Ezekiel 44
1 And he brought me back to the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary, which looked towards the east: and it was shut.
Ningĩ mũndũ ũcio akĩnjookia nginya kĩhingo-inĩ kĩa nyumĩrĩra ya handũ-harĩa-haamũre, kĩrĩa kĩangʼetheire mwena wa irathĩro, nakĩo kĩarĩ kĩhinge.
2 And the Lord said to me: This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it: because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it, and it shall be shut
Nake Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Kĩhingo gĩkĩ kĩrĩikaraga kĩrĩ kĩhinge. Gĩtikanahingũrwo; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaagĩtoonyera. Kĩrĩikaraga kĩhingĩtwo tondũ nĩkĩo Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, aatoonyeire.
3 For the prince. The prince himself shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord: he shall enter in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.
Mũthamaki we mwene nowe wiki ũngĩikara mwena wa thĩinĩ wa itoonyero rĩu na arĩĩre irio hau mbere ya Jehova. Arĩĩtoonyagĩra gĩthaku gĩa itoonyero rĩu, na akiuma na nja akoimĩra njĩra o ro ĩyo.”
4 And he brought me by 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 on my face.
Ningĩ mũndũ ũcio akĩndwara na njĩra ya kĩhingo kĩa mwena wa gathigathini nginya hau mbere ya hekarũ. Ngĩcũthĩrĩria, ngĩona riiri wa Jehova ũiyũrĩte hekarũ ĩyo ya Jehova, na niĩ ngĩĩgũithia, ngĩturumithia ũthiũ thĩ.
5 And the Lord said to me: Son of man, attend with thy heart, and behold with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears, all that I say to thee concerning all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord, and concerning all the laws thereof: and mark well the ways of the temple, with all the goings out of the sanctuary.
Nake Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, rora wega, na ũthikĩrĩrie wega, na ũrũmbũiye maũndũ mothe marĩa ngũkwĩra makoniĩ mawatho mothe megiĩ hekarũ ya Jehova. Rũmbũiya ũhoro wa itoonyero rĩa hekarũ, na njĩra ciothe cia kuuma handũ-harĩa-haamũre.
6 And thou shalt say to the house of Israel that provoketh me: Thus saith the Lord God: Let all your wicked doings suffice you, O house of Israel:
Ĩra andũ aya aremi a nyũmba ya Isiraeli atĩrĩ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli, maũndũ manyu ma magigi nĩmaiganĩte!
7 In that you have brought in strangers uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to defile my house: and you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood: and you have broken my covenant by all your wicked doings.
Hamwe na maũndũ marĩa mothe marĩ magigi mwekire, nĩmwatoonyirie andũ a kũngĩ matarĩ aruu ngoro na mwĩrĩ handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre, mũgĩthaahia hekarũ yakwa rĩrĩa mwandutĩire irio, na maguta, na thakame, na mũgĩthũkia kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa.
8 And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Handũ ha kũruta wĩra wanyu ũrĩa wagĩrĩire ũkoniĩ maũndũ makwa marĩa matheru, mwatuire andũ angĩ arũgamĩrĩri a handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre.
9 Thus saith the Lord God: No stranger uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, no stranger that is in the midst of the children of Israel.
Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ ũtarĩ mũruu ngoro na mwĩrĩ ũngĩtoonya handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre, o na angĩkorwo nĩ andũ a kũngĩ arĩa matũũranagia na andũ a Isiraeli.
10 Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have wandered from me after their idols, and have borne their iniquity:
“‘Alawii arĩa maanjehereire makĩndaihĩrĩria hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ a Isiraeli maaturuurire na makĩehera harĩ niĩ makĩrũmĩrĩra mĩhianano yao-rĩ, no nginya magaacookererwo nĩ mehia mao.
11 They shall be officers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers of the gates of the house, and ministers to the house: they shall slay the holocausts, and the victims of the people: and they shall stand in their sight, to minister to them.
Andũ acio no matungatage handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre, na maikaragie ihingo cia hekarũ o na matungatage thĩinĩ wayo; no mathĩnje nyamũ cia maruta ma njino, na marutagĩre andũ magongona mao, na marũgamage mbere ya andũ makamatungatĩra.
12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and were a stumblingblock of iniquity to the house of Israel: therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity:
No rĩrĩ, tondũ nĩo maamatungatĩire marĩ mbere ya mĩhianano yao, na magĩtũma andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli magũe mehia-inĩ-rĩ, nĩ ũndũ ũcio na niĩ nĩndĩhĩtĩte njoete guoko na igũrũ atĩ no nginya magaacookererwo nĩ mehia mao, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
13 And they shall not come near to me to do the office of priest to me, neither shall they come near to any of my holy things that are by the holy of holies: but they shall bear their shame, and their wickednesses which they have committed.
Andũ acio matigacooka kũnguhĩrĩria mandungatagĩre ta athĩnjĩri-Ngai, kana makuhĩrĩrie kĩndũ o na kĩrĩkũ kĩa indo ciakwa iria theru, kana maruta makwa marĩa matheru mũno; no nginya magaacookererwo nĩ gĩconoko kĩa maũndũ marĩa marĩ magigi maneeka.
14 And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
No nĩngamatua arũgamĩrĩri a maũndũ ma hekarũ, na mawĩra mothe marĩa mabataire kũrutwo kũu thĩinĩ.
15 But the priests, and Levites, the sons of Sadoc, who kept the ceremonies or my sanctuary, when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me, to minister to me: and they shall stand before me, to offer me the fat, and the blood, saith the Lord God.
“‘No rĩrĩ, athĩnjĩri-Ngai, acio marĩ Alawii na a rũciaro rwa Zadoku, o acio maarutire mawĩra ma handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre na wĩhokeku rĩrĩa andũ a Isiraeli meeherire makiuma harĩ niĩ, nĩo marĩnguhagĩrĩria makandungatĩra; marĩrũgamaga mbere yakwa makaruta magongona ma maguta na ma thakame, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and to keep my ceremonies.
Acio oiki nĩo marĩtoonyaga handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre; acio oiki nĩo marĩĩkuhagĩrĩria metha yakwa makandungatĩra na makaruta wĩra wakwa.
17 And when they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments: neither shall any woollen come upon them, when they minister in the gates of the inner court and within.
“‘Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa megũtoonya ihingo-inĩ cia nja ya na thĩinĩ, marĩĩhumbaga nguo cia gatani; matikanehumbe nguo o na ĩmwe ya guoya wa ngʼondu hĩndĩ ĩrĩa megũtungata ihingo-inĩ cia nja ĩrĩa ya na thĩinĩ, kana kũu hekarũ thĩinĩ.
18 They shall have linen mitres on their heads, and linen breeches on their loins, and they shall not be girded with any thing that causeth sweat.
Nĩmeyohage iremba cia gatani mĩtwe, na nguo cia gatani cia thĩinĩ njohero-inĩ. Matikanehumbe kĩndũ o na kĩrĩkũ kĩngĩtũma mathigine.
19 And when they shall go forth to the outward court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them up in the store chamber of the sanctuary, and they shall clothe themselves with other garments: and they shall not sanctify the people with their vestments.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mekuuma matoonye nja ya nyumĩrĩra kũrĩa andũ marĩ-rĩ, makaruta nguo iria megũtungataga nacio, na magacitiga tũnyũmba-inĩ tũrĩa twamũre, na makehumba nguo ingĩ, nĩgeetha matikae kwamũra andũ acio na ũndũ wa nguo icio ciao.
20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads.
“‘Matikanenjwo njuĩrĩ ĩthire mĩtwe, kana mareke njuĩrĩ ciao iraihe mũno, no nĩ maigage njuĩrĩ ciao cia mĩtwe irĩ nenge.
21 And no priest shall drink wine when he is to go into the inner court.
Ningĩ gũtikanagĩe na mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũkũnyua ndibei rĩrĩa egũtoonya nja ya na thĩinĩ.
22 Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest.
Matikanahikie atumia a ndigwa, kana mahikie atumia arĩa matiganĩte na athuuri ao; no rĩrĩ, no mahikie airĩtu gathirange a rũciaro rwa andũ a Isiraeli, kana atumia a ndigwa a athĩnjĩri-Ngai.
23 And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.
No nginya marutage andũ akwa ũtiganu wa maũndũ marĩa matheru na marĩa ma ndũire, na mamoonagie gũkũũrana maũndũ marĩa marĩ thaahu na marĩa matarĩ thaahu.
24 And when there shall be a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and shall judge: they shall keep my laws, and my ordinances in all my solemnities, and sanctify my sabbaths.
“‘Kũngĩgĩa ngarari-rĩ, athĩnjĩri-Ngai no nginya matuithanagie ciira, na maũtue kũringana na matuĩro makwa ma ciira. Nĩmarĩmenyagĩrĩra mawatho makwa na kĩrĩra kĩa watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo igũrũ rĩa ciathĩ ciakwa ciothe iria njathane, na maikaragie Thabatũ ciakwa irĩ theru.
25 And they shall come near no dead person, lest they be defiled, only their father and mother, and son and daughter, and brother and sister, that hath not had another husband: for whom they may become unclean.
“‘Mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ndakanethaahie na ũndũ wa gũkuhĩrĩria kĩimba; no rĩrĩ, ũrĩa ũkuĩte angĩkorwo nĩ ithe kana nyina, kana mũriũ kana mwarĩ, kana mũrũ wa nyina kana mwarĩ wa nyina ũtahikĩte-rĩ, hĩndĩ ĩyo no ethaahie.
26 And after one is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
Aarĩkia gũtherio-rĩ, no nginya eterere mĩthenya mũgwanja.
27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, to the inner court, to minister unto me in the sanctuary, he shall offer for his sin, saith the Lord God.
Mũthenya ũrĩa agaacooka gũtoonya nja ĩrĩa ya na thĩinĩ ya handũ-harĩa-haamũre nĩguo agatungate thĩinĩ wa handũ-harĩa-haamũre-rĩ, no nginya erutĩre iruta rĩa mehia, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
28 And they shall have no inheritance, I am their inheritance: neither shall you give them any possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
“‘Niĩ no niĩ igai rĩa athĩnjĩri-Ngai. Mũtikanamagaĩre igai gũkũ bũrũri wa Isiraeli; Nĩ niĩ ngũtuĩka igai rĩao.
29 They shall eat the victim both for sin and for trespass: and every vowed thing in Israel shall be theirs.
Marĩĩrĩĩaga maruta ma ngano, na maruta ma mehia, na maruta ma mahĩtia; nakĩo kĩndũ o gĩothe kĩrĩa kĩrutĩirwo Jehova gũkũ bũrũri wa Isiraeli gĩgaatuĩka kĩao.
30 And the firstfruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations of all things that are offered, shall be the priest’s: and you shall give the firstfruits of your meats to the priest, that he may return a blessing upon thy house.
Maciaro mothe ma mbere marĩa mega, na iheo cianyu ciothe cia mwanya, igaatuĩka cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai. No nginya mũmaheage gĩcunjĩ kĩa mbere kĩa mũtu ũrĩa mũhinyu nĩgeetha kĩrathimo gĩtũũre kwanyu mĩciĩ.
31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fowl or cattle.
Athĩnjĩri-Ngai matikanarĩe nyamũ o na ĩrĩkũ ĩngĩkorwo ĩkuĩte, ĩrĩ nyoni, kana matigari ma nyamũ yũragĩtwo nĩ nyamũ ĩngĩ.
