Malangizo a Atate
Pa tsiku loyamba la chaka chilichonse chikuimikidwa, kudzozedwa ndi kuikidwa m'malo mwake, ndipo Aroni ndi ana ake aamuna akusambitsidwa ndi kuvekedwa. Kenako mtambo ukuphimba chihema ndipo ulemerero wa Atate wathu ukudzaza mwakuti Mose sangathe kulowa. Kuyambira pamenepo, mtambo ndiwo ukusankha nthawi yoti asamuke.
40 1Ndipo Atate wathu anayankhula kwa Mose, nati:
2“Uyimike chihema, tenti ya msonkhano, pa tsiku loyamba la mwezi woyamba. 3Uyike mʼmenemo bokosi la umboni, ndipo uphimbe bokosilo ndi katani. 4Ulowetse tebulo, ndipo ukonze zinthu zake; ulowetse choyikapo nyale, ndipo uyatse nyale zake. 5Uyike guwa lagolidi la zofukiza patsogolo pa bokosi la umboni, ndipo uyike nsalu yotchinga pakhomo pa chihema. 6Uyike guwa la nsembe yopsereza patsogolo pakhomo pa chihema, tenti ya msonkhano, 7ndipo uyike beseni pakati pa tenti ya msonkhano ndi guwa, ndipo uthiremo madzi. 8Uyimike bwalo mozungulira, ndipo upachike nsalu yotchinga pa chipata cha bwalo.
9“Utenge mafuta odzoza, ndipo udzoze chihema ndi zonse zili mʼmenemo; uchipatule pamodzi ndi ziwiya zake zonse, ndipo chidzakhala choyera. 10Udzoze guwa la nsembe yopsereza ndi ziwiya zake zonse; ulipatule guwalo, ndipo guwalo lidzakhala loyera koposa. 11Udzoze beseni ndi choyikapo chake, ndipo ulipatule.
12“Ndipo ubweretse Aroni ndi ana ake pakhomo pa tenti ya msonkhano, ndipo uwasambitse ndi madzi. 13Umveke Aroni zovala zoyera, umdzoze ndi kumpatula, kuti anditumikire monga wansembe. 14Ubweretse ana ake; uwaveke minjiro. 15Uwadzoze monga momwe unadzoza atate wawo, kuti anditumikire monga ansembe. Kudzozedwa kwawo kudzawapatsa unsembe wokhazikika ku mibadwo yonse.”
16Mose anachita zonse monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira. 17Mʼmwezi woyamba wa chaka chachiwiri, pa tsiku loyamba la mwezi, chihema chinayimikidwa. 18Mose anayimika chihema: anayika maziko ake, nayimika mitengo yake, nayika mipiringidzo yake, nayimika nsanamira zake. 19Anayala tenti pamwamba pa chihema, naphimbapo chophimbira chake, monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira Mose. 20Anatenga umboni, nauyika mʼbokosimo, nayika mitengo yonyamulira pa bokosi, nayika chivundikiro cha chifundo pamwamba pa bokosi. 21Analowetsa bokosi mʼchihema, napachika katani yotchinga, naphimba bokosi la umboni, monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira Mose. 22Anayika tebulo mʼtenti ya msonkhano, kumbali ya kumpoto kwa chihema, kunja kwa katani, 23nakonzapo mkate patsogolo pa Atate wathu, monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira Mose. 24Anayika choyikapo nyale mʼtenti ya msonkhano, moyangʼanana ndi tebulo, kumbali ya kummwera kwa chihema, 25nayatsa nyale patsogolo pa Atate wathu, monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira Mose. 26Anayika guwa lagolidi mʼtenti ya msonkhano patsogolo pa katani, 27nafukizapo zofukiza zonunkhira, monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira Mose. 28Ndipo anayika nsalu yotchinga pakhomo pa chihema. 29Anayika guwa la nsembe yopsereza pakhomo pa chihema, tenti ya msonkhano, naperekapo nsembe yopsereza ndi nsembe ya ufa, monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira Mose. 30Anayika beseni pakati pa tenti ya msonkhano ndi guwa, nathiramo madzi osambira, 31ndipo Mose, Aroni, ndi ana ake anasamba mʼmenemo manja ndi mapazi awo. 32Nthawi iliyonse akalowa mʼtenti ya msonkhano kapena kuyandikira guwa, anasamba, monga momwe Atate wathu anamlamulira Mose. 33Anayimika bwalo mozungulira chihema ndi guwa, nayika nsalu yotchinga pa chipata cha bwalo. Motero Mose anamaliza ntchito.
Ulemerero Wake Wadzaza Chihema
34Ndipo mtambo unaphimba tenti ya msonkhano, ndipo ulemerero wa Atate wathu unadzaza chihema. 35Mose sanathe kulowa mʼtenti ya msonkhano, pakuti mtambo unakhazikika pamenepo, ndipo ulemerero wa Atate wathu unadzaza chihema. 36Nthawi iliyonse mtambo ukachoka pamwamba pa chihema, Aisraeli anasamuka pa gawo lililonse la ulendo wawo; 37koma ngati mtambo sunachoke, iwo sanasamuke mpaka tsiku limene unachoka. 38Pakuti mtambo wa Atate wathu unaphimba chihema masana, ndipo moto unali mʼmenemo usiku, woonekera kwa onse a nyumba ya Israeli pa maulendo awo onse.