حِزْقِيال 41

١ 1 وَأَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ ثُمَّ قَاسَ الْعَضَائِدَ فَكَانَ عَرْضُهَا فِي كُلِّ جَانِبٍ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) مُمَاثِلاً لِعَرْضِ الْخَيْمَةِ.

He took me to the Temple and measured the posts as cubits wide on both sides.

٢ 2 أَمَّا عَرْضُ الْمَدْخَلِ فَكَانَ عَشَرَةَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، كَمَا كَانَ عَرْضُ كُلٍّ مِنْ جَانِبَيِ الْمَدْخَلِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ). ثُمَّ قَاسَ الْهَيْكَلَ فَكَانَ طُولُهُ أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عِشْرِينَ مِتْراً)، وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ).

The entrance was ten cubits wide, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits long on both sides. He measured the outer sanctuary as forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

٣ 3 ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَقَاسَ عَضَادَةَ الْمَدْخَلِ، فَكَانَتْ ذِرَاعَيْنِ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ) أَمَّا الْمَدْخَلُ نَفْسُهُ فَكَانَ طُولُهُ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَعَرْضُهُ سَبْعَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)،

He went into the inner sanctuary and measured the entrance posts as two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on both sides were seven cubits wide.

٤ 4 وَقَاسَ الدَّاخِلَ فَكَانَ كُلٌّ مِنْ طُولِهِ وَعَرْضِهِ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) بِاتِّجَاهِ الْقُدْسِ. وَقَالَ لِي: «هَذَا هُوَ قُدْسُ الأَقْدَاسِ»

He measured the room beside the inner sanctuary as twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He told me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

٥ 5 وَقَاسَ حَائِطَ الْهَيْكَلِ فَكَانَ سُمْكُهُ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَعَرْضُ كُلِّ حُجْرَةٍ مِنَ الْحُجُرَاتِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ أَرْبَعَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ).

He measured Temple wall as six cubits thick, and each side room around the Temple was four cubits wide.

٦ 6 وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتُ مُؤَلَّفَةً مِنْ ثَلاثِ طَبَقَاتٍ، فِي كُلِّ طَبَقَةٍ ثَلاثُونَ حُجْرَةً. كُلُّ حُجْرَةٍ مَبْنِيَّةٌ فَوْقَ أُخْتِهَا. وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتُ دَاخِلاتٍ فِي الْحَائِطِ الْمُحِيطِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ لِتَعْتَمِدَ عَلَيْهِ وَلا تَعْتَمِدَ عَلَى حَائِطِ الْهَيْكَلِ نَفْسِهِ.

There were three levels of side rooms above one another, each having thirty rooms. The wall of the Temple had external supports for the side rooms, so that they would not be fixed into the wall of the Temple itself.

٧ 7 وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتُ الْجَانِبِيَّةُ هَذِهِ تَتَّسِعُ مِنْ طَابِقٍ إِلَى طَابِقٍ وَفْقاً لاِتِّسَاعِ كُلِّ طَابِقٍ مُحِيطٍ بِالْهَيْكَلِ، لِهَذَا كَانَ الْمَرْءُ يَصْعَدُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ طَابِقٍ إِلَى أَعْلَى طَابِقٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الطَّابِقِ الأَوْسَطِ.

The side rooms around the Temple became wider at each higher level, because as the structure around the Temple went up the Temple wall grew narrower A stairway provided access from the bottom story to the top, going through the middle level.

٨ 8 وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ لِلْهَيْكَلِ رَصِيفاً سَمِيكاً عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِهِ. وَكَانَ مَقَاسُ الْحُجُرَاتِ الْجَانِبِيَّةِ قَصَبَةً كَامِلَةً أَيْ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) إِلَى الْمَفْصَلِ.

I saw that the Temple was on a raised platform that surrounded it. This was the foundation for the side rooms. Its height was the complete length of a measuring rod, six long cubits.

٩ 9 وَسُمْكُ حَائِطِ الْحُجُرَاتِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ). وَمَا تَبَقَّى هُوَ فَسْحَةٌ لِحُجُرَاتِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits, and there was open space between the side rooms of the Temple

١٠ 10 وَمَا بَيْنَ الرَّصِيفِ وَالْمَخَادِعِ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِ الْهَيْكَلِ الْخَارِجِيِّ.

and the outer chambers that measured twenty cubits wide all round the Temple.

١١ 11 وَكَانَ لِلْحُجُرَاتِ الْجَانِبِيَّةِ الْمُطِلَّةِ عَلَى الْفَسْحَةِ مَدْخَلانِ: مَدْخَلٌ بِاتِّجَاهِ الشِّمَالِ، وَمَدْخَلٌ آخَرُ بِاتِّجَاهِ الْجَنُوبِ. وَكَانَ عَرْضُ هَذِهِ الْفَسْحَةِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ) عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

The doors of the side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance to the north and another one to the south. The open space was five cubits wide on each side.

١٢ 12 وَكَانَ عَرْضُ الْبِنَاءِ الْمُوَاجِهِ لِسَاحَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ نَحْوَ الْغَرْبِ سَبْعِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ مِتْراً) وَسُمْكُ حَائِطِ الْبِنَاءِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِهِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ).

Another building faced the Temple courtyard on the west side. It measured seventy cubits wide and ninety cubits long, with walls all the way round that were five cubits thick.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ قَاسَ الْهَيْكَلَ فَكَانَ طُولُهُ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً) كَمَا كَانَ طُولُ السَّاحَةِ وَالْبِنَاءِ مَعَ جُدْرَانِهِ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً).

He measured the Temple as one hundred cubits long. The Temple courtyard and the building including its walls were also one hundred cubits long.

١٤ 14 وَكَذَلِكَ عَرْضُ الْوَاجِهَةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ لِلْهَيْكَلِ مَعَ السَّاحَةِ كَانَ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً).

The Temple courtyard on the east side, (including the front of the Temple), was one hundred cubits wide.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ قَاسَ طُولَ الْبِنَاءِ الْمُوَاجِهِ لِلسَّاحَةِ الْخَلْفِيَّةِ بِاتِّجَاهِ الْغَرْبِ مَعَ أَسَاطِينِهِ، فَكَانَ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً). مَعَ الْهَيْكَلِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ وَأَرْوِقَتِهِ.

He measured the length of the building that faced the Temple courtyard towards the rear of the Temple, including its open halls on each side. It was one hundred cubits long. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porches facing the courtyard,

١٦ 16 وَكَانَتِ الْعَتَبَاتُ وَالْكُوَى الْمُشَبَّكَةُ وَالأَسَاطِينُ الْمُحِيطَةُ بِالطَّبَقَاتِ الثَّلاثِ مُقَابِلُ الْعَتَبَةِ، وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى الْكُوَى، وَالْكُوَى نَفْسُهَا، كُلُّهَا مُغَطَّاةً بِأَلْوَاحِ الْخَشَبِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ جَوَانِبِهَا.

as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and the surrounding open halls with their three levels up to and including the threshold, were covered with wood on every side. This extended from the ground up to and including the windows.

١٧ 17 وَكَذَلِكَ مَا فَوْقَ الْمَدْخَلِ وَدَاخِلُ الْهَيْكَلِ وَخَارِجُهُ، وَمُحِيطُ الْجِدَارِ مِنْ جَانِبَيْهِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ وَالْخَارِجِيِّ بِمُوْجِبِ الأَقْيِسَةِ الْمُعَيَّنَةِ.

On the outside of all the walls by the entrance to the inner sanctuary, spaced at regular intervals around the inner and outer sanctuary,

١٨ 18 وَحُفِرَ فِيهِ كَرُوبِيمُ وَأَشْجَارُ نَخِيلٍ، نَخْلَةٌ بَيْنَ كَرُوبٍ وَكَرُوبٍ. وَكَانَ لِكُلِّ كَرُوبٍ وَجْهَانِ،

were carved designs of cherubim and palm trees. Every cherub had two faces:

١٩ 19 أَحَدُهُمَا وَجْهُ إِنْسَانٍ بِاتِّجَاهِ النَّخْلَةِ السَّابِقَةِ لَهُ، وَالآخَرُ وَجْهُ شِبْلٍ بِاتِّجَاهِ النَّخْلَةِ الَّتِي تَلِيهِ. وَجَمِيعُهَا حُفِرَتْ عَلَى كُلِّ جَوَانِبِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

a man's face looked in the direction of a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked in the direction of the palm tree on the other side. These carvings extended the whole way round the Temple.

٢٠ 20 وَقَدِ انْتَشَرَتْ مَحْفُورَاتُ الْكَرُوبِيمِ وَأَشْجَارُ النَّخِيلِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى مَا فَوْقَ الْمَدَاخِلِ، وَكَذَلِكَ عَلَى جِدَارِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

Designs of cherubim and palm trees were carved on the Temple wall from the floor up to the space above the doorway.

٢١ 21 وَكَانَتْ قَوَائِمُ الْهَيْكَلِ مُرَبَّعَةً، كَمَا كَانَ وَجْهُ الْقُدْسِ مُمَاثِلاً فِي مَنْظَرِهِ لِوَجْهِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

The Temple's doorframe was rectangular, as was the doorframe of the sanctuary.

٢٢ 22 أَمَّا الْمَذْبَحُ فَكَانَ مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ خَشَبٍ ارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاثُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَطُولُهُ ذِرَاعَانِ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ). وَكَانَتْ زَوَايَاهُ وَقَاعِدَتُهُ وَجَوَانِبُهُ مَصْنُوعَةً مِنْ خَشَبٍ. وَقَالَ لِي الْمَلاكُ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَائِدَةُ الَّتِي أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ».

An altar made of wood stood there, three cubits high and two cubits by long. All of it—its corners, base, and sides—were made of wood. The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”

٢٣ 23 وَكَانَ لِكُلٍّ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ وَالْقُدْسِ بَابَانِ مُزْدَوَجَانِ،

The Temple and the sanctuary both had hinged double doors.

٢٤ 24 وَلِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِصْرَاعَانِ يَنْطَوِيَانِ عَلَى نَفْسَيْهِمَا.

Each door had two panels that opened. There were two panels for one door, and two panels for the other door.

٢٥ 25 وَحُفِرَ عَلَى مَصَارِيعِ الْهَيْكَلِ كَرُوبِيمُ وَأَشْجَارُ نَخِيلٍ مِثْلُ مَا حُفِرَ عَلَى الْجُدْرَانِ. وَثُبِّتَ إِفْرِيزٌ مِنْ خَشَبٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الرُّوَاقِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ.

There were carvings of cherubim and palm trees on the Temple doors like those on the walls, and there was a wooden roof that covered the outside part of the porch at the front.

٢٦ 26 وَانْتَشَرَتِ الْكُوَى الْمُشَبَّكَةُ وَرُسُومُ أَشْجَارِ النَّخِيلِ عَلَى جَانِبَيِ الرُّوَاقِ وَعَلَى حُجُرَاتِ الْبَيْتِ وَعَلَى الأَفَارِيزِ.

There were narrow windows and palm tree designs on the walls of the porch. The side rooms of the Temple also had roofs.