1 T hen I looked and behold, in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something looking like a sapphire stone, in form resembling a throne.

وَفَجأةً، رَأيتُ عَلَى القُبَّةِ الشَّبِيهَةِ بِاللّازَوَرْدِ الَّتِي فَوقَ مَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ. ما يُشبِهُ عَرشاً.

2 A nd spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, Go in among the whirling wheels under the cherubim; fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city. And he went in before my eyes.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ للِرَّجُلِ اللّابِسِ الكِتّانِ: «ادخُلْ إلَى ما بَينَ الدَّوالِيبِ الَّتِي تَحتَ مَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ، وَاملأ يَدَيْكَ بِجَمرٍ مِنْ عَلَى المَذبَحِ الَّذِي يَتَوَسَّطُ مَلائِكَةَ الكَرُوبِيمَ الأربَعَةِ، وَألقِ بِذَلِكَ الجَمرِ عَلَى المَدِينَةِ.» فَدَخَلَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ أمامَ عَينَيَّ.

3 N ow the cherubim stood on the south side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

وَكانَتِ مَلائِكَةُ الكرُوبِيمَ واقِفَةً عَنْ يَمِينِ المَذبَحِ. وَحِينَ دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ، بَدَأتِ السُّحُبُ تُغَطِّي السّاحَةَ الدّاخِلِيَّةَ.

4 T hen the glory of the Lord mounted up from the cherubim to stand 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.

ثُمَّ ارتَفَعَ مَجدُ اللهِ مِنْ عَلَى مَلائِكَةِ الكُرُوبِيمَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى عَتَبَةِ الهَيكَلِ. فَامتَلأ الهَيكَلُ بِالسُّحُبِ، بَينَما امتَلأتِ السّاحَةُ بِنُورِ مَجدِ اللهِ.

5 A nd the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

وَكانَ يُمكِنُ سَماعُ صَوتِ أجنِحَةِ مَلائِكَةِ الكُرُوبِيمَ حَتّى فِي السّاحَةِ الخارِجِيَّةِ، كَصَوتِ اللهِ الجَبّارِ وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ.

6 A nd when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, went in and stood beside a wheel.

وَحِينَ أمَرَ الرَّجُلَ اللّابِسَ الكِتّانِ بِأنْ يَأخُذَ ناراً مِنْ بَينِ الدَّوالِيبِ، أي مِنْ بَينِ مَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ، ذَهَبَ وَوَقَفَ قُربَ الدَّوالِيبِ.

7 A nd a cherub stretched forth 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 the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

فَمَدَّ كَرُوبٌ يَدَهُ إلَى مِنطَقَةِ ما بَينَ مَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ، إلَى النّارِ الَّتِي تَتَوَسَّطُ مَلائِكَةَ الكرُوبِيمَ. وَأخَذَ جَمرَةً وَوَضَعَها فِي يَدَيِّ اللّابِسِ الكِتّانِ، فَأخَذَها وَخَرَجَ.

8 A nd the cherubim seemed to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

وكانَ لِمَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ ما بَدا مِثلُ أيدٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ تَحتَ أجنِحَتِها.

9 A nd I looked and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling chrysolite.

وَلاحَظْتُ أربَعَةَ دَوالِيبَ قُربَ مَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ الأربَعَةِ، دُولاباً لِكُلِّ كَرُوبٍ. وَكانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ كَالبَلُّورِ.

10 A nd as for their appearance, they four looked alike, as if a wheel had been within a wheel.

وَبَدَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ مُتَشابِهَةً وَمُتَداخِلَةً، كُلُّ دُولابٍ فِي الآخَرِ.

11 W hen they went, they went in any one of the four directions; they did not turn as they went, but to the place to which the front wheel faced the others followed; they turned not as they went.

وَكانَتِ الحَيواناتُ الأربَعَةُ تَتَحَرَّكُ مَعاً. وَكانَتْ تَسِيرُ عَلَى جَوانِبِها الأرْبَعَةِ، لَكِن لَمْ تَكُنْ تَدُورُ أوْ تَنْعَطِفُ حِينَ كانَتْ تَتَحَرَّكُ. فَكانَتْ تَسِيرُ بِالِاتِّجاهِ الَّذِي يَسِيرُ فِيهِ الرَّأسُ، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ تَلتَفُّ أوْ تَدُورُ فِي سَيرِها.

12 A nd their whole body, their backs, their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that each had.

وَكانَتْ أجسامُ مَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ الأربَعَةِ وَظُهُورُها وَأيدِيها وَأجنِحَتُها وَدَوالِيبُها مُغَطّاةً بِالعُيُونِ.

13 A s regarding the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.

وَدُعِيَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ أمامِي بِالدَّوالِيبِ الدَّوّارَةِ.

14 A nd every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

وَكانَ لِكُلِّ كَرُوبٍ أربَعَةُ وُجُوهٍ: الأوَّلُ وَجهُ كَرُوبٍ، وَالثّانِي وَجهُ إنْسانٍ، وَالثّالِثُ وَجهُ أسَدٍ، وَالرّابِعُ وَجهُ نَسرٍ.

15 A nd the cherubim mounted upward. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

ثُمَّ ارتَفَعَتْ مَلائِكَةُ الكرُوبِيمُ. هَذِهِ هِيَ الكائِناتُ الَّتِي رَأيتُها فِي الرُّؤيا عِندَ نَهرِ خابُورَ.

16 A nd 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 did not turn from beside them.

وَحِينَ كانَتْ مَلائِكَةُ الكرُوبِيمُ تَتَحَرَّكُ، كانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ القَرِيبَةُ مِنها تَتَحَرَّكُ مَعَها. وَحِينَ كانَتْ مَلائِكَةُ الكرُوبِيمُ تَرفَعُ أجنِحَتَها لِتَرتَفِعَ عَنِ الأرْضِ، لَمْ تَكُنِ الدَّوالِيبُ تُغّيِّرُ اتِّجاهَها.

17 W hen those stood still, these stood still; and when those mounted up, these mounted up also, for the spirit of life was in these.

فَإذا تَوَقَّفَت مَلائِكَةُ الكرُوبِيمُ، تَوَقَّفَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ مَعَها. وَإذا ارتَفَعَتْ، ارْتَفَعَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ مَعَها، لِأنَّ رُوحَ الكائِناتِ كانَتْ فِيها.

18 T hen the glory of the Lord went forth from above the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim.

وَتَرَكَ مَجدُ اللهِ عَتَبَةَ الهَيكَلِ وَوَقَفَ عَلَى مَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ.

19 A nd the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight, and they went forth with the wheels beside them; and they stood at the entrance of the East Gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

ثُمَّ رَفَعَتْ مَلائِكَةُ الكرُوبِيمَ أجنِحَتَها وَارتَفَعَتْ إلَى الهَواءِ أمامَ عَينِي. وَحِينَ ارتَفَعَتْ، ارْتَفَعَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ مَعَها. ثُمَّ وَقَفَتْ عِندَ مَدْخَلِ البَوّابَةِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ لِبَيتِ اللهِ ، وَكانَ مَجدُ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ عَلَيها.

20 T his is the living creature that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الكائِناتُ الَّتِي رَأيتُها تَحتَ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ عِندَ نَهرِ خابُورَ. فَأدرَكتُ الآنَ أنَّها مِنْ ملائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ.

21 E ach one had four faces and each one had four wings, and what looked like the hands of a man was under their wings.

كانَ لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها أربَعَةُ وُجُوهٍ، وَلِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها أربَعَةُ أجنِحَةٍ. وَتَحتَ أجنِحَتِها ما يُشبِهُ الأيدِيَ البَشَرِيَّةَ.

22 A nd as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I saw by the river Chebar, with regard to their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.

أمّا الوُجُوهُ الأربَعَةُ فَهِيَ الَّتِي رَأيتُها فِي الرُّؤيا عِندَ نَهرِ خابُورَ. وَكانَ كُلُّ كائِنٍ مِنها يَتَحَرَّكُ بِاستِقامَةٍ إلَى الأمامِ.