1 ث ُمَّ أخَذَنِي إلَى البَوّابَةِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ.

Afterward the man brought me to the gate, the gate that faces east.

2 ف َرَأيتُ هُناكَ مَجدَ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ آتِياً مِنَ الشَّرقِ بِصَوتٍ عالٍ وَعَظِيمٍ، كَصَوتِ البَحرِ الهائِجِ. وَأضاءَتِ الأرْضُ مِنْ مَجدِهِ.

And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east and His voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

3 و َقَدْ كانَتْ هَيئَةُ مَجدِهِ حِينَ أتَى لِيُدَمِّرَ المَدِينَةَ مِثلَما فِي الرُّؤيا الَّتِي سَبَقَ أنْ رَأيْتَها عِندَ نَهرِ خابُورَ. وَعِندَما رَأيتُهُ سَقَطتُ وَوَجهِي عَلَى الأرْضِ.

And the vision which I saw was like the vision I had seen when I came to foretell the destruction of the city and like the vision I had seen beside the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

4 ث ُمَّ دَخَلَ مَجدُ اللهِ إلَى الهَيكَلِ عَبرَ البَوّابَةِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ.

And the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east.

5 و َحِينَئذٍ رَفَعَنِي الرُّوحُ وَحَمَلَنِي إلَى السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ. وَكانَ مَجدُ اللهِ يَملأُ الهَيكَلَ.

Then the Spirit caught me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

6 و َعِندَئِذٍ سَمِعْتُ صَوتاً يَتَكَلَّمُ إلَيَّ مِنْ داخِلِ الهَيكَلِ. وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ يَقِفُ بِجانِبِي. فَقالَ لِي صَوتٌ مِنَ الدّاخِلِ:

And I heard One speaking to me out of the temple, and a Man stood by me.

7 « يا إنْسانُ، هَذا مَقَرُّ عَرشِي وَمَوطِئُ قَدَمِي مُنذُ الآنِ، حَيثُ سَأسكُنُ هُناكَ فِي وَسَطِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ إلَى الأبَدِ. فَلا يَنبَغِي أنْ يُدَنِّسَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَلا مُلُوكُهُمْ اسْمِيَ القُدُّوسُ بِعَدَمِ أمانَتِهِمْ وَبِجُثَثِ مُلُوكِهِمِ.

And He said to me, Son of man, this is 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 forever; and My holy name the house of Israel shall no more profane, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry, nor by the dead bodies and monuments of their kings,

8 ف قَدْ نَجَّسُوا اسْمِيَ القُدُّوسُ حِينَ وَضعُوا عَتَباتَ بُيُوتِهِمْ بِجِوارِ عَتَبَتِي، وَحِينَ جَعَلُوا أُطُرَ أبوابِهِمْ بِجِوارِ إطارِ بابِي، وَحِينَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَفصِلُ بَينِي وَبَينُهُمْ سِوَى جِدارٍ، وَحِينَ كانُوا يَعمَلُونَ الأُمُورَ الرَّهِيبَةَ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها فَأغَضبُونِي بِها كَثِيراً حَتَّى أهلَكتُهُمْ!

Nor by setting their threshold by My thresholds and their doorposts by My doorposts, with a mere wall between Me and them. They have profaned My holy name by their abominations which they have committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

9 و َالآنَ، لِيُزِيلُوا زِناهُمْ وَجُثَثَ مُلُوكِهِمْ مِنْ أمامِي. حِينَئِذٍ، أسكُنُ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ إلَى الأبَدِ!»

Now let them put away their harlotry and the dead bodies and monuments of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

10 « يا إنْسانُ، كَلِّمْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ عَنِ الهَيكَلِ حَتَّى يَخجَلُوا وَيَتَذَلَّلُوا بِسَبَبِ الأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ القَذِرَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها، فَيَعمَلُوا مُخَطَّطاتٍ دَقِيقَةً لَهُ.

Son of man, show the temple by your description of it to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure accurately its appearance and plan.

11 ف َإنْ خَجِلُوا وَتَذَلَّلُوا بِسَبَبِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيُمكِنُكَ أنْ تُخبِرهُمْ بِشَكلِ الهَيكَلِ وَمُخَطَّطاتِهِ وَمَداخِلِهِ وَمَخارِجِهِ وَكُلِّ القَواعِدِ وَالأنظِمَةِ الَّتِي تَتَعَلَّقُ بهِ، وَحِينَ تَكتُبُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ فِي وُجُودِهِمْ، فَإنَّهُمْ سَيَحفَظُونَ هَذِهِ الخُطَطَ وَالأنظِمَةَ وَيَعمَلُونَ بِها.

And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the temple and the arrangement of it—its exits and its entrances and the whole form of it—all its ordinances and all its forms and all its laws. And write it down in their sight so that they may keep the whole form of it and all the ordinances of it and do them.

12 و َهَذا هُوَ القانُونُ المُتَعَلِّقُ بِالهَيكَلِ: المِنطَقَةُ المُحِيطَةُ بِالهَيكَلِ عَلَى رَأسِ الجَبَلِ هِيَ قُدسُ الأقداسِ. هَذا هُوَ القانُونُ المُتَعَلِّقُ بِالهَيكَلِ!» المَذبَح

This is the law of the house: The whole area round about on the top of the mountain shall be most holy, separated, and set apart. Behold, this is the law of the house.

13 و َهَذِهِ هِيَ مَقايِيسُ المَذبَحِ، باستِخدامِ مِقياسِ الذِّراعِ الطَّوِيلَةِ – كُلُّ ذِراعٍ طَويلَةٍ تُعادِلُ ذِراعاً قَصِيرَةً وَشِبراً واحِداً. عُمقُ القَناةِ المُحِيطَةِ بِالمَذبَحِ ذِراعٌ وَعَرضُها ذِراعٌ. وَلَها حاشِيَةٌ عَرضُها شِبرٌ حَولَ حافَّةِ القَناةِ. تَقَعُ هَذِهِ القَناةُ أعلَى المَذبَحِ.

And these are the measurements of the altar in cubits. The cubit is a royal cubit; the bottom or gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim or lip round about it of a span’s breadth. And this shall be the height of the altar:

14 و َمِنَ القَناةِ الَّتِي عَلَى الأرْضِ إلَى أعلَى الحافَّةِ السُّفلَى لِلمَذبَحِ ذِراعان، وَعَرضُهُ ذِراعٌ. وَمِن تِلكَ الحافَّةِ الصُّغرَى إلَى أعلَى الحافَّةِ الكُبرَى أربَعُ أذرُعٍ، بِعَرضِ ذِراعٍ.

From the bottom or gutter on the ground to the lower ledge or brim shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

15 و َكانَ المَوقِدُ بارتِفاعِ أربَعِ أذرُعٍ. وَتَخرُجُ مِنَ المَوقِدِ أربَعُ زَوايا تَتَّجِهُ إلَى الأعلَى.

And the altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth reaching upward there shall be four horns one cubit high.

16 و َكانَ المَوقِدُ بِطُولِ اثنَتَي عَشْرَةَ ذِراعاً وَعَرضِ اثنَتَي عَشْرَةَ ذِراعاً. كانَ مُرَبَّعاً تَماماً.

And the altar hearth shall be square—twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in its four sides.

17 و َكانَتْ حافَّةُ المَوقِدِ مُرَبَّعَةٌ، بِطُولِ أربَعَ عَشْرةَ ذِراعاً وَعَرضِ أربَعَ عَشْرَةَ ذِراعاً. عَرضُ الحافَّةِ نِصفُ ذِراعٍ، وَعَرضُ القَناةِ المُحِيطَةِ بِالمَذبَحِ ذِراعاً. وَكانَتْ دَرَجاتُ المَذبَحِ تُواجِهُ الشَّرْقَ.

And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits broad on its four sides, and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom or gutter shall be a cubit deep and wide, and its ascent shall face the east.

18 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي المَلاكُ: «يا إنْسانُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹هَذِهِ هِيَ التَّعلِيماتُ المُختَصَّةُ بِالمَذبَحِ عِندَ صُنعِهِ لِتَقدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ وَسَفْكِ الدَّمِ.

And said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the regulations for the use of the altar in the day that it is erected, upon which to offer burnt offerings and to sprinkle blood against it:

19 ي ُقَدَّمُ ثَورٌ عُمْرُهُ سَنَةٌ واحِدَةٌ لِذَبِيْحَةِ الخَطِيَّةِ لِلكَهَنَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ نَسلِ صادُوقَ، فَهُمْ مَنْ يُسمَحُ لَهُمْ بِالِاقتِرابِ إلَيَّ لِخِدمَتِي. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.›»

You shall give to the priests, the Levites who are of the offspring of Zadok, who are near to Me to minister to Me, says the Lord God, a young bull for a sin offering.

20 « وَهَكَذا تُطَهِّرُ المَذبَحَ وَتُكَفِّرُ عَنهُ: خُذْ مِنْ دَمِ الثَّورِ وَضَعهُ عَلَى القُرُونِ الأربَعَةِ لِلمَذبَحِ وَعَلَى الزَّوايا المَوصُولَةِ بِقَناتِهِ وَحافَّتِهِ.

And you shall take of its blood and put it on the four horns of and on the four corners of the ledge and on the rim or border round about. Thus shall you cleanse and make atonement for.

21 ث ُمَّ خُذْ ثَورَ ذَبِيحَةِ الخَطيَّةِ إلَى مَنْطَقَةٍ مَعْرُوفَةٍ مُعَيَّنَةٍ لِهَذا الغَرَضِ خارِجَ مِنطَقَةِ الهَيكَلِ وَأحْرِقهُ.

You shall also take the bullock of the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sacred enclosure.

22 « وَقَدِّمْ فِي اليَومِ التّالِي تَيساً ذَكَراً لا عَيبَ فِيهِ ذَبِيْحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ لِتَطهِيرِ المَذبَحِ، كَما عُمِلَ بِالثَّورِ.

And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. Thus the altar shall be cleansed, as it was cleansed with the bullock.

23 و َحِينَ تَنتَهِي مِنَ التَّطهِيرِ، قَرّبْ عِجلاً وَكَبْشاً ذَكَراً لا عَيبَ فِيهِما،

When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

24 و َأحضِرْهُما إلَى مَحْضَرِ اللهِ. حِينَئِذٍ، يَضَعُ الكَهَنَةُ مِلحاً عَلَيهِما، وَيُقَدِّمانِهِما ذَبِيحَتَينِ للهِ.

And you shall bring them near before the Lord, and the priests shall cast salt upon them and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the Lord.

25 ع َلَيكَ أنْ تَعمَلَ هَذا لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ، فَيَكُونُ عَلَى الكَهَنَةِ تَقدِيمُ التَّيسِ ذَبِيحَةً عَنِ الخَطيَّةِ وَالعَجلِ وَالكَبْشِ الخالِيَةِ مِنَ العُيُوبِ.

Seven days you shall prepare every day a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram out of the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared.

26 ف َيَقُومُ بِتَطهِيرِ الهَيكَلِ لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ فَيُطَهِّرُونَهُ وَيُكَرِّسُونَهُ لِلخِدمَةِ.

For seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so the priests shall consecrate, separate, and set it apart to receive offerings.

27 و َحِينَ تَكتَمِلُ تِلكَ الفَترَةُ، فإنَّهُ مِنَ اليَومِ الثّامِنِ فَصاعِداً يُمكِنُ لِلكَهَنَةِ أنْ يَقَدِّمُوا الذَّبائِحَ الصَّاعِدَةَ وَذَبائِحَ السَّلامِ. حِينَئِذٍ، أرْضَى عَنكُمْ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

And when these days have been accomplished, on the eighth day and from then on, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings upon the altar and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord God.