1 N ow it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River 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 O n the fifth day of the month, which was in 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 to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.

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

4 T hen I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color 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 from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

وَرَأيْتُ فِي وَسَطِ الغُيُومِ شِبْهَ أربَعَةِ كائِناتٍ تُشبِهُ البَشَرَ.

6 E ach one had four faces, and each one had four wings.

لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها أربَعَةُ وُجُوهٍ وَأربَعَةُ أجنِحَةٍ.

7 T heir legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.

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

8 T he hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings.

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

9 T heir wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.

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

10 A s for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle.

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. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one 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 each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn 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, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning.

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

14 A nd the living creatures ran back and forth, in appearance like a flash of lightning.

وَكانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَحَرَّكُ إلَى الأمامِ وَالخَلفِ، مُسرِعَةً تُشبِهُ البَرقَ.

15 N ow as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces.

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 workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings 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 moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.

وَكُلُّ مِنها يَتَحَرَّكَ فِي أيِّ اتِّجاهٍ دُونَ الالتِفافِ أثْناءَ السَّيرِ.

18 A s for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were full of eyes, all around the four of them.

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

19 W hen the living creatures went, the wheels went beside 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 wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with 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; when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up together with 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 T he likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads.

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

23 A nd under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.

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

24 W hen they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army; and when they stood still, 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 voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings.

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

26 A nd above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.

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

27 A lso from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.

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

28 L ike the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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.