Hiezechielis Prophetæ 42
1 Et eduxit me in atrium exterius per viam ducentem ad Aquilonem, et introduxit me in gazophylacium, quod erat contra separatum ædificium, et contra ædem vergentem ad Aquilonem.
Next the man sent me out to the outer courtyard on the north side, and he brought me to rooms in front of the outer courtyard and the northern outer wall.
2 In facie longitudinis, centum cubitos ostii Aquilonis: et latitudinis quinquaginta cubitos,
Those rooms were one hundred cubits along their front and fifty cubits in width.
3 contra viginti cubitos atrii interioris, et contra pavimentum stratum lapide atrii exterioris, ubi erat porticus iuncta porticui triplici.
Some of those rooms faced the inner courtyard and were twenty cubits away from the sanctuary. There were three levels of rooms, and the ones above looked down on the ones below and were open to them, having a walkway. Some of the rooms looked out onto the outer courtyard.
4 Et ante gazophylacia deambulatio decem cubitorum latitudinis, ad interiora respiciens viæ cubiti unius. Et ostia eorum ad Aquilonem:
A passage ten cubits in width and one hundred cubits in length ran in front of the rooms. The rooms' doors were toward the north.
5 Ubi erant gazophylacia in superioribus humiliora: quia supportabant porticus, quæ ex illis eminebant de inferioribus, et de mediis ædificii.
But the upper halls were smaller, for the walkways took away from them more space than they did in the lowest and middle levels of the building.
6 Tristega enim erant, et non habebant columnas, sicut erant columnæ atriorum: propterea eminebant de inferioribus, et de mediis a terra cubitis quinquaginta.
For the halls on the third story had no columns, unlike the courtyards, which did have columns. So the highest level's rooms were smaller in size compared to the rooms in the lowest and middle levels.
7 Et peribolus exterior secundum gazophylacia, quæ erant in via atrii exterioris ante gazophylacia: longitudo eius quinquaginta cubitorum.
The outside wall ran along the rooms toward the outer courtyard, the courtyard that was in front of the rooms. That wall was fifty cubits in length.
8 Quia longitudo erat gazophylaciorum atrii exterioris quinquaginta cubitorum: et longitudo ante faciem templi, centum cubitorum.
The length of the rooms of the outer courtyard was fifty cubits, and the rooms facing the sanctuary were one hundred cubits in length.
9 Et erat subter gazophylacia hæc introitus ab Oriente ingredientium in ea de atrio exteriori.
There was an entrance to the lowest rooms from the east side, coming from the outer courtyard.
10 In latitudine periboli atrii, quod erat contra viam Orientalem, in faciem ædificii separati, et erant ante ædificium gazophylacia.
Along the wall of the outer courtyard on the eastern side of the outer courtyard, in front of the sanctuary's inner courtyard, there were also rooms
11 Et via ante faciem eorum iuxta similitudinem gazophylaciorum, quæ erant in via Aquilonis: secundum longitudinem eorum, sic et latitudo eorum: et omnis introitus eorum, et similitudines, et ostia eorum
with a walkway in front of them. They were as the appearance of the rooms on the northern side. They had the same length and breadth and the same exits and arrangements and doors.
12 secundum ostia gazophylaciorum, quæ erant in via respiciente ad Notum: ostium in capite viæ: quæ via erat ante vestibulum separatum per viam Orientalem ingredientibus.
On the south side were doors into rooms that were just the same as on the north side. A passage on the inside had a door at its head, and the passage opened into the various rooms. On the east side there was a doorway into the passage at one end.
13 Et dixit ad me: Gazophylacia Aquilonis, et gazophylacia Austri, quæ sunt ante ædificium separatum: hæc sunt gazophylacia sancta: in quibus vescuntur sacerdotes, qui appropinquant ad Dominum in Sancta Sanctorum: ibi ponent Sancta Sanctorum, et oblationem pro peccato, et pro delicto: locus enim sanctus est.
Then the man said to me, “The northern rooms and the southern rooms that are in front of the outer courtyard are holy rooms where the priests who work nearest to Yahweh may eat the most holy food. They will put the most holy things there—the food offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering—for this is a holy place.
14 Cum autem ingressi fuerint sacerdotes, non egredientur de sanctis in atrium exterius: et ibi reponent vestimenta sua, in quibus ministrant, quia sancta sunt: vestienturque vestimentis aliis, et sic procedent ad populum.
When the priests enter there, they must not go out of the holy place to the outer court, without laying aside the clothes in which they served, since these are holy. So they must dress in other clothes before going near the people.”
15 Cumque complesset mensuras domus interioris, eduxit me per viam portæ, quæ respiciebat ad viam Orientalem: et mensus est eam undique per circuitum.
The man completed measuring the inner house and then took me out to the gate that faced the east and measured all the surrounding area there.
16 Mensus est autem contra ventum Orientalem calamo mensuræ, quingentos calamos in calamo mensuræ per circuitum.
He measured the east side with a measuring stick—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick.
17 Et mensus est contra ventum Aquilonis quingentos calamos in calamo mensuræ per gyrum.
He measured the north side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick.
18 Et ad ventum Australem mensus est quingentos calamos in calamo mensuræ per circuitum.
He also measured the south side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick.
19 Et ad ventum Occidentalem mensus est quingentos calamos in calamo mensuræ.
He also turned and measured the west side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick.
20 Per quattuor ventos mensus est murum eius undique per circuitum, longitudinem quingentorum cubitorum, et latitudinem quingentorum cubitorum dividentem inter sanctuarium et vulgi locum.
He measured it on four sides. It had a wall around it that was five hundred cubits in length, and five hundred cubits in width, to separate the holy from that which is common.
