1Et duxit me ad portam quæ respiciebat ad viam orientalem.And he led me to the gate which looked toward the way of the east.
2Et ecce gloria Dei Israël ingrediebatur per viam orientalem:And behold, the glory of the God of Israel entered along the way of the east.et vox erat ei quasi vox aquarum multarum,And his voice was like the voice of many waters.et terra splendebat a majestate ejus.And the earth was resplendent before his majesty.
3Et vidi visionem secundum speciem quam videram quando venit ut disperderet civitatem,And I saw a vision in accord with the form that I had seen when he arrived so that he might destroy the city.et species secundum aspectum quem videram juxta fluvium Chobar:And the form was in accord with the sight that I had seen beside the river Chebar.et cecidi super faciem meam.And I fell upon my face.
4Et majestas Domini ingressa est templum per viam portæ quæ respiciebat ad orientem.And the majesty of the Lord advanced into the temple, along the way of the gate which looked toward the east.
5Et elevavit me spiritus,And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court.et introduxit me in atrium interius:And behold,et ecce repleta erat gloria Domini domus.the house was filled with the glory of the Lord.
6Et audivi loquentem ad me de domo:And I heard someone speaking to me from the house,et vir qui stabat juxta meand the man who was standing beside me
7dixit ad me:said to me:Fili hominis,“Son of man,locus solii mei,the place of my throne,et locus vestigiorum pedum meorum,and the place of the steps of my feet,ubi habito in medio filiorum Israël in æternum:is where I live:et non polluent ultra domus Israël nomen sanctum meum,in the midst of the sons of Israel forever.ipsiAnd the house of Israel,et reges eorum,they and their kings,in fornicationibus suis,shall no longer defile my holy name by their fornications,et in ruinis regum suorum,and by the ruinous ways of their kings,et in excelsis.and by exalted places.
8Qui fabricati sunt limen suum juxta limen meum,They have fabricated their threshold beside my threshold,et postes suos juxta postes meos,and their doorposts beside my doorposts.et murus erat inter meAnd there was a wall between me and them.et eos:And they defiled my holy name by the abominations which they committed.et polluerunt nomen sanctum meum in abominationibus quas fecerunt:Because of this,propter quod consumpsi eos in ira mea.I consumed them in my wrath.
9Nunc ergo repellant procul fornicationem suam et ruinas regum suorum a me,Now therefore, let them drive away their fornications, and the ruinous ways of their kings,et habitabo in medio eorum semper.from before me. And I will live in their midst forever.
10Tu autem,But as for you,fili hominis,son of man,ostende domui Israël templum,reveal the temple to the house of Israel,et confundantur ab iniquitatibus suis,and let them be confounded by their iniquities,et metiantur fabricam,and let them measure the fabrication,
11et erubescant ex omnibus quæ fecerunt. Figuram domus,and let them be ashamed at all the things that they have done.et fabricæ ejus, exitus et introitus,Reveal to them the form and the fabrication of the house,et omnem descriptionem ejus,its exits and entrances,et universa præcepta ejus,and its entire description,cunctumque ordinem ejus,and all of its precepts,et omnes leges ejus ostende eis,and its entire order, and all of its laws.et scribes in oculis eorum,And you shall write in their sight,ut custodiant omnes descriptiones ejus,so that they may observe its entire description and its precepts,et præcepta illius, et faciant ea.and so that they may accomplish them.”
12Ista est lex domus in summitate montis:This is the law of the house at the summit of the mountain,omnis finis ejus in circuitu,with all its parts all around.Sanctum sanctorum est.It is the Holy of Holies. Therefore,Hæc est ergo lex domus.this is the law of the house.
13Istæ autem mensuræ altaris in cubito verissimo,Now these are the measures of the altar by the most true cubit,qui habebat cubitumwhich has a cubit and a palm.et palmum:Its bend was a cubit,in sinu ejus erat cubitus,and it was a cubit in width.et cubitus in latitudine:And its boundary,et definitio ejus usque ad labium ejus,even to its edge and all around,et in circuitu palmus unus:was the width of one palm.hæc quoque erat fossa altaris.The trough of the altar was like this also.
14Et de sinu terræ usque ad crepidinem novissimam duo cubiti,And from the bend at the floor even to the furthest rim was two cubits,et latitudo cubiti unius:and the width was one cubit.et a crepidine minore usque ad crepidinem majorem quatuor cubiti,And from the lesser rim even to the greater rim was four cubits,et latitudo cubiti unius.and the width was one cubit.
15Ipse autem ariel quatuor cubitorum,Now the hearth itself was four cubits.et ab ariel usque ad sursum cornua quatuor.And from the hearth going upward, there were four horns.
16Et ariel duodecim cubitorum in longitudine per duodecim cubitos latitudinis,And the hearth was twelve cubits in length by twelve cubits in width,quadrangulatum æquis lateribus.foursquare, with equal sides.
17Et crepido quatuordecim cubitorum longitudinis per quatuordecim cubitos latitudinis in quatuor angulis ejus:And the rim was fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in width, at its four corners.et corona in circuitu ejus dimidii cubiti,And the crown all around it was one half cubit,et sinus ejus unius cubiti per circuitum:and its bend was one cubit all around.gradus autem ejus versi ad orientem.And its steps turned toward the east.
18Et dixit ad me:And he said to me:Fili hominis,“Son of man,hæc dicit Dominus Deus:thus says the Lord God:Hi sunt ritus altaris,These are the rituals of the altar,in quacumque die fuerit fabricatum,in whatever day it will be made,ut offeratur super illud holocaustum,so that holocausts may be offered upon it,et effundatur sanguis.and blood may be poured out.
19Et dabis sacerdotibusAnd you shall present these to the priests and to the Levites,et Levitis qui sunt de semine Sadoc,who are of the offspring of Zadok,qui accedunt ad me,those who draw near to me,ait Dominus Deus,says the Lord God,ut offerant mihi vitulum de armento pro peccato.so that they may offer to me a calf from the herd on behalf of sin.
20Et assumens de sanguine ejus,And you shall take from its blood,pones super quatuor cornua ejus,and you shall place it on its four horns,et super quatuor angulos crepidinis,and on the four corners of the rim,et super coronam in circuitu:and on the crown all around.et mundabis illud et expiabis.And so shall you cleanse and expiate it.
21Et tolles vitulum qui oblatus fuerit pro peccato,And you shall take the calf, which will be offered for sin,et combures eum in separato loco domus,and you shall burn it in a separate place in the house,extra sanctuarium.outside of the sanctuary.
22Et in die secunda offeres hircum caprarum immaculatum pro peccato:And on the second day, you shall offer an immaculate he-goat from among the she-goats on behalf of sin.et expiabunt altare sicut expiaverunt in vitulo.And they shall expiate the altar, just as they expiated it with the calf.
23Cumque compleveris expians illud,And when you will have completed expiating it,offeres vitulum de armento immaculatum,you shall offer an immaculate calf from the herdet arietem de grege immaculatum.and an immaculate ram from the flock.
24Et offeres eos in conspectu Domini:And you shall offer them in the sight of the Lord.et mittent sacerdotes super eos sal,And the priests shall sprinkle salt over them,et offerent eos holocaustum Domino.and they shall offer them as a holocaust to the Lord.
25Septem diebus facies hircum pro peccato quotidie:For seven days, you shall offer daily a he-goat on behalf of sin. Also,et vitulum de armento,they shall offer a calf from the herd,et arietem de pecoribus immaculatos offerent.and a ram from the flock, ones that are immaculate.
26Septem diebus expiabunt altare et mundabunt illud,For seven days, they shall expiate the altar, and they shall cleanse it,et implebunt manum ejus.and they shall fill its hand.
27Expletis autem diebus,Then,in die octava et ultra,when the days have been completed,facient sacerdotes super altare holocausta vestra,on the eighth day and thereafter,et quæ pro pace offerunt:the priests shall offer your holocausts upon the altar along with the peace offering.et placatus ero vobis,And I will be pleased with you,ait Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.”