以西结书 48
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
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48 “以下是各支派分得的土地:
“但的地业在北部——从希特伦经哈马口到大马士革边界的哈撒·以难,北面靠近哈马,横跨东西。 2 亚设的地业从东到西与北面的但的地业接壤。 3 拿弗他利的地业从东到西与亚设的地业接壤。 4 玛拿西的地业从东到西与拿弗他利的地业接壤。 5 以法莲的地业从东到西与玛拿西的地业接壤。 6 吕便的地业从东到西与以法莲的地业接壤。 7 犹大的地业从东到西与吕便的地业接壤。
8 “犹大边界以南将是你们划分出来的那块地,宽十二点五公里,由东至西的长度与其他各支派的地相同,圣殿在那块地的中央。 9 你们献给耶和华的圣地长十二点五公里、宽五公里, 10 南北面各长十二点五公里,东西面各宽五公里。圣殿在这块地的中央。 11 这块地要归给撒督的子孙——忠心事奉我的圣洁祭司。当以色列人和利未人走入歧途时,他们没有与之同流合污。 12 这块地要归给他们。这是至圣之地,与利未人所得的地业相邻。 13 利未人的地长十二点五公里,宽五公里,与祭司的地相同。 14 他们不可把这块地出卖或交换,不可归给他人,因为它是以色列最好的地,是归给耶和华的圣地。
15 “剩下的十二点五公里长、二点五公里宽的地方是公用的,用来建城邑、房屋和草场,城要建在地的中央。 16 城是正方形的,东、西、南、北各长二点二五公里。 17 城四周要有草场,东西南北各长一百二十五米, 18 与圣地相邻,城外东西两侧剩下的地各长五公里,地里的出产用来供应城内的工人。 19 所有在这城里做工的以色列各支派的人都要耕种这片土地。 20 你们所献的这块圣地和城区是方形的,四面各长十二点五公里。
21 “圣地和城区东西两边的余地要归君王。两边的余地从圣地十二点五公里宽的东西边界开始,沿各支派所分的地,分别向东向西延伸到以色列的东界和西界。圣地和圣殿在地的中央。 22 利未人的产业和城区在君王土地的中央,君王的土地在犹大和便雅悯支派之间。
23 “以下是其他各支派所分的地业:
“便雅悯的地业从东跨到西。 24 西缅的地业从东到西与便雅悯的地业接壤。 25 以萨迦的地业从东到西与西缅的地业接壤。 26 西布伦的地业从东到西与以萨迦的地业接壤。 27 迦得的地业从东到西与西布伦的地业接壤。 28 迦得的南界是从他玛经米利巴·加低斯泉和埃及小河,一直到地中海。 29 这就是你们要抽签分给以色列各支派的土地,作为他们的产业。这是主耶和华说的。
30 “城北面的墙是二点五公里长。以下是城的各个出口。 31 城门都按以色列的各支派命名。城北面的三道门分别是吕便门、犹大门和利未门。 32 东面的墙是二点五公里长,有三道门,分别是约瑟门、便雅悯门和但门。 33 南面的墙是二点五公里长,有三道门,分别是西缅门、以萨迦门和西布伦门。 34 西面的墙是二点五公里长,有三道门,分别是迦得门、亚设门和拿弗他利门。 35 城的四周共长十公里,从那时起,这城必叫‘耶和华的居所’。”
Ezekiel 48
New English Translation
The Tribal Portions
48 “These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo Hamath, as far as Hazar Enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion. 2 Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher[a] will have one portion. 3 Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west side, Naphtali will have one portion. 4 Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west side, Manasseh will have one portion. 5 Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west side, Ephraim will have one portion. 6 Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west side, Reuben will have one portion. 7 Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west side, Judah[b] will have one portion.
8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west side will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be 8¼ miles[c] wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west side; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it. 9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be 8¼ miles[d] in length and 3⅓ miles[e] in width. 10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north 8¼ miles[f] in length, toward the west 3⅓ miles[g] in width, toward the east 3⅓ miles[h] in width, and toward the south 8¼ miles[i] in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle. 11 This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, as the Levites did.[j] 12 It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a Most Holy Place, next to the border of the Levites.
13 “Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 8¼ miles[k] in length and 3⅓ miles[l] in width. The whole length will be 8¼ miles[m] and the width 3⅓ miles.[n] 14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart[o] to the Lord.
15 “The remainder, 1⅔ miles[p] in width and 8¼ miles[q] in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it; 16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be 1½ miles,[r] the south side 1½ miles, the east side 1½ miles, and the west side 1½ miles. 17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet,[s] on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet. 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be 3⅓ miles[t] to the east and 3⅓ miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city. 19 The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it. 20 The whole allotment will be 8¼ miles[u] square; you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.
21 “The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the 8¼ miles[v] of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the 8¼ miles[w] to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it. 22 The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.
23 “As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion. 24 Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion. 25 Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion. 26 Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion. 27 Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion. 28 Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt,[x] and on to the Great Sea. 29 This is the land that you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Sovereign Lord.
30 “These are the exits of the city: On the north side, 1½ miles[y] by measure, 31 the gates of the city[z] will be named for the tribes of Israel. There will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi. 32 On the east side, 1½ miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. 33 On the south side, 1½ miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun. 34 On the west side, 1½ miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. 35 The circumference of the city will be 6 miles.[aa] The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’”[ab]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 48:2 sn The tribes descended from Jacob’s maidservants are placed farthest from the sanctuary. See Gen 30.
- Ezekiel 48:7 sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12).
- Ezekiel 48:8 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:9 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:9 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:11 tn Heb “strayed off.”
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:14 tn Or “holy.”
- Ezekiel 48:15 tn Heb “5,000 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:15 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:16 tn Heb “4,500 cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
- Ezekiel 48:17 tn Heb “250 cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
- Ezekiel 48:18 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.
- Ezekiel 48:20 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:21 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:21 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:28 tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
- Ezekiel 48:30 tn Heb “4,500 cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs again in vv. 32-34.
- Ezekiel 48:31 sn See Rev 21:12-14.
- Ezekiel 48:35 tn Heb “18,000 cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:35 sn See Rev 21:12-21.
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