Ezekiel 44
1 And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.
こうして、彼はわたしを連れて、聖所の東に向いている外の門に帰ると、門は閉じてあった。
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.
彼はわたしに言った、「この門は閉じたままにしておけ、開いてはならない。ここからだれもはいってはならない。イスラエルの神、主が、ここからはいったのだから、これは閉じたままにしておけ。
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.
ただ君たる者だけが、この内に座し、主の前でパンを食し、門の廊を通ってはいり、またそこから外に出よ」。
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.
彼はまたわたしを連れて、北の門の道から宮の前に行った。わたしが見ていると、見よ、主の栄光が主の宮に満ちた。わたしがひれ伏すと、
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.
主はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、主の宮のすべてのおきてと、そのすべての規定とについて、わたしがあなたに告げるすべての事に心をとめ、目を注ぎ、耳を傾けよ。また宮にはいることを許されている者と、聖所にはいることのできない者とに心せよ。
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,
また反逆の家であるイスラエルの家に言え。主なる神は、こう言われる、イスラエルの家よ、その憎むべきことをやめよ。
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.
すなわちあなたがたは、わたしの食物である脂肪と血とがささげられる時、心にも肉にも、割礼を受けない異邦人を入れて、わが聖所におらせ、これを汚した。また、もろもろの憎むべきものをもって、わが契約を破った。
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.
あなたがたは、わが聖なる物を守る務を怠り、かえって異邦人を立てて、わが聖所の務を守らせた。
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.
それゆえ、主なる神は、こう言われる、イスラエルの人々のうちにいるすべての異邦人のうち、心と肉とに割礼を受けないすべての者は、わが聖所にはいってはならない。
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.
またレビ人であって、イスラエルが迷った時、偶像を慕い、わたしから迷い出て、遠く離れた者は、その罪を負わなければならない。
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.
すなわち彼らはわが聖所で、仕え人となり、宮の門を守る者となり、宮に仕えるしもべとなり、民のために、燔祭および犠牲のものを殺し、彼らの前に立って仕えなければならない。
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.
彼らはその偶像の前で民に仕え、イスラエルの家にとって、罪のつまずきとなったゆえ、主なる神は言われる、わたしは彼らについて誓った。彼らはその罪を負わなければならない。
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.
彼らはわたしに近づき、祭司として、わたしに仕えることはできない。またわたしの聖なる物、および最も聖なる物に、近づいてはならない。彼らはそのおこなった憎むべきことのため、恥を負わなければならない。
14 But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.
しかし彼らには、宮を守る務をさせ、そのもろもろの務と、宮でなすべきすべての事とに当らせる。
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;
しかしザドクの子孫であるレビの祭司たち、すなわちイスラエルの人々が、わたしを捨てて迷った時に、わが聖所の務を守った者どもは、わたしに仕えるために近づき、脂肪と血とをわたしにささげるために、わたしの前に立てと、主なる神は言われる。
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.
すなわち彼らはわが聖所に入り、わが台に近づいてわたしに仕え、わたしの務を守る。
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.
彼らが内庭の門にはいる時は、麻の衣服を着なければならない。内庭の門および宮の内で、務をなす時は、毛織物を身につけてはならない。
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.
また頭には亜麻布の冠をつけ、腰には亜麻布の袴をつけなければならない。ただし汗の出るような衣を身につけてはならない。
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.
彼らは外庭に出る時、すなわち外庭に出て民に接する時は、務をなす時の衣服は脱いで聖なる室に置き、ほかの衣服を着なければならない。これはその衣服をもって、その聖なることを民にうつさないためである。
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.
彼らはまた頭をそってはならない。また髪を長くのばしてはならない。その頭の髪は切らなければならない。
21 The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.
祭司はすべて内庭にはいる時は、酒を飲んではならない。
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.
また寡婦、および出された女をめとってはならない。ただイスラエルの家の血統の処女、あるいは祭司の妻で、やもめになったものをめとらなければならない。
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.
彼らはわが民に、聖と俗との区別を教え、汚れたものと、清いものとの区別を示さなければならない。
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.
争いのある時は、さばきのために立ち、わがおきてにしたがってさばき、また、わたしのもろもろの祭の時は、彼らはわが律法と定めを守り、わが安息日を、聖別しなければならない。
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.
死人に近づいて、身を汚してはならない。ただ父のため、母のため、むすこのため、娘のため、兄弟のため、夫をもたない姉妹のためには、近よって身を汚すことも許される。
26 And after he has been made clean, seven days are to be numbered for him.
このような人は、汚れた後、自身のために、七日の期間を数えよ。そうすれば清まる。
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.
彼は聖所に入り、内庭に行き、聖所で務に当る日には、罪祭をささげなければならないと、主なる神は言われる。
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.
彼らには嗣業はない。わたしがその嗣業である。あなたがたはイスラエルの中で、彼らに所有を与えてはならない。わたしが彼らの所有である。
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.
彼らは素祭、罪祭、愆祭の物を食べる。すべてイスラエルのうちのささげられた物は彼らの物となる。
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.
すべての物の初なりの初物、およびすべてあなたがたのささげるもろもろのささげ物は、みな祭司のものとなる。またあなたがたの麦粉の初物は祭司に与えよ。これはあなたがたの家が、祝福されるためである。
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.
祭司は、鳥でも獣でも、すべて自然に死んだもの、または裂き殺されたものを食べてはならない。
