Exodus 26
1 “Uyokwenza ithabanakeli ngamakhethini alishumi enziwe ngelineni elicolekileyo lemicu ephothwe ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, okubukhwebezane, nokubomvu. Ingcweti iwahlobise ngamakherubhi.
2 Ubude bekhethini ngalinye bube ngamakhubhithi angama-28, ububanzi balo bube ngamakhubhithi amane. Wonke amakhethini ayakulingana.
3 Amakhethini ayisihlanu ayothungwa ahlanganiswe ndawonye, kanjalo namanye amakhethini ayisihlanu ayothungwa ahlanganiswe ndawonye.
4 Uyokwenza izihibe ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka emphethweni wekhethini lokuqala, kanjalo nasemphethweni wekhethini lesibili.
5 Uyokwenza izihibe ezingama-50 ekhethinini lokuqala, wenze futhi izihibe ezingama-50 nakwelesibili. Izihibe uyozenza ziqondane.
6 Uyokwenza izinkintsho zegolide ezingama-50 bese amakhethini uwahlanganisa ndawonye ngezinkintsho, ukuze ithabanakeli libe lilodwa.
7 “Uyokwenza amakhethini ngoboya bezimbuzi, abe yithende phezu kwethabanakeli, uyokwenza amakhethini ayi-11.
8 Ubude bekhethini buyoba ngamakhubhithi angama-30, ububanzi balo bube ngamakhubhithi amane. Lawa makhethini ayi-11 kufanele alingane.
9 Uyohlanganisa amakhethini ayisihlanu ndawonye, namakhethini ayisithupha uyakuwahlanganisa ndawonye, bese kuthi ikhethini lesithupha uliphinde kabili phambi kwethende.
10 Uyokwenza izinkintsho ezingama-50 emphethweni wekhethini lokuqala elingasekugcineni, nezinye ezingama-50 emphethweni wekhethini lesibili elingasekugcineni.
11 Uyokwenza izinkintsho zethusi ezingama-50, ufake amahhuku ezinkintshweni, bese ulihlanganisa ndawonye ithende ukuze libe yinto eyodwa.
12 Ingxenye eseleyo yamakhethini ethende, ingxenye yekhethini eliseleyo iyolenga ngemuva kwethabanakeli.
13 Ikhubhithi kulolu hlangathi nekhubhithi ngakolunye kwalokho okuseleyo ebudeni bamakhubhithi ethende, kuyakulengiswa emaceleni ethabanakeli kulemboze.
14 Ithende uyolenzela isembozo ngezikhumba zezinqama ezidaywe zabomvu, nesembozo sangaphandle ngezikhumba zamahlengethwa.
15 “Uyokwenza amapulangwe ethabanakeli ngokhuni lomkhambathi, uwamise.
16 Ubude bamapulangwe bube ngamakhubhithi ayishumi, ububanzi balelo nalelo bube yikhubhithi nengxenye.
17 Yilelo nalelo pulangwe liyokuba nezikhonkwane ezimbili zokuwaxhumanisa; uyokwenza kanjalo kuwo wonke amapulangwe ethabanakeli.
18 Uyokwenza amapulangwe ethabanakeli abe ngama-20 ngasohlangothini lwaseningizimu, olubheke eningizimu.
19 Uyokwenza izisekelo zesiliva ezingama-40 phansi kwamapulangwe angama-20, izisekelo ezimbili zibe phansi kwepulangwe lokuqala, ukuze zibambe izimpondo zalo; izisekelo ezimbili ngaphansi kwepulangwe elilandelayo, zibe yizikhonkwane ezimbili;
20 nasohlangothini lwesibili lwethabanakeli olungasenyakatho uyomisa amapulangwe angama-20,
21 nezisekelo zesiliva ezingama-40, izisekelo ezimbili zibe phansi kwepulangwe lokuqala, ezinye ezimbili zibe phansi kwepulangwe elilandelayo.
22 Ohlangothini lwethabanakeli olungasemuva ngasentshonalanga uyomisa amapulangwe ayisithupha.
23 Uyokwenza amapulangwe amabili ngasemuva kwethabanakeli abe ngamakhona alo.
24 Lawa mapulangwe asemakhoneni kufanele ahlanganiswe kusukela phansi kuze kuyofika phezulu, amapulangwe amabili enza amakhona ayokwenziwa kanjalo nawo.
25 Ngakho-ke kuyokuba namapulangwe ayisishiyagalombili anezisekelo zesiliva ezili-16, zibe mbili phansi kwepulangwe ngalinye.
26 “Uyokwenza imishayo eyisihlanu ngokhuni lomkhambathi, ibe ngamapulangwe ngakolunye uhlangothi lwethabanakeli,
27 imishayo emihlanu ibe ngeyamapulangwe ngakolunye uhlangothi lwethabanakeli, neminye emihlanu ibe ngeyamapulangwe asohlangothini lwethabanakeli olungasemuva ngasentshonalanga.
28 Umshayo ophakathi, phakathi kwamapulangwe udabule uze ufinyelele kuzo zombili izinhlangothi.
29 Uyowacaka amapulangwe ngegolide, wenze amasongo awo ngegolide, ukuze abambe imishayo, okufanele ukuba nayo icakwe ngegolide.
30 “Uyolimisa ithabanakeli ngendlela owakhonjiswa yona entabeni.”
31 “Uyokwenza isihenqo ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ngokubukhwebezane, ngokubomvu, nangelineni lemicu ephothiweyo elicolekileyo, ingcweti isihlobise ngamakherubhi.
32 Uyosilengisa ezinsikeni ezine zokhuni lomkhambathi ezicakwe ngegolide, ezinezinkintsho zegolide, futhi zimi ezisekelweni ezine.
33 Uyolengisa isihenqo phansi kwamahhuku asophahleni, bese ungenisa umphongolo wesivumelwano phakathi kwesihenqo, isihenqo siyakunehlukanisela indawo engcwele nendawo engcwelengcwele.
34 Uyakusibeka isihlalo somusa phezu komphongolo wesivumelwano endaweni engcwelengcwele.
35 Uyakubeka itafula ngaphandle kwesihenqo, uthi lwezibani ngaseningizimu lethabanakeli lubhekane netafula, ulibeke itafula ngasohlangothini olungasenyakatho.
36 “Uyokwenza isihenqo sasemnyango wethende ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ngokubukhwebezane, ngokubomvu, nangelineni lemicu ephothiweyo elicolekileyo, umsebenzi womfekethisi.
37 Isihenqo leso uyosenzela izinsika eziyisihlanu ngokhuni lomkhambathi, uzicake ngegolide, nezinkintsho zazo zibe yigolide, uzenzele izisekelo zethusi eziyisihlanu.