1 T hen 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.

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

2 H e 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.

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.

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

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

4 Y ahweh’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.

Então 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.

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

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

6 I t 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.

Quando 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.

7 T he 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.

No 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.

8 T here appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

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

9 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.

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

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

Quanto à sua aparência, eram iguais, e cada uma parecia estar entrosada na outra.

11 W hen 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.

Enquanto 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.

12 T heir 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.

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

13 A s for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.

Quanto às rodas, ouvi que as chamavam “giratórias”.

14 E very 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.

Cada 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.

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

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

16 W hen 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.

Quando 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.

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

Quando 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.

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

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

19 T he 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.

Enquanto 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.

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

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

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

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

22 A s 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.

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