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.

¹ «Ni ma ni nya-izo Haruna maanandi ni do, d'a ize arey mo a banda, k'i fay Israyla izey game ra, zama i ma goy ay se alfagataray goyey ra, Haruna nda nga izey neeya, Nadab da Abihu nda Eliyezar da Itamar.

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

² Ni ma bankaaray hananteyaŋ te ni beero Haruna se, a darza d'a beera se.

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.

³ Ni ma salaŋ mo bine ra laakalkooney se, borey kaŋ yaŋ ay toonandi nda laakal biya, i ma bankaaray te Haruna se, zama i m'a fay waani, a ma goy ay se alfagataray ra.

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.

⁴ Bankaarayey kaŋ dumi i ga te mo neeya: gande daabiro da efod* kwaay da kwaay ize da jabba taalamante nda boŋtobay da guddama. I ma bankaaray hananteyaŋ te mo ni beero Haruna nda nga izey se, zama a ma goy ay se alfagataray ra.

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

⁵ I m'i ta da wura silli nda suudi nda suniya nda iciray, lin* baano taafeyaŋ gaa.

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

⁶ I ma efod kwaayo te mo da wura, da silli suudi nda suniya nda iciray, lin baano taafe gaa, gonitaray goy.

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

⁷ I ma te a gaa jase boŋ hinka kaŋ ga me hinka margu ka haw care gaa.

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.

⁸ Guddama kaŋ go efod kwaayo gaa mo, ikulu kaymi goy fo. I m'i te da wura, da silli suudi nda suniya nda iciray, lin baano taafe gaa.

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

⁹ Ni ma oniks* tondi hinka mo sambu ka Israyla izey maayey hantum i gaa.

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.

¹⁰ I ma maa iddu hantum tondi fo gaa. Maa iddo kaŋ cindi mo, m'i hantum tondi fa gaa, i hayyaŋey boŋ.

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.

¹¹ Tondi gaa hantumko goy no i g'a te d'a, danga kawaatimi hantumyaŋ no. Ni ma tondi hinka din hantum da Israyla izey maayey, k'i daŋ wura taalamante jisiyaŋ nango ra.

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.

¹² Ni ma tondi hinka din dake efod kwaayo jase boŋey boŋ, fonguyaŋ tondiyaŋ no Israyla izey se. Haruna g'i maayey jare nga jasey gaa Rabbi jine, fonguyaŋ hari no.

¹³You shall make settings of gold,

¹³ Ni ma jisiyaŋ nango te da wura taalamante.

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.

¹⁴ Ni ma te sisiri hinka mo, wura zalla wane yaŋ, danga korfayzeyaŋ cine no n'i g'i te d'a, biyanteyaŋ. Ni ma sisiri biyantey din haw jisiyaŋ harey nangey din gaa.

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.

¹⁵ Ni ma ciiti gande daabiri te mo nda gonitaray goy, danga efod kwaayo goyo cine. Ni m'a te da wura, da silli suudi nda suniya nda iciray. Lin baano taafe gaa no ni g'a te.

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.

¹⁶ A kambey kulu ma saba. I ma taabu care gaa, a salleyaŋo kambe gaaba fo, a tafayyaŋo mo kambe gaaba fo.

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

¹⁷ Ni ma tondi daŋyaŋ do te a gaa tondi sasare taaci. Sasare sintina ra: sardiyus* fo da topaz* fo da karbonkal* fo;

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

¹⁸ sasare hinkanta ra: krisolit* fo da safir* fo da daminti fo;

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

¹⁹ sasare hinzanta ra: opal fo da kalsedoni* fo da amotosto fo;

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

²⁰ sasare taacanta ra: beril* fo da oniks fo da yaspidi* fo. Tondey din, i g'i jisi ngey wura taalamante jisiyaŋ nangey ra.

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.

²¹ I ga to iway cindi hinka, Israyla izey maayey boŋ, danga kawaatimi hantumyaŋ cine, i afo kulu nda nga maa, kunda way cindi hinka se.

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

²² Gande daabiro gaa mo ni ma sisiri biyanteyaŋ te da wura zalla.

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

²³ Gande daabiro gaa mo ni ma korbay hinka te, wura wane yaŋ. Ma korbay hinka din daŋ daabiro kambu hinka gaa beene.

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

²⁴ Ni ma wura sisiri biyante hinka daŋ korbay hinka din ra, gande daabiro kambu hinka gaa beene.

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.

²⁵ Sisiri biyante hinka din meyo, ni m'i daŋ sarkuyaŋ hari hinka din gaa. Ni m'i daŋ efod kwaayo jase boŋey gaa a jine haray.

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.

²⁶ Ni ma wura korbay hinka te. Ni m'i daŋ gande daabiro kambu hinka meyey gaa, kaŋ go efod kwaayo gaa a ra haray.

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.

²⁷ Ni ma wura korbay hinka te koyne. M'i daŋ efod kwaayo jase boŋ hinka cire jine haray, a marguyaŋo do maanante, efod kwaayo guddama se beene.

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.

²⁸ I ma gande daabiro haw a korbayey gaa k'i margu nda efod kwaayo korbayey da suudi korfo zama gande daabiro ma goro efod kwaayo guddama se beene, zama gande daabiro ma si feeri ka fun efod kwaayo gaa se.

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.

²⁹ Haruna ga Israyla izey maayey jare nga bina boŋ, ciiti gande daabiro ra, saaya kaŋ a ga furo nangu hananta ra. Fonguyaŋ no duumi Rabbi jine.

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.

³⁰ Ni ma Urim* nda Tummin* mo daŋ ciiti gande daabiro ra. I ga goro Haruna bina boŋ saaya kaŋ a ga furo Rabbi jine. Yaadin no Israyla izey ciito go d'a Haruna boŋ, a g'a jare nga bina boŋ duumi.

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

³¹ Ni ma kwaay izo kaŋ boŋ i ga efod kwaayo dake te, a kulu nda fatala suudi.

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.

³² I ga jinda te kurkutu a bindo ra, kaymi goy wane. I g'a kay ka windi danga wongu kwaay cine, zama a ma si kortu se.

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:

³³ Ni ma garenad* himandiyaŋ te a windanta kulu gaa ganda meyo gaa, suudi nda suniya nda iciray wane yaŋ, hala nda wura lond'izeyaŋ i bindey ra a windanta.

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

³⁴ Wura lond'ize fo nda garenad fo, wura lond'ize fo nda garenad fo ma bara kwaay izo meyo gaa ganda a windanta.

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.

³⁵ A ga goro Haruna gaahamo gaa goyo teeyaŋ se. I ga maa i yooje mo waati kaŋ a ga furo nangu hananta ra Rabbi jine, d'a fattayaŋ waate mo, zama a ma si bu se.

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

³⁶ Ni ma walhã te da wura zalla ka hantum a gaa danga kawaatimi hantumyaŋ ya-cine: ‹HANANTE NO RABBI SE.›

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.

³⁷ Ni m'a haw da korfo suudi, a ma goro boŋtoba boŋ, boŋtoba sukuto gaa no a ga goro.

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.

³⁸ A ga goro Haruna sukuto gaa. Haruna mo ga jinay hanantey taaley muraadu sambu, kaŋ yaŋ Israyla izey ga hanandi ngey nooyaŋ hanney kulu ra. A ma goro a sukuto gaa waati kulu, zama i ma ciya gaakuranteyaŋ Rabbi jine.

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.

³⁹ Lin baano no ni ga jabba kay d'a. Ni ma boŋtoba mo te da lin baano fatala. Ni ma guddama taalamante te.

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.

⁴⁰ Ni ma jabbayaŋ te Haruna izey mo se. Ni ma guddamayaŋ te i se, ni ma fatala fuulayaŋ te i se mo, i darza d'i beera se.

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.

⁴¹ Ni g'i daŋ ni beero Haruna nda nga izey kulu gaa, k'i tuusu nda ji, k'i fay waani, k'i kambey toonandi zama i ma goy ay se alfagataray goyey ra.

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

⁴² Ni ma mudunyaŋ te i se, lin baano fatala wane yaŋ, zama i m'i gaa-kooney daabu, i ma to canta gaa kala tanje gaa.

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.

⁴³ I ma goro Haruna nda nga izey gaa i furoyaŋ kulu kubayyaŋ hukumo ra, wala mo saaya kaŋ i ga maan sargay feema do goy teeyaŋ se, nangu hananta ra, zama i ma si taali sambu ka bu se. A ga ciya farilla kaŋ ga duumi a se d'a haamey se mo a banda.»