Ezekiela 42
1 Dia nentiny nivoaka nianavaratra ho any amin’ ny kianja ivelany aho, ary nampidiriny ho ao amin’ ny efi-trano tandrifin’ ny kianja voatokana sady tandrifin’ ny trano eo amin’ ny avaratra,
[in the vision] the man led me out of the inner courtyard, through [the entrance on] the north side. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a building that was built against the north [of the inner courtyard].
2 dia ho eo anoloan’ ilay lavany zato hakiho izay nisy ny varavarana avaratra, ary ny sakany dimam-polo hakiho.
That building was (175 feet/53 meters) long and (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) wide. Its doorway faced north.
3 Tandrifin’ ny roa-polo hakiho amin’ ny kianja anatiny sady tandrifin’ ny lampivato amin’ ny kianja ivelany dia nisy lalan-tsarany nifanandrify teo amin’ ny trano fahatelo ambony indrindra.
In that building were two rows of rooms, built on three levels, that faced each other. One row of rooms was built against the wall of the inner courtyard, and the other row was built against the wall facing the outer courtyard. The building was 34 feet from the temple.
4 Ary teo anoloan’ ny efi-trano dia nisy lalana, folo hakiho ny sakany, mankao anatiny, ary lalana iray hakiho izany; ary nanatrika ny avaratra ny varavarany.
Between the [two] rows of rooms there was a walkway that was (17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters) wide and (175 feet/53 meters) long. All its doors were on the north side.
5 Ary nohakelezina ny efi-trano ambony, fa nangalana ho lalantsarany, ka izany no nahakely azy noho ny ambany sy ny an-tenatenany.
Each of the upper rows of rooms was narrower than the row of rooms below them, [because the upper rows needed to have a walkway in front of them].
6 Fa nifanongoa telo ireo, fa tsy nisy andry tahaka ny andrin’ ny kianja, ka izany no nahakely azy noho ny ao ambany sy ny ao an-tenatenany hatreny an-tany.
The rooms on the upper levels had no pillars to support them like the ones in the courtyard. Instead, each of those row of rooms were supported by the walls of the row of rooms on the level below.
7 Ary nisy ampiantany teo ivelany, tandrifin’ ny efi-trano, nanatrika ny kianja ivelany, teo anoloan’ ny efi-trano, ka dimam-polo hakiho ny lavany.
The wall of the building extended (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) past the set of rooms built along the outer courtyard, separating all the rooms from the outer courtyard.
8 Fa ny lavan’ ireo efi-trano izay teo amin’ ny kianja ivelany dia dimam-polo hakiho; ary, indro, ny teo anoloan’ ny ati-trano lehibe dia zato hakiho.
The row of rooms that were along the outer courtyard was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) long, and the set of rooms that faced the temple was (175 feet/53 meters) long.
9 Ary teo ambanin’ ireo efi-trano ireo dia nisy fidirana avy eo atsinanana, raha miditra amin’ ireo avy eo amin’ ny kianja ivelany.
The lowest row of rooms had an entrance from the outer courtyard, on the east side.
10 Ary nisy efi-trano koa teo amin’ ny sakan’ ny ampiantanin’ ny kianja teo amin’ ny atsinanana, tandrifin’ ny kianja voatokana sady tandrifin’ ny trano.
On the south [side], along the wall of the outer courtyard, next to the temple courtyard, was a [a building with two] rows of rooms,
11 Ary nisy lalana teo anoloany, ary tahaka ny tarehin’ ny efi-trano teo amin’ ny avaratra ny tarehiny, sady mitovy amin’ ny an’ ireo avokoa ny lavany sy ny sakany ary ny fivoahana avy ao aminy mbamin’ ny fombafombany rehetra sy ny varavarany;
with a walkway between them. Those rooms were like the rooms on the north [side]: they were the same length and width, and had the same kind of entrances.
12 ary tahaka ny varavaran’ ny efi-trano eo amin’ ny atsimo dia nisiana varavarana koa teo amin’ ny fiandohan’ ny lalana, dia ilay lalana eo anoloan’ ny ampiantany mifanolotra aminy, dia ny lalana avy eo amin’ ny atsinanana, raha miditra ao aminy.
The doorways on the south side were similar to the doorways on the north side. There was an entrance in the wall that faced the doors of the set of rooms, and there was an entrance on the east side, at the end of the inside walkway.
13 Dia hoy izy tamiko; Ny efi-trano avaratra sy ny efi-trano atsimo, izay eo anoloan’ ny kianja voatokana, dia efi-trano masìna, hihinanan’ ny mpisorona izay manatona an’ i Jehovah ny zavatra masìna indrindra; any no hametrahany izay zavatra masìna indrindra, dia ny fanatitra hohanina sy ny fanatitra noho ny ota ary ny fanati-panonerana: fa masìna io fitoerana io.
Then the man said to me, “These rooms that overlook the temple on the north and south sides are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices to Yahweh will [their portions of] the sacred offerings. Because these rooms are holy, they will be used to store the sacred offerings: [the grain for] the grain offerings, the offerings for the sins that people have committed, and offerings in order that people will no longer be guilty for having sinned.
14 Raha miditra ao ny mpisorona, dia tsy hiala amin’ ny fitoerana masìna ho any amin’ ny kianja ivelany izy, fa ao no hamelany ny fitafiana masìna izay nentiny nanao fanompoam-pivavahana, satria masìna ireo; ary hitafy fitafiana hafa izy vao manatona ny olona.
When the priests leave the temple, they will not be allowed to [immediately] enter the outer courtyard. First, they must remove the clothes that they had been wearing inside the temple, because those clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before they enter the parts [of the temple area] where the [other] people [gather].”
15 Ary nony vita ny nandrefesany ny trano anatiny, dia nentiny nivoaka nankany amin’ ny vavahady izay manatrika ny atsinanana aho, ka norefesiny ny manodidina.
When the man had finished measuring the inside of the temple area, he led me out through the east entrance [of the outer courtyard] and measured all the way around the temple area.
16 Norefesiny tamin’ ny volotara fandrefasana ny lafiny atsinanana, ka indiman-jaton’ ny volotara manodidina, raha amin’ ny volatara fandrefesana.
He measured the four sides of the area. There was a wall around the area that was (875 feet/265 meters) long on each side.
17 Norefesiny koa ny lafiny avaratra, ka indiman-jaton’ ny volotara manodidina, raha amin’ ny volotara fandrefesana.
18 Norefesiny koa ny lafiny atsimo, ka indiman-jaton’ ny volotara, raha amin’ ny volotara fandrefesana.
19 Nitodika nankany amin’ ny lafiny andrefana izy ka nandrefy indiman-jaton’ ny volotara tamin’ ny volotara fandrefesana.
20 Norefesiny avokoa ny lafiny efatra. Nisy ampiantany manodidina, indiman-jaton’ ny volotara ny lavany, ary indiman-jatony koa ny sakany, hampiavaka ny masìna sy ny tsy masìna.
That wall separated the [area which was] sacred/holy from the [areas that were] not sacred.
