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.
Then the man brought me back to the outer sanctuary gate that faced east; it was closed tightly.
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.
Yahweh said to me, “This gate has been sealed shut; it will not be opened. No man will go through it, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has come through it, so it has been closed tightly.
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.
The ruler of Israel will sit in it to eat food before Yahweh. He will enter by way of the gate's portico and go out 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.
Then he brought me by way of the northern gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh, 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.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, set your heart and look with your eyes and listen with your ears to all that I am declaring to you, to all the statutes of the house of Yahweh and all its regulations. Think about the house's entrance and exits.
6 Ary lazao amin’ ireo maditra, dia ny taranak’ Isiraely hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Aoka izay ny fahavetavetanareo, ry taranak’ Isiraely!
Then say to the rebellious ones, the house of Israel, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Let all of your disgusting actions be enough for you, 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;
that you brought foreigners with uncircumcised hearts and uncircumcised flesh to be in my sanctuary, profaning my house, while you were offering me food, fat and blood—you have broken my covenant by all your disgusting actions.
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.
You have not carried out your duties regarding my holy things, but you appointed others to take up your duties, and you assigned them to care for my holy place.
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.
The Lord Yahweh says this: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, from any of those who live among the people of Israel, may enter my holy place.
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.
Yet the Levites went far from me—they wandered away from me, going after their idols—but they will pay for their sin.
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 are servants in my sanctuary, watching the gates of the house and serving in the house and they slaughter the burnt offerings and the people's sacrifices, and they will stand before the people and serve 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,
But because they performed the sacrifices before their idols, they became stumbling blocks for sin for the house of Israel. Therefore I will lift up my hand to swear an oath against them—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—they will bear their punishment.
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.
They will not come near me to act as my priests or to approach any of my holy things, the most holy things. Instead, they will bear their reproach and their guilt for the disgusting actions that they have done.
14 Ary hotendreko ho mpitandrina ny anjara-raharaha ny amin’ ny trano izy, dia ny fanompoana rehetra sy ny zavatra rehetra atao ao.
But I will place them as keepers of the work in the house, for all of its duties and everything that is done in it.
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.
Then the Levitical priests, those sons of Zadok who fulfilled the duties of my sanctuary when the people of Israel were wandering away from me—they will come near me to worship me. They will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
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 will come to my sanctuary; they will approach my table to worship me and to fulfill their duties to me.
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.
So it will be that when they come to the gates of the inner courtyard, they will have to dress in linen clothes, for they must not come in wool inside the gates of the courtyard and its house.
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.
There should be linen turbans on their heads and linen underclothes on their hips. They must not dress in clothes that make them 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.
When they go out to the outer courtyard, to the outer courtyard in order to go to the people, they must take off the clothes they wore when they served; they must take them off and lay them down in a holy room, so they do not make other people holy by contact with their special clothing.
20 Tsy hanaratra ny lohany izy, nefa kosa tsy hanao lava volo, fa hataony tsara hety.
Also they must neither shave their heads nor allow their hair to hang loosely, but they must trim the hair of their heads.
21 Ny divay dia tsy hosotroin’ izay mpisorona, raha miditra any amin’ ny kianja anatiny izy.
No priest may drink wine when he comes to 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.
nor take a widow or a divorced woman as a wife for himself, but only a virgin from the line of the house of Israel or a widow who was previously married to 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.
For they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane; they will make them know the unclean from the clean.
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.
In a dispute they will stand to judge with my decrees; they must be just. They will keep my law and my statutes in every feast, and they will celebrate my holy 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.
They will not go to a dead person so as to become unclean, unless it is their father or mother, son or daughter, brother or a sister who has not slept with a man; otherwise, they will become unclean.
26 Ary rehefa voadio aza izy, dia mbola hampiandrasina hafitoana aloha.
After a priest has become unclean, they will count off a period of seven days for him.
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.
On the day he enters the holy place, into the inner courtyard to serve in the holy place, he must bring a sin offering for himself—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
28 Ary hisy lova ho azy, dia Izaho no lovany; ary tsy homenareo zara-tany eo amin’ ny Isiraely izy, fa Izaho no anjarany.
This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I will be their property!
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 will eat the food offerings, the sin offerings, the guilt offerings, and everything devoted to Yahweh in Israel, will 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.
The best of the firstfruits of all things and every contribution, anything from all of your contributions will belong to the priests, and you will give the best of your meal offerings to the priests so that blessing may rest on your house.
31 Ny zavatra maty ho azy sy izay noviraviraim-biby, na vorona na biby dia samy tsy hohanin’ ny mpisorona.
The priests will not eat any carcass or animal torn by a beast, whether bird or beast.
