1 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, "Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city."

He went in as I watched. 3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 The LORD’s glory mounted 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. 5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

6 It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim," that he went in and stood beside a wheel. 7 The cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 The form of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.

9 I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone. 10 As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel. 11 When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went. 12 Their whole body, including their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had. 13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, "the whirling wheels". 14 Every one them had four faces. The first face was the face of the cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle.

15 The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar. 16 When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them. 17 When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

18 The LORD’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim. 19 The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, with the wheels beside them. Then they 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 Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim. 21 Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22 As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They each went straight forward.

1 Depois, olhei, e eis que no firmamento, que estava por cima da cabeça dos querubins, apareceu sobre eles como uma pedra de safira, como o aspecto da semelhança de um trono. 2 E falou ao homem vestido de linho, dizendo: Vai por entre as rodas, até debaixo do querubim, e enche as mãos de brasas acesas dentre os querubins, e espalha-as sobre a cidade. E ele entrou à minha vista. 3 E os querubins estavam ao lado direito da casa, quando entrou aquele homem; e uma nuvem encheu o átrio interior. 4 Então, se levantou a glória do Senhor de sobre o querubim para a entrada da casa; e encheu-se a casa de uma nuvem, e o átrio se encheu do resplendor da glória do Senhor. 5 E o estrondo das asas dos querubins se ouviu até ao átrio exterior, como a voz do Deus Todo-Poderoso, quando fala.

6 E sucedeu, pois, dando ele ordem ao homem vestido de linho, dizendo: Toma fogo dentre as rodas, dentre os querubins, que entrou ele e se pôs junto às rodas. 7 Então, estendeu um querubim a mão de entre os querubins para o fogo que estava entre os querubins; e tirou e o pôs nas mãos do que estava vestido de linho, o qual o tomou e saiu. 8 E apareceu nos querubins uma semelhança de mão de homem debaixo das suas asas.

9 Então, olhei, e eis quatro rodas junto aos querubins, uma roda junto a cada querubim; e o aspecto das rodas era como cor de pedra de turquesa. 10 E, quanto ao seu aspecto, as quatro tinham uma mesma semelhança; eram como se estivesse uma roda no meio de outra roda. 11 Andando eles, andavam elas pelos seus quatro lados; não se viravam quando andavam, mas para o lugar para onde olhava a cabeça, para esse andavam; não se viravam quando andavam. 12 E todo o seu corpo, e as suas costas, e as suas mãos, e as suas asas, e as rodas, as rodas que os quatro tinham, estavam cheias de olhos em redor. 13 E, quanto às rodas, elas foram chamadas, ouvindo eu, Galgal. 14 E cada um tinha quatro rostos: o rosto do primeiro era rosto de querubim, e o rosto do segundo era rosto de homem, e do terceiro era rosto de leão, e do quarto, rosto de águia.

15 E os querubins se elevaram ao alto; estes são os mesmos animais que vi junto ao rio Quebar. 16 E, andando os querubins, andavam as rodas juntamente com eles; e, levantando os querubins as suas asas, para se elevarem de sobre a terra, também as rodas não se separavam deles. 17 Parando eles, paravam elas, e, elevando-se eles, elevavam-se elas, porque o espírito de vida estava nelas.

18 Então, saiu a glória do Senhor da entrada da casa e parou sobre os querubins. 19 E os querubins alçaram as suas asas e se elevaram da terra aos meus olhos, quando saíram; e as rodas os acompanhavam e pararam à entrada da porta oriental da Casa do Senhor; e a glória do Deus de Israel estava no alto, sobre eles.

20 Estes são os animais que vi debaixo do Deus de Israel, junto ao rio Quebar, e conheci que eram querubins. 21 Cada um tinha quatro rostos e quatro asas e a semelhança de mãos de homem debaixo das suas asas. 22 E a semelhança dos seus rostos era a dos rostos que eu tinha visto junto ao rio Quebar; tinham o mesmo aspecto, eram os próprios; cada um andava ao direito do seu rosto.