以西结书 40
1 我们被掳掠第二十五年，耶路撒冷城攻破后十四年，正在年初，月之初十日，耶和华的灵降在我身上，他把我带到以色列地。
At the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month of the twenty-fifth year of our exile, (fourteenth years after Jerusalem had been captured), was the exact day that the Lord's power came over me and he took me there to the city.
2 在 神的异象中带我到以色列地，安置在至高的山上；在山上的南边有仿佛一座城建立。
God took me to the country of Israel in vision and set me down on a very high mountain. On the south side of the mountain there were buildings that seemed to be a city.
3 他带我到那里，见有一人，颜色如铜，手拿麻绳和量度的竿，站在门口。
When he took me there I saw a man who looked like shining bronze. He was holding a linen cord and a measuring rod as he stood in the entrance way.
4 那人对我说：“人子啊，凡我所指示你的，你都要用眼看，用耳听，并要放在心上。我带你到这里来，特为要指示你；凡你所见的，你都要告诉以色列家。”
“Son of man,” he told me, “watch with your eyes, listen with your ears. Concentrate on everything I'm about to show you, because that's the reason you were brought here. You are to explain to the people of Israel what you've been shown, everything you see.”
5 我见殿四围有墙。那人手拿量度的竿，长六肘，每肘是一肘零一掌。他用竿量墙，厚一竿，高一竿。
I could see a wall that surrounded the Temple. The measuring rod the man was holding was six long cubits in length (a long cubit is a cubit plus a handbreadth). He measured the wall as six cubits thick and six cubits high.
6 他到了朝东的门，就上门的台阶，量门的这槛，宽一竿；又量门的那槛，宽一竿。
Then he went up the steps of the east-facing gate. He measured the gate's threshold as six cubits deep.
7 又有卫房，每房长一竿，宽一竿，相隔五肘。门槛，就是挨着向殿的廊门槛，宽一竿。
Beyond that were alcoves that measured six cubits by six cubits, with five cubits between the alcoves. The threshold of the inside entrance facing the porch measured six cubits.
8 他又量向殿门的廊子，宽一竿。
Then he measured the entrance porch.
9 又量门廊，宽八肘，墙柱厚二肘；那门的廊子向着殿。
It was eight cubits deep, and its posts were two cubits thick. The entrance porch faced the Temple.
10 东门洞有卫房：这旁三间，那旁三间，都是一样的尺寸；这边的柱子和那边的柱子，也是一样的尺寸。
There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate entrance that all measured the same. The posts on each side also measured the same.
11 他量门口，宽十肘，长十三肘。
He measured the width of the entrance gateway as ten cubits. It was thirteen cubits long.
12 卫房前展出的境界：这边一肘，那边一肘；卫房这边六肘，那边六肘。
A wall one cubit high was in front of alcove, and the alcoves measured six cubits by six cubits.
13 又量门洞，从这卫房顶的后檐到那卫房顶的后檐，宽二十五肘；卫房门与门相对。
Then he measured the entrance gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the one opposite. It was twenty-five cubits from one doorway to the opposite doorway.
14 又量廊子六十肘，墙柱外是院子，有廊为界，在门洞两边。
Then he measured the distance between the posts as sixty cubits. The gateway led all the way around to the courtyard.
15 从大门口到内廊前，共五十肘。
It was fifty cubits from the gateway entrance to the far side of the inside porch.
16 卫房和门洞两旁柱间并廊子，都有严紧的窗棂；里边都有窗棂，柱上有雕刻的棕树。
The alcoves and their pillars had narrow windows on all of the inside of the gateway. The porches also had windows on all of the inside. All the posts were decorated with palm tree designs.
17 他带我到外院，见院的四围有铺石地；铺石地上有屋子三十间。
He took me into the outer courtyard. I saw rooms and a pavement had been constructed around the courtyard. There were thirty rooms facing the pavement.
18 铺石地，就是矮铺石地在各门洞两旁，以门洞的长短为度。
This was termed the lower pavement and it extended along the sides of the gateways and was the same length as them.
19 他从下门量到内院外，共宽一百肘，东面北面都是如此。
He measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the far side of the inner courtyard as one hundred cubits, both to the east side and the north.
20 他量外院朝北的门，长宽若干。
He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer courtyard that faced north.
21 门洞的卫房，这旁三间，那旁三间。门洞的柱子和廊子，与第一门的尺寸一样。门洞长五十肘，宽二十五肘。
Its three alcoves on both sides, its posts, and its porch all measured the same as the first gateway and was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
22 其窗棂和廊子，并雕刻的棕树，与朝东的门尺寸一样。登七层台阶上到这门，前面有廊子。
Its windows, porch, and palm tree decorations were the same as those of the east-facing gate. It had seven steps leading up to it, with its porch facing them.
23 内院有门与这门相对，北面东面都是如此。他从这门量到那门，共一百肘。
There was an entrance to the inner courtyard facing the north gate, just like the east gate. He measured the distance from the entrance to the gate as a hundred cubits.
24 他带我往南去，见朝南有门，又照先前的尺寸量门洞的柱子和廊子。
He took me to the south side, and I saw a gateway that faced south. He measured its posts and its porch, and they measured the same as those previously.
25 门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂，和先量的窗棂一样。门洞长五十肘，宽二十五肘。
Both the gateway and its porch had windows all around it that were like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
26 登七层台阶上到这门，前面有廊子；柱上有雕刻的棕树，这边一棵，那边一棵。
It had seven steps leading up to it, and its porch faced them. It had one post on each side with palm tree designs on them.
27 内院朝南有门。从这门量到朝南的那门，共一百肘。
The inner courtyard also had an entrance facing south, and he measured the distance from the entrance to the south gate as a hundred cubits.
28 他带我从南门到内院，就照先前的尺寸量南门。
He took me into the inner courtyard through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It measured the same as those previously.
29 卫房和柱子，并廊子都照先前的尺寸。门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂。门洞长五十肘，宽二十五肘。
Its alcoves, posts, and porch had the same measurements as those previously. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
30 周围有廊子，长二十五肘，宽五肘。
(The other surrounding porches measured twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)
31 廊子朝着外院，柱上有雕刻的棕树。登八层台阶上到这门。
Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and its pillars were decorated with palm tree designs. It had eight steps leading up to it.
32 他带我到内院的东面，就照先前的尺寸量东门。
He took me to the inner courtyard on the east side. He measured the gateway and it measured the same as those previously.
33 卫房和柱子，并廊子都照先前的尺寸。门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂。门洞长五十肘，宽二十五肘。
Its alcoves, posts, and porch measured the same as those previously. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
34 廊子朝着外院。门洞两旁的柱子都有雕刻的棕树。登八层台阶上到这门。
Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and its posts were decorated with palm tree designs. It had eight steps leading up to it.
35 他带我到北门，就照先前的尺寸量那门，
He took me to the north gate and measured it. It measured the same as those previously,
36 就是量卫房和柱子，并廊子。门洞周围都有窗棂；门洞长五十肘，宽二十五肘。
including its alcoves, posts, and porch. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
37 廊柱朝着外院。门洞两旁的柱子都有雕刻的棕树。登八层台阶上到这门。
Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and its posts were decorated with palm tree designs on all sides. It had eight steps leading up to it.
38 门洞的柱旁有屋子和门；祭司在那里洗燔祭牲。
A room with a doorway stood beside by the porch of the inner gateways. This was where the burnt offering was washed.
39 在门廊内，这边有两张桌子，那边有两张桌子，在其上可以宰杀燔祭牲、赎罪祭牲，和赎愆祭牲。
Inside the gateway porch were two tables on both sides, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.
40 上到朝北的门口，这边有两张桌子，门廊那边也有两张桌子。
Outside, on the way up to the entrance of the north gateway, were two tables on one side of the gate's porch and two tables on the other side.
41 门这边有四张桌子，那边有四张桌子，共八张；在其上祭司宰杀牺牲。
So there were four tables on the inside the of gateway and another four outside, making a total of eight tables. This is where the sacrifices were slaughtered.
42 为燔祭牲有四张桌子，是凿过的石头做成的，长一肘半，宽一肘半，高一肘。祭司将宰杀燔祭牲和平安祭牲所用的器皿放在其上。
There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering. They each measured one and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and a cubit high. The tools used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices were placed on these tables.
43 有钩子，宽一掌，钉在廊内的四围。桌子上有牺牲的肉。
Hooks measuring the width of a hand were attached to the walls inside the room. The meat of the offering was to be placed on the tables.
44 在北门旁，内院里有屋子，为歌唱的人而设。这屋子朝南；在南门旁，又有一间朝北。
Outside the inner gate but inside the inner courtyard were two rooms. One was beside the north gate and faced south; the other beside the south gate and faced north.
45 他对我说：“这朝南的屋子是为看守殿宇的祭司；
The man told me: “The room that faces south is for the priests in charge of the Temple,
46 那朝北的屋子是为看守祭坛的祭司。这些祭司是利未人中撒督的子孙，近前来事奉耶和华的。”
and the room that faces north is for the priests in charge of the altar. These priests are the descendants of Zadok and are the only Levites who are allowed to come near to the Lord and minister before him.”
47 他又量内院，长一百肘，宽一百肘，是见方的。祭坛在殿前。
He measured the square courtyard: a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.
48 于是他带我到殿前的廊子，量廊子的墙柱。这面厚五肘，那面厚五肘。门两旁，这边三肘，那边三肘。
He took me to the Temple porch and measured the pillars of the porch as five cubits on each side. The gateway was fourteen cubits wide and its sides measured three cubits.
49 廊子长二十肘，宽十一肘。上廊子有台阶。靠近墙柱又有柱子，这边一根，那边一根。
The porch was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and had ten steps leading up to it. There were columns by the posts, one on both sides.
