1 ف ِي السَّنَةِ الثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِي، فِي اليَومِ الخامِسِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الرّابِعِ، كُنتُ بَيْنَ المَسبِيِّينَ قُربَ نَهرِ خابُورَ. فَانفَتَحَتِ السَّماءُ وَرَأيتُ رُؤَىً وَمَناظِرَ إلَهِيَّةً.

And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth, in the fifth of the month, and I in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.

2 ف َفِي اليَومِ الخامِسِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الشَّهرِ، فِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ سَبيِ المَلِكِ يَهُوياكِينَ،

In the fifth of the month -- it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin --

3 أ تَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى حِزْقِيالَ بْنِ بُوزِي فِي أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ قُربَ نَهرِ خابُورَ، وَحَلَّتْ قُوَّةُ اللهِ عَلَيهِ هُناكَ. عَرشُ الله

hath the word of Jehovah certainly been unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, and there is on him there a hand of Jehovah.

4 و َبَينَما كُنتُ أنظُرُ، هَبَّتْ رِيحٌ عاصِفَةٌ مِنَ الشَّمالِ: غُيُومٌ كَثِيفَةٌ وَنارٌ تُبْرِقُ بَرِيقاً مِنْ داخِلِها، وَشُعاعُ نُورٍ يُحِيطُ بِها. وَكانَ فِي وَسَطِ النّارِ ما يُشبِهُ الكَهرَمانَ الَلّامِعَ المُتَوَهِّجَ.

And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

5 و َرَأيْتُ فِي وَسَطِ الغُيُومِ شِبْهَ أربَعَةِ كائِناتٍ تُشبِهُ البَشَرَ.

And out of its midst a likeness of four living creatures, and this their appearance; a likeness of man to them,

6 ل ِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها أربَعَةُ وُجُوهٍ وَأربَعَةُ أجنِحَةٍ.

and four faces to each, and four wings to each of them,

7 أ رجُلُها مُستَقِيمَةٌ، وَباطِنُ أقدامِها كَباطِنِ أقدامِ العِجلِ، وَتَلمَعُ كَلَمَعانِ البُرونْزِ المَصقُولِ.

and their feet straight feet, and the sole of their feet as a sole of a calf's foot, and they are sparkling as the colour of bright brass;

8 و َرَأيْتُ تَحتَ أجنِحَتِها أيدٍ بَشَرِيَّةً عَلَى جَوانِبِها الأربَعَةِ. فَكانَ لِكُلٍّ مِنها ذاتُ العَدَدِ مِنَ الوُجُوهِ وَالأجنِحَةِ.

and hands of man under their wings -- on their four sides, and their faces and their wings -- to them four;

9 أ مّا أجنِحَتُها فَيَلمِسُ أحَدُها الآخَرَ. وَكانَ كُلٌّ مِنها بِاستِقامَةٍ إلَى الأمامِ، وَلا يَلتِفِتُ.

joining one unto another their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.

10 أ مّا مَناظِرُ وُجُوهِها، فَلِكُلٍّ مِنها وَجهُ إنسانٍ مِنَ الأمامِ، وَوَجهُ أسَدٍ مِنَ اليَمِينِ، وَوَجهَ ثَورٍ مِنَ اليَسارِ، وَوَجهَ نَسرٍ مِنَ الخَلفِ.

As to the likeness of their faces, the face of a man, and the face of a lion, toward the right to them four, and the face of an ox on the left to them four, and the face of an eagle to them four.

11 ك انَتْ أجنِحَتُها مَمدُودَةً إلَى الأعلَى. لِكُلِّ كائِنٍ جَناحانِ يُلامِسانِ جَناحَي الكائِنِ المُجاوِرِ، وَجناحانِ آخَرانِ يُغَطِّي جِسمَهُ بِهِما.

And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.

12 ك انَ كُلُّ كائِنٍ يَتَحَرَّكُ بِاستِقامَةٍ إلَى الأمامِ. وَتَتَحَرَّكُ الكائِناتُ مَعاً حَيثُما تَقُودُها الرُّوحُ، فَلا تُغَيِّرُ اتِّجاهَ نَظَرِها وَهِيَ تَتَحَرَّكُ.

And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.

13 ك انَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَوَهَّجُ كَجَمَراتٍ مُشتَعِلَةٍ، وَفِي وَسَطِها ما يُشبِهُ مِصباحاً يَتَلألأُ، وَيَخرُجُ مِنْهُ وَهَجٌ وَبَرْقٌ.

As to the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances as coals of fire -- burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness to the fire, and out of the fire is going forth lightning.

14 و َكانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَحَرَّكُ إلَى الأمامِ وَالخَلفِ، مُسرِعَةً تُشبِهُ البَرقَ.

And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.

15 و َبَينَما كُنتُ أُراقِبُ هَذِهِ الكائِناتِ، رَايْتُ أربَعَةَ دَوالِيبَ تَلمِسُ الأرْضَ، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنها فِي زاوِيَةٍ بِقُربِ أحَدِ الكائِناتِ.

And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.

16 ب َدَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ كَأنَّها مَصنُوعَةٌ مِنْ حِجارَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ صَفراءَ. وَبَدَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ مُتَشابِهَةً وَمُتَداخِلَةً، كُلُّ دُولابٍ فِي الآخَرِ.

The appearance of the wheels and their works as the colour of beryl, and one likeness to them four, and their appearances and their works as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.

17 و َكُلُّ مِنها يَتَحَرَّكَ فِي أيِّ اتِّجاهٍ دُونَ الالتِفافِ أثْناءَ السَّيرِ.

On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.

18 ك انَتْ ظُهُورُ الكائِناتِ الأربَعَةِ مُغَطّاةً بِالجَواهِرِ. كانَتْ مهِيبَةً وَجَلِيلَةٌ جِدّاً.

As to their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings full of eyes round about them four.

19 و َحِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَحَرَّكُ، كانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَتَحَرَّكُ مَعَها. وَحِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَرتَفِعُ عَنِ الأرْضِ، كانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَرتَفِعُ مَعَها.

And in the going of the living creatures, the wheels go beside them, and in the living creatures being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels.

20 ف َكانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَذهَبُ حَيثُما تَقُودُها الرُّوحُ. فَكانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَبقَى مَعَهُمْ حِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَرتَفِعُ عَنِ الأرْضِ، لأنَّ رُوحَ الكائِناتِ كانَت فِي الدَّوالِيبِ.

Whither the spirit is to go, they go, thither the spirit to go, and the wheels are lifted up over-against them, for a living spirit in the wheels.

21 ف َحِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَحَرَّكُ، كانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَتَحَرَّكُ. وَحِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَقِفُ، كَنَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَقِفُ. وَحِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَرتَفِعُ عَنِ الأرْضِ، كانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَرتَفِعُ مَعَها، لأنَّ رُوحَ الكائِناتِ كانَتْ فِي الدَّوالِيبِ.

In their going, they go; and in their standing, they stand; and in their being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels over-against them; for a living spirit in the wheels.

22 و َكانَ فَوقَ رُؤُوسِ الكائِناتِ ما يُشبِهُ قُبَّةً تَشِعُّ كَالبِلَّوْرِ، مُعَلَّقَةً فَوقَ رُؤُوسِها.

And a likeness over the heads of the living creatures of an expanse, as the colour of the fearful ice, stretched out over their heads from above.

23 و َامتّدَّتْ تَحتَ القُبَّةِ أجنِحَةُ الكائِناتِ كُلٌّ مِنها يُلامِسُ الآخَرَ، وَلِكُلِّ كائِنٍ جَناحانِ يُغَطِّي بِهِما جَسَدَهُ.

And under the expanse their wings straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.

24 و َسَمِعْتُ صَوتَ أجنِحَتِها كَصَوتِ هَدِيرِ أمواجِ البَحرِ، كَصَوتِ القَدِيرِ. إنْ تَحَرَّكَتْ، يَصدُرُ صَوتٌ كَأنَّهُ صَوتُ جَيشٍ. وَإنْ وَقَفَتْ، تَخفِضُ أجنِحَتِها.

And I hear the noise of their wings, as the noise of many waters, as the noise of the Mighty One, in their going -- the noise of tumult, as the noise of a camp, in their standing they let fall their wings.

25 ب َعدَ ذَلِكَ سَمِعْتُ صَوتاً مِنْ فَوقِ القُبَّةِ الَّتِي فَوقَ رُؤُوسِها. وَوَقَفَتِ الكائِناتُ وَخَفَضَتْ أجنِحَتِها.

And there is a voice from above the expanse, that above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.

26 ف َرَأيْتُ فَوقَ القُبَّةِ الَّتِي فَوقَ رُؤُوسِها ما يُشبِهُ عَرشاً مِنَ اللّازُورُدِ. وَرَأيْتُ عَلَى العَرشِ شِبهُ إنسانٍ.

And above the expanse that over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.

27 ف َبَدا النِّصفُ العُلوِيُّ مِنْ أجسادِ هَذِهِ الكائِناتِ كَالكَهرَمانِ، مَعَ لَمَعانٍ وَهّاجٍ حَولَهُ. وَبَدا النِّصفُ السُّفلِيُّ كَالنّارِ المُحاطَةِ بِلَمَعانٍ وَضِياءٍ.

And I see as the colour of copper, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I have seen as the appearance of fire, and brightness to it round about.

28 ك انَ الوَهَجُ يُشبِهُ قَوسَ قُزَحٍ الَّذِي يَظْهَرُ فِي السَّحابِ بَعدَ المَطَرِ. هَذا مَنظَرُ مَجدِ اللهِ! وَحِينَ رَأيْتُهُ، سَقَطتُ عَلَى وَجهِي عَلَى الأرْضِ، ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُ صَوتاً يَتَكَلَّمُ إلَيَّ.

As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so the appearance of the brightness round about.