Ezekiel Sees the Future Temple in Jerusalem
1-2 Twenty-five years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, and 14 years after the Babylonians had captured Jerusalem, the Lord's power took control of me on the tenth day of the first month. The Lord showed me some visions in which I was carried to the top of a high mountain in Jerusalem. I looked to the south and saw what looked like a city full of buildings. 3 In my vision the Lord took me closer, and I saw a man who was sparkling like polished bronze. He was standing near one of the gates and was holding a tape measure in one hand and a measuring stick in the other. 4 The man said, “Ezekiel, son of man, pay close attention to everything I'm going to show you—that's why you've been brought here. Listen carefully, because you must tell the people of Israel what you see.”
The East Gate
5 The first thing I saw was an outer wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The man took his measuring stick, which was three meters long, and measured the wall; it was three meters high and three meters thick. 6-7 Then he went to the east gate, where he walked up steps that led to a long passageway. On each side of this passageway were three guardrooms, which were three meters square, and they were separated by walls two and a half meters thick. The man measured the distance between the opening of the gate and the first guardroom, and it was three meters, the thickness of the outer wall.
At the far end of this passageway, I saw an entrance room that faced the courtyard of the temple itself. There was also a distance of three meters between the last guardroom and the entrance room 8-9 at the end of the passageway. The man measured this room: It was four meters from the doorway to the opposite wall, and the distance from the doorway to the wall on either side was one meter. 10 The three guardrooms on each side of the passageway were the same size, and the walls that separated them were the same thickness.
11 Next, the man measured the width of the passageway, and it was six and a half meters, but the two doors of the gate were only five meters wide. 12 In front of the guardrooms, which were three meters square, was a railing about 50 centimeters high and 50 centimeters thick. 13 The man measured the distance from the back wall of one of these rooms to the same spot in the room directly across the passageway, and it was twelve and a half meters. 14 He measured the entrance room at the far end of the passageway, and it was ten meters wide. 15 Finally, he measured the total length of the passageway, from the outer wall to the entrance room, and it was 25 meters. 16 The three walls in the guardrooms had small windows in them, just like the ones in the entrance room. The walls along the passageway were decorated with carvings of palm trees.
The Outer Courtyard
17 The man then led me through the passageway and into the outer courtyard of the temple, where I saw 30 rooms built around the outside of the courtyard. These side rooms were built against the outer wall, and in front of them was a sidewalk that circled the courtyard. 18 This was known as the lower sidewalk, and it was 25 meters wide.
19 I saw the gates that led to the inner courtyard of the temple and noticed that they were higher than those leading to the outer courtyard. The man measured the distance between the outer and inner gates, and it was 50 meters.
The North Gate
20 Next, the man measured the north gate that led to the outer courtyard. 21 This gate also had three guardrooms on each side of a passageway. The measurements of these rooms, the walls between them, and the entrance room at the far end of the passageway were exactly the same as those of the east gate. The north gate was also 25 meters long and 12.5 meters wide, 22 and the windows, the entrance room, and the carvings of palm trees were just like those in the east gate. The entrance room also faced the courtyard of the temple and had seven steps leading up to it. 23 Directly across the outer courtyard was a gate that led to the inner courtyard, just as there was for the east gate. The man measured the distance between the outer and inner gate, and it was 50 meters.
The South Gate
24 The man then took me to the south gate. He measured the walls and the entrance room of this gate, and the measurements were exactly the same as those of the other two gates. 25 There were windows in the guardrooms of this gate and in the entrance room, just like the others, and this gate was also 25 meters long and 12.5 meters wide. 26 Seven steps led up to the gate; the entrance room was at the far end of the passageway and faced the courtyard of the temple. Carvings of palm trees decorated the walls along the passageway. 27 And directly across the outer courtyard was a gate on the south side of the inner courtyard. The man measured the distance between the outer and inner gate, and it was also 50 meters.
The Gates Leading to the Inner Courtyard
28 We then went into the inner courtyard, through the gate on the south side of the temple. The man measured the gate, and it was the same size as the gates in the outer wall. 29-30 In fact, everything along the passageway was also the same size, including the guardrooms, the walls separating them, the entrance room at the far end, and the windows. This gate, like the others, was 25 meters long and 12.5 meters wide. 31 The entrance room of this gate faced the outer courtyard, and carvings of palm trees decorated the walls of the passageway. Eight steps led up to this gate.
32 Next, we went through the east gate to the inner courtyard. The man measured this gate, and it was the same size as the others. 33 The guardrooms, the walls separating them, and its entrance room had the same measurements as the other gates. The guardrooms and the entrance room had windows, and the gate was 25 meters long and 12.5 meters wide. 34 The entrance room faced the outer courtyard, and the walls in the passageway were decorated with carvings of palm trees. Eight steps also led up to this gate.
35 Then the man took me to the north gate. He measured it, and it was the same size as the others, 36 including the guardrooms, the walls separating them, and the entrance room. There were also windows in this gate. It was 25 meters long and 12.5 meters wide, 37 and like the other inner gates, its entrance room faced the outer courtyard, and its walls were decorated with carvings of palm trees. Eight steps also led up to this gate.
The Rooms for Sacrificing Animals
38-39 Inside the entrance room of the north gate, I saw four tables, two on each side of the room, where the animals to be sacrificed were killed. Just outside this room was a small building used for washing the animals before they were offered as sacrifices to please the Lord or sacrifices for sin or sacrifices to make things right. 40 Four more tables were in the outer courtyard, two on each side of the steps leading into the entrance room. 41 So there was a total of eight tables, four inside and four outside, where the animals were killed, 42-43 and where the meat was placed until it was sacrificed on the altar.
Next to the tables in the entrance room were four stone tables 50 centimeters high and 75 centimeters square; the equipment used for killing the animals was kept on top of these tables. All around the walls of this room was a 75-millimeter shelf.
The Rooms Belonging to the Priests
44 The man then took me to the inner courtyard, where I saw two buildings, one beside the inner gate on the north and the other beside the inner gate on the south. 45 He said, “The building beside the north gate belongs to the priests who serve in the temple, 46 and the building beside the south gate belongs to those who serve at the altar. All of them are descendants of Zadok and are the only Levites allowed to serve as the Lord's priests.”
The Inner Courtyard and the Temple
47 Now the man measured the inner courtyard; it was 50 meters square. I also saw an altar in front of the temple.
48 We walked to the porch of the temple, and the man measured the doorway of the porch: It was seven meters long, two and a half meters wide, and the distance from the doorway to the wall on either side was one and a half meters. 49 The porch itself was ten meters by six meters, with steps leading up to it. There was a column on each side of these steps.
الهيكل الجديد
1 في اليومِ العاشرِ مِنَ السَّنةِ الجديدةِ، وهيَ السَّنةُ الخامسةُ والعشرونَ مِنْ ذهابِنا إلى السَّبْـي، والسَّنةِ الرَّابعةَ عشْرةَ بَعدَ خرابِ مدينةِ أُورُشليمَ، حلَّت عليَّ يَدُ الرّبِّ فأخذَني إلى هُناكَ 2 وفي رُؤيا مِنْ رُؤى اللهِ جاءَ بـي إلى أرضِ إِسرائيلَ ووضعَني على جَبلٍ شامخٍ جدًّا، علَيهِ مِنْ جهةِ الجَنوبِ أبنيةٌ تُشبِهُ المدينةَ. 3 فإذا برجُلٍ واقفٍ بالبابِ مَنظرُهُ كمنظَرِ النُّحاسِ وبـيدِهِ خيطُ كتَّانٍ وقصَبةُ قياسٍ، 4 فقالَ ليَ الرَّجلُ: «يا ابنَ البشَرِ، أُنظرْ بعينَيكَ واسمَعْ بأذنيكَ وانتبِهْ إلى كُلِّ ما أُريكَ إيَّاهُ فأنا جِئتُ بكَ إلى هُنا لتُخبِرَ شعبَ إِسرائيلَ بكُلِّ ما تَرى».
الدار الخارجية
5 فإذا بسُورٍ يُحيطُ بالهَيكلِ، وفي يَدِ الرَّجلِ قصَبةُ القياسِ وطُولُها سِتُّ أذرعٍ، وكُلُّ ذِراعٍ ذراعٌ وشِبرٌ، فقاسَ السُّورَ فكانَ ارتفاعُهُ قصبةً واحدةً وسماكتُهُ قصبةً واحدةً. 6 وجاءَ إلى البابِ المُتَّجهِ نحوَ الشَّرقِ وصعِدَ في درجاتِهِ وقاسَ عتبةَ البابِ فكانَ عرضُها قصبةً واحدةً. 7 ثُمَّ قاسَ كُلَّ غُرفةٍ فكانَ طُولُها قصبةً وعرضُها قصبةً، وكانَ ما بَينَ الغُرفِ خمسُ أذرعٍ، وكانَ طُولُ عتبةِ البابِ بِـجانبِ رواقِ البابِ الدَّاخليِّ قصبةً واحدةً. 8 وقاسَ رِواقَ البابِ 9 فإذا هوَ ثماني أذرعٍ وأُطُرُ أبوابِهِ ذِراعانِ. وكانَ رِواقُ البابِ مِنَ الدَّاخلِ قُبالةَ الهَيكلِ.
10 وقاسَ غُرفَ البابِ الّذي إلى الشَّرقِ وكانَت ثلاثا مِنْ هُنا وثلاثا مِنْ هُناكَ ولكُلٍّ مِنها قياسٌ واحدٌ، ولأطُرِها قياسٌ واحدٌ مِنْ هُنا ومِنْ هُناكَ. 11 وقاسَ عرضَ مدخلِ البابِ وطُولَهُ فإذا عرضُهُ عشْرُ أذرعٍ. وطولُهُ ثلاثَ عشْرةَ ذِراعا. 12 وكانَ أمامَ الغُرفِ حافَّةٌ لها ذِراعٌ مِنْ هُنا وذِراعٌ مِنْ هُناكَ، ولكُلِّ غُرفةٍ سِتُّ أذرعٍ مِنْ هُنا وسِتُّ أذرعٍ مِنْ هُناكَ. 13 وقاسَ البابَ مِنَ الجِدارِ الخَلفيِّ إلى الجِدارِ الخَلفيِّ في الغُرفتَينِ المُتقابلتَينِ فإذا هوَ خمسٌ وعشرونَ ذِراعا. 14 وقاسَ الرِّواقَ فكانَ عرضُهُ عشرينَ ذِراعا وفي آخرِ الرِّواقِ باحةُ الدَّارِ. 15 ومِنْ أمامِ بابِ الدُّخولِ إلى أمامِ رواقِ البابِ الدَّاخليِّ خمسونَ ذِراعا. 16 وللغُرفِ نوافذُ في جُدرانِها الخارجيَّةِ وهكذا في الجِدرانِ الدَّاخليَّةِ بَينَ الغُرفِ. فكانَ على كُلِّ مُحيطِ الدَّاخلِ نوافذُ وعلى الأطُرِ نَخيلٌ يُزيِّنُها.
17 وجاءَ الرَّجلُ بـي إلى الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ، فإذا برصيفٍ يُحيطُ بها وفَوقَ الرَّصيفِ ثلاثونَ غُرفةً. 18 وهذا الرَّصيفُ المُمتَدُّ بِـجانبِ الأبوابِ على طُولِها هوَ الرَّصيفُ الأسفلُ. 19 وقاسَ العَرضَ مِنْ مَدخلِ البابِ الأسفلِ إلى المَدخلِ الخارجيِّ مِنَ الدَّارِ الداخليَّةِ فكانَ مئةَ ذِراعٍ إلى الشَّرقِ ومئةَ ذِراعٍ إلى الشِّمالِ. 20 وقاسَ طُولَ وعَرضَ المَدخلِ المُتَّجهِ نحوَ الشِّمالِ للدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ فكانَ قياسُ 21 غُرفِهِ الّتي هيَ ثلاثٌ مِنْ هُنا وثلاثٌ مِنْ هُناكَ، وقياسُ أطُرِهِ وأروِقتِهِ على قياسِ المَدخلِ الأوَّلِ، طُولُهُ خمسونَ ذِراعا. وعرضُهُ خمسٌ وعشرونَ ذِراعا. 22 وكانَ قياسُ نوافذِهِ وأروقتِهِ ونخيلِهِ على قياسِ المَدخلِ الّذي يتَّجهُ نحوَ الشَّرقِ ويُصعَدُ إليهِ في سبعِ درجاتٍ، وأروقتُهُ أمامَها. 23 وللدَّارِ الدَّاخليَّةِ مَدخلٌ قُبالةَ المَدخلِ الشَّماليِّ وآخرُ قُبالةَ المَدخلِ الشَّرقيِّ. وقاسَ المسافةَ مِنْ مَدخلٍ إلى مَدخلٍ فكانَت مئةَ ذِراعٍ.
24 وأخذَني نحوَ الجَنوبِ، فإذا بمَدخلٍ هُناكَ، فقاسَ أُطُرَهُ وأروقتَهُ فكانَت مُطابِقةً للبابَينِ الآخرَينِ. 25 وكانَ للمَدخلِ نوافذُ ولأروقتِهِ على مُحيطِهِ كتِلكَ النَّوافذِ في الأروقَةِ الأولى، وكانَ طُولُه خمسينَ ذِراعا وعَرضُهُ خمسا وعشرينَ ذِراعا. 26 ودرجاتُهُ سبعَ درجاتٍ تُؤدِّي إلى أروقتِهِ، ولَه نخيلٌ، واحدةٌ مِنْ هُنا وواحدةٌ مِنْ هُناكَ على أُطُرِهِ. 27 وللدَّارِ الدَّاخليَّةِ بابٌ نحوَ الجَنوبِ: وقاسَ المَسافةَ مِنْ بابٍ إلى بابٍ نحوَ الجَنوبِ فكانَت مئةَ ذِراعٍ.
الدار الداخلية
28 وجاءَ بـي إلى الدَّارِ الدَّاخليَّةِ مِنَ المَدخلِ الجَنوبـيِّ وقاسَ المَدخلَ فإذا قياسُهُ كالمَداخلِ السَّابقةِ، 29 وغُرفُهُ وأُطُرهُ ورِواقُهُ كتِلكَ الّتي سبَقتْها، ولَه ولرِواقِهِ على مُحيطِهِ نوافذُ، وطُولُه خمسونَ ذِراعا وعَرضُهُ خمسٌ وعشرونَ ذِراعا. 30 وعلى مُحيطِهِ أروِقةٌ طُولُها خمسٌ وعشرونَ ذِراعا وعَرضُها خمسُ أذرعٍ. 31 ورِواقُهُ قُبالةَ الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ، وعلى أُطُرِهِ نخيلٌ ودرجاتُهُ ثماني درجاتٍ.
32 وجاءَ بـي إلى الدَّارِ الدَّاخليَّةِ نحوَ الشَّرقِ وقاسَ المَدخلَ فإذا قياسُهُ كالأقيسةِ السَّابقةِ، 33 وكذلِكَ غُرفُهُ وأُطُرُهُ ورِواقُهُ، ولَه نوافذُ على مُحيطِهِ، وطُولُهُ خمسونَ ذِراعا وعَرضُهُ خَمسةٌ وعِشرونَ ذِراعا. 34 ورِواقُهُ قُبالةَ الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ، وعلى أُطُرِهِ نخيلٌ مِنْ هُنا ومِنْ هُناكَ ودرجاتُهُ ثماني درجاتٍ.
35 وقادني إلى المَدخلِ الشِّماليِّ وقاسَهُ. 36 فإذا قياسُ غُرفِهِ وأُطُرِهِ ورِواقِهِ كالقياساتِ السَّابقةِ. ولَه نوافذُ على مُحيطِهِ وطُولُه خمسونَ ذِراعا وعَرضُهُ خمسٌ وعشرونَ ذِراعا. 37 ورِواقُهُ قُبالةَ الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ وعلى أُطُرِهِ نخيلٌ مِنْ هُنا ومِنْ هُناكَ ودرجاتُهُ ثماني درجاتٍ.
38 وهُناكَ غُرفةٌ مَدخلُها مِنْ رِواقِ الأبوابِ وفيها تُغسَلُ المُحرَقةُ. 39 وفي رِواقِ البابِ مائدتانِ مِنْ هُنا ومائدتانِ مِنْ هُناكَ لتُذبَحَ علَيها المُحرَقةُ وذبـيحةُ الخطيئةِ وذبـيحةُ الإثْمِ. 40 وفي الجانبِ الخارجيِّ عِندَ الدَّرجاتِ إلى مَدخلِ بابِ الشِّمالِ مائدتانِ، وفي الجانبِ الآخرِ عِندَ رِواقِ البابِ مائدتانِ. 41 أربعُ موائدَ مِنْ هُنا وأربعُ موائدَ مِنْ هُناكَ عِندَ جانبِ البابِ، ثماني موائدَ يُذبَحُ علَيها. 42 وكانَت أيضا أربعُ موائدَ للمُحرَقةِ مِنْ حجارةٍ مَنحوتةٍ طُولُ الواحدةِ ذِراعٌ ونِصفٌ، وعَرضُها ذِراعٌ ونِصفٌ، وعلوُّها ذِراعٌ، توضَعُ علَيها الأدواتُ الّتي تُذبَحُ بِها المُحرَقةُ والذَّبـيحةُ. 43 ولها أفريزٌ عَرضُهُ شِبرٌ على مُحيطِها، وعلى الموائدِ اللُّحومُ المُقدَّمةُ.
44 وجاءَ بـي مِنْ خارجِ البابِ الدَّاخليِّ إلى الدَّارِ الدَّاخليَّةِ، فإذا هُناكَ غُرفتانِ، واحدةٌ بِـجانبِ بابِ الشِّمالِ ووجهُها نحوَ الجَنوبِ، والأخرى بِـجانبِ بابِ الجَنوبِ مُتَّجِهةٌ نحوَ الشِّمالِ. 45 وقالَ لي: «هذِهِ الغُرفةُ الّتي وجهُها نحوَ الجَنوبِ هيَ للكَهنةِ المُتولِّينَ حِراسةَ الهيكلِ، 46 والغُرفةُ الّتي وجهُها نحوَ الشِّمالِ هيَ للكَهنةِ المُتولِّينَ حِراسةَ المذبَحِ، وهُم بَنو صادوقَ المُقرَّبونُ إلى الرّبِّ مِنْ بَني لاوي ليَخدُموهُ». 47 وقاسَ الدَّارَ فكانَ طُولُها مئةَ ذِراعٍ، وعَرضُها مئةَ ذِراعٍ، فهيَ مُربَّعةٌ. وأمامَ الهيكلِ كانَ المذبَحُ.
وصف الهيكل
48 وجاءَ بـي إلى رِواقِ الهَيكلِ وقاسَ سماكةَ حائطِهِ فإذا هيَ خمسُ أذرعٍ مِنْ هُنا وخمسُ أذرعٍ مِنْ هُناكَ، وقاسَ عرضَ البابِ فإذا هوَ أربعَ عشْرةَ ذِراعا، وباقي الحائطِ ثلاثُ أذرعٍ مِنْ هُنا وثلاثُ أذرعٍ مِنْ هُناكَ. 49 وكانَ طولُ الرِّواقِ عشرينَ ذِراعا، وعرضُهُ اثنتَي عشْرةَ ذِراعا، ودرجاتُهُ عشْرُ درجاتٍ. وكانَ عِندَ الأُطُرِ عَمودانِ، واحدٌ مِنْ هُنا وواحدٌ مِنْ هُناكَ.
