Ezekiel 1
1 I det tredivte Aar paa den femte Dag i den fjerde Maaned da jeg var blandt de Landflygtige ved Floden Kebar, skete det, at Himmelen aabnede sig, og jeg skuede Syner fra Gud.
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 Den femte Dag i Maaneden — det var det femte Aar efter at Kong Jojakin var bortført —
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3 kom HERRENS Ord til Præsten Ezekiel, Buzis Søn, i Kaldæernes Land ved Floden Kebar, og HERRENS Haand kom over ham der.
The word of Yhwh came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yhwh was there upon him.
4 Jeg skuede og se, et Stormvejr kom fra Nord, og en vældig Sky fulgte med, omgivet af Straaleglans og hvirvlende Ild, i hvis Midte det glimtede som funklende Malm.
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 Midt i Ilden var der noget ligesom fire levende Væsener, og de saa saaledes ud: De havde et Menneskes Skikkelse;
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 men de havde hver fire Ansigter og fire Vinger;
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 deres Ben var lige og deres Fodsaaler som en Kalvs; de skinnede som funklende Kobber, og deres Vingeslag var hurtigt;
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 der var Menneskehænder under Vingerne paa alle fire Sider.
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 De fire levende Væseners Ansigter vendte sig ikke, naar de gik, men de gik alle lige ud.
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 Ansigterne saa saaledes ud: De havde alle fire et Menneskeansigt fortil, et Løveansigt til højre, et Okseansigt til venstre og et Ørneansigt bagtil;
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 Vingerne var paa dem alle fire udbredt opad, saaledes at to og to rørte hinanden, og to skjulte deres Legemer.
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 De gik alle lige ud; hvor Aanden vilde have dem hen gik de; de vendte sig ikke, naar de gik.
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13 Midt imellem de levende Væsener var der noget som glødende Kul at se til, som Blus, der for hid og did imellem dem, og Ilden udsendte Straaleglans, og Lyn for ud derfra.
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 Og Væsenerne løb frem og tilbage, som Lynglimt at se til.
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 Videre skuede jeg, og se, der var et Hjul paa Jorden ved Siden af hvert af de fire levende Væsener;
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 og Hjulene var at se til som funklende Krysolit; de saa alle fire ens ud, og de var lavet saaledes, at der i hvert Hjul var et andet Hjul;
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 de kunde derfor gaa til alle fire Sider; de vendte sig ikke, naar de gik.
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 Videre skuede jeg, og se, der var Fælge paa dem, og Fælgene var paa dem alle fire rundt om fulde af Øjne.
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
19 Og naar de levende Væsener gik, gik ogsaa Hjulene ved Siden af, og naar Væsenerne løftede sig fra Jorden, løftede ogsaa Hjulene sig;
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 hvor Aanden vilde have dem hen, gik Hjulene, og de løftede sig samtidig, thi det levende Væsens Aand var i Hjulene;
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 naar Væsenerne gik, gik ogsaa de; naar de standsede, standsede ogsaa de, og naar de løftede sig fra Jorden, løftede ogsaa Hjulene sig samtidig, thi det levende Væsens Aand var i Hjulene.
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 Oven over Væsenernes Hoveder var der noget ligesom en Himmelhvælving, funklende som Krystal, udspændt oven over deres Hoveder;
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 og under Hvælvingen var deres Vinger udspændt, den ene mod den anden; hvert af dem havde desuden to, som skjulte deres Legemer.
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 Og naar de gik, lød Vingesuset for mig som mange Vandes Brus, som den Almægtiges Røst; det buldrede som en Hær.
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 army: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25 Det drønede oven over Hvælvingen over deres Hoveder; men naar de stod, sænkede de Vingerne.
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
26 Men oven over Hvælvingen over deres Hoveder var der noget som Safir at se til, noget ligesom en Trone, og paa den, ovenover, var der noget ligesom et Menneske at se til.
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 Og jeg skuede noget som funklende Malm fra det, der saa ud som hans Hofter, og opefter; og fra det, der saa ud som hans Hofter, og nedefter skuede jeg noget som Ild at se til; og Straaleglans omgav ham.
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 Som Regnbuen, der viser sig i Skyen paa en Regnvejrsdag, var Straaleglansen om ham at se til. Saaledes saa HERRENS Herlighedsaabenbarelse ud. Da jeg skuede det, faldt jeg paa mit Ansigt. Og jeg hørte en Røst, som talede.
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 Yhwh. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
