1 N ow in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, 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 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 Y ahweh’s word came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.

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

4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle 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 O ut of its center came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

وَرَأيْتُ فِي وَسَطِ الغُيُومِ شِبْهَ أربَعَةِ كائِناتٍ تُشبِهُ البَشَرَ.

6 E veryone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها أربَعَةُ وُجُوهٍ وَأربَعَةُ أجنِحَةٍ.

7 T heir feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

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

8 T hey had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings thus:

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

9 t heir wings were joined to one another; they didn’t turn when they went; 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, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also 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 S uch were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.

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

12 E ach one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn’t 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: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.

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

14 T he living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

وَكانَتِ الكائِناتُ تَتَحَرَّكُ إلَى الأمامِ وَالخَلفِ، مُسرِعَةً تُشبِهُ البَرقَ.

15 N ow as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

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 a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within 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 in their four directions: they didn’t turn when they went.

وَكُلُّ مِنها يَتَحَرَّكَ فِي أيِّ اتِّجاهٍ دُونَ الالتِفافِ أثْناءَ السَّيرِ.

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

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 was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature 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 beside them: for the spirit of the living creature 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 O ver the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched out over their heads above.

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

23 U nder the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

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 great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise 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 T here was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

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

26 A bove the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

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

27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

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

28 A s the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on 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.