Ezekiel 40

1 Ka sohchan kal u akum somni leh nga lhin kum – Jerusalem lhuh kal kum som le kum li lhin jou – Lhatun ni somni le get nin – Pakaiyin keima eituh chah kheh e.

Almost 25 years after we had been [to Babylonia], on the tenth day of the first month of that year, almost 14years after Jerusalem had been destroyed, in a vision [I felt] the power [MTY] of Yahweh on me, and he took me to Israel.

2 Pathenna konna lhagao thilmuna a chun Israel gam'a eipuijin chule mol sangtah khat chunga eitou sah e. Hiche a konna chun khopi tobang khat lhanglang gamkaija kamun ahi.

He set me on a very high mountain. On the south side of that mountain there were some buildings that appeared to be [part of] a city.

3 Aman eihin pui naijep phat chun keiman amai sum eng tobang mihem khat khopi sung lutna kelkot koma ding chu kamui. Hiche mipa chun thil tena pon'a kisem khao khat leh thil tena mol khat akichoije.

When he took there, I saw a man whose face was like [SIM] bronze. He was standing in the entrance [of a building]. He had a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand.

4 Aman kakoma aseijin, Mihem chapa, ven lang chule ngaijin. Keiman kavet sah jouse hi naijin lang lunglut tah in gellin. Keiman nangma thil tamtah kavetsah thei nadinga hiche munna hi nahung kipui lut ahi. Chuteng nangma Israel mite koma nakile kitna chule namu jouse hi amaho naseipeh ding ahi.

He said to me, “You human, look carefully at everything that I am going to show you, and pay attention to everything that I say and everything that I will show you, because that is why you have been brought here. [And then later] you must tell the Israeli people everything that you have seen [here].”

5 Keiman houin kim vel alhung keija pal kikai kamun ahi. Mipa khat chun thil tena mol khat feet som le akeh’a sao khat akichoijin chule akulbang chu aten ahileh, abang chu feet som le akeh maa sang ahi.

[In the vision I saw that] there was a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring stick in the man’s hand was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) long. He measured the wall: It was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) thick and (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) high.

6 Hichun ama solam kot langa chun achen ahi. Ama pachu kalbi a chun akallin chule kotpi bul chu aten ahile anunglang leh amalang feet som le akeh ahi.

Then he went to the entryway on the east [side of the temple]. He climbed the steps and measured the outer threshold/opening for the entryway: It was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) deep.

7 Hiche a chu khopi ngah ho umna in dan chu kelkot lampi lang toa chu kisa ahi. Hiche indan ho chu aning li a kibang ahin feet som leh akeh cheh ahi, lampi dung lhung keija chu indan khat leh khat kikah kikah chu feet get leh hopli a hopkhat cheh a kigamlat ahi. Hongcha kelkot mai asung lang patna achaina chan amalanga pat anung lang channa lampi chu feet som leh akeh ahi.

Next, there was an entry hallway with [three] (alcoves/very small rooms) along each side [where the guards stood]. Each of the alcoves was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) on each side. There was a dividing wall between each alcove that was (8-3/4 feet/2.7 meters) wide. At the end of the entry hallway was the inner threshold/opening for the entryway, (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) deep. It led to the entry room [to the inner courtyard] and faced the temple.

8 Aman hongcha kelkot lampi jong aten ahi.

Then he measured the entry room at the end of the entry hallway.

9 Hichu achaina channa feet som leh feet li ahin chule adouna feet thum leh akeh sa ahi. Hiche hongcha hin kelkot tampi kigon dungjuija houin lang amaingat ahi.

It was about (14 feet/4.2 meters) long, and its supporting columns were (3-1/2 feet/1.1 meters) thick. The entry room of the entryway was at the end of the entry hallway that faced the temple [and extended into the courtyard].

10 Hiche a chun ingah ho umna indent hum kelkot lampi jet leh veija chu umah ahi. Hiche ho chu alet aneo chule akikhenna abanglai ho jouse akibang cheh in ahi.

Inside the east entryway there were three alcoves on each side of the entry hallway. They each had the same length and width. And the measurements of the walls that divided the alcoves were all identical.

11 Mipa chun kelkot lutna lampi chu akihonna a pat availam feet somleh feet sagi leh akeh ahin chule kelkot lampi chu availam feet somni leh feet ni ahi.

Then he measured the threshold/opening for the entryway: It was (17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters) wide, and the entry hallway [between the alcoves] was (22-3/4 feet/6.9 meters) wide.

12 Khopi ngah ho umna indan khat cheh maija chun atuhna khat cheh aumin hichu inche somni leh inche khat cheh ahi. Indan khat cheh chu aning jouse feet som leh akeh ahicheh e.

In front of each alcove was a low wall about (21 inches/53 cm.) high, and the alcoves were (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) on each side.

13 Hichun aman kelkot lampi ingahho umna indan nunglang nga chu asaodan apumpia aten ahi leh asao dan chu feet somle feet thum leh hop lia hopkhat ahi.

Then he measured the width of the roof of the entrance hallway, the distance between the rear wall of one alcove to the rear wall of the opposite alcove, [including the supporting walls along each side]. It was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters).

14 Aman hongcha lampi kikah abang chu alhung keijin asaodan feet jakhat leh feet nga ahi.

Then he measured all along the dividing walls between the alcoves all along the inside of the entry hallway: It was (105 feet/31.8 meters). He measured as far as the entry room of the entryway.

15 Kelkot lampi dung lhung keijin alang khatna konna among lang khat chan chu feet somget leh feet sagi le akeh ahi.

The length from [outer] opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters).

16 Hiche a chun bangkot ho aumin choldona in lam ngan ajum jep jep in chule akihop khen nao bang ho jong aume. Hongcha sung lutna ho a jong chun bang kot ho aume. Hiche akihop khenna bang maiho chu tum thinga milim kisem in akijem pollin ahi.

There were [small] windows in the outside walls of all the alcoves, and also in the inner dividing walls between the alcoves. There were also small windows in the entry room. The dividing walls were decorated with [carvings of] palm trees.

17 Hichun mipa chun kotpi ahon chun houin leitol apolama chun eihin puilutne. Leitol bang lhung keijin keng lampi a chotpha ding song akiphan chule keng lampi lang ngan banga chun pindan somthum jen akisan ahi.

Then [in the vision] he brought me to the outer courtyard. There I saw some rooms, and a stone path/pavement along the walls around the courtyard. There were thirty rooms along the path.

18 Hiche lampi chu kelkot panga um ahin chule leitol sung banga kipat kotpi lutna chan geija kilhung lut peh ahin hichu keng lampi noinung chu ahi.

The stone path was all around the courtyard, and it extended out from the walls into the courtyard for the same distance as the entry room [of the entryway]. That was the lower path.

19 Hichun mipa chun Houin polang thutanna in kotpi polang leh asung lang alhung keijin aten ahileh asaodan chu feet jakhat leh feet som sagi le nga ahi.

Then the man measured the distance [across the outer courtyard of the temple], between the inner [entrance of] the entryway and [the wall surrounding the] inner courtyard: It was (175 feet/53 meters) [on the east side and on the north side of the courtyard].

20 Mipa chun sahlang kotpi chu solam lang khat bang bangin aten ahi.

Then he measured how long and how wide was the entryway that was on the north side, the entrance into the outer courtyard [of the temple].

21 Hilaijah jong hin khopi ngah ho choldona in alangto a thum cheh aumin, akihop khennau bang toh hitah cheh a chule dansung lutna um cheh ahi. Thil kite jouse chu solam kotpi kitena toh chun kigom khom cheh ahi. Kotpi lutna lampi chu feet somget leh feet sagi leh akeh sau ahin, chule feet somli leh feet thum hopli a hop thum len ahin, hichu bang nunglang khopi ngah ho choldona inalng ngat chan chu ahi.

There were three alcoves on each side of the entryway hall. The measurements of the alcoves, the dividing walls between the alcoves, and the entry room were the same as as those in the first entryway. The length from [outer] opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters). The entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

22 Bangkot ho a hin, hongcha ho ahin, tum thinga kijem pol ho chu ahin abonchan niso lam ngat ho chutoh alet aneu kibang cheh ahiuve. Chule kalbi dan sagi a kikhap tou ahin chule hong cha chu kotpi lampi jona asung langa chu uma ahi.

Its windows and the entry room and the palm tree [decorations all] measured the same as the ones on the east [side]. There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was at the other end of the entryway.

23 Hilaija hin sahlam ngatna kisem kelkot toh kotpi chu niso lam nga a kisem bang bangin akisem in, hiche a kon chun houin jotna thutanna insung nung polang kotpi to kigalsai laitah chun aume. Kotpi teni kikah chu feet jakhat leh somsagi leh feet nga ahi.

There was an entryway to the inner courtyard that faces the north entryway, like there was on the east [side]. The man measured [the distance] from [the north] entryway to the entryway [on the other side]; it was (175 feet/53 meters).

24 Hichun mipa lhanlang sang kotpi kimvella chun eipuilen chule amun jouse chu aten ahile sahlang sanga adangho toh chun akibang chetne.

Then he brought me through the south entryway [into the outer courtyard], and he measured it. It measured the same as the other entryways. Its alcoves, its dividing walls between the alcoves, and its entry room measured the same as the ones on the other sides.

25 Hilai ho a jong chun adangho abang bang chun bangkot anei cheh e. Chule polang thutanna lang jotna kotpi lampi kihonna a chun hongcha aume. Adangho bang bang chun kotpi lampi chu feet som get leh feet sagi leh akeh sao ahin, availam chu feet somle feet thum leh hopli a hopthum ahin, hiche khopi ngahho in ngatna nung lang bang teni kikah chu ahi.

The alcoves and the entry room had [narrow] windows along the walls, like on the other [sides]. The length [of the outer opening of the] entryway [to the far end of the entry room was] was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) and the entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

26 Kotpi chun kalbi dan sagi chung lang lhung keijin aneiye, achule asung lang a jong chun hongcha aumin chule tumthing a kijem pol chu lhungpin apangin ahi.

There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was (opposite it/at the end of the entryway facing the courtyard). It [also] had [carvings of] palm trees on the dividing walls that were between the alcoves.

27 Chule hilaijah jong hin polang kelkot toh kigalsai laitha a chun kotpi dang khat thutan indan sungnung lang jotna kotpi dang khatma aume. Kotpi teni kikah chu feet jakhat leh feet som sagilenga ahi.

The inner courtyard also had an entryway on the south [side]. He measured from that entryway to the entrance on the south [side of the outer courtyard; it was also] (175 feet/53 meters).

28 Thutanna insung nung jotna lhanglam kotpi a kipat chun mipa chun eipuije. Aten ahileh hiche kotpi jong adangho tebep bep ma ahi.

Then [in the vision] he brought me through the south entryway into the inner courtyard, and he measured the south entryway. It measured the same as the other [entryways].

29 Khopi ngahho choldona in ahin, ajotpi ho cheng ahin, chule hongcha ahin adang hotoh alet aneu kibang cheh ahiuve. Chule bang ho kimvella chun bangkot leh hongcha aum cheh e. Chule adang dang ho bangin kotpi keng lampi chu asao feet somli leh feet sagi ahin chule availam feet somli leh feet thum leh hopli a hopthum ahi.

Its alcoves [along the entry hallway], its dividing walls [between the alcoves], and its entry room measured the same as [the ones on] the other [sides]. The alcoves and the entry room had windows. The length [of the outer opening of the] entryway [to the far end of the entry room was] was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) and the entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

30 Hongcha kelkotna konna thutanna sungnung chan chu alhung keija feet somle li ahin chule availam feet som leh feet thum ahi.

The entry rooms around [the inner courtyard] were (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide and (8.7 feet/2.6 meters) long.

31 Ahongcha chun polam thutanna inden chu angat in, tumthing chu ajolpi in apange. Chule kalbi dan sagi in akikhap touve.

The entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were [carvings of] palm trees that decorated the columns, and there were eight steps [up] to the entryway.

32 Thutanna in lutna solam kotpi phung a chun amapa chun apuije. Amapan aten ahile kotpi dang ho a chutoh alet aneo akibang cheh e.

Then he led me to the east side of the inner courtyard, and he measured the entrance. It had the same measurements as the other [entrances]

33 Khopi ngah ho choldona in, ajolpi teni ahin chule hongcha ahin abonchan a dang dang ho a toh alet aneu akibang cheh in chule abang ho achun bangkot aum cheh in chule hongcha jong aume. Kotpi keng lampi chu feet somget leh feet sagi leh akeh asauvin, chule availam feet somli leh feet thum leh hopthuma hop khat ahi.

Its alcoves and dividing walls and entry room measured the same as the others.

34 Ahongcha chun polam thutanna indan chu angan ahi. Ajolpi chu tumthing kijempol ahi, chule lutna chan gei chu kalbi get akikhap touve.

Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. It also had carvings of palm trees that decorated the walls, and it had eight steps up to it.

35 Hichun aman thutanna insungnung jotna sahlang kotpi a chun eipuilen ahi. Amapan aten ahileh kotpi dang ho jouse chutoh alet aneu akibang soh keije.

Then he led me to the entrance on the north side and measured it. It measured the same as the other entrances.

36 Khopi ngah ho choldona in ajolpi ahin chule kotpi hongcha ahin abonchan alet aneu akibang soh keijin chule bangkot kisem dan jong kibang cheh ahi. Kotpi keng lampi chu feet somget leh feet sagi leh akeh sao ahin, chule availam feet somli leh feet thum leh hopli a hopthum a len ahi.

And its alcoves and walls between them and the entry room all had [small] windows in the walls. It was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) long and (43.7 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

37 Hongcha chun polang thutanna inlang angan chule tumthing kijem polla kidou ahi. Alutna a chu kalbi dan get aum tou peh e.

Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were [carvings of] palm trees that decorated its walls, and there were eight steps [up] to the entryway.

38 Kotpi hongcha akipatna kotpi sungnung a chun kotkhat aumin chule apanga chun indan khat aumin, hichea chu pumgo thilto ding sa kisop ji ahi.

[In the vision, I saw that] in the inner entry room of the north entryway there was a door to a side room. That side room was where the [carcasses of the] animals that would be burned completely [on the altar] were washed.

39 Hongcha alangto a chun dokhang ni aumin, hiche chunga chu govam thilto ding gancha ho kithat ji ahin, chonset thilto chule themmo thilto ahi.

In the entry room, there were two tables on each side [of the room]. On those tables would be slaughtered the animals that would be completely burned, and the animals for offerings for sins that people had committed, and offerings to cause people to longer be guilty for having sinned.

40 Hongcha polam sahlang lutna alangto a chun dokhang dang ni aum ben ahi.

Along the outside wall of the entry room, on each side of the steps at the opening to the entryway on the north side, were two tables.

41 Hijeh chun agomin dokhang get aumin – li asunga aumin, chule li ma apolanga aume – hiche munna chu kilhaina gantha ho chu kichen bong a chule gonsa kikoi ahi.

[So] there were four tables outside the entrance and four tables inside the entry room, on which the [animals to be] sacrificed were slaughtered.

42 Hiche a chun songa kikheng dokhang li ma aumin, hiche a chu govam thilto ding semna a kimang ji ahin, khatcheh chu inche somthum khat leh akeh adung avai kibang ahin inche somni khatna sang ahin. Hiche dokhang chunga chu govam thilto ding sasatna chem holeh sasatna dinga kimang manchah jouse kikoija ahi.

There were also four tables of cut stone for the offerings to be completely burned, (31-1/2 in./80 cm.) on each side and (21 in./53 cm.) high. On those stone tables would be placed the tools for slaughtering all the animals for the sacrifices.

43 Hiche japi kimutona in banga detchetna kikil thihkoi inche thum'a sau ho chu kikhaijah ahi. Hiche kilhaina gantha sa ho chu hiche chunga chu kikoiji ahi.

The meat for the offerings would be placed on [stone] tables. There were hooks [on which the meat was hung], each with two prongs, each (3 in./8 cm.) long, fastened to the walls [of the entry room].

44 Thutanna in sungnung sunga chu indan ni uma ahi. Khat chu sahlang kotpi a chu uma lhanglang angatna khat chu lhanglang kotpi a chu uma sahlang angat ahi.

Outside the inner entryway, inside the inner courtyard, were two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side.

45 Chule mipa chun kajah a sahlang kelkot sungnung a indan chu houin kiman chah ding dan hil lea pang thempuho umna ding ahi.

The man said to me, “The room whose door faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the work in the temple.

46 Lhanglang kelkot sunga um indan chu maicham thempuho a ding ahin – Zadok chilhah ho ahiuvin – ajeh chu amaho hin Levi te jouse thakhella amaho bou hin Pakai anailut uva ama ding kin abolpeh ji diu ahi.

The room whose door faces north is for the priests who are in charge of [the work at] the altar. They are the descendants of Zadok; they are the only descendants of Levi who are permitted to approach Yahweh while they work for him.”

47 Hichun mipa chun thutanna sungnung chu aten ahileh hichu aningli kibang ahin, feet jakhat leh feet som sagi leh feet nga a avail en ahin, agallang channa feet jakhat leh feet somsagi leh nga ahi. Maicham chu houin mai thutanna in na chu uma ahi.

Then he measured the courtyard: It was square, (175 feet/53 meters) long and (175 feet/53 meters) wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

48 Hichun amapa chun houin hongcha a chun eipuije. Amapan hongcha bang bang alang to in aten ahileh alangto in feet get leh hopli a hopthum a sau ahi. Alutna seh seh chu aten ahileh feet somni leh feet li leh akeh availam ahin chule lutna bang teni chu aten ahileh feet nga leh hoplia hopkat a sau ben ahi.

Then [in the vision] he brought me to the entry room of the temple, and measured the walls on each side of the entrance: They were (8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters) thick. The entrance was (24-1/2 feet/7.4 meters) wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were (5-1/4 feet/1.6 meters) long.

49 Hongcha chu availam feet somthum leh feet nga ahin, chule feet somni leh feet khat thuh ahi. Achung lang channa chu kalbi som chetou peh ah ahin, ajet aveija chu ajolpi uma ahi.

The entry room was (35 feet/10.6 meters) wide on each side. There were ten steps up to it, and there were pillars on each side of the entrance.