Ezequiel 43

1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east. 2 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 3 It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. 4 Yahweh’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east. 5 The Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled the house.

6 I heard one speaking to me out of the house, and a man stood by me. 7 He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no more defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution and by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places; 8 in their setting of their threshold by my threshold and their door post beside my door post. There was a wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed. Therefore I have consumed them in my anger. 9 Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings far from me. Then I will dwell among them forever.

10 "You, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern. 11 If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, its fashion, its exits, its entrances, its structure, all its ordinances, all its forms, and all its laws; and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form of it, and all its ordinances, and do them.

12 "This is the law of the house. On the top of the mountain the whole limit around it shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

13 "These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit*43:13 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 hand width is about 4.3 inches or 11 cm. is a cubit and a hand width): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit, and its border around its edge a span;*43:13 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) and this shall be the base of the altar. 14 From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the width a cubit. 15 The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. 16 The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides. 17 The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look toward the east."

18 He said to me, "Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they make it, to offer burnt offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it. 19 You shall give to the Levitical priests who are of the offspring of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘a young bull for a sin offering. 20 You shall take of its blood and put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around. You shall cleanse it and make atonement for it that way. 21 You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside of the sanctuary.

22 "On the second day you shall offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull. 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without defect and a ram out of the flock without defect. 24 You shall bring them near to Yahweh, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

25 "Seven days you shall prepare every day a goat for a sin offering. They shall also prepare a young bull and a ram out of the flock, without defect. 26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it. So shall they consecrate it. 27 When they have accomplished the days, it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings on the altar and your peace offerings. Then I will accept you,’ says the Lord Yahweh."

Ka Hoki te Korōria Tapu ki te Temepara

1 Muri iho ka kawea ahau e ia ki te kūwaha, arā ki te kūwaha e anga ana ki te rāwhiti. 2 Nā, ko te korōria o te Atua o Īharaira e puta mai ana, i te ara ki te rāwhiti; ko tōna reo rite tonu ki te haruru o ngā wai maha; mārama tonu te whenua i tōna korōria. 3 Ko tōna rite kei te āhua o tāku kite i kite ai, ki tērā i kite rā ahau i ahau e haere ana ki te whakangaro i te pā; rite tonu hoki ngā kite ki tāku i kite ai ki te awa, ki Kepara; ā, takoto tāpapa ana ahau. 4 Nā, kua tae te korōria o Ihowā ki roto ki te whare; i tika nā te ara o te kūwaha e anga ana ki te rāwhiti. 5 Nā, ka hāpainga ake ahau e te wairua, kawea ana e ia ki tō roto marae. Nā, kua kī te whare i te korōria o Ihowā.

6 I rongo anō ahau i tētahi e kōrero ana ki ahau i roto i te whare; me te tū anō tētahi tangata ki tōku taha. 7 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau: E te tama a te tangata, Ko te wāhi tēnei i tōku torōna, ko te wāhi anō i ngā kapu o ōku waewae, ko te wāhi e noho nei ahau i waenganui i ngā tama a Īharaira ā ake ake. E kore anō tōku ingoa tapu e whakapokea ā muri nei e te whare o Īharaira, e rātou, e ō rātou kīngi, ki ā rātou moepuku, ki ngā tinana rānei o ō rātou kīngi i ō rātou wāhi tiketike. 8 I tā rātou whakanohoanga i tō rātou paepae ki te taha o tōku paepae, i tō rātou pou tatau i te taha o tōku pou tatau, ā, ko te taiepa anake hei wehe i ahau i a rātou; i whakapokea e rātou tōku ingoa tapu ki ā rātou mea whakarihariha i mahia nei e rātou; nō reira pau ake rātou i ahau, i ahau e riri ana. 9 Nā, me wehe atu e rātou ō rātou moepuku me ngā tinana o ō rātou kīngi, kia matara atu i ahau, ā, ka noho ahau ki waenganui i a rātou ā ake ake.

10 "Ko koe, e te tama a te tangata whakakitea e koe te whare ki te whare o Īharaira, kia whakamā ai rātou ki ō rātou hē; me whanganga hoki e rātou te tauira. 11 Ā, ki te whakamā rātou ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai rātou, whakakitea ki a rātou te āhua o te whare, tōna whai hanga, ōna putanga atu, ōna tapokoranga ki roto, ōna āhua katoa, ōna ritenga katoa, me ōna āhua katoa, me ōna ture katoa, tuhituhia anō ki tō rātou aroaro, kia mau ai i a rātou tōna āhua katoa me ōna ritenga katoa, kia mahia ai e rātou.

12 "Ko te ture tēnei o te whare; ko ngā taha katoa i runga i te tihi o te maunga, tapu rawa ā tawhio noa. Nanā, ko te ture tēnei o te whare."

Te Āta

13 "Ko ngā roroa ēnei o te āta, arā ko ngā whatīanga (he whatīanga me te whānui ringa kei roto i te whatīanga): ā, raro he whatīanga, ko te whānui he whatīanga, ko te taha i te niao he whanganga ringa ā tawhio noa; ko te kaupapa tēnei o te āta. 14 Nā, ko te tūranga i runga i te whenua, haere ake ki tō raro papa, e rua whatīanga; ko te whānui kia kotahi whatīanga; ko tō te papa i raro tae noa ki te papa nui, e whā whatīanga; ko te whānui, kotahi whatīanga. 15 Nā, ko tō runga āta, e whā whatīanga; i te takuahi o te āta whakarunga kia whā ngā haona. 16 Kia tekau mā rua whatīanga te roa o te takuahi o te āta, kia tekau mā rua whatīanga te whānui, he tapawhā, e whā hoki ngā taha. 17 Nā, ko te papa, kia tekau mā whā whatīanga te roa, kia tekau mā whā anō te whānui o ngā taha e whā. Ko te niao i te taha hei te hāwhe whatīanga; ko te tūranga, kia kotahi te whatīanga ā tawhio noa; kia anga anō te pikitanga ki te rāwhiti."

18 I kī mai anō ia ki ahau, "E te tama a te tangata, ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko ngā tikanga tēnei o te āta i te rā e hangā ai hei whakaekenga mō te tahunga tinana, hei tāuhiuhi mō te toto. 19 Me hoatu e koe he pūru, he kūao, hei whakahere hara ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā Rīwaiti, ki ngā uri o Hāroko e whakatata ana ki ahau minita ai, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. 20 Me tango anō e koe tētahi wāhi o ōna toto, ka pani ki ōna haona e whā, ki ngā koki e whā o te papa, ki te taha ā tawhio noa. Nā, ka purea taua āta e koe, ka meinga kia mā. 21 Me tiki anō te pūru, te whakahere hara, ā, māna e tahu ki te wāhi o te whare i whakaritea i waho o te wāhi tapu.

22 "Nā, i te rua o ngā rā me whakahere he koati toa, he mea kohakore, hei whakahere hara, ā, ka purea te āta, ka pērātia me tā rātou purenga ki te kau. 23 Ka oti te pure e koe, me whakahere he kūao pūru, he mea kohakore, me tētahi hipi toa o te kāhui, hei te mea kohakore. 24 Me whakahere e koe ki te aroaro o Ihowā, me maka anō e ngā tohunga he tote ki runga, ka whakaeke ai hei tahunga tinana ki a Ihowā.

25 "E whitu ngā rā e mahia ai e koe he hipi hei whakahere hara i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā; me mahi anō e rātou he kūao pūru me tētahi hipi toa o te kāhui, he mea kohakore. 26 E whitu ngā rā e tahia ai e rātou te poke o te āta, e purea ai; ka pēnā tā rātou whakatapu i te āta. 27 Ā, ka poto ēnei rā, nā, i te waru o ngā rā, i ō muri iho anō, ka mahia e ngā tohunga ā koutou tahunga tinana ki runga ki te āta, me ā koutou whakahere mō te pai; ā, ka manako ahau ki a koutou, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā."