新聖殿的異象
1在我們被擄的第二十五年，就是耶路撒冷淪陷的第十四年一月十日，耶和華的靈降在我身上。 2在異象中上帝把我帶到以色列的一座高山上，山的南面彷彿有一座城。 3祂把我帶到那裡。城的入口站著一個面色如銅的人，手中拿著一條麻繩和一根量竿。 4那人對我說：「人子啊，你要留心用眼看，專心用耳聽，注意我指示你的一切，因為我帶你來這裡正是為了要指示你。你要把所見到的一切告訴以色列人。」
外院的門
5我看見殿的四周有牆，那人拿了一根三米長的量竿測量這牆，量出牆厚一竿，高一竿。
6然後，他帶我到殿的東門，走上石階，來到門口。他量了門洞，寬一竿。 7門內有守衛室，長度和寬度都是一竿。室與室之間相距二點二米，通往聖殿的內門洞寬一竿， 8通往聖殿的門廊寬度也是一竿， 9連牆柱在內共四點二米寬，牆柱寬一點零五米。 10東門內共有六間守衛室，每邊三間，大小面積都是一樣，兩邊的牆尺寸也相同。 11通道盡頭有一道門廊，寬五米，長六點五米。 12兩邊守衛室前面的矮牆高五十釐米，守衛室都是三米寬的正方形。 13他又量門廊的寬度，即這邊守衛室的屋頂到對面守衛室的屋頂，是十二點五米。 14他從門口的牆量到外院的牆柱，是三十米。 15由門口到通道盡頭的內廊共二十五米， 16守衛室、牆柱上和門廊周圍都有格子窗，牆柱上刻著棕樹。
外院
17他帶我到外院，外院靠牆的四周是鋪石地，上面共有三十間廂房。 18鋪石地在門口的兩邊，比內院低，寬度與入口的長度一樣。 19他從外院的內門口量到內院的門口，距離是五十米。
北門
20他又量了外院的北門， 21通道兩邊各有三間守衛室，牆和廊子長度和寬度跟東門一樣，分別是二十五米和十二點五米。 22它的窗戶、門廊、牆柱上雕刻的棕樹都和東門的尺寸相同。登上七級石階便到達門口，通道的盡頭是門廊。 23內院的北門與外院的北門相對，正如它的東門和外院的東門相對，門與門之間的距離是五十米。
南門
24他又帶我到南門，量了牆柱和門廊，都與其他門的尺寸相同， 25通道與門廊四周的窗戶也和其他的門一樣，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米。 26登上七級石階便到門廊，兩邊的牆柱也同樣刻著棕樹。 27內院也有南門，與外院南門之間的距離是五十米。
內院的門
28他帶我從南門走進內院，量了南門，跟其他門的尺寸一樣。 29守衛室、牆柱和門廊都和其他的尺寸一樣，通道與門廊四周有窗戶，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米。 30內院周圍的門廊都是長十二點五米，寬二點五米。 31這些門廊靠外院，兩邊的牆柱刻著棕樹，上去的石階共有八級。
32他又帶我從東門進入內院，量了東門，跟其他門的尺寸一樣， 33守衛室、牆柱、門廊和其他門的尺寸一樣，通道與門廊的四周也有窗戶，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米。 34門廊靠外院，兩邊的牆柱刻著棕樹，那裡的石階共有八級。
35他又帶我到北門，量了北門，跟其他門的尺寸一樣。 36守衛室、牆柱、門廊和其他門的尺寸一樣，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米，四周有窗戶。 37門廊靠外院，兩邊的牆柱刻著棕樹，那裡的石階共有八級。
廂房
38門口的牆柱旁邊有一個房間，供祭司洗燔祭牲。 39門廊兩邊各有兩張用來屠宰燔祭牲、贖罪祭牲和贖過祭牲的桌子。 40內院北門的兩邊各有兩張桌子， 41即裡外各有四張桌子，共八張，供祭司屠宰祭牲之用。 42另有四張用石頭鑿成的桌子用來預備燔祭牲，屠宰燔祭牲及其他祭牲的器具都放在桌上。桌子長寬各七十五釐米，高五十釐米。 43廊內四周掛著七點五釐米長的雙鉤。桌上放著祭肉。
44在內院有歌樂手用的廂房，一間向南，在北門旁，一間向北，在南門旁。 45他對我說：「向南的廂房是給殿內供職的祭司用的， 46向北的廂房是給壇前供職的祭司用的。他們都是撒督的子孫，利未的後裔，在耶和華面前專職事奉。」 47他量了殿前的院子，是五十米寬的正方形，祭壇在殿的前面。
聖殿
48他帶我來到殿前通往聖所的門廊，量了兩旁的牆柱，各二點五米寬，門兩邊的牆一點五米厚， 49門廊長十米，寬四點九米。上門廊靠近牆柱的石級兩旁各有一根柱子。
The New Temple Area
1It was the 14th year after Jerusalem had been captured. We had been brought to Babylon as prisoners. It was the tenth day of a month near the beginning of the 25th year after that. On that day the power of the Lord came on me. He took me back to my land. 2In visions God gave me, he brought me to the land of Israel. He set me on a very high mountain. Some buildings were on the south side of it. They looked like a city. 3He took me there. I saw a man who appeared to be made out of bronze. He was standing at the gate of the outer courtyard. He was holding a linen measuring tape and a measuring rod. 4The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely. Pay attention to everything I show you. That is why the Lord brought you here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”
The East Gate to the Outer Courtyard
5I saw a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was 11 feet long. He measured the wall with it. The wall was as thick and as high as one measuring rod.
6Then the man went to the east gate. He climbed its steps. He measured the gateway. It was one rod wide. 7The rooms where the guards stood were one rod long and one rod wide. The walls between the rooms were almost nine feet thick. The gateway next to the porch was one rod wide. The porch faced the front of the temple.
8Then the man measured the porch of the gateway. 9It was 14 feet wide. Each of its doorposts was three and a half feet thick. The porch of the gateway faced the front of the temple.
10Inside the east gate were three rooms on each side. All the rooms were the same size. The walls on each side of the rooms had the same thickness. 11Then the man measured the entrance of the gateway. It was 18 feet wide and 23 feet long. 12In front of each room was a wall. It was 21 inches high. The rooms measured 11 feet on each side. 13Then he measured the gateway from the back wall of one room to the back wall of the room across from it. It was 44 feet from the top of one wall to the top of the other. 14He measured along the front of the side walls all around the inside of the gateway. The total was 105 feet. That didn’t include the porch that faced the courtyard. 15It was 88 feet from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its porch. 16The rooms and their side walls inside the gateway had narrow openings on top of them. So did the porch. All the openings faced the inside. The front of each side wall was decorated with a palm tree.
The Outer Courtyard
17Then the man brought me into the outer courtyard. There I saw some rooms and a sidewalk. They had been built all around the courtyard. Along the sidewalk were 30 rooms. 18The sidewalk went all the way up to the sides of the gateways. It was as wide as they were long. This was the lower sidewalk. 19Then he measured from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner courtyard. The east side measured 175 feet. So did the north side.
The North Gate
20Then the man measured the north gate. He wanted to show me how long and wide it was. The gate led into the outer courtyard. 21It had three rooms on each side. Their side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the first gateway. They measured 88 feet long and 44 feet wide. 22Its openings, porch and palm tree decorations measured the same as the ones at the east gate. Seven steps led up to the north gate. Its porch was across from them. 23The inner courtyard had a gate. It faced the gate on the north. It was just like the east gate. He measured from one gate to the one across from it. The total was 175 feet.
The South Gate
24Then the man led me to the south side of the courtyard. There I saw the south gate. He measured its doorposts and porch. They measured the same as the others. 25The gateway and its porch had narrow openings all around. The openings were the same as the others had. The side walls and porch measured 88 feet long and 44 feet wide. 26Seven steps led up to it. Its porch was across from them. The front of each side wall was decorated with a palm tree. 27The inner courtyard also had a gate that faced south. The man measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side. The total was 175 feet.
The Gates to the Inner Courtyard
28Then the man brought me into the inner courtyard. We went through the south gate. He measured it. It was the same size as the others. 29Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. The gateway and its porch had openings all around. The side walls and porch measured 88 feet long and 44 feet wide. 30The porches of the gateways around the inner courtyard were 44 feet wide and nine feet long. 31Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees decorated its doorposts. Eight steps led up to it.
32Then the man brought me to the east side of the inner courtyard. There he measured the gateway. It was the same size as the others. 33Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. The gateway and its porch had openings all around. The side walls and porch measured 88 feet long and 44 feet wide. 34Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Each doorpost was decorated with a palm tree. Eight steps led up to the porch.
35Then the man brought me to the north gate. He measured it. It was the same size as the others. 36Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. It had openings all around. The side walls and the porch measured 88 feet long and 44 feet wide. 37The porch faced the outer courtyard. Each doorpost was decorated with a palm tree. Eight steps led up to the porch.
The Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices
38A room with a doorway was by the porch of each inner gateway. The burnt offerings were washed there. 39On each side of the porch of the gateway were two tables. The burnt offerings were killed on them. So were the sin offerings and guilt offerings. 40Two more tables were by the outer wall of the gateway porch. They were near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway. Two more tables were on the other side of the steps. 41So there were four tables on each side of the gateway. The total number of tables was eight. Animals for sacrifice were killed on all of them. 42There were also four other tables for the burnt offerings. They were made out of blocks of stone. Each table was two and a half feet long and two and a half feet wide. And each was almost two feet high. The tools for killing the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them. 43Large hooks hung on the walls all around. Each was three inches long. The meat of the offerings was placed on the tables.
The Rooms for the Priests
44Near the inner gates were two rooms. They were in the inner courtyard. One room was next to the north gate. It faced south. The other one was next to the south gate. It faced north. 45The man said to me, “The room that faces south is for the priests who guard the temple. 46The one that faces north is for the priests who guard the altar. All these priests are the sons of Zadok. They are the only Levites who can approach the Lord to serve him.”
47Then the man measured the courtyard. It was square. It measured 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
The New Temple
48The man brought me to the porch of the temple. He measured the doorposts of the porch. Each of them was almost nine feet wide. The entrance was 24 and a half feet wide. Each of the side walls was a little over five feet wide. 49The porch was 35 feet wide. It was 21 feet from front to back. It was reached by some stairs. Pillars were on each side of the doorposts.
