Ezequiel 40

1 En el año veinticinco de nuestro cautiverio, al principio del año, en el día diez del mes, en el año catorce después de que la ciudad fue golpeada, en el mismo día, la mano de Yahvé estuvo sobre mí, y me llevó allí.

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 En las visiones de Dios me llevó a la tierra de Israel, y me puso en un monte muy alto, en el que había algo parecido a la estructura de una ciudad al sur.

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 Me llevó allí, y he aquí que había un hombre cuyo aspecto era semejante al del bronce, con un cordel de lino en la mano y una caña de medir; y estaba en la puerta.

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 El hombre me dijo: “Hijo de hombre, mira con tus ojos y escucha con tus oídos, y pon tu corazón en todo lo que te voy a mostrar; porque has sido traído aquí para que te lo muestre. Anuncia todo lo que veas a la casa de Israel”.

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 He aquí que había un muro en la parte exterior de la casa por todo el contorno, y en la mano del hombre una caña de medir de seis codos, de un codo y un palmo de ancho cada una. Así midió el grosor del edificio, una caña; y la altura, una caña.

[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 llegó a la puerta que mira hacia el oriente, y subió sus escalones. Midió el umbral de la puerta, de una caña de ancho, y el otro umbral, de una caña de ancho.

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 Cada posada tenía una caña de largo y otra de ancho. Entre las logias había cinco codos. El umbral de la puerta, junto al pórtico de la puerta hacia la casa, era de una caña.

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 Midió también el pórtico de la puerta hacia la casa, una caña.

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

9 Luego midió el pórtico de la puerta, de ocho codos, y sus postes, de dos codos; y el pórtico de la puerta estaba hacia la casa.

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 Los cuartos laterales de la puerta hacia el este eran tres de un lado y tres de otro. Los tres eran de una sola medida. Los postes tenían una sola medida de este lado y del otro.

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 Midió la anchura de la abertura de la puerta, diez codos; y la longitud de la puerta, 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 y un borde delante de las logias, un codo de este lado, y un borde, un codo de aquel lado; y las habitaciones laterales, seis codos de este lado, y seis codos de aquel lado.

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 Midió la puerta desde el techo de una habitación lateral hasta el techo de la otra, un ancho de veinticinco codos, puerta contra puerta.

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 También hizo postes de sesenta codos, y el patio llegaba hasta los postes, alrededor de la puerta.

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 Desde el frente de la puerta de entrada hasta el frente del pórtico interior de la puerta había cincuenta codos.

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 Había ventanas cerradas en las salas laterales y en sus postes dentro de la puerta, alrededor, y también en los arcos. Las ventanas estaban alrededor hacia adentro. En cada poste había 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 Entonces me llevó al atrio exterior. He aquí que había habitaciones y un pavimento hecho para el patio alrededor. En el pavimento había treinta habitaciones.

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 estaba al lado de las puertas, y correspondía a la longitud de las puertas, hasta el pavimento inferior.

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 Luego midió la anchura desde el frente de la puerta inferior hasta el frente del atrio interior exterior, cien codos, tanto al este como al 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 Midió la longitud y la anchura de la puerta del atrio exterior que da 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 Las puertas de esta puerta eran tres de un lado y tres de otro. Sus postes y sus arcos eran iguales a la medida de la primera puerta: su longitud era de cincuenta codos, y la anchura de veinticinco codos.

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 Sus ventanas, sus arcos y sus palmeras tenían la misma medida que la puerta que da al oriente. Subieron a ella por siete escalones. Sus arcos estaban delante de 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 puerta del patio interior que daba a la otra puerta, al norte y al este. Medía cien codos de puerta a puerta.

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 condujo hacia el sur; y he aquí que había una puerta hacia el sur. Midió sus postes y sus arcos según estas medidas.

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 Había ventanas en ella y en sus arcos alrededor, como las otras ventanas: la longitud era de cincuenta codos, y la anchura de veinticinco codos.

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 Había siete escalones para subir a ella, y sus arcos estaban delante de ellos. Tenía palmeras, una de un lado y otra de otro, en sus postes.

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 Había una puerta que daba al patio interior hacia el sur. Medía cien codos de puerta a puerta hacia el sur.

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 Luego me llevó al patio interior, junto a la puerta sur. Midió la puerta sur de acuerdo con estas medidas;

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 con sus alojamientos, sus postes y sus arcos, de acuerdo con estas medidas. Había ventanas en ella y en sus arcos alrededor. Tenía 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 Había arcos alrededor, de veinticinco codos de largo y cinco de ancho.

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 Sus arcos estaban orientados hacia el atrio exterior. En sus postes había palmeras. La subida a él tenía ocho escalones.

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, hacia el este. Midió la puerta de acuerdo con estas medidas;

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 con sus alojamientos, sus postes y sus arcos, de acuerdo con estas medidas. Había ventanas en ella y en sus arcos 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 Sus arcos estaban orientados hacia el atrio exterior. En sus postes había palmeras de un lado y del otro. La subida a él tenía ocho escalones.

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 del norte, y la midió según estas medidas:

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

36 sus alojamientos, sus postes y sus arcos. Había en ella ventanas por todas partes. Su longitud era de cincuenta codos y su anchura de veinticinco codos.

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 Sus postes estaban orientados hacia el atrio exterior. En sus postes había palmeras de un lado y del otro. La subida a ella tenía ocho escalones.

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 a los postes de las puertas había una sala con su puerta. Allí lavaban 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 En el pórtico de la puerta había dos mesas a un lado y dos mesas a otro, en las que se mataba el holocausto, el sacrificio por el pecado y la ofrenda 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 A un lado, afuera, cuando se sube a la entrada de la puerta hacia el norte, había dos mesas; y al otro lado, que pertenecía al pórtico de la puerta, había dos mesas.

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 De este lado había cuatro mesas, y del otro lado, al lado de la puerta, cuatro mesas en las que se mataban 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 Había cuatro mesas de piedra cortada para el holocausto, de un codo y medio de largo, un codo y medio de ancho y un codo de alto. Sobre ellas ponían los instrumentos con los que mataban el holocausto y el sacrificio.

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 Los garfios, de un palmo de largo, estaban fijados dentro de todo el contorno. La carne de la ofrenda estaba sobre las mesas.

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 había habitaciones para los cantantes en el patio interior, que estaba al lado de la puerta norte. Estaban orientadas hacia el sur. La otra, al lado de la puerta oriental, daba hacia el norte.

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

45 Me dijo: “Esta habitación, que da hacia el sur, es para los sacerdotes que cumplen con el deber de la casa.

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 La sala que da hacia el norte es para los sacerdotes que cumplen la función del altar. Estos son los hijos de Sadoc, que de entre los hijos de Leví se acercan a Yahvé para servirle”.

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 atrio, de cien codos de largo y cien de ancho, en forma cuadrada. El altar estaba delante de la casa.

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 Luego me llevó al pórtico de la casa, y midió cada poste del pórtico, cinco codos de un lado y cinco codos del otro. La anchura del pórtico era de tres codos de un lado y de tres codos de otro.

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 La longitud del pórtico era de veinte codos y la anchura de once codos, incluso por los escalones por los que se subía a él. Había pilares junto a los postes, uno de este lado y otro del otro.

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.