Ezekiel 43
1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east;
Yule mtu kisha akanileta hata kwenye lango lililokuwa linaelekea mashariki.
2 and, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east; and His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth did shine with His glory.
Tazama! Utukufu wa Mungu wa Israeli ukaja kutoka mashariki; sauti yake ilikuwa kama sauti ya maji mengi, na nchi iling'aa kwa utukufu wake.
3 And the appearance of the vision which I saw was like the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
Yalikuwa yanalingana na sura ya ono nililolona, kulingana na ono nililokuwa nimeliona wakati alipokuja kuuteketeza mji, na maono yalikuwa kama maono ambayo niliyokuwa nimeyaona Keberi Kanali nikaanguka kifudi fudi.
4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Hivyo utukufu wa Yahwe ukaja kwenye nyumba ya karibu na njia ya lango lililokuwa wazi kwa upande wa magharibi.
5 And a spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Kisha Roho akanichukua na kunileta kwenye ua wa ndanni. Tazama! Utukufu wa Yahwe ulikuwa umeijaza nyumba.
6 And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man stood by me.
Mtu alisimama karibu na mimi, na nikamsikia mtu mwingine akizungumza na mimi kutoka kwenye nyumba.
7 And He said unto me: 'Son of man, this is the place of My throne, and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever; and the house of Israel shall no more defile My holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their harlotry, and by the carcasses of their kings in their high places;
Akanambia, “Mwanadamu, hapa ndipo mahali pangu pa enzi na mahali kwa ajili ya ya miguu yangu, ambapo nitaishi kati ya watu wa Israeli milele. Nyumba ya Israeli haitalikufuru tena jina langu takatifu-wao au wafalme wao katika mahali patakatifu pao.
8 in their setting of their threshold by My threshold, and their door-post beside My door-post, and there was but the wall between Me and them; and they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed; wherefore I have consumed them in Mine anger.
Hawatalikufuru tena jina langu takatifu kwa kuweka kizingiti chao karibu na kizingiti changu, na nguzo yao ya lango karibu na nguzo yangu ya lango, bila kitu lakini ukuta kati yangu na wao. Wamelikufuru jina langu kwa matendo yao machafu, hivyo nimewala kwa hasira yangu.
9 Now let them put away their harlotry, and the carcasses of their kings, far from Me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
Sasa waache waondoe udanganyifu wao na maiti za wafalme wao kutoka kwangu, na nitaishi katikati yao milele.
10 Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure accurately.
Mwanadamu, wewe mwenyewe utaiambia nyumba ya Israeli kuhusu nyumba hii hivyo watajiskia aibu ya uovu wao. Wanaweza kutafakari kuhusu haya maelezo.
11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof, and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
Kwa kuwa wameaibika kwa yote waliyoyafanya, kisha waonyeshe mchoro wa nyumba, maelezo yake, matokeo yake, maingio yake, na mchoro wake, sheria zake zote na kanuni. Kisha andika hivi chini mbele ya macho yao ili waweze kutunza michoro yote na kanuni zake zote, hivyo kama wazitiivo.
12 This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
Hii ndiyo sheria kwa ajili ya nyumba: Kutoka kwenye kilele cha mlima hata mpaka wote unaoizunguka, patakuwa patakatifu sana. Tazama! Hii ndiyo sheria kwa ajili ya nyumba.
13 And these are the measures of the altar by cubits — the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.
Hivi vitakuwa vipimo vya madhabahu katika dhiraa-hiyo dhiraa kuwa dhiraa ya kawaida na urefu wa kiganja. Hivyo mfereji ulio uzunguka madhabahu utakuwa dhiraa moja chini, na upana wake pia utakuwa dhiraa moja. Mpaka wa karibu uizungukayo machinjio shubiri moja. Hii itakuwa kitako cha madhabahu.
14 And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
Usawa wa kutoka kwenye mferji hadi kwenye machinijo ya chini ya madhabahu itakuwa dhiraa mbili, na hiyo machinjio yenyewe itakuwa dhiraa moja upana. Kisha kutoka machinjio madogo hadi kwenye machinjio makubwa ya madhabahu, itakuwa dhiraa nne, na machinjio makubwa yatakuwa dhraa moja upana.
15 And the hearth shall be four cubits; and from the hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
Meko juu ya madhabahu kwa ajili ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa ni dhiraa nne juu, na kuna pembe nne zilizoelekea juu kwenye meku.
16 And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
Meku ina dhiraa kumi na moja urefu na dhiraa kumi na mbili upana, za mraba.
17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.'
Mpaka wake ni dhiraa kumi na nne urefu na dhiraa kumi na nne upana pande zake zote nne, na ukingo wake ni nusu dhiraa upana. Mfereji ni dhiraa moja upana kuzuka kote pamoja na ngazi zielekeazo mashariki.”
18 And He said unto me: 'Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, and to dash blood against it.
Kisha akanambia, “Mwanadamu, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Hizi ndizo sheria kwa ajili ya madhabahu katika siku watakayoitengeza, kwa ajili kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwenye hiyo, na kwa jili ya kunyunyiza damu juu yake.
19 Thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who are near unto Me, to minister unto Me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin-offering.
Utatoa ng'ombe kutoka kwenye kundi kama sadaka ya dhambi kwa ajili ya Walawi makuhani ambao ni uzao wa Zadoki, wale wajao karibu nami kunitumikia-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.
20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about; thus shalt thou purify it and make atonement for it.
Kisha utachukua baadhi ya damu yake na kuiweka juu pembe nne za madhabahu na pande nne za machinjio na kuuzunguka ukingo; utaitakasa na kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili yake.
21 Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
Kisha chukua ng'ombe kama sadaka ya dhambi na iteketezwe katika eneneo lililotengwa la nje ya patakatifu.
22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall purify the altar, as they did purify it with the bullock.
Kisha katika siku ya pili utatoa mbuzi dume asiyekuwa na dosari kutoka kundini kama sadaka ya dhambi; makuhani wataisafisha madhabahu kama walivyoisafisha kwa ng'ombe.
23 When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Utakapomaliza kusafisha, toa ng'ombe asiyekuwa na dosari kutoka kwenye mifugo na kondoo dume asiyekuwa na dosari kutoka kundini.
24 And thou shalt present them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto the LORD.
Watoe mbele ya Yahwe; makuhani watanyunyiza chumvi juu yao na kuwainua juu kama sadaka ya kutekezwa kwa Yahwe.
25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering; they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
Utaandaa mbuzi dume kama sadaka ya dhambi kila siku kwa mda wa siku saba, na makuhani pia wataandaa ng'ombe asiye na dosari kutoka kwenye kundi na kondoo dume kutoka kwenye kundi.
26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate it.
Wataipatanisha madhabahu kwa siku saba na kuitakasa, wataitakasa kwa njia hii.
27 And when they have accomplished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.'
Watamaliza hizi siku saba, na katika siku ya nane na kuendelea itakuwa kwamba makuhani wataandaa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani kwenye madhabahu, ndipo nitakapowakubali-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”
