Ezekiel 44
1 And he turned me back, toward the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary, which looked toward the east. And it was closed.
Entonces me volvió a llevar hacia la puerta externa del Santuario ubicada hacia el oriente. Estaba cerrada.
2 And the Lord said to me: “This gate will be closed; it will not be opened. And man shall not cross through it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it, and it shall be closed
Y Yavé me dijo: Esta puerta estará cerrada. No se abrirá, ni algún hombre entrará por ella, porque Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel entró por ella. Por tanto estará cerrada.
3 to the prince. The prince himself will sit at it, so that he may eat bread before the Lord; he will enter by the way of the vestibule of the gate, and he will depart by the same way.”
En cuanto al gobernante, por ser el gobernante, se sentará allí para comer pan delante de Yavé. Entrará por el patio de la puerta. Por el mismo camino saldrá.
4 And he led me in, along the way of the north gate, in the sight of the house. And I saw, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. And I fell upon my face.
Me llevó por delante del Templo hacia la puerta del norte. Vi que la gloria de Yavé llenó la Casa de Yavé, y caí sobre mi rostro.
5 And the Lord said to me: “Son of man, set within your heart, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I am speaking to you about all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord and about all its laws. And set your heart upon the ways of the temple, along all the exits of the sanctuary.
Y Yavé me dijo: Hijo de hombre, considera bien. Mira con tus ojos y escucha con tus oídos todo lo que Yo te explico sobre todas las Ordenanzas y las Leyes para la Casa de Yavé. Considera bien las entradas a la Casa y cada una de las salidas del Santuario.
6 And you shall say to the house of Israel, which provokes me: Thus says the Lord God: Let all your wicked deeds be sufficient for you, O house of Israel.
Y dirás a los rebeldes, a la Casa de Israel: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¡Oh Casa de Israel! Basta ya de todas sus repugnancias
7 For you bring in foreign sons, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, so that they may be in my sanctuary and may defile my house. And you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood, yet you have broken my covenant by all your wicked deeds.
que cometieron al traer extranjeros, incircuncisos de corazón y de carne, a fin de que estén en mi Santuario para profanar mi Casa cuando ofrecen mi pan, la grasa y la sangre, con lo cual, con todas sus repugnancias, invalidan mi Pacto.
8 And you have not observed the precepts of my sanctuary, yet you have stationed observers of my vigil in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Pues no guardaron lo establecido con respecto a mis cosas santas, sino pusieron extranjeros como encargados de mi Santuario.
9 Thus says the Lord God: Any foreigner, any foreign son who is in the midst of the sons of Israel, who is uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall not enter into my sanctuary.
ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ningún extranjero, incircunciso de corazón y de carne, entrará en mi Santuario, ningún extranjero que viva con los hijos de Israel.
10 And as for the Levites, they have withdrawn far away from me, in the errors of the sons of Israel, and they have gone astray from me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.
En cuanto a los levitas que se apartaron de Mí cuando Israel se alejó de Mí y siguió tras sus ídolos, llevarán su castigo por su iniquidad.
11 They will be caretakers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers at the gates of the house, and ministers to the house. They will slay the holocausts and the victims of the people. And they will stand before them, so that they may minister to them.
Sin embargo, serán ministros en mi Santuario como porteros de la Casa y servidores de ella. Matarán el holocausto y los sacrificios para el pueblo y estarán en pie delante de ellos para servirles.
12 But because they ministered to them in the sight their idols, and they became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, for this reason, I have lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God, and they will bear their iniquity.
Porque les sirvieron delante de sus ídolos y fueron una piedra de tropiezo de iniquidad para la Casa de Israel. Por tanto juré contra ellos que sufrirían el castigo por su iniquidad, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.
13 And they shall not draw near to me, so as to exercise the priesthood for me, and they shall not approach to any of my holy things, which are near the Holy of Holies. Instead, they will bear their shame and their wicked deeds, which they committed.
No se acercarán a Mí para servirme como sacerdotes, ni se acercarán a ninguna de mis cosas santas. Sin embargo llevarán su vergüenza por las repugnancias que cometieron.
14 And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all its ministries and for all that will be done within it.
No obstante los designo como encargados de la custodia de la Casa para todo el servicio de ella y todo lo que en ella se haga.
15 But the priests and the Levites who are the sons of Zadok, who observed the ceremonies of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw near to me, so that they may minister for me. And they shall stand in my sight, so that they may offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.
Pero los sacerdotes levitas hijos de Sadoc que guardaron mi Ordenanza para el Santuario cuando los hijos de Israel se apartaron de Mí, ellos se acercarán a Mí para ofrecerme la grasa y la sangre, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.
16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall draw near to my table, so that they may minister for me, and so that they may observe my ceremonies.
Ellos entrarán en mi Santuario, se acercarán a mi mesa para servirme y guardarán mis Ordenanzas.
17 And when they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. Neither shall anything woolen be placed over them, when they minister within the gates of the inner and the outer court.
Cuando entren por las puertas del patio interno se vestirán con ropas de lino. No llevarán sobre ellos cosas de lana cuando ministren en las puertas del patio interno y dentro del Templo.
18 They shall have linen bands on their heads, and linen undergarments over their loins, and they shall not be girded so as to sweat.
Llevarán turbantes de lino sobre sus cabezas y calzoncillos de lino sobre su cintura. No se atarán alguna cosa que cause sudor.
19 And when they go forth to the outer court to the people, they shall strip off their vestments, in which they ministered, and they shall place them in the storeroom of the sanctuary, and they shall clothe themselves with other garments. And they shall not sanctify the people in their vestments.
Cuando salgan al patio externo, al patio donde está el pueblo, se quitarán las ropas con las cuales ministraban y las depositarán en las cámaras del Santuario. Se vestirán con otras ropas, para no santificar al pueblo con sus ropas.
20 Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads.
No se raparán sus cabezas, ni se dejarán crecer libremente el cabello. Solo lo recortarán.
21 And no priest shall drink wine, when he will be entering into the inner court.
Ninguno de los sacerdotes beberá vino cuando entre en el patio interno.
22 And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.
No tomarán a una viuda ni a una repudiada como esposa, sino tomarán para ellos vírgenes del linaje de la Casa de Israel, o una viuda de sacerdote.
23 And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and defiled, and they shall distinguish for them between clean and unclean.
Además, enseñarán a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo santo y lo profano, y entre lo impuro y lo puro.
24 And when there has been a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and they shall judge. They shall observe my laws and my precepts, in all my solemnities, and they shall sanctify my Sabbaths.
En los casos de pleito, ellos se levantarán para juzgar. Juzgarán según mis Preceptos, guardarán mis Leyes y mis Estatutos en todos mis lugares señalados y santificarán mis sábados.
25 And they shall not enter to a dead person, lest they be defiled, except to father or mother, or son or daughter, or brother, or to a sister who does not have another man. By these, they may become unclean.
No se acercarán a un cadáver para no contaminarse. Solo por el padre o por la madre, por el hijo o por la hija, por el hermano o por la hermana que no tuvo esposo pueden contaminarse.
26 And after he will have been cleansed, they shall number for him seven days.
Después que sea purificado, le contarán siete días.
27 And on the day when he enters into the sanctuary, to the inner court, so that he may minister to me in the sanctuary, he shall make an offering because of his offense, says the Lord God.
El día cuando entre al Santuario, al patio interno, para ministrar en el Santuario, ofrecerá su sacrificio que apacigua, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.
28 And there shall be no inheritance for them. I am their inheritance. And you shall not give them any possession in Israel. For I am their possession.
Ellos tendrán su heredad. Yo soy su heredad. Pero no les darán posesión en Israel. Yo soy su posesión.
29 They shall eat the victim both for sin and for offenses. And every vowed offering in Israel shall be theirs.
Comerán la ofrenda vegetal, la ofrenda por el pecado y la ofrenda por la culpa. Todo animal dedicado en Israel será de ellos.
30 And the first-fruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations out of all that is offered, shall belong to the priests. And you shall give the first-fruits of your foods to the priest, so that he may return a blessing to your house.
Las primicias de todos los primeros frutos de todo, y toda ofrenda de todo lo que se presente de todas las cosechas de ustedes, serán de los sacerdotes. También darás al sacerdote las primicias de tu masa para que en tu casa repose una bendición.
31 The priests shall not consume anything which has died on its own, or which was seized by a beast, whether from the fowl or the cattle.”
Los sacerdotes no comerán algún animal mortecino o destrozado, sean aves o cuadrúpedos.
