Ezekiel 44

1 And he turned me back, toward the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary, which looked toward the east. And it was closed.

Nonm lan mennen m' bò pòtay ki bay sou bò solèy leve a. Pòtay la te fèmen.

2 And the Lord said to me: “This gate will be closed; it will not be opened. And man shall not cross through it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it, and it shall be closed

Seyè a di m' konsa: -Pòtay sa a fèt pou toujou ret fèmen. Piga yo janm louvri l'. Pa janm kite pesonn pase la. Paske se la mwen menm Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, mwen te pase. Se pou l' toujou ret fèmen.

3 to the prince. The prince himself will sit at it, so that he may eat bread before the Lord; he will enter by the way of the vestibule of the gate, and he will depart by the same way.”

Tansèlman, wa a gen dwa vin chita la pou li manje pòsyon pa l' nan manje ofrann lan devan m'. L'a pase nan pòt ki nan gwo pyès nan bout koridò a pou l' antre. Se la l'a soti tou.

4 And he led me in, along the way of the north gate, in the sight of the house. And I saw, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. And I fell upon my face.

Apre sa, nonm lan fè m' soti nan pòtay nò a. Rive devan Tanp lan, mwen leve je m' gade, mwen wè Tanp Seyè a te klere nèt ak gwo limyè prezans Seyè a. Mwen lage kò m' atè sou fas.

5 And the Lord said to me: “Son of man, set within your heart, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I am speaking to you about all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord and about all its laws. And set your heart upon the ways of the temple, along all the exits of the sanctuary.

Epi Seyè a di m' konsa: -Nonm o! Pran tèt ou! Louvri je ou gade byen. Louvri zòrèy ou tande. Mwen pral ba ou lòd ak regleman pou Tanp mwen an. Gade byen ki moun ki gen dwa antre soti nan Tanp lan, ki moun ki pa gen dwa mete pye yo nan Tanp lan.

6 And you shall say to the house of Israel, which provokes me: Thus says the Lord God: Let all your wicked deeds be sufficient for you, O house of Israel.

Pale ak bann moun tèt di pèp Izrayèl yo. Di yo, men mesaj Seyè sèl Mèt la voye ba yo. Mwen p'ap tolere ankò tout vye bagay derespektan yo t'ap plede fè yo.

7 For you bring in foreign sons, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, so that they may be in my sanctuary and may defile my house. And you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood, yet you have broken my covenant by all your wicked deeds.

Yo derespekte Tanp mwen an, yo kite moun lòt nasyon ki pa pote mak kontra mwen an nan kò yo, ni ki pa soti pou fè volonte m', antre nan Tanp lan lè y'ap ofri grès ak san bèt yo touye pou mwen yo. Se konsa yo kase kontra mwen te pase ak yo a. Yo fè yon bann vye bagay derespektan ki pa fè m' plezi.

8 And you have not observed the precepts of my sanctuary, yet you have stationed observers of my vigil in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Yo derefize pran reskonsablite fè sèvis pou mwen nan Tanp lan. Yo mete moun lòt nasyon pou fè sèvis pou yo nan Tanp lan.

9 Thus says the Lord God: Any foreigner, any foreign son who is in the midst of the sons of Israel, who is uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall not enter into my sanctuary.

Men sa mwen menm, Seyè sèl Mèt la, mwen di: Ankenn moun lòt nasyon ki pa pote mak kontra a nan kò yo, ni ki pa soti pou fè volonte m', pa gen dwa mete pye yo nan Tanp lan, pa menm lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la.

10 And as for the Levites, they have withdrawn far away from me, in the errors of the sons of Israel, and they have gone astray from me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.

Seyè a di m' ankò: Lè moun pèp Izrayèl yo te vire do ban mwen pou y' al sèvi zidòl yo, moun Levi yo te mete tèt yo ansanm ak pèp la. Se poutèt sa mwen pral pini yo pou sa yo fè a.

11 They will be caretakers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers at the gates of the house, and ministers to the house. They will slay the holocausts and the victims of the people. And they will stand before them, so that they may minister to them.

Y'ap toujou sèvi m' nan Tanp lan. Se yo menm ki pral reskonsab veye pòtay Tanp lan, se yo ki pral fè tout kalite ti travay ki pou fèt nan Tanp lan. Se yo ki pral touye bèt pèp la va vin ofri pou boule nèt nan dife ak pou lòt kalite ofrann. Se yo ki pral la pou sèvi pèp la.

12 But because they ministered to them in the sight their idols, and they became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, for this reason, I have lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God, and they will bear their iniquity.

Tansèlman, paske yo te asepte fè sèvis pou pèp la devan zidòl yo, paske, lè yo fè sa, yo pòte pèp la tonbe pi rèd nan fè peche, mwen menm, Seyè sèl Mèt la, mwen fè sèman, m'ap pini yo pou sa yo fè a.

13 And they shall not draw near to me, so as to exercise the priesthood for me, and they shall not approach to any of my holy things, which are near the Holy of Holies. Instead, they will bear their shame and their wicked deeds, which they committed.

Yo pa gen dwa pwoche kote m' pou sèvi m' prèt ankò, ni yo pa gen dwa pwoche bò nenpòt bagay yo mete apa pou mwen, ni antre nan kote yo mete apa nèt pou mwen an. Men pinisyon m'ap ba yo pou tout vye bagay derespektan yo te fè a.

14 And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all its ministries and for all that will be done within it.

M'ap ba yo lòt travay pou yo fè nan tanp lan. M'ap mete yo reskonsab tout kalite travay k'ap fèt nan Tanp lan.

15 But the priests and the Levites who are the sons of Zadok, who observed the ceremonies of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw near to me, so that they may minister for me. And they shall stand in my sight, so that they may offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.

Seyè sèl Mèt la di m' ankò: -Prèt ki fè pati branch fanmi Levi a men ki soti nan fanmi Zadòk la te toujou fè travay yo byen san melanj nan Tanp lan, lè tout rès pèp Izrayèl la menm te vire do ban mwen. Se poutèt sa, se yo menm ase ki ka pwoche vin fè sèvis pou mwen. Se yo menm ki gen dwa kanpe devan m' pou ofri m' grès ak san bèt yo touye pou mwen yo.

16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall draw near to my table, so that they may minister for me, and so that they may observe my ceremonies.

Se yo menm ase ki pou antre nan Tanp mwen an, ki pou sèvi devan lotèl mwen an, ki pou fè sèvis pou mwen nan Tanp lan.

17 And when they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. Neither shall anything woolen be placed over them, when they minister within the gates of the inner and the outer court.

Lè y'a antre nan pòtay ti lakou anndan Tanp lan, y'a mete rad fèt ak twal fin blan. Lè y'ap sèvi nan ti lakou anndan an osinon nan Tanp lan, yo pa fèt pou yo gen anyen fèt ak lenn sou yo.

18 They shall have linen bands on their heads, and linen undergarments over their loins, and they shall not be girded so as to sweat.

Konsa, yo p'ap janm swe. Y'ap mare tèt yo ak gwo mouchwa fèt ak twal fin blan. Y'ap mete pantalon fèt ak twal fin blan san sentiwon.

19 And when they go forth to the outer court to the people, they shall strip off their vestments, in which they ministered, and they shall place them in the storeroom of the sanctuary, and they shall clothe themselves with other garments. And they shall not sanctify the people in their vestments.

Anvan yo soti nan gwo lakou a, kote pèp la ye a, se pou yo wete rad ki te sou yo lè yo te desèvis nan tanp lan. Y'a kite yo nan pyès yo mete apa pou sa a. Y'a mete lòt rad òdinè sou yo pou rad seremoni yo pa fè malè tonbe sou pèp la.

20 Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads.

Prèt yo pa gen dwa kale tèt yo, ni se pa pou yo kite cheve yo vin twò long. Se pou yo toujou taye cheve yo.

21 And no priest shall drink wine, when he will be entering into the inner court.

Prèt yo pa gen dwa bwè diven jou pou yo antre nan ti lakou anndan an.

22 And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.

Prèt yo pa gen dwa marye ak yon vèv osinon yon madanm divòse. Se pou yo marye ak yon jenn fi nan ras moun Izrayèl yo. Tansèlman, y'a gen dwa marye ak vèv yon prèt parèy yo.

23 And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and defiled, and they shall distinguish for them between clean and unclean.

Prèt yo va moutre pèp mwen an diferans ki genyen ant sa yo mete apa pou sèvis mwen ak sa yo pa mete apa pou sèvis mwen, ant sa ki nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou mwen ak sa ki pa nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou mwen.

24 And when there has been a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and they shall judge. They shall observe my laws and my precepts, in all my solemnities, and they shall sanctify my Sabbaths.

Lè yon moun gen kont ak yon lòt, se prèt yo ki va jije yo dapre sa ki nan lalwa mwen an. Se yo ki pou òganize tout fèt mwen yo dapre lòd ak regleman mwen bay. Jou repo m' yo, yo pa gen dwa fè ankenn travay.

25 And they shall not enter to a dead person, lest they be defiled, except to father or mother, or son or daughter, or brother, or to a sister who does not have another man. By these, they may become unclean.

Prèt yo pa fèt pou pwoche bò kadav moun mouri pou sa pa mete yo nan kondisyon yo pa ka fè sèvis pou mwen. Tansèlman, yo gen dwa pwoche bò kadav papa yo, manman yo, pitit fi yo, pitit gason yo, frè yo osinon yon sè yo depi sè a pa marye.

26 And after he will have been cleansed, they shall number for him seven days.

Apre l'a fin fè sèvis pou mete l' nan kondisyon ankò pou sèvi m', se pou l' tann sèt jou.

27 And on the day when he enters into the sanctuary, to the inner court, so that he may minister to me in the sanctuary, he shall make an offering because of his offense, says the Lord God.

Apre sa, jou l'a gen pou l' pran sèvis nan Tanp lan, l'a antre nan ti lakou anndan an, l'a fè ofrann pou mande Bondye padon pou peche l' yo. Se mwen menm, Seyè sèl Mèt la, ki di sa.

28 And there shall be no inheritance for them. I am their inheritance. And you shall not give them any possession in Israel. For I am their possession.

Prèt yo pa gen ankenn pòsyon tè ki rele yo pa yo. Se mwen menm ki tout yo. Yo p'ap gen anyen nan peyi mwen bay pèp Izrayèl la k'ap rele yo pa yo. Se sèvis y'ap fè pou mwen an ki tout yo.

29 They shall eat the victim both for sin and for offenses. And every vowed offering in Israel shall be theirs.

Se yo ki va manje ofrann grenn jaden yo ak vyann bèt yo touye pou mande Bondye padon, ak vyann bèt yo touye pou repare sa pèp la fè ki mal. Tou sa y'a mete apa pou mwen, se pou yo la ye.

30 And the first-fruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations out of all that is offered, shall belong to the priests. And you shall give the first-fruits of your foods to the priest, so that he may return a blessing to your house.

Tou sa ki pi bon nan premye rekòt nou yo, tou sa n'a pran angajman pou ofri ban mwen, ak tout lòt ofrann n'a fè, se pou prèt yo y'a ye. Chak fwa n'ap kwit pen, se pou nou bay prèt yo premye pen an tankou ofrann, konsa benediksyon mwen va chita lakay nou.

31 The priests shall not consume anything which has died on its own, or which was seized by a beast, whether from the fowl or the cattle.”

Prèt yo pa gen dwa manje ankenn bèt, kit se zwezo, kit se lòt bèt, ki mouri mò natirèl osinon bèt nan bwa devore.