1 Han førte meg tilbake til den ytre porten av helligdommen som vender mot øst, og den var stengt.

And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.

2 Herren sa til meg: Denne porten skal være stengt, den skal ikke åpnes, og ingen mann skal gå inn gjennom den, fordi Herren, Israels Gud, har gått inn gjennom den; derfor skal den være stengt.

And the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.

3 Men fyrsten skal sitte der for å innta sitt måltid for Herrens åsyn; han skal gå inn gjennom gangen til porten og gå ut samme vei.

But the ruler will be seated there to take his food before the Lord; he will go in by the covered way to the door, and will come out by the same way.

4 Så førte han meg til nordporten foran huset. Da jeg så, var Herrens hus fylt av Herrens herlighet, og jeg falt ned på mitt ansikt.

And he took me to the north doorway in front of the house; and, looking, I saw that the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord; and I went down on my face.

5 Herren sa til meg: Menneskesønn, legg merke til, la dine øyne se og dine ører høre alt jeg sier til deg om alle skikkene i Herrens hus og alle dets lover; og merk deg inngangen til huset og alle utgangene fra helligdommen.

And the Lord said to me, Son of man, take to heart, and let your eyes see and your ears be open to everything I say to you about all the rules of the house of the Lord and all its laws; and take note of the ways into the house and all the ways out of the holy place.

6 Si til Israels opprørske barn: Så sier Herren Gud: Dere, Israels barn, har gjort mange avskyelige ting - la det være nok for dere.

And say to the uncontrolled children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: O you children of Israel, let it be enough for you, among the disgusting things which you have done,

7 Dere har latt fremmede, uomskårne på hjerte og kropp, komme inn i min helligdom, og gjort mitt hus urent; dere har ofret min mat, fettet og blodet, men likevel har dere brutt min pakt ved alle deres avskyelige gjerninger.

To have let men from strange lands, without circumcision of heart or flesh, come into my holy place, making my house unclean; and to have made the offering of my food, even the fat and the blood; and in addition to all your disgusting ways, you have let my agreement be broken.

8 Dere har ikke tatt vare på mine hellige ting, men har satt dem til side for å ivareta mitt arbeid i min helligdom.

And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.

9 Derfor sier Herren Gud: Ingen fremmed, uomskåret på hjerte og kropp, av dem som bor blant Israels barn, skal gå inn i min helligdom.

For this cause the Lord has said, No man from a strange land, without circumcision of heart and flesh, of all those who are living among the children of Israel, is to come into my holy place.

10 Men levittene, som fjernet seg fra meg da Israel gikk bort fra meg for å følge sine avguder, de skal bære sin skyld.

But as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them.

11 De skal være tjenere i min helligdom, vogtere ved husets porter og gjøre tjeneste i huset. De skal ofre brennoffer og slaktoffer for folket og stå foran dem for å tjene dem.

But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their servants.

12 Fordi de var en snublestein for Israels barn ved å tjene foran deres avguder, har jeg løftet min hånd mot dem, sier Herren Gud, at de skal bære sin skyld.

Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.

13 De skal ikke komme nær meg for å tjene som prester for meg, eller nærme seg noen av mine hellige ting, heller ikke de aller helligste; men de skal bære sin skam og sine avskyelige gjerninger.

And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.

14 Men jeg vil sette dem til å ha ansvar for husets arbeid og alt som skal gjøres i det.

But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.

15 Men prestene, Sadoks sønner, som ivaretok min helligdom da Israels barn vendte seg bort fra meg, de skal komme nær meg for å gjøre tjeneste for meg, de skal stå framfor meg for å bære fram fettet og blodet, sier Herren Gud;

But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;

16 De skal komme inn i min helligdom, og de skal komme nær mitt bord for å gjøre min tjeneste og ta vare på mitt hus.

They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.

17 Og når de går inn gjennom portene til den indre forgård, skal de iføre seg linklær; det skal ikke være ull på dem mens de gjør tjeneste i portene til den indre forgård og inne i huset.

And when they come in by the doorways of the inner square, they are to be clothed in linen robes; there is to be no wool on them while they are doing my work in the doorway of the inner square and inside the house.

18 De skal ha linhetter på hodene og linbukser på seg, og de skal ikke binde noe om seg som kan få huden til å svette.

They are to have linen head-dresses on their heads and linen trousers on their legs, and they are to have nothing round them to make their skin wet with heat.

19 Når de går ut i den ytre forgård til folket, skal de ta av seg de klærne de har brukt i tjenesten, legge dem i de hellige rommene og ta på seg andre klær, slik at folket ikke blir helliget ved deres klær.

And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.

20 De skal ikke rake alt håret av hodet, og de skal ikke la håret vokse fritt, men de skal klippe kantene av håret sitt.

They are not to have all the hair cut off their heads, and they are not to let their hair get long, but they are to have the ends of their hair cut.

21 Prestene skal ikke drikke vin når de går inn i den indre forgård.

The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.

22 De skal ikke gifte seg med en enke eller en fraskilt kvinne, men kan ta en jomfru av Israels ætt, eller en enke som var en prests enke.

And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

23 De skal lære mitt folk forskjellen på det hellige og det profane, og gi dem kunnskap om det rene og det urene.

And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.

24 I alle saker skal de opptre som dommere, dømme i samsvar med mine lover: de skal følge mine lover og forskrifter i alle mine fastsatte høytider; og de skal holde mine sabbater hellige.

In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.

25 De skal ikke komme nær noen død person så de blir urene: men for en far eller mor, sønn eller datter, bror eller en søster uten ektemann, kan de gjøre seg urene.

They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.

26 Etter å ha blitt renset, skal sju dager telles for ham.

And after he has been made clean, seven days are to be numbered for him.

27 Og på den dagen han går inn i den indre forgård for å gjøre tjeneste i helligdommen, skal han bære fram sitt syndoffer, sier Herren Gud.

And on the day when he goes into the inner square, to do the work of the holy place, he is to make his sin-offering, says the Lord.

28 De skal ikke ha arv; jeg er deres arv: gi dem ingen eiendom i Israel; jeg er deres eiendom.

And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

29 Deres mat skal være matofferet, syndofferet og feilenes offer; alt særlig viet til Herren i Israel skal være deres.

Their food is to be the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; and everything given specially to the Lord in Israel will be theirs.

30 Den beste delen av alt førstefruktsavling, og alle offergaver som blir løftet opp av dere, skal gis til prestene: og dere skal gi presten den første del av brøddeigen, slik at velsignelse kan komme over ditt hus.

And the best of all the first-fruits of everything, and every offering which is lifted up of all your offerings, will be for the priests: and you are to give the priest the first of your bread-making, so causing a blessing to come on your house.

31 Prestene skal ikke spise noen fugl eller dyr som er naturlig død eller blitt drept av et annet dyr.

The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.