< Ezekiel 43 >

1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, euen the gate that turneth towarde the East.
領我到了面朝東的門那裏。
2 And beholde, the glorie of the God of Israel came from out of the East, whose voyce was like a noyse of great waters, and the earth was made light with his glorie.
看,以色列天主的光榮由東方而來,有一種響聲,像大水的澎湃聲,大地也因他的光榮而炫耀。
3 And the vision which I saw was like the vision, euen as the vision that I sawe when I came to destroy the citie: and the visions were like the vision that I sawe by the riuer Chebar: and I fell vpon my face.
我所見的神視與我前次來摧毀城市時所見的神視相似,神視的情形也與我以前在革巴爾河畔所見的神視一樣。於是我就伏地掩面。
4 And the glorie of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate, whose prospect is towarde the East.
上主的光榮由朝東的門進入聖殿。
5 So the Spirite tooke me vp and brought me into the inner court, and beholde, the glorie of the Lord filled the house.
神力將我提起,領我進入內院。看,上主的充滿了聖殿。
6 And I heard one speaking vnto me out of the house: and there stoode a man by me,
當那人站在我身旁時,我聽見殿內有一位向我說話的,
7 Which saide vnto me, Sonne of man, this place is my throne, and the place of the soles of my feete, whereas I will dwell among the children of Israel for euer, and the house of Israel shall no more defile mine holy Name, neither they, nor their Kings by their fornication, nor by the carkeises of their Kings in their high places.
對我說:「人子,這是安放我寶座的地方,這是我腳掌所踏的地方,我願在這裏永遠住在以色列子民中。以色列家族,他們和他們的的君王,不再以淫亂和自己君王的屍體,玷污我的聖名。
8 Albeit they set their thresholdes by my thresholdes, and their postes by my postes (for there was but a wall betweene me and them) yet haue they defiled mine holy Name with their abominations, that they haue committed: wherfore I haue consumed them in my wrath.
因為他們靠著我的門限安置他們的門限,在我與他們之間僅有一牆之隔。他們曾以自己所行的邪惡之事玷污了我的聖名,為此,我發怒將他們予以消滅。
9 Now therefore let them put away their fornication, and the carkeises of their Kings farre from me, and I will dwell among them for euer.
現今他們要從我面前,除去他們的淫亂和君王的屍體,這樣我要永遠住在他們中。
10 Thou sonne of man, shew this House to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their wickednes, and let them measure ye paterne.
人子,你要向以色列家族闡述這聖殿,使他們對自己的所行感到慚愧;闡述聖殿的完美和構造,
11 And if they be ashamed of all that they haue done, shew them the forme of the House, and ye paterne thereof, and the going out thereof, and the coming in thereof, and the whole fashion thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the figures thereof, and all the lawes thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keepe the whole fashion thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
叫他們對自己的所行的醜事而感到慚愧。你要劃出殿的圖形、結構、出路、進口和所有的式樣,並將各種規定和和種法律告知他們,在他們眼前寫出好叫他們遵守各種法律和規定,一一奉行。
12 This is the description of the house, It shalbe vpon the toppe of the mount: all the limites thereof round about shalbe most holy. Beholde, this is the description of the house.
這是關於聖殿的規定:山頂周圍所有之地,是神聖不可侵犯的。
13 And these are the measures of the Altar, after the cubites, the cubite is a cubite, and an had breadth, euen the bottome shalbe a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, and the border thereof by the edge thereof rounde about shalbe a spanne: and this shalbe the height of the altar.
祭壇按肘──肘為一肘加一掌──的尺寸如下:底座高一肘,邊寬一肘,在底座四周邊緣有一掌深的溝漕:這是壇座。
14 And from the bottome which toucheth the ground to the lower piece shalbe two cubites: and the breadth one cubite, and from the litle piece to the great piece shalbe foure cubites, and the breadth one cubite.
地上的底座到下層台座高二肘,邊寬一肘;從小台座到大台座高四肘,邊寬一肘。
15 So the altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar vpward shalbe foure hornes.
至於壇爐,高四肘;壇爐之上有四個角突出,高一肘。
16 And the altar shalbe twelue cubites long, and twelue broade, and fouresquare in the foure corners thereof.
壇爐一二肘畏,十二肘寬;四面成一正方形。
17 And ye frame shalbe foureteene cubites log, and fourteene broade in the fouresquare corners thereof, and the border about it shalbe halfe a cubite, and the bottome therof shalbe a cubite about, and the steps thereof shalbe turned towarde ye East.
台座十四肘長,面面共十四肘寬;四周有半肘的溝槽;周圍還有寬一肘的底座。石階向東。
18 And he said vnto me, Sone of man, thus saith ye Lord God, These are ye ordinances of ye altar in the day when they shall make it to offer the burnt offring thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
以後他向我說:「人子,吾主上主這樣說:祭壇造成之日,在上面獻全燔祭和灑血的規定如下:
19 And thou shalt giue to the Priestes, and to the Leuites, that be of the seede of Zadok, which approch vnto me, to minister vnto me, saith the Lord God, a yong bullocke for a sinne offring.
你應給那走近我事奉我的匝多克的後裔肋未司祭──吾主上主的斷語──一頭牛犢,獻為贖罪祭。
20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the foure hornes of it, and on the foure corners of the frame, and vpon the border round about: thus shalt thou clense it, and reconcile it.
你要取血塗在祭壇的四角,台座的四角和周圍的溝槽上,應這樣為祭壇贖罪取潔。
21 Thou shalt take the bullocke also of the sinne offring, and burne it in the appointed place of the house without the Sanctuarie.
此外,再取一頭公牛作贖罪祭,在聖殿固定的地方,聖所之外,將牠焚化。
22 But the second day thou shalt offer an hee goat without blemish for a sinne offring, and they shall clense ye altar, as they did clense it with the bullocke.
第二天要獻一隻無瑕的小公山羊為贖罪祭,如獻公牛犢所行的一樣,為祭壇取潔。
23 When thou hast made an ende of clensing it, thou shalt offer a yong bullocke without blemish, and a ram out of the flocke without blemish.
你行完贖罪祭之後,應獻一頭無瑕的公牛和羊群中一隻無瑕瑕的公羊,
24 And thou shalt offer them before ye Lord, and the Priestes shall cast salt vpon them, and they shall offer them for a burnt offring vnto ye Lord.
把牠獻在上主前,司祭在上面撒上鹽,獻予上主為全燔祭。
25 Seuen dayes shalt thou prepare euery day an hee goate for a sinne offring: they shall also prepare a yong bullocke and a ramme out of the flocke, without blemish.
七天之久,你應每天獻一隻公山羊為贖罪祭,還應獻一頭公牛和羊群中一隻公羊,都應純潔無瑕。
26 Thus shall they seuen dayes purifie the altar, and clense it, and consecrate it.
七天之久為祭壇贖罪取潔,予以祝聖。
27 And when these dayes are expired, vpon the eight day and so forth, the Priests shall make your burnt offrings vpon the altar, and your peace offrings, and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.
這日期滿了,即第八日及以後,司祭才可以在祭壇上奉獻你們的全燔祭與和平祭,如此我才喜悅你們──吾主上主的斷語。」

< Ezekiel 43 >