1 و َأعادَنِي الرَّجُلُ إلَى بَوّابَةِ الهَيكَلِ لِلخُرُوجِ إلَى السّاحَةِ الَّتِي تَتَّجِهُ إلَى الشَّرقِ. فَكانَتِ البوّابَةُ مُغلَقَةً.

Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

2 ح ِينئِذٍ قالَ اللهُ لِي: «البَوّابَةُ مُغلَقَةٌ وَلا يَنْبَغِي أنْ تُفتَحَ، وَلا أنْ يَدْخُلَ مِنها أيُّ إنسانٍ، لأنَّ اللهَ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ يَدخُلُ مِنْ هَذِهِ البَوّابَةِ.

And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

3 ي ُمكِنُ لِلرَّئِيسِ فَقَطْ أنْ يَجلِسَ فِي مَمَرِّ هَذِهِ البَوّابَةِ لِيَأكُلَ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ. يُمكِنُ للرَّئِيسِ أنْ يَدخُلَ إلَى دِهلِيزِ البَوّابَةِ، وَعَلَيهِ أنْ يَخرُجَ مِنْ حَيثُ دَخَلَ. تَعلِيماتٌ بِشَأنِ قَداسَةِ الهَيكَل

As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

4 ث ُمَّ أخَذَنِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ المُؤَدِّيَةِ إلَى البَوّابَةِ الشَّمالِيَّةِ الَّتِي أمامَ الهَيكَلِ. فَنَظَرتُ وَرَأيتُ مَجدَ اللهِ يَملأُ هَيكَلَ اللهِ. فَوَقَعتُ وَوَجهِي عَلَى الأرْضِ،

Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.

5 و َلَكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، انتَبِه! انظُرْ بِعَينَيكَ وَاستَمِعْ بِأُذُنَيكَ لِكُلِّ ما أقُولُهُ لَكَ! اسْمَع كُلَّ الأنظِمَةِ وَالتَّعلِيماتِ المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِهَيكَلِ اللهِ. انتَبِه إلَى مَدخَلِ الهَيكَلِ وَلِكُلِّ مَخارِجِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every egress of the sanctuary.

6 و َقُلْ لِبَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ المُتَمَرِّدِ: يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹يا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ، قَدِ اكتَفَيتُ مِنَ الأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلتُمُوها.

And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

7 أ دخَلتُمْ غُرَباءَ وَرِجالاً غَيرَ مَختُونِي القَلبِ وَالجَسَدِ إلَى مَقدَسِي لِتَدنِيسِ هَيكَلِي. أمّا خُبزِي وَشَحمِي وَالدَّمُ الَّذِي يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُقَدَّمَ لِي، فَقَدْ قَدَّمتُمُوهُ لِكُلِّ أوثانِكُمُ القَذِرَةِ، ناقِضِينَ عَهدِي.

in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add unto all your abominations.

8 ل َمْ تَحرُسُوا ما يَخُصُّنِي مِنْ مُقَدَّساتٍ، وَعَيَّنتُمْ أجانِبَ لِيَحِلُّوا مَحَلَّكُمْ وَيَحرُسُوا مَقدَسِي.›»

And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

9 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «لَنْ يُسمَحَ لِأيِّ غَرِيبٍ غَيرِ مَختُونِ القَلبِ أوِ الجَسَدِ، مِنَ السّاكِنِينَ وَسَطَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ، بِأنْ يَدخُلَ إلَى مَقدَسِي.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

10 ف َلَنْ يَدخُلَ مَقدَسِي إلّا اللّاوِيُّونَ، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ مُذنِبُونَ كَبَقِيَّةِ إسْرائِيلَ لأنَّهُمْ ضَلُّوا عَنِّي وَتَبِعُوا أوثانَهُمُ القَذرَةَ.

But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

11 ا للّاوِيُّونَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَخدِمُونَ مَقدَسِي وَيَحرُسُونَ بَوّاباتِهِ لِحِمايَةِ قَداسَةِ الهَيكَلِ. وَاللّاوِيُّونَ هُمْ مَنْ يَذبَحُونَ الذَّبائِحَ للِشَّعبِ، وَسَيَكُونُونَ مَنْ يَقِفُونَ أمامَ الشَّعبِ لِيَخدِمُوهُمْ.

Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

12 ه َذا هُوَ قَضاءُ الرَّبِّ الإلَهِ بِشَأنِ اللّاوِيِّينَ: حَيْثُ إنَّهُمْ خَدَمُوا الشَّعبَ أمامَ أصنامِهِمِ الكَرِيهَةِ، وَكانُوا سَبَبَ سُقُوطٍ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ، فَإنِّي سَأُحاسِبُهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَأُعاقِبُهُمْ.

Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity.

13 « لَنْ يَقتَرِبَ اللّاوِيُّونَ لِيَخدِمُونِي كَكَهَنَةٍ، وَلَنْ يَقتَرِبُوا مِنْ أيِّ شَيءٍ مِنْ مُقَدَّساتِي أوْ ذَبائِحِي المُقَدَّسَةِ، وَبِهَذا سَيُخزَونَ بِسَبَبِ الأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها.

And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

14 و َلَكِنِّي سَأُعَيِّنُهُمْ لِحِراسَةِ الهَيكَلِ وَلِخَدَماتِ العِبادَةِ وَلِكُلِّ ما يُعمَلُ فِيهِ!»

Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

15 « وَأمّا الكَهَنَةُ اللّاوِيُّونَ، الَّذِينَ هُمْ نَسلُ صادُوقَ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا يَقُومُونَ بِخِدمَةِ مَقدِسِي، حَتَّى حِينَ ابتَعَدَ عَنِّي بَنو إسْرائِيلَ، فَهُمُ الَّذِينَ سَيَقتَرِبُونَ إلَيَّ لِيَخدِمُونِي. سَيَقِفُونَ أمامِي لِتَقدِيمِ شَحمِ الذَّبائِحِ وَدَمِها. يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah:

16 س َيَدخُلُ الكَهَنَةُ اللّاوِيُّونَ إلَى مَقدَسِي، وَسَيَقتَرِبُونَ مِنْ مائِدَتِي لِيَخدِمُونِي وَلِيَقُومُوا بِالمَهَامِ المُوكَلَةِ إلَيهِمْ فِي خِدمَتِي.

they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

17 و َحِينَ يَدخُلُونَ البَوّاباتِ الَّتِي تُؤَدِّي إلَى السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ، فَليَرتَدُوا الأثوابَ الكِتّانِيَّةَ. لا يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَرْتَدُوا صُوفاً أثناءَ قِيامِهِمْ بِخِدمَتِي فِي السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ أوِ الهَيكَلِ.

And it shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

18 ك َما يَرتَدُونَ عِماماتٍ كِتّانِيَّةٍ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَمَلابِسَ داخِلِيَةً كِتّانِيَّةً. وَلا يَرتَدُونَ ثِياباً تُسَبِّبُ لَهُمُ التَّعَرُّقَ.

They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth sweat.

19 و َحِينَ يَخرُجُونَ إلَى السّاحَةِ الخارِجِيَّةِ وَسَطَ النّاسِ، يَخلَعُونَ الثِّيابَ الَّتِي يَرتَدُونَها عِندَ القِيامِ بِأعمالِهِمِ الكَهَنُوتِيَّةِ، وَيَترُكُونَها فِي الغُرَفِ الَّتِي فِي المِنطَقَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ، وَيَرتَدُونَ ثِياباً أُخْرَى. يَنَبَغِي أنْ يَفَعَلُوا هَذا كَي لا يَلْمَسَ الشَّعبُ الثِّيابَ المُقَدَّسَةَ.

And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.

20 « وَلا يَحلِقُ الكَهَنَةُ رُؤُوسَهُمْ، وَلا يَقُصُّونَ شَعرَهُمْ أكثَرَمِمّا يَنْبَغِي. وَيُبقُونَ شَعرَهُمْ مُرَتَّباً.

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

21 و َلا يُسمَحُ لِلكَهَنَةِ بِأنْ يَشرَبُوا النَّبِيذَ عِندَ دُخُولِهِمْ إلَى السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ.

Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

22 و َلا يُسمَحُ لَهُمْ بِأنْ يَتَزَوَّجُوا أرمَلَةً أوْ مُطَلَّقَةً. يُمِكِنُ للِكاهِنِ أنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ عَذارَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ أوْ مِنْ أرامِلَ كَهَنَةٍ آخَرِينَ.

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

23 « وَيُعَلِّمُ الكَهَنَةُ شَعبِي كَيفَ يُمَيِّزُونَ بَينَ المُقَدَّسِ وَغَيرِ المُقَدَّسِ. وَيُعَلِّمُوهُمْ الأحكامَ المُتَعَلِّقَةَ بِما هُوَ طاهِرٌ وَما هُوَ نَجِسٌ.

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

24 و َيَكُونُ الكَهَنَةُ مَسؤُولِينَ عَنِ القَضايا وَالخِلافاتِ، فَيَستَرشِدُونَ بِشَرائِعِي وَأحكامِي لإصدارِ القَراراتِ الشَّرعِيَّةِ القانُونِيَّةِ. وَلَيَحفَظُوا تَعلِيماتِي وَشَرائِعِي المُتَعَلِّقَةَ بِالتَّجَمُّعاتِ الدِّينِيَّةِ وَالأعيادِ، وَيُحافِظُوا عَلَى قَداسَةِ أيّامَ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها.

And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

25 و َحَتَّى لا يَتَعَرَّضُوا لِلنَّجاسَةِ، عَلَيهِمْ أنْ لا يَقتَرِبُوا مِنْ جَسَدِ مَيِّتٍ. وَلا يَجُوزُ لِلكاهِنِ أنْ يَتَعَرَّضَ لِلنَّجاسَةِ بِلَمْسِ جَسَدِ مَيِّتٍ إلّا فِي حالَةِ وَفاةِ أبِيهِ أوْ أُمِّهِ أوِ ابنَتِهِ أوْ أخِيهِ أوْ أُختِهِ.

And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

26 و َبَعدَ أنْ يَتَطَهَّرَ، تَعُدُّونَ لَهُ سَبعَةُ أيّامٍ.

And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

27 و َحِينَ يَعُودُ لِيَدخُلَ المِنطَقَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ فِي السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ لِيَخدِمَ فِي المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ، عَلَيهِ أنْ يُقَدِّمَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطيَّةٍ عَنْ نَفسِهِ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.

28 « أمّا مِيراثُ الكَهَنَةِ، فَأنا سَأكُونُ مِيراثَهُمْ. لَنْ يَنالُوا حِصَّةً فِي أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَأنا حِصَّتُهُمْ.

And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

29 و َيَأكُلُ الكَهَنَةُ تَقدِماتِ الحُبُوبِ وَذَبائِحَ الخَطيَّةِ وَذَبائِحَ الذَّنبِ. كَما يُمكِنُهُمْ أنْ يأكُلُوا ما يُكَرَّسُ مِنْ مَنتُوجاتِ أرْضُ إسْرائِيلَ.

They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

30 ف َسَيَكُونُ أوَّلُ ما تُنتِجهُ الحَيَواناتُ وَالنَّباتاتُ وَالتَّقدِماتُ الاختِيارِيَّةُ لِلكَهَنَةِ. قَدِّمُوا أوَّلَ دَقِيقٍ تَطحَنُونَهُ لِلكاهِنِ لِضَمانِ الحُصُولِ عَلَى بَرَكَةٍ لِبُيُوتِكُمْ.

And the first of all the first-fruits of every thing, and every oblation of everything, of all your oblations, shall be for the priest: ye shall also give unto the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.

31 و َعَلَى الكاهِنِ أنْ لا يَأكُلَ جُثَّةَ حَيَوانٍ افتَرَسَهُ طَيرٌ أوْ حَيَوانٌ آخَرُ أوْ بَقاياها.»

The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.