Ezequiel 44

Te Kūwaha i Tūtakingia

1 Kātahi ahau ka whakahokia e ia nā te ara o te kūwaha o waho o te wāhi tapu e anga ana ki te rāwhiti; nā, kua oti te tūtaki. 2 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki ahau, "Ko tēnei kūwaha me tūtaki tonu, e kore e whakatuwheratia, e kore anō tētahi tangata e tomo mā konei. Nō te mea i nā konei atu a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira; nā reira i tūtakina ai. 3 Tēnā ko te rangatira, me noho ia ki konei, he rangatira, ki te kai taro i te aroaro o Ihowā, ko tōna ara ki roto kei te whakamahau o taua kūwaha; ko tōna ara anō tēnā ki waho."

Te Kuhunga ki te Temepara

4 Kātahi ahau ka kawea e ia nā te ara o te kūwaha ki te raki, ki te aronga o te whare. Nā, i tāku tirohanga atu, nanā, kua kī te whare o Ihowā i te korōria o Ihowā, ā, tāpapa ana ahau.

5 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki ahau, "E te tama a te tangata anga mai tōu ngākau, titiro hoki ōu kanohi, whakarongo anō ōu taringa ki ngā mea katoa e kōrero ai ahau ki a koe mō ngā tikanga katoa o te whare o Ihowā, mō ngā ture katoa anō o reira; āta mahara anō ki te tomokanga atu ki te whare, ki ngā putanga katoa hoki i te wāhi tapu. 6 Me kī atu anō e koe ki te hunga whakakeke, ki te whare o Īharaira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Kāti rā ā koutou mea whakarihariha, e te whare o Īharaira. 7 Kua kawea mai nā hoki e koutou he tautāngata, he hunga kīhai i kotia te ngākau, kīhai i kotia te kikokiko, ki tōku wāhi tapu noho ai, hei whakapoke mō reira, arā mō tōku whare, i te mea e whakaherea ana e koutou tāku taro, te ngako, me te toto, ā, hē iho tāku kawenata i a rātou, hei āpiti ki ā koutou mea whakarihariha katoa. 8 Kīhai anō i mau i a koutou te tiaki i āku mea tapu; heoi whakaritea ana e koutou ā koutou ake kaitiaki mō āku mea i roto i tōku wāhi tapu. 9 Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Kaua tētahi tautangata kīhai i kotia te ngākau, kīhai i kotia te kikokiko, e tomo ki tōku wāhi tapu, o ngā tautāngata katoa i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira.

10 "Engari, ko ngā Rīwaiti i mawehe atu rā i ahau, i te kotititanga kētanga o Īharaira, i a rātou i kotiti atu ai i ahau, i whai ai i ā rātou whakapakoko; ka mau ki a rātou tō rātou kino. 11 Otiia, hei minita anō rātou i roto i tōku wāhi tapu, hei tiaki i ngā kūwaha o te whare, hei minita ki te whare. Mā rātou e patu te tahunga tinana me te patunga tapu a te iwi, me tū anō rātou ki tō rātou aroaro minita ai ki a rātou. 12 Nō te mea i minita rātou ki a rātou i te aroaro o ā rātou whakapakoko, ā, meinga ana e rātou te whare o Īharaira kia taka ki te kino. Nā reira i ara ai tōku ringa ki a rātou, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā; ka mau ki a rātou tō rātou kino. 13 E kore anō rātou e whakatata ki ahau, hei tohunga māku, e kore anō e whakatata ki tētahi o āku mea tapu i te Wāhi Tapu Rawa. Engari, ka mau tō rātou whakamā ki a rātou, me ā rātou mea whakarihariha i mahia e rātou. 14 Otirā, ka meinga rātou e ahau hei kaitiaki mō ngā mea o te whare, mō ngā mahi katoa o reira, mō ngā mea katoa anō e meatia ki reira."

Ngā Tohunga Rīwaiti

15 "Engari ērā tohunga, ngā Rīwaiti, ngā tama a Hāroko, i tiaki nei i ngā mea o tōku wāhi tapu, i ngā tama a Īharaira i kotiti kē atu rā i ahau, ko rātou e whakatata ki ahau ki te minita ki ahau, ka tū anō rātou i tōku aroaro hei whakahere i te ngako, i te toto, ki ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. 16 Ko rātou e tomo ki roto ki tōku wāhi tapu, ko rātou anō e whakatata ki tāku tēpu hei minita ki ahau, mā rātou anō āku mea e tiaki.

17 "Ā, ka tomo rātou ki roto ki ngā kūwaha o tō roto marae, hei te kākahu rīnena he kākahu mō rātou; kaua hoki tētahi mea huruhuru e mau ki a rātou, i a rātou e minita ana i roto i ngā kūwaha o tō roto marae, i roto anō i te whare. 18 He pōtae rīnena mō ō rātou māhunga, he tarautete rīnena anō hoki mō ō rātou hope; kaua e whītikiria e rātou he mea e heke ai te werawera. 19 Nā, ka haere atu rātou ki tō waho marae, arā ki te marae i waho, ki te iwi, me unu ō rātou kākahu i minita ai rātou, ka waiho ki ngā rūma tapu, ā, me kākahu ētahi atu kākahu; kei tapu te iwi i ō rātou kākahu.

20 "Kaua anō rātou e heu i ō rātou māhunga, kaua ngā makawe e whakatupuria kia roa; ko te kutikuti anake mō ō rātou māhunga. 21 Kaua anō tētahi tohunga e inu wāina, ina haere rātou ki tō roto marae. 22 Kaua anō rātou e tango i te pouaru, i te mea rānei i whakarērea, hei wahine mā rātou; engari, ko tā rātou e tango ai hei ngā wāhina o ngā uri o te whare o Īharaira, hei te pouaru rānei a tētahi tohunga. 23 Ā, me whakaako e rātou tōku iwi ki te wehe i te tapu, i te noa; me mea kia mōhio ki te poke, ki te mā.

24 "I te tautohetohenga hoki me tū rātou hei whakawā; kia rite anō ā rātou whakawā ki āku whakawā. Me pupuri e rātou āku ture, me āku tikanga i roto i āku hākari whakarite katoa; me whakatapu anō e rātou āku hāpati.

25 "Kaua anō rātou e tae ki te tūpāpaku, whakapoke ai i a rātou; e whakapoke anō ia rātou i a rātou anō mō te pāpā, mō te whaea, mō te tama, mō te tamāhine, mō te tuakana, teina rānei, mō te tuahine kāhore nei āna tahu. 26 Ā, ka oti ia te pure, me tatau kia whitu ngā rā mōna. 27 Nā, ā te rā e tomo ai ia ki te wāhi tapu, ki tō roto marae, ki te minita i roto i te wāhi tapu, me whakahere e ia tāna whakahere hara, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.

28 "Ā, ka whai kāinga tupu rātou: Ko ahau hei kāinga tupu mō rātou. Kaua hoki tētahi kāinga e hoatu ki a rātou i roto i a Īharaira; ko ahau hei kāinga mō rātou. 29 Ko te whakahere totokore, ko te whakahere hara, ko te whakahere mō te hē, hei kai mā rātou; mā rātou anō ngā mea katoa i oti rawa mai i roto i a Īharaira. 30 Nā, ko te tuatahi o ngā mātāmua katoa o ngā mea katoa, me ngā whakahere katoa o ā koutou tini whakahere katoa, mā ngā tohunga; me te tuatahi anō o tā koutou parāoa pokepoke, me hoatu e koutou ki te tohunga, kia tau ai he manaaki ki tōu whare. 31 Kaua te tohunga e kai i te mea mate māori, i te mea rānei i haea, ahakoa manu, ahakoa kararehe."

1 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 2 And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut. 3 As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face. 5 And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every egress of the sanctuary. 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, 7 in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add unto all your abominations. 8 And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

9 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel. 10 But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity. 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 14 Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah: 16 they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. 17 And it shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth sweat. 19 And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments. 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. 21 Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest. 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 25 And 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 that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.

28 And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30 And the first of all the first-fruits of every thing, and every oblation of everything, of all your oblations, shall be for the priest: ye shall also give unto the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house. 31 The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.