Ezekiel 1
1 And it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day of the month I being in the midst of them of the captivity, by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Et factum est in trigesimo anno, in quarto, in quinta mensis, cum essem in medio captivorum iuxta fluvium Chobar, aperti sunt caeli, et vidi visiones Dei.
2 On the fifth of the month, that was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,
In quinta mensis, ipse est annus quintus transmigrationis regis Ioachin,
3 in very deed came the word of Yahweh unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar, —yea the hand of Yahweh, came on him there.
factum est verbum Domini ad Ezechielem filium Buzi sacerdotem in terra Chaldaeorum, secus flumen Chobar: et facta est super eum ibi manus Domini.
4 So then I beheld and lo! a tempestuous wind coming out of the North, a great cloud and a fire catching hold of itself, and it had a brightness round about, —and out of the midst thereof, as burnished copper to look upon out of the midst of the fire;
Et vidi, et ecce ventus turbinis veniebat ab Aquilone: et nubes magna, et ignis involvens, et splendor in circuitu eius: et de medio eius quasi species electri, id est de medio ignis:
5 and out of the midst thereof, a likeness of four living ones, and this was their appearance, the likeness of a man, had they;
et in medio eius similitudo quattuor animalium: et hic aspectus eorum, similitudo hominis in eis.
6 and four faces each, and four wings each, had they;
Quattuor facies uni, et quattuor pennae uni.
7 and their feet were straight feet, —and the sole of their feet was like the sole of the foot of a calf, but sparkling, as shining bronze to look upon;
Pedes eorum pedes recti, et planta pedis eorum quasi planta pedis vituli, et scintillae quasi aspectus aeris candentis.
8 and the hands of a man! were under their wings, on their four sides, —and their faces and their wings belonged to the four of them:
Et manus hominis sub pennis eorum in quattuor partibus: et facies, et pennas per quattuor partes habebant.
9 joined to each other, were their wings, —they turned not when they went, each one straight before him, did they go;
Iunctaeque erant pennae eorum alterius ad alterum. non revertebantur cum incederent: sed unumquodque ante faciem suam gradiebatur.
10 and the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, with the face of a lion to the right of the four of them, and the face of an ox on the left, of the four of them, —the face of an eagle, also had they four;
Similitudo autem vultus eorum: facies hominis, et facies leonis a dextris ipsorum quattuor: facies autem bovis, a sinistris ipsorum quattuor, et facies aquilae desuper ipsorum quattuor.
11 and their wings were spread above, — two of each joined one another, and two covered their bodies;
Facies eorum, et pennae eorum extentae desuper: duae pennae singulorum iungebantur, et duae tegebant corpora eorum:
12 and each one straight before him, did they go, —whithersoever the spirit was minded to go, they went, they turned not when they went.
et unumquodque eorum coram facie sua ambulabat: ubi erat impetus spiritus, illuc gradiebantur, nec revertebantur cum ambularent.
13 As for the likeness of the living ones, their appearance was like live coals of fire burning up like the appearance of torches, the same went to and fro between the living ones, —and the fire had brightness and out of the fire, went forth a lightning.
Et similitudo animalium, et aspectus eorum quasi carbonum ignis ardentium, et quasi aspectus lampadarum. Haec erat visio discurrens in medio animalium, splendor ignis, et de igne fulgur egrediens.
14 And the living ones ran and returned, —like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Et animalia ibant, et revertebantur in similitudinem fulguris coruscantis.
15 And I looked at the living ones, —and lo! one wheel upon the earth beside the living ones for each of his four faces,
Cumque aspicerem animalia, apparuit rota una super terram iuxta animalia, habens quattuor facies.
16 The appearance of the wheels and of their structure was like a Tarshish-stone to look upon, and they four had one likeness, —and their appearance and their structure were just as would be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
et aspectus rotarum, et opus earum, quasi visio maris: et una similitudo ipsarum quattuor: et aspectus earum et opera, quasi sit rota in medio rotae.
17 Upon their four sides, when they went, so did they go, —they turned not when they went.
Per quattuor partes earum euntes ibant: et non revertebantur cum ambularent.
18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were terrible, -and their rings full of eyes round about, had they four.
Statura quoque erat rotis, et altitudo, et horribilis aspectus: et totum corpus oculis plenum in circuitu ipsarum quattuor.
19 And when the living ones went, the wheels went beside them, —and when the living ones were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up:
Cumque ambularent animalia, ambulabant pariter et rotae iuxta ea: et cum elevarentur animalia de terra, elevabantur simul et rotae.
20 whithersoever the spirit was minded to go, they went—thither was the spirit minded to go, —and the wheels would be lifted up along with them, for the spirit of the living one was in the wheels:
Quocumque ibat spiritus, illuc eunte spiritu, et rotae pariter elevabantur, sequentes eum. Spiritus enim vitae erat in rotis.
21 when they went, these went, and when they stood, these stood, —and when they were lifted up from off the earth, the wheels were lifted up along with them, for the spirit of the living one was in the wheels.
Cum euntibus ibant, et cum stantibus stabant: et cum elevatis a terra, pariter elevabantur et rotae, sequentes ea: quia spiritus vitae erat in rotis.
22 And there was a likeness over the heads of the living one—an expanse, like terrible crystal to look upon, -stretched forth over their heads above.
Et similitudo super capita animalium firmamenti, quasi aspectus crystalli horribilis, et extenti super capita eorum desuper.
23 And under the expanse, their wings were straight, one towards another, —each one had two covering on this side, and each one had two covering on that side, their bodies.
Sub firmamento autem pennae eorum rectae alterius ad alterum: unumquodque duabus alis velabat corpus suum, et alterum similiter velabatur.
24 And I heard the sound of their wings, as the sound of many waters, as the sound of the Almighty, when they went, the sound of a storm as the sound of a host, —when they stood, they let down their wings,
Et audiebam sonum alarum, quasi sonum aquarum multarum, quasi sonum sublimis Dei: cum ambularent quasi sonus erat multitudinis ut sonus castrorum. cumque starent, demittebantur pennae eorum.
25 And there was a voice above the expanse that was over their head, —when they stood, they let down their wings.
Nam cum fieret vox super firmamentum, quod erat super caput eorum, stabant, et submittebant alas suas.
26 And above the expanse that was over their heads, as the appearance of a sapphire stone, was the likeness of a throne, —and upon the likeness of a throne, was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.
Et super firmamentum, quod erat imminens capiti eorum, quasi aspectus lapidis sapphiri similitudo throni: et super similitudinem throni similitudo quasi aspectus hominis desuper.
27 And I saw as burnished copper to look upon, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upwards and from the appearance of his loins and downwards, saw I as the appearance of fire, and he had brightness round about:
Et vidi quasi speciem electri, velut aspectum ignis, intrinsecus eius per circuitum: a lumbis eius et desuper, et a lumbis eius usque deorsum, vidi quasi speciem ignis splendentis in circuitu:
28 as the appearance of the bow which is in a cloud on a day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about, that was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh, and when I saw, I fell upon my face, and heard a voice of one speaking.
Velut aspectum arcus cum fuerit in nube in die pluviae. hic erat aspectus splendoris per gyrum.
