< حِزْقِيَال 40 >
فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْخَامِسَةِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ سَبْيِنَا، فِي رَأْسِ ٱلسَّنَةِ، فِي ٱلْعَاشِرِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ عَشَرَةَ، بَعْدَ مَا ضُرِبَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ فِي نَفْسِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، كَانَتْ عَلَيَّ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَتَى بِي إِلَى هُنَاكَ. | ١ 1 |
In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity at the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured—on that same day, the hand of Yahweh was upon me and he took me there.
فِي رُؤَى ٱللهِ أَتَى بِي إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَوَضَعَنِي عَلَى جَبَلٍ عَالٍ جِدًّا، عَلَيْهِ كَبِنَاءِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. | ٢ 2 |
In visions from God he brought me to the land of Israel. He brought me to rest on a very high mountain; to the south were what appeared to be buildings of a city.
وَلَمَّا أَتَى بِي إِلَى هُنَاكَ، إِذَا بِرَجُلٍ مَنْظَرُهُ كَمَنْظَرِ ٱلنُّحَاسِ، وَبِيَدِهِ خَيْطُ كَتَّانٍ وَقَصَبَةُ ٱلْقِيَاسِ، وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بِٱلْبَابِ. | ٣ 3 |
Then he brought me there. Behold, a man! His appearance was like the appearance of bronze. A linen cord and a measuring stick were in his hand, and he stood in the city gate.
فَقَالَ لِي ٱلرَّجُلُ: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱنْظُرْ بِعَيْنَيْكَ وَٱسْمَعْ بِأُذُنَيْكَ وَٱجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى كُلِّ مَا أُرِيكَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ لِأَجْلِ إِرَاءَتِكَ أُتِيَ بِكَ إِلَى هُنَا. أَخْبِرْ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِكُلِّ مَا تَرَى». | ٤ 4 |
The man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes and listen with your ears, and fix your mind on all that I am revealing to you, for you were brought here so I could reveal them to you. Report everything that you will see to the house of Israel.”
وَإِذَا بِسُورٍ خَارِجَ ٱلْبَيْتِ مُحِيطٍ بِهِ، وَبِيَدِ ٱلرَّجُلِ قَصَبَةُ ٱلْقِيَاسِ سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ طُولًا بِٱلذِّرَاعِ وَشِبْرٌ. فَقَاسَ عَرْضَ ٱلْبِنَاءِ قَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَسُمْكَهُ قَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً. | ٥ 5 |
There was a wall surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring stick in the man's hand was six long cubits. Each long cubit was a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the wall, and it was one measuring stick thick and one rod high.
ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ ٱلَّذِي وَجْهُهُ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ وَصَعِدَ فِي دَرَجِهِ، وَقَاسَ عَتَبَةَ ٱلْبَابِ قَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً عَرْضًا، وَٱلْعَتَبَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَى قَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً عَرْضًا. | ٦ 6 |
Then he went to the temple gate that faced east. He went up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate—one stick in depth.
وَٱلْغُرْفَةَ قَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً طُولًا وَقَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً عَرْضًا، وَبَيْنَ ٱلْغُرُفَاتِ خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَعَتَبَةُ ٱلْبَابِ بِجَانِبِ رِوَاقِ ٱلْبَابِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ قَصَبَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ. | ٧ 7 |
The guard chambers were each one stick in length and one stick in width; there were five cubits between any two of the chambers, and the threshold of the temple gate by the temple portico was one stick deep.
وَقَاسَ رِوَاقَ ٱلْبَابِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ قَصَبَةً وَاحِدَةً. | ٨ 8 |
He measured the portico of the gate; it was one stick in length.
وَقَاسَ رِوَاقَ ٱلْبَابِ ثَمَانِيَ أَذْرُعٍ، وَعَضَائِدَهُ ذِرَاعَيْنِ، وَرِوَاقُ ٱلْبَابِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ. | ٩ 9 |
He measured the portico of the gate. It was one stick deep. The doorposts were two cubits in width. This was the portico of the gate facing the temple.
وَغُرُفَاتُ ٱلْبَابِ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ هُنَا وَثَلَاثٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. لِلثَّلَاثِ قِيَاسٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَلِلْعَضَائِدِ قِيَاسٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ هُنَا وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
There were three guard chambers on either side of the east gate, and each of them had the same measurement, and the walls that separated them had the same measurement.
وَقَاسَ عَرْضَ مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَابِ عَشَرَ أَذْرُعٍ، وَطُولَ ٱلْبَابِ ثَلَاثَ عَشَرَةَ ذِرَاعًا. | ١١ 11 |
Then the man measured the width of the gateway entrance—ten cubits; and he measured the length of the gateway entrance—thirteen cubits.
وَٱلْحَافَّةُ أَمَامَ ٱلْغُرُفَاتِ ذِرَاعٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ هُنَا، وَٱلْحَافَّةُ ذِرَاعٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. وَٱلْغُرْفَةُ سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ هُنَا، وَسِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. | ١٢ 12 |
He measured the wall that was bordering the front of the chambers—one cubit high. The chambers measured six cubits on each side.
ثُمَّ قَاسَ ٱلْبَابَ مِنْ سَقْفِ ٱلْغُرْفَةِ ٱلْوَاحِدَةِ إِلَى سَقْفِ ٱلْأُخْرَى عَرْضَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعًا. اَلْبَابُ مُقَابِلُ ٱلْبَابِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one chamber to that of the next chamber—twenty-five cubits, from the entrance of the first chamber to that of the second.
وَعَمِلَ عَضَائِدَ سِتِّينَ ذِرَاعًا إِلَى عَضَادَةِ ٱلدَّارِ حَوْلَ ٱلْبَابِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Then he measured the wall that went between the guard chambers—sixty cubits in length; he measured as far as the gate's portico.
وَقُدَّامَ بَابِ ٱلْمَدْخَلِ إِلَى قُدَّامِ رِوَاقِ ٱلْبَابِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيِّ خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا. | ١٥ 15 |
The entrance from the front of the gate to the other end of the gate's portico was fifty cubits.
وَلِلْغُرُفَاتِ كُوًى مُشَبَّكَةٌ، وَلِلْعَضَائِدِ مِنْ دَاخِلِ ٱلْبَابِ حَوَالَيْهِ، وَهَكَذَا فِي ٱلْقُبَبِ أَيْضًا، كُوًى حَوَالَيْهَا مِنْ دَاخِلٍ، وَعَلَى ٱلْعَضَادَةِ نَخِيلٌ. | ١٦ 16 |
There were closed windows toward the chambers and toward their pillars within the gates all around; and likewise for the porches. The were windows all around the inside, and each jamb was decorated with palm trees.
ثُمَّ أَتَى بِي إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، وَإِذَا بِمَخَادِعَ وَمُجَزَّعٍ مَصْنُوعٍ لِلدَّارِ حَوَالَيْهَا. عَلَى ٱلْمُجَزَّعِ ثَلَاثُونَ مِخْدَعًا. | ١٧ 17 |
Then the man brought me to the outer courtyard of the temple. Behold, there were rooms, and there was pavement in the courtyard, with thirty rooms next to the pavement.
وَٱلْمُجَزَّعُ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ مُقَابِلَ طُولِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ، ٱلْمُجَزَّعُ ٱلْأَسْفَلُ. | ١٨ 18 |
The pavement went up to the side of the gates, and its width was the same as the gates' length. This was the lower pavement.
وَقَاسَ ٱلْعَرْضَ مِنْ قُدَّامِ ٱلْبَابِ ٱلْأَسْفَلِ إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ إِلَى ٱلشَّرْقِ وَإِلَى ٱلشِّمَالِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Then the man measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the front of the inner gate; it was one hundred cubits on the east side, and the same on the north side.
وَٱلْبَابُ ٱلْمُتَّجِهُ نَحْوَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ٱلَّذِي لِلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ قَاسَ طُولَهُ وَعَرْضَهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Then he measured the length and width of the gate that was at the north of the outer court.
وَغُرُفَاتُهُ ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ هُنَا وَثَلَاثٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَعَضَائِدُهُ وَمُقَبَّبُهُ كَانَتْ عَلَى قِيَاسِ ٱلْبَابِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، طُولُهَا خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَعَرْضُهَا خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا. | ٢١ 21 |
There were three chambers on either side of that gate, and the gate and its portico measured the same as the main gate—fifty cubits in total length and twenty-five cubits in width.
وَكُوَاهَا وَمُقَبَّبُهَا وَنَخِيلُهَا عَلَى قِيَاسِ ٱلْبَابِ ٱلْمُتَّجِهِ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ، وَكَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَيْهِ فِي سَبْعِ دَرَجَاتٍ، وَمُقَبَّبُهُ أَمَامَهُ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Its windows, portico, chambers, and its palm trees corresponded to the gate that faced east. Seven steps went up to it and to its portico.
وَلِلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ بَابٌ مُقَابِلُ بَابٍ لِلشِّمَالِ وَلِلشَّرْقِ. وَقَاسَ مِنْ بَابٍ إِلَى بَابٍ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ. | ٢٣ 23 |
There was a gate to the inner courtyard in front of the gate facing north, just as also there was a gate to the east; the man measured from one gate to the other gate—one hundred cubits in distance.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ بِي نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، وَإِذَا بِبَابٍ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، فَقَاسَ عَضَائِدَهُ وَمُقَبَّبَهُ كَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْيِسَةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Next the man brought me to the gate of the southern entrance, and its walls and portico measured the same as the other outer gates.
وَفِيهِ كُوًى وَفِي مُقَبَّبِهِ مِنْ حَوَالَيْهِ كَتِلْكَ ٱلْكُوَى. اَلطُّولُ خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَٱلْعَرْضُ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
There were closed windows in the gateway and its portico just as at that gate. The south gate and its portico measured fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.
وَسَبْعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَصْعَدُهُ وَمُقَبَّبُهُ قُدَّامَهُ، وَلَهُ نَخِيلٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ هُنَا وَوَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ عَلَى عَضَائِدِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
There were seven steps up to the gate and its portico, and there were carvings of palm trees on the walls on either side.
وَلِلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ بَابٌ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. وَقَاسَ مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ. | ٢٧ 27 |
There was a gate to the inner courtyard on the southern side, and the man measured from that gate to the gate of the south entrance—one hundred cubits in distance.
وَأَتَى بِي إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، وَقَاسَ بَابَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ كَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْيِسَةِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Then the man brought me to the inner courtyard by way of its southern gate, which had the same measurements as the other gates.
وَغُرُفَاتُهُ وَعَضَائِدُهُ وَمُقَبَّبُهُ كَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْيِسَةِ. وَفِيهِ وَفِي مُقَبَّبِهِ كُوًى حَوَالَيْهِ. اَلطُّولُ خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَٱلْعَرْضُ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا. | ٢٩ 29 |
Its chambers, walls, and porticos measured the same as the other gates; there were windows all around in the portico. The inner gate and its portico measured fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.
وَحَوَالَيْهِ مُقَبَّبٌ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا طُولًا وَخَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ عَرْضًا. | ٣٠ 30 |
There were also porticos all around the inner wall; these were twenty-five cubits in length and five cubits in width.
وَمُقَبَّبُهُ نَحْوَ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، وَعَلَى عَضَائِدِهِ نَخِيلٌ، وَمَصْعَدُهُ ثَمَانِي دَرَجَاتٍ. | ٣١ 31 |
This portico faced the outer courtyard with carved palm trees on its walls and eight steps going up to it.
وَأَتَى بِي إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ نَحْوَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَقَاسَ ٱلْبَابَ كَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْيِسَةِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Then the man brought me to the inner courtyard by the eastern way and measured the gate, which had the same measurements as the other gates.
وَغُرُفَاتُهُ وَعَضَائِدُهُ وَمُقَبَّبُهُ كَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْيِسَةِ. وَفِيهِ وَفِي مُقَبَّبِهِ كُوًى حَوَالَيْهِ. اَلطُّولُ خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَٱلْعَرْضُ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا. | ٣٣ 33 |
Its chambers, walls, and portico measured the same as the other gates, and there were windows all around. The inner gate and its portico measured fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.
وَمُقَبَّبُهُ نَحْوَ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، وَعَلَى عَضَائِدِهِ نَخِيلٌ مِنْ هُنَا وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَمَصْعَدُهُ ثَمَانِي دَرَجَاتٍ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Its portico faced the outer courtyard; it had palm trees on either side of it and eight steps going up it.
وَأَتَى بِي إِلَى بَابِ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَقَاسَ كَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْيِسَةِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Next the man brought me to the northern gate and measured it; it measured the same as the other gates.
غُرُفَاتُهُ وَعَضَائِدُهُ وَمُقَبَّبُهُ وَٱلْكُوَى ٱلَّتِي لَهُ حَوَالَيْهِ. اَلطُّولُ خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَٱلْعَرْضُ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا. | ٣٦ 36 |
Its chambers, walls, and portico measured the same as the other gates, and there were windows all around. The gateway and its portico measured fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.
وَعَضَائِدُهُ نَحْوَ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، وَعَلَى عَضَائِدِهِ نَخِيلٌ مِنْ هُنَا وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَمَصْعَدُهُ ثَمَانِي دَرَجَاتٍ. | ٣٧ 37 |
Its portico faced the outer courtyard; it had palm trees on either side of it and eight steps going up it.
وَعِنْدَ عَضَائِدِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ مِخْدَعٌ وَمَدْخَلُهُ. هُنَاكَ يَغْسِلُونَ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ. | ٣٨ 38 |
There was a room with a door by each of the inner gateways. This was where they rinsed the burnt offerings.
وَفِي رِوَاقِ ٱلْبَابِ مَائِدَتَانِ مِنْ هُنَا، وَمَائِدَتَانِ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، لِتُذْبَحَ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمُحْرَقَةُ وَذَبِيحَةُ ٱلْخَطِيئَةِ وَذَبِيحَةُ ٱلْإِثْمِ. | ٣٩ 39 |
There were two tables on each side of each portico, on which the burnt offering was slaughtered, and also the sin offering and the guilt offering.
وَعَلَى ٱلْجَانِبِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ حَيْثُ يُصْعَدُ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ بَابِ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَائِدَتَانِ، وَعَلَى ٱلْجَانِبِ ٱلْآخَرِ ٱلَّذِي لِرِوَاقِ ٱلْبَابِ مَائِدَتَانِ. | ٤٠ 40 |
By the wall of the courtyard, going up to the gate to the north, there were two tables. Also on the other side there were two tables at the gate's portico.
أَرْبَعُ مَوَائِدَ مِنْ هُنَا، وَأَرْبَعُ مَوَائِدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ عَلَى جَانِبِ ٱلْبَابِ. ثَمَانِي مَوَائِدَ كَانُوا يَذْبَحُونَ عَلَيْهَا. | ٤١ 41 |
There were four tables on either side by the gate; they slaughtered animals on the eight tables.
وَٱلْمَوَائِدُ ٱلْأَرْبَعُ لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ مِنْ حَجَرٍ نَحِيتٍ، ٱلطُّولُ ذِرَاعٌ وَنِصْفٌ، وَٱلْعَرْضُ ذِرَاعٌ وَنِصْفٌ، وَٱلسَّمْكُ ذِرَاعٌ وَاحِدَةٌ. كَانُوا يَضَعُونَ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْأَدَوَاتِ ٱلَّتِي يَذْبَحُونَ بِهَا ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ وَٱلذَّبِيحَةَ. | ٤٢ 42 |
There were four tables of cut stone for the burnt offerings, one and a half cubits in length, one and a half cubits in width, and one cubit tall. On them they laid the tools with which they slaughtered the burnt offerings for the sacrifices.
وَٱلْمَآزِيبُ شِبْرٌ وَاحِدٌ مُمَكَّنَةً فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ. وَعَلَى ٱلْمَوَائِدِ لَحْمُ ٱلْقُرْبَانِ. | ٤٣ 43 |
Two-pronged hooks a handbreadth in length were fastened in the portico all around, and the flesh of the offerings would be put on the tables.
وَمِنْ خَارِجِ ٱلْبَابِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيِّ مَخَادِعُ ٱلْمُغَنِّينَ فِي ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي بِجَانِبِ بَابِ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَوُجُوهُهَا نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. وَاحِدٌ بِجَانِبِ بَابِ ٱلشَّرْقِ مُتَّجِهٌ نَحْوَ ٱلشِّمَالِ. | ٤٤ 44 |
On the outside of the inner gate, within the inner courtyard, were singers' chambers, one on the north side facing south, and the other on the south side facing north.
وَقَالَ لِي: «هَذَا ٱلْمِخْدَعُ ٱلَّذِي وَجْهُهُ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ هُوَ لِلْكَهَنَةِ حَارِسِي حِرَاسَةِ ٱلْبَيْتِ. | ٤٥ 45 |
Then the man said to me, “This room facing south is for the priests who are on duty in the temple.
وَٱلْمِخْدَعُ ٱلَّذِي وَجْهُهُ نَحْوَ ٱلشِّمَالِ لِلْكَهَنَةِ حَارِسِي حِرَاسَةِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ. هُمْ بَنُو صَادُوقَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ مِنْ بَنِي لَاوِي إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ لِيَخْدِمُوهُ». | ٤٦ 46 |
The room facing north is for the priests on duty at the altar. These are the sons of Zadok who come near to Yahweh to serve him; they are among the sons of Levi.”
فَقَاسَ ٱلدَّارَ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ طُولًا، وَمِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ عَرْضًا، مُرَبَّعَةً، وَٱلْمَذْبَحَ أَمَامَ ٱلْبَيْتِ. | ٤٧ 47 |
Next he measured the courtyard—one hundred cubits in length and one hundred cubits in width in a square, with the altar in front of the house.
وَأَتَى بِي إِلَى رِوَاقِ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَقَاسَ عَضَادَةَ ٱلرِّوَاقِ، خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ هُنَا وَخَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَعَرْضَ ٱلْبَابِ ثَلَاثَ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ هُنَا وَثَلَاثَ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. | ٤٨ 48 |
Then the man brought me to the portico of the house and measured its doorposts—they were five cubits thick on either side. The entryway itself was fourteen cubits in width, and the walls on each side of it were three cubits in width.
طُولُ ٱلرِّوَاقِ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَٱلْعَرْضُ إِحْدَى عَشَرَةَ ذِرَاعًا عِنْدَ ٱلدَّرَجِ ٱلَّذِي بِهِ كَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَيْهِ. وَعِنْدَ ٱلْعَضَائِدِ أَعْمِدَةٌ، وَاحِدٌ مِنْ هُنَا وَوَاحِدٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. | ٤٩ 49 |
The length of the portico was twenty cubits, and its depth was eleven cubits. There were steps that went up to it and columns that stood on either side of it.