Ezekiel 10
1 I looked up and saw what looked like a throne made of lapis lazuli beyond the expanse, way above the heads of the cherubim.
Et vidi, et ecce in firmamento, quod erat super caput cherubim, quasi lapis sapphirus, quasi species similitudinis solii, apparuit super ea.
2 Speaking from there the Lord told the man in linen, “Go in between the wheels underneath the cherubim. Collect as many burning coals as you can. Carry them from among the cherubim and scatter them all over the city.” I watched as he went in.
Et dixit ad virum, qui indutus erat lineis, et ait: Ingredere in medio rotarum, quæ sunt subtus cherubim, et imple manum tuam prunis ignis, quæ sunt inter cherubim, et effunde super civitatem. Ingressusque est in conspectu meo:
3 The cherubim were standing on the south side of the Temple when the man went in. A cloud filled the inner court.
cherubim autem stabant a dextris domus cum ingrederetur vir, et nubes implevit atrium interius.
4 Then the Lord's glory rose up from above the cherubim and moved to the entrance of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple, and the brightness of the Lord's glory filled the courtyard.
Et elevata est gloria Domini desuper cherub ad limen domus: et repleta est domus nube, et atrium repletum est splendore gloriæ Domini.
5 The noise made by the cherubim's wings could even be heard in the outer courtyard, and sounded like the voice of God Almighty.
Et sonitus alarum cherubim audiebatur usque ad atrium exterius, quasi vox Dei omnipotentis loquentis.
6 When the Lord ordered the man in linen, “Go and get some fire from in between the wheels, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels.
Cumque præcepisset viro, qui indutus erat lineis, dicens: Sume ignem de medio rotarum, quæ sunt inter cherubim: ingressus ille stetit iuxta rotam.
7 Then one of the cherubim reached out and took some of the fire among them. He handed it to the man in linen, who took it and left.
Et extendit cherub manum de medio cherubim ad ignem, qui erat inter cherubim: et sumpsit, et dedit in manus eius, qui indutus erat lineis: qui accipiens egressus est.
8 (All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)
Et apparuit in cherubim similitudo manus hominis subtus pennas eorum.
9 I saw four wheels next to the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels shone like topaz.
Et vidi, et ecce quattuor rotæ iuxta cherubim: rota una iuxta cherub unum, et rota alia iuxta cherub unum: species autem rotarum erat quasi visio lapidis chrysolithi.
10 All four wheels looked the same, and had a wheel within a wheel, set crossways.
Et aspectus earum similitudo una quattuor: quasi sit rota in medio rotæ.
11 The cherubim could go in any direction they faced, moving without turning.
Cumque ambularent, in quattuor partes gradiebantur: et non revertebantur ambulantes, sed ad locum, ad quem ire declinabat quæ prima erat, sequebantur et ceteræ, nec convertebantur.
12 The whole of their bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were covered in eyes, as were all four wheels.
Et omne corpus earum, et colla, et manus, et pennæ, et circuli plena erant oculis, in circuitu quattuor rotarum.
13 I heard the wheels being referred to as “the chariot wheels.”
Et rotas istas vocavit volubiles, audiente me.
14 Each of them had four faces: the first face was a cherub's face, the second a man's face, the third a lion's face, and the fourth an eagle's face.
Quattuor autem facies habebat unum: facies una, facies cherub: et facies secunda, facies hominis: et in tertio facies leonis: et in quarto facies aquilæ.
15 Then the cherubim rose up in the air. They were the beings I'd seen beside the River Kebar.
Et elevata sunt cherubim: ipsum est animal, quod videram iuxta fluvium Chobar.
16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved alongside them. Even when they opened their wings to take off, the wheels stayed beside them.
Cumque ambularent cherubim, ibant pariter et rotæ iuxta ea: et cum elevarent cherubim alas suas ut exaltarentur de terra, non residebant rotæ, sed et ipsæ iuxta erant.
17 When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped too. When they took off, the wheels did too, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
Stantibus illis, stabant: et cum elevatis elevabantur: spiritus enim vitæ erat in eis.
18 Then the glory of the Lord left the entrance to the Temple and stopped above the cherubim.
Et egressa est gloria Domini a limine templi: et stetit super cherubim.
19 As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and took off, with the wheels alongside them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord's Temple, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Et elevantia cherubim alas suas, exaltata sunt a terra coram me: et illis egredientibus, rotæ quoque subsecutæ sunt: et stetit in introitu portæ domus Domini orientalis: et gloria Dei Israel erat super ea.
20 These were the beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar. I knew that they were cherubim.
Ipsum est animal quod vidi subter Deum Israel iuxta fluvium Chobar: et intellexi quia cherubim essent.
21 Each had four faces and four wings and had what looked like human hands under their wings.
Quattuor vultus uni, et quattuor alæ uni: et similitudo manus hominis sub alis eorum.
22 Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each of them moved directly ahead.
Et similitudo vultuum eorum, ipsi vultus quos videram iuxta fluvium Chobar, et intuitus eorum, et impetus singulorum ante faciem suam ingredi.
