1 And I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2 And he spoke unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Come in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill the hollow of thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
3 And the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, {and came} over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.
5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty *God when he speaketh.
6 And it came to pass when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim, then he went in, and stood beside the wheel.
7 And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took and put it into the hands of him {that was} clothed with linen; who took {it}, and went out.
8 And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
9 And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone.
10 And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.
11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it: they turned not as they went.
12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, in them four {and} their wheels.
13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, Galgal.
14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
16 And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
17 When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18 And the glory of Jehovah departed from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight, when they went out; and the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of Jehovah's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
21 Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
22 And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar-their appearance and themselves: they went every one straight before them.
1 Aš pažvelgiau aukštyn, ir štai skliaute, virš cherubų galvų, spindėjo lyg safyras, lyg sosto pavidalas.
2 Dėvinčiam drobiniais Jis kalbėjo: "Eik tarp ratų po cherubais, paimk rankomis žėruojančių anglių, esančių prie cherubų, ir išbarstyk jas mieste". Aš mačiau, kaip jis ėjo.
3 Cherubai stovėjo šventyklos pietų pusėje. Kai vyras įėjo, debesis pripildė vidinį kiemą.
4 Viešpaties šlovė pasitraukė nuo cherubo prie šventyklos įėjimo; debesiui pripildžius namus, Viešpaties šlovės spindesio buvo pilnas visas kiemas.
5 Cherubų sparnų šlamėjimas buvo girdėti net išoriniame kieme lyg visagalio Dievo balsas.
6 Kai Jis įsakė drobiniais apsirengusiam: "Paimk ugnies tarp ratų po cherubais", jis ėjo ir atsistojo prie ratų.
7 Cherubas ištiesė ranką į ugnį, kuri buvo tarp jų, paėmė jos ir padavė ją vyrui, dėvinčiam drobiniais. Jis, gavęs ugnies, išėjo.
8 Po cherubų sparnais buvo lyg žmogaus rankos.
9 Aš stebėjau ir mačiau prie kiekvieno cherubo po ratą. Ratai žėrėjo lyg krištolas.
10 Visi keturi ratai buvo vienodi ir atrodė, lyg būtų ratas rate.
11 Jie galėjo judėti nepasisukę keturiomis kryptimis. Į kurią pusę buvo nukreipta galva, jie sekė iš paskos.
12 Visų keturių kūnai, nugaros, rankos, sparnai ir ratai buvo pilni akių.
13 Man girdint, ratai buvo pavadinti sūkuriu.
14 Kiekvienas cherubas turėjo keturis veidus: pirmasis veidas buvo cherubo, antrasisžmogaus, trečiasisliūto, ketvirtasiserelio.
15 Cherubai pakilo. Tai buvo tos pačios būtybės, kurias mačiau prie Kebaro upės.
16 Kai cherubai judėjo, su jais judėjo ir ratai. Kai cherubai pakeldavo sparnus pakilti nuo žemės, ratai nepasitraukdavo nuo jų.
17 Kai anie sustodavo, stovėdavo ir šie, nes būtybių dvasia buvo juose.
18 Viešpaties šlovė, pakilus nuo šventyklos durų, sustojo ant cherubų.
19 Man matant, cherubai pakėlė sparnus ir pakilo nuo žemės, o ratai pakilo kartu su jais. Jie sustojo prie Viešpaties šventyklos rytinių vartų, ir Izraelio Dievo šlovė stovėjo virš jų.
20 Tai buvo tos pačios būtybės, kurias mačiau prie Kebaro upės po Izraelio Dievu. Aš supratau, kad tai buvo cherubai.
21 Kiekvienas turėjo po keturis veidus bei keturis sparnus. Po sparnais buvo lyg žmogaus rankos.
22 Jų veidų išvaizda buvo visai tokia, kokią mačiau prie Kebaro upės. Jie judėjo tiesiai pirmyn.