Hiezechielis Prophetæ 46
1 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Porta atrii interioris quæ respicit ad orientem, erit clausa sex diebus in quibus opus fit: die autem sabbati aperietur, sed et in die calendarum aperietur.
“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
2 Et intrabit princeps per viam vestibuli portæ deforis, et stabit in limine portæ: et facient sacerdotes holocaustum ejus, et pacifica ejus: et adorabit super limen portæ, et egredietur: porta autem non claudetur usque ad vesperam.
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
3 Et adorabit populus terræ ad ostium portæ illius in sabbatis et in calendis coram Domino.
On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
4 Holocaustum autem hoc offeret princeps Domino: in die sabbati, sex agnos immaculatos, et arietem immaculatum,
The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.
5 et sacrificium ephi per arietem, in agnis autem sacrificium quod dederit manus ejus, et olei hin per singula ephi.
The grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
6 In die autem calendarum vitulum de armento immaculatum, et sex agni et arietes immaculati erunt.
On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.
7 Et ephi per vitulum, ephi quoque per arietem faciet sacrificium: de agnis autem sicut invenerit manus ejus, et olei hin per singula ephi.
He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
8 Cumque ingressurus est princeps, per viam vestibuli portæ ingrediatur, et per eamdem viam exeat.
When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.
9 Et cum intrabit populus terræ in conspectu Domini in solemnitatibus, qui ingreditur per portam aquilonis ut adoret, egrediatur per viam portæ meridianæ: porro qui ingreditur per viam portæ meridianæ, egrediatur per viam portæ aquilonis. Non revertetur per viam portæ per quam ingressus est, sed e regione illius egredietur.
When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
10 Princeps autem in medio eorum cum ingredientibus ingredietur, et cum egredientibus egredietur.
When the people enter, the prince shall go in with them, and when they leave, he shall leave.
11 Et in nundinis, et in solemnitatibus, erit sacrificium ephi per vitulum, et ephi per arietem: agnis autem erit sacrificium sicut invenerit manus ejus, et olei hin per singula ephi.
At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
12 Cum autem fecerit princeps spontaneum holocaustum, aut pacifica voluntaria Domino, aperietur ei porta quæ respicit ad orientem, et faciet holocaustum suum et pacifica sua, sicut fieri solet in die sabbati: et egredietur, claudeturque porta postquam exierit.
When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
13 Et agnum ejusdem anni immaculatum faciet holocaustum quotidie Domino: semper mane faciet illud.
And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning.
14 Et faciet sacrificium super eo cata mane mane sextam partem ephi, et de oleo tertiam partem hin, ut misceatur similæ: sacrificium Domino legitimum, juge atque perpetuum.
You are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute.
15 Faciet agnum, et sacrificium, et oleum cata mane mane, holocaustum sempiternum.
Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.’
16 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Si dederit princeps donum alicui de filiis suis, hæreditas ejus filiorum suorum erit: possidebunt eam hæreditarie.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.
17 Si autem dederit legatum de hæreditate sua uni servorum suorum, erit illius usque ad annum remissionis, et revertetur ad principem: hæreditas autem ejus filiis ejus erit.
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
18 Et non accipiet princeps de hæreditate populi per violentiam, et de possessione eorum: sed de possessione sua hæreditatem dabit filiis suis, ut non dispergatur populus meus unusquisque a possessione sua.
The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
19 Et introduxit me per ingressum qui erat ex latere portæ, in gazophylacia sanctuarii ad sacerdotes, quæ respiciebant ad aquilonem: et erat ibi locus vergens ad occidentem.
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
20 Et dixit ad me: Iste est locus ubi coquent sacerdotes pro peccato et pro delicto: ubi coquent sacrificium, ut non efferant in atrium exterius, et sanctificetur populus.
and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
21 Et eduxit me in atrium exterius, et circumduxit me per quatuor angulos atrii: et ecce atriolum erat in angulo atrii, atriola singula per angulos atrii.
Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
22 In quatuor angulis atrii atriola disposita, quadraginta cubitorum per longum, et triginta per latum: mensuræ unius quatuor erant.
In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.
23 Et paries per circuitum ambiens quatuor atriola: et culinæ fabricatæ erant subter porticus per gyrum.
Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
24 Et dixit ad me: Hæc est domus culinarum, in qua coquent ministri domus Domini victimas populi.
And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”
