Izikiel 44
1 Mgbe ahụ, o mere ka m laghachi nʼụzọ, nʼọnụ ụzọ ama nke ebe nsọ ahụ, nke dị nʼezi, nke na-eche ihu nʼọwụwa anyanwụ, ma a gbachiri ya agbachi.
And he turned me back, toward the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary, which looked toward the east. And it was closed.
2 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Ọnụ ụzọ ama nke a ga-abụ ihe e mechiri emechi. A gaghị emeghe ya ọzọ, ọ dịghị onye ọbụla ga-esi na ya bata. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke Izrel esitela na ya bata. Ya mere, ọ bụ ihe emechiri emechi.
And the Lord said to me: “This gate will be closed; it will not be opened. And man shall not cross through it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it, and it shall be closed
3 Naanị nwa eze, naanị ya onwe ya, bụ onye ga-anọdụ ala nʼime ya, iri nri nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ọ ga-esite na mpụta ọnụ ụlọ nke ọnụ ụzọ bata, ọ bụkwa ebe ahụ ka ọ ga-esi pụọ.”
to the prince. The prince himself will sit at it, so that he may eat bread before the Lord; he will enter by the way of the vestibule of the gate, and he will depart by the same way.”
4 Mgbe ahụ, o mere ka m bịaruo nʼọnụ ụzọ ama dị nʼugwu, nʼihu ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ. Elere m anya hụ na ebube nke Onyenwe anyị jupụtara nʼụlọnsọ nke Onyenwe anyị. Nʼihi ya, adara m nʼala kpugide ihu m nʼaja.
And he led me in, along the way of the north gate, in the sight of the house. And I saw, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. And I fell upon my face.
5 Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, leruo anya nke ọma, gee ntị nke ọma nʼihe niile m na-agwa gị banyere iwu m niile na usoro niile nke ụlọnsọ ukwu nke Onyenwe anyị. Leruo anya nke ọma banyere ọnụ ụzọ ịbata nʼụlọnsọ ukwu a, na nke ọpụpụ niile nke ebe nsọ a.
And the Lord said to me: “Son of man, set within your heart, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I am speaking to you about all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord and about all its laws. And set your heart upon the ways of the temple, along all the exits of the sanctuary.
6 Ị ga-agwa ndị Izrel bụ ndị ụlọ nnupu isi, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, o zuola bụ ibi ndụ arụ unu niile ahụ, unu ndị Izrel!
And you shall say to the house of Israel, which provokes me: Thus says the Lord God: Let all your wicked deeds be sufficient for you, O house of Israel.
7 Nʼihi na ọ bụghị naanị na ihe arụ unu mere dị ukwu, kama unu mekwara ihe arụ kachasị site nʼịkpọbata ndị ala ọzọ a na-ebighị anụ ahụ ha na obi ha ugwu nʼime ụlọnsọ, si otu a merụọ ụlọnsọ mgbe unu na-ewetara m nri nsọ, nke bụ abụba na ọbara. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, unu emebiela ọgbụgba ndụ m.
For you bring in foreign sons, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, so that they may be in my sanctuary and may defile my house. And you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood, yet you have broken my covenant by all your wicked deeds.
8 Unu edebeghị iwu m nyere unu banyere ihe m ndị dị nsọ, kama unu goro ndị ọzọ ka ha bụrụ ndị na-elekọta ebe nsọ m.
And you have not observed the precepts of my sanctuary, yet you have stationed observers of my vigil in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, o nweghị onye ala ọzọ ọbụla a na-ebighị anụ ahụ ya na obi ya ugwu kwesiri ịbata nʼụlọnsọ m. Ọ bụladị ndị ọbịa ndị bi nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel.
Thus says the Lord God: Any foreigner, any foreign son who is in the midst of the sons of Israel, who is uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall not enter into my sanctuary.
10 “‘Ndị ikom agbụrụ Livayị niile, ndị sitere nʼijere m ozi wezuga onwe ha mgbe Izrel bidoro ịgbaso arụsị niile ha, ga-ata ahụhụ nʼihi ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi ha.
And as for the Levites, they have withdrawn far away from me, in the errors of the sons of Israel, and they have gone astray from me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.
11 Ha ga-abụ ndị na-eje ozi nʼime ebe nsọ m, ndị nlekọta nke ọnụ ụzọ ama nke ụlọnsọ ukwuu, na-ejekwa ozi nʼime ya; ha ga-egburu ndị m anụ e wetara maka ịchụ aja nsure ọkụ na nke aja ndị ọzọ, ha ga-eguzokwa nʼihu ha jeere ha ozi.
They will be caretakers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers at the gates of the house, and ministers to the house. They will slay the holocausts and the victims of the people. And they will stand before them, so that they may minister to them.
12 Ma nʼihi na ha guzoro nʼihu arụsị jeere ha ozi, mee ka ụlọ Izrel daba na mmehie ikpere arụsị, nʼihi nke a, eweliela m aka elu na-aṅụ iyi na ha aghaghị ịta ahụhụ mmehie ha. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
But because they ministered to them in the sight their idols, and they became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, for this reason, I have lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God, and they will bear their iniquity.
13 Ha agaghị abịakwute m nso ije ozi dịka ndị nchụaja, maọbụ bịaruo nso ihe nsọ m niile ọbụla maọbụ onyinye m dị nsọ karịchasịa onyinye nsọ niile, ha aghaghị ibu ọnọdụ ihere nke ihe arụ niile ha mere.
And they shall not draw near to me, so as to exercise the priesthood for me, and they shall not approach to any of my holy things, which are near the Holy of Holies. Instead, they will bear their shame and their wicked deeds, which they committed.
14 Ma aga m ahọpụta ha ka ha bụrụ ndị ilekọta ụlọnsọ m dị nʼaka, nʼihi ịrụ ọrụ niile na ije ozi niile dị nʼime ya.
And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all its ministries and for all that will be done within it.
15 “‘Ma ndị nchụaja, bụ ụmụ Zadọk, ndị Livayị, ndị chegidere ebe nsọ m nche, mgbe Izrel niile sitere nʼebe m nọ kpafuo, ga-abịa nso ijere m ozi, ha ga-eguzo nʼihu m chụọ aja abụba na ọbara. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
But the priests and the Levites who are the sons of Zadok, who observed the ceremonies of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw near to me, so that they may minister for me. And they shall stand in my sight, so that they may offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.
16 Ọ bụ naanị ha ga-abanye nʼime ebe nsọ m, naanị ha ga-abịakwa na tebul m ije ozi nʼihu m, na ife m dịka ndị nche.
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall draw near to my table, so that they may minister for me, and so that they may observe my ceremonies.
17 “‘Mgbe ha na-abata nʼọnụ ụzọ ama nke ogige dị nʼime, ha ga-eyi naanị akwa ọcha. Ha agaghị eyi uwe ọbụla e ji ajị anụ kpaa mgbe ha na-eje ozi nʼogige ime nke ụlọnsọ ukwu m.
And when they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. Neither shall anything woolen be placed over them, when they minister within the gates of the inner and the outer court.
18 Ha ga-eji akwa ọcha kee nʼisi ha, yirikwa uwe ọcha nʼukwu ha. Ha agaghị eyi ihe ọbụla ga-eme ka ọsịsọọ gbaa ha.
They shall have linen bands on their heads, and linen undergarments over their loins, and they shall not be girded so as to sweat.
19 Mgbe ha na-apụ nʼogige dị nʼezi ebe ndị mmadụ nọ, ha ga-eyipụ uwe ha yi mgbe ha na-eje ozi, hapụkwa ha nʼime ọnụụlọ nsọ ndị a, yiri uwe ọzọ, ka ha ghara ime ka ndị mmadụ bụrụ ndị e doro nsọ site nʼimetụ uwe ha ahụ.
And when they go forth to the outer court to the people, they shall strip off their vestments, in which they ministered, and they shall place them in the storeroom of the sanctuary, and they shall clothe themselves with other garments. And they shall not sanctify the people in their vestments.
20 “‘Ha agaghị ekwe ka agịrị isi ha too ogologo, ha agakwaghị akpụchapụ ya. Naanị mkpacha ka ha ga na-akpacha isi ha.
Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads.
21 Onye nchụaja ọbụla agaghị aṅụ mmanya vaịnị mgbe ọ na-abata nʼogige dị nʼime.
And no priest shall drink wine, when he will be entering into the inner court.
22 Ha agaghị alụ nwanyị nke di ya nwụrụ anwụ, maọbụ nwanyị gbaara di ya alụkwaghị m. Kama ọ bụ naanị ụmụ agbọghọ ndị sitere nʼagbụrụ Izrel ndị na-amaghị nwoke, maọbụ nwunye ndị nchụaja nwụrụ anwụ.
And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.
23 Ha ga-akụziri ndị m ihe dị iche nʼetiti ihe dị nsọ na ihe na-adịghị nsọ; gosi ha otu esi amata ihe dị iche nʼetiti ihe na-adịghị ọcha na nke dị ọcha.
And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and defiled, and they shall distinguish for them between clean and unclean.
24 “‘Ha ga-abụ ndị ikpe, idozi esemokwu dapụtara nʼetiti ndị m. Usoro iwu m niile ka ha ga-eji kpee ikpe. Ndị nchụaja nʼonwe ha kwa ga-erube isi nʼiwu m niile nʼoge mmemme ọbụla dị nsọ. Ha ga-ahụkwa na e doro ụbọchị izuike nsọ.
And when there has been a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and they shall judge. They shall observe my laws and my precepts, in all my solemnities, and they shall sanctify my Sabbaths.
25 “‘Onye nchụaja agaghị emerụ onwe ya site nʼije nʼebe ozu dị, karịakwa maọbụ ozu nna ya maọbụ nne ya, ma o bụ nwa ya, maọbụ nwanne ya nwoke, maọbụ nwanne ya nwanyị na-enweghị di.
And they shall not enter to a dead person, lest they be defiled, except to father or mother, or son or daughter, or brother, or to a sister who does not have another man. By these, they may become unclean.
26 Mgbe e mechara ka ọ dị ọcha ọzọ, ọ ga-echere ruo ụbọchị asaa.
And after he will have been cleansed, they shall number for him seven days.
27 Ma nʼụbọchị ahụ, ọ ga-alọghachi nʼụlọ ukwu ahụ ịbanye nʼime ebe nsọ, ọ ga-ebu ụzọ chụọ aja mmehie nʼihi onwe ya. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
And on the day when he enters into the sanctuary, to the inner court, so that he may minister to me in the sanctuary, he shall make an offering because of his offense, says the Lord God.
28 “‘Ọ bụ naanị mụ onwe m bụ ihe nketa nke ndị nchụaja ga-enweta. Unu agaghị enye ha ihe nweta ọbụla nʼIzrel. Mụ onwe m bụ ihe nketa ha.
And there shall be no inheritance for them. I am their inheritance. And you shall not give them any possession in Israel. For I am their possession.
29 Ha ga-eri onyinye ịnata ihuọma, ihe aja mmehie, ihe aja ikpe ọmụma, ihe niile dị nʼIzrel e doro nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị ga-abụ nke ha.
They shall eat the victim both for sin and for offenses. And every vowed offering in Israel shall be theirs.
30 Mkpụrụ mbụ kachasị mma site na mkpụrụ ubi ọbụla na onyinye niile pụrụ iche ga-abụ nke ndị nchụaja. Ọka mbụ a kwọrọ akwọ, nke a na-eweta nʼihe ubi ga-abụkwa nke ndị nchụaja, ime ka ngọzị dịkwasị nʼụlọ unu.
And the first-fruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations out of all that is offered, shall belong to the priests. And you shall give the first-fruits of your foods to the priest, so that he may return a blessing to your house.
31 Ndị nchụaja agaghị ata nnụnụ ọbụla, maọbụ anụ nke nwụrụ ọnwụ chi ya, maọbụ nke anụ ọzọ dọgburu.
The priests shall not consume anything which has died on its own, or which was seized by a beast, whether from the fowl or the cattle.”
