¹“Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

¹Huan na kiangah Aron na unaupa, leh amah toh a tapa, Israel suante laka kipanin kilak inla, aman siampu nasepnamuna ka na a sep theihna dingin, Aron ngei, Nadab leh Abihu, Eleazar leh Ithamar, Aron tapate.

²You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

²A thupina ding leh a kilawmna dingin na unaupa Aron adingin na puan siangthou na bawl ding hi.

³You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

³Pilna khaa ka dimsaksa, mi lungtang pilte tengteng kiangah thu na gen ding, amau Aron puan amah hihsiang dinga a bawl theihna ding un, huchia aman siampu nasepnamuna ka na a septheihna dingin.

⁴These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

⁴Huan a puan bawl dingte uh hiaite ahi: awmtuam, siampupuan, puanaktual, puanakjem, lukhu leh kawnggak: huan na unaupa Aron adingin a tate ading puan siangthoua a bawl ding uh ahi, huchia aman siampu nasepnamuna ka na sep theihna dingin.

⁵They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

⁵Huan dangkaeng leh, dum leh sandup leh, sanau leh puan malngat hoih a la ding uh.

⁶“They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.

⁶Huchiin dangkaeng, dum, sandup, sanau leh puanmalngat koih koptahin, hoih taka bawlin, siampupuan a bawl ding uh.

⁷It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.

⁷Huaia a liang nihte huaia a gei nihte ah a kimat ding ua; huchiin a kimat ding uh.

⁸The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

⁸Huan, siampupan kongak lamdang a tunga om, huaia nasep bangin, akibang ding hi; dangkaengin, a dum leh, a sandup leh, a sanau leh puanmalngat hoih koptahin.

⁹You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

⁹Huan onik suang nih na la dia, huaite tungah Israel suante min na na gelh ding:

¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

¹⁰Suang khat tungah a minte uh laka guk, suang dang tungah, a om laite min guk dangte, a pianna bang jel un na delh ding.

¹¹With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.

¹¹Suanga gelhmi nasep toh, chiamtehna gelhna bangin, Israel suante adingin theihgigena suang dingin siampupuan liangjangah na koih ding: huaite dangkaeng bulhin na bawlding ahi.

¹²You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.

¹²Huan huai suang nihte Israel suante adinga theihgigena suang dingin siampupuan liangjangah na koih ding: huchiin theihgigena dingin Aronin a liangjang nih tungah TOUPA maah a minte uh a po ding hi.

¹³You shall make settings of gold,

¹³Huan dangkaeng bulhna na bawl ding;

¹⁴and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.

¹⁴Huchiin a mongtea dangkaeng tak khainiang nihte; pakkhi banga bawlin na bawl dia, a kibulhnate ah huai pakkhi bang khainiangte na khih ding hi.

¹⁵“You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.

¹⁵Huan vaihawmna omtuam siamtaka bawlin na bawl dinga; siampupuan bawl dangiin na bawl ding; dangkaengin, dumin, sandupin, leh sanauin, leh puan malngat hoih koptahin, na bawl ding hi.

¹⁶It shall be square and folded double; a span A span is the length from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.) shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.

¹⁶Linvuallouha kip thuah nih ahi ding; huaia a dunglam khap khat ahi ding, huaia a vailam khap khat ahi ding.

¹⁷You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

¹⁷Huchiin huai suang bulhte na bulh ding, suang vual li hialin: a vual khatna sardi suang, topazi suang leh karbunkul suang ahi ding: huai a vualkhatna ahi ding hi;

¹⁸and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire or, lapis lazuli , and an emerald;

¹⁸Huan a vual nihna emeraldi suang, sapphirei suang, leh diamond suang ahi ding hi;

¹⁹and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹⁹Huan a vual thumna lingure suang, a gate suang leh amithisti suang ahi ding.

²⁰and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.

²⁰Huchiin a vual lina beril suang leh onik suang leh jasper suang ahi ding hi: a bulhna uah dangkaeng bulh ding ahi.

²¹The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

²¹Huan suangte Israel suante min toh a kithuah ding uh, a min uh dungjuiin, sawm leh nih, chiamtehna gelhte bangin; michih a min toh nam sawm leh nihte dungjuiin ahi ding uhi.

²²You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

²²Huan awmtuam tungah pakkhi banga bawl mongte ah dangkaeng khainiang na bawl ding.

²³You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

²³Huan awmtuam tungah dangkaeng sikkual nih na bawl ding, huai sikkual nihte awmtuam mong nihte tungah na koih ding hi.

²⁴You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

²⁴Huchiin awmtuam mongte tunga om sikkual nihte ah dangkaeng pakkhi bang nihte na koih ding.

²⁵The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.

²⁵Huan pakkhi bang khainiang nihte mong nih dangte bulhna nihteah na khih dinga, a maa siampupuan liangjangte ah na koih ding hi.

²⁶You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.

²⁶Huan dangkaengin sikkual nih na bawl dia, huan huai a geia siampupuan mong nihte tungah na koih ding, a sunglama siampupuan geia ompen ah.

²⁷You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

²⁷Huan dangkaengin sikkual dang nihte na bawl dia, siampupuan geih nihte nuailama a tungah na koih ding, huai a malam sangah, huaia a kikhepna jawn takah, siampupuan konggak lamdang tung takah.

²⁸They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.

²⁸Huaia sikkual in awmtuam siampupuan sikkualah puanduang dum toh na hen ding, huchia siampupuan kawnggak lamdang tunga a om theihna dingin leh siampupuan akipan awmtuam a kiphel louhna dingin.

²⁹Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.

²⁹Huan Aronin, TOUPA maa theihgige tawntungna dinga, mun siangthoua a hoh chiangin, a lungtang tungah vaihawmna omtuamah Israel suante minte a po ding hi.

³⁰You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.

³⁰Huchiin vaihawmna omtuamah Urim leh Thumim na koih ding; TOUPA maa a valut chiangin, Aron lungtang tunga a om ding uh ahi: huchiin Aronin TOUPA maah a lungtang tungah Israel suante vaihawmna a po gige ding hi.

³¹“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

³¹Huan siampupuan puannak tual a dumin na bawl ding.

³²It shall have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.

³²A khungah a awng a om ding lu adin, huai a lai takah: a awng kimvel ah nasep gatin khihna a om ding, siklen puannak banneilou hileh kilawm, a kek louhna dingin.

³³On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:

³³A gei tung nuaiah, a dumin, a sandupin, leh a sanauin na bawl ding, huai a gei kimvelin; huan dangkaeng dakte a kimvelin a kikal jel uah na bawl ding:

³⁴a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.

³⁴Dangkaeng dak leh pomgrenet, dangkaeng dak leh pomgrenet, puanaktual gei tungah a kivelin.

³⁵It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.

³⁵Huan huai Aron tungah a om ding nasem dingin: huchiin TOUPA maa mun siangthou a lut chiang leh, a hongpawt chiangin a din a kiza ding, a sih louh theihna dingin.

³⁶“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’

³⁶Huan dangkaeng takin kuang na bawl dia, a tungah na gelh ding, chiamtehna gelhnate bangin TOUPA LAMA SIANGTHOUNA.

³⁷You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.

³⁷Lukhu tunga a om theihna dingin puanduang dum tungah na koih ding; lukhu malam tungah a om ding hi.

³⁸It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.

³⁸Aronin thil siangthou, Israel suanten a thilpiak siangthoute tengteng uha a siansak ding uh, gitlouhna a puak theihna dingin, Aron taltang tungah a om ding hi; TOUPA maa pom a hihtheihna ding un, a taltang tungah a om gige ding hi.

³⁹You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.

³⁹Huan puan malngat hoih puanak na gan dinga, puan malngatin lukhu na bawl dia, khuinasepin kawnggak na bawl ding hi.

⁴⁰“You shall make coats for Aaron’s sons, and you shall make sashes for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.

⁴⁰Huan Aron tapate adingin puanakte na bawl dia, kawnggakte bawlsak ding, thupina ding leh kilawmna dingin lukhute amau adingin na bawl ding hi.

⁴¹You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.

⁴¹Huan huaite na unaupa Aron tungah leh, a kianga a tapate tungahna koih ding; amau thau a nilh dia, na sehtuam dia, na siangsak dinga, siampu nasepna muna ka na a sep theihna ding un.

⁴²You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:

⁴²Huan a vuaktanna uh khuh dingin puan pheitawm zumte na bawlsak dinga; tai akipanin phei chiang a tun hial ding uh ahi:Huan kihoupihna puanina a lut chiang un, hiam ahihkeileh mun siangthou nasem dinga dohkan kianga a hongpai chiang un, Aron tung leh a tapate tungah a om ding, uhi; huchia gitlouhnate a puak louhua a sih louhna ding un: huchiin amaha ding leh a nunga a chite a dia khantawna thuseh ahi ding hi.

⁴³They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don’t bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.

⁴³Huan kihoupihna puanina a lut chiang un, hiam ahihkeileh mun siangthou nasem dinga dohkan kianga a hongpai chiang un, Aron tung leh a tapate tungah a om ding, uhi; huchia gitlouhnate a puak louhua a sih louhna ding un: huchiin amaha ding leh a nunga a chite a dia khantawna thuseh ahi ding hi.