Ezekiel 44
1 Hathnukkhu hmuen kathounge hmuen, kanîtholah kangvawi e takhang koelah na ceikhai teh, haw e takhang teh ka kâtaren e lah ao.
Then [in the vision] the man brought me back to the outer entryway to the temple [area], the one on the east side, but the outer entrance was shut.
2 BAWIPA ni hete takhang teh taren e lah ao vaiteh, paawng mahoeh, apihai kâen awh mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA Isarel Cathut a kâen toung dawkvah, taren e lah ao han.
Yahweh said to me, “This entrance must remain shut. It must not be opened [by anyone]; no one will be permitted to enter it. It must remain shut because [I], Yahweh, the God of Israel, have [caused it to be sacred by] entering through it.
3 Bawi teh bawi lah ao dawkvah, BAWIPA Cathut e hmalah a canei hanelah hote tho koe a tahung han. Bawi teh vaikhap koehoi a kâen tâco han telah a ti.
Only the king [of Israel] will be permitted to sit inside this entryway to eat food in the presence of Yahweh. But he will must enter and leave [the temple area] through the entry room of this entryway.”
4 Hahoi atunglah kangvawi e takhang bawkim e hmalah, na ceikhai. Ka khet nah khenhaw! BAWIPA e im teh BAWIPA a bawilennae hoi akawi teh, pakhup lah ka tabo.
Then the man brought me through the north entryway to the front of the temple. I looked and saw that the glory of Yahweh filled his temple, and I prostrated myself on the ground.
5 BAWIPA ni tami capa BAWIPA e im dawk kâlawk hoi phunglam pueng ka dei e hah thaihaw! imthung kâennae tho hoi takhang e hmuen koehoi tâconae thonaw pueng hah ka hawi lah pâkuemh.
Yahweh said to me, “You human, look carefully, and listen carefully to everything that I tell you about all the regulations concerning the temple. Note carefully the temple entrance and all the exits.
6 Taran ka thaw e Isarel imthung koevah, hettelah na dei han, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, Oe! nangmouh Isarel imthungnaw, na khinnae bout na thap sin hanelah, miphun alouke, lungthin hoi takthai lahoi vuensom ka a hoeh e,
Say this to the rebellious Israeli people: ‘This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: You Israeli people, I will no longer endure the detestable things that you do!
7 Kaie vaiyei, satui, thinaw na poe awh navah, hmuen kathoung kaie im roeroe khin sak hanelah na kâen awh teh, ka lawkkamnae na ek awh e dawkvah, panuet na thonae pueng hah pâpout e lah awm lawi na seh.
In addition to all the other detestable things that you do, you brought into my temple foreign men who had not been circumcised and who were godless [IDM]. By doing that, you caused my temple to be an unacceptable place to worship me, while you offered food and fat and blood, and you disobeyed my agreement with you.
8 Kathounge kaie hno hah na ring awh hoeh, hete miphun alouknaw heh, kaie hmuen kathoung dawkvah nangmae yueng lah karingkung lah na hruek awh.
Instead of doing what I commanded you to do in regard to my holy things, you appointed foreigners to be in charge of my temple.
9 Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, ram louk e apihai lungthin hoi takthai hoi vuensom ka a hoeh e Isarelnaw dawk e ram alouke tami pueng teh, kaie hmuen kathoung dawk kâen mahoeh.
But this is what [I], Yahweh, have said: No foreigners, no men who are not circumcised, no godless people are permitted to enter my temple, not even foreigners who live among you [Israelis permanently].
10 Levih miphun, Isarel meikaphawk pâlei hoi a kâva awh lahun nah, kai koehoi kahlatpoung lah ka cet tangcoung naw ni a payonnae hah a phu awh han.
[Most of] the descendants of Levi abandoned me along with [most of] the Israeli people, and started to worship idols. They must be punished for their sin.
11 Hateiteh, kai hmuen kathoung dawk thaw katawkkung lah ao awh vaiteh, im longkhanaw hah a ring awh vaiteh, impui thung vah thaw a tawk awh han, taminaw hanelah hmaisawi thuengnae hoi sathei a poe awh vaiteh, thaw a tawk pouh awh hanelah a hmalah a kangdue awh han.
They are [still] permitted to work in my temple and to be in charge of the entrances of the temple, and they are permitted to slaughter the animals that will be completely burned on the altar, and [to burn other] sacrifices for the people, and they will [be able to] help the people.
12 Amamae meikaphawk hmalah thaw a tawk pouh awh teh, Isarel imthung hanelah payonnae thung vah rawpnae doeh. Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh taranlahoi ka kut ka dâw teh, a payonae a phu awh roeroe han telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei.
But because they helped the people to worship idols and caused [many of] the Israeli people [MTY] to sin [by worshiping idols], I have lifted up my arm and solemnly declared that they must be punished for their sin.
13 Hottelah kai koe vaihma thaw a tawk hanelah, na hnai awh mahoeh. Kathounge kaie hno hoi kathounghoehe kaie hnonaw rek na hnai thai awh mahoeh. Yeiraiponae hoi panuettho e hno a sak awh e hah a phu awh han.
They must not come near me to serve as priests. They must not come near any sacred things or the holy offerings. They must be ashamed of the shameful things that they did.
14 Hat nakunghai, hote thaw tawk sak hanelah kaawm e pueng tawk hanelah, bawkim ka khenyawnkung lah thaw ka poe han.
But I will still put them in charge of the work in the temple and allow them to do all the work that needs to be done there.
15 Hateiteh, vaihma Levih miphun Zadok capa, kai koehoi Isarelnaw lam a phen awh nah, kaie hmuen kathoung karingkungnaw hah teh, ka thaw a tawk awh hanelah rek na hnai awh han, a thithaw poe hanelah, ka hmalah a kangdue awh han telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei.
But [most of] the priests who are descendants of Levi and from the clan of Zadok worked in my temple when the [other] Israelis abandoned me. [So they] are permitted to come near to me to work for me. They will stand in my presence to offer [sacrifices of animals’] fat and blood.
16 Hmuen kathoung dawk a kâen awh han, kai hane thaw tawk hanelah, kaie caboi a hnai awh han, kaie thaw katawkkung lah ao awh han.
They [are the only ones who] are permitted to enter my temple. They are [the only ones who are] permitted to come near my altar to serve me and do what I tell them to do.
17 Ahnimouh ni a thung patuen e thongma dawk e takhang koehoi a kâen awh navah, loukloukkaang e hoi sak e angkidung hah a khohna awh han. Athung e thongma thung thaw a tawk awh navah, tumuen angki khohnat awh mahoeh.
When they enter [one of] the entrances into the inner courtyard, they must wear linen clothes. They must not wear any clothes [made] of wool while they do their work at the entrances of the inner courtyard or inside [the temple].
18 A lû dawk lukkarei luhuem a huem awh vaiteh, a keng dawk lukkarei hnadung a hna awh han. Lahuntui ka tâcawt sak e banghai khohnat awh mahoeh.
They must have linen turbans [wrapped] around their heads and wrap linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that would cause them to perspire.
19 Taminaw a onae koe thongma koe lah a tâco toteh, thaw a tawk nah a khohna e hah a rading awh vaiteh, kathounge rakhannaw dawk a hruek awh vaiteh, alouke a khohna awh han, kathounge khohna hoi taminaw thoung sak mahoeh.
Before they go out into the outer courtyard where [other] people are, they must take off the clothes that they have been wearing and leave them in the sacred rooms, and they must put on other clothes, in order that the other people are not punished because of [their touching] the sacred clothes.
20 Ahnimae sam luengpalueng lah ngaw mahoeh, kasawpoung lah hlung awh mahoeh, a ngaw awh han.
The priests must not shave their heads or allow their hair to become long; but they must regularly trim [the edges of] their hair.
21 Vaihma ni athung patuen e rakhan dawk a kâen toteh, misurtui net mahoeh.
Priests must not drink wine before they enter the inner courtyard.
22 Lahmainunaw hoi kâpaluen awh mahoeh, a vâ ni amae napui hoi kâpaluen mahoeh, Isarel miphun tanglakacuem hoi vaihma ni a due takhai e lahmai hoi a kâpaluen awh han.
[Also], priests must not marry widows [of men who were not priests] or women who have been divorced. [Priests are permitted to marry only] Israeli [MTY] virgins or widows of [other] priests.
23 Kaie ka taminaw hah kathounge hoi kathounghoehe a kapek thai awh teh panue sak hanelah na cangkhai awh han.
Priests must teach the people the difference between things that are holy/sacred and things that are not, and they must teach them the difference between things that are acceptable to me and things that are not.
24 Kamcannae ao nah lawkceng awh han, kai ni lawkceng e boiboe lah a ceng awh han, kaie pawi hnin thapa tangkuem dawk phunglawk hoi kâlawk a tarawi awh han, kaie sabbath hai a ya awh han.
When there are disputes [between people], the priests are the ones who must be the judges and decide according to my laws what must be done. They must obey all my laws and decrees concerning the sacred festivals, and they must keep my Sabbath days (holy/set apart).
25 Ma hoi ma kâkhinsak nahanelah, tami ro hah hnai awh mahoeh, a manu, a napa, a canu, a capa, a hmaunawngha tongpa, a tawncanu a vâ ka sak hoeh rae naw hane teh a kâkhinsak thai han.
A priest is permitted to go near the corpse of his father or his mother or his son or his daughter or his brother or his unmarried sister; but he is still defiled by doing that. But a priest must not defile himself by going near a corpse of anyone else.
26 Hahoi a kamthoung hnukkhu hnin sari touh ao han.
But [even] if a priest touches the corpse [of a close relative, he must perform the rituals to become acceptable to serve me again]. After he performs those rituals, he must wait seven days.
27 A thoungnae hmuen koe thaw a tawk hanelah, athung patuen lae thongma a thoungnae hmuen koelah a kâen hnin vah, yonthanae sathei a thueng han telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei.
Then, on the day that he enters the inner courtyard [again] to serve me in the temple, he must give an offering to remove his guilt for his sin. [That is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.
28 Râw lah coe han e talai banghai tawn awh mahoeh, bangkongtetpawiteh, a coe awh e teh kai doeh toe. Isarel dawk ham banghai na poe awh mahoeh, a coe awh e teh kai doeh toe.
The priests are not permitted to own any property. They will have only what I [provide for them].
29 Thueng e vaiyei hoi, yon thuengnae sathei, kâtapoe thuengnae sathei hah a ca awh han, Isarelnaw koe lawkkam e thueng e hnonaw pueng ahnimae râw lah ao han.
They will eat the offerings [other people make] from grain, offerings to remove people’s guilt for having sinned, and offerings made when people fail to give to Yahweh the things that they are required to give. Everything [else] in Israel that is completely dedicated to [me], Yahweh, will belong to the priests.
30 Aluepaw kahawipoungnaw hoi, thueng e naw thung dawk kahawipoungnaw hah vaihmanaw ni a coe awh han, ahni ni nange im dawk, yawhawinae a pha sak nahanelah, tavai ahmaloe kanawk e hah vaihma koevah na poe awh han.
The best fruits of the first part of each harvest and all the [other] special gifts that are given to me will belong to the priests. You must give them the first part of your finely-ground flour, in order that I will bless [the people who live in] [MTY] your houses.
31 Tava hai thoseh, moithang hai thoseh amahmawk kadout e, sarang ni a kei e ro hah vaihmanaw ni cat mahoeh.
Priests must not eat the flesh of any bird or animal that was found dead or that has been killed by wild animals.’”
