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.
Hyrje
1 Në vitin e tridhjetë në muajin e katërt në ditën e pestë të muajit, kur unë isha në mes të të shpërngulurve, buzë lumit Kebar, u hap qielli dhe pashë disa vegime hyjnore. 2 Më pesë të atij muaji, në vitin e pestë të shpërnguljes së mbretit Jojakin, 3 fjala e Zotit iu drejtua priftit Ezekiel, birit të Buzit, në tokën e kaldenjve, buzë lumit Kebar. Atje dora e Zotit ishte mbi të.
Vegimi i lavdisë së Zotit
4 Pashë dhe, ja, një erë e stuhishme vinte nga veriu, një re e madhe, një zjarr me shkëlqim vezullues përreth, dhe në mes të zjarrit diçka me pamje shkëlqimplotë. 5 Nga mesi i saj, shëmbëllimi i katër gjallesave. Kjo ishte pamja e tyre: kishin dukje njerëzore. 6 Secili kishte katër fytyra e katër krahë. 7 Këmbët i kishin të drejta, me shputat e këmbëve si shputat e këmbëve të viçit, vezulluese si bronzi i lëmuar. 8 Nën krahë, në të katër anët, kishin duar njeriu. Të katërt kishin fytyrat dhe krahët e vet. 9 Krahët u cekeshin me njëri-tjetrin. Kur ecnin, asnjëri nuk kthehej, por ecnin pa e kthyer shikimin. 10 Shëmbëllimi i fytyrave të tyre ishte si fytyrë njeriu. Të katërt kishin në të djathtë nga një fytyrë luani e në të majtë nga një fytyrë demi. Të katërt kishin edhe nga një fytyrë shqiponje. 11 Kaq për fytyrat. Krahët i kishin të hapur së larti. Secili kishte dy krahë që cekeshin dhe dy që mbulonin trupin. 12 Secili ecte drejt para vetes. Shkonin ku i çonte shpirti. Ecnin dhe, kur ecnin, nuk ktheheshin. 13 Shëmbëllenin me gjallesa. Pamjen e kishin si thëngjij zjarri të përflakur, si pamje pishtarësh. Mes gjallesave kishte ecejake. Zjarri ishte shkëlqimplotë e prej zjarrit dilte vetëtimë. 14 Gjallesat dilnin e hynin si vetëtima.
15 Po i shikoja gjallesat dhe, ja, përbri gjallesave, kishte nga një rrotë përtokë për të katra fytyrat e tyre. 16 Pamja e rrotave dhe përbërja e tyre kishin një si vezullimë topazi. Të katra kishin të njëjtin shëmbëllim dhe kjo ishte pamja e tyre: si të ishte ngërthyer një rrotë brenda një rrote tjetër. 17 Kur lëviznin, lëviznin në të katër drejtimet. Nuk ktheheshin kur lëviznin. 18 Rrathët i kishin të mëdhenj e të frikshëm dhe rrathët e të katrave ishin plot me sy rreth e rrotull. 19 Kur gjallesat lëviznin, edhe rrotat lëviznin bri tyre. Kur gjallesat ngriheshin nga toka, edhe rrotat ngriheshin. 20 Ngado donte të shkonte shpirti, në atë drejtim lëviznin edhe ato. Rrotat ngriheshin pranë tyre, se shpirti i gjallesave ishte brenda rrotave. 21 Kur ata lëviznin, edhe ato lëviznin. Kur ata ndalonin, edhe ato ndalonin. Kur ata ngriheshin, edhe ato ngriheshin, se shpirti i gjallesave ishte brenda rrotave.
22 Sipër kokave të gjallesave shtrihej një kube që dukej si kristal shkëlqimplotë. 23 Nën ndarje shtriheshin krahët e tyre të drejtë, drejt njëri-tjetrit, ndërsa dy krahët e tjerë u mbulonin trupin. 24 Kur lëviznin, dëgjoja ushtimën e krahëve, e ngjashme me ushtimën e ujërave të rrëmbyeshëm, si zëri i të gjithëpushtetshmit, si gjëmimi i stuhisë, si gumëzhima e fushimit. Kur ndaleshin, i shkrehnin krahët. 25 Pastaj u dëgjua një zë prej përtej kubesë që ishte mbi kokën e tyre. Kur ndaleshin, i shkrehnin krahët.
26 Përmbi kubenë që ishte sipër kokave të tyre, shfaqej një si gur safiri, me shëmbëllimin e një froni dhe, mbi këtë shëmbëllim froni, prej së larti, një shëmbëllim me pamje njeriu. 27 Pastaj pashë, prej pamjes nga brezi i tij e sipër, diçka si shkëlqimplotë, me pamjen si të një zjarri që e mbështillte përreth, ndërsa prej pamjes nga brezi i tij e poshtë, pashë një si pamje zjarri e shkëlqimi rreth tij. 28 Si pamja e ylberit mbi re në një ditë shiu, ashtu ishte pamja e shkëlqimit përreth. Ajo ishte shfaqja e shëmbëllimit të lavdisë së Zotit. Pashë, rashë me fytyrë përdhe dhe dëgjova një zë që fliste.