Ezekieli 42
1 Ndipo yule mtu akaniongoza kuelekea kaskazini mpaka kwenye ua wa nje na kunileta mpaka kwenye vyumba vinavyoelekeana na ua wa Hekalu na kuelekeana na ukuta wa nje upande wa kaskazini.
And he brings me forth to the outer court, the way northward, and he brings me into the chamber that [is] opposite the separate place, and that [is] opposite the building at the north.
2 Jengo ambalo mlango wake ulielekea kaskazini lilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa mia moja na upana wa dhiraa hamsini.
At the front of the length [is] one hundred cubits [at] the north opening, and the breadth—fifty cubits.
3 Mbele ya zile dhiraa ishirini za ule ua wa ndani unaoelekeana na ile njia ya ua wa nje, kuliinuka vyumba virefu kimoja baada ya kingine vya ghorofa tatu.
Opposite the twenty [cubits] that are of the inner court, and opposite the pavement that [is] of the outer court, [is] gallery [with] face toward gallery, in the three [stories].
4 Mbele ya hivi vyumba kulikuwa na njia ya ndani yenye upana wa dhiraa kumi na urefu wa dhiraa mia moja. Milango yake ilikuwa upande wa kaskazini.
And at the front of the chambers [is] a walk of ten cubits in breadth to the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings [are] at the north.
5 Basi vyumba vya juu vilikuwa vyembamba zaidi, kwa kuwa ujia ulichukua nafasi zaidi ndani yake kuliko katika vyumba vya sakafu ya chini na vya katikati ya jengo.
And the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;
6 Vyumba katika ghorofa ya tatu havikuwa na nguzo, kama kumbi zilivyokuwa nazo, kwa hiyo eneo la sakafu ya vyumba vya juu lilikuwa ni dogo kuliko la sakafu ya chini na ya kati.
for they [are] threefold, and they have no pillars as the pillars of the court, therefore it has been kept back—more than the lower and than the middle one—from the ground.
7 Kulikuwa na ukuta wa nje uliokuwa sambamba na vile vyumba na ukumbi wa nje, ulitokeza urefu wa dhiraa hamsini.
As for the wall that [is] at the outside, alongside the chambers, the way of the outer-court at the front of the chambers, its length [is] fifty cubits;
8 Wakati safu ya vyumba katika ua wa nje vilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa hamsini, vile vyumba vilivyokuwa karibu zaidi na Hekalu vilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa mia moja.
for the length of the chambers that [are] in the outer court [is] fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple—one hundred cubits.
9 Vyumba vya chini vilikuwa na ingilio upande wa mashariki unapoingia kutoka ukumbi wa nje.
And under these chambers [is] the entrance from the east, in one’s going into them from the outer court.
10 Upande wa kusini kufuata urefu wa ukuta wa ukumbi wa nje, unaopakana na ukumbi wa Hekalu na kuelekeana na ukuta wa nje, kulikuwa na vyumba
In the breadth of the wall of the court eastward, to the front of the separate place, and to the front of the building, [are] chambers.
11 vyenye ujia unayopita mbele yake. Hivi vilifanana na vile vyumba vya upande wa kaskazini, vilikuwa na urefu na upana ulio sawa, mahali pa kutokea na vipimo vyake vilikuwa sawa. Kama ilivyokuwa milango ya upande wa kaskazini,
And the way before them [is] as the appearance of the chambers that [are] northward, according to their length so [is] their breadth, and all their outlets, and according to their fashions, and according to their openings.
12 ndivyo ilivyokuwa milango ya vyumba vya upande wa kusini. Kulikuwa na ingilio kuanzia mwanzo wa njia ambao ulikuwa sambamba na ukuta wa pili uliokuwa upande wa mashariki, ambako ndiko kwa kuingia vyumbani.
And according to the openings of the chambers that [are] southward [is] an opening at the head of the way, the way directly in the front of the wall eastward in entering them.
13 Kisha akaniambia, “Vyumba vya upande wa kaskazini na vya upande wa kusini ambavyo vinaelekeana na ukumbi wa Hekalu ni vyumba vya makuhani, mahali ambapo wale makuhani ambao humkaribia Bwana watakula zile sadaka takatifu sana. Huko ndiko watakakoweka zile sadaka takatifu sana, yaani, sadaka za nafaka, sadaka za dhambi na sadaka za hatia, kwa kuwa mahali ni patakatifu.
And he says to me, “The north chambers, the south chambers, that [are] at the front of the separate place, they [are] holy chambers, where the priests (who [are] near to YHWH) eat the most holy things, there they place the most holy things, and the present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, for the place [is] holy.
14 Mara makuhani waingiapo mahali patakatifu, hawaruhusiwi kwenda kwenye ukumbi wa nje mpaka wayaache mavazi ambayo walivaa wakiwa wanahudumu, kwa kuwa hayo mavazi ni matakatifu. Inawapasa kuvaa mavazi mengine kabla hawajakaribia eneo lililo wazi kwa ajili ya watu.”
In the priests’ going in, they do not come out from the sanctuary to the outer court, and there they place their garments with which they minister, for they [are] holy, and have put on other garments, and have drawn near to that which [is] for the people.”
15 Alipomaliza kupima vile vilivyokuwa katika eneo la ndani la Hekalu, akanitoa nje kupitia lango la upande wa mashariki na kupima eneo lote linalozunguka:
And he has finished the measurements of the inner house, and has brought me forth the way of the gate whose front [is] eastward, and he has measured it all around.
16 Akapima upande wa mashariki kwa ule ufito wa kupimia, nao ulikuwa dhiraa 500
He has measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed all around.
17 Akapima upande wa kaskazini, nao ulikuwa dhiraa 500 kwa ufito ule wa kupimia.
He has measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.
18 Tena akapima upande wa kusini, nao ulikuwa dhiraa 500 kwa ufito ule wa kupimia.
The south side he has measured, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.
19 Kisha akageukia upande wa magharibi na kuupima, ulikuwa dhiraa 500 kwa ufito ule wa kupimia.
He has turned around to the west side, he has measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.
20 Hivyo akapima eneo katika pande zote nne. Lilikuwa na ukuta kulizunguka wenye urefu wa dhiraa 500 na upana wa dhiraa 500, uliotenganisha mahali Patakatifu na eneo la watu wote.
At the four sides he has measured it; it had a wall all around, the length—five hundred, and the breadth—five hundred, to separate between the holy and the profane place.
