Ezekieli 40
1 Katika mwaka wa ishirini na tano wa uhamisho wetu, mwanzoni mwa huo mwaka, siku ya kumi ya mwezi, katika mwaka wa kumi na nne baada ya kuanguka kwa mji, siku hiyo hiyo mkono wa Bwana ulikuwa juu yangu, naye akanipeleka huko.
And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the first month, on the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after the taking of the city, in that day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me
2 Nikiwa katika maono ya Mungu alinichukua mpaka nchi ya Israeli, naye akaniweka kwenye mlima mrefu sana, ambako upande wa kusini kulikuwepo baadhi ya majengo ambayo yalionekana kama mji.
in a vision of God into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, and upon it [there was] as it were the frame of a city before [me].
3 Akanipeleka huko, nami nikamwona mtu ambaye kuonekana kwake kulikuwa kama kuonekana kwa shaba. Alikuwa amesimama kwenye lango akiwa na kamba ya kitani na ufito wa kupimia mkononi mwake.
And he brought me in thither, and, behold, [there was] a man, and the appearance of him was as the appearance of shining brass, and in his hand was a builder's line, and a measuring reed; and he stood at the gate.
4 Mtu huyo akaniambia, “Mwanadamu, angalia kwa macho yako na usikie kwa masikio yako nawe uzingatie kitu nitakachokuonyesha, kwa kuwa ndiyo sababu umeletwa hapa. Iambie nyumba ya Israeli kila kitu utakachoona.”
And the man said to me, Look with thine eyes at him whom thou hast seen, son of man, and hear with thine ears, and lay up in thine heart all things that I show thee; for thou hast come in hither that [I] might show thee, and thou shalt show all things that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5 Nikaona ukuta uliozunguka eneo lote la Hekalu. Ule ufito wa kupimia uliokuwa mkononi mwa yule mtu ulikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa ndefu sita, yaani, dhiraa ndefu ni sawa na dhiraa na nyanda nne, akapima ule ukuta. Ukuta huo ulikuwa na unene wa dhiraa ndefu sita na kimo cha dhiraa ndefu sita.
And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man's hand a reed, the measure [of it was] six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed.
6 Kisha akaenda kwenye lango linaloelekea mashariki. Akapanda ngazi zake akapima kizingiti cha lango, nacho kilikuwa na kina cha huo ufito.
And he entered by seven steps into the gate that looks eastward, and he measured across the porch of the gate equal to the reed.
7 Vyumba vya kupumzikia vya walinzi vilikuwa na urefu wa huo ufito mmoja na upana wa huo ufito, kuta zilizogawa vyumba hivyo vya mapumziko zilikuwa na unene wa dhiraa tano. Nacho kizingiti cha lango lililokuwa karibu na ukumbi unaoelekea hekaluni ulikuwa na kina cha huo ufito.
And the chamber was equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed; and the porch between the chambers six cubits; and the second chamber equal in breadth to the reed, and equal in length to the reed, and the porch five cubits.
8 Kisha akapima baraza ya njia ya lango,
And the third chamber equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed.
9 ambayo ilikuwa na kina cha dhiraa nane na miimo yake ilikuwa na unene wa dhiraa mbili. Baraza ya lango ilielekea Hekalu.
And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits; and the posts there of two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward:
10 Ndani ya lango la mashariki kulikuwepo vyumba vitatu vya kupumzikia kila upande, vyote vitatu vilikuwa na vipimo vilivyo sawa, nazo nyuso za kuta zilizotenganisha kila upande zilikuwa na vipimo vilivyo sawa.
and the chambers of the gate of the chamber in front [were] three on one side and three on the other, and [there was] one measure to the three: [there was] one measure to the porches on this side and on that.
11 Kisha akapima upana wa ingilio la lango, ilikuwa dhiraa kumi na urefu wake ulikuwa dhiraa kumi na tatu.
And he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway thirteen cubits.
12 Mbele ya kila chumba cha kupumzikia kulikuwepo ukuta uliokuwa na kimo cha dhiraa moja kwenda juu, navyo hivyo vyumba vilikuwa dhiraa sita mraba.
And the space before the chambers was narrowed to a cubit in front of the chambers on this side and on that side: and the chamber was six cubits this way, and six cubits that way.
13 Kisha akapima njia ya lango kuanzia juu ya ukuta wa nyuma wa chumba kimoja cha kupumzikia hadi juu ya ukuta wa nyuma wa chumba upande wa pili; kukawa na nafasi ya dhiraa ishirini na tano kuanzia lango la ukuta mmoja hadi lango la ukuta uliokuwa upande mwingine.
And he measured the gate from the wall of one chamber to the wall of the other chamber: the breadth was twenty-five cubits, the one gate over against the other gate.
14 Akapima pia ukumbi, urefu wa dhiraa ishirini na lango linalofuatia hiyo nguzo kila upande wa huo ukumbi.
And the open space of the porch of the gate without, was twenty cubits to the chambers round about the gate.
15 Umbali kuanzia ingilio la njia ya lango hadi mwisho kabisa wa baraza yake ulikuwa dhiraa hamsini.
And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits.
16 Kulikuwa na vidirisha kwenye hivyo vyumba vya walinzi na nguzo za hivyo vyumba zilikuwa kwenye mzunguko wa hilo lango, vivyo hivyo kulikuwa na madirisha yaliyozunguka kuelekeana na ua na juu ya kila nguzo kulikuwa na mapambo ya miti ya mitende.
And [there were] secret windows to the chambers, and to the porches within the gate of the court round about, and in the same manner windows to the porches round about within: and on the porch [there were] palm-trees on this side and on that side.
17 Kisha akanileta katika ukumbi wa nje. Huko nikaona vyumba vingine pamoja na njia iliyokuwa imejengwa kuzunguka ukumbi wote, kulikuwa na vyumba thelathini vimepangana kando ya hiyo njia.
And he brought me into the inner court, and, behold, [there were] chambers, and peristyles round about the court; thirty chambers within the ranges of columns.
18 Njia hii iliyojengwa iliambaa na lango, ikiwa na urefu sawa na lango, hii ilikuwa ni njia ya chini.
And the porticos were behind the gates; according to the length of the gates, was the lower peristyle.
19 Kisha akapima umbali kutoka ndani ya lango la chini mpaka nje ya ukumbi wa ndani, nao ulikuwa dhiraa mia moja upande wa mashariki na dhiraa mia moja upande wa kaskazini.
And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the outer gate inwards to the open space of the gate looking outwards: a hundred cubits [was the distance to the place] of the gate looking eastward: and he brought me to the north;
20 Kisha akapima urefu na upana wa lango linaloelekea kaskazini, kukabili ukumbi wa nje.
and behold a gate looking northwards [belonging to] the outer court, and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth;
21 Vyumba vyake vilikuwa vitatu kila upande, kuta zilizogawanya vyumba na baraza ilikuwa na vipimo sawa na zile kuta za lango la kwanza. Zilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa hamsini na upana wa dhiraa ishirini na tano.
and the chambers, three on this side and three on that; and the posts, and the porches, and the palm-trees thereof: and they were according to the measures of the gate that looks eastward: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was twenty-five cubits.
22 Madirisha yake, baraza yake na nakshi yake ya miti ya mitende vilikuwa na vipimo sawasawa na vile vya lango linaloelekea mashariki. Kulikuwa na ngazi saba za kupandia huko, pamoja na baraza yake mkabala nazo.
And its windows, and its porches, and its palm-trees, were according to [the dimensions of] the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the porches were within.
23 Kulikuwa na lango kwenye ukumbi wa ndani lililoelekea lile lango la kaskazini, kama vile ilivyokuwa ule upande wa mashariki. Akapima kutoka lango moja hadi lile lililo mkabala nalo, lilikuwa dhiraa mia moja.
And [there was] a gate to the inner court looking toward the north gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
24 Ndipo akaniongoza mpaka upande wa kusini, nami nikaona lango linaloelekea kusini. Akaipima miimo yake na baraza yake, navyo vilikuwa na vipimo sawa kama hivyo vingine.
And he brought me to the south side, and behold a gate looking southwards: and he measured it, and its chambers, and its posts, and its porches, according to these dimensions.
25 Lango na baraza yake vilikuwa na madirisha membamba pande zote, kama madirisha ya huko kwingine. Ilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa hamsini na upana wake dhiraa ishirini na tano.
And its windows and its porches round about were according to the windows of the porch: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was five and twenty cubits.
26 Kulikuwa na ngazi saba za kupandia huko, pamoja na baraza yake mkabala nazo. Ilikuwa na nakshi za miti ya mitende kwenye kuta zilizogawanya vyumba kila upande.
And it had seven steps, and porches within: and it [had] palm-trees on the posts, one on one side, and one on the other side.
27 Ukumbi wa ndani pia ulikuwa na lango lililoelekea kusini. Naye akapima kutoka lango hili mpaka kwenye lango la nje upande wa kusini; ilikuwa dhiraa mia moja.
And [there was] a gate opposite the gate of the inner court southward: and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits in breadth southward.
28 Kisha akanileta mpaka ukumbi wa ndani kwa kupitia lango la kusini, naye akapima lango la kusini, ambalo lilikuwa na vipimo sawa na yale mengine.
And he brought me into the inner court of the south gate: and he measured the gate according to these measures;
29 Vyumba vyake, kuta zilizogawanya vyumba na ukumbi wake zilikuwa na vipimo sawasawa na zile nyingine. Hilo lango na baraza yake vilikuwa na madirisha pande zote. Navyo vilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa hamsini na upana wa dhiraa ishirini na tano.
and the chambers, and the posts,
30 (Baraza za malango zilizozunguka ukumbi wa ndani zilikuwa na upana wa dhiraa ishirini na tano na kina cha dhiraa tano.)
and the porches, according to these measures: and [there were] windows to it and to the porches round about: its length was fifty cubits, and [its] breadth twenty-five cubits,
31 Baraza yake ilielekeana na ukumbi wa nje, miimo yake ilinakshiwa miti ya mitende, kulikuwa na ngazi nane za kupandia huko.
from the porch to the outer court: and [there were] palm-trees to the post [thereof], and eight steps.
32 Kisha akanileta mpaka kwenye ukumbi wa ndani ulioko upande wa mashariki, naye akalipima lango hilo, lilikuwa na vipimo vilivyo sawasawa na yale mengine.
And he brought me in at the gate that looks eastward: and he measured it according to these measures:
33 Vyumba vyake, kuta zake na baraza yake vilikuwa na vipimo vilivyo sawa na vile vingine. Lile lango pamoja na baraza yake vilikuwa na madirisha pande zote. Urefu wake ulikuwa dhiraa hamsini na upana wake dhiraa ishirini na tano.
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches according to these measures: and [there were] windows to it, and porches round about: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty-five cubits.
34 Baraza yake ilielekea ukumbi wa nje, miimo yake ilinakshiwa miti ya mitende pande zote. Kulikuwa na ngazi nane za kupandia huko.
And [there were] porches [opening] into the inner court, and palm-trees on the posts on this side and on that side: and it [had] eight steps.
35 Kisha akanileta mpaka kwenye lango la kaskazini na kulipima. Lilikuwa na vipimo sawa na yale mengine,
And he brought me in at the northern gate, and measured [it] according to these measures;
36 kama vile ilivyokuwa kwa vyumba, kuta zake na baraza yake, tena kulikuwa na madirisha pande zote. Ilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa hamsini na upana wake dhiraa ishirini na tano.
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches: and it [had] windows round about, and [it had] its porches: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
37 Baraza yake ilielekeana na ukumbi wa nje, miimo yake ilinakshiwa miti ya mitende pande zote, kulikuwa na ngazi nane za kupandia huko.
And its porches were toward the inner court; and [there were] palm-trees to the posts on this side and on that side: and it [had] eight steps.
38 Kulikuwa na chumba na mlango karibu na baraza katika kila njia ya ndani ya lango ambamo sadaka za kuteketezwa zilioshwa.
Its chambers and its door-ways, and its porches at the second gate [served as] a drain,
39 Kwenye baraza ya lile lango kulikuwepo meza mbili kila upande, ambako sadaka za kuteketezwa, sadaka za dhambi na sadaka za hatia zilichinjiwa.
that they might slay in it the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings.
40 Karibu na ukuta wa nje wa baraza ya lile lango karibu na ngazi kwenye ingilio kuelekea kaskazini kulikuwa na meza mbili, nako upande mwingine wa ngazi kulikuwepo na meza mbili.
And behind the drain for the whole-burnt-offerings at the north [gate], two tables eastward behind the second gate; and [behind] the porch of the gate two tables eastward.
41 Kwa hiyo kulikuwa na meza nne upande mmoja wa lango na nyingine nne upande mwingine, zote zilikuwa meza nane, ambapo dhabihu zilichinjiwa.
Four on one side and four on the other side behind the gate; upon them they kill the victims, in front of the eight tables of sacrifices.
42 Pia kulikuwa na meza nne za mawe yaliyochongwa kwa ajili ya sadaka za kuteketezwa, kila meza ilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa moja na nusu, upana wake dhiraa moja na nusu na kimo cha dhiraa moja. Juu ya meza hizo viliwekwa vyombo vya kuchinjia sadaka za kuteketezwa na dhabihu nyingine mbalimbali.
And [there were] four tables of hewn stone for whole-burnt-offerings, the breadth [of them was] a cubit and a half, and the length [of them] two cubits [and] a half, and [their] height was a cubit: on them they shall place the instruments with which they slay there the whole-burnt-offerings and the victims.
43 Kulikuwa na kulabu, urefu wake nyanda nne, zilikuwa zimeshikizwa ukutani pande zote. Meza zilikuwa kwa ajili ya nyama za sadaka.
And they shall have within a border of hewn stone round about of a span broad, and over the tables above screens for covering [them] from the wet and from the heat.
44 Nje ya lango la ndani, kwenye ukumbi wa ndani, kulikuwa na vyumba viwili, kimoja upande wa lango la kaskazini nacho kilielekea kusini, kingine upande wa lango la kusini nacho kilielekea kaskazini.
And he brought me into the inner court, and behold [there were] two chambers in the inner court, one behind the gate looking to the north, turning southward, and one behind the southern gate, but which looks to the north.
45 Akaniambia, “Chumba kinachoelekea upande wa kusini ni kwa ajili ya makuhani ambao wana usimamizi wa hekaluni,
And he said to me, This chamber that looks to the south, is for the priests that keep the charge of the house.
46 nacho chumba kinachoelekea upande wa kaskazini ni kwa ajili ya makuhani wenye usimamizi wa madhabahuni. Hawa ni wana wa Sadoki, ambao ndio Walawi pekee wanaoweza kumkaribia Bwana ili kuhudumu mbele zake.”
And the chamber that looks to the north is for the priests that keep the charge of the altar: they are the sons of Sadduc, those of the tribe of Levi who draw near to the Lord to serve him.
47 Ndipo alipopima ukumbi: nao ulikuwa mraba wa dhiraa mia moja urefu na upana. Madhabahu yalikuwa mbele ya Hekalu.
And he measured the court, the length [whereof was] a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, on its four sides; and the altar in front of the house.
48 Akanileta mpaka kwenye baraza ya Hekalu naye akaipima miimo ya hiyo baraza, nayo ilikuwa na upana wa dhiraa tatu kila upande. Upana wa ingilio ulikuwa dhiraa kumi na nne na kuta zake zilikuwa na upana wa dhiraa tatu kila upande.
And he brought me into the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, the breadth was five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side; and the breadth of the door [was] fourteen cubits, and the side-pieces of the door of the porch [were] three cubits on one side, and three cubits on the other side.
49 Baraza ilikuwa na dhiraa ishirini kwenda juu na dhiraa kumi na mbili kuanzia mbele hadi nyuma. Kulikuwa na ngazi kumi za kupandia huko, pia kulikuwa na nguzo kwa kila upande wa miimo.
And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits; and they went up to it by ten steps; and [there were] pillars to the porch, one on this side and one on that side.
