1 E aconteceu no trigésimo ano, no quarto mês, no quinto dia do mês, que estando eu no meio dos cativos, junto ao rio Quebar, se abriram os céus, e eu tive visões de Deus.
2 No quinto dia do mês, no quinto ano do cativeiro do rei Jeoiaquim,
3 Veio expressamente a palavra do Senhor a Ezequiel, filho de Buzi, o sacerdote, na terra dos caldeus, junto ao rio Quebar, e ali esteve sobre ele a mão do Senhor.
4 Olhei, e eis que um vento tempestuoso vinha do norte, uma grande nuvem, com um fogo revolvendo-se nela, e um resplendor ao redor, e no meio dela havia uma coisa, como de cor de âmbar, que saía do meio do fogo.
5 E do meio dela saía a semelhança de quatro seres viventes. E esta era a sua aparência: tinham a semelhança de homem.
6 E cada um tinha quatro rostos, como também cada um deles quatro asas.
7 E os seus pés eram pés direitos; e as plantas dos seus pés como a planta do pé de uma bezerra, e luziam como a cor de cobre polido.
8 E tinham mãos de homem debaixo das suas asas, aos quatro lados; e assim todos quatro tinham seus rostos e suas asas.
9 Uniam-se as suas asas uma à outra; não se viravam quando andavam, e cada qual andava continuamente em frente.
10 E a semelhança dos seus rostos era como o rosto de homem; e do lado direito todos os quatro tinham rosto de leão, e do lado esquerdo todos os quatro tinham rosto de boi; e também tinham rosto de águia todos os quatro.
11 Assim eram os seus rostos. As suas asas estavam estendidas por cima; cada qual tinha duas asas juntas uma a outra, e duas cobriam os corpos deles.
12 E cada qual andava para adiante de si; para onde o espírito havia de ir, iam; não se viravam quando andavam.
13 E, quanto à semelhança dos seres viventes, o seu aspecto era como ardentes brasas de fogo, com uma aparência de lâmpadas; o fogo subia e descia por entre os seres viventes, e o fogo resplandecia, e do fogo saíam relâmpagos;
14 E os seres viventes corriam, e voltavam, à semelhança de um clarão de relâmpago.
15 E vi os seres viventes; e eis que havia uma roda sobre a terra junto aos seres viventes, uma para cada um dos quatro rostos.
16 O aspecto das rodas, e a obra delas, era como a cor de berilo; e as quatro tinham uma mesma semelhança; e o seu aspecto, e a sua obra, era como se estivera uma roda no meio de outra roda.
17 Andando elas, andavam pelos seus quatro lados; não se viravam quando andavam.
18 E os seus aros eram tão altos, que faziam medo; e estas quatro tinham as suas cambotas cheias de olhos ao redor.
19 E, andando os seres viventes, andavam as rodas ao lado deles; e, elevando-se os seres viventes da terra, elevavam-se também as rodas.
20 Para onde o espírito queria ir, eles iam; para onde o espírito tinha de ir; e as rodas se elevavam defronte deles, porque o espírito do ser vivente estava nas rodas.
21 Andando eles, andavam elas e, parando eles, paravam elas e, elevando-se eles da terra, elevavam-se também as rodas defronte deles; porque o espírito do ser vivente estava nas rodas.
22 E sobre as cabeças dos seres viventes havia uma semelhança de firmamento, com a aparência de cristal terrível, estendido por cima, sobre as suas cabeças.
23 E debaixo do firmamento estavam as suas asas direitas uma em direção à outra; cada um tinha duas, que lhe cobriam o corpo de um lado; e cada um tinha outras duas asas, que os cobriam do outro lado.
24 E, andando eles, ouvi o ruído das suas asas, como o ruído de muitas águas, como a voz do Onipotente, um tumulto como o estrépito de um exército; parando eles, abaixavam as suas asas.
25 E ouviu-se uma voz vinda do firmamento, que estava por cima das suas cabeças; parando eles, abaixavam as suas asas.
26 E por cima do firmamento, que estava por cima das suas cabeças, havia algo semelhante a um trono que parecia de pedra de safira; e sobre esta espécie de trono havia uma figura semelhante a de um homem, na parte de cima, sobre ele.
27 E vi-a como a cor de âmbar, como a aparência do fogo pelo interior dele ao redor, desde o aspecto dos seus lombos, e daí para cima; e, desde o aspecto dos seus lombos e daí para baixo, vi como a semelhança de fogo, e um resplendor ao redor dele.
28 Como o aspecto do arco que aparece na nuvem no dia da chuva, assim era o aspecto do resplendor em redor. Este era o aspecto da semelhança da glória do Senhor; e, vendo isto, caí sobre o meu rosto, e ouvi a voz de quem falava.
1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in 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. 2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst thereof as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire. 5 And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man; 6 and every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings. 7 And their 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. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus: 9 their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle. 11 And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went. 13 As 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 out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17 When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about. 19 And when 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. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21 When 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.
22 And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the terrible crystal to look upon, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when 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 a host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.
26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above. 27 And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.