Ezekieli 43
1 Kisha yule mtu akanileta kwenye lango linaloelekea upande wa mashariki,
Afterward he brought me to the gate, [even] the gate that looketh 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 from the way of the east: and his voice [was] like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
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 [it was] according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, [even] according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions [were] like the vision that I saw by the river Kebar; and I fell upon my face.
4 Utukufu wa Bwana ukaingia hekaluni kwa kupitia lango linaloelekea upande wa mashariki.
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] towards the east.
5 Kisha Roho akanichukua na kunileta katika ule ua wa ndani, nao utukufu wa Bwana ulilijaza Hekalu.
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
6 Wakati yule mtu akiwa amesimama kando yangu, nilisikia mtu mmoja akisema nami kutoka ndani ya Hekalu.
And I heard [him] speaking to me out of the house; and the man 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.
And he said to me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their lewd deeds, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their 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.
In their setting of their threshhold by my threshholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in my anger.
9 Basi sasa na waweke mbali nami ukahaba wao na sanamu za wafalme wao zisizo na uhai, nami nitakaa miongoni mwao milele.
Now let them put away their lewd deeds, 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.
Thou son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
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 if they shall be ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the house, and the fashion of it, and its goings out, and its comings in, and all its forms, and all its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws: and write [it] in their sight, that they may keep the whole form of it, and all 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, the whole limit of it around [shall be] most holy. Behold, this [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 after the cubits: The cubit [is] a cubit and a hand-breadth; even the bottom [shall be] a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by its edge around [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the higher place 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 [upon] the ground [even] to the lower settle [shall be] two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle [even] to the greater settle [shall be] four cubits, and the breadth [one] cubit.
15 Pale pawashwapo moto madhabahuni kimo chake kitakuwa dhiraa nne, na pembe nne zinazoelekeza juu kutoka pale pawashwapo moto.
So the altar [shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and upward [shall be] 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 altar [shall be] twelve [cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four squares of it.
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 settle [shall be] fourteen [cubits] long and fourteen broad in its four squares; and the border about it [shall be] half a cubit; and the bottom of it [shall be] a cubit about; and its stairs shall look towards 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 ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings upon it, and to sprinkle blood upon it.
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 the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who approach to me, to minister to me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin-offering.
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 put [it] on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border around: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge 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.
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin-offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed 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 on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed [it] with the bullock.
23 Utakapokuwa umemaliza kazi ya kuitakasa, utamtoa fahali mchanga pamoja na kondoo dume toka kwenye kundi, wote wawe hawana dosari.
When thou hast made an end of cleansing [it], thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out 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 before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them [for] a burnt-offering 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 prepare every day a goat [for] a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out 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 purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
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 when these days have expired, it shall be, [that] upon the eighth day, and [so] forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings: and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
