< Ezekiel 1 >
1 And it comes to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], on the fifth of the month, and I [am] in the midst of the expulsion by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.
Ko eni, ʻi heʻene hoko ki hono tolungofulu ʻoe taʻu, mo hono fā ʻoe māhina, pea ʻi hono nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ʻo ʻeku ʻi he kakai pōpula ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ʻo Kipa, naʻe fakaava ʻae ngaahi langi pea naʻaku mamata ki he ngaahi meʻa hā mai mei he ʻOtua.
2 In the fifth of the month—it is the fifth year of the expulsion of King Jehoiachin—
ʻI hono nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ʻi hono nima taʻu ʻoe fakapōpulaʻi ʻae tuʻi ko Sihoiakimi.
3 the word of YHWH has certainly been to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, and there is on him there a hand of YHWH.
Naʻe hoko totonu mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia ʻIsikieli ko e taulaʻeiki, ko e foha ʻo Posi, ʻi he fonua, ʻoe kau Kalitia, ʻi he potu vaitafe ko Kipa; pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae nima ʻo Sihova ʻi ai.
4 And I look, and behold, a turbulent wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it all around, and out of its midst as the color of electrum, out of the midst of the fire.
Pea naʻaku sio, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu ʻae ʻahiohio mei he tokelau ko e fuʻu ʻao lahi, mo e afi naʻe femamioʻaki, pea naʻe takatakai ia ʻe he maama, pea kikila mai mei hono potu ʻi loto ʻo hangē ko e ʻamipa, mei he loto afi.
5 And out of its midst [is] a likeness of four living creatures, and this [is] their appearance; a likeness of man [is] to them,
Pea naʻe haʻu foki mei he loto meʻa ʻae tatau ʻoe meʻa moʻui ʻe fā. Pea ko e anga eni ʻo ʻenau hā mai. Naʻa nau mata tatau mo e tangata.
6 and each had four faces and each of them had four wings,
Pea naʻa nau taki taha ʻae mata ʻe fā, pea nau taki taha ʻae kapakau ʻe fā.
7 and their feet [are] straight feet, and the sole of their feet [is] as a sole of a calf’s foot, and they are sparkling as the color of bright bronze;
Pea ko honau vaʻe ko e vaʻe totonu: pea tatau ʻa honau ʻaofivaʻe mo e ʻaofivaʻe ʻoe ʻuhikiʻi pulu: pea naʻe ulo ʻo hangē ko e ulo ʻoe palasa kuo fakangingila.
8 and on their four sides [each had] hands of man under their wings; and [each] of the four had their faces and their wings;
Pea naʻa nau nima ʻo hangē ko e tangata ʻi honau lalo kapakau ʻi honau potu ʻe fā; pea naʻe ʻi honau potu ʻe fā ʻae mata mo e kapakau.
9 their wings [are] joining to one another, they do not turn around in their going, they each go straight forward.
Naʻe feuutaki honau kapakau; pea naʻe ʻikai fetafokiʻaki ʻenau ʻalu; ka naʻe taki taha ʻalu fakahangatonu atu.
10 As for the likeness of their faces, [each had] the face of a man, and toward the right the four had the face of a lion, and on the left the four had the face of an ox, and the four had the face of an eagle.
Pea ko e meʻa ki honau mata, naʻe maʻu ʻe he toko fā ni ʻae mata ʻoe tangata, mo e mata ʻoe laione ki he toʻomataʻu: pea maʻu ʻe he toko fā ni ʻae mata ʻoe pulu ki he toʻohema, pea maʻu foki ʻe he toko fā ni ʻae mata ʻoe ʻikale.
11 And their faces and their wings dividing from above, of each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.
Naʻe pehē ʻae anga ʻo honau mata: pea naʻe mafola honau kapakau ki ʻolunga; naʻe taki taha hono kapakau ʻe ua naʻe fepikitaki, pea ko e ua naʻe ʻufiʻufi ʻaki honau sino.
12 And they each go straight forward, to where the Spirit is to go, they go, they do not turn around in their going.
Pea naʻe taki taha ʻalu fakahangatonu atu pe: ko ia ne ʻalu ki ai ʻae laumālie, ko ia ia naʻa nau ʻalu ki ai, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau tafoki ʻi heʻenau ʻalu.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances [are] as coals of fire—burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness [is] to the fire, and lightning is going forth out of the fire.
Pea ko e tatau ʻoe meʻa moʻui ʻe fā, naʻe hangē ko e ulo ʻae fefie ʻi he afi, pea ko e ulo ʻae tuʻunga maama naʻe ʻalu hake ia mo ʻalu hifo ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa moʻui; pea naʻe ulo lahi ʻae afi pea ʻasi mai ʻae ʻuhila mei he afi.
14 And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.
Pea naʻe lele mo toe foki mai ʻae ngaahi meʻa moʻui ʻo hangē ko e ulo ʻoe ʻuhila.
15 And I see the living creatures, and behold, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.
Pea ko eni, lolotonga ʻeku sio ki he ngaahi meʻa moʻui, vakai, ko e teka ʻe taha naʻe tuʻu ki he kelekele ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻoe ngaahi meʻa moʻui, pea mo hono mata ʻe fā.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their works [is] as the color of beryl, and the four of them had one likeness, and their appearances and their works [are] as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.
Pea ko e anga ʻoe ngaahi teka mo hono ngaohi naʻe hangē ko e lanu ʻoe pelili: pea naʻe tatau ʻae meʻa ni ʻe fā: pea naʻe hā mai hono ngaohi naʻe hangē kuo ʻai ʻae teka ʻe taha ʻi he loto teka ʻe taha.
17 On their four sides, in their going they go, they do not turn around in their going.
ʻI heʻenau ʻalu naʻa nau ʻalu ʻi honau tafaʻaki ʻe fā: pea naʻe ʻikai ke tafoki ʻi heʻenau ʻalu.
18 As for their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings, of the four of them, [are] full of eyes around them.
Pea ko honau ngaahi meʻa tākai naʻe fakaʻulia ko e meʻa ʻi hono māʻolunga lahi; pea naʻe pito ʻa honau meʻa tākai ʻi he mata ʻo takatakai ʻi he meʻa ni ʻe fā.
19 And in the going of the living creatures, the wheels go beside them, and in the living creatures being lifted up from off the earth, the wheels are lifted up.
ʻI heʻene ʻalu ʻae ngaahi meʻa moʻui, naʻe ʻalu ai pe mo e ngaahi teka, pea ka hiki hake ʻae ngaahi meʻa moʻui mei he kelekele, naʻe hiki ai pe mo e ngaahi teka.
20 To where the Spirit is to go, they go, there the Spirit [is] to go, and the wheels are lifted up alongside them, for a living spirit [is] in the wheels.
Ko e potu kotoa pē naʻe ʻalu ki ai ʻae laumālie, naʻa nau ʻalu ai, ko ia ia ʻe ʻalu ki ai honau laumālie; pea naʻe hiki hake ʻo fakahangatonu mai ʻae ngaahi teka kiate kinautolu: he ko e laumālie ʻoe meʻa moʻui naʻe ʻi he ngaahi teka.
21 In their going, they go; and in their standing, they stand; and in their being lifted up from off the earth, the wheels are lifted up alongside them; for a living spirit [is] in the wheels.
ʻI heʻene ʻalu ʻena, naʻe ʻalu eni; pea ʻi heʻene tuʻumaʻu ʻena, naʻe tuʻu eni; pea ʻi heʻene hiki hake ʻena mei he kelekele, naʻe hiki hake ai ʻae ngaahi teka ʻo fakahangatonu mai kiate kinautolu: he naʻe ʻi he ngaahi teka ʻae laumālie ʻoe meʻa moʻui.
22 And over the heads of the living creatures—a likeness of an expanse, as the color of the fearful ice, stretched out over their heads from above.
Pea naʻe tatau hono fakamalumalu mei ʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi meʻa moʻui, mo e lanu ʻoe kalisitala fakamanavahē, ʻoku mafola atu ki ʻolunga ʻi honau ʻulu.
23 And under the expanse their wings [are] straight, one toward [its] sister; two [wings] of each are covering them, and two [wings] of each are covering their bodies.
Pea naʻe mafola totonu hake ʻi lalo ʻi hono fakamalumalu ʻa honau kapakau, pea ne fepikitaki ia: naʻe taki taha honau kapakau ʻe ua naʻe ʻufiʻufi ʻaki honau sino ʻi he tafaʻaki ko eni, pea mo e ua naʻe ʻufiʻufi ʻaki mei hena.
24 And I hear the noise of their wings, as the noise of many waters, as the noise of the Mighty One, in their going—the noise of tumult, as the noise of a camp, in their standing they let their wings fall.
Pea ʻi heʻenau ʻalu naʻaku fanongo ki he longoaʻa ʻo honau kapakau, naʻe hangē ko e ʻuʻulu ʻoe ngaahi vai lahi, hangē ko e leʻo ʻoe māfimafi, mo e ongo mai ʻae lea, mo e longoaʻa ʻo ha fuʻu tokolahi: pea ʻi heʻenau tuʻu naʻa nau fāū honau kapakau.
25 And there is a voice from above the expanse, that [is] above their head: in their standing they let their wings fall.
Pea ʻi heʻenau tuʻu mo fāū honau kapakau naʻe ongo mai ʻae leʻo mei he langi, ki ʻolunga ʻi honau ʻulu.
26 And above the expanse that [is] over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, [is] the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man on it from above.
Pea naʻe hā mai ʻae tatau ʻoe nofoʻa fakatuʻi mei ʻolunga ʻi he potu langi naʻe feangai hifo mo honau ʻulu, pea naʻe hangē ia ko e maka ko e safaia, pea hā mai mei he tatau ʻoe nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻae mata ʻo hangē ko e hā mai ʻo ha tangata mei ʻolunga ʻi ai.
27 And I see as the color of electrum, as the appearance of fire all around within it, from the appearance of His loins and upward; and from the appearance of His loins and downward, I have seen as the appearance of fire, and brightness [is] all around Him.
Pea naʻaku mamata naʻe lanu tatau ia mo e ʻamipa, pea hangē ko e afi ʻoku takatakai ʻi loto ʻi ai mei he hā mai ʻo hono kongaloto ʻo fai ki ʻolunga, pea mei he hā mai ʻo hono kongaloto ʻo fai ki lalo naʻaku mamata naʻe hangē ko e afi pea naʻe ulo takatakai ʻi ai.
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so [is] the appearance of the brightness all around.
ʻO hangē ko e ʻūmata ʻoku ʻi he ʻao ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe ʻuha, naʻe pehē ʻae ulo takatakai ʻi ai. Ko e hā mai eni ʻae tatau ʻoe nāunau ʻo Sihova. Pea ʻi heʻeku mamata ki ai, naʻaku tōmapeʻe ki hoku mata, pea naʻaku fanongo ki he leʻo ʻo ha taha naʻe lea mai.