حِزْقِيَال 44

١ 1 ثُمَّ أَرْجَعَنِي إِلَى طَرِيقِ بَابِ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ ٱلْخَارِجِيِّ ٱلْمُتَّجِهِ لِلْمَشْرِقِ، وَهُوَ مُغْلَقٌ.

The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.

٢ 2 فَقَالَ لِيَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَذَا ٱلْبَابُ يَكُونُ مُغْلَقًا، لَا يُفْتَحُ وَلَا يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ إِنْسَانٌ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ دَخَلَ مِنْهُ فَيَكُونُ مُغْلَقًا.

And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.

٣ 3 اَلرَّئِيسُ ٱلرَّئِيسُ هُوَ يَجْلِسُ فِيهِ لِيَأْكُلَ خُبْزًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. مِنْ طَرِيقِ رِوَاقِ ٱلْبَابِ يَدْخُلُ، وَمِنْ طَرِيقِهِ يَخْرُجُ».

Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”

٤ 4 ثُمَّ أَتَى بِي فِي طَرِيقِ بَابِ ٱلشِّمَالِ إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْبَيْتِ، فَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا بِمَجْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَدْ مَلَأَ بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَخَرَرْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي.

Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.

٥ 5 فَقَالَ لِي ٱلرَّبُّ: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ وَٱنْظُرْ بِعَيْنَيْكَ وَٱسْمَعْ بِأُذُنَيْكَ كُلَّ مَا أَقُولُهُ لَكَ عَنْ كُلِّ فَرَائِضِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَعَنْ كُلِّ سُنَنِهِ، وَٱجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ عَلَى مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَيْتِ مَعَ كُلِّ مَخَارِجِ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ.

The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

٦ 6 وَقُلْ لِلْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ، لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: يَكْفِيكُمْ كُلُّ رَجَاسَاتِكُمْ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.

٧ 7 بِإِدْخَالِكُمْ أَبْنَاءَ ٱلْغَرِيبِ ٱلْغُلْفَ ٱلْقُلُوبِ ٱلْغُلْفَ ٱللَّحْمِ لِيَكُونُوا فِي مَقْدِسِي، فَيُنَجِّسُوا بَيْتِي بِتَقْرِيبِكُمْ خُبْزِي ٱلشَّحْمَ وَٱلدَّمَ. فَنَقَضُوا عَهْدِي فَوْقَ كُلِّ رَجَاسَاتِكُمْ.

In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

٨ 8 وَلَمْ تَحْرُسُوا حِرَاسَةَ أَقْدَاسِي، بَلْ أَقَمْتُمْ حُرَّاسًا يَحْرُسُونَ عَنْكُمْ فِي مَقْدِسِي.

And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’

٩ 9 «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱبْنُ ٱلْغَرِيبِ أَغْلَفُ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَأَغْلَفُ ٱللَّحْمِ لَا يَدْخُلُ مَقْدِسِي، مِنْ كُلِّ ٱبْنٍ غَرِيبٍ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ وَسْطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

١٠ 10 بَلِ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱبْتَعَدُوا عَنِّي حِينَ ضَلَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ، فَضَلُّوا عَنِّي وَرَاءَ أَصْنَامِهِمْ، يَحْمِلُونَ إِثْمَهُمْ.

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.

١١ 11 وَيَكُونُونَ خُدَّامًا فِي مَقْدِسِي، حُرَّاسَ أَبْوَابِ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَخُدَّامَ ٱلْبَيْتِ. هُمْ يَذْبَحُونَ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ وَٱلذَّبِيحَةَ لِلشَّعْبِ، وَهُمْ يَقِفُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ لِيَخْدِمُوهُمْ.

Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.

١٢ 12 لِأَنَّهُمْ خَدَمُوهُمْ أَمَامَ أَصْنَامِهِمْ وَكَانُوا مَعْثَرَةَ إِثْمٍ لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. لِذَلِكَ رَفَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَيْهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، فَيَحْمِلُونَ إِثْمَهُمْ.

Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.

١٣ 13 وَلَا يَتَقَرَّبُونَ إِلَيَّ لِيَكْهَنُوا لِي، وَلَا لِلِٱقْتِرَابِ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَقْدَاسِي إِلَى قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ، بَلْ يَحْمِلُونَ خِزْيَهُمْ وَرَجَاسَاتِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلُوهَا.

They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.

١٤ 14 وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ حَارِسِي حِرَاسَةَ ٱلْبَيْتِ لِكُلِّ خِدْمَةٍ لِكُلِّ مَا يُعْمَلُ فِيهِ.

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

١٥ 15 «أَمَّا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ أَبْنَاءُ صَادُوقَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَرَسُوا حِرَاسَةَ مَقْدِسِي حِينَ ضَلَّ عَنِّي بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهُمْ يَتَقَدَّمُونَ إِلَيَّ لِيَخْدِمُونِي، وَيَقِفُونَ أَمَامِي لِيُقَرِّبُوا لِي ٱلشَّحْمَ وَٱلدَّمَ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.

١٦ 16 هُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ مَقْدِسِي وَيَتَقَدَّمُونَ إِلَى مَائِدَتِي لِيَخْدِمُونِي وَيَحْرُسُوا حِرَاسَتِي.

They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

١٧ 17 وَيَكُونُ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِمْ أَبْوَابَ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ، أَنَّهُمْ يَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا مِنْ كَتَّانٍ، وَلَا يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ صُوفٌ عِنْدَ خِدْمَتِهِمْ فِي أَبْوَابِ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ وَمِنْ دَاخِلٍ.

When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

١٨ 18 وَلْتَكُنْ عَصَائِبُ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَلْتَكُنْ سَرَاوِيلُ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ عَلَى أَحْقَائِهِمْ. لَا يَتَنَطَّقُونَ بِمَا يُعَرِّقُ.

They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.

١٩ 19 وَعِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ، إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، يَخْلَعُونَ ثِيَابَهُمُ ٱلَّتِي خَدَمُوا بِهَا، وَيَضَعُونَهَا فِي مَخَادِعِ ٱلْقُدْسِ، ثُمَّ يَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا أُخْرَى وَلَا يُقَدِّسُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ بِثِيَابِهِمْ.

When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

٢٠ 20 وَلَا يَحْلِقُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ، وَلَا يُرَبُّونَ خُصَلًا، بَلْ يَجُزُّونَ شَعْرَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ جَزًّا.

They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

٢١ 21 وَلَا يَشْرَبُ كَاهِنٌ خَمْرًا عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ.

No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.

٢٢ 22 وَلَا يَأْخُذُونَ أَرْمَلَةً وَلَا مُطَلَّقَةً زَوْجَةً، بَلْ يَتَّخِذُونَ عَذَارَى مِنْ نَسْلِ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَوْ أَرْمَلَةً ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ أَرْمَلَةَ كَاهِنٍ.

And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

٢٣ 23 وَيُرُونَ شَعْبِي ٱلتَّمْيِيزَ بَيْنَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ وَٱلْمُحَلَّلِ، وَيُعَلِّمُونَهُمُ ٱلتَّمْيِيزَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّجِسِ وَٱلطَّاهِرِ.

They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

٢٤ 24 وَفِي ٱلْخِصَامِ هُمْ يَقِفُونَ لِلْحُكْمِ، وَيَحْكُمُونَ حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِي، وَيَحْفَظُونَ شَرَائِعِي وَفَرَائِضِي فِي كُلِّ مَوَاسِمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ سُبُوتِي.

In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.

٢٥ 25 وَلَا يَدْنُوا مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ مَيِّتٍ فَيَتَنَجَّسُوا. أَمَّا لِأَبٍ أَوْ أُمٍّ أَوِ ٱبْنٍ أَوِ ٱبْنَةٍ أَوْ أَخٍ أَوْ أُخْتٍ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِرَجُلٍ يَتَنَجَّسُونَ.

A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ تَطْهِيرِهِ يَحْسِبُونَ لَهُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.

٢٧ 27 وَفِي يَوْمِ دُخُولِهِ إِلَى ٱلْقُدْسِ إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ لِيَخْدِمَ فِي ٱلْقُدْسِ، يُقَرِّبُ ذَبِيحَتَهُ عَنِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.

٢٨ 28 وَيَكُونُ لَهُمْ مِيرَاثًا. أَنَا مِيرَاثُهُمْ. وَلَا تُعْطُونَهُمْ مِلْكًا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَنَا مِلْكُهُمْ.

In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

٢٩ 29 يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةَ وَذَبِيحَةَ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ وَذَبِيحَةَ ٱلْإِثْمِ، وَكُلُّ مُحَرَّمٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ لَهُمْ.

They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.

٣٠ 30 وَأَوَائِلُ كُلِّ ٱلْبَاكُورَاتِ جَمِيعِهَا، وَكُلُّ رَفِيعَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ رَفَائِعِكُمْ تَكُونُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ. وَتُعْطُونَ ٱلْكَاهِنَ أَوَائِلَ عَجِينِكُمْ لِتَحِلَّ ٱلْبَرَكَةُ عَلَى بَيْتِكَ.

The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.

٣١ 31 لَا يَأْكُلُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ مِنْ مَيِّتَةٍ وَلَا مِنْ فَرِيسَةٍ، طَيْرًا كَانَتْ أَوْ بَهِيمَةً.

The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.