Jezekiel 44

1 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut.

Potem me je privedel nazaj po poti velikih vrat zunanjega svetišča, ki gledajo proti vzhodu; in ta so bila zaprta.

2 And the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no one shall pass through it; for the Lord God of Israel shall enter by it, and it shall be shut.

Potem mi je Gospod rekel: »Ta velika vrata bodo zaprta, ne bodo odprta in noben človek ne bo vstopil skoznje; ker je Gospod, Izraelov Bog, vstopil skoznje, zato bodo zaprta.

3 For the prince, he shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord; he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go forth by the way of the same.

Ta so za princa; princ bo sedel v njih, da jé kruh pred Gospodom; vstopil bo po poti preddverja teh velikih vrat in ven bo šel po isti poti.«

4 And he brought me in by the way of the gate that looks northward, in front of the house: and I looked, and, behold, the house was full of the glory of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.

Potem me je privedel po poti severnih velikih vrat pred hišo. Pogledal sem in glej, Gospodova slava je napolnila Gospodovo hišo in padel sem na svoj obraz.

5 And the Lord said to me, Son of man, attend with thine heart, and see with [thine] eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say to thee, according to all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the regulations thereof; and thou shalt attend well to the entrance of the house, according to all its outlets, in all the holy things.

Gospod mi je rekel: »Človeški sin, dobro zaznamuj in glej s svojimi očmi in poslušaj s svojimi ušesi vse, kar ti rečem glede vseh odredb Gospodove hiše in vse njegove postave; in dobro zaznamuj vhod hiše, z vsakim vstopanjem v svetišče.

6 And thou shalt say to the provoking house, [even] to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you [to have committed] all your iniquities, O house of Israel!

Upornim boš rekel, celó Izraelovi hiši: ›Tako govori Gospod Bog: ›Oh vi, Izraelova hiša, naj vam bo dovolj vseh vaših ogabnosti

7 that ye have brought in aliens, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to profane it, when ye offered bread, flesh, and blood; and ye transgressed my covenant by all your iniquities;

v tem, da ste v moje svetišče privedli tujce, neobrezane v srcu in neobrezane v mesu, da bi bili v mojem svetišču, da ga oskrunijo, celó mojo hišo, ko darujete moj kruh, tolščo in kri in zaradi vseh vaših ogabnosti so prelamljali mojo zavezo.

8 and ye appointed [others] to keep the charges in my sanctuary.

Vi niste skrbeli za moje svete stvari, temveč ste si zase postavili čuvaje moje zadolžitve v mojem svetišču.‹

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; No alien, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of all the children of strangers that are in the midst of the house of Israel.

Tako govori Gospod Bog: ›Noben tujec, neobrezan v srcu niti neobrezan v mesu, izmed kateregakoli tujca, ki je med Izraelovimi otroki, ne bo vstopil v moje svetišče.

10 But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even bear their iniquity.

Lévijevci, ki so šli daleč proč od mene, ko je Izrael zašel, ki so zašli proč od mene, za svojimi maliki; oni bodo torej nosili svojo krivdo.

11 yet they shall minister in my sanctuary, [being] porters at the gates of the house, and serving the house: they shall slay the victims and the whole-burnt-offerings for the people, and they shall stand before the people to minister to them.

Vendar bodo služabniki v mojem svetišču in imeli bodo zadolžitev pri velikih vratih hiše in služili bodo hiši. Klali bodo žgalno daritev in klavno daritev za ljudstvo in stali bodo pred njimi, da jim služijo.

12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and it became to the house of Israel a punishment of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord God.

Ker so jim služili pred njihovimi maliki in Izraelovi hiši povzročili, da pade v krivičnost; zatorej sem proti njim vzdignil svojo roko, ‹ govori Gospod Bog ›in nosili bodo svojo krivičnost.

13 And they shall not draw nigh to me to minister to me in the priests' office, nor to approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor [to approach] my holy of holies: but they shall bear their reproach for the error wherein they erred.

In ne bodo mi prišli blizu, da bi mi opravljali duhovniško službo niti da bi se približali katerikoli izmed mojih svetih stvari na najsvetejšem kraju, temveč bodo nosili svojo sramoto in svoje ogabnosti, ki so jih zagrešili.

14 They shall bring them to keep the charges of the house, for all the service of it, and for all that they shall do.

Toda naredil jih bom čuvaje oskrbe hiše, za vso njeno službo in za vse, kar bo v njej storjeno.

15 The priests the Levites, the sons of Sadduc, who kept the charges of my sanctuary when the house of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw night to me to minister to me, and shall stand before my face, to offer sacrifice to me, the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God.

Toda duhovniki Lévijevcev, Cadókovi sinovi, ki so skrbeli za moje svetišče, ko so Izraelovi otroci zašli od mene, mi bodo prišli blizu, da bi mi služili in stali bodo pred menoj, da mi darujejo tolščo in kri, ‹ govori Gospod Bog:

16 These shall enter into my sanctuary, and these shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charges.

›Vstopali bodo v moje svetišče in se približali moji mizi, da bi mi služili in skrbeli za mojo zadolžitev.

17 And it shall come to pass when they enter the gates of the inner court, [that] they shall put on linen robes; and they shall not put on woollen garments when they minister at the gate of the inner court.

In zgodilo se bo, ko vstopajo pri velikih vratih notranjega dvora, da bodo oblečeni s platnenimi oblačili; in nobena volna ne bo prišla nanje, medtem ko služijo pri velikih vratih notranjega dvora in znotraj.

18 And they shall have linen mitres upon their heads, and shall have linen drawers upon their loins; and they shall not tightly gird themselves.

Na svojih glavah bodo imeli platnene klobučke in na svojih ledjih bodo imeli kratke platnene hlače; ne bodo se opasovali s čimerkoli, kar povzroča znojenje.

19 And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their robes, in which they minister; and they shall lay them up in the chambers of the sanctuary, and shall put on other robes, and they shall not sanctify the people with their robes.

Ko gredo naprej, na skrajni dvor, celó na skrajni dvor ljudstva, bodo odložili svoja oblačila, v katerih so služili in jih položili v svete sobe in nadeli si bodo druga oblačila in ljudstva ne bodo posvetili s svojimi oblačili.

20 And they shall not shave their heads, nor shall they pluck off their hair; they shall carefully cover their heads.

Niti si ne bodo brili svojih glav niti ne bodo pustili pramenom, da zrastejo dolgi. Svoje glave si bodo zgolj strigli.

21 And no priest shall drink any wine, when they go into the inner court.

Niti ne bo katerikoli duhovnik pil vina, ko vstopa na notranji dvor.

22 Neither shall they take to themselves to wife a widow, or one that is put away, but a virgin of the seed of Israel: but if there should happen to be a priest's widow, they shall take [her].

Niti si za svoje žene ne bodo jemali vdove, niti tiste, ki je odslovljena, temveč si bodo jemali device od semena Izraelove hiše ali vdovo, ki je imela poprej duhovnika.

23 And they shall teach my people [to distinguish] between holy and profane, and they shall make known to them [the difference] between unclean and clean.

Moje ljudstvo bodo učili razliko med svetim in oskrunjenim in jim povzročili, da razpoznavajo med nečistim in čistim.

24 And these shall attend at a judgment of blood to decide it: they shall rightly observe my ordinances, and judge my judgments, and keep my statutes and my commandments in all my feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

V polemiki bodo razsojali in sodili jo bodo glede na moje sodbe in držali se bodo mojih postav in mojih zakonov in vseh mojih pravil, v vseh mojih zborih; in posvečevali bodo moje šabate.

25 And they shall not go in to the dead body of a man to defile themselves: only [a priest] may defile himself for a father, or for a mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, or for a brother, or for his sister, who has not been married.

Ne bodo prišli k nobeni mrtvi osebi, da se omadežujejo, razen za očeta ali za mater ali za sina, ali za hčer, za brata ali za sestro, ki nima soproga, se lahko omadežujejo.

26 And after he has been cleansed, let him number to himself seven days.

Potem ko je očiščen, mu bodo prišteli sedem dni.

27 And on whatsoever day they shall enter into the inner court to minister in the holy place, they shall bring a propitiation, saith the Lord God.

Na dan, ko gre v svetišče, na notranji dvor, da služi v svetišču, bo daroval svojo daritev za greh, ‹ govori Gospod Bog.

28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and no possession shall be given them among the children of Israel; for I am their possession.

›To jim bo za dediščino: jaz sem njihova dediščina. Ne boste jim dali posesti v Izraelu. Jaz sem njihova posest.

29 And these shall eat the meat-offerings, and the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings; and every special offering in Israel shall be theirs.

Jedli bodo jedilno daritev in daritev za greh in daritev za prestopek in vsaka posvečena stvar v Izraelu bo njihova.

30 [And] the first-fruits of all things, and the first-born of all [animals] and all offerings, of all your first-fruits there shall be [a share] for the priests; and ye shall give your earliest produce to the priest, to bring your blessings upon your houses.

Prvo izmed vseh prvih sadov od vseh stvari in vsaka daritev od vsega, od vsake vrste izmed vaših daritev, bo duhovnikova. Prav tako boste dali duhovniku prvo od svojega testa, da bo lahko povzročil, da v tvoji hiši počiva blagoslov.

31 And the priests shall eat no bird or beast that dies of itself, or is taken of wild beasts.

Duhovniki ne bodo jedli od česarkoli, kar je umrlo samo od sebe ali je bilo raztrgano, naj bo to perjad ali žival.