Ezequiel 1

1 Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.*1:1 The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "אֱלֹהִ֑ים" (Elohim).

2 In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 Yahweh’s*1:3 "Yahweh" is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations. word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.

4 I looked, and behold,*1:4 "Behold", from "הִנֵּה", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle of the fire. 5 Out of its center came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man. 6 Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings. 7 Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze. 8 They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this: 9 Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.

10 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the face of an ox on the left side. The four of them also had the face of an eagle. 11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies. 12 Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. The fire went up and down among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire. 14 The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17 When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went. 18 As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went. When those stood, these stood. When those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at, stretched out over their heads above. 23 Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side. 24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.

25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings. 26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire*1:26 or, lapis lazuli stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above. 27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him. 28 As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.

This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

Te Kitenga o te Hariota

1 Nā, i te toru tekau o ngā tau, i te whā o ngā marama, i te rima o ngā rā o te marama, i ahau i roto i ngā whakarau o te awa, o Kepara, nā, ka puare ngā rangi, ā, ka kite ahau i ngā putanga Atua.

2 I te rima o ngā rā o te marama, (arā i te rima o ngā tau o tō Kīngi Iehoiakini whakaraunga), 3 ka haere tika tonu mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Ehekiera tohunga, tama a Puti, i te whenua o ngā Karari, i te taha o te awa, o Kepara; ā, i runga te ringa o Ihowā i a ia i reira.

4 Ā, ka titiro atu ahau, nā, he tūkauati e puta mai ana i te raki – he kapua nui, he ahi e hoki iho ana ki roto ki a ia anō, wheriko tonu i tētahi taha, ā, i waenganui, i rite ki te kara o te amipere, i waenganui anō i te ahi. 5 Nā, ka puta mai i waenganui o taua ahi ko te āhua o ngā mea ora e whā. Ko tō rātou āhua anō tēnei; i rite rātou ki te tangata. 6 Nā, e whā ngā mata o tētahi, o tētahi o rātou, e whā ngā parirau o tētahi, o tētahi. 7 Ko ō rātou waewae, he waewae tika tonu; ko te kapu anō o ō rātou waewae rite tonu ki te kapu o te waewae o te kūao kau; wheriko tonu, rite tonu ki te kānapatanga o te parāhi kua oti te oro. 8 He ringa tangata anō ō rātou i raro i ō rātou parirau, i ō rātou taha e whā. Nā, ko rātou tokowhā, ko ō rātou mata, ko ō rātou parirau, koia tēnei. 9 He mea hono ō rātou parirau tētahi ki tētahi; kīhai rātou i tahuri i a rātou e haere ana; i haere tika tonu atu tētahi, tētahi.

10 Nā, ko te āhua o ō rātou mata: he mata tangata ō rātou, he mata raiona ō rātou tokowhā i te taha ki matau, he mata kau ō rātou tokowhā i te taha ki mauī, he mata ēkara anō ō rātou tokowhā. 11 Nā, ko ō rātou mata, ko ō rātou parirau he mea wehe a runga; ko o te mea kotahi e rua ngā parirau e piri ana tētahi ki tētahi, e rua hei hīpoki mō ō rātou tinana. 12 I haere tika tonu atu hoki rātou tētahi, tētahi. Ko te wāhi hei haerenga atu mō te wairua, haere ana rātou ki reira; kīhai rātou i tahuri i a rātou e haere ana. 13 Nā, ko te rite o aua mea ora, ko tō rātou āhua, koia anō kei te ngārahu ahi i te mea e kā ana, kei te āhua anō o te rama, i hāereere taua ahi i roto i aua mea ora, mura tonu, i puta mai ānō he uira i roto i te ahi. 14 Nā, ko te oma, ko te hokinga o aua mea ora, rite tonu te āhua ki tō te hikonga uira.

15 Nā, i tāku tirohanga ki ngā mea ora, nanā, ko tētahi wīra i runga i te whenua, i te taha o ngā mea ora, kotahi mō te mea kotahi o ōna mata e whā. 16 Ko te āhua o ngā wīra, me tō rātou mahinga, rite tonu te kara ki tō te perira: rite tonu aua wīra e whā; ko tō rātou āhua, ko tō rātou mahinga, me te mea he wīra i roto i te wīra. 17 I tō rātou haerenga i haere i runga i ō rātou taha e whā; kīhai i tahuri i a rātou e haere ana. 18 Nā, ko ō rātou awhi, tiketike rawa, he hanga whakawehi, kapi tonu anō i te kanohi ō rātou awhi i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, o rātou e whā.

19 Nā, i te haerenga o ngā mea ora i haere anō ngā wīra i tō rātou taha, ā, ka ara ngā mea ora i runga i te whenua, ka ara anō ngā wīra. 20 Ko te wāhi hei haerenga atu mō te wairua, i haere rātou ki reira; ko reira hei haerenga mō te wairua; i ara anō ngā wīra ki runga i tō rātou ritenga atu. Nō te mea i roto i ngā wīra te wairua o te mea ora. 21 I haere ērā, ka haere ēnei; i tū ērā, ka tū ēnei; ā, ka ara ake ērā i runga i te whenua, ka ara anō ngā wīra i tō rātou ritenga atu; nō te mea kei roto te wairua o te mea ora i ngā wīra.

22 Nā, i runga ake i te māhunga o te mea ora ko te āhua o te kikorangi, rite tonu te kara ki tō te karaihe e wehingia ana, he mea hora atu i runga i ō rātou māhunga i te taha ki runga. 23 Nā, i raro i te kikorangi, ko ō rātou parirau, torotika tonu, anga tonu mai tētahi ki tētahi; o te mea kotahi e rua hei hīpoki i tētahi taha, o te mea kotahi anō e rua hei hīpoki i tērā taha o ō rātou tinana. 24 Ā, i a rātou e haere ana, i rongo ahau i te haruru o ō rātou parirau me te mea ko te haruru o ngā wai maha, me te mea anō ko te reo o te Kaha Rawa, he reo e turituri ana, ānō he ngē nō tētahi ope. I ngā wā i tū ai rātou i tukua iho ō rātou parirau.

25 I puta iho anō he reo i te kikorangi i runga i ō rātou māhunga; i te mea ka tū rātou, ka tukua iho ō rātou parirau. 26 Nā, i runga i te kikorangi i runga ake i ō rātou māhunga ko te āhua o tētahi torōna, he mea rite ki te kōhatu hapaira; ā, i runga i te āhua o te torōna ko tētahi āhua e rite ana ki tō te tangata i runga i taua torōna, i te taha ki runga. 27 I kite atu anō ahau me te mea nō te amipere te kara, he mea rite ki te āhua o te ahi i roto ā taka noa, taka noa, i te āhua o tōna hope, ā, haere whakarunga, i te āhua anō o tōna hope, ā, haere whakararo, i kite atu ahau me te mea ko te āhua o te ahi, ā, wheriko tonu te mārama i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha ōna. 28 Rite tonu ki te āhua o te kōpere i te kapua i te rā ua te āhua o te wherikotanga ā taka noa.

Ko te āhua tēnā, ko te ritenga o te korōria o Ihowā. Nō tōku kitenga, tāpapa ana ahau ki raro. Nā, ka rongo ahau i te reo o tētahi e kōrero ana.