< Ezekiel 45 >
1 “‘When the land of Israel is divided [among the twelve tribes], you must present to me, Yahweh, one part of the land to be a sacred district. It will be (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (6.7 miles/10.6 km.) wide. That entire area will be (holy/set apart for me).
當你們抽籤分地作為產業時,應將一塊聖地獻給上主,當作獻地,長二萬五千肘,寬二萬肘。凡在這範圍之內的地全是聖的。
2 Part of that area, (875 feet/265 meters) on each side, will be for the temple area. An additional strip of ground, (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) wide, will be left empty all around the temple area.
其中一個作為聖所,長百肘;四面成方形,周圍有空地,寬五十肘。
3 Inside that sacred district, measure a section (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (3.5 miles/5.3 km.) wide.
在這一區量出二萬五千肘,一萬肘寬的地方其中應有聖所;
4 That section will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests who work in the temple and who come near to me to serve me. It will be a place for their houses as well as being a holy place for the temple.
這塊聖地,應歸於在聖所內為服事上主供職的司祭,作為的住處和他們羊群的牧場。
5 An area (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (3.5 miles/5.3 km.) wide will be for the descendants of Levi who work in the temple. That area will belong to them, and they will be permitted to build cities there to live in.
另一塊五千肘長,一萬肘寬的地方,歸於在殿內服務的肋未人,作為他們的地業,及他們居住的城邑。
6 Alongside that sacred area will be a section of land that is (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (1.7 miles/2.65 km.) wide. It will be for a city where anyone in Israel [MTY] will be permitted to live.
再劃出建京城的地段,寬五千肘,長二萬五千肘,在保留的獻地之旁,歸於全以色列家族。
7 The king will have two sections of land; one will be on the western side of the sacred district and other will be on the eastern side of the sacred district. The one on the western side will extend west to the Mediterranean Sea. The one on the eastern side will extend east to the eastern end of the country. The eastern and western borders of the king’s land will be next to the areas allotted to the tribes.
在保留的獻地,和建城的地段的兩旁,緊靠著保留的獻地和建城的地段,由西邊往西,由東邊往東的土地,全歸於元首。西邊的邊界,東邊的邊界,其長與其他支派所分得的土地相同。
8 That land will be the land in Israel that belongs to the king. So, [because the kings will have their own land], they will no longer need to oppress my people and steal [land] from them. They will assign the remaining parts of the land to the people, giving a part to each tribe.
這是在以色列劃歸元首的領土:這樣,我的元首不再壓迫我的百姓,並將土地留給以色列家族及他們的各支派o
9 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You kings of Israel must stop acting violently and oppressing the people! You must do what is fair and right [DOU]. Stop taking land from the people!
吾主上主這樣說:「以色列的元首,你們該舒了吧! 你們應放棄強暴與搶掠,實行正義與公道,你們不要再向我的人民橫徵暴歛──吾主上主的斷語──
10 And you must use accurate scales, and accurate containers for measuring things.
你們應用公平的天平,準確的「厄法」,準確的「巴特」。
11 The baskets for measuring dry things and containers for measuring liquids must be the same size; each must hold 175 quarts/liters.
「厄法」和「巴特」的容量應當相等:即一「巴特」等於「荷默爾」的十分之一,十分之一「荷默爾」即一「厄法。」分量應依照「荷默爾」而十定。
12 When you weigh things, you must use weights that everyone accepts as being correct [MTY].’”
一「協刻耳」應為二十「革辣。」二十「協刻耳」加二十五「協刻耳」,再加十五「協刻耳」,為你們是一「米納」。
13 “‘You must present to the king one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60 that you harvest.
你們應奉上的獻儀如下:由一「荷默爾」小麥,,應獻六分之一「厄法」;由一「荷默爾」大麥,也應獻六分之一「厄法」。
14 And you must give him one quart/liter of olive oil for every 100 quarts/liters that you make.
對油的規定由一「苛爾」油,應獻十分之一「巴特」, 因為十「巴特」為一「荷爾」。
15 Also, I, Yahweh, declare that you must take one sheep from each 200 sheep in your flocks in the pastures of Israel. Those things that you take to the king will be used with the offerings of things made from grain and for the offerings that will be completely burned and the offerings to maintain fellowship with me, offerings in order for me to forgive you for the sins that you have committed.
由以色列茂盛的牧場,每二百隻羊中取出一隻羔羊獻為供物,做全燔祭與笸平祭,為自己贖罪──吾主上主的斷語──
16 All the Israeli people must join in bringing those offerings to the king of Israel.
全國人民應將這樣的獻儀交給以色列的元首;
17 The king must provide the animals to be completely burned on the altar, grain for the grain offerings, and wine for the wine offerings for the sacred festivals that I have appointed for the people of Israel—including the festivals to celebrate each new moon and the Sabbaths. He must provide [the animals for] the offerings for the people to become acceptable to me, grain for the grain offerings, animals to be completely burned [on the altar], and offerings to maintain fellowship with me, Yahweh, in order that I will forgive the Israeli people for their sins.
元首在慶節、月朔和安息日,以及以色列家族所有的慶節,應備辦全燔祭、素祭和奠祭,又應備辦贖罪祭、素祭、全燔祭與和平祭,為以色列家族贖罪。」
18 This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: On the first day of the first month [of each year] you must take one young bull that has no defects and [sacrifice it to] cause the temple to be acceptable to me.
吾主上主這樣說:「正月初一,你應取一頭無瑕的公牛犢,為聖所取潔。
19 The [Supreme] Priest must take some of the blood of the offering to cause people to become acceptable to me, and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and on the entry posts of the inner courtyard.
司祭應取贖罪祭祭牲的血,塗在聖殿的門框上,祭壇座的四角上,和內院的門框上。
20 He must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for any people who sin without intending to sin or without realizing that what they did is sinful. By doing that you will purify the temple.
正月初七,為那不慎誤犯的人,也應照樣行,為聖殿取潔。
21 In the first month of each year, on the 14th day of the month, you must start to celebrate the Passover Festival. The festival will last for seven days. During that time you must not eat bread made with yeast.
正月十四,你們應過逾越節,七天吃無酵餅。
22 On the first day, the king must provide a bull to be an offering for himself and for the all the other people of the country.
在那一天,元首應為自己和本國人民獻一頭公牛犢,為贖罪祭。
23 And every day during those seven days he must provide seven young bulls and seven rams that have no defects, to be an offering for the people’s sins.
七天的慶節,他應向上主獻全燔祭;七天內每天應獻七頭無瑕的公牛犢,和七隻無瑕的公羊;每天獻一隻小山羊,為贖罪祭。
24 He must also provide a half bushel of grain to be an offering, and also four quarts of olive oil, for each bill and ram.
還應獻素祭:為每頭公牛犢獻一「厄法」麵;為一「厄法」麵加一「辛」油。
25 During the seven days of the festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters], which starts on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of each year, the king must provide the same things for offerings for the people’s sins, for offerings to be completely burned, for grain offerings, and the same amount of olive oil that he provided each day [during the Passover Festival].’”
七月十五日的慶節,他應獻同樣的祭品;七天之久應獻同樣的贖罪祭、全燔祭、素祭和油。」