1 No trigésimo ano, no quinto dia do quarto mês, estando eu no meio dos exilados, junto ao rio Quebar, os céus se abriram e eu tive visões de Deus.
2 No quinto dia do referido mês, no quinto ano de cativeiro do rei Joaquim, 3 a palavra do Senhor veio expressamente a Ezequiel, filho de Buzi, o sacerdote, na terra dos caldeus, junto ao rio Quebar. Ali a mão do Senhor esteve sobre ele.
4 Olhei, e eis que do Norte vinha um vento tempestuoso e uma grande nuvem envolta em fogo e rodeada de resplendor. E no meio disso havia uma coisa como metal brilhante, que saía do meio do fogo.
5 Do meio disso saía algo semelhante a quatro seres viventes, cuja aparência era esta: tinham a semelhança de ser humano. 6 Cada um tinha quatro rostos e quatro asas. 7 As suas pernas eram retas, e a planta dos pés era como a de um bezerro e brilhavam como bronze polido. 8 Debaixo das asas, nos quatro lados, tinham mãos humanas. Assim, todos os quatro seres viventes tinham rostos e asas. 9 As asas se uniam uma à outra. Eles não se viravam quando se moviam; cada um andava para a sua frente.
10 Quanto à forma de seus rostos, cada um tinha um rosto de ser humano. Do lado direito, os quatro tinham rosto de leão; do lado esquerdo, rosto de boi; e os quatro também tinham rosto de águia. 11 Assim eram os seus rostos. Suas asas se abriam para cima. Cada ser vivente tinha duas asas, unidas cada uma à do outro; com as outras duas asas eles cobriam o corpo. 12 Cada um andava para a sua frente. Para onde o espírito queria ir, eles iam; não se viravam quando se moviam. 13 O aspecto dos seres viventes era como carvão em brasa, à semelhança de tochas. O fogo corria resplandecente por entre os seres viventes, e dele saíam relâmpagos. 14 Os seres viventes ziguezagueavam à semelhança de relâmpagos.
15 Quando eu estava olhando para os seres viventes, eis que havia uma roda no chão, ao lado de cada um deles. 16 O aspecto das rodas e a sua estrutura eram brilhantes como o berilo. As quatro tinham a mesma aparência, cujo aspecto e estrutura eram como se uma roda estivesse dentro da outra. 17 Quando elas andavam, podiam ir em quatro direções e não se viravam quando se moviam. 18 Os aros dessas rodas eram altos e metiam medo; e, nas quatro rodas, os aros estavam cheios de olhos ao redor.
19 Quando os seres viventes se moviam, as rodas se moviam ao lado deles; quando eles se elevavam do chão, também as rodas se elevavam. 20 Para onde o espírito queria ir, eles iam, pois o espírito os impelia; e as rodas se elevavam do chão juntamente com eles, porque nelas estava o espírito dos seres viventes. 21 Quando os seres viventes se moviam, as rodas se moviam; quando eles paravam, as rodas paravam; e, quando eles se elevavam do chão, as rodas também se elevavam com eles; porque o espírito dos seres viventes estava nas rodas.
22 Sobre a cabeça dos seres viventes havia algo semelhante ao firmamento, como cristal brilhante que metia medo, estendido por sobre a cabeça deles. 23 Por debaixo do firmamento, cada ser vivente estendia duas asas na direção do ser que lhe estava próximo; e com as outras duas asas cobriam o corpo. 24 Quando eles andaram, ouvi o ruído das suas asas, que era como o som de muitas águas, como a voz do Onipotente, um som de tumulto como o tropel de um exército. Quando eles paravam, abaixavam as asas. 25 Veio uma voz de cima do firmamento que estava sobre a cabeça deles. Quando eles paravam, abaixavam as asas.
26 Por cima do firmamento que estava sobre a cabeça dos seres viventes, havia algo semelhante a um trono, como uma safira; e, sobre essa espécie de trono, estava sentada uma figura semelhante a um ser humano. 27 Vi que essa figura era como metal brilhante, como um fogo ao redor dela, desde a sua cintura e daí para cima; e desde a sua cintura e daí para baixo, vi que essa figura era como fogo e havia um resplendor ao redor dela. 28 Como o aspecto do arco que aparece nas nuvens em dia de chuva, assim era o resplendor ao redor. Esta era a aparência da glória do Senhor. Ao ver isto, caí com o rosto em terra e ouvi a voz de quem falava.
1 And it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth mouth on the fifth day of the month I being in the midst of them of the captivity, by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 On the fifth of the month, that was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,
3 in very deed came the word of Yahweh unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar,yea the hand of Yahweh I came on him there I-
4 So then I beheld and lo! a tempestuous wind coming out of the North, a great cloud and a fire catching hold of itself, and it had a brightness round about,
5 and out of the midst thereof, as burnished copper to look upon out of the midst of the fire; and out of the midst thereof, a likeness of four living ones, and this was their appearance, the likeness of a man, had they;
6 and four faces each, and four wings each, had they;
7 and their feet were straight feet,and the sole of their feet was like the sole of the foot of a calf, but sparkling, as shining bronze to look upon;
8 and the hands of a man! were under their wings, on their four sides,and their faces and their wings belonged to the four of them:
9 joined to each other, were their wings,they turned not when they went, each one straight before him, did they go;
10 and the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, with the face of a lion to the right of the four of them, and the face of an ox on the left, of the four of them,the face of an eagle, also had they four;
11 and their wings were spread above, two of each joined one another, and two covered their bodies;
12 and each one straight before him, did they go,whithersoever the spirit was minded to go, they went, they turned not when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living ones, their appearance was like live coals of fire burning up like the appearance of torches, the same went to and fro between the living ones,and the fire had brightness and out of the fire, went forth a lightning.
14 And the living ones ran and returned,like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 And I looked at the living ones,and lo! one wheel upon the earth beside the living ones for each of his four faces,
16 The appearance of the wheels and of their structure was like a Tarshish-stone to look upon, and they four had one likeness,and their appearance and their structure were just as would be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
17 Upon their four sides, when they went, so did they go,they turned not when they went.
18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were terrible, -and their rings full of eyes round about, had they four.
19 And when the living ones went, the wheels went beside them,and when the living ones were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up:
20 whithersoever the spirit was minded to go, they wentthither was the spirit minded to go,and the wheels would be lifted up along with them, for the spirit of the living one was in the wheels:
21 when they went, these went, and when they stood, there stood,ad when they were lifted up from off the earth, the wheels were lifted up along with them, for the spirit of the living one was in the wheels.
22 And there was a likeness over the heads of the living onean expanse, like terrible crystal to look upon, -stretched forth over their heads above.
23 And under the expanse, their wings were straight, one towards another,each one had two covering on this side, and each one had two covering on that side, their bodies.
24 And I heard the sound of their wings, as the sound of many waters, as the sound of the Almighty, when they went, the sound of a storm as the sound of a host,when they stood, they let down their wings,
25 And there was a voice above the expanse that was over their head,when they stood, they let down their wings.
26 And above the expanse that was over their heads, as the appearance of a sapphire stone, was the likeness of a throne,and upon the likeness of a throne, was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.
27 And I saw as burnished copper to look upon, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upwards and from the appearance of his loins and downward, saw I as the appearance of fire, and he had brightness round about:
28 as the appearance of the bow which is in a cloud on a day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about, that was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh, and when I saw, I fell upon my face, and heard a voice of one speaking.