Ezekieli 43
1 Kisha yule mtu akanileta kwenye lango linaloelekea upande wa mashariki,
And he brought me to the gate that looked towards the east.
2 nami nikaona utukufu wa Mungu wa Israeli ukija kutoka upande wa mashariki. Sauti yake ilikuwa kama ya ngurumo ya maji yaendayo kasi, nayo nchi ikangʼaa kwa utukufu wake.
And behold the glory of the God of Israel came in by the way of the east: and his voice was like the noise of many waters, and the earth shone with his majesty.
3 Maono niliyoyaona yalikuwa kama maono yale niliyokuwa nimeyaona wakati Mungu alipokuja kuangamiza mji na kama maono niliyokuwa nimeyaona kando ya Mto wa Kebari, nami nikaanguka kifudifudi.
And I saw the vision according to the appearance which I had seen when he came to destroy the city: and the appearance was according to the vision which I had seen by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.
4 Utukufu wa Bwana ukaingia hekaluni kwa kupitia lango linaloelekea upande wa mashariki.
And the majesty of the Lord went into the temple by the way of the gate that looked to the east.
5 Kisha Roho akanichukua na kunileta katika ule ua wa ndani, nao utukufu wa Bwana ulilijaza Hekalu.
And the spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court: and behold the house was filled with the glory of the Lord.
6 Wakati yule mtu akiwa amesimama kando yangu, nilisikia mtu mmoja akisema nami kutoka ndani ya Hekalu.
And I heard one speaking to me out of the house, and the man that stood by me,
7 Akasema, “Mwanadamu, hapa ni mahali pa kiti changu cha enzi na mahali pa kuweka nyayo za miguu yangu. Hapa ndipo nitakapoishi miongoni mwa Waisraeli milele. Kamwe nyumba ya Israeli hawatalinajisi tena Jina langu takatifu, yaani, wao wala wafalme wao, kwa ukahaba wao na kwa sanamu zao zisizokuwa na uhai za wafalme wao katika mahali pao pa juu pa kuabudia miungu.
Said to me: Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever: and the house of Israel shall no more profane my holy name, they and their kings by their fornications, and by the carcasses of their kings, and by the high places.
8 Walipoweka kizingiti chao karibu na kizingiti changu na miimo yao ya milango karibu na miimo yangu, pakiwa na ukuta tu kati yangu na wao, walilinajisi Jina langu takatifu kwa matendo yao ya machukizo. Kwa sababu hiyo niliwaangamiza kwa hasira yangu.
They who have set their threshold by my threshold, and their posts by my posts: and there was but a wall between me and them: and they profaned my holy name by the abominations which they committed: for which reason I consumed them in my wrath.
9 Basi sasa na waweke mbali nami ukahaba wao na sanamu za wafalme wao zisizo na uhai, nami nitakaa miongoni mwao milele.
Now therefore let them put away their fornications, and the carcasses of their kings far from me: and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
10 “Mwanadamu, elezea hilo Hekalu kwa watu wa Israeli, ili wapate kuona aibu kwa ajili ya dhambi zao. Wao na wapime hicho kielelezo.
But thou, son of man, shew to the house of Israel the temple, and let them be ashamed of their iniquities, and let them measure the building:
11 Wakishaona aibu kwa ajili ya yale yote waliyotenda, wafahamishe kielelezo cha hilo Hekalu, yaani mpangilio wake, maingilio yake ya kutoka na kuingia, kielelezo chake chote, na masharti yake yote na sheria zake zote. Yaandike haya mbele yao ili wapate kuwa waaminifu kwa hicho kielelezo chake na kufuata masharti yake yote.
And be ashamed of all that they have done. Shew them the form of the house, and of the fashion thereof, the goings out and the comings in, and the whole plan thereof, and all its ordinances, and all its order, and all its laws, and thou shalt write it in their sight: that they may keep the whole form thereof, and its ordinances, and do them.
12 “Hii ndiyo sheria ya Hekalu: Eneo lote linalozunguka Hekalu juu ya mlima litakuwa takatifu kuliko yote. Hii ndiyo sheria ya Hekalu.
This is the law of the house upon the top of the mountain: All its border round about is most holy: this then is the law of the house.
13 “Hivi ndivyo vipimo vya madhabahu kwa dhiraa ndefu, yaani, dhiraa moja na nyanda nne: Tako lake liwe na kina cha hiyo dhiraa moja na upana wa hiyo dhiraa moja, ikiwa na ukingo wa shibiri moja kuizunguka pembeni. Hiki kitakuwa ndicho kimo cha madhabahu:
And these are the measures of the altar by the truest cubit, which is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom thereof was a cubit, and the breadth a cubit: and the border thereof unto its edge, and round about, one handbreadth: and this was the trench of the altar.
14 Kimo cha msingi kuanzia usawa wa ardhi mpaka kwenye mfereji sehemu ya chini kimo chake ni dhiraa mbili na upana wake ni dhiraa moja na kuanzia kwenye ukingo mdogo hadi kwenye ukingo mpana kimo chake ni dhiraa nne na upana wake ni dhiraa moja.
And from the bottom of the ground to the lowest brim two cubits, and the breadth of one cubit: and from the lesser brim to the greater brim four cubits, and the breadth of one cubit.
15 Pale pawashwapo moto madhabahuni kimo chake kitakuwa dhiraa nne, na pembe nne zinazoelekeza juu kutoka pale pawashwapo moto.
And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns.
16 Pale pawashwapo moto pa madhabahu ni mraba, urefu wake ni dhiraa kumi na mbili na upana wa dhiraa kumi na mbili.
And the Ariel was twelve cubits long, and twelve cubits broad, foursquare, with equal sides.
17 Pia sehemu ya juu ni mraba, urefu wake dhiraa kumi na nne na upana wa dhiraa kumi na nne, ikiwa na ukingo wa nusu dhiraa na mfereji kuizunguka madhabahu. Ngazi za kupandia madhabahuni zitaelekea upande wa mashariki.”
And the brim was fourteen cubits long, and fourteen cubits broad in the four corners thereof: and the crown round about it was half a cubit, and the bottom of it one cubit round about: and its steps turned toward the east.
18 Kisha akaniambia, “Mwanadamu, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Haya ndiyo yatakayokuwa masharti ya kutoa dhabihu za kuteketezwa na kunyunyiza damu juu ya madhabahu itakapokuwa imejengwa.
And he said to me: Son of man, thus saith the Lord God: These are the ceremonies of the altar, in what day soever it shall be made: that holocausts may be offered upon it, and blood poured out.
19 Utatoa fahali mchanga kuwa sadaka ya dhambi kwa makuhani, ambao ni Walawi, wa jamaa ya Sadoki, ndio watakaonikaribia kuhudumu mbele zangu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
And thou shalt give to the priests, and the Levites, that are of the race of Sadoc, who approach to me, saith the Lord God, to offer to me a calf of the herd for sin.
20 Itakupasa kuchukua baadhi ya hiyo damu ya mnyama huyo na kuiweka juu ya hizo pembe nne za madhabahu na juu ya ncha zake nne za sehemu ya juu kuzunguka ukingo wote, ili kuitakasa madhabahu na kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili yake.
And thou shalt take of his blood, and shalt put it upon the four horns thereof, and upon the four corners of the brim, and upon the crown round about: and thou shalt cleanse, and expiate it.
21 Itakupasa kumchukua huyo fahali mchanga kwa ajili ya sadaka ya dhambi na kumteketeza mahali palipoagizwa katika eneo la Hekalu nje ya mahali Patakatifu.
And thou shalt take the calf, that is offered for sin: and thou shalt burn him in a separate place of the house without the sanctuary.
22 “Siku ya pili yake utamtoa beberu asiye na dosari kwa ajili ya sadaka ya dhambi, nayo madhabahu itatakaswa kama ilivyotakaswa kwa yule fahali.
And in the second day thou shalt offer a he goat without blemish for sin: and they shall expiate the altar, as they expiated it with the calf.
23 Utakapokuwa umemaliza kazi ya kuitakasa, utamtoa fahali mchanga pamoja na kondoo dume toka kwenye kundi, wote wawe hawana dosari.
And when thou shalt have made an end of the expiation thereof, thou shalt offer a calf of the herd without blemish, and a ram of the flock without blemish.
24 Utawatoa mbele za Bwana, nao makuhani watanyunyizia chumvi juu yao na kuwatoa kuwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Bwana.
And thou shalt offer them in the sight of the Lord: and the priests shall put salt upon them, and shall offer them a holocaust to the Lord.
25 “Kwa siku saba itakupasa kutoa beberu kila siku kwa ajili ya sadaka ya dhambi, pia itakupasa kutoa fahali mchanga na kondoo dume kutoka zizini, wote wawe hawana dosari.
Seven days shalt thou offer a he goat for sill daily: they shall offer also a calf of the herd, and a ram of the flock without blemish.
26 Kwa siku saba itawapasa kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya madhabahu na kuitakasa na hivyo ndivyo watakavyoiweka wakfu.
Seven days shall they expiate the altar, and shall cleanse it: and they shall consecrate it.
27 Mwishoni mwa hizi siku saba, kuanzia siku ya nane na kuendelea, itawapasa makuhani kutoa sadaka zenu za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani juu ya madhabahu. Kisha nitawakubali ninyi, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.”
And the days being, expired, on the eighth day and thenceforward, the priests shall offer your holocausts upon the altar, and the peace offerings: and I will be pacified towards you, saith the Lord God.
