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.
Et il arriva que, en ma trentième année, le quatrième mois, le cinquième jour du mois, j'étais assis au milieu des captifs, sur le fleuve Chobar; et les cieux furent ouverts, et j'eus les visions de Dieu.
2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
Le cinquième jour de ce mois, en cette année, la cinquième de la captivité du roi Joakim,
3 The word of the LORD came expressly to 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.
La parole du Seigneur vint à Ezéchiel, fils de Buzi, le prêtre, en la terre des Chaldéens, sur le fleuve Chobar. Et la main du Seigneur fut sur moi.
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 from the midst of it as the colour of amber, from the midst of the fire.
Et je vis, et voilà qu'un vent violent vint de l'aquilon, et avec lui une grande nuée, et tout alentour une lueur et un feu brillant, et, au milieu, comme une vision d'émail au milieu du feu, et cet émail était lumineux.
5 Also from the midst of it came the likeness of four living beings. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
Et au milieu du feu il y avait comme la ressemblance de quatre animaux, et voici leur aspect: il y avait en eux la ressemblance d'un homme;
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
Et à chacun quatre faces, et à chacun quatre ailes,
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.
Et leurs jambes étaient droites, et leurs pieds ailés; et ils lançaient des étincelles, comme de l'airain brillant. Et leurs ailes étaient légères,
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.
Et il y avait une main d'homme sous leurs ailes, aux quatre côtés.
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Et les faces de ces quatre animaux ne se retournaient pas, quand ils marchaient; ils allaient chacun droit devant sa face.
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.
Et voici la ressemblance de leurs faces: une face d'homme et une face de lion à droite des quatre, une face de veau à gauche des quatre, et une face d'aigle aux quatre.
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.
Et quatre ailes étaient étendues au-dessus d'eux; deux de ces ailes les joignaient l'un à l'autre, et deux couvraient leur corps.
12 And they went every one straight forward: wherever the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
Et chacun marchait droit en avant; où le vent allait, ils allaient, et ils ne se retournaient pas.
13 As for the likeness of the living beings, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Et au milieu des animaux, il y avait comme une vision de charbons en feu, comme une vision de lampes courant ensemble entre les animaux, et une flamme éclatante, et de la flamme sortaient des éclairs.
14 And the living beings ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Et je vis, et voilà qu'il y avait une roue sur la terre auprès des quatre animaux,
15 Now as I beheld the living beings, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living beings, with his four faces.
Et je vis, et voilà qu'il y avait une roue sur la terre auprès des quatre animaux,
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like 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.
Et l'aspect des roues était comme l'aspect de Tharsis, et toutes les quatre étaient semblables. Et elles étaient faites comme s'il y avait eu une roue dans une roue.
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
Et elles allaient sur leurs quatre parties, et elles ne se retournaient pas en marchant,
18 As for their rims, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rims were full of eyes all around them four.
Ni elles ni leurs moyeux; et elles étaient hautes; et je vis leurs parties, et leurs moyeux étaient remplis d'yeux, aux quatre circonférences.
19 And when the living beings went, the wheels went by them: and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
Et quand les animaux marchaient, les quatre roues à côté d'eux marchaient, et quand les animaux s'élevaient au-dessus de terre, les roues s'élevaient.
20 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went, there was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up together with them: for the spirit of the living being was in the wheels.
Et partout où était la nuée, là aussi le vent soufflait; et les roues marchaient et s'élevaient avec les animaux; car un souffle de vie était dans les roues.
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 together with them: for the spirit of the living being was in the wheels.
Quand les animaux marchaient, elles marchaient; quand ils s'arrêtaient, elles s'arrêtaient, et quand ils s'élevaient au-dessus de la terre, elles s'élevaient avec eux; car un souffle de vie était dans les roues.
22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living being was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
Et au-dessus de la tête des animaux il y avait une image comme celle d'un firmament, semblable à du cristal, qui s'étendait au-dessus de leurs ailes.
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.
Et, au-dessus du firmament, leurs ailes étaient étendues, battant l'une contre l'autre, et celles de dessous couvrant leurs corps.
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.
Et j'entendis le bruit de leurs ailes pendant qu'ils marchaient, comme la voix des grandes eaux; et quand ils s'arrêtaient, leurs ailes se reposaient.
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
Et voilà qu'une voix sortit du firmament qui était au-dessus de leurs tètes,
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.
Et qui ressemblait à un saphir, et qui supportait l'image d'un trône, sur lequel était une image semblable à un homme.
27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire around 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 on all sides.
Et je vis comme une vision d'émail, depuis ses reins jusqu'en haut; et depuis ses reins jusqu'en bas je vis une vision de feu, et sa lueur formait un cercle,
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. 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 speaking.
Semblable à l'arc qui est dans la nuée les jours de pluie; telle était la forme de cette lueur en cercle. C'est ainsi que je vis l'image de la gloire du Seigneur; je la vis, et je tombai la face contre terre, et j'entendis la voix d'un esprit qui parlait.
