1 ¶ Then I looked, and, behold, above the heaven that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

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

2 A nd he spoke to the man clothed with linen and said, Go in between the wheels under the cherubim and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in, in my sight.

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 right side of the house when this 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 A nd the glory of the LORD had gone up from the cherubim to the threshold of the door, 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 thunder of the cherubim’s wings was heard even to the outer court as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaks.

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

6 A nd it came to pass that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; then he went in and stood among the wheels.

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

7 A nd one cherubim stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim and took thereof and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with 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 ¶ And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

وكانَ لِمَلائِكَةِ الكرُوبِيمَ ما بَدا مِثلُ أيدٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ تَحتَ أجنِحَتِها.

9 A nd when I looked, behold, four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by each cherubim; and the colour of the wheels was as a stone of Tarsis or beryl.

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

10 A nd as for their appearance, the four were the same, as if one were in the midst of another.

وَبَدَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ مُتَشابِهَةً وَمُتَداخِلَةً، كُلُّ دُولابٍ فِي الآخَرِ.

11 W hen they went, they went upon their four sides; they did not turn as they went, but to the place where the first one went, they followed it; they did not turn 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 all their flesh and their ribs and their hands and their wings and the wheels: they were full of eyes round about in their four wheels.

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

13 T o the wheels, it was shouted unto them in my hearing, Roll!

وَدُعِيَتِ الدَّوالِيبُ أمامِي بِالدَّوالِيبِ الدَّوّارَةِ.

14 A nd each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherubim; the second face was the face of a man; the third the face of a lion; 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 rose up. These are the living creatures that I saw by the river of 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 with them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also 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 they stood still, these stood still; and when they lifted up themselves, these lifted up themselves also; for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

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

18 A nd the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house 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; when they went out, the wheels also were in front of them, and they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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 hese were the living creatures that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of 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 four wings; and the likeness of 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 the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearance and their being; each one went straight in the direction they were facing.

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