Di Gate Wey Dem Seal Keep for di Prince
Dem don lock di east gate forever becos our Papa pass through am enter. Foreigners wey dia heart no circumcise no fit enter di sanctuary. Levites wey follow idols go dey keep di gates but dem no go touch di altar, while Zadok family go dey serve. Rules dey for linen cloth, hair, marriage and mourning.
44 1Den e carry me come back go di outside gate of di sanctuary wey face east, and dem don lock am. 2E tell me say, “Dis gate go remain lock. Dem no fit open am, and nobody fit enter through am, because our Papa enter through am; so e go remain lock. 3Na only di prince—di prince imsef—fit sidon dia chop bread for front of our Papa. E must enter through di entrance hall of di gate, and comot di same way.”
4Den e carry me pass di north gate go di front of di temple. I look, and di glory of our Papa full im house; and I fall face down.
5And our Papa tell me say, “Pikin of Man, pay attention, take your eye look and take your ear hear everytin wey I dey tell you about di law and rule of my house. Mark di place wey dem dey enter di temple and all di place wey dem dey comot for di sanctuary.”
6Tell di house of Israel wey dey stubborn: Dis na wetin di Sovereign Papa talk: “Make una stop all una dirty-dirty things wey I hate, una house of Israel! 7Una bring strangers wey no do circumcision for heart and for body, come dey inside my sanctuary, dey make my house dirty, wen una dey offer my bread, fat, and blood. Una break my Covenant with all una dirty things wey I hate. 8Una no take care of my holy things; na oda people una put make dem dey watch my sanctuary for una place. 9Dis na wetin di Sovereign Papa talk: “No stranger wey get hard heart and no do circumcision for body, among all di strangers wey dey live among di people of Israel, fit enter my sanctuary.
10But di Levites wey comot far from me wen Israel waka comot for road, wey follow their idols leave me, go carry their own guilt. 11Dem go serve for my sanctuary, dey watch di gate of di temple and dey serve inside. Dem go kill di burnt offering and sacrifice for di people, and stand ready to serve dem. 12Dem serve di people for front of their idols and make Israel fall enter guilt; so I swear oath against dem, na so di Sovereign Papa talk, and dem go carry their guilt. 13Dem no go come near me to serve me as priests, and dem no go come near any of my holy things or di most holy things; dem go carry di shame of di dirty things wey I hate wey dem do. 14But still, I go put dem to dey watch di temple, all di work inside am and everytin wey dem dey do inside am.
15But di Levite priests, di sons of Zadok, wey guard my sanctuary wen Israel waka comot from me—dem go come near to serve me, dey stand for my front to offer me di fat and di blood, na so di Sovereign Papa talk. 16“Dem go enter my sanctuary, come near my table to serve me, and keep everytin wey I command.
17Wen dem dey enter di gate of di inside court, dem must wear linen cloth; no wool wen dem dey serve for di gate of di inside court and inside. 18Dem must tie linen for their head and wear linen wey dey under for their waist, dem no go wear anytin wey go make dem sweat. 19Wen dem comot go meet di people for di outside court, dem must remove di cloth wey dem take serve, leave am for di holy rooms, and wear oda cloth, so dat dem no go pass holiness give di people through their cloth.
20Dem no go shave their head clean or allow their hair grow long; dem must cut their hair make e dey correct. 21No priest fit drink wine wen e dey enter di inside court. 22Dem no go marry widow or woman wey dem don divorce, but na only virgin from di line of Israel, or widow of anoda priest. 23Dem must teach my people di difference between wetin holy and wetin common, and show dem how to know di difference between wetin dirty and wetin clean.
24Wen quarrel dey, dem go judge am with my ruling. Dem go keep my law and rule for all my feasts wey I set, and keep my Sabbath days holy.
25Priest no go come near dead body make e make imsef dirty; but for papa, mama, son, daughter, broda, or sister wey never marry, e fit. 26Afta dem don clean am, dem go count seven days give am. 27For di day wey e enter di holy place, di inside court, to serve dia, e go offer im sin offering, na so di Sovereign Papa talk.
28“Dis na their inheritance: Na me be their inheritance. No give dem any property for Israel—na me be their property. 29Dem go chop di grain offering, sin offering, and guilt offering, and everytin wey dem dedicate for Israel go be their own. 30Di best of all di first fruit of every kind, and every offering wey una bring, go belong to di priests. Give di priests di first of una dough, so dat blessing go rest for una house. 31Priests no go chop any bird or animal wey die by imsef or wey wild animal kill.”
