Ezequiel 40

1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, in the same day, Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me there. 2 In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the frame of a city to the south. 3 He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. 4 The man said to me, "Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I will show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel."

5 Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits*40:5 A normal cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A handbreadth is about 4.3 inches or 11 centimeters, so the long cubit described here would be about 22.3 inches or 57 centimeters long. Thus, a 6 long cubit measuring reed would have been about 3 yards 26.6 inches or about 3.42 meters long. long, of a cubit and a hand width each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

6 Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide. 7 Every lodge was one reed long and one reed wide. Between the lodges was five cubits. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

8 He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed. 9 Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

10 The side rooms of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side. The three of them were of one measure. The posts had one measure on this side and on that side. 11 He measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits; 12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the side rooms, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. 13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one side room to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, door against door. 14 He also made posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate. 15 From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits. 16 There were closed windows to the side rooms, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post.

17 Then he brought me into the outer court. Behold, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court all around. Thirty rooms were on the pavement. 18 The pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the width from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.

20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces toward the north. 21 The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side. Its posts and its arches were the same as the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits. 22 Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them. 23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate.

24 He led me toward the south; and behold, there was a gate toward the south. He measured its posts and its arches according to these measurements. 25 There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like the other windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits. 26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them. It had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts. 27 There was a gate to the inner court toward the south. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate toward the south.

28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate according to these measurements; 29 with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31 Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to it had eight steps.

32 He brought me into the inner court toward the east. He measured the gate according to these measurements; 33 with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps.

35 He brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measurements— 36 its lodges, its posts, and its arches. There were windows in it all around. The length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. 37 Its posts were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps.

38 A room with its door was by the posts at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there. 39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to kill the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. 40 On the one side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate: eight tables, on which they killed the sacrifices. 42 There were four cut stone tables for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. They laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them. 43 The hooks, a hand width long, were fastened within all around. The meat of the offering was on the tables.

44 Outside of the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate. They faced toward the south. One at the side of the east gate faced toward the north. 45 He said to me, "This room, which faces toward the south, is for the priests who perform the duty of the house. 46 The room which faces toward the north is for the priests who perform the duty of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him." 47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, square. The altar was before the house.

48 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side. The width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits, even by the steps by which they went up to it. There were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

Te Kitenga o te Temepara Hou

1 I te rua tekau mā rima o ngā tau o tō mātou whakaraunga, i te tīmatanga o te tau, i te tekau o ngā rā o te marama, i te tekau mā whā o ngā tau o te horonga o te pā, i taua tino rā ka pā te ringa o Ihowā ki ahau, ā, kawea ana ahau e ia ki reira. 2 Kawea ana ahau e ia, he whakakitenga nā te Atua, ki te whenua o Īharaira, whakanohoia ana ahau e ia ki tētahi maunga tiketike rawa, i reira tētahi mea, he rite tōna hanga ki tō te pā i te tonga. 3 Ā, kawea ana ahau e ia ki reira; nā, ko tētahi tangata, ko tōna āhua, ānō he parāhi ki te titiro atu, he aho muka i tōna ringa, he kākaho ānō hei whanganga; i te kūwaha ia e tū ana. 4 Nā, ka mea taua tangata ki ahau, "E te tama a te tangata, titiro mai ōu kanohi, whakarongo ōu taringa, tahuri mai anō tōu ngākau ki ngā mea katoa e whakakitea e ahau ki a koe; i kawea mai hoki koe ki konei kia whakakitea ai ēnei mea ki a koe. Whakaaturia ki te whare o Īharaira ngā mea katoa e kite ai koe."

Te Kūwaha Rāwhiti

5 Nā, he taiepa kei waho o te whare ā taka noa, i te ringa hoki o taua tangata he kākaho hei whanganga, e ono whatīanga te roa; kotahi whatīanga me te whānui ringa o tētahi, o tētahi. Nā, kei te whanganga ia i te whānui o taua mea i hangā rā, kotahi te kākaho; ko te tiketike hoki kotahi te kākaho.

6 Kātahi ia ka tae ki te kūwaha e anga ana ki te rāwhiti, kei te piki i ōna kaupae; kei te whanganga i te paepae o te kūwaha, ko te whānui, kotahi kākaho; i tētahi atu paepae anō, kotahi kākaho te whānui. 7 Nā, ko te roa o te rūma kotahi, kotahi kākaho; ko te whānui, kotahi kākaho; i te takiwā o ngā rūma, e rima whatīanga; nā, ko te paepae o te kūwaha i te whakamahau o te kūwaha i te taha ki roto, kotahi kākaho.

8 Kātahi ia ka whanganga anō i te whakamahau o te kūwaha, te taha ki te whare, kotahi kākaho. 9 Kātahi ia ka whanganga i te whakamahau o te kūwaha, e waru whatīanga; me ōna pou, e rua whatīanga; nā, ko te whakamahau o te kūwaha e anga ana ki te whare.

10 Nā, ko ngā rūma o te kūwaha whaka te rāwhiti, e toru i tēnei taha, e toru i tērā taha; ko ngā mea e toru, kotahi tonu te nui; kotahi tonu anō te nui o ngā pou i tēnei taha, i tērā taha. 11 I whanganga anō ia i te whānui o te tapokoranga i te kūwaha, kotahi tekau whatīanga; ko te roa o te kūwaha kotahi, tekau mā toru whatīanga. 12 Nā, ko te taha ki mua i ngā rūma, kotahi te whatīanga; ko tētahi atu taha hoki kotahi te whatīanga. Nā, ko ngā rūma, e ono whatīanga o tēnei taha, e ono whatīanga o tērā taha. 13 I whanganga anō ia i te kūwaha i te tuanui o tētahi rūma, tae noa ki te tuanui o tētahi, e rua tekau mā rima whatīanga te whānui; ko tētahi tatau anga tonu mai ki tētahi tatau. 14 Ā, i hangā e ia ētahi pou, e ono tekau whatīanga; ā, ko te marae i tae atu ki te pou, ko te kūwaha i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha. 15 Nā, ko te takiwā i te aronga o te kūwaha e tapoko ai, tae noa ki te aronga o te whakamahau o tō roto kūwaha, e rima tekau whatīanga. 16 Nā, he matapihi kūiti o ngā rūma, o ngā pou anō i roto i te kūwaha ā taka noa, o ngā haurangi anō; he matapihi anō o ngā taha ki roto ā taka noa; he nīkau anō kei tēnei pou, kei tēnei pou.

Te Marae i Waho

17 Kātahi ahau ka kawea e ia ki tō waho marae, nā, he rūma i reira, he papa kōhatu hoki, he mea i hangā mō te marae ā taka noa. E toru tekau ngā rūma i runga i te papa kōhatu. 18 Nā, ko te papa kōhatu i te taha o ngā kūwaha i te ritenga atu o te taha roa o ngā kūwaha, ko tō raro papa tērā. 19 Kātahi ia ka whanganga i te whānui i te aronga o tō raro kūwaha tae noa ki te aronga o tō roto marae, ki te taha ki waho, kotahi rau whatīanga, ki te rāwhiti, ki te raki.

Te Kūwaha Raki

20 Nā, ko te kūwaha o tō waho marae e anga ana ki te raki, i whanganga anō e ia te roa, te whānui. 21 Nā, ko ōna rūma, e toru i tēnei taha, e toru i tērā taha, ko ōna pou, ko ōna haurangi rite tonu te nui ki tō te kūwaha tuatahi; e rima tekau whatīanga te roa, e rua tekau mā rima whatīanga te whānui. 22 Nā, ko ngā matapihi, ko ngā haurangi, ko ngā nīkau, he mea whakarite ki te nui o te kūwaha e anga ana ki te rāwhiti, e whitu anō ngā kaupae i pikitia ai a reira; i mua hoki i aua rūma ngā haurangi. 23 Nā, he kūwaha anō kei tō roto marae e anga ana ki tērā kūwaha ki te raki, ki te rāwhiti hoki; i whanganga anō ia i te takiwā o tētahi kūwaha, o tētahi kūwaha, kotahi rau whatīanga.

Te Kūwaha Tonga

24 Nā, ka ārahina ahau e ia ki te tonga, nā, ko tētahi kūwaha ki te tonga. Nā, ka whanganga ia ki ōna pou me ōna haurangi, rite tonu ki ēnei kua oti nei te whanganga. 25 He matapihi anō o reira, i ōna haurangi anō hoki ā taka noa, he pērā me ērā matapihi; e rima tekau ngā whatīanga te roa, e rua tekau mā rima whatīanga te whānui. 26 E whitu ngā kaupae i pikitia ai; i mua ko ngā haurangi; he nīkau anō ōna, ko tētahi i tētahi taha, ko tētahi i tētahi taha i runga i ōna pou. 27 Nā, he kūwaha anō kei tō roto marae i te taha ki te tonga; i whanganga anō ia i te takiwā o tētahi kūwaha, o tētahi kūwaha ki te tonga, kotahi rau whatīanga.

Ngā Kūwaha ki te Marae i Roto

28 Kātahi ka kawea ahau e ia nā te kūwaha ki te tonga ki tō roto marae, ā, whanganga ana ia i te kūwaha ki te tonga, rite tonu ki ēnei kua oti nei te whanganga. 29 Me ngā rūma anō o reira, me ngā pou, me ōna haurangi, rite tonu ki ēnei kua oti nei te whanganga; he matapihi anō o reira, o ōna haurangi anō ā taka noa. E rima tekau whatīanga te roa, e rua tekau mā rima whatīanga te whānui. 30 Nā, ko ngā haurangi ā taka noa, e rua tekau mā rima whatīanga te roa, e rima whatīanga te whānui. 31 Ā, i anga ōna haurangi ki tō waho marae; he nīkau anō o ōna pou. E waru anō ngā kaupae o te pikitanga ki reira.

32 I kawea anō ahau e ia ki tō roto marae whaka te rāwhiti, ā, whanganga ana ia i te kūwaha; rite tonu ki ēnei kua oti nei te whanganga. 33 Nā, ko ngā rūma o reira, ko ōna pou, ko ōna haurangi, rite tonu ki ēnei kua oti nei te whanganga; he matapihi anō o reira, o ngā haurangi anō ā taka noa; e rima tekau whatīanga te roa, e rua tekau mā rima whatīanga te whānui. 34 I anga anō ōna haurangi ki tō waho marae, he nīkau anō kei ōna pou i tēnei taha, i tērā taha; e waru ngā kaupae o te pikitanga ki reira.

35 I kawea anō ahau e ia ki te kūwaha ki te raki, ā, whanganga ana ia; rite tonu ki ēnei kua oti nei te whanganga. 36 Ko ōna rūma, ko ōna pou, ko ōna haurangi, me ōna matapihi anō ā taka noa; e rima tekau whatīanga te roa, e rua tekau mā rima whatīanga te whānui. 37 Ā, ko ōna pou kei te taha ki tō waho marae; he nīkau anō kei ōna pou i tēnei taha, i tērā taha. E waru ngā kaupae o te pikitanga ki reira.

Ngā Ruma hei Horoi te Tahunga Tinana

38 Nā tērā tētahi rūma, he tapokoranga anō ki reira, i ngā pou o ngā kūwaha; ko te wāhi tērā i horoia ai te tahunga tinana. 39 Nā, i te whakamahau o te kūwaha e rua ngā tēpu i tēnei taha, e rua ngā tēpu i tērā taha, hei patunga ki runga mō te tahunga tinana, mō te whakahere hara, mō te whakahere mō te hē. 40 I te taha anō ki waho e rua ngā tēpu i te wāhi e piki ai ki te tapokoranga o te kūwaha ki te raki; e rua ngā tēpu i tērā taha, i te whakamahau o te kūwaha. 41 E whā ngā tēpu i tēnei taha, e whā anō ngā tēpu i tērā taha, i te taha o te kūwaha; e waru ngā tēpu i patua ai ngā patunga tapu. 42 Nā, he kōhatu tārai ngā tēpu e whā mō te tahunga tinana, kotahi whatīanga me te hāwhe te roa, kotahi whatīanga me te hāwhe te whānui, kotahi whatīanga te tiketike; ko te takotoranga ēnā o ngā patu mō te tahunga tinana, mō te patunga tapu. 43 Kua oti anō ētahi matau te whakanoho ki te taha ki roto ā taka noa, kotahi ringa te whānui; ā, i runga i ngā tēpu ko te kikokiko o te whakahere.

Ngā Rūma mā ngā Rīwai

44 Nā, i waho o tō roto kūwaha ko ngā rūma o ngā kaiwaiata i tō roto marae, arā i tērā ki te taha o te kūwaha o te raki. I anga aua rūma ki te tonga; i anga anō ki te raki tētahi i te taha o te kūwaha ki te rāwhiti. 45 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "Ko tēnei rūma e anga nei ki te tonga, mō ngā tohunga, mō ngā kaitiaki o ngā mea o te whare. 46 Nā, ko te rūma e anga nei ki te raki, mō ngā tohunga, mō ngā kaitiaki o ngā mea o te āta. Ko ngā tama ēnei a Hāroko i roto i ngā tama a Rīwai, e whakatata ana ki a Ihowā ki te minita ki a ia." 47 Nā, ka whanganga ia i te marae, kotahi rau whatīanga te roa, kotahi rau whatīanga te whānui, he tapawhā; ā, ko te āta hoki i mua i te whare.

Te Temepara

48 Kātahi ahau ka kawea e ia ki te whakamahau o te whare. Kei te whanganga ia i tēnei pou, i tēnei pou o te whakamahau, e rima whatīanga i tēnei taha, e rima whatīanga i tērā taha. Nā, ko te whānui o te kūwaha, e toru whatīanga i tēnei taha, e toru whatīanga i tērā taha. 49 Ko te roa o te whakamahau e rua tekau whatīanga; ko te whānui kotahi tekau mā tahi whatīanga; arā mā ngā kaupae i pikitia atu ai a reira; ā, he pou anō ērā i te taha o ngā pou, ko tētahi i tēnei taha, ko tētahi i tērā taha.