Ezekiela 44

1 Dia nentiny niverina aho tamin’ ny lalana mankamin’ ny vavahady ivelany amin’ ny fitoerana masìna, dia ilay manatrika ny atsinanana; ka, indro, nirindrina io.

And he brought me back to the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary, which looked towards the east: and it was shut.

2 Dia hoy Jehovah tamiko: Ity vavahady ity dia hirindrina ka tsy hovohana ary tsy hidiran’ olona; fa efa nidiran’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, io, ka izany no hirindrinany.

And the Lord said to me: This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it: because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it, and it shall be shut

3 Kanefa kosa ny mpanjaka no mahazo mipetraka ao hihinan-kanina eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah, satria mpanjaka izy; amin’ ny lalana mankamin’ ny lavarangan’ ny vavahady no hidirany, ary amin’ ny lalana nalehany ihany toa no hivoahany.

For the prince. The prince himself shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord: he shall enter in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.

4 Dia nentiny nankamin’ ny vavahady avaratra ho eo anoloan’ ny trano koa aho, dia hitako fa, indro, feno ny voninahitr’ i Jehovah ny tranon? i Jehovah; ka dia nikarapoka nihohoka aho.

And he brought me by the way of the north gate, in the sight of the house: and I saw, and behold the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell on my face.

5 Ary hoy Jehovah tamiko: Ry zanak’ olona, mandiniha tsara, ka mijere amin’ ny masonao, ary aoka hohenoin’ ny sofinao izay rehetra lazaiko aminao ny amin’ ny didy sy ny lalàna rehetra amin’ ny tranon’ i Jehovah; ary diniho tsara ny fidirana amin’ ny trano sy ny fivoahana rehetra avy ao amin’ ny fitoerana masìna.

And the Lord said to me: Son of man, attend with thy heart, and behold with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears, all that I say to thee concerning all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord, and concerning all the laws thereof: and mark well the ways of the temple, with all the goings out of the sanctuary.

6 Ary lazao amin’ ireo maditra, dia ny taranak’ Isiraely hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Aoka izay ny fahavetavetanareo, ry taranak’ Isiraely!

And thou shalt say to the house of Israel that provoketh me: Thus saith the Lord God: Let all your wicked doings suffice you, O house of Israel:

7 dia ny nitondranareo vahiny tsy mifora fo na nofo hitoetra ao amin’ ny fitoerako masìna mba handoto ny tranoko tamin’ ny nanateranareo ny haniko, dia ny sabora sy ny rà, ka dia nivadika ny fanekeko ireo ho fanampin’ ny fahavetavetanareo rehetra;

In that you have brought in strangers uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to defile my house: and you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood: and you have broken my covenant by all your wicked doings.

8 ary tsy nitandrina ny anjara-raharaha ny amin’ ny fitoerako masìna ianareo, fa efa nanendry izay ho mpitandrina ny anjara-raharaha ao amin’ ny fitoerana masìna hisolo anareo.

And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

9 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Ny vahiny tsy mifora fo sy nofo rehetra izay ao amin’ ny zanak’ Isiraely dia tsy misy hahazo miditra ao amin’ ny fitoerako masìna.

Thus saith the Lord God: No stranger uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, no stranger that is in the midst of the children of Israel.

10 Ary na dia ny Levita aza, izay nanalavitra Ahy tamin’ ny nivilian’ ny Isiraely, izay nivily niala tamiko ka nanaraka ny sampiny, dia hitondra ny helony izy.

Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have wandered from me after their idols, and have borne their iniquity:

11 Ary ho mpanao fanompoam-pivavahana ao amin’ ny fitoerako masìna izy, dia ho mpiadidy ny amin’ ny fiandrasana ny vavahadin’ ny tempoly sy ho mpanao fanompoam-pivavahana ao amin’ ny tempoly; hisolo ny olona hamono ny fanatitra dorana sy ny fanatitra hafa izy ary hitoetra eo anatrehany hanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho azy.

They shall be officers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers of the gates of the house, and ministers to the house: they shall slay the holocausts, and the victims of the people: and they shall stand in their sight, to minister to them.

12 Satria nanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho azy teo anatrehan’ ny sampiny izy ka tonga fahatafintohinana nahameloka ny taranak’ Isiraely, dia izany no nananganako tanana hamely azy ka nilazako fa hitondra ny helony izy, hoy Jehovah Tompo,

Because they ministered to them before their idols, and were a stumblingblock of iniquity to the house of Israel: therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity:

13 ary tsy hanatona Ahy ho mpisoroko izy, na hanakaiky izay zavatra masìna na inona na inona, dia izay zavatra masìna indrindra; fa hitambesaran’ ny fahamenarany sy ny fahavetavetana nataony izy.

And they shall not come near to me to do the office of priest to me, neither shall they come near to any of my holy things that are by the holy of holies: but they shall bear their shame, and their wickednesses which they have committed.

14 Ary hotendreko ho mpitandrina ny anjara-raharaha ny amin’ ny trano izy, dia ny fanompoana rehetra sy ny zavatra rehetra atao ao.

And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

15 Fa ny Levita mpisorona, taranak’ i zadoka kosa, izay nitandrina ny anjara-raharaha ny amin’ ny fitoerako masìna, tamin’ ny nivilian’ ny zanak’ Isiraely niala tamiko, dia izy no hanatona Ahy hanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho Ahy, ary izy no ho eo anatrehako hanatitra ho Ahy ny sabora sy ny rà, hoy Jehovah Tompo.

But the priests, and Levites, the sons of Sadoc, who kept the ceremonies or my sanctuary, when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me, to minister to me: and they shall stand before me, to offer me the fat, and the blood, saith the Lord God.

16 Eny, izy no hiditra ao amin’ ny fitoerako masìna sy hanatona ny latabatro hanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho Ahy ary hitandrina izay nasaiko hotandremana.

They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and to keep my ceremonies.

17 Ary raha miditra any amin’ ny vavahadin’ ny kianja anatiny izy, dia hiakanjo rongony fotsy; fa tsy hisy volon’ ondry eny aminy, raha manao fanompoam-pivavahana ao am-bavahadin’ ny kianja anatiny sy ao anatiny izy.

And when they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments: neither shall any woollen come upon them, when they minister in the gates of the inner court and within.

18 Satroka rongony no ho eo an-dohany, ary kalisaona fohy rongony fotsy no ho eo am-balahany, ary tsy hifehy zavatra mahatsemboka azy izy.

They shall have linen mitres on their heads, and linen breeches on their loins, and they shall not be girded with any thing that causeth sweat.

19 Ary raha mivoaka ho any amin’ ny kianja ivelany hankany amin’ ny olona izy, dia hesoriny ilay fitafiana nentiny nanao fanompoam-pivavahana, ka havelany ao amin’ ny efi-trano masìna, ary hitafy fitafiana hafa izy, fa tsy hanamasina ny olona amin’ ireny fitafiany ireny.

And when they shall go forth to the outward court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them up in the store chamber of the sanctuary, and they shall clothe themselves with other garments: and they shall not sanctify the people with their vestments.

20 Tsy hanaratra ny lohany izy, nefa kosa tsy hanao lava volo, fa hataony tsara hety.

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads.

21 Ny divay dia tsy hosotroin’ izay mpisorona, raha miditra any amin’ ny kianja anatiny izy.

And no priest shall drink wine when he is to go into the inner court.

22 Ary tsy hanambady vehivavy efa maty vady na izay efa nisaorana izy; fa virijiny avy amin’ ny taranak’ Isiraely, na izay novinadin’ ny mpisorona efa maty no hovadiny.

Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest.

23 Ary hampianatra ny oloko ny tsi-fitovian’ ny masìna sy ny tsy masìna izy ary hampahafantatra azy ny tsi-fitovian’ ny tsy madio sy ny madio.

And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.

24 Ary raha misy mifanditra, dia ireo no hitsangana hitsara, ka araka ny fitsipiko no hitsarany azy; ary ny lalàko sy ny didiko dia hotandremany amin’ ny fotoam-pivavahana rehetra voatendriko, ary ny Sabatako dia hohamasininy.

And when there shall be a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and shall judge: they shall keep my laws, and my ordinances in all my solemnities, and sanctify my sabbaths.

25 Ary tsy hiditra am-paty handoto ny tenany izy ireny; kanefa raha rainy, na reniny, na zananilahy, na zananivavy, na rahalahiny, na anabaviny tsy manam-bady, dia mahazo miditra am-paty ihany izy.

And they shall come near no dead person, lest they be defiled, only their father and mother, and son and daughter, and brother and sister, that hath not had another husband: for whom they may become unclean.

26 Ary rehefa voadio aza izy, dia mbola hampiandrasina hafitoana aloha.

And after one is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

27 Ary amin’ ny andro hidirany ao amin’ ny fitoerana masìna, dia any amin’ ny kianja anatiny, hanao fanompoam-pivavahana ao amin’ ny fitoerana masìna, dia hanatitra ny fanatiny noho ny ota izy, hoy Jehovah Tompo.

And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, to the inner court, to minister unto me in the sanctuary, he shall offer for his sin, saith the Lord God.

28 Ary hisy lova ho azy, dia Izaho no lovany; ary tsy homenareo zara-tany eo amin’ ny Isiraely izy, fa Izaho no anjarany.

And they shall have no inheritance, I am their inheritance: neither shall you give them any possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

29 Ny fanatitra hohanina sy ny fanatitra noho ny ota ary ny fanati-panonerana no hohaniny; ary ny zavatra rehetra izay voatokana eo amin’ ny Isiraely dia ho azy koa.

They shall eat the victim both for sin and for trespass: and every vowed thing in Israel shall be theirs.

30 Ary ny santatry ny voaloham-bokatra rehetra avy amin’ ny zavatra rehetra sy ny fanatitra rehetra izay alaina amin’ ny zavatra atao fanatitra dia ho an’ ny mpisorona; ary ny santatry ny kobanareo voafetafeta dia homenareo ny mpisorona koa, mba hampitoerana fitahiana ao an-tranonao.

And the firstfruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations of all things that are offered, shall be the priest’s: and you shall give the firstfruits of your meats to the priest, that he may return a blessing upon thy house.

31 Ny zavatra maty ho azy sy izay noviraviraim-biby, na vorona na biby dia samy tsy hohanin’ ny mpisorona.

The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fowl or cattle.