Ezekiel 1
1 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.
第三十年四月五日に、わたしがケバル川のほとりで、捕囚の人々のうちにいた時、天が開けて、神の幻を見た。
2 On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,
これはエホヤキン王の捕え移された第五年であって、その月の五日に、
3 The word of the Lord came to me, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on me there.
主の言葉がケバル川のほとり、カルデヤびとの地でブジの子祭司エゼキエルに臨み、主の手がその所で彼の上にあった。
4 And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.
わたしが見ていると、見よ、激しい風と大いなる雲が北から来て、その周囲に輝きがあり、たえず火を吹き出していた。その火の中に青銅のように輝くものがあった。
5 And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.
またその中から四つの生きものの形が出てきた。その様子はこうである。彼らは人の姿をもっていた。
6 And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
おのおの四つの顔をもち、またそのおのおのに四つの翼があった。
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass.
その足はまっすぐで、足のうらは子牛の足のうらのようであり、みがいた青銅のように光っていた。
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.
その四方に、そのおのおのの翼の下に人の手があった。この四つの者はみな顔と翼をもち、
9 They went without turning, every one went straight forward.
翼は互に連なり、行く時は回らずに、おのおの顔の向かうところにまっすぐに進んだ。
10 As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle.
顔の形は、おのおのその前方に人の顔をもっていた。四つの者は右の方に、ししの顔をもち、四つの者は左の方に牛の顔をもち、また四つの者は後ろの方に、わしの顔をもっていた。
11 And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.
彼らの顔はこのようであった。その翼は高く伸ばされ、その二つは互に連なり、他の二つをもってからだをおおっていた。
12 Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.
彼らはおのおのその顔の向かうところへまっすぐに行き、霊の行くところへ彼らも行き、その行く時は回らない。
13 And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after the other between the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went thunder-flames.
この生きもののうちには燃える炭の火のようなものがあり、たいまつのように、生きものの中を行き来している。火は輝いて、その火から、いなずまが出ていた。
14 And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.
生きものは、いなずまのひらめきのように速く行き来していた。
15 Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the living beings, for the four of them.
わたしが生きものを見ていると、生きもののかたわら、地の上に輪があった。四つの生きものおのおのに、一つずつの輪である。
16 The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and design, and they were like a wheel inside a wheel.
もろもろの輪の形と作りは、光る貴かんらん石のようである。四つのものは同じ形で、その作りは、あたかも、輪の中に輪があるようである。
17 The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.
その行く時、彼らは四方のいずれかに行き、行く時は回らない。
18 And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about.
四つの輪には輪縁と輻とがあり、その輪縁の周囲は目をもって満たされていた。
19 And when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
生きものが行く時には、輪もそのかたわらに行き、生きものが地からあがる時は、輪もあがる。
20 Wherever the spirit was to go they went; and the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
霊の行く所には彼らも行き、輪は彼らに伴ってあがる。生きものの霊が輪の中にあるからである。
21 When these went on, the others went; and when these came to rest, the others came to rest; and when these were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
彼らが行く時は、これらも行き、彼らがとどまる時は、これらもとどまり、彼らが地からあがる時は、輪もまたこれらと共にあがる。生きものの霊が輪の中にあるからである。
22 And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.
生きものの頭の上に水晶のように輝く大空の形があって、彼らの頭の上に広がっている。、
23 Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.
大空の下にはまっすぐに伸ばした翼があり、たがいに相連なり、生きものはおのおの二つの翼をもって、からだをおおっている。
24 And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings.
その行く時、わたしは大水の声、全能者の声のような翼の声を聞いた。その声の響きは大軍の声のようで、そのとどまる時は翼をたれる。
25 And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.
また彼らの頭の上の大空から声があった。彼らが立ちとどまる時は翼をおろした。
26 And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.
彼らの頭の上の大空の上に、サファイヤのような位の形があった。またその位の形の上に、人の姿のような形があった。
27 And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him.
そしてその腰とみえる所の上の方に、火の形のような光る青銅の色のものが、これを囲んでいるのを見た。わたしはその腰とみえる所の下の方に、火のようなものを見た。そして彼のまわりに輝きがあった。
28 Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.
そのまわりにある輝きのさまは、雨の日に雲に起るにじのようであった。主の栄光の形のさまは、このようであった。わたしはこれを見て、わたしの顔をふせたとき、語る者の声を聞いた。
