Ezequiel 44
Riveduta 1927
1Poi egli mi ricondusse verso la porta esterna del santuario, che guarda a oriente. Essa era chiusa.
2E l’Eterno mi disse: “Questa porta sarà chiusa, essa non s’aprirà, e nessuno entrerà per essa, poiché per essa è entrato l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Israele; perciò rimarrà chiusa.
3Quanto al principe, siccome è principe, egli potrà sedervi per mangiare il pane davanti all’Eterno; egli entrerà per la via del vestibolo della porta, e uscirà per la medesima via”.
4Poi mi menò davanti alla casa per la via della porta settentrionale. Io guardai, ed ecco, la gloria dell’Eterno riempiva la casa dell’Eterno; e io caddi sulla mia faccia.
5E l’Eterno mi disse: “Figliuol d’uomo, sta’ bene attento, apri gli occhi per guardare e gli orecchi per udire tutto quello che ti dirò circa tutti i regolamenti della casa dell’Eterno e tutte le sue leggi; e considera attentamente l’ingresso della casa e tutti gli egressi del santuario.
6E dì a questi ribelli, alla casa d’Israele: Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: O casa d’Israele, bastano tutte le vostre abominazioni!
7Avete fatto entrare degli stranieri, incirconcisi di cuore e incirconcisi di carne, perché stessero nel mio santuario a profanare la mia casa, quando offrivate il mio pane, il grasso e il sangue, violando così il mio patto con tutte le vostre abominazioni.
8Voi non avete serbato l’incarico che avevate delle mie cose sante; ma ne avete fatti custodi quegli stranieri, nel mio santuario, a vostro pro.
9Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Nessuno straniero incirconciso di cuore, e incirconciso di carne, entrerà nel mio santuario: nessuno degli stranieri che saranno in mezzo dei figliuoli d’Israele.
10Inoltre, i Leviti che si sono allontanati da me quando Israele si sviava, e si sono sviati da me per seguire i loro idoli, porteranno la pena della loro iniquità;
11e saranno nel mio santuario come de’ servi, con l’incarico di guardare le porte della casa; e faranno il servizio della casa: scanneranno per il popolo le vittime degli olocausto e degli altri sacrifizi, e si terranno davanti a lui per essere al suo servizio.
12Siccome han servito il popolo davanti agl’idoli suoi e sono stati per la casa d’Israele un’occasione di caduta nell’iniquità, io alzo la mia mano contro di loro, dice il Signore, l’Eterno, giurando ch’essi porteranno la pena della loro iniquità.
13E non s’accosteranno più a me per esercitare il sacerdozio, e non s’accosteranno ad alcuna delle mia cose sante, alle cose che sono santissime; ma porteranno il loro obbrobrio, e la pena delle abominazioni che hanno commesse;
14ne farò dei guardiani della casa, incaricati di tutto il servigio d’essa e di tutto ciò che vi si deve fare.
15Ma i sacerdoti Leviti, figliuoli di Tsadok, i quali hanno serbato l’incarico che avevano del mio santuario quando i figliuoli d’Israele si sviavano da me, saranno quelli che si accosteranno a me per fare il mio servizio, e che si terranno davanti a me per offrirmi il grasso e il sangue, dice il Signore, l’Eterno.
16Essi entreranno nel mio santuario, essi s’accosteranno alla mia tavola per servirmi, e compiranno tutto il mio servizio.
17E quando entreranno per le porte del cortile interno, indosseranno vesti di lino; non avranno addosso lana di sorta, quando faranno il servizio alle porte del cortile interno e nella casa.
18Avranno in capo delle tiare di lino, e delle brache di lino ai fianchi; non si cingeranno con ciò che fa sudare.
19Ma quando usciranno per andare nel cortile esterno, nel cortile esterno verso il popolo, si toglieranno i paramenti coi quali avranno fatto il servizio, e li deporranno nelle camere del santuario; e indosseranno altre vesti, per non santificare il popolo con i loro paramenti.
20Non si raderanno il capo, e non si lasceranno crescere i capelli; non porteranno i capelli corti.
21Nessun sacerdote berrà vino, quand’entrerà nel cortile interno.
22Non prenderanno per moglie né una vedova, né una donna ripudiata, ma prenderanno delle vergini della progenie della casa d’Israele; potranno però prendere delle vedove, che sian vedove di sacerdoti.
23Insegneranno al mio popolo a distinguere fra il sacro e il profano, e gli faranno conoscere la differenza tra ciò ch’è impuro e ciò ch’è puro.
24In casi di processo, spetterà a loro il giudicare; e giudicheranno secondo le mie prescrizioni, e osserveranno le mie leggi e i miei statuti in tutte le mie feste, e santificheranno i miei sabati.
25Il sacerdote non entrerà dov’è un morto, per non rendersi impuro, non si potrà rendere impuro che per un padre, per una madre, per un figliuolo, per una figliuola, per un fratello o una sorella non maritata.
26Dopo la sua purificazione, gli si conteranno sette giorni;
27e il giorno che entrerà nel santuario, nel cortile interno, per fare il servizio nel santuario, offrirà il suo sacrifizio per il peccato, dice il Signore, l’Eterno.
28E avranno una eredità: Io sarò la loro eredità; e voi non darete loro alcun possesso in Israele: Io sono il loro possesso.
29Essi si nutriranno delle oblazioni, dei sacrifizi per il peccato e dei sacrifizi per la colpa: e ogni cosa votata allo sterminio in Israele sarà loro.
30E le primizie dei primi prodotti d’ogni sorta, tutte le offerte di qualsivoglia cosa che offrirete per elevazione, saranno dei sacerdoti; darete parimente al sacerdote le primizie della vostra pasta, affinché la benedizione riposi sulla vostra casa.
31I sacerdoti non mangeranno carne di nessun uccello né d’alcun animale morto da sé o sbranato.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y TORNÓME hacia la puerta de afuera del santuario, la cual mira hacia el oriente; y estaba cerrada.
2Y díjome Jehová: Esta puerta ha de estar cerrada: no se abrirá, ni entrará por ella hombre, porque Jehová Dios de Israel entró por ella; estará por tanto cerrada.
3Para el príncipe; el príncipe, él se sentará en ella para comer pan delante de Jehová: por el camino de la entrada de la puerta entrará, y por el camino de ella saldrá.
4Y llevóme hacia la puerta del norte por delante de la casa, y miré, y he aquí, la gloria de Jehová había henchido la casa de Jehová: y caí sobre mi rostro.
5Y díjome Jehová: Hijo del hombre, pon tu corazón, y mira con tus ojos, y oye con tus oídos todo lo que yo hablo contigo sobre todas las ordenanzas de la casa de Jehová, y todas sus leyes: y pon tu corazón á las entradas de la casa, y á todas las salidas del santuario.
6Y dirás á los rebeldes, á la casa de Israel: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Básteos de todas vuestras abominaciones, oh casa de Israel;
7De haber vosotros traído extranjeros, incircuncisos de corazón é incircuncisos de carne, para estar en mi santuario, para contaminar mi casa; de haber ofrecido mi pan, la grosura y la sangre: é invalidaron mi pacto por todas vuestras abominaciones:
8Y no guardasteis el ordenamiento de mis santificaciones, sino que os pusisteis guardas de mi ordenanza en mi santuario.
9Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Ningún hijo de extranjero, incircunciso de corazón é incircunciso de carne, entrará en mi santuario, de todos los hijos de extranjeros que están entre los hijos de Israel.
10Y los Levitas que se apartaron lejos de mí cuando Israel erró, el cual se desvió de mí en pos de sus ídolos, llevarán su iniquidad.
11Y serán ministros en mi santuario, porteros á las puertas de la casa, y sirvientes en la casa: ellos matarán el holocausto y la víctima al pueblo, y ellos estarán delante de ellos para servirles.
12Por cuanto les sirvieron delante de sus ídolos, y fueron á la casa de Israel por tropezadero de maldad; por tanto, he alzado mi mano acerca de ellos, dice el Señor Jehová, que llevarán su iniquidad.
13No serán allegados á mí para serme sacerdotes, ni se llegarán á ninguna de mis santificaciones, á las santidades de santidades; sino que llevarán su vergüenza, y sus abominaciones que hicieron.
14Pondrélos, pues, por guardas de la guarda de la casa en todo su servicio, y en todo lo que en ella hubiere de hacerse.
15Mas los sacerdotes Levitas, hijos de Sadoc, que guardaron el ordenamiento de mi santuario, cuando los hijos de Israel se desviaron de mí, ellos serán allegados á mí para ministrarme, y delante de mí estarán para ofrecerme la grosura y la sangre, dice el Señor Jehová.
16Esos entrarán en mi santuario, y ellos se allegarán á mi mesa para ministrarme, y guardarán mi ordenamiento.
17Y será que cuando entraren por las puertas del atrio interior, se vestirán de vestimentas de lino: no asentará sobre ellos lana, cuando ministraren en las puertas del atrio de adentro, y en el interior.
18Tiaras de lino tendrán en sus cabezas, y pañetes de lino en sus lomos: no se ceñirán para sudar.
19Y cuando salieren al atrio de afuera, al atrio de afuera al pueblo, se desnudarán de sus vestimentas con que ministraron, y las dejarán en las cámaras del santuario, y se vestirán de otros vestidos: así no santificarán el pueblo con sus vestimentas.
20Y no raparán su cabeza, ni dejarán crecer el cabello; sino que lo recortarán trasquilando sus cabezas.
21Y ninguno de los sacerdotes beberá vino cuando hubieren de entrar en el atrio interior.
22Ni viuda, ni repudiada se tomarán por mujeres; sino que tomarán vírgenes del linaje de la casa de Israel, ó viuda que fuere viuda de sacerdote.
23Y enseñarán á mi pueblo á hacer diferencia entre lo santo y lo profano, y les enseñarán á discernir entre lo limpio y lo no limpio.
24Y en el pleito ellos estarán para juzgar; conforme á mis derechos lo juzgarán: y mis leyes y mis decretos guardarán en todas mis solemnidades, y santificarán mis sábados.
25Y á hombre muerto no entrará para contaminarse; mas sobre padre, ó madre, ó hijo, ó hija, hermano, ó hermana que no haya tenido marido, se contaminará.
26Y después de su purificación, le contarán siete días.
27Y el día que entrare al santuario, al atrio de adentro, para ministrar en el santuario, ofrecerá su expiación, dice el Señor Jehová.
28Y será á ellos por heredad: yo seré su heredad; y no les daréis posesión en Israel: yo soy su posesión.
29El presente, y la expiación, y el sacrificio por el pecado, comerán; y toda cosa dedicada en Israel, será de ellos.
30Y las primicias de todos los primeros de todo, y toda ofrenda de todo lo que se ofreciere de todas vuestras ofrendas, será de los sacerdotes: daréis asimismo las primicias de todas vuestras masas al sacerdote, para que haga reposar la bendición en vuestras casas.
31Ninguna cosa mortecina, ni desgarrada, así de aves como de animales, comerán los sacerdotes.
King James Version
1Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
2Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.
5And the LORD 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 the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
6And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
7In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
8And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
13And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
15But 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 GOD:
16They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
17And it shall come to pass, 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, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
19And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
25And they shall come at 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.
26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
27And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.
28And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
World English Bible
1Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
2The LORD said to me, “This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened, no man shall enter in by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it. Therefore it shall be shut.
3As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before the LORD. He shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out the same way.”
4Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the LORD’s glory filled the LORD’s house; so I fell on my face.
5The LORD said to me, “Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of the LORD’s house and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.
6You shall tell the rebellious, even the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “You house of Israel, let that be enough of all your abominations,
7in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.
8You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
9The Lord GOD says, “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.
10“‘“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity.
11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
12Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them,” says the Lord GOD, “and they will bear their iniquity.
13They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.
14Yet I will make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service and for all that will be done therein.
15“‘“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. They shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord GOD.
16“They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
17“‘“It will be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. No wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen trousers on their waists. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that makes them sweat.
19When they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister and lay them in the holy rooms. They shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.
20“‘“They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
21None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
22They shall not take for their wives a widow, or her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
23They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24“‘“In a controversy they shall stand to judge. They shall judge it according to my ordinances. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts. They shall make my Sabbaths holy.
25“‘“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 who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
26After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.
27In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,” says the Lord GOD.
28“‘They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.
29They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.
31The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.