ʻIsikieli 42

1 Hili ia naʻa ne ʻomi au ki he lotoʻā kituʻa, ki hono potu fakatokelau; pea naʻa ne ʻomi au ki he potu fale ʻaia naʻe hanga mai ki he potu ʻataʻatā ʻaia foki naʻe tuʻu ki muʻa ʻi he fale ʻi hono feituʻu fakatokelau.

[in the vision] the man led me out of the inner courtyard, through [the entrance on] the north side. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a building that was built against the north [of the inner courtyard].

2 Ko hono lōloa ʻi hono potu ki he matapā ki tokelau, ko e kiupite ʻe teau, pea ko hono laulahi, ko e kiupite ʻe nimangofulu.

That building was (175 feet/53 meters) long and (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) wide. Its doorway faced north.

3 Naʻe ngaohi ke fehāngaaki ʻae ngaahi hala ʻi he tuʻa fale ʻi he ngaahi fata ʻe tolu, ʻo feangai atu mo e kiupite ʻe uofulu naʻe tuku ko e lotoʻā ki loto, pea feʻunga mai mo e potu naʻe faliki ke lotoʻā ʻaki, kituʻa.

In that building were two rows of rooms, built on three levels, that faced each other. One row of rooms was built against the wall of the inner courtyard, and the other row was built against the wall facing the outer courtyard. The building was 34 feet from the temple.

4 Pea ʻi he mata fale naʻe ʻi ai ʻae hala, ko e kiupite ʻe hongofulu hono laulahi ki loto, mo e hala ʻoe kiupite ʻe taha; pea naʻe hanga hono ngaahi matapā ki he tokelau.

Between the [two] rows of rooms there was a walkway that was (17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters) wide and (175 feet/53 meters) long. All its doors were on the north side.

5 Ka ko eni naʻe fakanounou ʻae ngaahi potu fale ki ʻolunga, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻatā ange ʻa hono hala kituʻa ʻi ʻolunga, ʻi he hala ʻoe fata ki lalo, mo ia naʻe hoko ai.

Each of the upper rows of rooms was narrower than the row of rooms below them, [because the upper rows needed to have a walkway in front of them].

6 He naʻe fata tolu foki, ka naʻe ʻikai hano ngaahi pou, ʻo hangē ko e fakapou ʻoe ngaahi lotoʻā: ko ia naʻe ʻapiʻapi ai ʻae fale ʻolunga, ʻi hono potu ko ia naʻe ʻi lalo, mo ia naʻe hoko hake ai.

The rooms on the upper levels had no pillars to support them like the ones in the courtyard. Instead, each of those row of rooms were supported by the walls of the row of rooms on the level below.

7 Pea naʻe ʻi tuaʻā hono ʻā, ʻo hangatonu ia ki he ngaahi potu fale naʻe tuʻu ki he lotoʻā kituʻa, ʻi hono potu ki ʻao ʻoe ngaahi fale, pea ko hono lōloa ko e kiupite ʻe nimangofulu.

The wall of the building extended (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) past the set of rooms built along the outer courtyard, separating all the rooms from the outer courtyard.

8 He ko e lōloa ʻoe ngaahi potu fale ʻaia naʻe ʻi he lotoʻā kituʻa ko e kiupite ʻe nimangofulu: pea, vakai, ko hono lōloa ki hono potu ki ʻao ʻoe fale tapu ko e kiupite ʻe teau.

The row of rooms that were along the outer courtyard was (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) long, and the set of rooms that faced the temple was (175 feet/53 meters) long.

9 Pea naʻe ai ʻae hūʻanga ʻi he potu ʻoe ngaahi potu fale ni, ki hono potu fakahahake ʻi he ʻaluʻanga ʻo ha taha ʻoku hū ki ai, mei he lotoʻā kituʻa.

The lowest row of rooms had an entrance from the outer courtyard, on the east side.

10 Naʻe ngaohi ʻae ngaahi potu fale ʻi he matolu ʻoe ʻā ʻoe lotoʻā, ki hono potu ki hahake, ʻo hangatonu mai ki he potu naʻe ʻataʻatā, pea mo e fale lahi.

On the south [side], along the wall of the outer courtyard, next to the temple courtyard, was a [a building with two] rows of rooms,

11 Pea ko e hala ki muʻa ʻi ai naʻe mata tatau ia mo e ngaahi potu fale ki he potu tokelau, naʻe tatau hono lōloa mo ia, pea tatau mo hono laulahi: pea ko hono ngaahi kātupa naʻe tatau pe hono anga mo ia, pea tatau mo hono ngaahi matapā.

with a walkway between them. Those rooms were like the rooms on the north [side]: they were the same length and width, and had the same kind of entrances.

12 Pea hangē ko e ngaahi matapā ʻoe ngaahi potu fale ʻaia naʻe hanga ki he feituʻu tonga, naʻe ai ʻae matapā ʻi he tefito hala, ʻio, ʻae hala naʻe hangatonu atu ki he ʻā, ki he potu hahake, ʻoka hū atu ha taha ki ai.

The doorways on the south side were similar to the doorways on the north side. There was an entrance in the wall that faced the doors of the set of rooms, and there was an entrance on the east side, at the end of the inside walkway.

13 Hili ia naʻa ne pehē mai kiate au, “Ko e ngaahi potu fale ki he tokelau mo e ngaahi potu fale ki he feituʻu tonga, ʻaia ʻoku hangatonu mai ki he potu ʻataʻatā, ko e ngaahi potu fale tapu ia, ʻaia ʻe kai ai ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻoku ʻunuʻunu mai kia Sihova, ʻae ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni ʻaupito: te nau hilifaki ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni ʻaupito, mo e feilaulau ʻoe meʻakai, mo e feilaulau ki he angahala, mo e feilaulau ki he fai hala; he ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻae potu.

Then the man said to me, “These rooms that overlook the temple on the north and south sides are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices to Yahweh will [their portions of] the sacred offerings. Because these rooms are holy, they will be used to store the sacred offerings: [the grain for] the grain offerings, the offerings for the sins that people have committed, and offerings in order that people will no longer be guilty for having sinned.

14 ‌ʻOka hū atu ki ai ʻae kau taulaʻeiki, ʻe ʻikai te nau toe ʻalu atu mei he potu māʻoniʻoni ki he lotoʻā kituʻa, ka ko e potu pe ko ia naʻa nau ngāue ai, ʻe tuku ʻi ʻai ʻa honau ngaahi kofu; he ʻoku nau māʻoniʻoni; pea te nau ʻai ʻae ngaahi kofu kehe, ʻoka nau ka ʻalu ʻo kau ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa ʻae kakai.”

When the priests leave the temple, they will not be allowed to [immediately] enter the outer courtyard. First, they must remove the clothes that they had been wearing inside the temple, because those clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before they enter the parts [of the temple area] where the [other] people [gather].”

15 Pea hili ʻae fakaʻosi ʻe ia hono fuofua ʻoe fale ki loto, naʻa ne ʻomi au ki he matapā ʻaia ʻoku hanga atu ki he potu hahake, pea naʻa ne fua takatakai ia.

When the man had finished measuring the inside of the temple area, he led me out through the east entrance [of the outer courtyard] and measured all the way around the temple area.

16 Naʻe fua ʻa hono potu fakahahake ʻaki ʻae kaho naʻe fuofua ʻaki, ko e kaho ʻe nimangeau, ʻa hono fua takatakai ʻo ʻosi.

He measured the four sides of the area. There was a wall around the area that was (875 feet/265 meters) long on each side.

17 Naʻa ne fua ʻae potu ki he tokelau ko e kaho ʻe nimangeau ʻi hono fua takatakai ʻaki ʻae kaho.

18 Naʻa ne fua ʻae potu ki he feituʻu tonga ʻaki ʻae kaho, ko e kaho ʻe nimangeau.

19 Naʻa ne foki atu ki he potu ki lulunga pea ne fua ʻaki ia ʻae kaho ko e kaho ʻe nimangeau.

20 Naʻa ne fua ia ʻi hono potu ʻe fā: naʻe takatakai ʻaki ia ʻae ʻā, ko e kaho ʻe nimangeau hono lōloa, mo e nimangeau ʻa hono laulahi koeʻuhi ke fevahaʻanaki ai ʻae potu tapu mo e potu ngofua.

That wall separated the [area which was] sacred/holy from the [areas that were] not sacred.