1 M'am uitat, şi iată că pe cerul care era deasupra capului heruvimilor era ceva ca o piatră de safir; deasupra lor se vedea ceva asemănător cu un chip de scaun de domnie.

2 Şi Domnul a zis omului aceluia îmbrăcat în haine de in: ,,Vîră-te între roatele de supt heruvimi, umple-ţi mînile cu cărbunii aprinşi cari sînt între heruvimi, şi împrăştie -i peste cetate!`` Şi el s'a vîrît între roate supt ochii mei.

3 Heruvimii stăteau în partea dreaptă a casei, cînd s -a vîrît omul acela între roate, iar norul a umplut curtea din lăuntru.

4 Atunci slava Domnului s'a ridicat de pe heruvimi, şi s'a îndreptat spre pragul casei, aşa în cît Templul s'a umplut de nor, şi curtea s'a umplut de strălucirea slavei Domnului.

5 Vîjiitul aripilor heruvimilor s'a auzit pînă la curtea de afară, ca glasul Dumnezeului Celui Atotputernic, cînd vorbeşte,

6 Cînd a poruncit deci omului aceluia îmbrăcat în haina de in să ia foc dintre roate, dintre heruvimi, omul acesta s'a dus şi s'a aşezat lîngă roate.

7 Atunci un heruvim a întins mîna între heruvimi spre focul care era între heruvimi; a luat foc, şi l -a pus în mînile omului aceluia îmbrăcat cu haina de in. Şi omul acesta l -a luat, şi a ieşt afară.

8 La heruvimi se vedea ceva ca o mînă de om supt aripile lor.

9 M'am uitat, şi iată că lîngă heruvimi erau patru roţi; o roată lîngă un heruvim şi o roată lîngă celălalt heruvim; dar roatele acestea străluceau ca o piatră de hrisolit.

10 După înfăţişare, toate cele patru roţi aveau acelaş chip; fiecare roată părea că este în mijlocul altei roţi.

11 Cînd mergeau, mergeau de cele patru laturi ale lor, şi nu se învîrteau în mers, ci mergeau încotro mergea capul, fără să se învîrtească în mersul lor.

12 Tot trupul heruvimilor, spatele lor, mînile lor şi aripile lor, erau pline de ochi, ca şi cele patru roţi dimprejur.

13 Am auzit cu urechile mele că roatele erau chemate: ,,Roate învîrtitoare.``

14 Fiecare avea patru feţe; faţa celui dintîi era o faţă de heruvim, faţa celui de al doilea o faţă de om, a celui de al treilea o faţă de leu, şi a celui de al patrulea o faţă de vultur.

15 Şi heruvimii s'au ridicat. Erau făpturile vii pe cari le văzusem lîngă rîul Chebar.

16 Cînd mergeau heruvimii, mergeau şi roatele cu ei, şi cînd îşi întindeau heruvimii aripile ca să se înalţe dela pămînt, nici roatele nu se depărtau de ei.

17 Cînd se opreau ei, se opreau şi ele, şi cînd se înălţau ei, se înălţau şi ele cu ei, căci duhul făpturilor vii era în ele.

18 Slava Domului a plecat din pragul Templului, şi s'a aşezat pe heruvimi.

19 Heruvimii şi-au întins aripile, şi s'au înălţat de pe pămînt supt ochii mei; cînd au plecat ei, au plecat şi roţile cu ei. S'au oprit la intrarea porţii casei Domnului spre răsărit; şi slava Dumnezeului lui Israel era sus deasupra lor.

20 Erau făpturile vii, pe cari le văzusem supt Dumnezeul lui Israel lîngă rîul Chebar, şi am băgat de seamă că erau heruvimi.

21 Fiecare avea patru feţe, fiecare avea patru aripi, şi supt aripile lor era ceva ca o mînă de om.

22 Dar feţele lor erau ca cele pe cari le văzusem la rîul Chebar, cu aceeaş înfăţişare: erau tot ei. Fiecare mergea drept înainte.

1 Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

2 And he said to the man clothed in linen, Go in between the wheels, under the winged ones, and get your two hands full of burning coals from between the winged ones and send them in a shower over the town. And he went in before my eyes.

3 Now the winged ones were stationed on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the inner square was full of the cloud.

4 And the glory of the Lord went up from the winged ones and came to rest over the doorstep of the house; and the house was full of the cloud and the open square was full of the shining of the Lord's glory.

5 And the sound of the wings of the winged ones was clear even in the outer square, like the voice of the Ruler of all.

6 And when he gave orders to the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the winged ones, then he went in and took his place at the side of a wheel.

7 And stretching out his hand to the fire which was between the winged ones, he took some of it and went out.

8 And I saw the form of a man's hands among the winged ones under their wings.

9 And looking, I saw four wheels by the side of the winged ones, one wheel by the side of a winged one and another wheel by the side of another: and the wheels were like the colour of a beryl stone to the eye.

10 In form the four of them were all the same, they seemed like a wheel inside a wheel.

11 When they were moving, they went on their four sides without turning; they went after the head in the direction in which it was looking; they went without turning.

12 And the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about.

13 As for the wheels, they were named in my hearing, the circling wheels.

14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a winged one, and the second was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 And the winged ones went up on high: this is the living being which I saw by the river Chebar.

16 And when the winged ones went, the wheels went by their side: and when their wings were lifted to take them up from the earth, the wheels were not turned from their side.

17 When they were at rest in their place, these were at rest; when they were lifted up, these went up with them: for the spirit of life was in them.

18 Then the glory of the Lord went out from the doorstep of the house, and came to rest over the winged ones.

19 And the winged ones, lifting up their wings, went up from the earth before my eyes, with the wheels by their side: and they came to rest at the east doorway of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.

20 This is the living being which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and it was clear to me that they were the winged ones.

21 Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.

22 As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.