Ezekiel 44
1 Kalpasanna, insublinak ti lalaki iti akinruar a ruangan ti santuario a nakasango iti daya; nairut ti pannakaiserrana daytoy.
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
2 Kinuna ni Yahweh kaniak, “Naserraan daytoy a ruangan; pulos a saanto a malukatan daytoy. Awanto ti siasinoman a tao ti makauneg iti daytoy gapu ta immuneg ditoy ni Yahweh a Dios ti Israel, isu a nairut ti pannakaiserrana daytoy.
And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
3 Agtugawto ditoy ti mangiturturay iti Israel tapno mangan iti sangoanan ni Yahweh. Umunegto isuna a babaen iti portiko ti ruangan, ket isunto met laeng ti pagruaranna.”
Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
4 Kalpasanna, inturongnak ket nagnakami iti akin-amianan a ruangan ti balay. Isu a kimmitaak, ket nakitak a napno ti balay ni Yahweh iti dayagna, ket nagpaklebak!
Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
5 Ket kinuna ni Yahweh kaniak, “Anak ti tao, isaganam ta pusom ken ikitam ti matam ket denggem dagiti amin nga ibagbagak kenka, dagiti amin nga alagaden iti balay ni Yahweh ken dagiti amin a pagannurotanna. Tandaanam ti maipapan kadagiti pagserkan ken pagruaran iti balay.
The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
6 Ket ibagam kadagiti managsukir, ti balay ti Israel, 'Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Isardengyo koman dagiti makarimon nga aramidyo, balay ti Israel—
Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
7 ti panangiyegyo ken panangpastrekyo iti santuariok kadagiti ganggannaet a saan a mamati kaniak ken saan a nakugit a nangrugit iti daytoy—bayat iti panangiyegyo iti tinapayko, taba ken dara—linabsingyo ti tulagko gapu kadagiti makarimon nga aramidyo.
In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
8 Saanyo nga inaramid a sipupudno dagiti pagrebbeganyo kaniak; ngem ketdi, intedyo iti sabali ti pagrebbenganyo a mangbantay iti nasantoan a lugarko.
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’
9 Kastoy ti kuna ni Apo a Yahweh: Awan ti ganggannaet manipud iti siasinoman nga adda iti nagtetengngaan dagiti tattao ti Israel a saan a mamati dagiti pusoda kaniak ken saan a nakugit, ti makastrek iti santuariok.
This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
10 Ngem dagiti Levita nga immadayo kaniak idi naiyaw-awan dagiti Israelita, dagiti naiyaw-awan nga immadayo kaniak ken simmurot kadagiti didiosenda—ita, agbayadda kadagiti nagbasolanda.
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
11 Isuda dagiti agserbi ti santuariok, agbanbantayda kadagiti ruangan ti balay ken agserserbida iti uneg ti balayko. Isuda dagiti mangpapatay kadagiti daton a mapuoran ken kadagiti daton dagiti tattao; agtakderda iti sangoananda tapno agserbi kadakuada.
Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.
12 Ngem gapu ta indatonda dagiti datunda iti sangoanan dagiti didiosenda, nagbalinda a pakaitibkolan a nagbasolan ti balay ti Israel. Ingatok ngarud ti imak nga agsapata iti kari a maibusor kadakuada—daytoy ti pakaammo ni Apo a Yahweh—a bayadanda dagiti nagbasolanda!
Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
13 Saandanto nga umasideg kaniak nga agbalin a kas papadik, wenno umasideg kadagiti nasantoan a banbanag a kukuak, kadagiti kasasantoan a banbanag! Ngem ketdi, lak-amendanto ti pannakakibabain ken dagiti supapak dagiti makarimon a banbanag nga inaramidda.
They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.
14 Ngem isaadkonto ida a mangaywan kadagiti trabaho iti balayko, kadagiti amin a pagrebbengan ken maar-aramid iti daytoy.
Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
15 Ket dagiti padi a Levita, dagiti putot ni Zadok a nangaramid kadagiti trabaho iti santuariok idi immadayo dagiti Israelita iti panangsursurotda kaniak—umasidegdanto nga agdayaw kaniak ken agtakderdanto iti sangoanak a mangiyeg iti taba ken dara— daytoy ti pakaammo ni Apo a Yahweh.
But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
16 Umaydanto iti santuariok; umasidegda iti lamisaanko tapno agrukbabda kaniak ken tungpalenda dagiti pagrebbenganda kaniak.
They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
17 Isu nga inton umayda iti ruangan ti akin-uneg a paraangan ti templo, masapul a nakakawesda iti lino, ta saan a mabalin a nakakawesda iti de lana nga umuneg iti akin-uneg a paraangan ti templo ken iti balay.
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
18 Masapul a nakasuotda iti turban a lino kadagiti uloda ken akin-uneg a pagan-anay a lino kadagiti patongda. Masapul a saanda a rumbeng nga agisuot kadagiti kawes a pakaigapuan ti panagling-etda.
They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.
19 Inton rummuarda a mapan iti akinruar a paraangan tapno mapanda kadagiti tattao, masapul nga ikkatenda dagiti kawes nga us-usarenda no kasta nga agserbida; masapul nga ikkatenda dagitoy ken idulinda iti maysa a nasantoan a siled, tapno saanda mapagbalin a nasantoan dagiti dadduma a tattao gapu iti pannakasagidda kadagiti naisangsangayan a kawesda.
When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
20 Kasta met, saanda a rumbeng a kuskosan dagiti uloda wenno baybay-an nga umatiddog dagiti buokda, ngem masapul a pukisanda dagiti buokda.
They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
21 Awan ti uray maysa a padi nga uminom iti arak no kasta nga umay isuna iti akin-uneg a paraangan ti templo,
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
22 wenno awan ti mangasawa iti balo wenno babai nga insina ti asawana, ngem maysa a birhen laeng a naggapu iti linia ti balay ti Israel, wenno balo a sigud nga asawa ti maysa a padi.
And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
23 Ta isurodanto kadagiti tattaok ti nagdumaan ti nasantoan ken narugit; ipakaammodanto kadakuada ti saan a nadalus manipud iti nadalus.
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
24 Iti panagsusuppiatan, tumakderdanto a mangukom babaen kadagiti lintegko; masapul a nalintegda. Ket masapul a tungpalenda dagiti linteg ken alagadek iti tunggal padaya; rambakandanto dagiti nasantoan nga Aldaw a Panaginana.
In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.
25 Masapul a saanda a mapan iti ayan dagiti tao a natay tapno saanda nga agbalin a narugit, malaksid no daytoy ket amada wenno inada, anakda a lalaki wenno babai, kabsatda a lalaki wenno babai a saanpay a nakikaidda iti maysa a lalaki, ta no aramidendadayta, agbalinda a narugit.
A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
26 Kalpasan a nagbalin a narugit ti maysa a padi, masapul nga agbilangto dagiti tattao iti pito nga aldaw nga agpaay kenkuana.
and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.
27 Sakbay nga umay isuna iti nasantoan a lugar, iti akin-uneg a paraangan ti templo tapno agserbi iti nasantoan a lugar, masapul a mangiyeg isuna iti daton a para iti bagina— daytoy ti pakaammo ti Apo a ni Yahweh.
And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.
28 Ket daytoy ti tawidda: Siakto ti tawidda! Isu a rumbeng a saanyo ida nga ikkan iti sanikua idiay Israel; Siak ti sanikuada!
In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
29 Kanendanto dagiti naidaton a taraon, dagiti naidaton para iti basol, dagiti daton dagiti nakabasol; dagiti amin a banbanag a naited iti Dios idiay Israel ket kukuadanto.
They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
30 Dagiti kasasayaatan kadagiti amin nga immuna a bunga ken dagiti amin nga intedda a tulong, amin a banag manipud iti intulongda ket kukuanto dagiti papadi, ket masapul nga itedyo kadagiti papadi dagiti kasasayaatan a daton a makan tapno sumangbay ti bindesion iti balayyo.
The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.
31 Saanto a mangan dagiti padi iti natay nga ayup wenno rinangrangkay ti sabali nga ayup, billit man wenno narungsot nga ayup.
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
