Ezekiel 41 – NIV & JCB

New International Version

Ezekiel 41:1-26

1Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits41:1 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8 on each side.41:1 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts side, the width of the tent 2The entrance was ten cubits41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits41:2 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12 wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.41:2 That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide

3Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits41:3 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22 wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters wide. 4And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

5Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits41:5 That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters wide. 6The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple. 7The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor.

8I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits. 9The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple 10and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. 11There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.

12The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits41:12 That is, about 123 feet or about 37 meters wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.41:12 That is, about 158 feet or about 48 meters

13Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits41:13 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 14 and 15 long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long. 14The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.

15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits.

The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court, 16as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them—everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered. 17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary 18were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: 19the face of a human being toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple. 20From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.

21The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar. 22There was a wooden altar three cubits41:22 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters high and two cubits square41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew long; its corners, its base41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew length and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.” 23Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors. 24Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves for each door. 25And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico. 26On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.

Japanese Contemporary Bible

エゼキエル書 41:1-26

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1その後、その人は私を、神殿の中央の大広間である本堂へ連れて行きました。その入口の壁柱を測りましたが、幅は縦横とも六キュビトでした。 2玄関の間口は十キュビト、奥行きは五キュビトでした。本堂は長さ四十キュビト、幅二十キュビトでした。 3その人は本堂の奥の部屋に入り、入口の柱を測ると、二十キュビトの厚さがありました。入口の幅は六十キュビト、それに続く廊下の長さは七キュビトでした。 4奥の間は二十キュビト平方あり、「これが至聖所だ」と私に教えてくれました。

5その人が神殿の壁を測ると、六キュビトあり、その外側に小部屋が並んでいました。各部屋の間口は四キュビトでした。 6これらの部屋は階段式に三段に重なっており、各階に三十の小部屋がありました。部屋はみな、神殿の壁に固定してあり、大梁で支えられていませんでした。 7階段式の小部屋は上に行くほど広くなり、神殿の壁が上に行くほど狭くなっているのと対応していました。神殿のわきには階段があり、上の階に上がれるようになっていました。 8私は、神殿が高台の上に建てられていて、一番下の小部屋の土台も、その高台にあるのを見ました。その高さは六キュビトでした。 9これらの小部屋の外壁の厚さは五キュビトあり、高台の端まで五キュビトの空地が両側に残っていました。 10その高台から二十キュビト離れた内庭には、神殿をはさんで両側に部屋が並んでいました。 11階段式の小部屋には戸が二つあり、五キュビトの空地に向かって開くようになっていました。一つの戸は北に向き、もう一つの戸は南に向いていました。

12西側には、神殿の庭に面して大きな建物が建っていました。その間口は七十キュビト、奥行きは九十キュビトありました。壁の厚さは五キュビトでした。 13それから、その人が神殿とその回りとを測ると百キュビト平方でした。 14神殿の東側の内庭も幅が百キュビトあり、 15-16神殿の西側の建物も、二つの壁を含めると同じ百キュビトの幅になりました。

神殿の本堂にも、至聖所にも、玄関にも羽目板が張り巡らされ、それぞれ格子窓が取りつけてありました。神殿の内側の壁にも、窓の上と下の部分に羽目板が張られていました。 17-18至聖所に通じる戸の上も羽目板が張られていました。壁には、それぞれ二つの顔を持つケルビムとなつめやしの木とが交互に彫刻してありました。 19-20その顔の一つ、人間の顔は一方のなつめやしの木の方を向き、もう一つの顔、若いライオンの顔は反対側のなつめやしの木の方を向いていました。このような彫刻が、神殿の内壁全体を覆っていました。

21本堂の入口の柱は四角で、至聖所の前には祭壇のようなものがありました。しかも、それは木製でした。 22この祭壇は二キュビト四方で、高さが三キュビトありました。その四隅も、台も、側面も、全部木でできていました。その人は私に、「これは神の壇だ」と説明してくれました。 23本堂と至聖所には二重の扉がついていて、 24それぞれの扉は折りたたみ式の二枚戸になっていました。 25本堂に通じる扉には、神殿の内側の壁と同じように、ケルビムとなつめやしの木が彫刻してありました。玄関の上には木製のひさしがついていました。 26そのひさしの上と、玄関の両側と、神殿のわきの小部屋にも、それぞれなつめやしの木の彫刻がしてあり、格子窓がついていました。