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.
Luego me hizo volver por el camino de la puerta exterior del santuario, que mira hacia el oriente, y estaba cerrada.
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
El Señor me dijo: “Esta puerta estará cerrada. No se abrirá, nadie entrará por ella, porque Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, ha entrado por ella. Por lo tanto, estará cerrada.
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.”
El príncipe se sentará en ella como príncipe para comer el pan delante de Yahvé. Entrará por el camino del pórtico de la puerta, y saldrá por el mismo camino.”
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.
Entonces me llevó por el camino de la puerta del norte, delante de la casa; y miré, y he aquí que la gloria de Yahvé llenaba la casa de Yahvé; así que me postré sobre mi rostro.
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.
Yahvé me dijo: “Hijo de hombre, fíjate bien, y mira con tus ojos, y escucha con tus oídos todo lo que te digo acerca de todas las ordenanzas de la casa de Yahvé y de todas sus leyes; y marca bien la entrada de la casa, con cada salida del santuario.
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.
Dirás a los rebeldes, a la casa de Israel: “Dice el Señor Yahvé: “Casa de Israel, basta con todas vuestras abominaciones,
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.
pues habéis traído a extranjeros, incircuncisos de corazón e incircuncisos de carne, para que estén en mi santuario, para que lo profanen, mi casa, cuando ofrezcáis mi pan, la grasa y la sangre; y ellos han roto mi pacto, para añadirlo a todas vuestras abominaciones.
8 And you have not observed the precepts of my sanctuary, yet you have stationed observers of my vigil in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Ustedes no han cumplido con el deber de mis cosas santas, sino que han puesto ejecutores de mi deber en mi santuario para ustedes mismos.”
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.
El Señor Yahvé dice: “Ningún extranjero, incircunciso de corazón e incircunciso de carne, entrará en mi santuario, de todos los extranjeros que están entre los hijos de Israel.
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.
“‘“Pero los levitas que se alejaron de mí cuando Israel se extravió, que se alejaron de mí en pos de sus ídolos, ellos cargarán con su iniquidad.
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.
Sin embargo, ellos serán ministros en mi santuario, tendrán vigilancia a las puertas de la casa y servirán en la casa. Matarán el holocausto y el sacrificio para el pueblo, y estarán delante de ellos para servirles.
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.
Por haberles servido delante de sus ídolos, y por haberse convertido en tropiezo de iniquidad para la casa de Israel, he levantado mi mano contra ellos — dice el Señor Yahvé — y cargarán con su iniquidad.
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.
No se acercarán a mí para ejercer el oficio de sacerdote, ni para acercarse a ninguna de mis cosas santas, a las cosas más santas, sino que llevarán su vergüenza y sus abominaciones que han cometido.
14 And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all its ministries and for all that will be done within it.
Sin embargo, los haré ejecutores del deber de la casa, para todo su servicio y para todo lo que se haga en ella.
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.
“‘“Pero los sacerdotes levitas, hijos de Sadoc, que cumplieron con el deber de mi santuario cuando los hijos de Israel se alejaron de mí, se acercarán a mí para servirme. Se presentarán ante mí para ofrecerme la grasa y la sangre”, dice el Señor Yahvé.
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.
“Entrarán en mi santuario y se acercarán a mi mesa para servirme, y guardarán mi instrucción.
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.
“‘“Será que cuando entren por las puertas del atrio interior, se vestirán con ropas de lino. Ninguna lana caerá sobre ellos mientras ministren en las puertas del atrio interior, y dentro.
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.
Llevarán turbantes de lino en la cabeza y pantalones de lino en la cintura. No se vestirán con nada que los haga sudar.
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.
Cuando salgan al atrio exterior, al atrio de afuera para el pueblo, se quitarán las vestimentas con las que ministran y las pondrán en las habitaciones sagradas. Se pondrán otras vestimentas, para no santificar al pueblo con sus vestimentas.
20 Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads.
“‘“No se afeitarán la cabeza ni se dejarán crecer la cabellera. Sólo se cortarán el pelo de la cabeza.
21 And no priest shall drink wine, when he will be entering into the inner court.
Ninguno de los sacerdotes beberá vino cuando entre en el atrio interior.
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.
No tomarán por esposa a una viuda o a una repudiada, sino que tomarán a vírgenes de la descendencia de la casa de Israel, o a una viuda que sea viuda de un sacerdote.
23 And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and defiled, and they shall distinguish for them between clean and unclean.
Enseñarán a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo santo y lo común, y le harán discernir entre lo inmundo y lo limpio.
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.
“‘“En una controversia estarán para juzgar. Lo juzgarán según mis ordenanzas. Guardarán mis leyes y mis estatutos en todas mis fiestas señaladas. Harán santos mis sábados.
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.
“‘“No entrarán en ninguna persona muerta para contaminarse; pero por el padre, o por la madre, o por el hijo, o por la hija, por el hermano o por la hermana que no haya tenido marido, podrán contaminarse.
26 And after he will have been cleansed, they shall number for him seven days.
Después de haberse purificado, le contarán siete días.
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.
El día que entre en el santuario, en el atrio interior, para ministrar en el santuario, ofrecerá su ofrenda por el pecado”, dice el Señor Yahvé.
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.
“‘Tendrán una herencia: Yo soy su herencia; y no les darás posesión en Israel. Yo soy su posesión.
29 They shall eat the victim both for sin and for offenses. And every vowed offering in Israel shall be theirs.
Ellos comerán la ofrenda de la comida, la ofrenda por el pecado y la ofrenda por la culpa; y toda cosa consagrada en Israel será de ellos.
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.
Las primicias de todos los frutos de cada cosa, y toda ofrenda de todo, de todas vuestras ofrendas, serán para el sacerdote. También darás a los sacerdotes las primicias de tu masa, para hacer descansar una bendición sobre tu casa.
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.”
Los sacerdotes no comerán nada que muera por sí mismo o que se desgarre, ya sea ave o animal.
