Ezekyèl 44

1 Nan lè sa a, Li te mennen m retounen pa chemen a pòtay eksteryè sanktiyè a, ki bay fas li vè lès la; epi li te fèmen.

Then he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looked toward the east, —but, it was shut.

2 SENYÈ a te di mwen: “Pòtay sa a va fèmen. Li p ap louvri, ni pèsòn p ap janm antre pa li, paske SENYÈ Bondye Israël la te, antre pa li. Akoz sa, li va fèmen.

Then said Yahweh unto me This gate shut, shall remain It shall not be opened And no man shall enter thereby, Because Yahweh, God of Israel, doth enter thereby, - Therefore shall it remain—shut.

3 Pou prens lan, li va chita ladann tankou prens pou manje pen devan SENYÈ a. Li va antre pa chemen galri pòtay la, e li va sòti pa menm chemen an.”

The prince! as prince, he, shall sit therein, To eat food before Yahweh, — By way of the porch of the gate, shall he go in, and By way thereof, shall he come out.

4 Epi li te mennen m pa chemen pòtay nò a pou rive devan kay la. Konsa, mwen te gade e vwala glwa SENYÈ a te ranpli lakay SENYÈ a, e mwen te tonbe sou figi m.

Then he brought me in by way of the north gate unto the front of the house, and I looked and lo! the glory of Yahweh, filled the house of Yahweh, — so I fell upon my face.

5 SENYÈ a te di mwen: “Fis a lòm, make byen, gade ak zye ou, e tande ak zòrèy ou tout sa ke M di ou konsènan tout règleman lakay SENYÈ yo, e konsènan tout lwa li yo. Epi make byen antre kay la, ak tout sòti ki gen nan sanktyè a.

And Yahweh said unto me, Son of man Apply thy heart And see with thine eyes And with thine ears, hear thou All that I am speaking with thee, As to all the statutes of the house of Yahweh and As to all the laws thereof, - And thou shalt apply thy heart To the entering in of the house, With all the exits of the sanctuary.

6 Ou va di a sila k ap fè rebèl yo: ‘Senyè BONDYE la di: “Se kont! Sispann fè tout abominasyon nou yo, O lakay Israël.

So then thou shalt say unto the perverse [house] unto the house of Israel, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh: Let it more than suffice you Out of all your abominations, O house of Israel:

7 Lè nou te mennen etranje yo antre, ensikonsi nan kè yo ak ensikonsi nan chè yo, pou antre nan sanktyè Mwen an, pou pwofane li, menm lakay Mwen an, lè nou te ofri manje Mwen an, grès ak san an; paske yo te anile akò Mwen an—tout sa, anplis de tout abominasyon nou yo.

That ye brought in the sons of the foreigner Uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, To be in my sanctuary. So that he profaned my house, - That ye brought near as my food the fat and the blood, And so they brake my covenant—Among all your abominations;

8 Epi nou pa t rete responsab nou menm, de bagay sen Mwen yo, men te mete etranje yo responsab de sanktiyè mwen an.”

Neither kept ye the charge of my holy things, - But ye did set men to be keepers of my charge in my sanctuary, for your own pleasure,

9 Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: “Okenn etranje ensikonsi nan kè, ak ensikonsi nan chè, tout etranje ki pami fis Israël yo, p ap antre nan sanktyè pa M nan.

Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, No son of a foreigner Uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, —of any son of a foreigner, who is in the midst of the sons of Israel.

10 “‘“Men Levit ki te ale lwen Mwen lè Israël te vin egare a, ki te vin egare kite Mwen ki t ap kouri dèyè zidòl yo, va pote pinisyon pou inikite pa yo.

But as for the Levites. Who went far from me, when Israel went astray. Who went astray from me, after their manufactured gods, Therefore shall they bear their iniquity,

11 Malgre sa, yo va fè sèvis nan sanktiyè Mwen an, pou gen zye sou pòtay kay yo, ak fè sèvis nan kay la. Yo va touye ofrann brile ak sakrifis pou pèp la, e yo va kanpe devan yo pou fè sèvis.

Yet shall they remain in my sanctuary As attendants in charge at the gates of the house, — And attending upon the house, — They shall slay the ascending-offering, and the sacrifice of the people, And they, shall stand before them to wait upon them.

12 Akoz yo te fè sèvis pou yo devan zidòl yo, e yo te vin yon wòch chite, inikite, pou lakay Israël; akoz sa, Mwen te sèmante kont yo”, deklare Senyè BONDYE a: “Ke yo va pote pinisyon pou inikite pa yo a.

Because they used to wait upon them before their manufactured gods, and became to the house of Israel a stumbling-block of iniquity, For this cause have I lifted up my hand concerning them Declareth My Lord Yahweh, and they shall bear their iniquity;

13 Konsa, yo p ap vin rapwoche de Mwen, pou sèvi kon prèt pou Mwen, ni vin rapwoche de okenn nan bagay sen Mwen yo, vè bagay ki sen pase tout lòt yo; men yo va pote wont ak abominasyon ke yo te fè yo.

So then they shall not come near unto me To minister as priests unto me, Nor come near unto any of my holy things, As regardeth things most holy, — But they shall bear their rebuke, and their abominations which they have committed;

14 Malgre sa, Mwen va deziye yo pou kenbe responsabilite kay la, pou tout sèvis ak tout sa k ap fèt ladann.

Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, — As to all the labour thereof, and As to all which shall be done therein.

15 “‘“Men prèt Levit yo, fis a Tsadok yo, ki te kenbe responsabilite sanktyè pa M nan lè fis Israël yo te vin egare kite Mwen an, va vin rapwoche de Mwen pou fè sèvis pou Mwen. Yo va kanpe devan M pou ofri Mwen grès ak san an,” deklare Senyè BONDYE a.

But the priests the Levites the sons of Zadok, Who kept the charge of my sanctuary— when the sons of Israel went astray from me, They shall draw near unto me to wait upon me, And shall stand before me, to bring near unto me the fat and the blood Declareth My Lord, Yahweh:

16 Yo va antre nan sanktiyè Mwen an. Yo va vin rapwoche de tab Mwen an pou fè sèvis Mwen, e kenbe responsabilite Mwe, n an.

They shall enter into my sanctuary, and They shall draw near unto my table to wait upon me, - So shall they keep my charge.

17 “‘“Li va fèt ke lè yo antre nan pòtay lakou enteryè yo, yo va abiye ak vètman len. Epi lenn p ap sou yo pandan y ap fè sèvis nan pòtay lakou enteryè yo ak anndan kay yo.

And it shall be when they shall enter into the gates of the inner court, Garments of linen, shall they put on, Yea there shall come upon them no wool, when they minister in the gates of the inner court and within:

18 Moso twal an len va sou tèt yo e souvètman fèt ak len va nan ren yo. Yo p ap abiye ak okenn bagay ki pou fè yo swè.

Chaplets of linen, shall be upon their head, and Breeches of linen shall be upon their loins, — They shall not gird themselves, so as to perspire,

19 Lè yo sòti deyò vè pèp la, nan lakou deyò a, yo va retire vètman yo te sèvi nan fè sèvis la, e lage yo nan chanm sen yo. Yo va mete lòt vètman pou yo pa transmèt sentete a pèp la avèk vètman yo.

And when they go forth into the outer court into the outer court unto the people, They shall put off their garments, wherein they do minister, and lay them in the chambers of the holy place, - And shall put on other garments, That they may not hallow the people by their garments.

20 “‘“Anplis, yo p ap pase razwa nan tèt yo, ni yo p ap kite cheve a vin long. Se sèl cheve nan tèt yo y ap koupe.

And their heads, shall they not shave, Nor let the hair grow long, — They shall only poll, their heads.

21 Ni okenn nan prèt yo pa pou bwè divin pandan y ap antre nan lakou enteryè a.

And wine, shall no priest drink, —when they enter into the inner court.

22 Epi yo p ap marye ak yon vèv ni yon fanm divòse, men yo va pran vyèj ki soti nan desandan lakay Israël yo, oswa yon vèv ki se vèv a yon prèt.

Neither widow nor divorced woman, shall they take to them to wife, — But, virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, Or a widow who shall be the widow of a priest shall they take.

23 Anplis, yo va enstwi pèp Mwen an pou distenge antre sa ki sen ak sa ki pwofàn, e fè yo distenge antre sa ki pa pwòp ak sa ki pwòp.

And my people, shall they instruct, between the holy and the common, — And between the unclean and the clean, shall they cause them to distinguish.

24 “‘“Nan yon diskisyon, yo va kanpe pran plas yo pou jije. Yo va jije sa selon òdonans Mwen yo. Yo va anplis, kenbe lwa M yo, ak règleman Mwen yo, nan tout fèt chwazi Mwen yo. Yo va kenbe tout Saba Mwen yo sen.

And in a controversy, They shall stand up for justice, With my judgments, shall they judge it, And my laws and my statutes in all mine appointed assemblies, shall they observe, And my sabbaths, shall they hallow.

25 “‘“Yo p ap ale kote yon moun mouri pou yo vin souye; sepandan, pou papa, manman, pou fis, fi, pou frè, oswa yon sè ki pa t gen mari, yo kapab souye tèt yo.

And unto no dead person, shall they go in. to defile themselves, - Save that for father or for mother or for son or for daughter, for brother or for sister who hath belonged to no husband they may defile themselves.

26 Aprè li fin netwaye, sèt jou va ekoule pou li.

Yet after he is cleansed, seven days shall they count to him.

27 Nan jou ke li antre nan sanktiyè a, nan lakou enteryè pou fè sèvis nan sanktiyè a, li va ofri lofrann peche pa li a”, deklare Senyè BONDYE a.

And in the day when he entereth into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, He shall bring near his sin-bearer, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.

28 “‘Epi sa va konsidere kon yon eritaj pou yo, ke se Mwen ki eritaj yo; epi ou p ap bay yo okenn posesyon an Israël——se Mwen menm ki posesyon yo.

So shall it become to them an inheritance, I, am their inheritance, - And possession, shall ye not give them in Israel, I am their possession.

29 Yo va manje ofrann sereyal la, ofrann peche a, ak ofrann koupabilite; epi tout bagay ki konsakre an Israël va pou yo.

As for the meal-offering and the sin-bearer and the guilt-bearer, they shall eat them, —And everything devoted in Israel to them, shall belong.

30 Premye a tout premye fwi tout kalite ak tout don a tout kalite soti nan tout sa nou kontribye va pou prèt yo. Nou va, anplis, bay prèt la premye nan bòl farin nou yo, pou fè benediksyon vin poze sou lakay nou.

And the first of all the firstfruits of everything, and every heave-offering of everything, from among all your heave-offerings to the priests, shall it belong, — The first of your meal, shall ye give to the priest, To cause a blessing to rest upon by house.

31 Prèt yo p ap manje okenn zwazo, bèt ki te mouri pa mò natirèl, oswa ki te dechire an mòso.

Nothing that died of itself or was torn in pieces, of bird or of beast shall be eaten by the priests.