Hiezechielis Prophetæ 48
1 Et hæc nomina tribuum a finibus Aquilonis iuxta viam Hethalon pergentibus Emath, atrium Enan terminus Damasci ad Aquilonem iuxta viam Emath. Et erit ei plaga Orientalis Mare, Dan una.
“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.
2 Et super terminum Dan, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Aser una:
“By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.
3 et super terminum Aser, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Nephthali una.
“By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
4 Et super terminum Nephthali, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Manasse una.
“By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
5 Et super terminum Manasse, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Ephraim una.
“By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.
6 Et super terminum Ephraim a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Ruben una.
“By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
7 Et super terminum Ruben, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Iuda una.
“By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.
8 Et super terminum Iuda, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, erunt primitiæ, quas separabitis, vigintiquinque millibus latitudinis et longitudinis, sicuti singulæ partes a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris: et erit sanctuarium in medio eius.
“By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
9 Primitiæ, quas separabitis Domino: longitudo vigintiquinque millibus, et latitudo decem millibus.
“The offering that you shall offer to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width.
10 Hæ autem erunt primitiæ sanctuarii sacerdotum: ad Aquilonem longitudinis vigintiquinque millia, et ad Mare latitudinis decem millia, sed et ad Orientem latitudinis decem millia, et ad Meridiem longitudinis vigintiquinque millia: et erit sanctuarium Domini in medio eius.
For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the middle of it.
11 Sacerdotibus sanctuarium erit de filiis Sadoc, qui custodierunt ceremonias meas, et non erraverunt cum errarent filii Israel, sicut erraverunt et Levitæ.
It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn’t go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 Et erunt eis primitiæ de primitiis terræ Sanctum Sanctorum, iuxta terminum Levitarum.
It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites.
13 Sed et Levitis similiter iuxta fines sacerdotum vigintiquinque millia longitudinis, et latitudinis decem millia. Omnis longitudo viginti et quinque millium, et latitudo decem millium.
“Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. All the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.
14 Et non venundabunt ex eo, neque mutabunt, neque transferentur primitiæ terræ, quia sanctificatæ sunt Domino.
They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated, for it is holy to the LORD.
15 Quinque millia autem quæ supersunt in latitudine per vigintiquinque millia, profana erunt urbis in habitaculum, et in suburbana: et erit civitas in medio eius.
“The five thousand cubits that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for pasture lands; and the city shall be in the middle of it.
16 Et hæ mensuræ eius: ad plagam Septentrionalem quingenta et quattuor millia: et ad plagam Meridianam, quingenta et quattuor millia: et ad plagam Orientalem, quingenta et quattuor millia: et ad plagam Occidentalem, quingenta et quattuor millia.
These shall be its measurements: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
17 Erunt autem suburbana civitatis ad Aquilonem ducenta quinquaginta, et ad Meridiem ducenta quinquaginta, et ad Orientem ducenta quinquaginta, et ad Mare ducenta quinquaginta.
The city shall have pasture lands: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
18 Quod autem reliquum fuerit in longitudine secundum primitias sanctuarii, decem millia in Orientem, et decem millia in Occidentem, erunt sicut primitiæ sanctuarii: et erunt fruges eius in panes his, qui serviunt civitati.
The remainder of the length, alongside the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward; and it shall be alongside the holy offering. Its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city.
19 Servientes autem civitati, operabuntur ex omnibus tribubus Israel.
Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
20 Omnes primitiæ, vigintiquinque millium, per vigintiquinque millia in quadrum, separabuntur in primitias sanctuarii, et in possessionem civitatis.
All the offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand. You shall offer it as a holy offering, with the possession of the city.
21 Quod autem reliquum fuerit, principis erit ex omni parte primitiarum sanctuarii, et possessionis civitatis e regione vigintiquinque millium primitiarum usque ad terminum Orientalem: sed et ad Mare e regione vigintiquinque millium usque ad terminum maris, similiter in partibus principis erit: et erunt primitiæ sanctuarii, et sanctuarium templi in medio eius.
“The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. The holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.
22 De possessione autem Levitarum, et de possessione civitatis in medio partium principis: erit inter terminum Iuda et inter terminum Beniamin, et ad principem pertinebit.
Moreover, from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the middle of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
23 Et reliquis tribubus: A plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Beniamin una.
“As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
24 Et contra terminum Beniamin, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Simeon una.
“By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
25 Et super terminum Simeonis, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Issachar una.
“By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
26 Et super terminum Issachar, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Zabulon una.
“By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.
27 Et super terminum Zabulon, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Gad una.
“By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.
28 Et super terminum Gad, ad plagam Austri in Meridie: et erit finis de Thamar usque ad aquas contradictionis Cades, hereditas contra mare magnum.
“By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.
29 Hæc est terra, quam mittetis in sortem tribubus Israel: et hæ partitiones earum, ait Dominus Deus.
“This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord GOD.
30 Et hi egressus civitatis: A plaga Septentrionali quingentos et quattuor millia mensurabis.
“These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure;
31 Et portæ civitatis ex nominibus tribuum Israel, portæ tres a Septentrione, porta Ruben una, porta Iuda una, porta Levi una.
and the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
32 Et ad plagam Orientalem, quingentos et quattuor millia: et portæ tres, porta Ioseph una, porta Beniamin una, porta Dan una.
“At the east side four thousand five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
33 Et ad plagam Meridianam, quingentos et quattuor millia metieris: et portæ tres, porta Simeonis una, porta Issachar una, porta Zabulon una.
“At the south side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
34 Et ad plagam Occidentalem, quingentos et quattuor millia, et portæ eorum tres, porta Gad una, porta Aser una, porta Nephthali una.
“At the west side four thousand five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
35 Per circuitum, decem et octo millia: et nomen civitatis ex illa die, Dominus ibidem.
“It shall be eighteen thousand reeds in circumference; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The LORD is there.’
