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Ndipo akanileta mpaka ua wa nje, njia ya kuelekea upande wa kaskazini;
Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
2
kukabili urefu wa dhiraa mia palikuwa na mlango wa kaskazini, na upana wake ni
The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
3
Kukabili zile dhiraa ishirini za ua wa ndani, na kukabili sakafu ya mawe ya ua wa
Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
4
Na mbele ya vile vyumba palikuwa na njia, upana wake dhiraa kumi upande wa ndani,
In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
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Basi vile vyumba vya juu vilikuwa vifupi zaidi; kwa maana baraza zile
Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.
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Maana vilikuwa vina orofa tatu, wala havikuwa na nguzo kama nguzo za zile nyua;
For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.
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Na ukuta ule uliokuwa nje, ubavuni mwa vyumba vile, ulioelekea ua wa nje,
An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.
8
Maana urefu wa vyumba vile, vilivyokuwa katika ua wa nje, ulikuwa dhiraa hamsini;
For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
9
Na toka chini ya vyumba vile palikuwa na mahali pa kuingilia upande wa mashariki,
And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
10
Tena palikuwa na vyumba katika unene wa ukuta wa ua, kuukabili upande wa
On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,
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Nayo njia iliyokuwa mbele yake, kuonekana kwake kulikuwa kama kuonekana kwake
with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.
12
Na sawasawa na milango ya vyumba, vilivyoelekea upande wa kusini, palikuwa na
And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.
13
Kisha akaniambia, Vyumba vya upande wa kaskazini, na vyumba vya upande wa
Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
14
Makuhani watakapoingia ndani, hawatatoka mahali patakatifu kwenda hata ua wa
Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
15
Basi, alipokuwa amekwisha kuipima nyumba ya ndani, akanileta nje, kwa njia ya
Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:
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Akaupima upande wa mashariki kwa mwanzi wa kupimia, mianzi mia tano, kwa mwanzi
With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.
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Akaupima upande wa kaskazini, mianzi mia tano, kwa mwanzi wa kupimia pande zote.
He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.
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Akaupima upande wa kusini, mianzi mia tano, kwa mwanzi wa kupimia.
He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.
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Akageuka aelekee upande wa magharibi, akapima mianzi mia tano, kwa mwanzi wa
And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.
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Alipima pande zake zote nne; lilikuwa na ukuta pande zote, urefu wake mianzi mia
So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.