حِزْقِيَال 44

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

Then the man brought me back to the outer sanctuary gate that faced east; it was closed tightly.

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

Yahweh said to me, “This gate has been sealed shut; it will not be opened. No man will go through it, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has come through it, so it has been closed tightly.

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

The ruler of Israel will sit in it to eat food before Yahweh. He will enter by way of the gate's portico 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 he brought me by way of the northern gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh, 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.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, set your heart and look with your eyes and listen with your ears to all that I am declaring to you, to all the statutes of the house of Yahweh and all its regulations. Think about the house's entrance and exits.

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

Then say to the rebellious ones, the house of Israel, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Let all of your disgusting actions be enough for you, 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.

that you brought foreigners with uncircumcised hearts and uncircumcised flesh to be in my sanctuary, profaning my house, while you were offering me food, fat and blood—you have broken my covenant by all your disgusting actions.

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

You have not carried out your duties regarding my holy things, but you appointed others to take up your duties, and you assigned them to care for my holy place.

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

The Lord Yahweh says this: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, from any of those who live among the people of Israel, may enter my holy place.

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

Yet the Levites went far from me—they wandered away from me, going after their idols—but they will pay for their sin.

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

They are servants in my sanctuary, watching the gates of the house and serving in the house and they slaughter the burnt offerings and the people's sacrifices, and they will stand before the people and serve them.

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

But because they performed the sacrifices before their idols, they became stumbling blocks for sin for the house of Israel. Therefore I will lift up my hand to swear an oath against them—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—they will bear their punishment.

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

They will not come near me to act as my priests or to approach any of my holy things, the most holy things. Instead, they will bear their reproach and their guilt for the disgusting actions that they have done.

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

But I will place them as keepers of the work in the house, for all of its duties and everything that is 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.

Then the Levitical priests, those sons of Zadok who fulfilled the duties of my sanctuary when the people of Israel were wandering away from me—they will come near me to worship me. They will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.

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

They will come to my sanctuary; they will approach my table to worship me and to fulfill their duties to me.

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.

So it will be that when they come to the gates of the inner courtyard, they will have to dress in linen clothes, for they must not come in wool inside the gates of the courtyard and its house.

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

There should be linen turbans on their heads and linen underclothes on their hips. They must not dress in clothes that make them 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 out to the outer courtyard, to the outer courtyard in order to go to the people, they must take off the clothes they wore when they served; they must take them off and lay them down in a holy room, so they do not make other people holy by contact with their special clothing.

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

Also they must neither shave their heads nor allow their hair to hang loosely, but they must trim the hair of their heads.

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

No priest may drink wine when he comes to the inner court,

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

nor take a widow or a divorced woman as a wife for himself, but only a virgin from the line of the house of Israel or a widow who was previously married to a priest.

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

For they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane; they will make them know the unclean from the clean.

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

In a dispute they will stand to judge with my decrees; they must be just. They will keep my law and my statutes in every feast, and they will celebrate my holy Sabbaths.

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 will not go to a dead person so as to become unclean, unless it is their father or mother, son or daughter, brother or a sister who has not slept with a man; otherwise, they will become unclean.

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ تَطْهِيرِهِ يَحْسِبُونَ لَهُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

After a priest has become unclean, they will count off a period of seven days for him.

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

On the day he enters the holy place, into the inner courtyard to serve in the holy place, he must bring a sin offering for himself—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.

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

This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I will be their property!

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

They will eat the food offerings, the sin offerings, the guilt offerings, and everything devoted to Yahweh in Israel, will be theirs.

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

The best of the firstfruits of all things and every contribution, anything from all of your contributions will belong to the priests, and you will give the best of your meal offerings to the priests so that blessing may rest on your house.

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

The priests will not eat any carcass or animal torn by a beast, whether bird or beast.