以西结书 40
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
新圣殿的异象
40 在我们被掳的第二十五年，就是耶路撒冷沦陷的第十四年一月十日，耶和华的灵降在我身上。 2 在异象中上帝把我带到以色列的一座高山上，山的南面仿佛有一座城。 3 祂把我带到那里。城的入口站着一个面色如铜的人，手中拿着一条麻绳和一根量竿。 4 那人对我说：“人子啊，你要留心用眼看，专心用耳听，注意我指示你的一切，因为我带你来这里正是为了要指示你。你要把所见到的一切告诉以色列人。”
外院的门
5 我看见殿的四周有墙，那人拿了一根三米长的量竿测量这墙，量出墙厚一竿，高一竿。
6 然后，他带我到殿的东门，走上石阶，来到门口。他量了门洞，宽一竿。 7 门内有守卫室，长度和宽度都是一竿。室与室之间相距二点二米，通往圣殿的内门洞宽一竿， 8 通往圣殿的门廊宽度也是一竿， 9 连墙柱在内共四点二米宽，墙柱宽一点零五米。 10 东门内共有六间守卫室，每边三间，大小面积都是一样，两边的墙尺寸也相同。 11 通道尽头有一道门廊，宽五米，长六点五米。 12 两边守卫室前面的矮墙高五十厘米，守卫室都是三米宽的正方形。 13 他又量门廊的宽度，即这边守卫室的屋顶到对面守卫室的屋顶，是十二点五米。 14 他从门口的墙量到外院的墙柱，是三十米。 15 由门口到通道尽头的内廊共二十五米， 16 守卫室、墙柱上和门廊周围都有格子窗，墙柱上刻着棕树。
外院
17 他带我到外院，外院靠墙的四周是铺石地，上面共有三十间厢房。 18 铺石地在门口的两边，比内院低，宽度与入口的长度一样。 19 他从外院的内门口量到内院的门口，距离是五十米。
北门
20 他又量了外院的北门， 21 通道两边各有三间守卫室，墙和廊子长度和宽度跟东门一样，分别是二十五米和十二点五米。 22 它的窗户、门廊、墙柱上雕刻的棕树都和东门的尺寸相同。登上七级石阶便到达门口，通道的尽头是门廊。 23 内院的北门与外院的北门相对，正如它的东门和外院的东门相对，门与门之间的距离是五十米。
南门
24 他又带我到南门，量了墙柱和门廊，都与其他门的尺寸相同， 25 通道与门廊四周的窗户也和其他的门一样，通道长二十五米，宽十二点五米。 26 登上七级石阶便到门廊，两边的墙柱也同样刻着棕树。 27 内院也有南门，与外院南门之间的距离是五十米。
内院的门
28 他带我从南门走进内院，量了南门，跟其他门的尺寸一样。 29 守卫室、墙柱和门廊都和其他的尺寸一样，通道与门廊四周有窗户，通道长二十五米，宽十二点五米。 30 内院周围的门廊都是长十二点五米，宽二点五米。 31 这些门廊靠外院，两边的墙柱刻着棕树，上去的石阶共有八级。
32 他又带我从东门进入内院，量了东门，跟其他门的尺寸一样， 33 守卫室、墙柱、门廊和其他门的尺寸一样，通道与门廊的四周也有窗户，通道长二十五米，宽十二点五米。 34 门廊靠外院，两边的墙柱刻着棕树，那里的石阶共有八级。
35 他又带我到北门，量了北门，跟其他门的尺寸一样。 36 守卫室、墙柱、门廊和其他门的尺寸一样，通道长二十五米，宽十二点五米，四周有窗户。 37 门廊靠外院，两边的墙柱刻着棕树，那里的石阶共有八级。
厢房
38 门口的墙柱旁边有一个房间，供祭司洗燔祭牲。 39 门廊两边各有两张用来屠宰燔祭牲、赎罪祭牲和赎过祭牲的桌子。 40 内院北门的两边各有两张桌子， 41 即里外各有四张桌子，共八张，供祭司屠宰祭牲之用。 42 另有四张用石头凿成的桌子用来预备燔祭牲，屠宰燔祭牲及其他祭牲的器具都放在桌上。桌子长宽各七十五厘米，高五十厘米。 43 廊内四周挂着七点五厘米长的双钩。桌上放着祭肉。
44 在内院有歌乐手用的厢房，一间向南，在北门旁，一间向北，在南门旁。 45 他对我说：“向南的厢房是给殿内供职的祭司用的， 46 向北的厢房是给坛前供职的祭司用的。他们都是撒督的子孙，利未的后裔，在耶和华面前专职事奉。” 47 他量了殿前的院子，是五十米宽的正方形，祭坛在殿的前面。
圣殿
48 他带我来到殿前通往圣所的门廊，量了两旁的墙柱，各二点五米宽，门两边的墙一点五米厚， 49 门廊长十米，宽四点九米。上门廊靠近墙柱的石级两旁各有一根柱子。
Ezekiel 40
Easy-to-Read Version
The New Temple
40 In the twenty-fifth year after we were taken away into captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month,[a] the Lord’s power came on me. This was fourteen years after the Babylonians took Jerusalem. On that day the Lord took me there in a vision.
2 In a vision, God carried me to the land of Israel. He put me down near a very high mountain. On the mountain in front of me was a building that looked like a city.[b] 3 He took me to that place. There was a man there who looked like polished bronze. He had a cloth tape measure and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate. 4 The man said to me, “Son of man,[c] use your eyes and ears. Look at these things and listen to me. Pay attention to everything that I show you, because you have been brought here so that I can show you these things. You must tell the family of Israel all that you see.”
5 I saw a wall that went all the way around the outside of the Temple. In the man’s hand there was a ruler for measuring things. It was 6 cubits[d] long using the long measurement,[e] so the man measured the thickness of the wall. It was one ruler[f] thick. He measured the height of the wall. It was one ruler tall.
6 Then the man went to the east gate. He walked up its steps and measured the opening for the gate. It was one ruler wide. 7 The guardrooms were one ruler long and one ruler wide. The walls between the rooms were 5 cubits[g] thick. The opening by the porch at the end of the gateway that faced the Temple was also one ruler wide. 8 Then he measured the porch. 9 It was 8 cubits[h] long. He measured the walls on either side of the gate. Each side wall was 2 cubits[i] wide. The porch was at the end of the gateway that faced the Temple. 10 There were three little guardrooms on each side of the gateway. All these rooms and their side walls measured the same. 11 The man measured the entrance to the gateway. It was 10 cubits[j] wide and 13 cubits[k] long. 12 There was a low wall in front of each room. That wall was 1 cubit[l] tall and 1 cubit thick. The rooms were square. Each wall was 6 cubits long.
13 The man measured the gateway from the outside edge of the roof of one room to the outside edge of the roof of the opposite room. It was 25 cubits.[m] Each door was directly opposite the other door. 14 [n] He measured the faces of all the side walls, including the side walls on either side of the porch at the courtyard. The total was 60 cubits.[o] 15 From the inside edge of the outer gate to the far end of the porch was 50 cubits.[p] 16 There were small windows[q] above all the guardrooms, the side walls, and the porch. The wide part of the windows faced into the gateway. There were carvings of palm trees on the walls that were on either side of the gateway.
The Outer Courtyard
17 Then the man led me into the outer courtyard. I saw thirty rooms and a pavement that went all the way around the courtyard. The rooms were along the wall and faced in toward the pavement. 18 The pavement was as wide as the gates were long. The pavement reached to the inside end of the gateway. This was the lower pavement. 19 The man measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner courtyard. It was 100 cubits[r] on the east side as well as on the north side.
20 Then the man measured the length and width of the north gate that was in the wall surrounding the outer courtyard. 21 This gateway, its three rooms on each side, and its porch all measured the same as the first gate. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide. 22 Its windows, its porch, and its carvings of palm trees measured the same as the east gate. On the outside, there were seven steps leading up to the gate. Its porch was at the inside end of the gateway. 23 Across the courtyard from the north gate, there was a gate to the inner courtyard. It was like the gate on the east. The man measured from the gate on the inner wall to the gate on the outer wall. It was 100 cubits from gate to gate.
24 Then the man led me to the south wall. I saw a gate in the south wall. He measured its side walls and its porch. They measured the same as the other gates. 25 The gateway and its porch had windows all around like the other gates. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide. 26 There were seven steps going up to this gate. Its porch was at the inside end of the gateway. It had carvings of palm trees on the walls that were on either side of the gateway. 27 A gate was on the south side of the inner courtyard. The man measured from the gate on the inner wall to the gate on the outer wall. It was 100 cubits from gate to gate.
The Inner Courtyard
28 Then the man led me through the south gate into the inner courtyard. He measured this gate. This gateway measured the same as the other gates to the inner courtyard. 29 Its rooms, side walls, and porch also measured the same as the other gates. There were windows all around the gateway and its porch. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide. 30 The porch was 25 cubits wide and 5 cubits long. 31 And its porch was at the end of the gateway next to the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on the walls on either side of the gateway. There were eight steps leading up to the gate.
32 Then the man led me into the inner courtyard on the east side. He measured the gate. It measured the same as the other gates. 33 Its rooms, side walls, and porch also measured the same as the other gates. There were windows all around the gateway and its porch. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide. 34 And its porch was at the end of the gateway next to the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on the walls on either side of the gateway. There were eight steps leading up to the gate.
35 Then the man led me to the north gate. He measured it, and it measured the same as the other gates. 36 Its rooms, side walls, and porch also measured the same as the other gates. There were windows all around the gateway and its porch. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide. 37 And its porch[s] was at the end of the gateway next to the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on the walls on either side of the gateway. There were eight steps leading up to the gate.
The Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices
38 There was also a doorway in the side walls of the gates. That doorway led into a room where the priests washed the sacrifices. 39 There were two tables on each side of the door of this porch. The animals for the burnt offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings were killed on these tables. 40 There were also two tables on each side of the door on the outside wall of this porch. 41 So there were four tables on the inside wall and four tables on the outside wall—eight tables that the priests used when they killed the animals for sacrifices. 42 There were also four tables made from cut stone for the burnt offerings. These tables were 1 1/2 cubits[t] long, 1 1/2 cubits wide, and 1 cubit high. On these tables, the priests put their tools that they used to kill the animals for the burnt offerings and other sacrifices. 43 There were meat hooks three inches long[u] on all the walls in this area. The meat of the offerings was put on the tables.
The Priests’ Rooms
44 There were two rooms[v] in the inner courtyard. One was by the north gate facing south. The other room was by the south[w] gate facing north. 45 The man said to me, “The room that looks to the south is for the priests who are on duty and serving in the Temple area. 46 But the room that looks to the north is for the priests who are on duty and serving at the altar. The priests are from the tribe of Levi. But the priests in this second group are the descendants of Zadok. They are the only people who can carry the sacrifices to the altar to serve the Lord.[x]”
47 The man measured the inner courtyard. The courtyard was a perfect square. It was 100 cubits long and 100 cubits wide. The altar was in front of the Temple.
The Porch of the Temple
48 Then the man led me to the porch of the Temple and measured the walls on either side of the porch. Each side wall was 5 cubits thick and 3 cubits[y] wide. The opening between them was 14 cubits.[z] 49 The porch was 20 cubits[aa] wide and 12 cubits[ab] long.[ac] Ten steps went up to the porch. There were two columns for the walls on either side of the porch—one at each wall.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 40:1 tenth day of the month This was the Day of Atonement, 573 B.C. See Lev. 23:26; 25:9.
- Ezekiel 40:2 On the mountain … city Or “On the mountain, there was a building that looked like a city with a city south of it.”
- Ezekiel 40:4 Son of man This was usually just a way of saying “a person” or “a human being.” Here, it is a way of addressing Ezekiel.
- Ezekiel 40:5 6 cubits 10' 2 7/16" (3.11 m). Also in verse 12.
- Ezekiel 40:5 long measurement Literally, “a cubit and a handbreadth.” This cubit equals 20 5/8" (51.83 cm).
- Ezekiel 40:5 one ruler That is, 6 cubits (10' 2 7/16" or 3.11 m). Also in verses 6, 7.
- Ezekiel 40:7 5 cubits 8' 6" (2.6 m). Also in verses 30, 48.
- Ezekiel 40:9 8 cubits 13' 7 1/4" (4.2 m).
- Ezekiel 40:9 2 cubits 3' 4 13/16" (104 cm).
- Ezekiel 40:11 10 cubits 17' 1/16" (5.18 m).
- Ezekiel 40:11 13 cubits 22' 1 1/4" (6.74 m).
- Ezekiel 40:12 1 cubit 20 3/8" (51.83 cm). Also in verse 42.
- Ezekiel 40:13 25 cubits 42' 6 1/8" (12.96 m). Also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33, 36.
- Ezekiel 40:14 The meaning of this verse in the Hebrew text is uncertain.
- Ezekiel 40:14 60 cubits 102' 3/8" (31.1 m).
- Ezekiel 40:15 50 cubits 85' 5/16" (25.92 m). Also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33, 36.
- Ezekiel 40:16 small windows These let the soldiers defending the city shoot arrows out at the enemy. The narrow part of the window was on the enemy’s side of the wall to give the smallest target.
- Ezekiel 40:19 100 cubits 170' 5/8" (51.83 m). Also in verse 23, 27, 47.
- Ezekiel 40:37 porch The Hebrew text has “side walls.”
- Ezekiel 40:42 1 1/2 cubits 30 5/8" (77.75 cm).
- Ezekiel 40:43 meat hooks … long Or “Double shelves three inches wide ….”
- Ezekiel 40:44 two rooms Or “rooms for the singers.”
- Ezekiel 40:44 south This is from the ancient Greek version. The Hebrew text has “east.”
- Ezekiel 40:46 carry the sacrifices … the Lord Literally, “approach the Lord to serve him.”
- Ezekiel 40:48 3 cubits 5' 1 3/16" (1.55 m).
- Ezekiel 40:48 14 cubits 23' 9 11/16" (7.26 m).
- Ezekiel 40:49 20 cubits 34' 1/8" (10.37 m). Also in 41:2, 4.
- Ezekiel 40:49 12 cubits 20' 4 7/8" (6.22 m).
- Ezekiel 40:49 20 … long Literally, “20 cubits long … 12 cubits wide.”
Ezekiel 40
King James Version
40 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither.
2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at 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, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.
47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
48 And 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: and the breadth 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 breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
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