حِزْقِيال 44

١ 1 ثُمَّ أَرْجَعَنِي إِلَى بَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ الْخَارِجِيِّ الْمُوَاجِهِ لِلشَّرْقِ وَكَانَ آنَئِذٍ مُغْلَقاً،

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

٢ 2 وَقَالَ لِي: «سَيَظَلُّ هَذَا الْبَابُ مُغْلَقاً لَا يُفْتَحُ وَلا يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ إِنْسَانٌ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ اجْتَازَ مِنْهُ. لِذَلِكَ يَظَلُّ مُغْلَقاً

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 إِنَّمَا الرَّئِيسُ لِكَوْنِهِ رَئِيساً يَجْلِسُ فِي مَدْخَلِهِ لِيَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْهِ عَنْ طَرِيقِ رُوَاقِ الْبَابِ، وَمِنْ ذَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ يَعُودُ.

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 أَحْضَرَنِي عَنْ طَرِيقِ بَابِ الشِّمَال إِلَى أَمَامِ الْهَيْكَلِ. فَالْتَفَتُّ حَوْلِي وَإذَا بِي أَرَى مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ يَغْمُرُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ، فَانْطَرَحْتُ 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 وَخَاطَبَنِي قَائِلاً: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ وَانْظُرْ بِعَيْنَيْكَ، وَأَصْغِ بِأُذُنَيْكَ إِلَى كُلِّ مَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِهِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ فَرَائِضِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَأَحْكَامِهِ، وَرَاقِبْ بِحِرْصٍ مَدَاخِلَ الْهَيْكَلِ وَمَخَارِجَ الْمَقْدِسِ.

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، لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: يَكْفِيكُمْ جَمِيعُ رَجَاسَاتِكُمْ يَا شَعْبَ 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 إِذْ أَدْخَلْتُمُ الغُرَبَاءَ غَيْرَ الْمَخْتُونِي الْقُلُوبِ وَاللَّحْمِ إِلَى مَقْدِسِي، فَدَنَّسْتُمُوهُ حِينَ قَرَّبْتُمْ طَعَامِي مِنْ شَحْمٍ وَدَمٍ، فَنَقَضْتُمْ عَهْدِي، فَضْلاً عَنْ 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 تَتَوَلَّوْا بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حِرَاسَةَ مُقَدَّسَاتِي، بَلْ عَهِدْتُمْ بِها إِلَى غُرَبَاءَ بَدَلاً عَنْكُمْ لِيَحْرُسُوا 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 لِذَلِكَ لَا يَدْخُلُ مَقْدِسِي غَرِيبٌ غَيْرُ مَخْتُونِ الْقَلْبِ وَاللَّحْمِ مِنَ الْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَينَ 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 حَتَّى اللّاوِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ ابْتَعَدُوا عَنِّي حِينَ ضَلَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَرَاءَ أَصْنَامِهِ يَحْمِلُونَ عِقَابَ إِثْمِهِمْ.

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 فَيَكُونُونَ خُدَّاماً فِي الْهَيْكَلِ وَكَحُرَّاسٍ لأَبْوَابِهِ وَخُدَّامٍ لَهُ. هُمْ يَذْبَحُونَ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَالْقُرْبَانَ لِلشَّعْبِ وَيَخْدِمُونَهُمْ،

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 لأَنَّهُمْ قَامُوا عَلَى خِدْمَةِ عِبَادَةِ أَصْنَامِهِمْ، وَكَانُوا عَثْرَةَ إِثْمٍ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِذَلِكَ أَقْسَمْتُ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ أَنْ أُحَمِّلَهُمْ عِقَابَ إِثْمِهِمْ،

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 فَلا يَقْتَرِبُونَ مِنِّي لِيَكُونُوا لِي كَهَنَةً، وَلا يَدْنُونَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَقْدَاسِي وَمِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، بَلْ يَحْمِلُونَ عِقَابَ خِزْيِهِمْ وَرَجَاسَتِهِمِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبُوهَا.

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 لَكِنْ أُكَلِّفُهُمْ بِحِرَاسَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَبِكُلِّ خِدْمَةٍ سِوَاهَا مِنْ أَعْمَالِ الصِّيَانَةِ.

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 الْكَهَنَةُ الِّلاوِيُّونَ مِنْ نَسْلِ صَادُوقَ الَّذِينَ وَاظَبُوا بِحِرْصٍ عَلَى حِرَاسَةِ مَقْدِسِي حِينَ ضَلَّ عَنِّي بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَهَؤُلاءِ فَقَطْ يَتَقَدَّمُونَ لِخِدْمَتِي وَيَمْثُلُونَ فِي حَضْرَتِي لِيُقَرِّبُوا لِيَ الشَّحْمَ وَالدَّمَ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

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 وَحْدَهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ مَقْدِسِي وَيَتَقَدَّمُونَ إِلَى مَائِدَتِي لِخِدْمَتِي وَلِلْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى شَعَائِرِي.

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

١٧ 17 وَحَالَمَا يَدْخُلُونَ أَبْوَابَ السَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ يَرْتَدُونَ ثِيَاباً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَلا يَضَعُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَاباً مِنْ صُوفٍ فِي أَثْنَاءِ خِدْمَتِهِمْ عِنْدَ أَبْوَابِ السَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ وَمَا يَلِيهَا.

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 وَيَتَعَمَّمُونَ بِعَمَائِمَ كَتَّانِيَّةٍ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَيَرْتَدُونَ سَرَاوِيلَ كَتَّانِيَّةً أَيْضاً عَلَى أَحْقَائِهِمْ وَلا يَلْبَسُونَ مَا يَجْعَلُ الْعَرَقَ يَنِزُّ مِنْ أَجْسَامِهِمْ.

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 وَإذَا انْصَرَفُوا إِلَى السَّاحَةِ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ حَيْثُ يَجْتَمِعُ الشَّعْبُ، يَخْلَعُونَ ثِيَابَ خِدْمَتِهِمْ وَيَضَعُونَهَا فِي مَخَادِعِ الْقُدْسِ، ثُمَّ يَرْتَدُونَ ثِيَاباً أُخْرَى لِئَلّا يُقَدِّسُوا الشَّعْبَ 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 وَلا يَحْلِقُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ وَلا يُرْخُونَ خُصَلاً، بَلْ يَجُزُّونَ شَعْرَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ.

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

٢١ 21 وَلا يَشْرَبَنَّ كَاهِنٌ خَمْراً عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ إِلَى السَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ.

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

٢٢ 22 وَلا يَتَزَوَّجُ الْكَهَنَةُ أَرْمَلَةً وَلا مُطَلَّقَةً، بَلْ يَتَزَوَّجُونَ فَتَيَاتٍ عَذَارَى مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَوْ 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 وَيُعَلِّمُونَ شَعْبِي التَّمْيِيزَ بَيْنَ الْمُقَدَّسِ وَالْمُبَاحِ، وَيُعَرِّفُونَهُمُ النَّجِسَ مِنَ الطَّاهِرِ.

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 وَيَكُونُونَ قُضَاةً فِي الْخِصَامِ، فَيَحْكُمُونَ بِمُقْتَضَى أَحْكَامِي، وَيُمَارِسُونَ شَرَائِعِي وَفَرَائِضِي فِي كُلِّ مَوَاسِمِ أَعْيَادِي وَيُقَدِّسُونَ أَيَّامَ 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 وَلا يَقْتَرِبُونَ مِنْ جُثَّةِ مَيْتٍ فَيَتَنَجَّسُونَ، إِلّا إِذَا كَانَ الْمَيْتُ أَباً أَوْ أُمّاً أَوِ ابْناً أَوِ ابْنَةً أَوْ أَخاً أَوْ أُخْتاً غَيْرَ مُتَزَوِّجَةٍ.

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 سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ تَطْهِيرِهِ،

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

٢٧ 27 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يُقْبِلُ فِيهِ إِلَى الْقُدْسِ، إِلَى السَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ، يُقَرِّبُ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَبِيحَةِ خَطِيئَةٍ.

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 وَلا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ مِيرَاثٌ، لأَنِّي أَنَا مِيرَاثُهُمْ. وَلا تُعْطُونَهُمْ نَصِيباً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنِّي نَصِيبُهُمْ.

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 وَيَكُونُ طَعَامُهُمْ مِنْ تَقْدِمَاتِ الْحُبُوبِ وَذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَذَبِيحَةِ الإِثْمِ وَكُلِّ تَقْدِمَةٍ مُخَصَّصَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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 وَتَكُونُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ أَيْضاً كُلُّ بَاكُورَةٍ مِنْ بَاكُورَاتِ غَلّاتِكُمْ وَنِتَاجِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ صُنُوفِ تَقْدِمَاتِكُمْ وَتُعْطُونَهُمْ أَوَّلَ عَجِينِكُمْ لِتَحِلَّ الْبَرَكَةُ عَلَى بُيُوتِكُمْ.

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 وَلا يَأْكُلَنَّ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ أَيَّةِ مَيْتَةٍ أَوْ فَرِيسَةٍ، طَيْراً كَانَتْ أَوْ بَهِيمَةً.

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