1 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «ستَبقَى البَوّابَةُ الشَّرقِيَّةُ، الَّتِي تَقُودُ إلَى السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ، مُغلَقَةً طِيلَةَ سِتَّةِ أيّامِ العَمَلِ فِي الأُسبُوعِ، لَكِنَّها سَتُفتَحُ فِي السُّبُوتِ وَأوائِلِ الشُّهُورِ.

Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut during the six working days, but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and also on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

2 ث ُمَّ سَيَدخُلُ الرَّئِيسُ البَوّابَةَ مِنَ الخارِجِ عَبرَ الدِّهلِيزِ، وَسَيَقِفُ فِي مَدخَلِ البَوّابَةِ. وَسَيَقُومُ الكَهَنَةُ بِتَقدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ الصَّاعِدَةِ وَذَبائِحِ السَّلامِ الَّتِي تَخُصُّهُ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَركَعُ عَلَى عَتَبَةِ البَوّابَةِ وَيُغادِرُ، وَلَكِنَّ البَوّابَةَ لا تُغلَقُ حَتَّى المَساءِ.

And the prince shall enter by the porch or vestibule of the gate from without and shall stand by the sidepost of the gate. The priests shall prepare and offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

3 و َسَيَركَعُ الشَّعبُ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ عِندَ هَذِهِ البَوّابَةِ فِي السُّبُوتِ وَأوائِلِ الشُّهُورِ.

The people of the land shall worship at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons.

4 « وَسَيَكُونُ عَلَى الرَّئِيسِ أنْ يُقَدِّمَ أيّامَ السَّبتِ سِتَّةَ خِرافٍ وَكَبْشاً لا عَيبَ فِيها ذَبيحَةً صاعِدَةً للهِ.

And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.

5 و َتُقَدَّمُ مَعَ الكَبْشِ قُفَّةٌ مِنَ القَمحِ. وَأمّا تَقدِمَةُ القَمحِ المُرافِقَةِ لِلخِراف فَتَكُونُ بِقَدرِ ما يُرِيدُ. وَيَنْبَغِي تَقدِيمُ وِعاءٍ مِنَ الزَّيتِ لِكُلِّ قُفَّةٍ مِنَ القَمحِ.

And the bloodless or meal offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the meal offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able and willing to give, and a hin of oil with each ephah.

6 « أمّا فِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ، فَيَنْبَغِي تَقدِيمُ ثَورٍ وَسِتَّةَ خِرافٍ وَكَبْشٍ لا عَيبَ فِيهِمْ.

And on the day of the New Moon the offering shall be a young bull without blemish and six lambs and a ram without blemish.

7 و َتُقَدَّمُ قُفَّةُ قَمحٍ لِلثَّورِ وَقُفَّةٌ لِلكَبْشِ، وَقَدرُ ما يُرِيدُ لِلخِرافِ. يَنْبَغِي تَقدِيمُ وِعاءٍ مِنَ الزَّيتِ لِكُلِّ قُفَّةٍ مِنَ القَمحِ.

And the prince shall provide and make a meal or bloodless offering, an ephah for the bullock and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs as he is able and willing according to what has been made available to his hand, and a hin of oil to each ephah.

8 « وَيَدخُلُ الرَّئِيسُ عَبرَ قاعَةِ البَوّابَةِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ، وَسَيَخرُجُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ ذاتِها.

And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the porch or vestibule of that gate and he shall go out by way of it.

9 و َحِينَ يَأتِي النّاسُ لِلرُّكُوعِ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ فِي التَّجَمُّعاتِ الدِّينِيَّةِ وَالأعيادِ، فَالَّذِينَ يَدخُلُونَ السّاحَةَ الخارِجِيَّةَ مِنَ البَوّابَةِ الشَّمالِيَّةِ عَلَيهِمْ أنْ يَخرُجُوا مِنَ البَوّابَةِ الجَنُوبِيَّةِ. فَلا يَخرُجُوا مِنَ البَوّابَةِ الَّتِي دَخَلُوا مِنها، بَلْ مِنَ البَوّابَةِ المُقابِلةِ.

But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord at the appointed solemn feasts, he who enters the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate; he shall not return by the gate by which he came in but shall go out by the opposite gate.

10 و َيَدخُلُ الرَّئِيسُ مَعَ الشَّعبِ، وَحِينَ يُغادِرُونَ يُغادِرُ مَعَهُمْ.

And the prince, when they go in, shall go in with them, and when they go out, he shall go out.

11 « وَفِي الأعيادِ، تَقَدَّمُ قُفَّةُ قَمحٍ مَعَ كُلِّ ثَورٍ، وَقُفَّةُ قَمحٍ مَعَ كُلِّ كَبْشٍ، وَوَقَدرُ ما يُرِيدُ مَعَ كُلِّ خَرُوفٍ، بِالإضافَةِ إلَى وِعاءٍ واحِدٍ مِنَ الزَّيتِ لِكُلِّ قُفَّةٍ.

And in the appointed and solemn feasts the meal or bloodless offering shall be with a bullock an ephah, and with a ram an ephah, and with the lambs as much as the prince is willing and able to give, and a hin of oil with each ephah.

12 و َإنْ أرادَ الرَّئِيسُ تَقدِيمَ ذَبِيحَةٍ اختِيارِيَّةٍ أوْ ذَبيحَةٍ صاعِدَةٍ أوْ ذَبِيحَةِ سَلامٍ للهِ ، تُفتَحُ لَهُ البَوّابَةُ الشَّرقِيَّةُ لِيُقَدِّمَ ذَبِيحَتَهُ وَتَقدِمَتَهُ، كَما يُعمَلُ يَومَ السَّبتِ، وَتُغلَقُ حِينَ يَنتَهِي مِنْ تَقدِيمِ تَقدِمَتِهِ وَيَخرُجُ. التَّقدِمَةُ اليَومِيَّة

When the prince shall prepare and make a freewill burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily to the Lord, the gate that faces east shall be opened for him, and he shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate shall be shut.

13 « وَلِلتَّقدِمَةِ اليَومِيَّةِ الصَّباحِيَّةِ، قَدِّمْ للهِ خَرُوفاً عُمرُهُ سَنَةٌ لا عَيبَ فِيهِ.

And a lamb a year old without blemish shall you offer daily to the Lord; you shall prepare and offer it every morning.

14 و َقَدِّمْ فِي كُلِّ صَباحٍ تَقدِمَةَ قَمحٍ مَعَ الخَرُوفِ: سُدسَ قُفَّةٍ مِنْ دَقِيقِ القَمحِ مَعَ ثُلُثِ وِعاءٍ مِنَ الزَّيتِ لِتَرطِيبِهِ. هَذِهِ هِيّ تَقدِمَةُ القَمحِ للهِ ، بِحَسبِ قَواعِدِ التَّقدِماتِ اليَوميَّةِ.

And you shall prepare a meal offering to go with it every morning, one-sixth of an ephah with one-third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This is a perpetual ordinance for a continual meal offering to the Lord.

15 و َيُقَدِّمُ الكَهَنَةُ الخَرُوفَ وَتَقدِمَةَ القَمحِ وَالزَّيتِ فِي كُلِّ صَباحٍ كَتَقدِمَةٍ يَومِيَّةٍ مُنتَظَمَةٍ.» أحكامُ المِيراثِ للِرَّئِيس

Thus shall they prepare and offer the lamb and the meal offering and the oil every morning for a continual burnt offering.

16 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «إنْ أعطَى الرَّئِيسُ قِطعَةَ أرْضٍ مِنْ أملاكِهِ عَطِيَّةً لِأحَدِ أبنائِهِ، فَإنَّ الأرْضَ تَكُونُ لِذَلِكَ الِابنِ مِيراثاً وَمُلكاً دائِماً.

Thus says the Lord God: If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons out of his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their property by inheritance.

17 و َلَكِنْ إنْ أعطَى الرَّئِيسُ قِطعَةَ أرْضٍ مِنْ أملاكِهِ لِأحَدِ خُدّامِهِ، تَكُونُ تِلكَ الأرْضُ لِهَذا الخادِمِ حَتَّى سَنَةِ التَّحرِيرِ. وَتَعُودُ الأرْضُ إلَى الرَّئِيسِ فِي تِلكَ السَّنَةِ. وَأمّا الأرْضُ الَّتِي تُعطَى لِأبنائِهِ، فَإنَّها سَتَكُونُ لِأبنائِهِ مُلْكاً وَمِيراثاً دائِماً.

But if he gives a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his until the year of liberty; after that it shall be returned to the prince; only his sons may keep a gift from his inheritance.

18 و َلا يَجُوزُ أنْ يَستَولِي الرَّئِيسُ عَلَى أرْضٍ مِنَ الشَّعبِ، أوْ أنْ يَطرَدَ أهلَها مِنْها. لَكِنَّهُ يَقسِمُ لِأولادِهِ مِنْ أرْضِهِ هُوَ، فَلا يُحرَمُ أحَدٌ مِنْ شَعبِي مِنْ أرْضِهِ.» مَطابِخُ الهَيكَل

Moreover, the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, thrusting them out of their property; what he gives to his sons he shall take out of his own possession, so that none of My people shall be separated from his possession.

19 ث ُمَّ أحضَرَنِي الرَّجُلُ عَبرَ المَدخَلِ الواقِعِ إلَى جانِبِ البَوّابَةِ إلَى حُجُراتِ الكَهَنَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي فِي الجِهَةِ الشَّمالِيَّةِ. فَلاحَظتُ وُجُودَ مَكانٍ فِي أقصَى الغَربِ فِي مِنطَقَةِ الهَيكَلِ.

Then he led me through the entrance which was at the side of the gate into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced the north; and behold, there was a place at the extreme western end of them.

20 ف َقالَ لِي: «هَذا المَكانُ الَّذِي يُمكِنُ لِلكَهَنَةِ أنْ يَطبُخُوا فِيهِ ذَبائِحَ الذَّنبِ وَذَبائِحَ الخَطيَّةِ، وَأنْ يَخبِزُوا تَقدِماتِ الحُبُوبِ مِنْ دُونِ الخُرُوجِ إلَى السّاحَةِ الخارِجِيَّةِ، حَتَّى لا تَتَعَرَّضَ الأدَواتِ لِلتَدنِيسِ بِسَبَبِ لَمسِ النّاسِ لَها.»

And he said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the meal offering, to prevent their having to bring them into the outer court, lest they should thereby wrongfully sanctify (separate and consecrate for holy service) the people who are there.

21 ث ُمَّ أخرَجَنِي إلَى السّاحَةِ الخارِجِيَّةِ، وَأخَذَنِي إلَى أربَعِ زَوايا السّاحَةِ الخارِجِيَّةِ، حَيثُ تُوجَدُ مِنطَقَةٌ مُغلَقَةٌ عِندَ كُلِّ زاوِيَةٍ.

And he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court, and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

22 ف َفِي كُلِّ زاويَةٍ، كانَتْ هُناكَ مِنطَقَةٌ مُغلَقَةٌ طُولُها أربَعُونَ ذِراعاً وَعَرْضُها ثَلاثُونَ ذِراعاً، وَهَذا يَنطَبِقُ عَلَى الأربَعِ زَوايا.

In the four corners of the court there were courts joined on and enclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad; these four in the corners were the same size.

23 و َحَولَ كُلِّ واحِدَةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ المَناطِقِ، كانَ هُناكَ سُورٌ مُنخَفِضٌ، وَفِيها أماكِنُ لِلطَّبخِ.

And there was a row of masonry inside them, round about the four courts, and it was made with hearths for boiling at the bottom of the rows round about.

24 ف َقالَ لِي الرَّجُلُ: «فِي هَذِهِ المَطابِخِ يَقُومُ اللّاوِيُّونَ خُدّامُ الهَيكَلِ بِإعدادِ ذَبائِحِ الشَّعبِ وَطَبخِها.»

Then said he to me, These are the kitchens of those who do the boiling, where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.