Ezequiel 44

1 El hombre me llevó de nuevo a la puerta exterior del santuario que daba al este, pero estaba cerrada.

And he turned me back, toward the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary, which looked toward the east. And it was closed.

2 El Señor me dijo: “Esta puerta permanecerá cerrada. No se abrirá. Nadie podrá entrar por ella, porque el Señor, el Dios de Israel, ha pasado por ella. Así que permanecerá cerrada.

And the Lord said to me: “This gate will be closed; it will not be opened. And man shall not cross through it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it, and it shall be closed

3 El príncipe mismo puede venir y sentarse dentro de la puerta para comer en presencia del Señor. Debe entrar por el pórtico de la puerta y salir por el mismo camino”.

to the prince. The prince himself will sit at it, so that he may eat bread before the Lord; he will enter by the way of the vestibule of the gate, and he will depart by the same way.”

4 El hombre me llevó al frente del Templo por la puerta norte. Al mirar, vi la gloria del Señor llenando su Templo, y caí con el rostro en tierra.

And he led me in, along 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 upon my face.

5 El Señor me dijo: “¡Hijo de hombre, concéntrate! ¡Mantén los ojos abiertos! Escucha atentamente todo lo que te digo sobre todas las normas y leyes del Templo del Señor. Presta mucha atención a la entrada del Templo y a todas las salidas del santuario.

And the Lord said to me: “Son of man, set within your heart, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I am speaking to you about all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord and about all its laws. And set your heart upon the ways of the temple, along all the exits of the sanctuary.

6 “Dile a esos rebeldes, al pueblo de Israel, que esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: ¡Ya estoy harto de todos tus repugnantes pecados, pueblo de Israel!

And you shall say to the house of Israel, which provokes me: Thus says the Lord God: Let all your wicked deeds be sufficient for you, O house of Israel.

7 Además de todas sus prácticas ofensivas, ustedes invitaron a extranjeros inconversos y paganos para entrar en mi santuario. Hiciste impuro mi Templo incluso mientras me ofrecías comida, la grasa y la sangre. Rompiste mi acuerdo.

For you bring in foreign sons, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, so that they may be in my sanctuary and may defile my house. And you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood, yet you have broken my covenant by all your wicked deeds.

8 Además, no has cuidado de mi santuario como se te exigía, sino que has empleado a otros para que cuiden de mi santuario por ti.

And you have not observed the precepts of my sanctuary, yet you have stationed observers of my vigil in my sanctuary for yourselves.

9 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: Ningún extranjero inconverso y pagano puede entrar en mi santuario, ni siquiera un extranjero que viva con los israelitas.

Thus says the Lord God: Any foreigner, any foreign son who is in the midst of the sons of Israel, who is uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall not enter into my sanctuary.

10 “Los levitas que me abandonaron cuando Israel dejó de adorarme y se fue a seguir a sus ídolos, sufrirán las consecuencias de sus pecados.

And as for the Levites, they have withdrawn far away from me, in the errors of the sons of Israel, and they have gone astray from me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.

11 Sin embargo, servirán en mi santuario, supervisando las puertas del Templo y trabajando en él. Sacrificarán los holocaustos y los sacrificios traídos por el pueblo y estarán allí para servirlos.

They will be caretakers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers at the gates of the house, and ministers to the house. They will slay the holocausts and the victims of the people. And they will stand before them, so that they may minister to them.

12 “Pero como sirvieron al pueblo frente a sus ídolos y animaron al pueblo de Israel a pecar, levanté mi mano para prometerles bajo juramento que experimentarían las consecuencias de su pecado, declara el Señor Dios.

But because they ministered to them in the sight their idols, and they became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, for this reason, I have lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God, and they will bear their iniquity.

13 No podrán acercarse a mí para servirme como sacerdotes, y no podrán tocar nada que yo considere santo o santísimo. Tendrán que experimentar la vergüenza de los repugnantes pecados que cometieron.

And they shall not draw near to me, so as to exercise the priesthood for me, and they shall not approach to any of my holy things, which are near the Holy of Holies. Instead, they will bear their shame and their wicked deeds, which they committed.

14 Sin embargo, los pondré a cargo de todo el trabajo del Templo y de todo lo que haya que hacer allí.

And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all its ministries and for all that will be done within it.

15 “Los sacerdotes levitas, descendientes de Sadoc y que cuidaron de mi santuario cuando los israelitas me abandonaron, son los que se acercan a mí y ministran ante mí. Ellos estarán en mi presencia para ofrecerme grasa y sangre, declara el Señor Dios.

But the priests and the Levites who are the sons of Zadok, who observed the ceremonies of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw near to me, so that they may minister for me. And they shall stand in my sight, so that they may offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.

16 Sólo ellos pueden entrar en mi santuario y acercarse a mi mesa para ministrar ante mí. Ellos harán lo que yo diga.

They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall draw near to my table, so that they may minister for me, and so that they may observe my ceremonies.

17 “Cuando entren por las entradas del patio interior, se pondrán ropa de lino. No deben llevar ninguna ropa de lana cuando sirvan en las entradas del patio interior o dentro del Templo.

And when they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. Neither shall anything woolen be placed over them, when they minister within the gates of the inner and the outer court.

18 Llevarán turbantes de lino en la cabeza y ropa interior de lino. No deben llevar nada que les haga sudar.

They shall have linen bands on their heads, and linen undergarments over their loins, and they shall not be girded so as to sweat.

19 “Cuando vayan al atrio exterior, donde está el pueblo, deberán quitarse las ropas sacerdotales que llevaban cuando servían, y dejarlas en las salas sagradas. Deben ponerse otras ropas para que no lleven la santidad al pueblo con su ropa.

And when they go forth to the outer court to the people, they shall strip off their vestments, in which they ministered, and they shall place them in the storeroom of the sanctuary, and they shall clothe themselves with other garments. And they shall not sanctify the people in their vestments.

20 “No se les permite afeitarse la cabeza ni dejarse crecer el cabello; deben tener un corte de pelo adecuado.

Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads.

21 Ningún sacerdote debe beber vino antes de entrar en el patio interior.

And no priest shall drink wine, when he will be entering into the inner court.

22 No deben casarse con una mujer viuda o divorciada; sólo pueden casarse con una virgen de ascendencia israelita o con la viuda de un sacerdote.

And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.

23 Deben enseñar a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo que es santo y lo que es común, y explicarle cómo distinguir entre lo que es limpio y lo que es impuro.

And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and defiled, and they shall distinguish for them between clean and unclean.

24 “Serán jueces en las causas judiciales y basarán sus decisiones en mis leyes. Deben seguir mis instrucciones y reglamentos respecto a todas mis fiestas religiosas regulares, y deben santificar mis sábados.

And when there has been a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and they shall judge. They shall observe my laws and my precepts, in all my solemnities, and they shall sanctify my Sabbaths.

25 “Un sacerdote no debe hacerse impuro acercándose a un cadáver. Sin embargo, si se trata de su padre, su madre, su hijo, su hija, su hermano o una hermana que no esté casada, entonces podrá hacerlo.

And they shall not enter to a dead person, lest they be defiled, except to father or mother, or son or daughter, or brother, or to a sister who does not have another man. By these, they may become unclean.

26 Después, una vez purificado, deberá esperar siete días.

And after he will have been cleansed, they shall number for him seven days.

27 Entonces, cuando entre en el santuario, yendo al patio interior y ministrando allí en el santuario, tiene que presentar su ofrenda por el pecado, declara el Señor Dios.

And on the day when he enters into the sanctuary, to the inner court, so that he may minister to me in the sanctuary, he shall make an offering because of his offense, says the Lord God.

28 “En cuanto a su parte de la tierra, yo me encargaré de ellos. No les darás ninguna propiedad en Israel, porque yo los mantendré.

And there shall be no inheritance for them. I am their inheritance. And you shall not give them any possession in Israel. For I am their possession.

29 “Deben comer las ofrendas de grano, las ofrendas por el pecado y las ofrendas por la culpa. Todo lo que traiga el pueblo de Israel y se dedique al Señor será de ellos.

They shall eat the victim both for sin and for offenses. And every vowed offering in Israel shall be theirs.

30 Lo mejor de todas las primicias y de todas sus ofrendas es para los sacerdotes. El primer pan que hornees se lo darás al sacerdote, para que tu casa sea bendecida.

And the first-fruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations out of all that is offered, shall belong to the priests. And you shall give the first-fruits of your foods to the priest, so that he may return a blessing to your house.

31 Los sacerdotes no podrán comer ninguna ave o animal que se encuentre muerto o que haya sido sacrificado por las bestias”.

The priests shall not consume anything which has died on its own, or which was seized by a beast, whether from the fowl or the cattle.”