Ezekiel 41

Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits^[a] on each side.^[b]

وَأَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ ثُمَّ قَاسَ الْعَضَائِدَ فَكَانَ عَرْضُهَا فِي كُلِّ جَانِبٍ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) مُمَاثِلاً لِعَرْضِ الْخَيْمَةِ.

The entrance was ten cubits^[c] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits^[d] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.^[e]

أَمَّا عَرْضُ الْمَدْخَلِ فَكَانَ عَشَرَةَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، كَمَا كَانَ عَرْضُ كُلٍّ مِنْ جَانِبَيِ الْمَدْخَلِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ). ثُمَّ قَاسَ الْهَيْكَلَ فَكَانَ طُولُهُ أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عِشْرِينَ مِتْراً)، وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ).

Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits^[f] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits^[g] wide.

ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَقَاسَ عَضَادَةَ الْمَدْخَلِ، فَكَانَتْ ذِرَاعَيْنِ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ) أَمَّا الْمَدْخَلُ نَفْسُهُ فَكَانَ طُولُهُ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَعَرْضُهُ سَبْعَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)،

And 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.”

وَقَاسَ الدَّاخِلَ فَكَانَ كُلٌّ مِنْ طُولِهِ وَعَرْضِهِ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) بِاتِّجَاهِ الْقُدْسِ. وَقَالَ لِي: «هَذَا هُوَ قُدْسُ الأَقْدَاسِ»

Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits^[h] wide.

وَقَاسَ حَائِطَ الْهَيْكَلِ فَكَانَ سُمْكُهُ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَعَرْضُ كُلِّ حُجْرَةٍ مِنَ الْحُجُرَاتِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ أَرْبَعَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ).

The 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.

وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتُ مُؤَلَّفَةً مِنْ ثَلاثِ طَبَقَاتٍ، فِي كُلِّ طَبَقَةٍ ثَلاثُونَ حُجْرَةً. كُلُّ حُجْرَةٍ مَبْنِيَّةٌ فَوْقَ أُخْتِهَا. وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتُ دَاخِلاتٍ فِي الْحَائِطِ الْمُحِيطِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ لِتَعْتَمِدَ عَلَيْهِ وَلا تَعْتَمِدَ عَلَى حَائِطِ الْهَيْكَلِ نَفْسِهِ.

The 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.

وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتُ الْجَانِبِيَّةُ هَذِهِ تَتَّسِعُ مِنْ طَابِقٍ إِلَى طَابِقٍ وَفْقاً لاِتِّسَاعِ كُلِّ طَابِقٍ مُحِيطٍ بِالْهَيْكَلِ، لِهَذَا كَانَ الْمَرْءُ يَصْعَدُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ طَابِقٍ إِلَى أَعْلَى طَابِقٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الطَّابِقِ الأَوْسَطِ.

I 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.

وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ لِلْهَيْكَلِ رَصِيفاً سَمِيكاً عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِهِ. وَكَانَ مَقَاسُ الْحُجُرَاتِ الْجَانِبِيَّةِ قَصَبَةً كَامِلَةً أَيْ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) إِلَى الْمَفْصَلِ.

The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple

وَسُمْكُ حَائِطِ الْحُجُرَاتِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ). وَمَا تَبَقَّى هُوَ فَسْحَةٌ لِحُجُرَاتِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.

وَمَا بَيْنَ الرَّصِيفِ وَالْمَخَادِعِ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِ الْهَيْكَلِ الْخَارِجِيِّ.

There 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.

وَكَانَ لِلْحُجُرَاتِ الْجَانِبِيَّةِ الْمُطِلَّةِ عَلَى الْفَسْحَةِ مَدْخَلانِ: مَدْخَلٌ بِاتِّجَاهِ الشِّمَالِ، وَمَدْخَلٌ آخَرُ بِاتِّجَاهِ الْجَنُوبِ. وَكَانَ عَرْضُ هَذِهِ الْفَسْحَةِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ) عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits^[i] wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.^[j]

وَكَانَ عَرْضُ الْبِنَاءِ الْمُوَاجِهِ لِسَاحَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ نَحْوَ الْغَرْبِ سَبْعِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ مِتْراً) وَسُمْكُ حَائِطِ الْبِنَاءِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ مُحِيطِهِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ).

Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits^[k] long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

ثُمَّ قَاسَ الْهَيْكَلَ فَكَانَ طُولُهُ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً) كَمَا كَانَ طُولُ السَّاحَةِ وَالْبِنَاءِ مَعَ جُدْرَانِهِ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً).

The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.

وَكَذَلِكَ عَرْضُ الْوَاجِهَةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ لِلْهَيْكَلِ مَعَ السَّاحَةِ كَانَ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً).

Then 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,

ثُمَّ قَاسَ طُولَ الْبِنَاءِ الْمُوَاجِهِ لِلسَّاحَةِ الْخَلْفِيَّةِ بِاتِّجَاهِ الْغَرْبِ مَعَ أَسَاطِينِهِ، فَكَانَ مِئَةَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ مِتْراً). مَعَ الْهَيْكَلِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ وَأَرْوِقَتِهِ.

as 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.

وَكَانَتِ الْعَتَبَاتُ وَالْكُوَى الْمُشَبَّكَةُ وَالأَسَاطِينُ الْمُحِيطَةُ بِالطَّبَقَاتِ الثَّلاثِ مُقَابِلُ الْعَتَبَةِ، وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى الْكُوَى، وَالْكُوَى نَفْسُهَا، كُلُّهَا مُغَطَّاةً بِأَلْوَاحِ الْخَشَبِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ جَوَانِبِهَا.

In 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

وَكَذَلِكَ مَا فَوْقَ الْمَدْخَلِ وَدَاخِلُ الْهَيْكَلِ وَخَارِجُهُ، وَمُحِيطُ الْجِدَارِ مِنْ جَانِبَيْهِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ وَالْخَارِجِيِّ بِمُوْجِبِ الأَقْيِسَةِ الْمُعَيَّنَةِ.

were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

وَحُفِرَ فِيهِ كَرُوبِيمُ وَأَشْجَارُ نَخِيلٍ، نَخْلَةٌ بَيْنَ كَرُوبٍ وَكَرُوبٍ. وَكَانَ لِكُلِّ كَرُوبٍ وَجْهَانِ،

the 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.

أَحَدُهُمَا وَجْهُ إِنْسَانٍ بِاتِّجَاهِ النَّخْلَةِ السَّابِقَةِ لَهُ، وَالآخَرُ وَجْهُ شِبْلٍ بِاتِّجَاهِ النَّخْلَةِ الَّتِي تَلِيهِ. وَجَمِيعُهَا حُفِرَتْ عَلَى كُلِّ جَوَانِبِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.

وَقَدِ انْتَشَرَتْ مَحْفُورَاتُ الْكَرُوبِيمِ وَأَشْجَارُ النَّخِيلِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى مَا فَوْقَ الْمَدَاخِلِ، وَكَذَلِكَ عَلَى جِدَارِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar.

وَكَانَتْ قَوَائِمُ الْهَيْكَلِ مُرَبَّعَةً، كَمَا كَانَ وَجْهُ الْقُدْسِ مُمَاثِلاً فِي مَنْظَرِهِ لِوَجْهِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

There was a wooden altar three cubits^[l] high and two cubits square^[m]; its corners, its base^[n] and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

أَمَّا الْمَذْبَحُ فَكَانَ مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ خَشَبٍ ارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاثُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَطُولُهُ ذِرَاعَانِ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ). وَكَانَتْ زَوَايَاهُ وَقَاعِدَتُهُ وَجَوَانِبُهُ مَصْنُوعَةً مِنْ خَشَبٍ. وَقَالَ لِي الْمَلاكُ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَائِدَةُ الَّتِي أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ».

Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors.

وَكَانَ لِكُلٍّ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ وَالْقُدْسِ بَابَانِ مُزْدَوَجَانِ،

Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves for each door.

وَلِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِصْرَاعَانِ يَنْطَوِيَانِ عَلَى نَفْسَيْهِمَا.

And 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.

وَحُفِرَ عَلَى مَصَارِيعِ الْهَيْكَلِ كَرُوبِيمُ وَأَشْجَارُ نَخِيلٍ مِثْلُ مَا حُفِرَ عَلَى الْجُدْرَانِ. وَثُبِّتَ إِفْرِيزٌ مِنْ خَشَبٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الرُّوَاقِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ.

On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.

وَانْتَشَرَتِ الْكُوَى الْمُشَبَّكَةُ وَرُسُومُ أَشْجَارِ النَّخِيلِ عَلَى جَانِبَيِ الرُّوَاقِ وَعَلَى حُجُرَاتِ الْبَيْتِ وَعَلَى الأَفَارِيزِ.