1 O lhei e vi algo semelhante a um trono de safira sobre a abóbada que estava por cima das cabeças dos querubins.

Then I looked and saw something like a sapphire stone in the open space that was over the cherubim’s heads. It looked like a throne above them.

2 O Senhor disse ao homem vestido de linho: “Vá entre as rodas, por baixo dos querubins. Encha as mãos com brasas ardentes apanhadas de entre os querubins e espalhe-as sobre a cidade”. E, enquanto eu observava, ele foi.

And the Lord said to the man dressed in linen, “Go in between the wheels under the cherubim. Fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and throw them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

3 O ra, os querubins estavam no lado sul do templo quando o homem entrou, e uma nuvem encheu o pátio interno.

Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house of the Lord when the man went in. And the cloud filled the open space inside.

4 E ntão a glória do Senhor levantou-se de cima dos querubins e moveu-se para a entrada do templo. A nuvem encheu o templo, e o pátio foi tomado pelo resplendor da glória do Senhor.

Then the shining-greatness of the Lord went up from above the cherubim to the door of the Lord’s house. The house of the Lord was filled with the cloud. And the open space was filled with the bright and shining-greatness of the Lord.

5 O som das asas dos querubins podia ser ouvido até no pátio externo, como a voz do Deus todo-poderoso, quando ele fala.

The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outside open space. It was like the voice of God All-powerful when He speaks.

6 Q uando o Senhor ordenou ao homem vestido de linho: “Apanhe fogo do meio das rodas, do meio dos querubins”, o homem foi e colocou-se ao lado de uma roda.

When He told the man dressed in linen, “Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

7 N o meio do fogo que estava entre os querubins um deles estendeu a mão, apanhou algumas brasas e as colocou nas mãos do homem vestido de linho, que as recebeu e saiu.

Then one of the cherubim put out his hand to the fire which was among them. He took some and put it into the hands of the one dressed in linen, who took it and went out.

8 ( Debaixo das asas dos querubins podia-se ver o que se parecia com mãos humanas.)

(The cherubim had what looked like a man’s hands under their wings.)

9 O lhei e vi ao lado dos querubins quatro rodas, uma ao lado de cada um dos querubins; as rodas reluziam como berilo.

Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels looked like they were made of shining chrysolite stone.

10 Q uanto à sua aparência, eram iguais, e cada uma parecia estar entrosada na outra.

All four of them looked the same. Each looked like they had one wheel inside another wheel.

11 E nquanto se moviam, elas iam em qualquer uma das quatro direções que tomavam os querubins; as rodas não se viravam enquanto os querubins se moviam. Eles seguiam qualquer direção à sua frente, sem se virar.

When they moved, they went in any of their four ways without turning as they went, but followed the way the head was facing without turning as they went.

12 S eus corpos, inclusive as costas, as mãos e as asas, estavam completamente cheios de olhos, como as suas quatro rodas.

And their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them.

13 Q uanto às rodas, ouvi que as chamavam “giratórias”.

The wheels were called in my hearing, “the turning wheels.”

14 C ada um dos querubins tinha quatro rostos: Um rosto era o de um querubim, o segundo, de um homem, o terceiro, de um leão, e o quarto, de uma águia.

Each one of the cherubim had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third was the face of a lion. And the fourth was the face of an eagle.

15 E ntão os querubins se elevaram. Eram os mesmos seres viventes que eu tinha visto junto ao rio Quebar.

Then the cherubim rose up. They were the living beings that I saw by the Chebar River.

16 Q uando os querubins se moviam, as rodas ao lado deles se moviam; quando os querubins estendiam as asas para erguer-se do chão, as rodas também iam com eles.

Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side.

17 Q uando os querubins se mantinham imóveis, elas também ficavam; e quando os querubins se levantavam, elas se levantavam com eles, porque o espírito dos seres viventes estava nelas.

When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still. When they rose up, the wheels rose with them. For the spirit of the living beings was in them.

18 E a glória do Senhor afastou-se da entrada do templo e parou sobre os querubins.

Then the shining-greatness of the Lord left the door of the Lord’s house and stood over the cherubim.

19 E nquanto eu observava, os querubins estenderam as asas e se ergueram do chão, e as rodas foram com eles. Eles pararam à entrada da porta oriental do templo do Senhor, e a glória do Deus de Israel estava sobre eles.

When the cherubim left, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in front of my eyes, with the wheels beside them. And they stood still at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house. The shining-greatness of the God of Israel was over them.

20 E sses seres viventes eram os mesmos que eu tinha visto debaixo do Deus de Israel, junto ao rio Quebar, e percebi que eles eram querubins.

These are the living beings that I saw under the God of Israel by the Chebar River, so I knew that they were cherubim.

21 C ada um tinha quatro rostos e quatro asas, e debaixo de suas asas havia o que parecia mãos humanas.

Each one had four faces and four wings, and under their wings were what looked like human hands.

22 S eus rostos tinham a mesma aparência daqueles que eu tinha visto junto ao rio Quebar. Todos iam sempre para a frente.

Their faces looked the same as those I had seen by the Chebar River. Each one went straight ahead.