Hiezechielis Prophetæ 40
1 In vigesimo quinto anno transmigrationis nostrae, in exordio anni, decima mensis, quartodecimo anno postquam percussa est civitas: in ipsa hac die facta est super me manus Domini, et adduxit me illuc.
At the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month of the twenty-fifth year of our exile, (fourteenth years after Jerusalem had been captured), was the exact day that the Lord's power came over me and he took me there to the city.
2 In visionibus Dei adduxit me in terram Israel, et dimisit me super montem excelsum nimis: super quem erat quasi aedificium civitatis vergentis ad Austrum.
God took me to the country of Israel in vision and set me down on a very high mountain. On the south side of the mountain there were buildings that seemed to be a city.
3 Et introduxit me illuc: et ecce vir, cuius erat species quasi species aeris, et funiculus lineus in manu eius, et calamus mensurae in manu eius: stabat autem in porta.
When he took me there I saw a man who looked like shining bronze. He was holding a linen cord and a measuring rod as he stood in the entrance way.
4 Et locutus est ad me idem vir: Fili hominis vide oculis tuis, et auribus tuis audi, et pone cor tuum in omnia, quae ego ostendam tibi: quia ut ostendantur tibi adductus es huc: annuncia omnia, quae tu vides, domui Israel.
“Son of man,” he told me, “watch with your eyes, listen with your ears. Concentrate on everything I'm about to show you, because that's the reason you were brought here. You are to explain to the people of Israel what you've been shown, everything you see.”
5 Et ecce murus forinsecus in circuitu domus undique, et in manu viri calamus mensurae sex cubitorum, et palmo: et mensus est latitudinem aedificii calamo uno, altitudinem quoque calamo uno.
I could see a wall that surrounded the Temple. The measuring rod the man was holding was six long cubits in length (a long cubit is a cubit plus a handbreadth). He measured the wall as six cubits thick and six cubits high.
6 Et venit ad portam quae respiciebat viam orientalem, et ascendit per gradus eius: et mensus est limen portae calamo uno latitudinem, id est, limen unum calamo uno in latitudine:
Then he went up the steps of the east-facing gate. He measured the gate's threshold as six cubits deep.
7 et thalamum uno calamo in longum, et uno calamo in latum: et inter thalamos, quinque cubitos:
Beyond that were alcoves that measured six cubits by six cubits, with five cubits between the alcoves. The threshold of the inside entrance facing the porch measured six cubits.
8 et limen portae iuxta vestibulum portae intrinsecus, calamo uno.
Then he measured the entrance porch.
9 Et mensus est vestibulum portae octo cubitorum, et frontem eius duobus cubitis: vestibulum autem portae erat intrinsecus.
It was eight cubits deep, and its posts were two cubits thick. The entrance porch faced the Temple.
10 Porro thalami portae ad viam Orientalem, tres hinc et tres inde: mensura una trium, et mensura una frontium ex utraque parte.
There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate entrance that all measured the same. The posts on each side also measured the same.
11 Et mensus est latitudinem liminis portae, decem cubitorum: et longitudinem portae, tredecim cubitorum:
He measured the width of the entrance gateway as ten cubits. It was thirteen cubits long.
12 Et marginem ante thalamos cubiti unius: et cubitus unus finis utrimque: thalami autem, sex cubitorum erant hinc et inde.
A wall one cubit high was in front of alcove, and the alcoves measured six cubits by six cubits.
13 Et mensus est portam a tecto thalami, usque ad tectum eius, latitudinem vigintiquinque cubitorum: ostium contra ostium.
Then he measured the entrance gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the one opposite. It was twenty-five cubits from one doorway to the opposite doorway.
14 Et fecit frontes per sexaginta cubitos: et ad frontem atrium portae undique per circuitum.
Then he measured the distance between the posts as sixty cubits. The gateway led all the way around to the courtyard.
15 Et ante faciem portae, quae pertingebat usque ad faciem vestibuli portae interioris, quinquaginta cubitos.
It was fifty cubits from the gateway entrance to the far side of the inside porch.
16 Et fenestras obliquas in thalamis, et in frontibus eorum, quae erant intra portam undique per circuitum: similiter autem erant et in vestibulis fenestrae per gyrum intrinsecus, et ante frontes pictura palmarum.
The alcoves and their pillars had narrow windows on all of the inside of the gateway. The porches also had windows on all of the inside. All the posts were decorated with palm tree designs.
17 Et eduxit me ad atrium exterius, et ecce gazophylacia, et pavimentum stratum lapide in atrio per circuitum: triginta gazophylacia in circuitu pavimenti.
He took me into the outer courtyard. I saw rooms and a pavement had been constructed around the courtyard. There were thirty rooms facing the pavement.
18 Et pavimentum in fronte portarum secundum longitudinem portarum erat inferius.
This was termed the lower pavement and it extended along the sides of the gateways and was the same length as them.
19 Et mensus est latitudinem a facie portae inferioris usque ad frontem atrii interioris extrinsecus, centum cubitos ad Orientem, et ad Aquilonem.
He measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the far side of the inner courtyard as one hundred cubits, both to the east side and the north.
20 Portam quoque, quae respiciebat viam Aquilonis atrii exterioris, mensus est tam in longitudine, quam in latitudine.
He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer courtyard that faced north.
21 Et thalamos eius tres hinc, et tres inde: et frontem eius, et vestibulum eius secundum mensuram portae prioris, quinquaginta cubitorum longitudinem eius, et latitudinem viginti quinque cubitorum.
Its three alcoves on both sides, its posts, and its porch all measured the same as the first gateway and was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
22 Fenestrae autem eius, et vestibulum, et sculpturae secundum mensuram portae, quae respiciebat ad Orientem: et septem graduum erat ascensus eius, et vestibulum ante eam.
Its windows, porch, and palm tree decorations were the same as those of the east-facing gate. It had seven steps leading up to it, with its porch facing them.
23 Et porta atrii interioris contra portam Aquilonis, et Orientalem: et mensus est a porta usque ad portam centum cubitos.
There was an entrance to the inner courtyard facing the north gate, just like the east gate. He measured the distance from the entrance to the gate as a hundred cubits.
24 Et eduxit me ad viam australem, et ecce porta, quae respiciebat ad Austrum: et mensus est frontem eius, et vestibulum eius iuxta mensuras superiores.
He took me to the south side, and I saw a gateway that faced south. He measured its posts and its porch, and they measured the same as those previously.
25 Et fenestras eius, et vestibula in circuitu, sicut fenestras ceteras: quinquaginta cubitorum longitudine, et latitudine vigintiquinque cubitorum.
Both the gateway and its porch had windows all around it that were like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
26 Et in gradibus septem ascendebatur ad eam: et vestibulum ante fores eius: et caelatae palmae erant, una hinc, et altera inde in fronte eius.
It had seven steps leading up to it, and its porch faced them. It had one post on each side with palm tree designs on them.
27 Et porta atrii interioris in via australi: et mensus est a porta usque ad portam in via australi, centum cubitos.
The inner courtyard also had an entrance facing south, and he measured the distance from the entrance to the south gate as a hundred cubits.
28 Et introduxit me in atrium interius ad portam australem: et mensus est portam iuxta mensuras superiores.
He took me into the inner courtyard through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It measured the same as those previously.
29 Thalamum eius, et frontem eius, et vestibulum eius eisdem mensuris: et fenestras eius, et vestibulum eius in circuitu quinquaginta cubitos longitudinis, et latitudinis vigintiquinque cubitos.
Its alcoves, posts, and porch had the same measurements as those previously. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
30 Et vestibulum per gyrum longitudine vigintiquinque cubitorum, et latitudine quinque cubitorum.
(The other surrounding porches measured twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)
31 Et vestibulum eius ad atrium exterius, et palmas eius in fronte: et octo gradus erant, quibus ascendebatur per eam.
Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and its pillars were decorated with palm tree designs. It had eight steps leading up to it.
32 Et introduxit me in atrium interius per viam orientalem: et mensus est portam secundum mensuras superiores.
He took me to the inner courtyard on the east side. He measured the gateway and it measured the same as those previously.
33 Thalamum eius, et frontem eius, et vestibulum eius sicut supra: et fenestras eius, et vestibula eius in circuitu, longitudine quinquaginta cubitorum, et latitudine vigintiquinque cubitorum.
Its alcoves, posts, and porch measured the same as those previously. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
34 Et vestibulum eius, id est atrii exterioris: et palmae caelatae in fronte eius hinc et inde: et in octo gradibus ascensus eius.
Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and its posts were decorated with palm tree designs. It had eight steps leading up to it.
35 Et introduxit me ad portam, quae respiciebat ad Aquilonem: et mensus est secundum mensuras superiores.
He took me to the north gate and measured it. It measured the same as those previously,
36 Thalamum eius, et frontem eius, et vestibulum eius, et fenestras eius per circuitum, longitudine quinquaginta cubitorum, et latitudine vigintiquinque cubitorum.
including its alcoves, posts, and porch. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
37 Et vestibulum eius respiciebat ad atrium exterius: et caelatura palmarum in fronte eius hinc et inde: et in octo gradibus ascensus eius.
Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and its posts were decorated with palm tree designs on all sides. It had eight steps leading up to it.
38 Et per singula gazophylacia ostium in frontibus portarum: ibi lavabant holocaustum.
A room with a doorway stood beside by the porch of the inner gateways. This was where the burnt offering was washed.
39 Et in vestibulo portae, duae mensae hinc, et duae mensae inde: ut immoletur super eas holocaustum, et pro peccato, et pro delicto.
Inside the gateway porch were two tables on both sides, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.
40 Et ad latus exterius, quod ascendit ad ostium portae, quae pergit ad Aquilonem, duae mensae: et ad latus alterum ante vestibulum portae, duae mensae.
Outside, on the way up to the entrance of the north gateway, were two tables on one side of the gate's porch and two tables on the other side.
41 Quattuor mensae hinc, et quattuor mensae inde: per latera portae octo mensae erant, super quas immolabant.
So there were four tables on the inside the of gateway and another four outside, making a total of eight tables. This is where the sacrifices were slaughtered.
42 Quattuor autem mensae ad holocaustum, de lapidibus quadris extructae: longitudine cubiti unius et dimidii: et latitudine cubiti unius et dimidii: et altitudine cubiti unius: super quas ponant vasa, in quibus immolatur holocaustum, et victima.
There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering. They each measured one and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and a cubit high. The tools used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices were placed on these tables.
43 Et labia earum palmi unius, reflexa intrinsecus per circuitum: super mensas autem carnes oblationis.
Hooks measuring the width of a hand were attached to the walls inside the room. The meat of the offering was to be placed on the tables.
44 Et extra portam interiorem gazophylacia cantorum in atrio interiori, quod erat in latere portae respicientis ad Aquilonem: et facies eorum contra viam Australem, una ex latere portae Orientalis, quae respiciebat ad viam Aquilonis.
Outside the inner gate but inside the inner courtyard were two rooms. One was beside the north gate and faced south; the other beside the south gate and faced north.
45 Et dixit ad me: Hoc est gazophylacium, quod respicit viam Meridianam, sacerdotum erit, qui excubant in custodiis templi.
The man told me: “The room that faces south is for the priests in charge of the Temple,
46 Porro gazophylacium, quod respicit ad viam Aquilonis, sacerdotum erit, qui excubant ad ministerium altaris. isti sunt filii Sadoc, qui accedunt de filiis Levi ad Dominum ut ministrent ei.
and the room that faces north is for the priests in charge of the altar. These priests are the descendants of Zadok and are the only Levites who are allowed to come near to the Lord and minister before him.”
47 Et mensus est atrium longitudine centum cubitorum, et latitudine centum cubitorum per quadrum: et altare ante faciem templi.
He measured the square courtyard: a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.
48 Et introduxit me in vestibulum templi: et mensus est vestibulum quinque cubitis hinc, et quinque cubitis inde: et latitudinem portae trium cubitorum hinc, et trium cubitorum inde.
He took me to the Temple porch and measured the pillars of the porch as five cubits on each side. The gateway was fourteen cubits wide and its sides measured three cubits.
49 Longitudinem autem vestibuli viginti cubitorum, et latitudinem undecim cubitorum, et octo gradibus ascendebatur ad eam. Et columnae erant in frontibus: una hinc, et altera inde.
The porch was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and had ten steps leading up to it. There were columns by the posts, one on both sides.
