Ezekiel 1
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.
Pada tanggal lima bulan empat pada tahun ketiga puluh, dalam tahun kelima sejak Raja Yoyakhin diangkut ke pembuangan, aku, Imam Yehezkiel anak Busi, berada di tepi Sungai Kebar di Babel bersama orang-orang buangan Yahudi lainnya. Tiba-tiba langit terbuka dan aku mendapat penglihatan tentang Allah. Aku mendengar TUHAN berbicara kepadaku dan aku merasakan kuat kuasa-Nya.
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.
Aku menengadah dan melihat badai bertiup dari utara. Petir sambar-menyambar dari segumpal awan yang amat besar, dan langit di sekitarnya terang-benderang. Dalam kilat yang memancar-mancar itu tampak sesuatu yang berkilauan seperti perunggu.
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.
Di tengah-tengah awan itu, kulihat empat kerub yaitu makhluk hidup yang menyerupai manusia,
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
tetapi masing-masing mempunyai empat wajah dan dua pasang sayap.
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.
Kakinya lurus dan mengkilap seperti perunggu yang digosok. Jari kakinya berkuku seperti kuku banteng.
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.
Selain empat wajah dan dua pasang sayap itu, mereka mempunyai tangan manusia di bawah setiap sayap.
9 Their wings [were] joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Sepasang sayap dari setiap makhluk itu terkembang dan ujung-ujungnya bersentuhan dengan sayap makhluk yang lain, sehingga keempat makhluk itu membentuk segi empat. Kalau bergerak, mereka masing-masing bergerak lurus ke depan tanpa membalikkan tubuhnya.
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.
Setiap makhluk itu mempunyai empat wajah yang berlain-lainan; wajah manusia di depan, wajah singa di sebelah kanan, wajah banteng sebelah kiri, dan wajah rajawali di sebelah belakang.
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.
Sepasang sayap dari setiap makhluk itu dikembangkan ke atas sehingga menyentuh ujung sayap-sayap makhluk di sebelahnya, dan sepasang sayapnya lagi terlipat menutupi tubuhnya.
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; [and] they turned not when they went.
Masing-masing makhluk itu menghadap ke empat jurusan sekaligus, sehingga mereka dapat pergi ke mana saja mereka suka tanpa memutar tubuhnya.
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.
Di tengah makhluk-makhluk itu ada sesuatu yang tampaknya seperti bara api atau obor bernyala yang bergerak-gerak tiada hentinya. Api itu berpijar-pijar dan memercikkan kilatan-kilatan petir.
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Makhluk-makhluk itu sendiri bergerak kian ke mari secepat kilat.
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
Sedang aku memperhatikan semua itu, kulihat empat buah roda di atas tanah, satu roda di samping setiap makhluk itu.
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.
Keempat roda itu serupa dan berkilauan seperti batu permata, dan masing-masing mempunyai satu roda lainnya yang melintang di tengah-tengahnya.
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went.
Dengan demikian roda-roda itu dapat menuju keempat jurusan.
18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings [were] full of eyes round about them four.
Lingkaran-lingkaran roda itu penuh dengan mata.
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.
Makhluk-makhluk itu pergi ke mana saja mereka suka, dan roda-roda itu selalu ikut, karena dikuasai oleh makhluk-makhluk itu. Setiap kali makhluk-makhluk itu bergerak naik ke udara atau berhenti, roda-roda itu selalu ikut bersama mereka.
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.
Di atas kepala makhluk-makhluk itu terbentang sesuatu yang seperti kubah dari kristal yang kemilau.
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.
Di bawah kubah itu setiap makhluk itu merentangkan sepasang sayapnya ke arah makhluk yang di sebelahnya, sedangkan sayapnya yang sepasang lagi menutupi tubuhnya.
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.
Kalau mereka terbang, aku mendengar suara kepakan sayapnya; bunyinya seperti deru air terjun, seperti derap langkah pasukan tentara yang besar, seperti suara Allah Yang Mahakuasa. Kalau mereka berhenti terbang, mereka melipat sayap-sayapnya,
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that [was] over their heads, when they stood, [and] had let down their wings.
tetapi dari atas kubah yang di atas kepala mereka, masih terdengar bunyi suara.
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.
Di atas kubah itu ada sesuatu yang menyerupai takhta dari batu nilam, dan di atasnya duduk sesuatu yang tampaknya seperti manusia.
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.
Bagian atasnya kelihatan bercahaya seperti perunggu di tengah nyala api. Bagian bawahnya bersinar terang-benderang,
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.
dan berwarna-warni seperti pelangi. Itulah terang kemilau yang menunjukkan kehadiran TUHAN. Melihat itu, aku jatuh tertelungkup di tanah. Lalu kudengar suara yang
