以西結書 44
1 領我回到聖殿朝東的外門，門卻關著。
THEN he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
2 他對我說：「這門必關閉不開，任何人不得由此門而入，因為上主以色列的天主已由此門而入，為此常應關閉。
Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3 至於元首，因為他是元首，惟有他可坐在裏面，在上主前進食；他由門廊的路而入，亦由原路而出。」
It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4 以後，他領我由北門到聖殿，我一看，看見上主的光榮上主的殿，我便伏地掩面。
Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.
5 上主對我說：「人子，我對你所說上主殿內的所有定和法律，你要留心，要眼看耳聽，又要注意准入聖殿的規則。
And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
6 你對叛逆的以色列家族說：吾主上主這樣說：以色列家族，你們所行的一切醜惡之事，該夠了吧!
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
7 當你們奉獻給我食品、脂肪和牲血時，竟引領心身未受割損的外方人進入我的聖所，褻瀆我的殿宇；這樣以你們的一切醜惡，破壞了我的盟約。
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
8 你們的既不在我聖所內供職，卻派他們代你們在我聖所內供職。
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 為此吾主上主這樣說：一切心身未受割損的外邦人，以及所有在以色列子民中的外邦人，不得進入我的聖所。
Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
10 至於肋未人，當以色列墮落，離開我而追隨他們的偶像時，他們也脫離了我，他們必要承認自己的罪債。
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
11 他們在我聖所內供職，只能充當看守殿門的，作的侍役，為百姓宰殺全燔祭和其他祭牲，站在他們面前，給他們服務。
Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
12 因為他們曾在百姓的偶像前給他們服務過，做了以色列家族的胖腳石，為此我必舉手反對他們──吾主上主的斷語──他們必要承擔自己的罪債。
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.
13 他們不得走近我，也不得接我的的一切聖物，和至聖之物；反要自己的羞辱和所行的一切醜惡。
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
14 我只委派他們在聖殿供職，服各種勞役，做其中應做的一切事務。
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
15 惟有那些在以色列子民墮落我時，仍然為我的聖所供職的匝多克的兒子，肋未司祭們，可走近我，服事我，侍立我前，給我奉獻脂油與牲血──吾主上主的斷語──
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:
16 他們可進入我的聖所，起近我的祭桌，服事我，奉行給我供職的事。
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
17 幾時他們進入內院的門，應身穿麻衣；當他們在內院門內或在聖殿供職時，不可穿羊毛衣。
And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18 他們頭上應戴麻布頭巾，腰間應穿麻巾褲子，不可穿容易出汗的衣服。
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
19 但他們幾時要出去到外院百姓那裏時，應脫去供職的衣服，放在聖所的廂房內，穿上別的衣服，免得因自己的祭服使百姓沾污聖潔。
And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20 你們不可剃頭，也不可讓頭髮自由生長，應該修剪頭髮。
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
21 任何司祭要進入內院時，不可飲酒。
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22 他們不可娶寡婦或棄婦為妻，應娶以色列家族的處女為妻；或娶司祭的寡婦。
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
23 廿應教訓我的百姓 區別聖與俗，知道潔與不潔。
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24 在訴訟上，他們應充任裁判，按我的法律定斷；他們在我的各種慶節上，應遵守規我的法律和規律，又應聖化我的安息日。
And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
25 他們不可走近死人，免得沾染不潔；但為父母子女、兄弟和未嫁的姊妹，可自染不潔。
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
26 在他取潔以後，再過七天，
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
27 他要進入聖所，進內院，為在聖所內供職的那一天，應奉獻贖罪祭──吾主上主的斷語──
And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God.
28 他們不可有產業；在以色列也不可分給他們地業我是他們的地業。
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
29 他們可以吃素餐，贖罪祭和贖過祭：凡在以色列所獻的禁物，都應歸於他們。
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30 各種初熟之物，和你們藉舉祭所獻的一切祭物，都應歸於司祭；此外，將你們粗麥麵中最好的一份，分與司祭，好叫祝福降在你們家庭中。
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
31 凡自然死或被猛獸撕裂的飛禽走獸，司祭都不可吃。」
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
