Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And now the Lord gave Moses this message,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Loquere filiis Israël, ut tollant mihi primitias: ab omni homine qui offeret ultroneus, accipietis eas.

Bid the Israelites bring me gifts in kind, each man offering what his heart prompts him to offer, for your acceptance.

Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

Hæc sunt autem quæ accipere debeatis: aurum, et argentum, et æs,

And these are the gifts you will declare to be acceptable, gold, silver and bronze;

And these are the things you must take: gold, and silver, and brass,

hyacinthum et purpuram, coccumque bis tinctum, et byssum, pilos caprarum,

threads of blue and purple and scarlet twice-dyed, and lawn, and goats’ hair,

Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

et pelles arietum rubricatas, pellesque janthinas, et ligna setim:

and rams’ fleeces dyed red, and skins dyed violet; acacia wood,

And rams’ skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:

oleum ad luminaria concinnanda: aromata in unguentum, et thymiamata boni odoris:

and oil to feed lamps, spices for the anointing-oil, and sweet-smelling incense;

Oil to make lights: spices for ointment, and for sweetsmelling incense:

lapides onychinos, et gemmas ad ornandum ephod, ac rationale.

onyx-stones, too, and jewels, to be set in the priestly mantle and burse.

Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.

Facientque mihi sanctuarium, et habitabo in medio eorum:

I mean them to build me a sanctuary, so that I can dwell among them;

And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:

juxta omnem similitudinem tabernaculi quod ostendam tibi, et omnium vasorum in cultum ejus. Sicque facietis illud:

this tabernacle-dwelling itself and the appurtenances to be used in it must be of the pattern which I will now shew thee. Listen, then, to the fashion of it.

According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it:

arcam de lignis setim compingite, cujus longitudo habeat duos et semis cubitos: latitudo, cubitum et dimidium: altitudo, cubitum similiter ac semissem.

Make me an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, with a breadth and height of one and a half cubits.

Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.

Et deaurabis eam auro mundissimo intus et foris: faciesque supra, coronam auream per circuitum:

Give it a covering and a lining of pure gold, and put a coping of gold all round the top of it;

And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:

et quatuor circulos aureos, quos pones per quatuor arcæ angulos: duo circuli sint in latere uno, et duo in altero.

a ring of gold, too, at each of the four corners, two on either of the flanks.

And four golden rings, which thou shalt put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.

Facies quoque vectes de lignis setim, et operies eos auro.

Then make poles of acacia wood, gilded over,

Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

Inducesque per circulos qui sunt in arcæ lateribus, ut portetur in eis:

and pass them through the rings on the sides of the ark, so as to carry it;

And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them.

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

these poles are to remain in the rings, never taken out.

And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

Ponesque in arca testificationem quam dabo tibi.

In this ark thou wilt enshrine the written law I mean to give thee.

And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.

Facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo: duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo ejus, et cubitum ac semissem latitudo.

Make a throne, too, of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits broad,

Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.

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

and two cherubs of pure beaten gold for the two ends of this throne,

Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.

Cherub unus sit in latere uno, et alter in altero.

one to stand on either side of it;

Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.

Utrumque latus propitiatorii tegant expandentes alas, et operientes oraculum, respiciantque se mutuo versis vultibus in propitiatorium quo operienda est arca,

with their wings outspread to cover the throne, guardians of the shrine. They are to face one another across the throne. And this throne is to be the covering of the ark,

Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

in qua pones testimonium quod dabo tibi.

and the ark’s contents, the written law I mean to give thee.

In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee.

Inde præcipiam, et loquar ad te supra propitiatorium, ac de medio duorum cherubim, qui erunt super arcam testimonii, cuncta quæ mandabo per te filiis Israël.

Thence will I issue my commands; from that throne of mercy, between the two cherubs that stand over the ark and its records, my voice shall come to thee, whenever I send word through thee to the sons of Israel.

Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee.

Facies et mensam de lignis setim, habentem duos cubitos longitudinis, et in latitudine cubitum, et in altitudine cubitum et semissem.

Make a table, too, of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit broad, and a cubit and a half in height;

Thou shalt make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height.

Et inaurabis eam auro purissimo: faciesque illi labium aureum per circuitum,

gild it with pure gold, and make a rim of gold about its edge,

And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about.

et ipsi labio coronam interrasilem altam quatuor digitis: et super illam, alteram coronam aureolam.

with an embossed coping four inches high, and a second coping of gold over that.

And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high: and over the same another little golden crown.

Quatuor quoque circulos aureos præparabis, et pones eis in quatuor angulis ejusdem mensæ per singulos pedes.

Make four rings of gold, and fix them to the four corners of the table, one by each leg of it.

Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table over each foot.

Subter coronam erunt circuli aurei, ut mittantur vectes per eos, et possit mensa portari.

The rings must be below the coping, to let poles pass through, that will carry the table;

Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried.

Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et circumdabis auro ad subvehendam mensam.

these poles too thou shalt make of acacia wood, and gild them over; so the table shall be carried.

The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to bear up the table.

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

So with the cups, too, and the bowls, and the dishes, and the goblets for pouring out libations; all of them must be of pure gold.

Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations are to be offered of the purest gold.

Et pones super mensam panes propositionis in conspectu meo semper.

The table is to hold the loaves of bread which are to be set out continually in my presence.

And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always.

Facies et candelabrum ductile de auro mundissimo, hastile ejus, et calamos, scyphos, et sphærulas, ac lilia ex ipso procedentia.

Make a lamp-stand, too, of pure beaten gold, stem and branches, cups and bosses, and fleurs-de-lis that spring from them.

Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

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

Six branches are to come out of the stem, three on each side;

Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of one side, and three out of the other.

Tres scyphi quasi in nucis modum per calamos singulos, sphærulaque simul, et lilium: et tres similiter scyphi instar nucis in calamo altero, sphærulaque simul et lilium. Hoc erit opus sex calamorum, qui producendi sunt de hastili:

and on each branch there are to be three cups shaped like almond-flowers, then a boss, then a fleur-de-lis, balanced by three cups and a boss and a fleur-de-lis on the opposite branch; such is to be the fashion of all the six branches that come out of the stem.

Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily; and three cups, likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft:

in ipso autem candelabro erunt quatuor scyphi in nucis modum, sphærulæque per singulos, et lilia.

But the stem itself is to have four cups, shaped like almond-flowers, each with its boss and its fleur-de-lis;

And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one, bowls and lilies.

Sphærulæ sub duobus calamis per tria loca, qui simul sex fiunt procedentes de hastili uno.

there will be six branches altogether coming out of a single stem, and under each pair of them there will be an additional boss.

Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six coming forth out of one shaft.

Et sphærulæ igitur et calami ex ipso erunt, universa ductilia de auro purissimo.

The bosses and the branches must be of a piece with the main stem, and all alike must be of pure beaten gold.

And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold.

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

Make seven lamps, too, and mount them on the lamp-stand, so as to throw their light on the opposite wall.

Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt set them upon the candlestick, to give light over against.

Emunctoria quoque, et ubi quæ emuncta sunt extinguantur, fiant de auro purissimo.

Even the snuffers, and the trays for the burnt wick, must be made of pure gold.

The snuffers also and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold.

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

The whole weight of the lamp-stand, together with its appurtenances, must be a talent of pure gold.

The whole weight of the candlestick with all the furniture thereof shall be a talent of the purest gold.

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

Look well, and make everything in due accord with the pattern which has been shewn to thee on the mountain.

Look, and make it according to the pattern, that was shewn thee in the mount.