1 ¶ Now it came to pass at thirty years, 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.

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

2 I n the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,

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

3 t he 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 there the hand of the LORD came upon him.

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

4 ¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, and a great cloud, and a fire enfolding 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.

وَبَينَما 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.

5 A lso out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of man.

وَرَأيْتُ فِي وَسَطِ الغُيُومِ شِبْهَ أربَعَةِ كائِناتٍ تُشبِهُ البَشَرَ.

6 A nd each one had four faces, and four wings.

لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها أربَعَةُ وُجُوهٍ وَأربَعَةُ أجنِحَةٍ.

7 A nd 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 highly burnished brass.

أرجُلُها مُستَقِيمَةٌ، وَباطِنُ أقدامِها كَباطِنِ أقدامِ العِجلِ، وَتَلمَعُ كَلَمَعانِ البُرونْزِ المَصقُولِ.

8 A nd they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and their faces and their wings on all four sides.

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

9 W ith their wings they joined one to another; they did not return when they went; they went each one straight in the direction they were facing.

أمّا أجنِحَتُها فَيَلمِسُ أحَدُها الآخَرَ. وَكانَ كُلٌّ مِنها بِاستِقامَةٍ إلَى الأمامِ، وَلا يَلتِفِتُ.

10 A nd the likeness of their faces was human faces; and lion faces, on the right side; and they four had ox faces on the left side; likewise they four had eagle faces.

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

11 T hus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

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

12 A nd they went each one straight forward in the direction they were facing: wherever the Spirit directed them to go, they went; and they did not return when they went.

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

13 A s for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire and like the appearance of lit torches; the fire went up and down among the living creatures and the brightness of the fire; and out of the fire went forth lightning.

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

14 A nd the living creatures ran and turned as the appearance of lightnings.

وَكانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَحَرَّكُ إلَى الأمامِ وَالخَلفِ، مُسرِعَةً تُشبِهُ البَرقَ.

15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold a wheel upon the earth with its four rims by the living creatures.

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

16 T he appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a stone of Tarsis or beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their workmanship was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

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

17 W hen they went, they went upon their four sides: and they did not return when they went.

وَكُلُّ مِنها يَتَحَرَّكَ فِي أيِّ اتِّجاهٍ دُونَ الالتِفافِ أثْناءَ السَّيرِ.

18 A nd their ribs were high and dreadful, and full of eyes round about them in all four.

كانَتْ ظُهُورُ الكائِناتِ الأربَعَةِ مُغَطّاةً بِالجَواهِرِ. كانَتْ مهِيبَةً وَجَلِيلَةٌ جِدّاً.

19 A nd when the living creatures went, the wheels went with them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

وَحِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَحَرَّكُ، كانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَتَحَرَّكُ مَعَها. وَحِينَ كانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَرتَفِعُ عَنِ الأرْضِ، كانَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ تَرتَفِعُ مَعَها.

20 W herever the spirit wished to go, they went; wherever the spirit directed them, the wheels also rose up after them: for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

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

21 W hen those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up after them: for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

فَحِينَ 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.

22 A nd over the heads of each living creature there appeared a heaven like a marvellous crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

وَكانَ فَوقَ رُؤُوسِ الكائِناتِ ما يُشبِهُ قُبَّةً تَشِعُّ كَالبِلَّوْرِ، مُعَلَّقَةً فَوقَ رُؤُوسِها.

23 A nd under the heaven their wings were straight, one toward the other: each one had two, and another two which covered their bodies.

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

24 A nd when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went; the voice of the word, as the voice of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.

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

25 A nd there was heard a voice from the heaven that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

بَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَمِعْتُ صَوتاً مِنْ فَوقِ القُبَّةِ الَّتِي فَوقَ رُؤُوسِها. وَوَقَفَتِ الكائِناتُ وَخَفَضَتْ أجنِحَتِها.

26 ¶ And above the heaven that was over their heads was the figure of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the figure of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man seated upon it.

فَرَأيْتُ فَوقَ القُبَّةِ الَّتِي فَوقَ رُؤُوسِها ما يُشبِهُ عَرشاً مِنَ اللّازُورُدِ. وَرَأيْتُ عَلَى العَرشِ شِبهُ إنسانٍ.

27 A nd I saw something that looked like the colour of amber, that appeared to have fire round about within it, which could be seen from his loins upward; and from his loins downward, I saw what looked like fire, and it had brightness round about

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

28 t hat looked like the bow of heaven that is in the clouds in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And I saw it and fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

كانَ 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.