Ezekiel 42
1 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building, toward the north,
Ndipo yule mtu akaniongoza kuelekea kaskazini mpaka kwenye ua wa nje na kunileta mpaka kwenye vyumba vinavyoelekeana na ua wa Hekalu na kuelekeana na ukuta wa nje upande wa kaskazini.
2 even to the front of the length of a hundred cubits, with the door on the north, and the breadth of fifty cubits,
Jengo ambalo mlango wake ulielekea kaskazini lilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa mia moja na upana wa dhiraa hamsini.
3 over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court; with gallery against gallery in three stories.
Mbele ya zile dhiraa ishirini za ule ua wa ndani unaoelekeana na ile njia ya ua wa nje, kuliinuka vyumba virefu kimoja baada ya kingine vya ghorofa tatu.
4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
Mbele ya hivi vyumba kulikuwa na njia ya ndani yenye upana wa dhiraa kumi na urefu wa dhiraa mia moja. Milango yake ilikuwa upande wa kaskazini.
5 Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.
Basi vyumba vya juu vilikuwa vyembamba zaidi, kwa kuwa ujia ulichukua nafasi zaidi ndani yake kuliko katika vyumba vya sakafu ya chini na vya katikati ya jengo.
6 For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore room was taken away from the lowest and the middlemost, in comparison with the ground.
Vyumba katika ghorofa ya tatu havikuwa na nguzo, kama kumbi zilivyokuwa nazo, kwa hiyo eneo la sakafu ya vyumba vya juu lilikuwa ni dogo kuliko la sakafu ya chini na ya kati.
7 And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
Kulikuwa na ukuta wa nje uliokuwa sambamba na vile vyumba na ukumbi wa nje, ulitokeza urefu wa dhiraa hamsini.
8 For the length of the chambers that were toward the outer court was fifty cubits; and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.
Wakati safu ya vyumba katika ua wa nje vilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa hamsini, vile vyumba vilivyokuwa karibu zaidi na Hekalu vilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa mia moja.
9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.
Vyumba vya chini vilikuwa na ingilio upande wa mashariki unapoingia kutoka ukumbi wa nje.
10 In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers,
Upande wa kusini kufuata urefu wa ukuta wa ukumbi wa nje, unaopakana na ukumbi wa Hekalu na kuelekeana na ukuta wa nje, kulikuwa na vyumba
11 with a way before them; like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they, with all their goings out, and according to their fashions; and as their doors,
vyenye ujia unayopita mbele yake. Hivi vilifanana na vile vyumba vya upande wa kaskazini, vilikuwa na urefu na upana ulio sawa, mahali pa kutokea na vipimo vyake vilikuwa sawa. Kama ilivyokuwa milango ya upande wa kaskazini,
12 so were also the doors of the chambers that were toward the south, there was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall, toward the way from the east, as one entereth into them.
ndivyo ilivyokuwa milango ya vyumba vya upande wa kusini. Kulikuwa na ingilio kuanzia mwanzo wa njia ambao ulikuwa sambamba na ukuta wa pili uliokuwa upande wa mashariki, ambako ndiko kwa kuingia vyumbani.
13 Then said he unto me: 'The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things; there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering; for the place is holy.
Kisha akaniambia, “Vyumba vya upande wa kaskazini na vya upande wa kusini ambavyo vinaelekeana na ukumbi wa Hekalu ni vyumba vya makuhani, mahali ambapo wale makuhani ambao humkaribia Bwana watakula zile sadaka takatifu sana. Huko ndiko watakakoweka zile sadaka takatifu sana, yaani, sadaka za nafaka, sadaka za dhambi na sadaka za hatia, kwa kuwa mahali ni patakatifu.
14 When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister, for they are holy; and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people.'
Mara makuhani waingiapo mahali patakatifu, hawaruhusiwi kwenda kwenye ukumbi wa nje mpaka wayaache mavazi ambayo walivaa wakiwa wanahudumu, kwa kuwa hayo mavazi ni matakatifu. Inawapasa kuvaa mavazi mengine kabla hawajakaribia eneo lililo wazi kwa ajili ya watu.”
15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
Alipomaliza kupima vile vilivyokuwa katika eneo la ndani la Hekalu, akanitoa nje kupitia lango la upande wa mashariki na kupima eneo lote linalozunguka:
16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
Akapima upande wa mashariki kwa ule ufito wa kupimia, nao ulikuwa dhiraa 500
17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
Akapima upande wa kaskazini, nao ulikuwa dhiraa 500 kwa ufito ule wa kupimia.
18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
Tena akapima upande wa kusini, nao ulikuwa dhiraa 500 kwa ufito ule wa kupimia.
19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Kisha akageukia upande wa magharibi na kuupima, ulikuwa dhiraa 500 kwa ufito ule wa kupimia.
20 He measured it by the four sides; it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
Hivyo akapima eneo katika pande zote nne. Lilikuwa na ukuta kulizunguka wenye urefu wa dhiraa 500 na upana wa dhiraa 500, uliotenganisha mahali Patakatifu na eneo la watu wote.
