15.「你要用皂莢木做帳幕的豎板。
「Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
16.每塊要長十肘,寬一肘半;
Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,[e]
Footnotes:
e. Exodus 26:16 That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide
17.每塊必有兩榫相對。帳幕一切的板都要這樣做。
with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
18.帳幕的南面要做板二十塊。
Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
19.在這二十塊板底下要做四十個帶卯的銀座,兩卯接這塊板上的兩榫,兩卯接那塊板上的兩榫。
and make forty silver bases to go under them-two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
20.帳幕第二面,就是北面,也要做板二十塊
For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames
21.和帶卯的銀座四十個;這板底下有兩卯,那板底下也有兩卯。
and forty silver bases-two under each frame.
22.帳幕的後面,就是西面,要做板六塊。
Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
23.帳幕後面的拐角要做板兩塊。
and make two frames for the corners at the far end.
24.板的下半截要雙的,上半截要整的,直頂到第一個環子;兩塊都要這樣做兩個拐角。
At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.
25.必有八塊板和十六個帶卯的銀座;這板底下有兩卯,那板底下也有兩卯。
So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases-two under each frame.
26.你要用皂莢木作閂:為帳幕這面的板作五閂,
「Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
27.為帳幕那面的板作五閂,又為帳幕後面的板作五閂。
five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
28.板腰間的中閂要從這一頭通到那一頭。
The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.
29.板要用金子包裹,又要做板上的金環套閂;閂也要用金子包裹。
Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
30.要照著在山上指示你的樣式立起帳幕。
「Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.