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.

Y me tornó hacia la puerta de afuera del Santuario, la cual 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

Y me dijo el SEÑOR: Esta puerta estará cerrada; no se abrirá, ni entrará por ella hombre, porque el SEÑOR Dios de Israel entró por ella; y será 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.”

Para el príncipe: el príncipe, él se sentará en ella para comer pan delante del SEÑOR; por el camino de la entrada de la puerta entrará, y por el camino de ella saldrá.

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.

Y me llevó hacia la puerta del norte por delante de la Casa, y miré, y he aquí, la Gloria del SEÑOR había llenado la Casa del SEÑOR; y caí 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.

Y me dijo el SEÑOR: Hijo de 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 del SEÑOR, y de todas sus leyes; y pon tu corazón a las entradas de la Casa, y a todas las salidas 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.

Y dirás a la rebelde, a la Casa de Israel: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Basta ya de todas vuestras abominaciones, oh Casa de Israel.

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.

De haber vosotros traído extranjeros, incircuncisos de corazón e incircuncisos de carne, para estar en mi Santuario, para contaminar mi Casa; de haber ofrecido mi pan, la grosura y la sangre; y quebrantaron mi pacto por 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.

y no guardasteis el ordenamiento de mis santificaciones, sino que os pusisteis guardas de mi ordenanza en mi Santuario para vosotros 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.

Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Ningún hijo de extranjero, incircunciso de corazón e incircunciso de carne, entrará en mi Santuario, de todos los hijos de 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.

Y 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.

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 serán ministros en mi Santuario, porteros a 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.

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 cuanto les sirvieron delante de sus ídolos, y fueron a la Casa de Israel por tropezadero de maldad; por tanto, yo alcé mi mano acerca de ellos, dijo el Señor DIOS, que llevarán 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 servirme como sacerdotes, ni se llegarán a ninguna de mis santificaciones; a mis cosas santísimas; sino que llevarán su vergüenza, y sus abominaciones que hicieron.

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

Les pondré, pues, por guardas encargados de la custodia de la casa para todo su servicio, y para todo lo que en ella haya de hacerse.

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.

Mas los sacerdotes levitas, hijos de Sadoc, que guardaron el ordenamiento de mi Santuario, cuando los hijos de Israel se desviaron de mí, ellos se acercarán a mí para ministrarme, y delante de mí estarán para ofrecerme la grosura y la sangre, dijo el Señor DIOS.

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.

Ellos entrarán en mi Santuario, y ellos se acercarán a mi mesa para ministrarme, y guardarán mi ordenamiento.

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.

Y 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.

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.

Chapeos de lino tendrán en sus cabezas, y pañetes de lino en sus lomos; no se ceñirán para 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.

Y 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.

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

Y no raparán su cabeza, ni dejarán crecer el cabello; sino que lo recortarán solamente.

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

Y ninguno de los sacerdotes beberá vino cuando hubieren de entrar 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.

Ni viuda, ni repudiada se tomarán por mujeres; sino que tomarán vírgenes del linaje de la Casa de Israel, o viuda que fuere viuda de sacerdote.

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

Y enseñarán a mi pueblo a hacer diferencia entre lo santo y lo profano, y les enseñarán a discernir entre lo limpio y lo no 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.

Y en el pleito ellos estarán para juzgar; por mis derechos lo juzgarán; y mis leyes y mis decretos guardarán en todas mis solemnidades, y santificarán 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.

Y a hombre muerto no entrará el sacerdote para contaminarse; mas sobre padre, o madre, o hijo, o hija, hermano, o hermana que no haya tenido marido, sí podrán contaminarse.

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

Y después de su purificación, 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.

Y el día que entrare al Santuario, al atrio de adentro, para ministrar en el Santuario, ofrecerá su expiación, dijo el Señor DIOS.

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.

Y esto será a ellos por heredad; yo seré su heredad; y no les daréis 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.

El presente, y el sacrificio por la expiación, y por el pecado, comerán; y toda cosa dedicada a Dios 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.

Y las primicias de todos los primeros frutos 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.

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.”

Ninguna cosa mortecina, ni desgarrada, así de aves como de animales, comerán los sacerdotes.