Ezechiele 40

1 L’anno venticinquesimo della nostra cattività, al principio dell’anno, il decimo giorno del mese, quattordici anni dopo la presa della città, in quello stesso giorno, la mano dell’Eterno fu sopra me, ed egli mi trasportò nel paese d’Israele.

Almost 25 years after we had been [to Babylonia], on the tenth day of the first month of that year, almost 14years after Jerusalem had been destroyed, in a vision [I felt] the power [MTY] of Yahweh on me, and he took me to Israel.

2 In una visione divisione divina mi trasportò là, e mi posò sopra un monte altissimo, sul quale stava, dal lato di mezzogiorno, come la costruzione d’una città.

He set me on a very high mountain. On the south side of that mountain there were some buildings that appeared to be [part of] a city.

3 Egli mi menò là, ed ecco che v’era un uomo, il cui aspetto era come aspetto di rame; aveva in mano una corda di lino e una canna da misurare, e stava in piè sulla porta.

When he took there, I saw a man whose face was like [SIM] bronze. He was standing in the entrance [of a building]. He had a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand.

4 E quell’uomo mi disse: “Figliuol d’uomo, apri gli occhi e guarda, porgi l’orecchio e ascolta, e poni mente a tutte le cose che io ti mostrerò; poiché tu sei stato menato qua perché io te le mostri. Riferisci alla casa d’Israele tutto quello che vedrai”.

He said to me, “You human, look carefully at everything that I am going to show you, and pay attention to everything that I say and everything that I will show you, because that is why you have been brought here. [And then later] you must tell the Israeli people everything that you have seen [here].”

5 Ed ecco un muro esterno circondava la casa d’ogn’intorno. L’uomo aveva in mano una canna da misurare, lunga sei cubiti, ogni cubito d’un cubito e un palmo. Egli misurò la larghezza del muro, ed era una canna; l’altezza, ed era una canna.

[In the vision I saw that] there was a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring stick in the man’s hand was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) long. He measured the wall: It was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) thick and (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) high.

6 Poi venne alla porta che guardava verso oriente, ne salì la gradinata, e misurò la soglia della porta, ch’era della larghezza d’una canna: questa prima soglia aveva la larghezza d’una canna.

Then he went to the entryway on the east [side of the temple]. He climbed the steps and measured the outer threshold/opening for the entryway: It was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) deep.

7 Ogni camera di guardia aveva una canna di lunghezza, e una canna di larghezza. Fra le camere era uno spazio di cinque cubiti. La soglia della porta verso il vestibolo della porta, dal lato della casa, era d’una canna.

Next, there was an entry hallway with [three] (alcoves/very small rooms) along each side [where the guards stood]. Each of the alcoves was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) on each side. There was a dividing wall between each alcove that was (8-3/4 feet/2.7 meters) wide. At the end of the entry hallway was the inner threshold/opening for the entryway, (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) deep. It led to the entry room [to the inner courtyard] and faced the temple.

8 Misurò il vestibolo della porta dal lato della casa, ed era una canna.

Then he measured the entry room at the end of the entry hallway.

9 Misurò il vestibolo della porta, ed era otto cubiti; i suoi pilastri, ed erano due cubiti. Il vestibolo della porta era dal lato della casa.

It was about (14 feet/4.2 meters) long, and its supporting columns were (3-1/2 feet/1.1 meters) thick. The entry room of the entryway was at the end of the entry hallway that faced the temple [and extended into the courtyard].

10 Le camere di guardia della porta orientale erano tre da un lato e tre dall’altro; tutte e tre avevano la stessa misura; e i pilastri, da ogni lato, avevano pure la stessa misura.

Inside the east entryway there were three alcoves on each side of the entry hallway. They each had the same length and width. And the measurements of the walls that divided the alcoves were all identical.

11 Misurò la larghezza dell’apertura della porta, ed era dieci cubiti; e la lunghezza della porta, ed era tredici cubiti.

Then he measured the threshold/opening for the entryway: It was (17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters) wide, and the entry hallway [between the alcoves] was (22-3/4 feet/6.9 meters) wide.

12 E davanti alle camere c’era una chiusura d’un cubito da un lato, e una chiusura d’un cubito dall’altro; e ogni camera aveva sei cubiti da un lato, e sei dall’altro.

In front of each alcove was a low wall about (21 inches/53 cm.) high, and the alcoves were (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) on each side.

13 E misurò la porta dal tetto d’una delle camere al tetto dell’altra; e c’era una larghezza di venticinque cubiti, da porta a porta.

Then he measured the width of the roof of the entrance hallway, the distance between the rear wall of one alcove to the rear wall of the opposite alcove, [including the supporting walls along each side]. It was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters).

14 Contò sessanta cubiti per i pilastri, e dopo i pilastri veniva il cortile tutt’attorno alle porte.

Then he measured all along the dividing walls between the alcoves all along the inside of the entry hallway: It was (105 feet/31.8 meters). He measured as far as the entry room of the entryway.

15 Lo spazio fra la porta d’ingresso e il vestibolo della porta interna era di cinquanta cubiti.

The length from [outer] opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters).

16 E c’erano delle finestre, con delle grate, alle camere e ai loro pilastri, verso l’interno della porta, tutt’all’intorno; lo stesso agli archi; così c’erano delle finestre tutt’all’intorno, verso l’interno; e sopra i pilastri c’erano delle palme.

There were [small] windows in the outside walls of all the alcoves, and also in the inner dividing walls between the alcoves. There were also small windows in the entry room. The dividing walls were decorated with [carvings of] palm trees.

17 Poi mi menò nel cortile esterno, ed ecco c’erano delle camere, e un lastrico tutt’all’intorno del cortile: trenta camere davano su quel lastrico.

Then [in the vision] he brought me to the outer courtyard. There I saw some rooms, and a stone path/pavement along the walls around the courtyard. There were thirty rooms along the path.

18 Il lastrico era allato alle porte, e corrispondeva alla lunghezza delle porte; era il lastrico inferiore.

The stone path was all around the courtyard, and it extended out from the walls into the courtyard for the same distance as the entry room [of the entryway]. That was the lower path.

19 Poi misurò la larghezza dal davanti della porta inferiore fino alla cinta del cortile interno: cento cubiti a oriente e a settentrione.

Then the man measured the distance [across the outer courtyard of the temple], between the inner [entrance of] the entryway and [the wall surrounding the] inner courtyard: It was (175 feet/53 meters) [on the east side and on the north side of the courtyard].

20 Misurò la lunghezza e la larghezza della porta settentrionale del cortile esterno;

Then he measured how long and how wide was the entryway that was on the north side, the entrance into the outer courtyard [of the temple].

21 Le sue camere di guardia erano tre di qua e tre di là; i suoi pilastri e i suoi archi avevano la stessa misura della prima porta: cinquanta cubiti di lunghezza e venticinque di larghezza.

There were three alcoves on each side of the entryway hall. The measurements of the alcoves, the dividing walls between the alcoves, and the entry room were the same as as those in the first entryway. The length from [outer] opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters). The entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

22 Le sue finestre, i suoi archi, le sue palme avevano la stessa misura della porta orientale; vi si saliva per sette gradini, davanti ai quali stavano i suoi archi.

Its windows and the entry room and the palm tree [decorations all] measured the same as the ones on the east [side]. There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was at the other end of the entryway.

23 Al cortile interno c’era una porta di faccia alla porta settentrionale e difaccia alla porta orientale; ed egli misurò da porta a porta: cento cubiti.

There was an entryway to the inner courtyard that faces the north entryway, like there was on the east [side]. The man measured [the distance] from [the north] entryway to the entryway [on the other side]; it was (175 feet/53 meters).

24 Poi mi menò verso mezzogiorno, ed ecco una porta che guardava a mezzogiorno; egli ne misurò i pilastri e gli archi, che avevano le stesse dimensioni.

Then he brought me through the south entryway [into the outer courtyard], and he measured it. It measured the same as the other entryways. Its alcoves, its dividing walls between the alcoves, and its entry room measured the same as the ones on the other sides.

25 Questa porta e i suoi archi avevano delle finestre tutt’all’intorno, come le altre finestre: cinquanta cubiti di lunghezza e venticinque cubiti di larghezza.

The alcoves and the entry room had [narrow] windows along the walls, like on the other [sides]. The length [of the outer opening of the] entryway [to the far end of the entry room was] was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) and the entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

26 Vi si saliva per sette gradini, davanti ai quali stavano gli archi; ed essa aveva le sue palme, una di qua e una di là sopra i suoi pilastri.

There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was (opposite it/at the end of the entryway facing the courtyard). It [also] had [carvings of] palm trees on the dividing walls that were between the alcoves.

27 E il cortile interno aveva una porta dal lato di mezzogiorno; ed egli misurò da porta a porta, in direzione di mezzogiorno, cento cubiti.

The inner courtyard also had an entryway on the south [side]. He measured from that entryway to the entrance on the south [side of the outer courtyard; it was also] (175 feet/53 meters).

28 Poi mi menò nel cortile interno per la porta di mezzogiorno, e misurò la porta di mezzogiorno, che aveva quelle stesse dimensioni.

Then [in the vision] he brought me through the south entryway into the inner courtyard, and he measured the south entryway. It measured the same as the other [entryways].

29 Le sue camere di guardia, i suoi pilastri, e i suoi archi avevano le stesse dimensioni. Questa porta e i suoi archi avevano delle finestre tutt’all’intorno; aveva cinquanta cubiti di lunghezza e venticinque di larghezza.

Its alcoves [along the entry hallway], its dividing walls [between the alcoves], and its entry room measured the same as [the ones on] the other [sides]. The alcoves and the entry room had windows. The length [of the outer opening of the] entryway [to the far end of the entry room was] was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) and the entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

30 E c’erano tutt’all’intorno degli archi di venticinque cubiti di lunghezza e di cinque cubiti di larghezza.

The entry rooms around [the inner courtyard] were (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide and (8.7 feet/2.6 meters) long.

31 Gli archi della porta erano dal lato del cortile esterno, c’erano delle palme sui suoi pilastri, e vi si saliva per otto gradini.

The entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were [carvings of] palm trees that decorated the columns, and there were eight steps [up] to the entryway.

32 Poi mi menò nel cortile interno per la porta orientale, e misurò la porta, che aveva le stesse dimensioni.

Then he led me to the east side of the inner courtyard, and he measured the entrance. It had the same measurements as the other [entrances]

33 Le sue camere, i suoi pilastri e i suoi archi avevano quelle stesse dimensioni. Questa porta e i suoi archi avevano tutt’all’intorno delle finestre; aveva cinquanta cubiti di lunghezza e venticinque cubiti di larghezza.

Its alcoves and dividing walls and entry room measured the same as the others.

34 Gli archi della porta erano dal lato del cortile esterno, c’erano delle palme sui suoi pilastri di qua e di là e vi si saliva per otto gradini.

Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. It also had carvings of palm trees that decorated the walls, and it had eight steps up to it.

35 E mi menò alla porta settentrionale; la misurò, e aveva le stesse dimensioni;

Then he led me to the entrance on the north side and measured it. It measured the same as the other entrances.

36 così delle sue camere, de’ suoi pilastri e de’ suoi archi; e c’erano delle finestre tutt’all’intorno, e aveva cinquanta cubiti di lunghezza e venticinque cubiti di larghezza.

And its alcoves and walls between them and the entry room all had [small] windows in the walls. It was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) long and (43.7 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

37 I pilastri della porta erano dal lato del cortile esterno, c’erano delle palme sui suoi pilastri di qua e di là, e vi si saliva per otto gradini.

Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were [carvings of] palm trees that decorated its walls, and there were eight steps [up] to the entryway.

38 E c’era una camera con l’ingresso vicino ai pilastri delle porte; quivi si lavavano gli olocausti.

[In the vision, I saw that] in the inner entry room of the north entryway there was a door to a side room. That side room was where the [carcasses of the] animals that would be burned completely [on the altar] were washed.

39 E nel vestibolo della porta c’erano due tavole di qua e due tavole di là per scannarvi su gli olocausti, i sacrifizi per il peccato e per la colpa.

In the entry room, there were two tables on each side [of the room]. On those tables would be slaughtered the animals that would be completely burned, and the animals for offerings for sins that people had committed, and offerings to cause people to longer be guilty for having sinned.

40 E a uno de’ lati esterni, a settentrione di chi saliva all’ingresso della porta, c’erano due tavole; e dall’altro lato, verso il vestibolo della porta, c’erano due tavole.

Along the outside wall of the entry room, on each side of the steps at the opening to the entryway on the north side, were two tables.

41 Così c’erano quattro tavole di qua e quattro tavole di là, ai lati della porta: in tutto otto tavole, per scannarvi su i sacrifizi.

[So] there were four tables outside the entrance and four tables inside the entry room, on which the [animals to be] sacrificed were slaughtered.

42 C’erano ancora, per gli olocausti, quattro tavole di pietra tagliata, lunghe un cubito e mezzo, larghe un cubito e mezzo e alte un cubito, per porvi su gli strumenti coi quali si scannavano gli olocausti e gli altri sacrifizi.

There were also four tables of cut stone for the offerings to be completely burned, (31-1/2 in./80 cm.) on each side and (21 in./53 cm.) high. On those stone tables would be placed the tools for slaughtering all the animals for the sacrifices.

43 E degli uncini d’un palmo erano fissati nella casa tutt’all’intorno; e sulle tavole doveva esser messa la carne delle offerte.

The meat for the offerings would be placed on [stone] tables. There were hooks [on which the meat was hung], each with two prongs, each (3 in./8 cm.) long, fastened to the walls [of the entry room].

44 E fuori della porta interna c’erano due camere, nel cortile interno: una era allato alla porta settentrionale, e guardava a mezzogiorno; l’altra era allato alla porta meridionale, e guardava a settentrione.

Outside the inner entryway, inside the inner courtyard, were two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side.

45 Ed egli mi disse: “Questa camera che guarda verso mezzogiorno è per i sacerdoti che sono incaricati del servizio della casa;

The man said to me, “The room whose door faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the work in the temple.

46 e la camera che guarda verso settentrione è per i sacerdoti incaricati del servizio dell’altare; i figliuoli di Tsadok son quelli che, tra i figliuoli di Levi, s’accostano all’Eterno per fare il suo servizio”.

The room whose door faces north is for the priests who are in charge of [the work at] the altar. They are the descendants of Zadok; they are the only descendants of Levi who are permitted to approach Yahweh while they work for him.”

47 Ed egli misurò il cortile, ch’era quadrato, e aveva cento cubiti di lunghezza, e cento cubiti di larghezza; e l’altare stava davanti alla casa.

Then he measured the courtyard: It was square, (175 feet/53 meters) long and (175 feet/53 meters) wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

48 Poi mi menò nel vestibolo della casa, e misurò i pilastri del vestibolo: cinque cubiti di qua e cinque di là; la larghezza della porta era di tre cubiti di qua e di tre di là.

Then [in the vision] he brought me to the entry room of the temple, and measured the walls on each side of the entrance: They were (8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters) thick. The entrance was (24-1/2 feet/7.4 meters) wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were (5-1/4 feet/1.6 meters) long.

49 La larghezza del vestibolo era di venti cubiti; e la larghezza, di undici cubiti; vi si saliva per de’ gradini; e presso ai pilastri c’erano delle colonne, una di qua e una di là.

The entry room was (35 feet/10.6 meters) wide on each side. There were ten steps up to it, and there were pillars on each side of the entrance.