Ezequiel 40

1 Al principio del año, el día diez del mes del vigésimo quinto año de nuestro exilio, (catorce años después de la toma de Jerusalén), fue el día exacto en que el poder del Señor vino sobre mí y me llevó allí a la ciudad.

Almost 25 years after we had been [to Babylonia], on the tenth day of the first month of that year, almost 14years after Jerusalem had been destroyed, in a vision [I felt] the power [MTY] of Yahweh on me, and he took me to Israel.

2 Dios me llevó al país de Israel en visión y me posó en una montaña muy alta. En el lado sur de la montaña había edificios que parecían ser una ciudad.

He set me on a very high mountain. On the south side of that mountain there were some buildings that appeared to be [part of] a city.

3 Cuando me llevó allí, vi a un hombre que parecía de bronce brillante. Llevaba en la mano un cordón de lino y una vara de medir, y estaba de pie en la entrada.

When he took there, I saw a man whose face was like [SIM] bronze. He was standing in the entrance [of a building]. He had a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand.

4 “Hijo de hombre”, me dijo, “mira con tus ojos, escucha con tus oídos. Concéntrate en todo lo que voy a mostrarte, porque esa es la razón por la que te han traído aquí. Debes explicar al pueblo de Israel lo que se te ha mostrado, todo lo que ves”.

He said to me, “You human, look carefully at everything that I am going to show you, and pay attention to everything that I say and everything that I will show you, because that is why you have been brought here. [And then later] you must tell the Israeli people everything that you have seen [here].”

5 Pude ver un muro que rodeaba el Templo. La vara de medir que sostenía el hombre medía seis codos largos (un codo largo es un codo más un palmo). Midió el muro con un grosor de seis codos y una altura de seis codos.

[In the vision I saw that] there was a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring stick in the man’s hand was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) long. He measured the wall: It was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) thick and (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) high.

6 Luego subió los escalones de la puerta que daba al este. Midió que el umbral de la puerta tenía seis codos de profundidad.

Then he went to the entryway on the east [side of the temple]. He climbed the steps and measured the outer threshold/opening for the entryway: It was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) deep.

7 Más allá, había nichos que medían seis por seis codos, con cinco codos entre los nichos. El umbral de la entrada interior que daba al pórtico medía seis codos.

Next, there was an entry hallway with [three] (alcoves/very small rooms) along each side [where the guards stood]. Each of the alcoves was (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) on each side. There was a dividing wall between each alcove that was (8-3/4 feet/2.7 meters) wide. At the end of the entry hallway was the inner threshold/opening for the entryway, (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) deep. It led to the entry room [to the inner courtyard] and faced the temple.

8 Luego midió el pórtico de entrada.

Then he measured the entry room at the end of the entry hallway.

9 Tenía una profundidad de ocho codos, y sus postes eran de dos codos de grosor. El pórtico de entrada daba al Templo.

It was about (14 feet/4.2 meters) long, and its supporting columns were (3-1/2 feet/1.1 meters) thick. The entry room of the entryway was at the end of the entry hallway that faced the temple [and extended into the courtyard].

10 A cada lado de la entrada de la puerta oriental había tres nichos que medían lo mismo. Los postes de cada lado también medían lo mismo.

Inside the east entryway there were three alcoves on each side of the entry hallway. They each had the same length and width. And the measurements of the walls that divided the alcoves were all identical.

11 El ancho de la puerta de entrada medía diez codos. Su longitud era de trece codos.

Then he measured the threshold/opening for the entryway: It was (17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters) wide, and the entry hallway [between the alcoves] was (22-3/4 feet/6.9 meters) wide.

12 Un muro de un codo de alto estaba delante de la alcoba, y las alcobas medían seis codos por seis codos.

In front of each alcove was a low wall about (21 inches/53 cm.) high, and the alcoves were (10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters) on each side.

13 Luego midió la puerta de entrada desde el techo de una alcoba hasta el techo de la de enfrente. Había veinticinco codos desde una puerta hasta la opuesta.

Then he measured the width of the roof of the entrance hallway, the distance between the rear wall of one alcove to the rear wall of the opposite alcove, [including the supporting walls along each side]. It was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters).

14 Luego midió la distancia entre los postes en sesenta codos. La puerta daba la vuelta al patio.

Then he measured all along the dividing walls between the alcoves all along the inside of the entry hallway: It was (105 feet/31.8 meters). He measured as far as the entry room of the entryway.

15 Había cincuenta codos desde la entrada de la puerta hasta el extremo del pórtico interior.

The length from [outer] opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters).

16 Las alcobas y sus pilares tenían ventanas estrechas en todo el interior de la puerta. Los pórticos también tenían ventanas en todo el interior. Todos los postes estaban decorados con diseños de palmeras.

There were [small] windows in the outside walls of all the alcoves, and also in the inner dividing walls between the alcoves. There were also small windows in the entry room. The dividing walls were decorated with [carvings of] palm trees.

17 Me llevó al patio exterior. Vi que se habían construido habitaciones y un pavimento alrededor del patio. Había treinta habitaciones que daban al pavimento.

Then [in the vision] he brought me to the outer courtyard. There I saw some rooms, and a stone path/pavement along the walls around the courtyard. There were thirty rooms along the path.

18 El pavimento se denominaba pavimento inferior y se extendía a lo largo de los lados de las puertas y tenía la misma longitud que éstas.

The stone path was all around the courtyard, and it extended out from the walls into the courtyard for the same distance as the entry room [of the entryway]. That was the lower path.

19 Midió la distancia desde el frente de la puerta inferior hasta el lado más alejado del patio interior como cien codos, tanto hacia el lado este como hacia el norte.

Then the man measured the distance [across the outer courtyard of the temple], between the inner [entrance of] the entryway and [the wall surrounding the] inner courtyard: It was (175 feet/53 meters) [on the east side and on the north side of the courtyard].

20 También midió la longitud y la anchura de la puerta del patio exterior que daba al norte.

Then he measured how long and how wide was the entryway that was on the north side, the entrance into the outer courtyard [of the temple].

21 Sus tres nichos a ambos lados, sus postes y su pórtico medían lo mismo que la primera puerta, y tenía cincuenta metros de largo y veinticinco de ancho.

There were three alcoves on each side of the entryway hall. The measurements of the alcoves, the dividing walls between the alcoves, and the entry room were the same as as those in the first entryway. The length from [outer] opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters). The entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

22 Las ventanas, el pórtico y los adornos de las palmeras eran los mismos que los de la puerta que daba al este. Tenía siete peldaños que conducían a ella, con su pórtico frente a ellos.

Its windows and the entry room and the palm tree [decorations all] measured the same as the ones on the east [side]. There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was at the other end of the entryway.

23 Había una entrada al patio interior que daba a la puerta norte, al igual que la puerta este. Midió la distancia desde la entrada hasta la puerta como cien codos.

There was an entryway to the inner courtyard that faces the north entryway, like there was on the east [side]. The man measured [the distance] from [the north] entryway to the entryway [on the other side]; it was (175 feet/53 meters).

24 Me llevó al lado sur, y vi una puerta que daba al sur. Midió sus postes y su pórtico, y medían lo mismo que los anteriores.

Then he brought me through the south entryway [into the outer courtyard], and he measured it. It measured the same as the other entryways. Its alcoves, its dividing walls between the alcoves, and its entry room measured the same as the ones on the other sides.

25 Tanto la puerta como el pórtico tenían ventanas a su alrededor que eran como las otras ventanas. Tenía cincuenta codos de largo y veinticinco de ancho.

The alcoves and the entry room had [narrow] windows along the walls, like on the other [sides]. The length [of the outer opening of the] entryway [to the far end of the entry room was] was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) and the entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

26 Tenía siete escalones que subían a ella, y su pórtico estaba orientado hacia ellos. Tenía un poste a cada lado con dibujos de palmeras.

There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was (opposite it/at the end of the entryway facing the courtyard). It [also] had [carvings of] palm trees on the dividing walls that were between the alcoves.

27 El patio interior también tenía una entrada que daba al sur, y midió la distancia desde la entrada hasta la puerta del sur como cien codos.

The inner courtyard also had an entryway on the south [side]. He measured from that entryway to the entrance on the south [side of the outer courtyard; it was also] (175 feet/53 meters).

28 Me llevó al patio interior por la puerta sur, y midió la puerta sur. Medía lo mismo que las anteriores.

Then [in the vision] he brought me through the south entryway into the inner courtyard, and he measured the south entryway. It measured the same as the other [entryways].

29 Sus alcobas, sus postes y su pórtico tenían las mismas medidas que los anteriores. La puerta y su pórtico tenían ventanas alrededor. Medía cincuenta codos de largo y veinticinco de ancho.

Its alcoves [along the entry hallway], its dividing walls [between the alcoves], and its entry room measured the same as [the ones on] the other [sides]. The alcoves and the entry room had windows. The length [of the outer opening of the] entryway [to the far end of the entry room was] was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) and the entryway was (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

30 (Los otros pórticos circundantes medían veinticinco codos de largo y cinco de profundidad).

The entry rooms around [the inner courtyard] were (43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters) wide and (8.7 feet/2.6 meters) long.

31 El pórtico daba al patio exterior y sus pilares estaban decorados con dibujos de palmeras. Tenía ocho escalones para llegar a él.

The entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were [carvings of] palm trees that decorated the columns, and there were eight steps [up] to the entryway.

32 Me llevó al patio interior, en el lado este. Midió la puerta y medía lo mismo que las anteriores.

Then he led me to the east side of the inner courtyard, and he measured the entrance. It had the same measurements as the other [entrances]

33 Los nichos, los postes y el pórtico medían lo mismo que los anteriores. La puerta y el pórtico tenían ventanas alrededor. Tenía cincuenta codos de largo y veinticinco de ancho.

Its alcoves and dividing walls and entry room measured the same as the others.

34 El pórtico daba al patio exterior y sus postes estaban decorados con dibujos de palmeras. Tenía ocho escalones para llegar a ella.

Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. It also had carvings of palm trees that decorated the walls, and it had eight steps up to it.

35 Me llevó a la puerta norte y la midió. Medía lo mismo que las anteriores,

Then he led me to the entrance on the north side and measured it. It measured the same as the other entrances.

36 incluyendo sus alcobas, postes y pórtico. La puerta y su pórtico tenían ventanas alrededor. Tenía cincuenta codos de largo y veinticinco de ancho.

And its alcoves and walls between them and the entry room all had [small] windows in the walls. It was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) long and (43.7 feet/13.3 meters) wide.

37 El pórtico daba al patio exterior y sus postes estaban decorados con palmeras por todos lados. Tenía ocho escalones para subir.

Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were [carvings of] palm trees that decorated its walls, and there were eight steps [up] to the entryway.

38 Junto al pórtico de las puertas interiores había una sala con una puerta. Allí se lavaba el holocausto.

[In the vision, I saw that] in the inner entry room of the north entryway there was a door to a side room. That side room was where the [carcasses of the] animals that would be burned completely [on the altar] were washed.

39 Dentro del pórtico de la puerta había dos mesas a ambos lados, donde se sacrificaban los animales para los holocaustos, las ofrendas por el pecado y las ofrendas por la culpa.

In the entry room, there were two tables on each side [of the room]. On those tables would be slaughtered the animals that would be completely burned, and the animals for offerings for sins that people had committed, and offerings to cause people to longer be guilty for having sinned.

40 Afuera, en el camino hacia la entrada de la puerta norte, había dos mesas a un lado del pórtico de la puerta y dos mesas al otro lado.

Along the outside wall of the entry room, on each side of the steps at the opening to the entryway on the north side, were two tables.

41 Así que había cuatro mesas en el interior de la puerta y otras cuatro en el exterior, haciendo un total de ocho mesas. Aquí se sacrificaban los sacrificios.

[So] there were four tables outside the entrance and four tables inside the entry room, on which the [animals to be] sacrificed were slaughtered.

42 También había cuatro mesas de piedra tallada para el holocausto. Cada una medía un codo y medio de largo, un codo y medio de ancho y un codo de alto. Sobre estas mesas se colocaban los utensilios para sacrificar los holocaustos y los demás sacrificios.

There were also four tables of cut stone for the offerings to be completely burned, (31-1/2 in./80 cm.) on each side and (21 in./53 cm.) high. On those stone tables would be placed the tools for slaughtering all the animals for the sacrifices.

43 En las paredes del interior de la sala se colocaban ganchos del ancho de una mano. Sobre estas mesas se colocaba la carne de la ofrenda.

The meat for the offerings would be placed on [stone] tables. There were hooks [on which the meat was hung], each with two prongs, each (3 in./8 cm.) long, fastened to the walls [of the entry room].

44 Fuera de la puerta interior, pero dentro del patio interior, había dos habitaciones. Una estaba junto a la puerta norte y daba al sur; la otra, junto a la puerta sur, daba al norte.

Outside the inner entryway, inside the inner courtyard, were two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side.

45 El hombre me dijo: “La sala que da al sur es para los sacerdotes encargados del Templo,

The man said to me, “The room whose door faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the work in the temple.

46 y la sala que da al norte es para los sacerdotes encargados del altar. Estos sacerdotes son los descendientes de Sadoc y son los únicos levitas a los que se les permite acercarse al Señor y ministrar ante él”.

The room whose door faces north is for the priests who are in charge of [the work at] the altar. They are the descendants of Zadok; they are the only descendants of Levi who are permitted to approach Yahweh while they work for him.”

47 Midió el patio cuadrado: cien codos de largo y cien de ancho. El altar estaba en el patio, frente al Templo.

Then he measured the courtyard: It was square, (175 feet/53 meters) long and (175 feet/53 meters) wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

48 Me llevó al pórtico del Templo y midió los pilares del pórtico de cinco codos a cada lado. La puerta tenía catorce codos de ancho y sus lados medían tres codos.

Then [in the vision] he brought me to the entry room of the temple, and measured the walls on each side of the entrance: They were (8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters) thick. The entrance was (24-1/2 feet/7.4 meters) wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were (5-1/4 feet/1.6 meters) long.

49 El pórtico medía veinte codos de ancho y doce de profundidad, y tenía diez escalones para subir. Había columnas junto a los postes, una a cada lado.

The entry room was (35 feet/10.6 meters) wide on each side. There were ten steps up to it, and there were pillars on each side of the entrance.