1 Olhei, e eis que no firmamento que estava por cima da cabeça dos querubins, apareceu sobre eles uma como pedra de safira, como a aparência da semelhança de trono.2 E falou ao homem vestido de linho, dizendo: Entra no meio das rodas giradoras até debaixo do querubim, e enche ambas as mãos de brasas de fogo, tirando-as dentre os querubins, e espalha-as sobre a cidade. Ele entrou à minha vista.3 Ora os querubins estavam de pé ao lado direito da casa, quando entrou o homem; e a nuvem encheu o átrio interior.4 A glória de Jeová elevou-se de cima do querubim, e pôs-se sobre a entrada da casa; a casa encheu-se da nuvem e ficou cheia do resplendor da glória de Jeová.5 O ruído das asas dos querubins ouvia-se até o átrio exterior, como a voz de Deus Todo-poderoso, quando fala.6 Quando Jeová deu ordem ao homem vestido de linho, dizendo: Toma fogo do meio das rodas giradoras dentre os querubins, esse homem entrou e pôs-se de pé junto a uma roda.7 O querubim estendeu do meio dos querubins a mão para o fogo que estava entre os querubins, tomou dele e pô-lo nas mãos daquele que estava vestido de linho, o qual o tomou e saiu.8 Apareceu nos querubins a forma da mão de homem debaixo das suas asas.9 Olhei, e eis quatro rodas junto aos querubins, uma roda junto a um querubim, e outra roda junto a outro querubim; e a aparência das rodas era como o brilho de pedra de berilo.10 Quanto à sua aparência, as quatro tinham uma só semelhança, como se uma roda estivesse dentro de outra roda.11 Quando iam, iam pelos seus quatro lados; e não se voltavam quando iam, mas para o lugar para onde olhava a cabeça, para esse a seguiam; não se voltavam, quando iam.12 Todo o corpo delas, e as suas costas, e as suas mãos, e as suas asas, e as suas rodas, as rodas que as quatro tinham, estavam cheias de olhos ao redor.13 Quanto às rodas, a elas se lhes chamou rodas giradoras, ouvindo-o eu.14 Cada uma das criaturas viventes tinha quatro rostos: o rosto da primeira era rosto de querubim; o rosto da segunda era rosto de homem, o terceiro rosto era rosto de leão, e o quarto rosto era rosto de águia.15 Os querubins se elevavam. Esta é a criatura vivente que vi junto ao rio Quebar.16 Quando os querubins iam, iam as rodas ao lado deles; e quando os querubins levantavam as suas asas para se elevarem da terra, também as rodas não se separavam do lado deles.17 Quando aqueles paravam, estas paravam; e quando aqueles se elevavam, estas se elevavam também com eles. Pois o espírito da criatura vivente estava nelas.18 A glória de Jeová saiu de sobre a entrada da casa, e pôs-se sobre os querubins.19 Os querubins levantaram as suas asas, e elevaram-se da terra, quando saíram acompanhados pelas rodas ao lado deles; pararam à entrada da porta oriental da casa de Jeová, e a glória do Deus de Israel estava em cima sobre eles.20 Esta é a criatura vivente que vi debaixo do Deus de Israel junto ao rio Quebar; e conheci que eram querubins.21 Cada uma das criaturas viventes tinha de per si quatro rostos, e cada uma quatro asas; e a semelhança das mãos de homem estava debaixo das suas asas.22 Quanto à semelhança dos seus rostos, eram os rostos que vi junto ao rio Quebar, as suas aparências e elas mesmas; cada um ia para adiante de si.

1 And saw and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.2 And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and said: Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubims and fill thy hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubims, and pour them out upon the city. And he went in, in my sight:3 And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.4 And the glory of the Lord was lifted up from above the cherub to the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubims was heard even to the out- ward court as the voice of God Almighty speaking.6 And when he had commanded the man that was clothed with linen, saying: Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are between the cherubims: he went in and stood beside the wheel,7 And one cherub stretched out his arm from the midst of the cherubims to the fire that was between the cherubims: and he took, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it and went forth.8 And there appeared in the cherubims the likeness of a man's hand under their wings.9 And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the cherubims: one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by an- other cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the chrysolite stone:10 And as to their appearance, all four were alike: as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.11 And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back.12 And their whole body, and their necks, and their hands, and their wings, and the circles were full of eyes, round about the four wheels.13 And these wheels he called voluble, in my hearing.14 And every one had four faces: one face was the face of a cherub, and the second face, the face of a man: and in the third was the face of a lion: and in the fourth the face of an eagle.15 And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth, the wheels stayed not behind, but were by them.17 When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them.18 And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple: and stood over the cherubims.19 And the cherubims lifting up their wings, were raised from the earth before me: and as they went out, the wheels also followed: and it stood in the entry of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.20 This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims.21 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the likeness of a man's hand was under their wings.22 And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and the impulse of every one to go straight forward.