Ezekiel 44

1 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.

領我回到聖殿朝東的外門，門卻關著。

2 Yahweh said to me, “This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened, no man shall enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it. Therefore it shall be shut.

他對我說：「這門必關閉不開，任何人不得由此門而入，因為上主以色列的天主已由此門而入，為此常應關閉。

3 As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before Yahweh. He shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out the same way.”

至於元首，因為他是元首，惟有他可坐在裏面，在上主前進食；他由門廊的路而入，亦由原路而出。」

4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house; so I fell on my face.

以後，他領我由北門到聖殿，我一看，看見上主的光榮上主的殿，我便伏地掩面。

5 Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of Yahweh’s house and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.

上主對我說：「人子，我對你所說上主殿內的所有定和法律，你要留心，要眼看耳聽，又要注意准入聖殿的規則。

6 You shall tell the rebellious, even the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You house of Israel, let that be enough of all your abominations,

你對叛逆的以色列家族說：吾主上主這樣說：以色列家族，你們所行的一切醜惡之事，該夠了吧!

7 in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.

當你們奉獻給我食品、脂肪和牲血時，竟引領心身未受割損的外方人進入我的聖所，褻瀆我的殿宇；這樣以你們的一切醜惡，破壞了我的盟約。

8 You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”

你們的既不在我聖所內供職，卻派他們代你們在我聖所內供職。

9 The Lord Yahweh says, “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.

為此吾主上主這樣說：一切心身未受割損的外邦人，以及所有在以色列子民中的外邦人，不得進入我的聖所。

10 “‘“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity.

至於肋未人，當以色列墮落，離開我而追隨他們的偶像時，他們也脫離了我，他們必要承認自己的罪債。

11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

他們在我聖所內供職，只能充當看守殿門的，作的侍役，為百姓宰殺全燔祭和其他祭牲，站在他們面前，給他們服務。

12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and they will bear their iniquity.

因為他們曾在百姓的偶像前給他們服務過，做了以色列家族的胖腳石，為此我必舉手反對他們──吾主上主的斷語──他們必要承擔自己的罪債。

13 They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.

他們不得走近我，也不得接我的的一切聖物，和至聖之物；反要自己的羞辱和所行的一切醜惡。

14 Yet I will make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service and for all that will be done therein.

我只委派他們在聖殿供職，服各種勞役，做其中應做的一切事務。

15 “‘“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. They shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord Yahweh.

惟有那些在以色列子民墮落我時，仍然為我的聖所供職的匝多克的兒子，肋未司祭們，可走近我，服事我，侍立我前，給我奉獻脂油與牲血──吾主上主的斷語──

16 “They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

他們可進入我的聖所，起近我的祭桌，服事我，奉行給我供職的事。

17 “‘“It will be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. No wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

幾時他們進入內院的門，應身穿麻衣；當他們在內院門內或在聖殿供職時，不可穿羊毛衣。

18 They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen trousers on their waists. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that makes them sweat.

他們頭上應戴麻布頭巾，腰間應穿麻巾褲子，不可穿容易出汗的衣服。

19 When they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister and lay them in the holy rooms. They shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.

但他們幾時要出去到外院百姓那裏時，應脫去供職的衣服，放在聖所的廂房內，穿上別的衣服，免得因自己的祭服使百姓沾污聖潔。

20 “‘“They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

你們不可剃頭，也不可讓頭髮自由生長，應該修剪頭髮。

21 None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

任何司祭要進入內院時，不可飲酒。

22 They shall not take for their wives a widow, or her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

他們不可娶寡婦或棄婦為妻，應娶以色列家族的處女為妻；或娶司祭的寡婦。

23 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

廿應教訓我的百姓 區別聖與俗，知道潔與不潔。

24 “‘“In a controversy they shall stand to judge. They shall judge it according to my ordinances. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts. They shall make my Sabbaths holy.

在訴訟上，他們應充任裁判，按我的法律定斷；他們在我的各種慶節上，應遵守規我的法律和規律，又應聖化我的安息日。

25 “‘“They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

他們不可走近死人，免得沾染不潔；但為父母子女、兄弟和未嫁的姊妹，可自染不潔。

26 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.

在他取潔以後，再過七天，

27 In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,” says the Lord Yahweh.

他要進入聖所，進內院，為在聖所內供職的那一天，應奉獻贖罪祭──吾主上主的斷語──

28 “‘They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.

他們不可有產業；在以色列也不可分給他們地業我是他們的地業。

29 They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

他們可以吃素餐，贖罪祭和贖過祭：凡在以色列所獻的禁物，都應歸於他們。

30 The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

各種初熟之物，和你們藉舉祭所獻的一切祭物，都應歸於司祭；此外，將你們粗麥麵中最好的一份，分與司祭，好叫祝福降在你們家庭中。

31 The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.

凡自然死或被猛獸撕裂的飛禽走獸，司祭都不可吃。」