Ezekiel 44
1 And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.
Kemudian laki-laki itu menuntun aku lagi ke gerbang luar di sebelah timur lingkungan Rumah TUHAN. Gerbang itu tertutup,
2 And the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.
TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Gerbang ini harus tetap tertutup dan tak boleh dibuka. Tak seorang pun boleh memasukinya, sebab Aku, TUHAN Allah Israel, telah masuk ke Rumah-Ku melalui gerbang ini. Jadi, gerbang ini harus tetap tertutup.
3 But the ruler will be seated there to take his food before the Lord; he will go in by the covered way to the door, and will come out by the same way.
Akan tetapi penguasa yang memerintah boleh pergi ke gerbang itu untuk memakan makanan suci di hadapan-Ku. Dia harus masuk melalui ruang besar dan kembali melalui jalan itu juga."
4 And he took me to the north doorway in front of the house; and, looking, I saw that the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord; and I went down on my face.
Kemudian laki-laki itu membawa aku ke gerbang utara yang berhadapan dengan Rumah TUHAN. Aku memperhatikan, dan aku melihat Rumah TUHAN itu diliputi oleh cahaya kemilau yang menandakan kehadiran TUHAN. Lalu aku merebahkan diri dan sujud,
5 And the Lord said to me, Son of man, take to heart, and let your eyes see and your ears be open to everything I say to you about all the rules of the house of the Lord and all its laws; and take note of the ways into the house and all the ways out of the holy place.
dan TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Hai manusia fana, perhatikanlah baik-baik apa yang kaulihat dan yang kaudengar. Aku akan memberitahu kepadamu segala peraturan dan hukum mengenai Rumah-Ku ini. Catatlah baik-baik siapa-siapa yang diizinkan masuk Rumah-Ku dan siapa-siapa yang dilarang.
6 And say to the uncontrolled children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: O you children of Israel, let it be enough for you, among the disgusting things which you have done,
Katakanlah kepada umat Israel yang suka memberontak itu bahwa Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, tidak mau lagi membiarkan mereka berbuat najis.
7 To have let men from strange lands, without circumcision of heart or flesh, come into my holy place, making my house unclean; and to have made the offering of my food, even the fat and the blood; and in addition to all your disgusting ways, you have let my agreement be broken.
Mereka telah mencemarkan Rumah-Ku, sebab sementara lemak dan darah kurban dipersembahkan kepada-Ku, mereka mengizinkan masuk ke dalamnya orang-orang asing yang tidak disunat, dan yang tidak mentaati Aku. Dengan perbuatan-perbuatan mereka yang menjijikkan itu, mereka telah melanggar perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka.
8 And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.
Bukannya mereka sendiri yang mengadakan upacara-upacara suci dalam Rumah-Ku, melainkan orang-orang asing yang mereka tugaskan untuk melakukannya.
9 For this cause the Lord has said, No man from a strange land, without circumcision of heart and flesh, of all those who are living among the children of Israel, is to come into my holy place.
Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, mengumumkan bahwa orang asing yang tidak disunat dan orang yang tidak taat kepada-Ku, tidak diperbolehkan masuk Rumah-Ku. Itu berlaku juga untuk orang asing yang tinggal menetap di tengah-tengah bangsa Israel."
10 But as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them.
TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Aku akan menghukum orang-orang Lewi yang bersama-sama dengan orang-orang Israel lainnya, telah meninggalkan Aku dan menyembah berhala.
11 But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their servants.
Di dalam Rumah-Ku, mereka hanya boleh melayani Aku sebagai karyawan dan penjaga gerbang. Mereka boleh memotong binatang-binatang untuk kurban bakaran dan persembahan, dan mereka wajib untuk selalu melayani umat.
12 Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.
Tetapi karena mereka telah melakukan upacara penyembahan berhala untuk bangsa Israel, dan dengan cara itu menyeret bangsa itu ke dalam dosa, maka Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, bersumpah bahwa mereka harus dihukum.
13 And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.
Mereka tidak boleh lagi melayani Aku sebagai imam atau menyentuh apa yang suci bagi-Ku, atau memasuki tempat Yang Mahasuci. Itulah hukuman atas perbuatan-perbuatan najis yang telah mereka lakukan.
14 But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.
Sekarang mereka Kutugaskan untuk melakukan pekerjaan kasar yang perlu dilaksanakan di Rumah-Ku."
15 But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;
TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi berkata, "Pada waktu bangsa Israel meninggalkan Aku, imam-imam Lewi dari keturunan Zadok tetap setia melayani Aku di Rumah-Ku. Sebab itu merekalah yang sekarang harus melayani Aku dan datang ke hadapan-Ku untuk mempersembahkan lemak dan darah dari kurban-kurban.
16 They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.
Hanya mereka saja yang boleh masuk ke Rumah-Ku, melayani Aku di mezbah-Ku, dan memimpin kebaktian di Rumah-Ku.
17 And when they come in by the doorways of the inner square, they are to be clothed in linen robes; there is to be no wool on them while they are doing my work in the doorway of the inner square and inside the house.
Pada waktu mereka memasuki pintu gerbang menuju ke pelataran dalam, mereka harus memakai pakaian linen. Tak boleh mereka memakai pakaian dari wol jika sedang bertugas di pelataran dalam, atau di dalam Rumah-Ku.
18 They are to have linen head-dresses on their heads and linen trousers on their legs, and they are to have nothing round them to make their skin wet with heat.
Supaya tidak kepanasan dan berkeringat, mereka harus memakai celana linen tanpa ikat pinggang, dan ikat kepala dari linen.
19 And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.
Kalau mereka pergi ke halaman luar, di mana umat berkumpul, imam-imam itu harus menanggalkan pakaian dinas mereka di dalam kamar-kamar suci di Rumah-Ku, lalu memakai pakaian lain, supaya pakaian khusus itu tidak mencelakakan umat.
20 They are not to have all the hair cut off their heads, and they are not to let their hair get long, but they are to have the ends of their hair cut.
Para imam tidak boleh mencukur gundul kepala mereka, atau membiarkan rambutnya gondrong. Rambut itu harus dipotong pendek menurut aturan yang ditetapkan.
21 The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.
Mereka tidak boleh minum anggur kalau mau masuk ke pelataran dalam.
22 And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
Para imam hanya boleh mengawini gadis-gadis Israel yang masih perawan atau seorang janda imam. Mereka tak boleh mengawini wanita yang diceraikan.
23 And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.
Para imam harus mengajarkan kepada umat-Ku untuk membedakan mana yang dikhususkan untuk-Ku dan mana yang tidak, mana yang bersih menurut agama dan mana yang najis.
24 In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.
Kalau timbul perselisihan perkara hukum, mereka harus menyelesaikannya sesuai dengan hukum-hukum-Ku. Mereka harus merayakan pesta-pesta agama, menurut aturan-aturan dan hukum-hukum-Ku, serta menghormati Sabat sebagai hari yang khusus untuk-Ku.
25 They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.
Seorang imam tidak boleh menajiskan diri dengan menyentuh mayat, kecuali jenazah orang tuanya, anaknya, saudaranya laki-laki atau saudaranya perempuan yang belum kawin.
26 And after he has been made clean, seven days are to be numbered for him.
Setelah ia bersih kembali, ia harus menunggu tujuh hari lagi,
27 And on the day when he goes into the inner square, to do the work of the holy place, he is to make his sin-offering, says the Lord.
lalu pergi ke pelataran dalam Rumah-Ku, dan mempersembahkan kurban untuk membersihkan dirinya supaya ia boleh bertugas lagi di Rumah-Ku. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi telah berbicara.
28 And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.
Para imam menerima jabatan imam itu sebagai bagian bagi mereka dari apa yang Kuberikan kepada Israel turun-temurun. Mereka tidak boleh memiliki apa-apa di Israel: Akulah harta mereka.
29 Their food is to be the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; and everything given specially to the Lord in Israel will be theirs.
Mereka harus hidup dari persembahan gandum, kurban penghapus dosa, dan kurban ganti rugi; dan segala sesuatu yang telah dikhususkan untuk-Ku, harus diberikan kepada mereka.
30 And the best of all the first-fruits of everything, and every offering which is lifted up of all your offerings, will be for the priests: and you are to give the priest the first of your bread-making, so causing a blessing to come on your house.
Para imam harus diberi bagian yang paling baik dari segala macam hasil panen yang pertama, dan dari apa saja yang dipersembahkan kepada-Ku. Setiap kali bangsa Israel membuat roti, maka roti yang pertama adalah untuk para imam. Maka Aku akan memberkati rumah-rumah bangsa Israel.
31 The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.
Burung dan binatang-binatang lain yang mati dengan sendirinya, atau yang diterkam oleh binatang buas, tidak boleh dimakan oleh para imam."
