1 And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders.
2 Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.
3 No fire is to be lighted in any of your houses on the Sabbath day.
4 And Moses said to all the meeting of the children of Israel, This is the order which the Lord has given:
5 Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;
6 And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,
7 And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood,
8 And oil for the lights, and spices for the holy oil and for the sweet perfumes for burning.
9 And beryls and jewels to be cut for the ephod and for the priest's bag.
10 And let every wise-hearted man among you come and make whatever has been ordered by the Lord;
11 The House and its tent and its cover, its hooks and its boards, its rods and its pillars and its bases;
12 The ark with its cover and its rods and the veil hanging before it;
13 The table and its rods and all its vessels, and the holy bread;
14 And the support for the lights, with its vessels and its lights and the oil for the light;
15 And the altar for burning spices, with its rods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;
16 The altar of burned offerings, with its network of brass, its rods, and all its vessels, the washing-vessel and its base;
17 The hangings for the open space, its pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway;
18 The nails for the House, and the nails for the open space and their cords;
19 The robes of needlework for the work of the holy place, the holy robes for Aaron the priest, and the robes for his sons when acting as priests.
20 And all the children of Israel went away from Moses.
21 And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes.
22 They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.
23 And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them.
24 Everyone who had silver and brass gave an offering of them to the Lord; and everyone who had hard wood, such as was needed for the work, gave it.
25 And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen.
26 And those women who had the knowledge, made the goats' hair into cloth.
27 And the rulers gave the beryls and the cut jewels for the ephod and the priest's bag;
28 And the spice and the oil for the light, and the holy oil and the sweet perfumes.
29 The children of Israel, every man and woman, from the impulse of their hearts, gave their offerings freely to the Lord for the work which the Lord had given Moses orders to have done.
30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the Lord has made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
31 And he has made him full of the spirit of God, in all wisdom and knowledge and art of every sort;
32 As an expert designer of beautiful things, working in gold and silver and brass;
33 Trained in the cutting of stones and the ornamenting of wood and in every sort of handwork.
34 And he has given to him, and to Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the power of training others.
35 To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.
1 Moisés convocou todo o povo de Israel e disse-lhes: Estas são as leis de Jeová a que devem obedecer:
2 Trabalharão apenas seis dias. O sétimo é um dia de solene repouso, um dia santo. Todo aquele que trabalhar nesse dia deverá morrer. Nem sequer acendam o fogo nas vossas casas nesse dia.
4 E continuou: Isto é o que o Senhor vos mandou:
5 Todos os que tiverem um coração generoso podem trazer se assim o desejarem estas ofertas ao Senhor: ouro, prata, bronze;
6 tecido azul, púrpura e carmezim, feito de linho fino retorcido ou de pêlo de cabra;
7 peles de carneiro tingidas de vermelho e curtidas, assim como, especialmente, peles de cabra tratadas; madeira de acácia;
8 azeite para os candeeiros; especiarias para o óleo da unção e para o incenso;
9 pedras de sardónica, e pedras para serem usadas no éfode e no peitoral.
10 Que todos aqueles que são habilidosos no trabalho manual, e os que têm talentos especiais, venham para construir o que o Senhor nos mandou:
11 O tabernáculo, as suas cobertas, colchetes, tábuas, barras, colunas e bases;
12 a arca e os seus varais de transporte; o propiciatório; o véu para separar o lugar santo;
13 a mesa e os varais para transportá-la, assim como os seus utensílios; o pão da presença.
14 o castiçal, com as lâmpadas e o óleo respectivo;
15 o altar do incenso e os seus varais de transporte óleo da unção e o incenso aromático; a cortina da porta do tabernáculo;
16 o altar para as ofertas queimadas; as grelhas de bronze para o altar e os seus respectivos varais e utensílios; a bacia e a sua base;
17 as cortinas das divisórias do pátio e as suas colunas e bases; as cortinas da entrada do pátio;
18 as estacas do pátio do tabernáculo mais as suas cordas;
19 os fatos dos sacerdotes, para os usarem no ministério do lugar santo; as vestimentas santas para Arão e os seus filhos.
20 Todo o povo foi para as tendas preparar estes donativos, e todos aqueles cujo coração foi tocado pelo Espírito de Deus voltaram com as suas ofertas de material para o tabernáculo, para o equipamento, e para as vestimentas santas; tanto homens como mulheres, vieram todos aqueles que dispuseram o seu coração para tal. Assim trouxeram ao Senhor ofertas de ouro, pedras preciosas - brincos, anéis, colares - e toda a espécie de objectos em ouro. Outros trouxeram tecidos de linho fino retorcido, ou pêlos de cabra, em azul, púrpura e carmezim; assim como peles de carneiro tingidas de vermelho e especialmente peles de cabra tratadas. Outros ainda trouxeram prata e bronze como oferta sua para o Senhor; e por fim houve igualmente quem trouxesse madeira de acácia necessária para a construção.
25 As mulheres hábeis em fiar e coser trouxeram já preparado fio e tecido, e linho fino retorcido em azul, púrpura e carmezim. Outras usaram com alegria dos seus dons especiais para fiar e fazer tecido de pêlo de cabra. Os chefes trouxeram pedras de sardónica para serem postas no éfode e no peitoral, assim como especiarias e óleo, tanto para as luzes, como para a composição do óleo da unção e do incenso aromático.
29 E foi desta maneira que o povo de Israel - todos os homens e mulheres que quiseram colaborar na obra que lhes foi dada por mandamento do Senhor a Moisés - trouxeram de livre vontade as suas ofertas a Deus.
30 E Moisés disse-lhes: Jeová designou especialmente Bezalel (filho de Uri e neto de Hur, da tribo de Judá) como superintendente geral deste santo projecto. O Espírito de Deus encheu-o de sabedoria, conhecimentos e capacidades para isso. Ele estará apto a criar belo trabalho em ouro, prata e bronze; será capaz de trabalhar pedras preciosas e tal como um joalheiro fará também belas gravações; na verdade é um homem que está dotado para tudo.
34 Deus também dispôs o coração dele e de Aoliabe para ensinarem a outros aquilo que sabem. Aoliabe é filho de Aisamaque da tribo de Dan. Deus encheu-os a ambos com talento pouco vulgar para serem joalheiros, carpinteiros, bordadores em linho e tecidos de azul, púrpura e carmezim, e ainda tecelãos; eles serão excelentes em todas as tarefas que são precisas para esta obra.