Mbako mbili pejo ne ng'umba ye Ndzimu
1 Ipapo nlume ihwoyo kandiyisa ku nsha ukuzhe ku bunandzwa ngono kandiswiswa pa ng'umba dzakalingisana ne bhakasa le ng'umba ye Ndzimu kwakalingisana ne mbako itjakuzhe ku bunandzwa. 2 Mbako yakabe nkoba wayo wakalinga ku bunandzwa yakabe ilizana thambo dzili makumi mashanu ana dzili tathatu bulefu, bupabi gwayo gulizana thambo dzili makumi mabili ana dzili zhanalume. 3 Kuthubulanya thambo dzili gumi lina ili ing'ompela kudwa ku bhakasa litjemukati kulingisana ne budzilo gwe bhakasa litjakuzhe kwakabe kuna ng'umbana dzakabapa kuyenda nge matathikano matatu e mbako kuyenda pezhugwi. 4 Mbeli kwe ng'umba idzedzi kwakabe kuna zila ilizana thambo dzili shanu dzina luboko gung'ompela bupabi, bulefu gwayo ilizana thambo dzili makumi ali mashanu ana dzili tathatu. Mikoba yadzo yakabe ili ku bunandzwa. 5 Ng'umbana dzakabe dzili ku matathikano e butatu dzakabe dzili tukunu pana dze ebubili ne ekutanga ngoti matathiso akabe atalabuka kupinda matathiso akabe ali pakati ne akabe ali pasi mu mbako. 6 Ng'umba dze matathikano e butatu dzakabe dzisina phanda se nsha, ndizo wali dzakabe dzakamanikana kupinda dzakabe dzili pakati ne dzakabe dzili pasi. 7 Kwakabe kuna guma likuzhe lakabapisa ng'umba ne nsha utjakuzhe lilizana thambo dzili makumi ali mabili ana dzili kutendeka (27). 8 Ng'umba dzakabe dzili mu nsha ukuzhe bulefu gwe kubapa kwadzo kwakabe kuli makumi mabili ana dzili zhanakadzi (28), koga ng'umba dzakabe dzakalingisana ne ng'umba ye Ndzimu idzo dzakabe dziswika thambo dzili makumi mashanu (50) bulefu. 9 Ng'umba dzitjapasi nkoba unonginila kudzili wakabe wakalinga ku bhezhuba ha nthu engina edwa ku nsha ukuzhe.
10 Pakabe petangisa guma le nsha kulinga ku burwa kwakalingisana ne bhakasa ne mbako kwakabe kuna dzi ng'umba, 11 mbeli kwadzo kuna zila ngono dzakabe dzifanana ne ng'umba dziku bunandzwa, bulefu ne bupabi dzakabe dzilizana koga ne dzimwe, dzifanana nenge mikoba. 12 Mikoba ye ng'umba dziku ndzibo we burwa yakabe inging'wa nge nkoba wakabe udwa mu zila inodwa ku bhezhuba yakabapisa guma.
13 Ipapo kandidwa kati, Ng'umba dziku bunandzwa ne dziku burwa dzakalingisa mikoba ku bhakasa le ng'umba ye Ndzimu dzakayengemala. Ndiko kunowoti bapirisiti banozha pana Yahwe bakajila zwibhayilo zwakayengemala kupindisako. Ndiko kwabanowobiga zwibhayilo zwakayengemala kupindisa, banowobigako zwibhayilo zwe mathunde ne zwibhayilo zwe tjibi ne zwibhayilo zwe nlandu ngoti ipapa bugalo gwakayengemala. 14 Bapirisiti ha bangina mu bugalo gwakayengemala, basibhudile kuzhe mu bhakasa likuzhe kuswikila bambula zwiambalo zwabanoshinga bakazwiambala ngoti zwakayengemala. Ha bebhudila ku magalo abangashangana ne bathu baambale zwiambalo zwipoga.
Ndizanyo ye pagele ng'umba ye Ndzimu
15 Nlume ihwoyo wakati apedza kulizanya tjemukati kwe mbakililo ye ng'umba ye Ndzimu, kayenda nami kuzhe tibhuda nge nkoba we bhezhuba ngono kalizanya kose kupoteleka mbakililo. 16 Kalizanya nge lukombo ndzibo we ku bhezhuba ngono ukalizana thambo dzili mazana ali makumi mabili ana makumi ali zhanakadzi (280). 17 Katendebuka kalizanya nge lukombo ndzibo we bunandzwa, naiwobo ukalizana thambo dzili mazana mabili ana makumi ali zhanakadzi (280). 18 Kalizanya nge lukombo ndzibo we burwa, naiwobo ukalizana thambo dzili mazana ali makumi mabili ana makumi ali zhanakadzi (280). 19 Ipapo katendebukila ku ndzibo we golombedzo kaulizanya nge lukombo, naiwo ukalizana thambo dzili mazana ali mabili ana makumi ali zhanakadzi (280). 20 Ndizo wakalizanya pathu ipapo midzibo yose minna. Pakabe pana guma linothubukanya tjakayengemala ne tjisakayengemala, kukalizana thambo dzili mazana ali makumi mabili ana makumi ali zhanakadzi (280) bulefu ne bupabi.
Two Buildings Near the Temple
1 Then the man took me into the outer courtyard and led me to a building on the north side of the Temple, not far from the building at the west end of the Temple. 2 This building was 168 feet long and 84 feet wide. 3 On one side it faced the space 34 feet wide which was alongside the Temple, and on the other side it faced the pavement of the outer courtyard. It was built on three levels, each one set further back than the one below it. 4 Along the north side of this building was a passageway 16 feet wide and 168 feet long, with entrances on that side. 5 The rooms at the upper level of the building were narrower than those at the middle and lower levels because they were set further back. 6 The rooms at all three levels were on terraces and were not supported by columns like the other buildings in the courtyard. 7-8 At the lower level the outer wall of the building was solid for 84 feet, half its length; and there were rooms in the remaining 84 feet. At the top level there were rooms in the entire length of the building. 9-10 Below these rooms at the east end of the building, where the wall of the courtyard began, there was an entrance into the outer courtyard.
At the south side of the Temple there was an identical building not far from the building at the west end of the Temple. 11 In front of the rooms there was a passageway just like the one on the north side. It had the same measurements, the same design, and the same kind of entrances. 12 There was a door under the rooms on the south side of the building, at the east end where the wall began.
13 The man said to me, “Both these buildings are holy. In them the priests who enter the Lord's presence eat the holiest offerings. Because the rooms are holy, the priests will place the holiest offerings there: the offerings of grain and the sacrifices offered for sin or as repayment offerings. 14 When priests have been in the Temple and want to go to the outer courtyard, they must leave in these rooms the holy clothing they wore while serving the Lord. They must put on other clothes before going out to the area where the people gather.”
The Measurements of the Temple Area
15 When the man had finished measuring inside the Temple area, he took me out through the east gate and then measured the outside of the area. 16 He took the measuring rod and measured the east side, and it was 840 feet. 17-19 Then he measured the north side, the south side, and the west side; each side had the same length, 840 feet, 20 so that the wall enclosed a square 840 feet on each side. The wall served to separate what was holy from what was not.