1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. 3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory. 5 And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. 6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, 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 cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been 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, even the wheels that they four had. 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. 14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims 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 were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’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 of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. 21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

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.