራ ሁሉ ወደ አንተ መጥቼ እባርክሃለሁ።

25 የድንጋይም መሠዊያ ብታደርግልኝ ብረት በነካው ድንጋይ አትሥራው፤ በመሣሪያ ብትነካው ታረክሰዋለህና።

26 ኃፍረተ ሥጋህ በእርሱ እንዳይገለጥ ወደ መሠዊያዬ በደረጃ አትውጣ።

Chapter 20

1 And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

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1 ሙሴንም፡— አንተ አሮንም ናዳብም አብዩድም ከእስራኤልም ሰባ ሽማግሌዎች ወደ እግዚአብሔር ውጡ፥ በሩቁም ስገዱ፤

2 ሙሴም ብቻውን ወደ እግዚአብሔር ይቅረብ፥ እነርሱ ግን አይቅረቡ፤ ሕዝቡም ከእርሱ ጋር አይውጡ፡ አለው።

3 ሙሴም መጣ ለሕዝቡም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃሎች ሁሉ ሥርዓቱንም ሁሉ ነገረ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በአንድ ድምፅ፡— እግዚአብሔር የተናገራቸውን ቃሎች ሁሉ እናደርጋለን፡ ብለው መለሱ።

4 ሙሴም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃሎች ጻፈ፤ ማለዳም ተነሣ፥ ከተራራውም በታች መሠዊያን፥ አሥራ ሁለትም ሐውልቶች ለአሥራ ሁለቱ የእስራኤል ነገድ ሠራ።

5 የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት እንዲያቀርቡ፥ ለእግዚአብሔርም ስለ ደኅንነት መሥዋዕት በሬዎችን እንዲሠዉ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ጐበዛዝት ሰደደ።

6 ሙሴም የደሙን እኵሌታ ወስዶ በቆሬ ውስጥ አደረገው፤ የደሙንም እኵሌታ በመሠዊያው ረጨው።

7 የቃል ኪዳኑንም መጽሐፍ ወስዶ ለሕዝቡ አነበበላቸው፤ እነርሱም፡— እግዚአብሔር ያለውን ሁሉ እናደርጋለን እንታዘዛለንም፡ አሉ።

8 ሙሴም ደሙን ውስዶ በሕዝቡ ላይ ረጨው። በዚህ ቃል ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር ከእናንተ ጋር ያደረገው የቃል ኪዳኑ ደም እነሆ፡ አለ።

9 ሙሴም አሮንም ናዳብም አብዩድም ከእስራኤልም ሰባ ሽማግሌዎች ወጡ፤

10 የእስራኤልንም አምላክ አዩ፤ ከእግሩም በታች እንደ ሰማይ መልክ የሚያበራ እንደ ብሩህ ሰንፔር ድንጋይ የሚመስል ወለል ነበረ።

11 እጁንም በእስራኤል አዛውንቶች ላይ አልዘረጋም፤ እነርሱም እግዚአብሔርን አዩ፥ በሉም ጠጡም።

12 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን፡— ወደ እኔ ወደ ተራራው ውጣ፥ በዚያም ሁን፤ እነርሱን ታስተምር ዘንድ እኔ የጻፍሁትን ሕግና ትእዛዝ የድንጋይም ጽላት እሰጥሃለሁ፡ አለው።

13 ሙሴና ሎሌው ኢያሱ ተነሡ፤ ሙሴም ወደ እግዚአብሔር ተራራ ወጣ።

14 ሽማግሌዎችንም፡— ወደ እናንተ እስክንመለስ ድረስ በዚህ ቆዩን፤ አሮንና ሖርም እነሆ ከእናንተ ጋር ናቸው፥ ነገረተኛም ቢኖር ወደ እነርሱ ይምጣ፡ አላቸው።

15 ሙሴም ወደ ተራራ ወጣ፥ ደመናውም ተራራውን ሸፈነው።

16 የእግዚአብሔርም ክብር በሲና ተራራ ላይ ተቀመጠ፥ ደመናውም ስድስት ቀን ሸፈነው፤ በሰባተኛውም ቀን ከደመናው ውስጥ ሙሴን ጠራው።

17 በተራራው ራስ ላይ በእስራኤል ልጆች ፊት የእግዚአብሔር ክብር መታየት እንደሚያቃጥል እሳት ነበረ።

18 ሙሴም ወደ ደመናው ውስጥ ገባ ወደ ተራራውም ወጣ፤ ሙሴም በተራራው ላይ አርባ ቀን አርባ ሌሊትም ቆየ።

Chapter 24

1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

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1 ርዝመቱ አምስት ክንድ፥ ወርዱም አምስት ክንድ መሠዊያ ከግራር እንጨት አድርግ፤ አራት ማዕዘንም ይሁን፤ ከፍታውም ሦስት ክንድ ይሁን።

2 በአራቱም ማዕዘን ቀንዶችን ታደርጋለህ፥ ቀንዶቹም ከእርሱ ጋር በአንድ የተሠሩ ይሁኑ፤ በናስም ለብጠው።

3 አመድ የሚሆንባቸውን ምንቸቶች፥ መጫሪያዎቹንም፥ ድስቶቹንም፥ ሜንጦቹንም፥ ማንደጃዎቹንም አድርግ፤ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ ከናስ አድርግ።

4 እንደ መረብ ሆኖ የተሠራ የናስ መከታ አድርግለት፤ ለመከታውም አራት የናስ ቀለበት በአራት ማዕዘኑ አድርግለት።

5 መከታውም እስከ መሠዊያው እኵሌታ ይደርስ ዘንድ በመሰዊያው በሚዞረው በእርከኑ ታች አድርገው።

6 ለመሠዊያውም ከግራር እንጨት መሎጊያዎችን ሠርተህ በናስ ለብጣቸው።

7 መሎጊያዎቹም በቀለበቶች ውስጥ ይግቡ፤ መሠዊያውንም ስትሸከሙ መሎጊያዎቹ በሁለቱ ወገኖች ይሁኑ።

8 ከሳንቆች ሠርተህ ባዶ አድርገው፤ በተራራው እንዳሳየሁህ ምሳሌ እንዲሁ ያድርጉት።

9 የማደሪያውንም አደባባይ ሥራ፤ በደቡብ ወገን የጥሩ በፍታ መጋረጆች ይሁኑለት፥ የአንዱም ወገን ርዝመት መቶ ክንድ ይሁን፤

10 ከናስ የተሠሩ ሀያ ምሰሶችና ሀያ እግሮች ይሁኑለት፤ የምሰሶቹም ኩላቦችና ዘንጎች የብር ይሁኑ።

11 እንዲሁም በሰሜን ወገን መቶ ክንድ ርዝመት ያላቸው መጋረጆች፥ ከናስ የተሠሩ ሀያ ምሶሶች ሀያም እግሮች ይሁኑ፤ ለምሰሶችም የብር ኩላቦችና ዘንጎች ይሁኑ።

12 በምዕራብም ወገን ለአደባባዩ ስፋት አምሳ ክንድ ርዝመት ያላቸው መጋረጆች፥ አሥርም ምሰሶች፥ አሥርም እግሮች ይሁኑለት።

13 በምሥራቅም ወገን የአደባባዩ ስፋት አምሳ ክንድ ይሁን።

14 በአንድ ወገን የመጋረጆቹ ርዝመት አሥራ አምስት ክንድ ይሁን፤ ምሰሶቹም ሦስት፥ እግሮቹም ሦስት ይሁኑ።

15 በሌላውም ወገን የመጋረጆች ርዝመት አሥራ አምስት ክንድ ይሆናል፤ ምሰሶቹም ሦስት፥ እግሮቹም ሦስት ይሁኑ።

16 ለአደባባዩም ደጅ ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይም ግምጃ ከጥሩ በፍታም በጥልፍ አሠራር የተሠራ ሀያ ክንድ መጋረጃ ይሆናል፤ ምሰሶቹም አራት፥ እግሮቹም አራት ይሁኑ።

17 በአደባባዩም ዙሪያ ላሉት ምሰሶች ሁሉ የብር ዘንጎች፥ የብርም ኩላቦች፥ የናስም እግሮች ይሁኑላቸው።

18 የአደባባዩ ርዝመት መቶ ክንድ ስፋቱም አምሳ ክንድ ይሁን፥ የመጋረጃውም ከፍታ አምስት ክንድ ይሁን፤ መጋረጃውም ከጥሩ በፍታ፥ እግሮቹም ከናስ የተሠሩ ይሁኑ።

19 ለማገልገል ሁሉ የማደሪያው ዕቃ ሁሉ፥ ካስማዎቹም ሁሉ የአደባባዩም ካስማዎች ሁሉ፥ የናስ ይሁኑ።

20 አንተም መብራቱን ሁልጊዜ ያበሩት ዘንድ ለመብራት ተወቅጦ የተጠለለ ጥሩ የወይራ ዘይት እንዲያመጡልህ የእስራኤልን ልጆች እዘዛቸው።

21 በመገናኛው ድንኳን ውስጥ በምስክሩ ታቦት ፊት ባለው መጋረጃ ውጭ አሮንና ልጆቹ ከማታ እስከ ማለዳ ድረስ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እንዲበራ ያሰናዱት፤ በእስራኤል ልጆች ዘንድ ለልጅ ልጃቸው የዘላለም ሥርዓት ይሁን።

Chapter 27

1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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1 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገረው።

2 እይ ከይሁዳ ነገድ የሚሆን የሆር የልጅ ልጅ፥ የኡሪ ልጅ ባስልኤልን በስሙ ጠርቼዋለሁ።

3 በሥራ ሁሉ ብልሃት በጥበብም በማስተዋልም በእውቀትም የእዚአብሔርን መንፈስ ሞላሁበት፤

4 የጥበብን ሥራ ያስተውል ዘንድ፥ በወርቅና በብር በናስም ይሰራ ዘንድ፥

5 ለፈርጥ የሚሆነውን የዕንቍ ድንጋይ ይቀርጽ ዘንድ፥ እንጨቱንም ይጠርብ ዘንድ፥ ሥራውንም ሁሉ ይሠራ ዘንድ።

6 እኔም እነሆ ከእርሱ ጋር ከዳን ነገድ የሚሆን የአሂሳሚክን ልጅ ኤልያብን ሰጠሁ፤ ያዘዝሁህን ሁሉ ያደርጉ ዘንድ በልባቸው ጥበበኞች በሆኑት ሁሉ ጥበብን አኖርሁ።

7 የመገናኛውን ድንኳን፥ የምስክሩንም ታቦት፥ በእርሱም ላይ ያለውን የስርየት መክደኛውን፥ የድንኳኑንም ዕቃ ሁሉ፥

8 ገበታውንም ዕቃውንም፥ ከዕቃው ሁሉ ጋር የነጻውን መቅረዝ፥ የዕጣን መሠዊያውን፥

9 ለሚቃጠል መሥዋት የሚሆነውንም መሠዊያ ዕቃውንም ሁሉ፥ የመታጠቢያውን ሰንም መቀመጫውንም፥ በብልሃት የተሠራውንም ልብስ፥

10 በክህነት እኔን የሚያገለግሉበትን የካህኑን የአሮንን ልብሰ ተክህኖና የልጆቹን ልብስ፥

11 የቅብዓቱንም ዘይት፥ ለመቅደሱ የሚሆን የጣፋጭ ሽቱውንም ዕጣን እንዳዘዝሁህ ሁሉ ያድርጉ።

12 እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዲህ ሲል ተናገረው።

13 ለእስራኤል ልጆች እንዲህ ብለህ ንገራቸው፡— እኔ የምቀድሳችሁ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቁ ዘንድ በእኔና በእናንተ ዘንድ ለልጅ ልጃችሁ ምልክት ነውና ሰንበቶቼን ፈጽሞ ጠብቁ።

14 ስለዚህ ለእናንተ ቅዱስ ነውና ሰንበትን ጠብቁ፤ የሚያረክሰውም ሰው ሁሉ ፈጽሞ ይገደል፥ ሥራንም በእርሱ የሠራ ሰው ሁሉ ከሕዝቡ መካከል ተለይቶ ይጥፋ።

15 ስድስት ቀን ሥራን ሥራ፤ ሰባተኛው ቀን ግን ለእግዚአብሔር የተቀደሰ የዕረፍት ሰንበት ነው፤ በሰንበት ቀን የሚሠራ ሁሉ ፈጽሞ ይገደል።

16 የእስራኤልም ልጆች ለልጅ ልጃቸው ለዘላለም ቃል ኪዳን በሰንበት ያርፉ ዘንድ ሰንበትን ይጠብቁ።

17 እግዚአብሔር ሰማይንና ምድርን በስድስት ቀን ስለ ፈጠረ፥ በሰባተኛውም ቀን ከሥራው ስላረፈና ስለ ተነፈሰ፥ በእኔና በእስራኤል ልጆች ዘንድ የዘላለም ምልክት ነው።

18 እግዚአብሔርም ከሙሴ ጋር በሲና ተራራ የተናገረውን በፈጸመ ጊዜ በእግዚአብሔር ጣት የተጻፈባቸውን ከድንጋይ የሆኑ ሁለቱን የምስክር ጽላቶች ሰጠው።

Chapter 31

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,

11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.