Ezekiel 44
1 Then [in the vision] the man brought me back to the outer entryway to the temple [area], the one on the east side, but the outer entrance was shut.
Y me llevó de vuelta a la puerta exterior del lugar santo, mirando hacia el este; y estaba cerrado.
2 Yahweh said to me, “This entrance must remain shut. It must not be opened [by anyone]; no one will be permitted to enter it. It must remain shut because [I], Yahweh, the God of Israel, have [caused it to be sacred by] entering through it.
Y el Señor me dijo: Esta puerta debe cerrarse, no debe abrirse, y ningún hombre debe entrar por ella, porque el Señor, el Dios Supremo de Israel, ha entrado por ella; y por eso será cerrada.
3 Only the king [of Israel] will be permitted to sit inside this entryway to eat food in the presence of Yahweh. But he will must enter and leave [the temple area] through the entry room of this entryway.”
Pero el gobernante se sentará allí para llevar su comida delante del Señor; Él entrará por la puerta del pórtico, y saldrá por el mismo camino.
4 Then the man brought me through the north entryway to the front of the temple. I looked and saw that the glory of Yahweh filled his temple, and I prostrated myself on the ground.
Y me llevó a la puerta norte frente a la casa; y mirando, vi que la casa del Señor estaba llena de la gloria del Señor; y me postré sobre mi cara.
5 Yahweh said to me, “You human, look carefully, and listen carefully to everything that I tell you about all the regulations concerning the temple. Note carefully the temple entrance and all the exits.
Y el Señor me dijo: Hijo de hombre, pon atención y deja que tus ojos vean y tus oídos estén abiertos a todo lo que te digo sobre todas las reglas de la casa del Señor y todas sus leyes; y tome nota de las entradas al templo y las salidas del santuario.
6 Say this to the rebellious Israeli people: ‘This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: You Israeli people, I will no longer endure the detestable things that you do!
Y dile a los hijos rebeldes de Israel: Esto es lo que el Señor Dios ha dicho: Oh, hijos de Israel, son muchas las cosas repugnantes que han hecho,
7 In addition to all the other detestable things that you do, you brought into my temple foreign men who had not been circumcised and who were godless [IDM]. By doing that, you caused my temple to be an unacceptable place to worship me, while you offered food and fat and blood, and you disobeyed my agreement with you.
Haber dejado entrar en mi lugar santo a hombres extranjeros, sin circuncisión de corazón o de carne, haciendo mi casa inmunda; y haber hecho la ofrenda de mi grano, la grasa y la sangre; y además de todas tus formas repugnantes, has dejado que se rompa mi pacto.
8 Instead of doing what I commanded you to do in regard to my holy things, you appointed foreigners to be in charge of my temple.
Y no han cuidado de las funciones mis cosas santas; Pero los has puesto como guardianes para cuidar mi lugar santo.
9 But this is what [I], Yahweh, have said: No foreigners, no men who are not circumcised, no godless people are permitted to enter my temple, not even foreigners who live among you [Israelis permanently].
Por esto ha dicho el Señor Dios: Ningún hombre de una tierra extranjera, sin circuncisión de corazón y carne, de todos los que viven entre los hijos de Israel, debe entrar a mi lugar santo.
10 [Most of] the descendants of Levi abandoned me along with [most of] the Israeli people, and started to worship idols. They must be punished for their sin.
Pero en cuanto a los levitas, que se alejaron de mí, cuando Israel se descarriaba, se apartaron de mí para ir tras sus imágenes; Su castigo vendrá sobre ellos.
11 They are [still] permitted to work in my temple and to be in charge of the entrances of the temple, and they are permitted to slaughter the animals that will be completely burned on the altar, and [to burn other] sacrifices for the people, and they will [be able to] help the people.
Pero pueden ser cuidadores en mi lugar santo, y supervisores en las puertas del Templo, haciendo el trabajo del templo: matarán la ofrenda quemada y las bestias ofrecidas por el pueblo, y tomarán su lugar delante de ellos como sus siervos.
12 But because they helped the people to worship idols and caused [many of] the Israeli people [MTY] to sin [by worshiping idols], I have lifted up my arm and solemnly declared that they must be punished for their sin.
Porque hicieron este trabajo por ellos ante sus imágenes, y se convirtieron en una causa de pecado para los hijos de Israel; Por esta causa mi mano se levantó contra ellos, dice el Señor Dios, y su castigo estará sobre ellos.
13 They must not come near me to serve as priests. They must not come near any sacred things or the holy offerings. They must be ashamed of the shameful things that they did.
Y no se acercarán a mí para hacer el servicio de los sacerdotes, ni se acercarán a ninguna de mis cosas santas, ni a las cosas santísimas; pero su vergüenza será para ellos, y ellos cargarán con el castigo por las Cosas repugnantes que han hecho.
14 But I will still put them in charge of the work in the temple and allow them to do all the work that needs to be done there.
Pero los haré responsables del cuidado del templo, todo su trabajo y todo lo que se hace en el.
15 But [most of] the priests who are descendants of Levi and from the clan of Zadok worked in my temple when the [other] Israelis abandoned me. [So they] are permitted to come near to me to work for me. They will stand in my presence to offer [sacrifices of animals’] fat and blood.
Pero en cuanto a los sacerdotes, los hijos de Sadoc, que cuidaron de mi lugar santo cuando los hijos de Israel se alejaron de mí, deben acercarse a mí para ministrarme, tomarán su lugar ante mí, ofreciéndome la grasa y la sangre, dice el Señor Dios;
16 They [are the only ones who] are permitted to enter my temple. They are [the only ones who are] permitted to come near my altar to serve me and do what I tell them to do.
Deben venir a mi lugar santo y deben acercarse a mi mesa, y ministrarme y cuidar de mi templo.
17 When they enter [one of] the entrances into the inner courtyard, they must wear linen clothes. They must not wear any clothes [made] of wool while they do their work at the entrances of the inner courtyard or inside [the temple].
Y cuando entren por las puertas del atrio interior, serán vestidos con ropas de lino; no debe haber lana sobre ellos mientras ministran en la entrada del atrio interior y dentro del templo.
18 They must have linen turbans [wrapped] around their heads and wrap linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that would cause them to perspire.
Llevaran un turbante de lino en la cabeza y pantalones de lino en las piernas, y no deben tener nada alrededor de ellos que les haga sudar.
19 Before they go out into the outer courtyard where [other] people are, they must take off the clothes that they have been wearing and leave them in the sacred rooms, and they must put on other clothes, in order that the other people are not punished because of [their touching] the sacred clothes.
Y cuando salen al patio exterior a la gente, deben quitarse las túnicas con las que hacen el trabajo de los sacerdotes, y guardarlos en las salas sagradas, y ponerse otra ropa, para que El pueblo no sea santificado con sus ropas.
20 The priests must not shave their heads or allow their hair to become long; but they must regularly trim [the edges of] their hair.
No deben cortarse todo el cabello de la cabeza, y no deben dejar que el cabello se le haga largo, sino que se les corten las puntas de los cabellos.
21 Priests must not drink wine before they enter the inner courtyard.
Los sacerdotes no deben tomar vino cuando entran en el atrio interior.
22 [Also], priests must not marry widows [of men who were not priests] or women who have been divorced. [Priests are permitted to marry only] Israeli [MTY] virgins or widows of [other] priests.
Y no deben tomar como esposas a ninguna viuda o mujer cuyo marido la haya dejado de lado, sino que pueden tomar vírgenes de la simiente de Israel, o una viuda que es la viuda de un sacerdote.
23 Priests must teach the people the difference between things that are holy/sacred and things that are not, and they must teach them the difference between things that are acceptable to me and things that are not.
Y deben aclarar a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo que es santo y lo que es profano, y darles el conocimiento de lo que es limpio y lo que es impuro.
24 When there are disputes [between people], the priests are the ones who must be the judges and decide according to my laws what must be done. They must obey all my laws and decrees concerning the sacred festivals, and they must keep my Sabbath days (holy/set apart).
En cualquier causa, deben estar en la posición de jueces, juzgando en armonía con mis decisiones; deben guardar mis leyes y mis reglas en todas mis reuniones solemnes; y han de santificar mis sábados.
25 A priest is permitted to go near the corpse of his father or his mother or his son or his daughter or his brother or his unmarried sister; but he is still defiled by doing that. But a priest must not defile himself by going near a corpse of anyone else.
No deben acercarse a ninguna persona muerta para no volverse impuros; pero por un padre, o madre, o hijo, o hija, o hermano, o por una hermana que no tiene marido, pueden ser impuros.
26 But [even] if a priest touches the corpse [of a close relative, he must perform the rituals to become acceptable to serve me again]. After he performs those rituals, he must wait seven days.
Y después de ser limpiado, esperar aún siete días.
27 Then, on the day that he enters the inner courtyard [again] to serve me in the temple, he must give an offering to remove his guilt for his sin. [That is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.
Y el día en que entre en el atrio interior, para hacer ministrar en el lugar santo, debe hacer su ofrenda por el pecado, dice el Señor Dios.
28 The priests are not permitted to own any property. They will have only what I [provide for them].
Y no tendrán herencia; Yo soy su herencia: no les debes dar ninguna propiedad en Israel; Yo soy su propiedad.
29 They will eat the offerings [other people make] from grain, offerings to remove people’s guilt for having sinned, and offerings made when people fail to give to Yahweh the things that they are required to give. Everything [else] in Israel that is completely dedicated to [me], Yahweh, will belong to the priests.
Su alimento es la ofrenda de cereales y la ofrenda por el pecado y la ofrenda por culpa; y todo lo dado especialmente al Señor en Israel será de ellos.
30 The best fruits of the first part of each harvest and all the [other] special gifts that are given to me will belong to the priests. You must give them the first part of your finely-ground flour, in order that I will bless [the people who live in] [MTY] your houses.
Y el mejor de todos los primeros frutos de todo, y toda ofrenda que se levante de todas tus ofrendas, será para los sacerdotes; y tú debes dar al sacerdote lo primero de tu masa, causando una bendición sobre sus casas.
31 Priests must not eat the flesh of any bird or animal that was found dead or that has been killed by wild animals.’”
Los sacerdotes no pueden tomar por comida ninguna ave o bestia que haya llegado a una muerte natural o cuya muerte haya sido causada por otro animal.
