1 D espués me hizo volver hacia la puerta exterior del santuario, la cual mira hacia el oriente; y estaba cerrada.

Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the holy place, toward the east, and it was shut.

2 Y me dijo Jehová: Esta puerta estará cerrada; no se abrirá, ni entrará por ella ningún hombre, porque Jehová Dios de Israel entró por ella; estará, por tanto, cerrada.

The Lord said to me, “This gate must stay shut. It must not be opened. No one may come in through it, for the Lord God of Israel has come in through it. So it must stay shut.

3 E n cuanto al príncipe, por ser el príncipe, él se sentará allí para comer pan delante de Jehová; entrará por el vestíbulo de la puerta, y saldrá por ese mismo camino.

Only the ruler may sit at the gate to eat bread before the Lord. He must come in through the porch of the gate, and go out the same way.” Those Who Could Go In to the House of God

4 L uego me llevó hacia la puerta del norte por delante de la casa; y miré, y he aquí que la gloria de Jehová había llenado la casa de Jehová; y me postré sobre mi rostro.

Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the house. There I saw the shining-greatness of the Lord filling the Lord’s house, and I fell with my face to the ground.

5 Y me dijo Jehová: Hijo de hombre, pon atención, y mira con tus ojos, y oye con tus oídos todo lo que yo voy a hablar contigo sobre todas las ordenanzas de la casa de Jehová, y todas sus leyes; y pon atención a las entradas de la casa, y a todas las salidas del santuario.

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, be careful to see with your eyes and to hear with your ears everything that I say to you about all the rules and laws of the Lord’s house. Be careful to learn which persons are allowed to go in and out of the Lord’s house, and which persons are not allowed.

6 Y dirás a los rebeldes, a la casa de Israel: Así dice el Señor Jehová: Basta ya de todas vuestras abominaciones, oh casa de Israel;

Tell the sinful people of Israel, ‘The Lord God says, “Enough of your hated sins, O people of Israel!

7 d e traer extranjeros, incircuncisos de corazón e incircuncisos de carne, para estar en mi santuario y para contaminar mi casa, cuando me ofrecéis mi pan, la gordura y la sangre; y de que invalidaron mi pacto para añadir a todas vuestras abominaciones.

You have brought in strangers, who had not gone through the religious act of becoming a Jew, and who were sinful in their heart. You brought them into My holy place to make it unclean, when you brought My food of the fat and the blood. You have broken My agreement by all your hated sins.

8 Y no habéis guardado lo que se os encargó acerca de mis cosas santas, sino que habéis puesto extranjeros como guardas de las ordenanzas en mi santuario, conforme a vuestro capricho.

And you have not taken care of My holy things yourselves. You have let strangers take care of My holy place.”

9 A sí dice el Señor Jehová: Ningún hijo de extranjero, incircunciso de corazón e incircunciso de carne, entrará en mi santuario, de todos los hijos de extranjeros que están entre los hijos de Israel.

‘So the Lord God says, “No stranger among the people of Israel who has not gone through the religious act of becoming a Jew, and is sinful in his heart, may come into My holy place. Levites Cannot Be Religious Leaders

10 Y los levitas que se apartaron de mí cuando Israel se descarrió de mí, yéndose tras sus ídolos, llevarán su iniquidad.

“The Levites who went far from Me when Israel left Me to follow their false gods, will be punished for their sin.

11 Y servirán en mi santuario como porteros a las puertas de la casa y sirvientes en la casa; ellos matarán el holocausto y el sacrificio por el pueblo, y estarán ante él para servirle.

They may do the work in My holy place. They may watch over the gates of the house and do the work in the house. They may kill the burnt gifts and the gifts brought by the people. And they may stand in front of the people to serve them.

12 P or cuanto les sirvieron delante de sus ídolos, y fueron a la casa de Israel por tropezadero de maldad; por tanto, he alzado mi mano contra ellos, dice el Señor Jehová, y ellos llevarán sobre sí su iniquidad.

But because they served them in front of their false gods and caused the people of Israel to sin, I have promised,” says the Lord God, “that they will be punished for their sin.

13 N o se acercarán a mí para servirme como sacerdotes, ni se acercarán a ninguna de mis cosas santas, a mis cosas santísimas, sino que llevarán sobre sí su vergüenza y las abominaciones que han cometido.

They must not come near Me to serve Me as a religious leader. They must not come near any of My holy things and the things that are most holy. But they must suffer their shame because of the hated sins they have done.

14 L es pondré, pues, por guardas encargados de la custodia de la casa, para todo el servicio de ella, y para todo lo que en ella haya de hacerse.

Yet I will have them take care of the house and do all the work that is needed to be done in it. Zadok’s Sons to Serve in the House of God

15 M as los sacerdotes levitas, hijos de Sadoc, que cumplieron mi ministerio en el santuario cuando los hijos de Israel se apartaron de mí, ellos se acercarán para ministrar ante mí, y estarán delante de mí para ofrecerme la gordura y la sangre, dice el Señor Jehová.

“But the Levite religious leaders of the sons of Zadok took care of My holy place when the people of Israel left Me. So they will come near Me to serve Me. They will stand before Me to give Me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord God.

16 E llos entrarán en mi santuario, y se acercarán a mi mesa para servirme, y se encargarán de mi ministerio.

“They will come into My holy place and come near My table, to serve Me and to do My work.

17 Y cuando entren por las puertas del atrio interior, se vestirán vestiduras de lino; no llevarán sobre ellos cosa de lana, cuando ministren en las puertas del atrio interior y dentro de la casa.

When they come through the gates of the inner open space, they will be dressed in linen clothing. They must not wear any wool while they are serving inside the gates of the inner open space or in the house.

18 L levarán sobre sus cabezas turbantes de lino, y calzones de lino sobre sus lomos; no se ceñirán cosa que les haga sudar.

They will wear linen head-coverings and linen underclothes. They must not dress in anything that makes their bodies wet with heat.

19 C uando salgan al atrio exterior, al atrio de afuera, al pueblo, se quitarán las vestiduras con que ministraron, y las dejarán en las cámaras del santuario, y se vestirán de otros vestidos, para no santificar al pueblo con sus vestiduras.

When they go out to the people in the outer open space, they must take off the clothes they wear while they serve Me, and lay them in the holy rooms. Then they will put on other clothes, so that they do not make the people holy because of their clothing.

20 Y no se raparán la cabeza, ni se dejarán crecer el cabello, sino que lo recortarán solamente.

And they must not cut all the hair from their heads, yet they must not let their hair grow long. They must only cut their hair shorter.

21 N inguno de los sacerdotes beberá vino cuando haya de entrar en el atrio interior.

None of the religious leaders may drink wine when they come into the inner open space.

22 N o tomará por mujer a viuda ni repudiada, sino que tomará virgen del linaje de la casa de Israel, o viuda que sea viuda de sacerdote.

They must not marry a woman whose husband has died, or who has been divorced. But they may marry women of Israel who have never had a man, or a woman whose husband was a religious leader before he died.

23 Y enseñarán a mi pueblo a hacer diferencia entre lo santo y lo profano, y a que sepan discernir entre lo limpio y lo no limpio.

They will teach My people the difference between what is holy and what is not. And they will teach them to know what is unclean and what is clean.

24 E n los casos de pleito, ellos estarán para juzgar; juzgarán conforme a mis ordenanzas; y guardarán mis leyes y mis estatutos en todas mis fiestas solemnes, y santificarán mis sábados.

In an argument, the religious leaders will serve as judges, and will judge by My Laws. They will also keep My Laws in all My special suppers. And they will keep My Day of Rest holy.

25 N o se acercarán a ningún muerto para contaminarse; pero por padre o madre, hijo o hija, hermano, o hermana que no haya tenido marido, sí podrán contaminarse.

They must not make themselves unclean by going near a dead person. But they may make themselves unclean if the dead person is their father or mother, son or daughter, brother, or sister who was not married.

26 Y después de su purificación, le contarán siete días.

After a religious leader has become clean again, he must wait seven days.

27 Y el día que entre al santuario, al atrio interior, para ministrar en el santuario, ofrecerá su expiación por el pecado, dice el Señor Jehová.

And on the day he goes into the holy place, into the inner open space to serve in the holy place, he must bring his sin gift,” says the Lord God.

28 Y eso les será por heredad; yo seré su heredad; no les daréis posesión en Israel; yo soy su posesión.

“I am to be the only part that the religious leaders have. You must not give them any land in Israel for their own. I am their part.

29 C omerán la ofrenda, la expiación y el sacrificio por el pecado; y toda cosa consagrada en Israel será de ellos.

They will eat the grain gift, the sin gift, and the guilt gift. Everything in Israel that is set apart to Me will be theirs.

30 Y las primicias de todos los primeros frutos de todo, y toda ofrenda reservada de toda cosa, de todas vuestras ofrendas, será de los sacerdotes; asimismo daréis al sacerdote las primicias de todas vuestras moliendas, para que repose la bendición en vuestras casas.

The first of all the first fruits of every kind, and every kind of gift you bring, will be for the religious leaders. And you must give them the first of your grain, so that good will come to your house.

31 L os sacerdotes no comerán ninguna cosa mortecina ni desgarrada, así de aves como de animales.

The religious leaders must not eat any bird or animal that has died of itself or has been torn to pieces.