Ezequiel 44

1 Entonces me volvió a llevar hacia la puerta externa del Santuario ubicada hacia el oriente. Estaba cerrada.

And he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east: and it was locked.

2 Y Yavé me dijo: Esta puerta estará cerrada. No se abrirá, ni algún hombre entrará por ella, porque Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel entró por ella. Por tanto estará cerrada.

Then said the Lord unto me, This gate shall remain locked, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore shall it remain locked.

3 En cuanto al gobernante, por ser el gobernante, se sentará allí para comer pan delante de Yavé. Entrará por el patio de la puerta. Por el mismo camino saldrá.

As for the prince, being the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord: by the way of the porch of that gate shall he enter, and by the way of the same shall he go out.

4 Me llevó por delante del Templo hacia la puerta del norte. Vi que la gloria de Yavé llenó la Casa de Yavé, y caí sobre mi rostro.

Then brought he me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.

5 Y Yavé me dijo: Hijo de hombre, considera bien. Mira con tus ojos y escucha con tus oídos todo lo que Yo te explico sobre todas las Ordenanzas y las Leyes para la Casa de Yavé. Considera bien las entradas a la Casa y cada una de las salidas del Santuario.

And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, direct thy mind, and see with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears all that I am speaking with thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and of all its laws; and direct thy mind to the entrance of the house, with every place of egress of the sanctuary.

6 Y dirás a los rebeldes, a la Casa de Israel: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¡Oh Casa de Israel! Basta ya de todas sus repugnancias

And thou shalt say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Ye have done enough with all your abominations, O house of Israel!

7 que cometieron al traer extranjeros, incircuncisos de corazón y de carne, a fin de que estén en mi Santuario para profanar mi Casa cuando ofrecen mi pan, la grasa y la sangre, con lo cual, con todas sus repugnancias, invalidan mi Pacto.

In your having brought the sons of the stranger, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, while you were offering my food, the fat and the blood: so that they broke my covenant because of all your abominations.

8 Pues no guardaron lo establecido con respecto a mis cosas santas, sino pusieron extranjeros como encargados de mi Santuario.

And [because] ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set [those unworthy ones] as keepers of my charge in my sanctuary at your own pleasure.

9 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ningún extranjero, incircunciso de corazón y de carne, entrará en mi Santuario, ningún extranjero que viva con los hijos de Israel.

Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, No son of the stranger, uncircumcised in heart, or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of all the sons of the stranger that are in the midst of the children of Israel.

10 En cuanto a los levitas que se apartaron de Mí cuando Israel se alejó de Mí y siguió tras sus ídolos, llevarán su castigo por su iniquidad.

But as respecteth the Levites that were gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray away from me, after their idols, they shall surely bear their iniquity;

11 Sin embargo, serán ministros en mi Santuario como porteros de la Casa y servidores de ella. Matarán el holocausto y los sacrificios para el pueblo y estarán en pie delante de ellos para servirles.

And they shall be in my sanctuary, servants, appointed to watch at the gates of the house, and to be servants for the house: these are they that shall slay the burnt-offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they shall stand before them to do the service for them.

12 Porque les sirvieron delante de sus ídolos y fueron una piedra de tropiezo de iniquidad para la Casa de Israel. Por tanto juré contra ellos que sufrirían el castigo por su iniquidad, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.

Because that they used to serve them before their idols, and have been unto the house of Israel as a stumbling-block of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Eternal, and they shall bear their iniquity;

13 No se acercarán a Mí para servirme como sacerdotes, ni se acercarán a ninguna de mis cosas santas. Sin embargo llevarán su vergüenza por las repugnancias que cometieron.

And they shall not come near unto me, to officiate as priests unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the most holy things; but they shall bear their shame, yea, for their abominations which they have committed.

14 No obstante los designo como encargados de la custodia de la Casa para todo el servicio de ella y todo lo que en ella se haga.

And I will appoint them to be keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

15 Pero los sacerdotes levitas hijos de Sadoc que guardaron mi Ordenanza para el Santuario cuando los hijos de Israel se apartaron de Mí, ellos se acercarán a Mí para ofrecerme la grasa y la sangre, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, —these are they that shall come near unto me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Eternal:

16 Ellos entrarán en mi Santuario, se acercarán a mi mesa para servirme y guardarán mis Ordenanzas.

These are they that shall enter into my sanctuary, and these shall come near to my table, to minister unto me; and they shall keep my charge.

17 Cuando entren por las puertas del patio interno se vestirán con ropas de lino. No llevarán sobre ellos cosas de lana cuando ministren en las puertas del patio interno y dentro del Templo.

And it shall come to pass, that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall clothe themselves with linen garments; and there shall no wool come upon them, when they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within the house.

18 Llevarán turbantes de lino sobre sus cabezas y calzoncillos de lino sobre su cintura. No se atarán alguna cosa que cause sudor.

Linen bonnets shall be upon their heads, and linen breeches shall be upon their loins: they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.

19 Cuando salgan al patio externo, al patio donde está el pueblo, se quitarán las ropas con las cuales ministraban y las depositarán en las cámaras del Santuario. Se vestirán con otras ropas, para no santificar al pueblo con sus ropas.

And when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people: then shall they put off their garments wherein they have ministered, and they shall lay them down in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not mingle among the people with their garments.

20 No se raparán sus cabezas, ni se dejarán crecer libremente el cabello. Solo lo recortarán.

And their heads shall they not shave close, nor suffer their hair to grow long: they shall only crop [the hair of] their heads.

21 Ninguno de los sacerdotes beberá vino cuando entre en el patio interno.

And wine shall none of the priests drink when they enter into the inner court.

22 No tomarán a una viuda ni a una repudiada como esposa, sino tomarán para ellos vírgenes del linaje de la Casa de Israel, o una viuda de sacerdote.

And a widow, or one that is divorced from her husband shall they not take to themselves as wives; but only virgins of the seed of the house of Israel; but whatever widow it may be, the [common] priests may take.

23 Además, enseñarán a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo santo y lo profano, y entre lo impuro y lo puro.

And my people shall they teach the difference between the holy and profane, and that between the unclean and the clean shall they make known unto them.

24 En los casos de pleito, ellos se levantarán para juzgar. Juzgarán según mis Preceptos, guardarán mis Leyes y mis Estatutos en todos mis lugares señalados y santificarán mis sábados.

And in a controversy shall they stand up to judge, according to my ordinances shall they decide it: and my laws and my statutes at all my festivals shall they observe, and my sabbaths shall they sanctify.

25 No se acercarán a un cadáver para no contaminarse. Solo por el padre o por la madre, por el hijo o por la hija, por el hermano o por la hermana que no tuvo esposo pueden contaminarse.

And to a dead person shall they not come to defile themselves; but on father, or on mother, or on son, or on daughter, on brother, or on sister that hath had no husband, may they defile themselves.

26 Después que sea purificado, le contarán siete días.

And after he is become clean, —they shall reckon unto him seven days, —

27 El día cuando entre al Santuario, al patio interno, para ministrar en el Santuario, ofrecerá su sacrificio que apacigua, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.

Then shall he on the day that he cometh into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord Eternal.

28 Ellos tendrán su heredad. Yo soy su heredad. Pero no les darán posesión en Israel. Yo soy su posesión.

And it shall be unto them as an inheritance, I am their inheritance: and any possession shall you not give them in Israel, I am their possession.

29 Comerán la ofrenda vegetal, la ofrenda por el pecado y la ofrenda por la culpa. Todo animal dedicado en Israel será de ellos.

The meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering—these shall they eat; and every devoted thing in Israel shall belong to them.

30 Las primicias de todos los primeros frutos de todo, y toda ofrenda de todo lo que se presente de todas las cosechas de ustedes, serán de los sacerdotes. También darás al sacerdote las primicias de tu masa para que en tu casa repose una bendición.

And the first of all kinds of first-fruits of all, and every kind of heave-offering of every thing of all your heave-offerings, shall belong to the priests; and the first of your dough shall you give to the priest, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.

31 Los sacerdotes no comerán algún animal mortecino o destrozado, sean aves o cuadrúpedos.

Any thing that hath died of itself, or that is torn, whether it be fowl or beast, shall the priests not eat.