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 of 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 the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
4 ¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also 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 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 the colour of 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. 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 four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; 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; and they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it 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 by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by 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 their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against 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 over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, 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, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had 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 the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 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 the LORD. And when I saw it , I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
1 І сталося, що в тридцятому році, у четвертому місяці, на п’ятий день місяця я був посеред полонених біля ріки Ховар, і відкрилося небо, і я побачив Божі видіння. 2 У п’ятий день місяця — це п’ятий рік полону царя Йоакима, 3 було Господнє слово до Єзекіїла, сина Вузія, священика, у землі халдеїв біля ріки Ховар. І була на мені Господня рука, 4 і я побачив, як ось з півночі йшов вітер, що несе, і в ньому велика хмара, і світло довкола нього та вогонь, що виблискував, а посеред нього, як видіння бурштину посеред вогню, а в ньому — світло. 5 А в середині — наче подоба чотирьох живих істот. І це їхній вигляд: у них подоба людини, 6 чотири обличчя в однієї і чотири крила в іншої. 7 Їхні ноги прямі, і їхні ноги оперені, й іскри, як поблискування міді, і їхні крила легкі. 8 І людська рука під їхніми крилами на чотирьох їхніх сторонах. І їхні обличчя в чотирьох, 9 коли вони ходили, не поверталися, — кожний ішов перед своїм обличчям. 10 Ось подоба їхніх облич: обличчя людини і обличчя лева з правого боку в чотирьох, і обличчя теляти з лівого боку в чотирьох, і обличчя орла в чотирьох. 11 І їхні крила простерті догори в чотирьох, у кожного два злучені до себе, і два покривали над їхнім тілом. 12 І кожен ходив перед своїм обличчям. Куди тільки йшов дух, ішли вони, і не поверталися.
13 А посеред живих істот — видіння, наче вогняного палаючого вугілля, наче вигляд світильників, що повертаються, посеред істот і світло вогню, і з вогню виходила блискавиця. 15 І я побачив, і ось одне колесо на землі поблизу чотирьох істот. 16 І вигляд коліс — наче вигляд берилу, і одна подоба в чотирьох, і їх діло було, немовби колесо в колесі. 17 На чотири свої сторони вони ходили, не поверталися, коли йшли, — ні вони, 18 ні їхні спини; і в них була висота. І я побачив їх, і їхні спини, повні очей довкола в чотирьох. 19 Коли ж живі істоти йшли, то йшли поблизу них і колеса, а коли істоти піднімалися із землі, то піднімалися й колеса. 20 Де тільки була хмара, там дух, щоб іти. Йшли живі істоти та колеса, і вони підіймалися з ними, тому що в колесах був дух життя. 21 Коли вони йшли, то йшли, коли вони ставали, то ставали, а коли вони підносилися із землі, то підіймалися з ними, бо в колесах був дух життя. 22 І над головою тих істот — подоба, наче небозвід, як вигляд кристалу, який простягався над їхніми крилами вгорі. 23 А під небозводом розпростерті їхні крила, які торкалися одні одних, у кожного два, що покривали їхні тіла. 24 І я чув шум їхніх крил, коли вони ходили, наче гул великої води. І коли вони стали, їхні крила спочивали.
25 І ось голос понад небозводом, що був над їхньою головою. 26 На ньому — подоба престолу, як вигляд каменя сапфіра, а над подобою престолу — подоба, наче вигляд людини вгорі. 27 І я побачив, наче вигляд бурштину від подоби стегон і вище, а від подоби стегон і аж до долу я побачив, наче вигляд вогню, і його світло — довкола. 28 Наче вигляд райдуги, коли є в хмарі в дні дощу, таким є видіння світла довкола. Це видіння подоби Господньої слави. І я побачив, і я падаю долілиць, і я почув голос, що говорив.