حِزْقِيال 44

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

Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and 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 shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no one shall pass through it; for the Lord God of Israel shall enter by it, and it shall be shut.

٣ 3 إِنَّمَا الرَّئِيسُ لِكَوْنِهِ رَئِيساً يَجْلِسُ فِي مَدْخَلِهِ لِيَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْهِ عَنْ طَرِيقِ رُوَاقِ الْبَابِ، وَمِنْ ذَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ يَعُودُ.

For the prince, he shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord; he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go forth by the way of the same.

٤ 4 ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي عَنْ طَرِيقِ بَابِ الشِّمَال إِلَى أَمَامِ الْهَيْكَلِ. فَالْتَفَتُّ حَوْلِي وَإذَا بِي أَرَى مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ يَغْمُرُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ، فَانْطَرَحْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي.

And he brought me in by the way of the gate that looks northward, in front of the house: and I looked, and, behold, the house was full of the glory of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.

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.

And the Lord said to me, Son of man, attend with thine heart, and see with [thine] eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say to thee, according to all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the regulations thereof; and thou shalt attend well to the entrance of the house, according to all its outlets, in all the holy things.

٦ 6 وَقُلْ لِلْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ، لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: يَكْفِيكُمْ جَمِيعُ رَجَاسَاتِكُمْ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

And thou shalt say to the provoking house, [even] to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you [to have committed] all your iniquities, 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.

that ye have brought in aliens, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to profane it, when ye offered bread, flesh, and blood; and ye transgressed my covenant by all your iniquities;

٨ 8 وَلَمْ تَتَوَلَّوْا بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حِرَاسَةَ مُقَدَّسَاتِي، بَلْ عَهِدْتُمْ بِها إِلَى غُرَبَاءَ بَدَلاً عَنْكُمْ لِيَحْرُسُوا مَقْدِسِي.

and ye appointed [others] to keep the charges in my sanctuary.

٩ 9 لِذَلِكَ لَا يَدْخُلُ مَقْدِسِي غَرِيبٌ غَيْرُ مَخْتُونِ الْقَلْبِ وَاللَّحْمِ مِنَ الْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَينَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; No alien, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of all the children of strangers that are in the midst of the house of Israel.

١٠ 10 حَتَّى اللّاوِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ ابْتَعَدُوا عَنِّي حِينَ ضَلَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَرَاءَ أَصْنَامِهِ يَحْمِلُونَ عِقَابَ إِثْمِهِمْ.

But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even bear their iniquity.

١١ 11 فَيَكُونُونَ خُدَّاماً فِي الْهَيْكَلِ وَكَحُرَّاسٍ لأَبْوَابِهِ وَخُدَّامٍ لَهُ. هُمْ يَذْبَحُونَ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَالْقُرْبَانَ لِلشَّعْبِ وَيَخْدِمُونَهُمْ،

yet they shall minister in my sanctuary, [being] porters at the gates of the house, and serving the house: they shall slay the victims and the whole-burnt-offerings for the people, and they shall stand before the people 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 to them before their idols, and it became to the house of Israel a punishment of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith 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.

And they shall not draw nigh to me to minister to me in the priests' office, nor to approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor [to approach] my holy of holies: but they shall bear their reproach for the error wherein they erred.

١٤ 14 لَكِنْ أُكَلِّفُهُمْ بِحِرَاسَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَبِكُلِّ خِدْمَةٍ سِوَاهَا مِنْ أَعْمَالِ الصِّيَانَةِ.

They shall bring them to keep the charges of the house, for all the service of it, and for all that they shall do.

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.

The priests the Levites, the sons of Sadduc, who kept the charges of my sanctuary when the house of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw night to me to minister to me, and shall stand before my face, to offer sacrifice to me, the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God.

١٦ 16 هُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ مَقْدِسِي وَيَتَقَدَّمُونَ إِلَى مَائِدَتِي لِخِدْمَتِي وَلِلْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى شَعَائِرِي.

These shall enter into my sanctuary, and these shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charges.

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.

And it shall come to pass when they enter the gates of the inner court, [that] they shall put on linen robes; and they shall not put on woollen garments when they minister at the gate of the inner court.

١٨ 18 وَيَتَعَمَّمُونَ بِعَمَائِمَ كَتَّانِيَّةٍ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَيَرْتَدُونَ سَرَاوِيلَ كَتَّانِيَّةً أَيْضاً عَلَى أَحْقَائِهِمْ وَلا يَلْبَسُونَ مَا يَجْعَلُ الْعَرَقَ يَنِزُّ مِنْ أَجْسَامِهِمْ.

And they shall have linen mitres upon their heads, and shall have linen drawers upon their loins; and they shall not tightly gird themselves.

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.

And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their robes, in which they minister; and they shall lay them up in the chambers of the sanctuary, and shall put on other robes, and they shall not sanctify the people with their robes.

٢٠ 20 وَلا يَحْلِقُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ وَلا يُرْخُونَ خُصَلاً، بَلْ يَجُزُّونَ شَعْرَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ.

And they shall not shave their heads, nor shall they pluck off their hair; they shall carefully cover their heads.

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

And no priest shall drink any wine, when they go into the inner court.

٢٢ 22 وَلا يَتَزَوَّجُ الْكَهَنَةُ أَرْمَلَةً وَلا مُطَلَّقَةً، بَلْ يَتَزَوَّجُونَ فَتَيَاتٍ عَذَارَى مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَوْ أَرْمَلَةَ كَاهِنٍ.

Neither shall they take to themselves to wife a widow, or one that is put away, but a virgin of the seed of Israel: but if there should happen to be a priest's widow, they shall take [her].

٢٣ 23 وَيُعَلِّمُونَ شَعْبِي التَّمْيِيزَ بَيْنَ الْمُقَدَّسِ وَالْمُبَاحِ، وَيُعَرِّفُونَهُمُ النَّجِسَ مِنَ الطَّاهِرِ.

And they shall teach my people [to distinguish] between holy and profane, and they shall make known to them [the difference] between unclean and clean.

٢٤ 24 وَيَكُونُونَ قُضَاةً فِي الْخِصَامِ، فَيَحْكُمُونَ بِمُقْتَضَى أَحْكَامِي، وَيُمَارِسُونَ شَرَائِعِي وَفَرَائِضِي فِي كُلِّ مَوَاسِمِ أَعْيَادِي وَيُقَدِّسُونَ أَيَّامَ سُبُوتِي.

And these shall attend at a judgment of blood to decide it: they shall rightly observe my ordinances, and judge my judgments, and keep my statutes and my commandments in all my feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

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.

And they shall not go in to the dead body of a man to defile themselves: only [a priest] may defile himself for a father, or for a mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, or for a brother, or for his sister, who has not been married.

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ تَطْهِيرِهِ،

And after he has been cleansed, let him number to himself seven days.

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

And on whatsoever day they shall enter into the inner court to minister in the holy place, they shall bring a propitiation, saith the Lord God.

٢٨ 28 وَلا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ مِيرَاثٌ، لأَنِّي أَنَا مِيرَاثُهُمْ. وَلا تُعْطُونَهُمْ نَصِيباً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنِّي نَصِيبُهُمْ.

And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and no possession shall be given them among the children of Israel; for I am their possession.

٢٩ 29 وَيَكُونُ طَعَامُهُمْ مِنْ تَقْدِمَاتِ الْحُبُوبِ وَذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَذَبِيحَةِ الإِثْمِ وَكُلِّ تَقْدِمَةٍ مُخَصَّصَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And these shall eat the meat-offerings, and the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings; and every special offering in Israel shall be theirs.

٣٠ 30 وَتَكُونُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ أَيْضاً كُلُّ بَاكُورَةٍ مِنْ بَاكُورَاتِ غَلّاتِكُمْ وَنِتَاجِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ صُنُوفِ تَقْدِمَاتِكُمْ وَتُعْطُونَهُمْ أَوَّلَ عَجِينِكُمْ لِتَحِلَّ الْبَرَكَةُ عَلَى بُيُوتِكُمْ.

[And] the first-fruits of all things, and the first-born of all [animals] and all offerings, of all your first-fruits there shall be [a share] for the priests; and ye shall give your earliest produce to the priest, to bring your blessings upon your houses.

٣١ 31 وَلا يَأْكُلَنَّ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ أَيَّةِ مَيْتَةٍ أَوْ فَرِيسَةٍ، طَيْراً كَانَتْ أَوْ بَهِيمَةً.

And the priests shall eat no bird or beast that dies of itself, or is taken of wild beasts.