ʻIsikieli 45

1 Ko eni foki, ʻoka mou ka talotalo ki hono vahevahe ʻoe fonua ko e tofiʻa, te mou fai ha feilaulau kia Sihova, mo fakatapui moʻona ha konga ʻoe fonua: ko hono lōloa, ko e tatau mo e kaho ʻe ua mano ma nima afe, pea ko hono laulahi ko e taha mano. ʻE māʻoniʻoni ia ʻo aʻu ki hono ngataʻanga kotoa pē ʻo takatakai hake.

“‘When the land of Israel is divided [among the twelve tribes], you must present to me, Yahweh, one part of the land to be a sacred district. It will be (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (6.7 miles/10.6 km.) wide. That entire area will be (holy/set apart for me).

2 Pea ko hono lōloa ʻae potu ʻe tuku ʻi ai ki he fale tapu, ko e nimangeau, mo e nimangeau ʻi hono fakamāukupu, koeʻuhi ke potupotu mālie hono fua takatakai; pea ko e kiupite ʻe nimangofulu ʻe tuku ke ʻataʻatā ʻi hono takatakai hake ʻo ʻosi.

Part of that area, (875 feet/265 meters) on each side, will be for the temple area. An additional strip of ground, (87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters) wide, will be left empty all around the temple area.

3 Pea ko hono fua ko ia te ke fua mei ai hono lōloa ko e ua mano mo e nima afe, pea ko hono laulahi ko e taha mano; pea ʻe tuʻu ʻi ai ʻae fale tapu pea mo e potu toputapu ʻaupito.

Inside that sacred district, measure a section (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (3.5 miles/5.3 km.) wide.

4 Pea ko e potu fonua kuo fakatapui, ʻe ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ia ʻae kau tauhi ʻoe fale tapu, ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻunuʻunu ke ofi mo fai ʻae ngāue kia Sihova: pea ko e potu ia ʻe tuʻu ai honau ngaahi fale, mo e potu māʻoniʻoni ki hoku fale tapu.

That section will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests who work in the temple and who come near to me to serve me. It will be a place for their houses as well as being a holy place for the temple.

5 Pea ko hono lōloa ko ia ko e ua mano ma nima afe, pea mo hono laulahi ʻoku taha mano, ʻe maʻu foki ʻe he kau Livaite, ʻae kau tauhi ʻoe fale, ko honau tofiʻa ʻi ai ko e potu fale ʻe uofulu.

An area (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (3.5 miles/5.3 km.) wide will be for the descendants of Levi who work in the temple. That area will belong to them, and they will be permitted to build cities there to live in.

6 Pea te mou vaheʻi ʻae tuʻunga ʻoe kolo, ko hono māukupu ko e nima afe, pea ko hono lōloa ko e ua mano ma nima afe, ʻi heʻene hangatonu mai ki he vahe ʻoe potu tapu: pea ʻe ʻoe fale kotoa ʻo ʻIsileli ia.

Alongside that sacred area will be a section of land that is (8.3 miles/13.3 km.) long and (1.7 miles/2.65 km.) wide. It will be for a city where anyone in Israel [MTY] will be permitted to live.

7 Pea ʻe ʻi ai hono vahe ki he tuʻi ʻi hono potu ʻe ua ʻo ia kuo vaheʻi ko e potu tapu, pea mo e vahe ʻoe kolo, ʻi he potu ki muʻa ʻoe potu tapu, mo e potu ki muʻa ʻoe vahe ki he kolo, ʻo fua mei hono potu lulunga ʻo fai atu ki lulunga, pea mei hono potu hahake ʻo fai ki hahake; pea ʻe feʻunga ʻa hono fua fakalōloa, mo e vahe ʻe taha mei hono ngataʻanga ʻi lulunga, ʻo aʻu ki hono ngataʻanga fakahahake.

The king will have two sections of land; one will be on the western side of the sacred district and other will be on the eastern side of the sacred district. The one on the western side will extend west to the Mediterranean Sea. The one on the eastern side will extend east to the eastern end of the country. The eastern and western borders of the king’s land will be next to the areas allotted to the tribes.

8 Pea ʻe maʻu ʻe ia ʻa hono tofiʻa ʻi he fonua ʻi ʻIsileli: pea ʻe ʻikai siʻi toe fakamālohiʻi ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻa hoku kakai; ka ko hono toe ʻoe fonua, te nau tuku ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo fakatatau mo honau ngaahi faʻahinga.

That land will be the land in Israel that belongs to the king. So, [because the kings will have their own land], they will no longer need to oppress my people and steal [land] from them. They will assign the remaining parts of the land to the people, giving a part to each tribe.

9 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “ʻE ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, mou fiemālie muʻa; hiki ke mamaʻo ʻae fakamālohi, mo e faʻa vete, pea fai ʻae fakamaau, mo fai totonu, pea ʻoua naʻa pule kakaha ki hoku kakai, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You kings of Israel must stop acting violently and oppressing the people! You must do what is fair and right [DOU]. Stop taking land from the people!

10 ‌ʻE ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae meʻa fakatatau ʻoku totonu, mo e efa totonu, pea mo e pate totonu.

And you must use accurate scales, and accurate containers for measuring things.

11 Pea ʻe tatau hono fua ʻoe efa, pea mo e pate, koeʻuhi ke feʻunga ʻae pate ʻe taha, mo hono hongofulu vahe ʻi he homa ʻe taha, pea ko e efa ko hono hongofulu vahe ia ʻoe homa foki: ʻe fuofua pe ʻa hono fua mei he homa.

The baskets for measuring dry things and containers for measuring liquids must be the same size; each must hold 175 quarts/liters.

12 Pea ʻe ʻi he sikeli ʻe taha ʻae kela ʻe uofulu: pea ko e sikeli ʻe uofulu, mo e sikeli ʻe uofulu ma nima, mo e sikeli ʻe hongofulu ma nima, ko hoʻomou mina ia.

When you weigh things, you must use weights that everyone accepts as being correct [MTY].’”

13 Ko eni ʻae feilaulau te mou ʻatu; ko hono ono vahe ʻoe efa ʻi he homa ʻe taha ʻoe uite, pea te mou ʻatu mo hono vahe ono ʻoe efa ʻi he homa ʻe taha ʻoe paʻale:

“‘You must present to the king one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60 that you harvest.

14 Pea ko e meʻa kuo tuʻutuʻuni ki he lolo, ʻae pate ʻoe lolo, te mou ʻatu hono hongofulu ʻoe vahe ʻoe pate ʻi he koaa ʻe taha, ʻaia ʻoku tatau mo e homa ʻe taha, ʻoku hongofulu ʻa hono pate; he ko e pate ʻe hongofulu, ko e homa ia ʻe taha.

And you must give him one quart/liter of olive oil for every 100 quarts/liters that you make.

15 Pea ko e lami ʻe taha, mei hono uangeau ʻoe fanga lami, mei he ngaahi potu lau maʻuiʻui ʻi ʻIsileli: ko e meʻa ia ki he feilaulau ʻoe meʻakai, mo e feilaulau tutu, mo e feilaulau ʻoe fakafetaʻi, ko honau fakaleleiʻi, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

Also, I, Yahweh, declare that you must take one sheep from each 200 sheep in your flocks in the pastures of Israel. Those things that you take to the king will be used with the offerings of things made from grain and for the offerings that will be completely burned and the offerings to maintain fellowship with me, offerings in order for me to forgive you for the sins that you have committed.

16 ‌ʻE kau ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻi he fonua, ʻi he meʻa ʻe ʻatu ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli.

All the Israeli people must join in bringing those offerings to the king of Israel.

17 Pea ko e ngāue ia ʻae tuʻi ke ʻatu ʻae feilaulau tutu, mo e feilaulau ʻoe meʻakai, mo e feilaulau ʻoe meʻainu, ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga, mo e ngaahi māhina foʻou, pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho tapu, mo e ngaahi fakataha fakatoputapu ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli: ʻe ʻiate ia ʻa hono teuteu ʻoe feilaulau ʻi he angahala, mo e feilaulau ʻoe meʻakai, mo e feilaulau tutu, pea mo e feilaulau ʻoe fakafetaʻi, koeʻuhi ke fakaleleiʻi ʻae fale ʻo ʻIsileli.”

The king must provide the animals to be completely burned on the altar, grain for the grain offerings, and wine for the wine offerings for the sacred festivals that I have appointed for the people of Israel—including the festivals to celebrate each new moon and the Sabbaths. He must provide [the animals for] the offerings for the people to become acceptable to me, grain for the grain offerings, animals to be completely burned [on the altar], and offerings to maintain fellowship with me, Yahweh, in order that I will forgive the Israeli people for their sins.

18 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “ʻI he ʻuluaki māhina, mo e ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻoe māhina, te mou toʻo ʻae pulu mui taʻehanomele, mo fakamaʻa ʻae fale tapu:

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: On the first day of the first month [of each year] you must take one young bull that has no defects and [sacrifice it to] cause the temple to be acceptable to me.

19 Pea ʻe toʻo ʻe he taulaʻeiki ʻae toto ʻoe feilaulau ʻi he angahala, mo ne pani ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi pou ʻoe fale, pea ʻe pani mo e tuliki ʻe fā, ʻoe hala, ʻoku fakatakamilo ʻi he feilaulauʻanga, pea ʻe ʻai foki ia ki he ngaahi pou ʻoe matapā ʻoe lotoʻā ki loto.

The [Supreme] Priest must take some of the blood of the offering to cause people to become acceptable to me, and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and on the entry posts of the inner courtyard.

20 Pea ʻe pehē pe hoʻo fai ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina, koeʻuhi ko ia kotoa pē kuo fai hala, pea mo ia ʻoku taʻepoto: pea ʻe pehē pe ʻa hoʻomou fakaleleiʻi ʻae fale.

He must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for any people who sin without intending to sin or without realizing that what they did is sinful. By doing that you will purify the temple.

21 Pea te mou fai ʻa e [kātoanga ʻoe ] Lakaatu ʻi hono ʻuluaki māhina, mo hono hongofulu ma fā ʻoe ʻaho, ʻo kātoanga ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu; ʻe kai ʻae mā ʻoku ʻikai hano meʻa fakatupu.

In the first month of each year, on the 14th day of the month, you must start to celebrate the Passover Festival. The festival will last for seven days. During that time you must not eat bread made with yeast.

22 Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe teuteu ha pulu ʻe he tuʻi, ko e feilaulau ia ʻi he angahala, ko e fai maʻana, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua.

On the first day, the king must provide a bull to be an offering for himself and for the all the other people of the country.

23 Pea ko e ʻaho ʻe fitu ʻoe kātoanga te ne teuteu ai ha feilaulau tutu kia Sihova, ko e fanga pulu ʻe fitu, mo e sipitangata ʻe fitu taʻehanomele, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe fitu; pea mo e ʻuhikiʻi kosi ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ko e feilaulau ʻi he angahala.

And every day during those seven days he must provide seven young bulls and seven rams that have no defects, to be an offering for the people’s sins.

24 Pea te ne teuteu ha feilaulau meʻakai, ʻo tatau mo e efa ʻe taha ki he pulu, mo e efa ʻe taha ki ha sipitangata, pea mo e hini ʻoe lolo ki ha efa ʻe taha.

He must also provide a half bushel of grain to be an offering, and also four quarts of olive oil, for each bill and ram.

25 Pea ka hoko ki hono fitu ʻoe māhina, mo hono hongofulu ma nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina, ʻe pehē pe ʻa ʻene fai ʻi he kātoanga ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu, ʻo fakatatau mo e feilaulau ʻi he angahala, pea tatau mo e feilaulau tutu, pea tatau mo e feilaulau meʻakai, pea tatau mo e lolo.”

During the seven days of the festival [of Living in Temporary Shelters], which starts on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of each year, the king must provide the same things for offerings for the people’s sins, for offerings to be completely burned, for grain offerings, and the same amount of olive oil that he provided each day [during the Passover Festival].’”