1 M -am uitat şi iată că peste întinderea care se afla deasupra capetelor heruvimilor se vedea ceva ca o piatră de safir care semăna la înfăţişare cu un tron.

Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

2 E l i-a zis bărbatului îmbrăcat în haine de in astfel: „Intră între roţile de sub heruvimi! Umple-ţi apoi mâinile cu cărbunii aprinşi care sunt între heruvimi şi împrăştie-i peste cetate!“ L-am văzut cum se duce.

He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

3 Î n acest timp, heruvimii stăteau în partea dreaptă a Casei, iar norul umpluse curtea interioară.

Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

4 A tunci slava Domnului s-a ridicat dintre heruvimi şi s-a oprit deasupra pragului Casei. Norul a umplut Casa şi strălucirea slavei Domnului a umplut curtea.

Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.

5 Z gomotul făcut de aripile heruvimilor se auzea până în curtea exterioară şi era ca glasul Dumnezeului Atotputernic când vorbeşte.

The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

6 C ând i-a poruncit deci bărbatului îmbrăcat în haine de in să meargă să ia cărbuni aprinşi dintre roţi, dintre heruvimi, acesta s-a dus şi s-a oprit lângă roţi.

It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

7 A tunci unul dintre heruvimi a întins mâna spre focul care era între ei, a luat cărbuni şi i-a pus în palma celui cu haine de in; acesta i-a luat şi a plecat.

The cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took of it, and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

8 U ndeva, sub aripile heruvimilor, se vedea ceva ca o mână de om.

There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

9 M -am uitat şi iată că în apropierea heruvimilor erau patru roţi, o roată în apropierea unui heruvim şi o roată în apropierea următorului heruvim. Înfăţişarea roţilor era ca strălucirea unei pietre de crisolit.

I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.

10 C ele patru roţi aveau aceeaşi înfăţişare, fiecare având aspectul unei roţi care se afla în mijlocul altei roţi.

As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.

11 C ând mergeau, ele se puteau deplasa în toate cele patru direcţii fără să se rotească în mers, căci, încotro era îndreptat capul fiecărui heruvim, într-acolo mergeau şi ele, fără să se rotească în mers.

When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they didn’t turn as they went.

12 T ot trupul heruvimilor, inclusiv spatele, mâinile, aripile şi roţile – cele patru roţi ale lor – era plin de ochi de jur împrejur.

Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.

13 A m auzit că roţile erau numite Galgal.

As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.

14 F iecare heruvim avea patru feţe: prima faţă era de heruvim, a doua faţă era de om, a treia faţă era de leu, iar a patra faţă era de vultur.

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

15 A poi heruvimii s-au ridicat. Erau aceleaşi fiinţe pe care le văzusem la râul Chebar.

The cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

16 C ând mergeau heruvimii, mergeau şi roţile alături de ei, iar când îşi ridicau aripile ca să se înalţe de la pământ, roţile rămâneau tot în apropierea lor.

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 also didn’t turn from beside them.

17 C ând se opreau, se opreau şi ele; când mergeau, mergeau şi ele, căci duhul fiinţelor era în ele.

When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

18 S lava Domnului a părăsit pragul Casei şi s-a oprit deasupra heruvimilor.

Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

19 A poi, sub privirea mea, heruvimii şi-au ridicat aripile şi s-au înălţat de la pământ. Când au plecat ei, au plecat şi roţile împreună cu ei. S-au oprit la intrarea porţii dinspre răsărit a Casei Domnului, slava Dumnezeului lui Israel fiind sus, deasupra lor.

The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

20 E rau aceleaşi fiinţe pe care le văzusem stând sub Dumnezeul lui Israel, la râul Chebar, şi mi-am dat seama că sunt heruvimi.

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

21 F iecare avea câte patru feţe, câte patru aripi şi ceva de forma unor mâini omeneşti sub aripi.

Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

22 Î nfăţişarea feţelor lor era aceeaşi cu a feţelor pe care le văzusem la râul Chebar; aveau aceeaşi înfăţişare şi fiecare mergea în partea în care avea îndreptată faţa.

As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.