حِزْقِيَال 44

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

Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and 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.

The LORD said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

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

As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same."

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

Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and look, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell on my face.

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, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.

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

You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: you house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

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

in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and you have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.

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

You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.'

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

"Thus says the LORD, 'No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.

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

But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear 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 oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall 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 to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the LORD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

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

They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

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

Yet will I make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall 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, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the LORD:

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

they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

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.

"'It shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come on them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

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

They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their waists; they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.

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 forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and lay them in the holy rooms; and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.

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

"'Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

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

Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

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

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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

They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

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

"'In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make 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.

"'They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ تَطْهِيرِهِ يَحْسِبُونَ لَهُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.

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

In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the LORD.

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

"'They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

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

They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

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

The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest: you shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

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

The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or animal.