1 De repente, um trono de um lindíssimo azul de safira apareceu no firmamento, acima das cabeças dos querubins. 2 O Senhor dirigiu-se ao que trajava de linho: "Vai por entre as rodas, sob os querubins, pega num punhado de brasas acesas e espalha-as sobre a cidade." Ele assim fez, enquanto eu olhava.

3 Os querubins encontravam-se no extremo sul do templo, quando o homem entrou, e a nuvem de glória encheu o pátio interior. 4 Depois a glória do Senhor ergueu-se sobre os querubins e encaminhou-se para a porta do templo, o qual se encheu com a nuvem de glória, e todo o pátio ficou repleto com o resplendor da glória do Senhor. 5 O som das asas dos querubins era a voz do Deus Todo-Poderoso, quando fala, e podia ouvir-se nitidamente no átrio exterior.

6 Quando o Senhor disse ao homem vestido de linho para avançar por entre os querubins e pegar nas brasas acesas entre as rodas, o homem foi e ficou ao lado de uma das rodas. 7 Um dos querubins estendeu a mão, pegou em algumas das brasas das chamas entre os querubins e pô-las nas mãos do homem de linho, que se afastou depois. 8 Vi que cada querubim tinha, sob as asas, algo semelhante a mãos humanas.

9 Olhei e vi que cada um dos quatro querubins tinha uma roda junto de si e que as rodas brilhavam como topázios. 10 Quanto ao seu aspeto, as quatro tinham a mesma aparência, como se uma roda estivesse perfeitamente entrosada na outra. 11 Devido à construção dessas rodas, os querubins podiam andar sempre direitos, para a frente, para trás e para ambos os lados; não se viravam quando mudavam de direção. 12 Cada conjunto de rodas estava coberto de olhos, incluindo os raios e os aros que as revestiam. 13 Quanto às rodas, ouvi chamá-las de giratórias. 14 Cada um dos quatro querubins tinham quatro faces; o primeiro, como a de um boi; o segundo, de um ser humano; o terceiro, de um leão; o quarto, de uma águia.

15 Então os querubins se elevaram. Eram os mesmos seres que eu vira junto ao rio Quebar. 16 Quando os querubins se moviam, as rodas também se erguiam e ficavam ao lado deles quando se deslocavam. 17 Quando os querubins paravam, as rodas também paravam, porque o espírito dos querubins estava igualmente nas rodas.

18 A glória do Senhor moveu-se desde a porta do templo e ficou por cima dos querubins. 19 Enquanto eu olhava, os querubins foram, com as rodas junto a si, para a porta oriental do templo. A glória do Deus de Israel continuava sobre eles.

20 Estes seres vivos eram os que eu vira debaixo do Deus de Israel junto ao rio Quebar. Verifiquei que eram os mesmos, 21 porque cada um tinha quatro rostos e quatro asas, e aquilo que pareciam mãos, sob as asas. 22 Também as faces eram idênticas às que vira no rio e voavam sem se virarem, tal como os outros.

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.*10.2 thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand 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.*10.4 went up: Heb. was lifted up 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.*10.7 stretched forth: Heb. sent forth

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.*10.12 body: Heb. flesh 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.*10.13 it was…: or, they were called in my hearing, wheel, or, galgal 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.*10.17 of…: or, of life 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.