ለካህናት የተመደቡ ክፍሎች
1ከዚያም ያ ሰው በሰሜን በኩል ወዳለው ወደ ውጩ አደባባይ በማምጣት፣ በቤተ መቅደሱ አደባባይ ትይዩና በሰሜን በኩል ባለው ግንብ ትይዩ ወደ አሉት ክፍሎች አመጣኝ። 2በሩ በሰሜን ትይዩ የሆነው ሕንጻ ርዝመቱ አንድ መቶ ክንድ ወርዱም አምሳ ክንድ ነበር። 3ከውስጠኛው አደባባይ ሃያ ክንድ ርቀት ላይና በአንጻሩም ከውጩ አደባባይ የንጣፍ ድንጋይ ፊት ለፊት ርቀት ላይ በሦስት ደርቦች ትይዩ የሆኑ ሰገነቶች ነበሩ። 4ከክፍሎቹ ፊት ለፊት ወርዱ ዐሥር ክንድ፣ ርዝመቱ አንድ መቶ ክንድ42፥4 ሰብዐ ሊቃናቱና ሱርስቱ እንዲሁ ሲሆኑ ዕብራይስጡ ግን …አንድ ክንድ ይላል የሆነ መተላለፊያ በውስጥ በኩል ነበር። የክፍሎቹም በሮች በሰሜን በኩል ነበሩ። 5የላይኞቹ ክፍሎች ጠበብ ያሉ ናቸው፤ ምክንያቱም ሰገነቶቹ ታችና መካከል ላይ ካሉት ከሕንጻው ክፍሎች ይልቅ ሰፋ ያሉ ቦታዎች ይዘውባቸዋልና። 6አደባባዮቹ ዐምዶች ሲኖሯቸው፣ በሦስተኛው ደርብ ላይ ያሉት ክፍሎች ግን ዐምድ የላቸውም። ስለዚህ የወለላቸው ስፋት በታችኛውና በመካከለኛው ደርብ ካሉት ክፍሎች ይልቅ ጠበብ ያለ ነው። 7ከክፍሎቹና፣ ከውጩ አደባባይ ትይዩ የሆነ የውጪ ግንብ አለ፤ ይህም በክፍሎቹ ፊት ለፊት ሆኖ አምሳ ክንድ ይረዝማል። 8ከውጩ አደባባይ ቀጥሎ ያሉት መደዳ ክፍሎች ርዝመት አምሳ ክንድ ሲሆን፣ ከቤተ መቅደሱ አጠገብ ያሉት መደዳ ክፍሎች ርዝመት ደግሞ አንድ መቶ ክንድ ነበር። 9ከውጩ አደባባይ ወደ ውስጥ ሲገባ፣ በስተ ምሥራቅ የታችኞቹ ክፍሎች መግቢያ ይገኛል።
10በደቡብ በኩል42፥10 ሰብዐ ሊቃናቱም እንዲሁ ሲሆን ዕብራይስጡ ግን በስተ ምሥራቅ ይላል የውጩን አደባባይ ግንብ ተከትሎ፣ ከቤተ መቅደሱ አደባባይ ጋር የተያያዙና ከውጩ ግንብ ጋር ትይዩ የሆኑ ክፍሎች አሉ፤ 11ከፊት ለፊታቸውም መተላለፊያ መንገድ አለ። እነዚህ በሰሜን በኩል ካሉት ክፍሎች ጋር ተመሳሳይ ሲሆኑ፣ ርዝመትና ወርዳቸው፣ መውጫና መጠናቸው አንድ ዐይነት ነበር፤ በሰሜን በኩል እንዳሉት በሮች፣ 12በደቡብ በኩል ያሉት ክፍሎች በሮች መጠናቸው ተመሳሳይ ነበር። ከመመላለሻው መነሻ ላይ መግቢያ በር አለ፤ መመለሻውም ፊት ለፊት ካለው ወደ ምሥራቅ ከሚያመራው ግንብ ጋር ተጓዳኝ ነው።
13ከዚያም እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “ከቤተ መቅደሱ አደባባይ ፊት ለፊት ያሉት የሰሜኑና የደቡቡ ክፍሎች የካህናቱ ሲሆኑ፣ እነዚህም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የሚቀርቡት ካህናት እጅግ የተቀደሱትን ቍርባኖች የሚበሉባቸው ናቸው። በዚያም እጅግ የተቀደሱትን ቍርባኖች ማለት የእህሉን ቍርባን፣ የኀጢአቱን ቍርባን፣ የበደሉን ቍርባን ያስቀምጣሉ፤ ቦታው ቅዱስ ነውና። 14ካህናቱ አንድ ጊዜ ወደ ተቀደሰው ቦታ ከገቡ በኋላ፣ ያገለገሉበትን ልብስ ሳያወልቁ ወደ ውጩ አደባባይ መውጣት አይችሉም፤ የተቀደሰ ነውና፤ ወደ ሕዝቡ ቦታ ከመምጣታቸው በፊት ሌላውን ልብሳቸውን መልበስ አለባቸው።”
15በቤተ መቅደሱ ውስጥ ያለውን ስፍራ ለክቶ ከጨረሰ በኋላ፣ በምሥራቅ በር በኩል ወደ ውጩ አወጣኝ፤ በዙሪያው ያለውንም ስፍራ ሁሉ ለካ፤ 16በምሥራቅ ያለውንም በመለኪያው ዘንግ ለካ፤ አምስት መቶ ክንድ42፥16 ከሰብዐ ሊቃናት 17ን ይመ፤ ዕብራይስጡ ግን ዘንጎች ይለዋል፤ እንዲሁም 18 እና 19 ሆነ። 17ሰሜኑንም ለካ፤ በመለኪያው ዘንግ አምስት መቶ ክንድ42፥17 ሰብዐ ሊቃናቱም እንዲሁ ሲሆን፣ ዕብራይስጡ ግን ዘንጎች ይላል ሆነ። 18ደቡቡንም ለካ፤ በመለኪያው ዘንግ አምስት መቶ ክንድ ሆነ። 19ከዚያም ወደ ምዕራብ ጐን ዞሮ ለካ፤ በመለኪያው ዘንግ አምስት መቶ ክንድ ሆነ። 20ስለዚህ በአራቱም ማእዘን ለካው፤ የተቀደሰውን ስፍራ ከሌላው የሚለይ በዙሪያው ግንብ ነበረ፤ የግንቡም ርዝመት አምስት መቶ ክንድ ሲሆን፣ ወርዱ አምስት መቶ ክንድ ነበር።
1Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. 2Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 3Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. 4And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. 5Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.42.5 were higher…: or, did eat of these42.5 than the lower…: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost 6For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 7And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. 8For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. 9And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.42.9 from under: or, from the place42.9 the entry: or, he that brought me42.9 as…: or, as he came 10The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. 11And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
13¶ Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. 14When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
15Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. 16He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.42.16 side: Heb. wind 17He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 18He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
19¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 20He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
