Ezekiel 43
1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east:
Kisha yule mtu akanileta kwenye lango linaloelekea upande wa mashariki,
2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
nami nikaona utukufu wa Mungu wa Israeli ukija kutoka upande wa mashariki. Sauti yake ilikuwa kama ya ngurumo ya maji yaendayo kasi, nayo nchi ikangʼaa kwa utukufu wake.
3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to 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 on my face.
Maono niliyoyaona yalikuwa kama maono yale niliyokuwa nimeyaona wakati Mungu alipokuja kuangamiza mji na kama maono niliyokuwa nimeyaona kando ya Mto wa Kebari, nami nikaanguka kifudifudi.
4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Utukufu wa Bwana ukaingia hekaluni kwa kupitia lango linaloelekea upande wa mashariki.
5 So the 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 katika ule ua wa ndani, nao utukufu wa Bwana ulilijaza Hekalu.
6 And I heard him speaking to me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
Wakati yule mtu akiwa amesimama kando yangu, nilisikia mtu mmoja akisema nami kutoka ndani ya Hekalu.
7 And he said to me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the middle of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places.
Akasema, “Mwanadamu, hapa ni mahali pa kiti changu cha enzi na mahali pa kuweka nyayo za miguu yangu. Hapa ndipo nitakapoishi miongoni mwa Waisraeli milele. Kamwe nyumba ya Israeli hawatalinajisi tena Jina langu takatifu, yaani, wao wala wafalme wao, kwa ukahaba wao na kwa sanamu zao zisizokuwa na uhai za wafalme wao katika mahali pao pa juu pa kuabudia miungu.
8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: why I have consumed them in my anger.
Walipoweka kizingiti chao karibu na kizingiti changu na miimo yao ya milango karibu na miimo yangu, pakiwa na ukuta tu kati yangu na wao, walilinajisi Jina langu takatifu kwa matendo yao ya machukizo. Kwa sababu hiyo niliwaangamiza kwa hasira yangu.
9 Now let them put away their prostitution, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the middle of them for ever.
Basi sasa na waweke mbali nami ukahaba wao na sanamu za wafalme wao zisizo na uhai, nami nitakaa miongoni mwao milele.
10 You son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
“Mwanadamu, elezea hilo Hekalu kwa watu wa Israeli, ili wapate kuona aibu kwa ajili ya dhambi zao. Wao na wapime hicho kielelezo.
11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, show 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.
Wakishaona aibu kwa ajili ya yale yote waliyotenda, wafahamishe kielelezo cha hilo Hekalu, yaani mpangilio wake, maingilio yake ya kutoka na kuingia, kielelezo chake chote, na masharti yake yote na sheria zake zote. Yaandike haya mbele yao ili wapate kuwa waaminifu kwa hicho kielelezo chake na kufuata masharti yake yote.
12 This is the law of the house; On 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 ya Hekalu: Eneo lote linalozunguka Hekalu juu ya mlima litakuwa takatifu kuliko yote. Hii ndiyo sheria ya Hekalu.
13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
“Hivi ndivyo vipimo vya madhabahu kwa dhiraa ndefu, yaani, dhiraa moja na nyanda nne: Tako lake liwe na kina cha hiyo dhiraa moja na upana wa hiyo dhiraa moja, ikiwa na ukingo wa shibiri moja kuizunguka pembeni. Hiki kitakuwa ndicho kimo cha madhabahu:
14 And from the bottom on the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
Kimo cha msingi kuanzia usawa wa ardhi mpaka kwenye mfereji sehemu ya chini kimo chake ni dhiraa mbili na upana wake ni dhiraa moja na kuanzia kwenye ukingo mdogo hadi kwenye ukingo mpana kimo chake ni dhiraa nne na upana wake ni dhiraa moja.
15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
Pale pawashwapo moto madhabahuni kimo chake kitakuwa dhiraa nne, na pembe nne zinazoelekeza juu kutoka pale pawashwapo moto.
16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Pale pawashwapo moto pa madhabahu ni mraba, urefu wake ni dhiraa kumi na mbili na upana wa dhiraa kumi na mbili.
17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
Pia sehemu ya juu ni mraba, urefu wake dhiraa kumi na nne na upana wa dhiraa kumi na nne, ikiwa na ukingo wa nusu dhiraa na mfereji kuizunguka madhabahu. Ngazi za kupandia madhabahuni zitaelekea upande wa mashariki.”
18 And he said to me, Son of man, thus says 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 sprinkle blood thereon.
Kisha akaniambia, “Mwanadamu, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Haya ndiyo yatakayokuwa masharti ya kutoa dhabihu za kuteketezwa na kunyunyiza damu juu ya madhabahu itakapokuwa imejengwa.
19 And you shall give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach to me, to minister to me, says the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
Utatoa fahali mchanga kuwa sadaka ya dhambi kwa makuhani, ambao ni Walawi, wa jamaa ya Sadoki, ndio watakaonikaribia kuhudumu mbele zangu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
20 And you shall take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and on the border round about: thus shall you cleanse and purge it.
Itakupasa kuchukua baadhi ya hiyo damu ya mnyama huyo na kuiweka juu ya hizo pembe nne za madhabahu na juu ya ncha zake nne za sehemu ya juu kuzunguka ukingo wote, ili kuitakasa madhabahu na kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili yake.
21 You shall take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
Itakupasa kumchukua huyo fahali mchanga kwa ajili ya sadaka ya dhambi na kumteketeza mahali palipoagizwa katika eneo la Hekalu nje ya mahali Patakatifu.
22 And on the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
“Siku ya pili yake utamtoa beberu asiye na dosari kwa ajili ya sadaka ya dhambi, nayo madhabahu itatakaswa kama ilivyotakaswa kwa yule fahali.
23 When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Utakapokuwa umemaliza kazi ya kuitakasa, utamtoa fahali mchanga pamoja na kondoo dume toka kwenye kundi, wote wawe hawana dosari.
24 And you shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the LORD.
Utawatoa mbele za Bwana, nao makuhani watanyunyizia chumvi juu yao na kuwatoa kuwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Bwana.
25 Seven days shall you 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.
“Kwa siku saba itakupasa kutoa beberu kila siku kwa ajili ya sadaka ya dhambi, pia itakupasa kutoa fahali mchanga na kondoo dume kutoka zizini, wote wawe hawana dosari.
26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
Kwa siku saba itawapasa kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya madhabahu na kuitakasa na hivyo ndivyo watakavyoiweka wakfu.
27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that on the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord GOD.
Mwishoni mwa hizi siku saba, kuanzia siku ya nane na kuendelea, itawapasa makuhani kutoa sadaka zenu za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani juu ya madhabahu. Kisha nitawakubali ninyi, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.”
