Ezequiel 1

A visão dos quatro querubins

1 Ora, aconteceu no *Ez 1.2trigésimo ano, no quarto mês, aos cinco dias do mês, que, estando eu no meio dos cativos, junto ao *Ez 1.3;Ez 3.15,23;10.15,20,22;43.3rio Quebar, se abriram *Mt 3.16;Mc 1.10;Lc 3.21;Jo 1.51;At 7.56;10.11;Ap 4.1;19.11os céus, e tive *Ez 8.3;11.24;40.2;Êx 24.10;Nm 12.6;Is 1.1;6.1;Dn 8.1-2visões de Deus. 2 No quinto dia do mês, dia em que se completou o *Ez 8.1;20.1;2Rs 24.12-15quinto ano do cativeiro do rei Jeoaquim, 3 veio, na verdade, a palavra de Jeová ao sacerdote *Ez 24.24Ezequiel, filho de Buzi, na terra dos *Ez 12.13;23.23caldeus, junto ao rio Quebar; e aí esteve sobre ele *Ez 3.14,22;1Rs 18.46;2Rs 3.15a mão de Jeová.

4 Olhei, e eis que vinha *Jr 1.14do Norte *Ez 13.11,13;Is 21.1;Jr 23.19um vento tempestuoso, uma grande nuvem com um fogo que emitia de contínuo labaredas, e à roda dela, um resplendor, e, do meio dele, isto é, do meio do fogo, saía um *Ez 1.27;Ez 8.2como brilho de electro. 5 Do meio dessa nuvem, também saía a semelhança de *Ez 10.15,17,20;Ap 4.6-8quatro criaturas viventes. Esta era a aparência delas, e nelas havia *Ez 1.26a semelhança de homem. 6 Cada uma *Ez 1.10;Ez 10.14,21tinha quatro rostos e cada uma, *Ez 1.23quatro asas. 7 As suas pernas eram direitas, e a planta dos seus pés era como a planta dos pés dum bezerro; e luziam como o brilho de *Ap 1.15;2.18latão polido. 8 Debaixo das suas asas, tinham *Ez 10.8,21mãos de homens *Ez 1.17;Ez 10.11aos quatro lados; assim todas quatro tinham os seus rostos e as suas asas. 9 As asas de cada uma uniam-se às de outra. Elas *Ez 1.17não se viravam quando iam; *Ez 1.12;Ez 10.22cada qual ia para adiante de si. 10 Quanto *Ap 4.7à semelhança dos seus rostos, tinham *Ez 10.14a semelhança de homem; à mão direita, tinham as quatro o rosto de leão; e, à mão esquerda, *Ez 10.14o rosto de boi; também tinham o rosto de águia. 11 Os seus rostos e as suas *Ez 10.16,19asas estavam separados em cima. Cada uma tinha duas asas unidas às de outra; *Ez 1.23;Is 6.2e duas cobriam os seus corpos. 12 *Ez 1.9Ia cada uma para adiante de si; *Ez 1.20para onde o espírito havia de ir, iam; não se viravam, quando iam. 13 Quanto à semelhança das criaturas viventes, a sua aparência era como ardentes brasas *Sl 104.4de fogo, como a de labaredas. O fogo movia-se entre as criaturas viventes; o fogo resplandecia, e do fogo saíam relâmpagos. 14 As criaturas viventes *Zc 4.0corriam e voltavam como a aparência de um *Mt 24.27;Lc 17.24raio.

A visão das quatro rodas

15 Ora, quando eu estava olhando para as criaturas viventes, eis *Ez 1.19-21uma roda sobre a terra junto a cada uma das criaturas viventes, aos seus quatro lados. 16 *Ez 10.9-11A aparência das rodas e a obra delas era como o brilho de *Ez 10.9;Dn 10.6berilo, e era uma só semelhança a dos quatro; a sua aparência e a sua obra eram como se estivera uma roda no meio de outra roda. 17 Quando iam, iam pelos seus quatro lados; *Ez 1.9,12;Ez 10.11não se viravam, quando iam. 18 Quanto às suas pinas, eram altas e formidáveis; e as pinas das quatro eram *Ez 10.12;Ap 4.6,8cheias de olhos ao redor. 19 *Ez 10.16Quando as criaturas viventes iam, ao lado delas, iam as rodas; e, quando as criaturas viventes *Ez 10.19se elevavam da terra, elevavam-se as rodas. 20 *Ez 1.12Para onde o espírito havia de ir, iam elas; para lá, tinha de ir o espírito; e as rodas elevavam-se ao lado delas, porque o espírito da criatura vivente estava nas rodas. 21 *Ez 10.17Quando aquelas iam, iam estas; quando aquelas paravam, paravam estas; e, quando aquelas se elevavam da terra, ao lado delas, elevavam-se as rodas, porque o espírito da criatura vivente estava nas rodas.

22 *Ez 10.1Por cima das cabeças das criaturas viventes, havia a semelhança do firmamento, como o brilho do cristal terrível, estendido por cima, sobre as suas cabeças. 23 Debaixo do firmamento, as suas asas estavam direitas, uma de encontro à outra; e cada uma tinha *Ez 1.6,11duas asas que lhe cobriam o corpo de um e de outro lado. 24 Quando elas iam, eu ouvia o ruído das suas asas, como *Ez 43.2;Ap 1.15;19.6o ruído de grandes águas, como *Ez 10.5a voz do Todo-Poderoso, *2Rs 7.6;Dn 10.6o ruído de tumulto, como o ruído de um exército; quando paravam, abaixavam as suas asas. 25 Ouvia-se uma voz por cima do *Ez 1.22;Ez 10.1firmamento que estava por cima das suas cabeças; quando paravam, abaixavam as suas asas.

A visão da glória divina

26 Sobre o firmamento que estava por cima das suas cabeças, havia a *Ez 10.1;Is 6.1;Dn 7.9semelhança de trono, como a aparência de *Êx 24.10;Is 54.11pedra de safira; e, sobre a semelhança do trono, havia uma semelhança, como a aparência de *Ez 43.6-7;Ap 1.13homem. 27 Vi um *Ez 1.4;Ez 8.2como brilho de electro, como a aparência de fogo por dentro em circunferência. Desde a aparência dos seus lombos e daí para cima e desde a aparência dos seus lombos e daí para baixo, vi uma como aparência de fogo, e *Ez 1.4havia resplendor ao redor dele. 28 Como a aparência *Gn 9.13;Ap 4.3;10.1do arco que se vê na nuvem no dia de chuva, assim era a aparência do resplendor em roda. Esta era a aparência *Ez 3.23;8.4;10.18;11.22-23;43.4-5;Êx 24.16da semelhança da glória de Jeová. Quando a vi, *Ez 3.23;Gn 17.3;Dn 8.17;Ap 1.17caí com o rosto em terra e ouvi uma voz de quem falava.

1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.*1.1 captives: Heb. captivity 2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.*1.3 Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel

4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.*1.4 infolding…: Heb. catching itself 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.*1.7 straight…: Heb. a straight foot 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.*1.11 stretched…: or, divided above 12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.*1.18 and their rings: or, and their strakes 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.*1.20 of…: or, of life 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.*1.21 of…: or, of life 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.