Ezekiel 40
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ang Pangitain tungkol sa Templo
40 Noong ika-10 araw ng bagong taon at ika-25 taon ng aming pagkabihag, labing-apat na taon pagkatapos masakop ang lunsod ng Jerusalem, nilukuban ako ng kapangyarihan ni Yahweh. 2 Sa(A) isang pangitain, dinala niya ako sa tuktok ng isang napakataas na bundok sa Israel. Sa tapat ko, may nakita akong tila isang lunsod. 3 Inilapit(B) niya ako roon at may nakita akong isang tao sa may pagpasok ng lunsod. Siya'y tila tanso, may hawak na pising lino, at panukat. 4 Sinabi niya sa akin, “Ezekiel, anak ng tao, talasan mo ang iyong mata at tainga. Tandaan mong mabuti ang lahat ng ipapakita ko sa iyo sapagkat ito ang dahilan ng pagkadala sa iyo rito. Pagkatapos, sabihin mo naman ito sa mga Israelita.”
Ang Tarangkahan sa Gawing Silangan
5 Ang(C) nakita ko ay templo na napapaligiran ng pader. Kinuha noong tao ang kanyang panukat na tatlong metro ang haba at sinukat ang pader sa paligid ng templo: Tatlong metro ang kapal nito, gayon din ang taas. 6 Pagkatapos, pumunta siya sa tarangkahan sa gawing silangan. Pumanhik siya sa mga baytang nito at sinukat ang pintuan; ang taas nito ay tatlong metro rin. 7 Sa kabila nito ay may daanan at may tigatlong silid sa magkabila. Ang mga silid na ito ay parisukat; tatlong metro ang haba, gayon din ang luwang at ang pader sa pagitan ay dalawa't kalahating metro. Sa kabila ng mga silid na ito ay may daanan patungo sa malaking bulwagan sa harap ng templo. Ang haba nito ay tatlong metro. 8-9 Sinukat niya ang bulwagan. Ang lalim nito ay apat na metro. Ito ang pinakadulo ng daanan sa pintuang malapit sa templo. Ang kapal ng dulo ng pader nito ay isang metro. 10 Pare-pareho ang sukat ng mga silid na ito, at magkakasingkapal ang mga pader sa pagitan. 11 Sinukat din niya ang pasukan papuntang tarangkahan. Ang kabuuang luwang nito'y anim at kalahating metro at limang metro naman ang tarangkahan. 12 Sa harap ng mga silid ng bantay-pinto ay may pader na kalahating metro ang taas, gayon din ang kapal. Ang mga silid ay kuwadrado: tatlong metro ang haba, gayon din ang luwang. 13 Pagkatapos, sinukat niya mula sa gilid ng unang silid hanggang sa huling silid. Ito'y may labindalawa't kalahating metro. 14 Sinukat din niya ang bulwagan sa pasukan at ito'y may sampung metro. 15 Ang kabuuang haba ng daanan mula sa tarangkahan hanggang sa huling silid ay dalawampu't limang metro. 16 Ang mga silid ay may bintana upang makita ang labas at mayroon din sa mga pader sa pagitan ng mga silid. Sa mga pader naman sa loob ng silid ay may dibuhong puno ng palmera.
Ang Patyo sa Labas
17 Dinala niya ako sa patyo sa labas. Doon ay may tatlumpung silid na nakadikit sa pader. Sa harap ng mga silid na ito ay may bahaging nalalatagan ng bato 18 na abot sa gusali sa pasukan. Ito ay mababa kaysa patyo sa loob. 19 May mas mataas na daanan patungo sa patyo sa loob. Sinukat noong tao ang pagitan ng dalawang daanan at umabot ng limampung metro.
Ang Tarangkahan sa Gawing Hilaga
20 Pagkaraan, sinukat niya ang daanan sa gawing hilaga na papunta rin sa patyo sa labas. 21 Ang tigatlong silid ng mga bantay-pinto, ang mga pader sa pagitan at ang bulwagan ay kasinlaki rin ng nasa tarangkahan sa gawing silangan. Ang haba ng daanan ay dalawampu't limang metro at labindalawa't kalahating metro ang luwang. 22 Ang bulwagan, mga bintana, at dibuhong puno ng palma ay katulad nga ng nasa tarangkahan sa gawing silangan. Pito ang baytang nito at nasa dulo ang bulwagan paharap sa patyo. 23 Sa tapat ng tarangkahang ito ay may tarangkahan ding papasok sa patyo sa loob, tulad ng sa gawing silangan. Sinukat niya ang pagitan ng tarangkahan sa hilaga at ng tarangkahan sa timog at ito'y umabot ng limampung metro.
Ang Tarangkahan sa Gawing Timog
24 Dinala niya ako sa gawing timog at doo'y mayroon ding tarangkahan. Sinukat niya ito. Ito'y kasukat din ng ibang tarangkahan. 25 May mga bintana rin ito sa paligid tulad ng ibang tarangkahan. Ang haba ng daanan nito ay dalawampu't limang metro at labindalawa't kalahating metro naman ang luwang. 26 Pito rin ang baytang nito at nasa dulo ang bulwagan paharap sa patyo. May tig-isang dibuho ng puno ng palmera ang pader ng pasilyo. 27 Mayroon din itong daanan papunta sa patyo sa loob. Ang haba nito ay limampung metro.
Ang Patyo sa Loob: Ang Tarangkahan sa Timog
28 Ako'y ipinasok niya sa patyo sa loob. Sa tarangkahan sa gawing timog kami nagdaan. Sinukat niya ito at kasukat din ng iba. 29-30 Ang bulwagan, mga silid nito, at pader sa pagitan ay tulad din ng sa ibang tarangkahan. May mga bintana rin ito. Ang haba ng pasilyo ay dalawampu't limang metro at labindalawa't kalahating metro naman ang luwang. 31 Ang bulwagan nga nito ay paharap sa panlabas na patyo, may dibuho ring puno ng palmera ang pader ng daanan at walo ang baytang patungo sa tarangkahang ito.
Ang Patyo sa Loob: Ang Tarangkahan sa Silangan
32 Itinuloy niya ako sa loob ng patyo sa gawing silangan. Sinukat niya ang tarangkahan nito. Ito ay kasukat din ng iba, 33 gayon din ang bulwagan, mga silid ng bantay-pinto, at ang pader sa pagitan. Naliligid ito ng mga bintana. Ang haba ng daanan ay dalawampu't limang metro at labindalawa't kalahating metro naman ang lapad. 34 Paharap sa patyo sa labas ang bulwagan, may dibuho ring puno ng palmera ang pader at walong baytang ang hagdan.
Ang Patyo sa Loob: Ang Tarangkahan sa Hilaga
35 Pagkatapos, dinala niya ako sa may tarangkahan sa gawing hilaga at ito'y kanyang sinukat. Kasukat din ito ng iba, 36 gayon din ang bulwagan, mga silid at ang pader sa pagitan. Ang haba ng bulwagan ay dalawampu't limang metro at labindalawa't kalahating metro naman ang lapad. Ito ay may mga bintana rin sa paligid. 37 Paharap sa patyo sa labas ang bulwagan nito, may dibuho ring puno ng palmera ang pader na pasilyo at walo ang baytang ng hagdan.
Ang mga Gusali sa Tabi ng Tarangkahan sa Hilaga
38 Ang patyo sa labas ay may isang kuwarto; nakadikit ito sa tarangkahan sa loob sa gawing hilaga at abot sa bulwagang nakaharap sa patyo. Doon nila nililinis ang mga hayop na pinatay upang sunugin sa altar bilang handog. 39 Sa magkabilang panig ng bulwagan ay may apat na mesa. Dito naman nila pinapatay ang mga hayop na ihahandog, kahit na susunugin, handog para sa kapatawaran ng kasalanan, o handog na pambayad sa kasalanan. 40 May apat na mesa rin sa labas, tigalawa sa magkabila ng tarangkahan sa gawing hilaga. 41 Tig-apat ang mesa sa loob at labas ng bulwagan. Sa mga mesang ito pinapatay ang lahat ng hayop na panghandog. 42 Yari sa tinapyas na bato ang apat na mesang patungan ng hayop na susunugin bilang handog. Ang taas nito ay kalahating metro, 0.7 metro ang lapad at ang haba. Dito inilalagay ang mga kasangkapang pangkatay sa mga handog. 43 Sa paligid ng mga mesa ay may pinakapasamanong singlapad ng isang palad. Sa mesa ipinapatong ang karneng panghandog.
44 Dinala ako sa patyo sa loob. Doon ay may dalawang tanging silid: ang isa'y nakaharap sa timog at ang isa nama'y nakaharap sa hilaga. 45 Sinabi sa akin noong lalaki, “Ang silid na nakaharap sa timog ay ukol sa mga paring nangangasiwa sa templo, 46 at ang nakaharap sa hilaga ay para naman sa mga paring nangangasiwa sa altar. Sila'y mga anak ni Zadok, ang sambahayan mula sa lipi ni Levi na siya lamang maaaring maglingkod sa harapan ni Yahweh.” 47 Sinukat ng lalaki ang patyo sa loob. Ito'y parisukat na limampung metro. Nasa gawing kanluran ang templo at nasa harap nito ang altar.
Ang Patyo sa Loob at ang Templo
48 Isinama niya ako sa bulwagang papasok ng templo. Sinukat niya ang pasukan nito: dalawa't kalahating metro ang lalim at pitong metro naman ang luwang. Ang kapal ng pader ay isa't kalahating metro. 49 Ang haba ng bulwagan ay sampung metro at anim na metro ang lalim. Ito ay may dalawa pang pinakatukod sa magkabila, bukod sa dalawang malalaking poste.
Ezekiel 40
New King James Version
A New City, a New Temple
40 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after (A)the city was [a]captured, on the very same day (B)the hand of the Lord was upon me; and He took me there. 2 (C)In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and (D)set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. 3 He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was (E)like the appearance of bronze. (F)He had a line of flax (G)and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
4 And the man said to me, (H)“Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and [b]fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. (I)Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.” 5 Now there was (J)a wall all around the outside of the [c]temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six [d]cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
The Eastern Gateway of the Temple
6 Then he went to the gateway which faced (K)east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide. 7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod. 8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside. 10 In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side.
11 He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a [e]space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door. 14 He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost. 15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits. 16 There were (L)beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were (M)palm trees.
The Outer Court
17 Then he brought me into (N)the outer court; and there were (O)chambers and a pavement made all around the court; (P)thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
The Northern Gateway
20 On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width. 21 Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 22 Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it. 23 A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.
The Southern Gateway
24 After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements. 25 There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 26 Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side. 27 There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.
Gateways of the Inner Court
28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements. 29 Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 There were archways all around, (Q)twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31 Its archways faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts, and going up to it were eight steps.
32 And he brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these same measurements. 33 Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its archways faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side; and going up to it were eight steps.
35 Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements— 36 also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 37 Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.
Where Sacrifices Were Prepared
38 There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they (R)washed the burnt offering. 39 In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, (S)the sin offering, and (T)the trespass offering. 40 At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices. 42 There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.
Chambers for Singers and Priests
44 Outside the inner gate were the chambers for (U)the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the [f]southern gateway. 45 Then he said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for (V)the priests who have charge of the temple. 46 The chamber which faces north is for the priests (W)who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of (X)Zadok, from the sons of Levi, who come near the Lord to minister to Him.”
Dimensions of the Inner Court and Vestibule(Y)
47 And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple. 48 Then he brought me to the (Z)vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side. 49 (AA)The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were (AB)pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 40:1 Lit. struck
- Ezekiel 40:4 Lit. set your heart
- Ezekiel 40:5 Lit. house
- Ezekiel 40:5 A royal cubit of about 21 inches
- Ezekiel 40:12 Lit. border
- Ezekiel 40:44 So with LXX; MT, Vg. eastern
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
