Ezekiel 44

1 The man took me back to the outside gate of the sanctuary that faced to the east, but it was shut.

١ ثُمَّ أَرْجَعَنِي إِلَى طَرِيقِ بَابِ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ ٱلْخَارِجِيِّ ٱلْمُتَّجِهِ لِلْمَشْرِقِ، وَهُوَ مُغْلَقٌ.

2 The Lord told me, “This gate will stay shut. It is not be opened. No one is allowed to come in through it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has passed through it. So it will stay shut.

٢ فَقَالَ لِيَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَذَا ٱلْبَابُ يَكُونُ مُغْلَقًا، لَا يُفْتَحُ وَلَا يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ إِنْسَانٌ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ دَخَلَ مِنْهُ فَيَكُونُ مُغْلَقًا.

3 The prince himself is permitted to come and sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the Lord. He is to come in through the gateway's porch and leave the same way.”

٣ اَلرَّئِيسُ ٱلرَّئِيسُ هُوَ يَجْلِسُ فِيهِ لِيَأْكُلَ خُبْزًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. مِنْ طَرِيقِ رِوَاقِ ٱلْبَابِ يَدْخُلُ، وَمِنْ طَرِيقِهِ يَخْرُجُ».

4 The man took me to the front of the Temple through the north gate. As I looked, I saw the glory of the Lord filling his Temple, and I fell with my face to the ground.

٤ ثُمَّ أَتَى بِي فِي طَرِيقِ بَابِ ٱلشِّمَالِ إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْبَيْتِ، فَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا بِمَجْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَدْ مَلَأَ بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَخَرَرْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي.

5 The Lord told me, “Son of man, concentrate! Keep your eyes open! Listen carefully to everything I tell you about all the regulations and laws of the Lord's Temple. Pay close attention to the Temple entrance and all the exits of the sanctuary.

٥ فَقَالَ لِي ٱلرَّبُّ: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ وَٱنْظُرْ بِعَيْنَيْكَ وَٱسْمَعْ بِأُذُنَيْكَ كُلَّ مَا أَقُولُهُ لَكَ عَنْ كُلِّ فَرَائِضِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَعَنْ كُلِّ سُنَنِهِ، وَٱجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ عَلَى مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَيْتِ مَعَ كُلِّ مَخَارِجِ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ.

6 Tell those rebels, the people of Israel, that this is what the Lord God says: I've had more than enough of all your disgusting sins, people of Israel!

٦ وَقُلْ لِلْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ، لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: يَكْفِيكُمْ كُلُّ رَجَاسَاتِكُمْ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

7 As well as all your other offensive practices, you invited unconverted, pagan foreigners to come into my sanctuary. You made my Temple unclean even while you offered food to me, the fat and the blood. You broke my agreement.

٧ بِإِدْخَالِكُمْ أَبْنَاءَ ٱلْغَرِيبِ ٱلْغُلْفَ ٱلْقُلُوبِ ٱلْغُلْفَ ٱللَّحْمِ لِيَكُونُوا فِي مَقْدِسِي، فَيُنَجِّسُوا بَيْتِي بِتَقْرِيبِكُمْ خُبْزِي ٱلشَّحْمَ وَٱلدَّمَ. فَنَقَضُوا عَهْدِي فَوْقَ كُلِّ رَجَاسَاتِكُمْ.

8 In addition you have not taken care of my sanctuary as you were required to, but instead you employed others to look after my sanctuary for you.

٨ وَلَمْ تَحْرُسُوا حِرَاسَةَ أَقْدَاسِي، بَلْ أَقَمْتُمْ حُرَّاسًا يَحْرُسُونَ عَنْكُمْ فِي مَقْدِسِي.

9 This is what the Lord God says: No unconverted, pagan foreigners are allowed to enter my sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives with the Israelites.

٩ «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱبْنُ ٱلْغَرِيبِ أَغْلَفُ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَأَغْلَفُ ٱللَّحْمِ لَا يَدْخُلُ مَقْدِسِي، مِنْ كُلِّ ٱبْنٍ غَرِيبٍ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ وَسْطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

10 The Levites who abandoned me when Israel turned from worshiping me and went off to follow their idols will experience the consequences of their sins.

١٠ بَلِ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱبْتَعَدُوا عَنِّي حِينَ ضَلَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ، فَضَلُّوا عَنِّي وَرَاءَ أَصْنَامِهِمْ، يَحْمِلُونَ إِثْمَهُمْ.

11 However, they will serve in my sanctuary, supervising the Temple gates and working in the Temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and sacrifices brought by the people and be there to serve them.

١١ وَيَكُونُونَ خُدَّامًا فِي مَقْدِسِي، حُرَّاسَ أَبْوَابِ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَخُدَّامَ ٱلْبَيْتِ. هُمْ يَذْبَحُونَ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ وَٱلذَّبِيحَةَ لِلشَّعْبِ، وَهُمْ يَقِفُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ لِيَخْدِمُوهُمْ.

12 But because they served the people in front of their idols and encouraged the people of Israel to sin, I held up my hand to promise on oath that they would experience the consequences of their sin, declares the Lord God.

١٢ لِأَنَّهُمْ خَدَمُوهُمْ أَمَامَ أَصْنَامِهِمْ وَكَانُوا مَعْثَرَةَ إِثْمٍ لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. لِذَلِكَ رَفَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَيْهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، فَيَحْمِلُونَ إِثْمَهُمْ.

13 They are not allowed to come near me to serve me as priests, and they are not to touch anything I regard as holy or most holy. They will have to experience the shame of the disgusting sins they committed.

١٣ وَلَا يَتَقَرَّبُونَ إِلَيَّ لِيَكْهَنُوا لِي، وَلَا لِلِٱقْتِرَابِ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَقْدَاسِي إِلَى قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ، بَلْ يَحْمِلُونَ خِزْيَهُمْ وَرَجَاسَاتِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلُوهَا.

14 However, I will put them in charge of all Temple work and everything that needs to be done there.

١٤ وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ حَارِسِي حِرَاسَةَ ٱلْبَيْتِ لِكُلِّ خِدْمَةٍ لِكُلِّ مَا يُعْمَلُ فِيهِ.

15 It is the Levitical priests, descended from Zadok and who took care of my sanctuary when the Israelites abandoned me, are the ones to come near to me and minister before me. They will stand in my presence to offer me fat and blood, declares the Lord God.

١٥ «أَمَّا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ أَبْنَاءُ صَادُوقَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَرَسُوا حِرَاسَةَ مَقْدِسِي حِينَ ضَلَّ عَنِّي بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهُمْ يَتَقَدَّمُونَ إِلَيَّ لِيَخْدِمُونِي، وَيَقِفُونَ أَمَامِي لِيُقَرِّبُوا لِي ٱلشَّحْمَ وَٱلدَّمَ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

16 Only they are allowed to enter my sanctuary and approach my table to minister before me. They will do what I say.

١٦ هُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ مَقْدِسِي وَيَتَقَدَّمُونَ إِلَى مَائِدَتِي لِيَخْدِمُونِي وَيَحْرُسُوا حِرَاسَتِي.

17 When they come in through the entrances of the inner courtyard, they shall wear linen garments. They must not wear any woolen clothes when they serve at the entrances of the inner courtyard or inside the Temple.

١٧ وَيَكُونُ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِمْ أَبْوَابَ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ، أَنَّهُمْ يَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا مِنْ كَتَّانٍ، وَلَا يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ صُوفٌ عِنْدَ خِدْمَتِهِمْ فِي أَبْوَابِ ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ وَمِنْ دَاخِلٍ.

18 They shall wear linen turbans on their heads and linen underwear. They are not to wear anything that makes them sweat.

١٨ وَلْتَكُنْ عَصَائِبُ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَلْتَكُنْ سَرَاوِيلُ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ عَلَى أَحْقَائِهِمْ. لَا يَتَنَطَّقُونَ بِمَا يُعَرِّقُ.

19 When they go to the outer court where the people are, they must take off their priestly clothes they wore when they were serving, and leave them in the holy rooms. They are to put on other clothes so that they don't carry holiness to the people with their clothing.

١٩ وَعِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ، إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ، يَخْلَعُونَ ثِيَابَهُمُ ٱلَّتِي خَدَمُوا بِهَا، وَيَضَعُونَهَا فِي مَخَادِعِ ٱلْقُدْسِ، ثُمَّ يَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا أُخْرَى وَلَا يُقَدِّسُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ بِثِيَابِهِمْ.

20 They are not permitted to shave their heads or let their hair grow long; they must have a proper haircut.

٢٠ وَلَا يَحْلِقُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ، وَلَا يُرَبُّونَ خُصَلًا، بَلْ يَجُزُّونَ شَعْرَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ جَزًّا.

21 No priest shall drink wine before he enters the inner courtyard.

٢١ وَلَا يَشْرَبُ كَاهِنٌ خَمْرًا عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ.

22 They are not to marry a woman who is a widow or divorced; they can only marry a virgin of Israelite descent, or a widow of a priest.

٢٢ وَلَا يَأْخُذُونَ أَرْمَلَةً وَلَا مُطَلَّقَةً زَوْجَةً، بَلْ يَتَّخِذُونَ عَذَارَى مِنْ نَسْلِ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَوْ أَرْمَلَةً ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ أَرْمَلَةَ كَاهِنٍ.

23 They are to teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, and explain to them how to distinguish between what is clean and what is unclean.

٢٣ وَيُرُونَ شَعْبِي ٱلتَّمْيِيزَ بَيْنَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ وَٱلْمُحَلَّلِ، وَيُعَلِّمُونَهُمُ ٱلتَّمْيِيزَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّجِسِ وَٱلطَّاهِرِ.

24 They are to serve as judges in legal cases, and base their decisions on my laws. They are to follow my instructions and regulations regarding all my regular religious festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.

٢٤ وَفِي ٱلْخِصَامِ هُمْ يَقِفُونَ لِلْحُكْمِ، وَيَحْكُمُونَ حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِي، وَيَحْفَظُونَ شَرَائِعِي وَفَرَائِضِي فِي كُلِّ مَوَاسِمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ سُبُوتِي.

25 A priest must not make himself unclean by going near a dead body. However, if it's his father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or a sister that's not married, then he may do so.

٢٥ وَلَا يَدْنُوا مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ مَيِّتٍ فَيَتَنَجَّسُوا. أَمَّا لِأَبٍ أَوْ أُمٍّ أَوِ ٱبْنٍ أَوِ ٱبْنَةٍ أَوْ أَخٍ أَوْ أُخْتٍ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِرَجُلٍ يَتَنَجَّسُونَ.

26 Afterwards, once he is purified, he must wait for seven days.

٢٦ وَبَعْدَ تَطْهِيرِهِ يَحْسِبُونَ لَهُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

27 Then when he enters the sanctuary, going into the inner courtyard and ministering there in the sanctuary, he has to present his sin offering, declares the Lord God.

٢٧ وَفِي يَوْمِ دُخُولِهِ إِلَى ٱلْقُدْسِ إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ لِيَخْدِمَ فِي ٱلْقُدْسِ، يُقَرِّبُ ذَبِيحَتَهُ عَنِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

28 Regarding their share of the land, I will take care of them. You are not to give them any property in Israel, because I will provide for them.

٢٨ وَيَكُونُ لَهُمْ مِيرَاثًا. أَنَا مِيرَاثُهُمْ. وَلَا تُعْطُونَهُمْ مِلْكًا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَنَا مِلْكُهُمْ.

29 They are to eat the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. Everything brought by the people of Israel and dedicated to the Lord will be theirs.

٢٩ يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةَ وَذَبِيحَةَ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ وَذَبِيحَةَ ٱلْإِثْمِ، وَكُلُّ مُحَرَّمٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ لَهُمْ.

30 The best of all the firstfruits and all your offerings are for the priests. You shall give the first loaf you bake to the priest, so that your home may be blessed.

٣٠ وَأَوَائِلُ كُلِّ ٱلْبَاكُورَاتِ جَمِيعِهَا، وَكُلُّ رَفِيعَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ رَفَائِعِكُمْ تَكُونُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ. وَتُعْطُونَ ٱلْكَاهِنَ أَوَائِلَ عَجِينِكُمْ لِتَحِلَّ ٱلْبَرَكَةُ عَلَى بَيْتِكَ.

31 The priests are not permitted to eat any bird or animal found dead or killed by wild beasts.”

٣١ لَا يَأْكُلُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ مِنْ مَيِّتَةٍ وَلَا مِنْ فَرِيسَةٍ، طَيْرًا كَانَتْ أَوْ بَهِيمَةً.