יחזקאל 1
| ויהי בשלשים שנה ברביעי בחמשה לחדש ואני בתוך הגולה על נהר כבר נפתחו השמים ואראה מראות אלהים | 1 |
And it was - in thirty year in the fourth [month] on [day] five of the month and I [was] in among the exile[s] at [the] river of Kebar they were opened the heavens and I saw visions of God.
| בחמשה לחדש--היא השנה החמישית לגלות המלך יויכין | 2 |
On [day] five of the month it [was] the year fifth of [the] exile of the king Jehoiachin.
| היה היה דבר יהוה אל יחזקאל בן בוזי הכהן בארץ כשדים--על נהר כבר ותהי עליו שם יד יהוה | 3 |
Expressly it came [the] word of Yahweh to Ezekiel [the] son of Buzi the priest in [the] land of [the] Chaldeans at [the] river of Kebar and it was on him there [the] hand of Yahweh.
| וארא והנה רוח סערה באה מן הצפון ענן גדול ואש מתלקחת ונגה לו סביב ומתוכה--כעין החשמל מתוך האש | 4 |
And I saw and there! a wind of storm [was] coming from the north a cloud great and fire flashing and brightness [belonged] to it all around and [was] from [the] middle of it like [the] appearance of shining substance from [the] middle of the fire.
| ומתוכה--דמות ארבע חיות וזה מראיהן--דמות אדם להנה | 5 |
And [was] from [the] middle of it a likeness of four living creatures and this [was] appearance their a likeness of a human [belonged] to them.
| וארבעה פנים לאחת וארבע כנפים לאחת להם | 6 |
And four faces [belonged] to one and four wings [belonged] to one of them.
| ורגליהם רגל ישרה וכף רגליהם ככף רגל עגל ונצצים כעין נחשת קלל | 7 |
And feet their [was] a foot straight and [the] sole of feet their [was] like [the] sole of [the] foot of a calf and [they were] gleaming like [the] appearance of bronze burnished.
| וידו (וידי) אדם מתחת כנפיהם על ארבעת רבעיהם ופניהם וכנפיהם לארבעתם | 8 |
(And [the] hands of *Q(K)*) a human [were] under wings their on [the] four sides their and faces their and wings their [belonged] to [the] four of them.
| חברת אשה אל אחותה כנפיהם לא יסבו בלכתן איש אל עבר פניו ילכו | 9 |
[were] touching Each sister its wings their not they turned when moved they each to [the] side of face its they moved.
| ודמות פניהם פני אדם ופני אריה אל הימין לארבעתם ופני שור מהשמאול לארבעתן ופני נשר לארבעתן | 10 |
And [the] likeness of faces their [was the] face of a human and [the] face of a lion to the right [side] [belonged] to [the] four of them and [the] face of an ox from the left [side] [belonged] to [the] four of them and [the] face of an eagle [belonged] to [the] four of them.
| ופניהם וכנפיהם פרדות מלמעלה לאיש שתים חברות איש ושתים מכסות את גויתיהנה | 11 |
And faces their and wings their [were] spread out from to above each two [wings] [were] touching each and two [wings] [were] covering bodies their.
| ואיש אל עבר פניו ילכו אל אשר יהיה שמה הרוח ללכת ילכו לא יסבו בלכתן | 12 |
And each to [the] side of face its they moved to where it was there the spirit [about] to go they moved not they turned when moved they.
| ודמות החיות מראיהם כגחלי אש בערות כמראה הלפדים--היא מתהלכת בין החיות ונגה לאש ומן האש יוצא ברק | 13 |
And [the] likeness of the living creatures appearance their [was] like coals of fire burning like [the] appearance of torches it [was] moving about between the living creatures and brightness [belonged] to the fire and from the fire [was] coming out lightning.
| והחיות רצוא ושוב כמראה הבזק | 14 |
And the living creatures they were running and they were returning like [the] appearance of lightning.
| וארא החיות והנה אופן אחד בארץ אצל החיות לארבעת פניו | 15 |
And I saw the living creatures and there! a wheel one [was] on the ground beside the living creatures for [the] four faces its.
| מראה האופנים ומעשיהם כעין תרשיש ודמות אחד לארבעתן ומראיהם ומעשיהם כאשר יהיה האופן בתוך האופן | 16 |
[the] appearance of The wheels and construction their [was] like [the] appearance of chrysolite and a likeness one [belonged] to [the] four of them and appearance their and construction their [was] just as it was the wheel in [the] middle of the wheel.
| על ארבעת רבעיהן בלכתם ילכו לא יסבו בלכתן | 17 |
On [the] four sides their when moved they they moved not they turned when moved they.
| וגביהן--וגבה להם ויראה להם וגבתם מלאת עינים סביב--לארבעתן | 18 |
And rims their and height [belonged] to them and fear [belonged] to them and rims their [were] full of eyes all around to [the] four of them.
| ובלכת החיות ילכו האופנים אצלם ובהנשא החיות מעל הארץ ינשאו האופנים | 19 |
And when moved the living creatures they moved the wheels beside them and when were lifted up the living creatures from on the ground they were lifted up the wheels.
| על אשר יהיה שם הרוח ללכת ילכו שמה הרוח ללכת והאופנים ינשאו לעמתם כי רוח החיה באופנים | 20 |
To where it was there the spirit [about] to go they moved there towards the spirit to go and the wheels they were lifted up close by them for [the] spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels.
| בלכתם ילכו ובעמדם יעמדו ובהנשאם מעל הארץ ינשאו האופנים לעמתם--כי רוח החיה באופנים | 21 |
When moved they they moved and when stood still they they stood still and when were lifted up they from on the ground they were lifted up the wheels close by them for [the] spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels.
| ודמות על ראשי החיה רקיע כעין הקרח הנורא--נטוי על ראשיהם מלמעלה | 22 |
And a likeness [was] above [the] heads of the living creature an expanse like [the] appearance of frost awesome spread out above heads their from to above.
| ותחת הרקיע כנפיהם ישרות אשה אל אחותה לאיש שתים מכסות להנה ולאיש שתים מכסות להנה את גויתיהם | 23 |
And under the expanse wings their [were] straight each to sister its [belonged] to each two [wings] covering them [belonged] to each two [wings] covering them bodies their.
| ואשמע את קול כנפיהם כקול מים רבים כקול שדי בלכתם--קול המלה כקול מחנה בעמדם תרפינה כנפיהן | 24 |
And I heard [the] sound of wings their like [the] sound of waters many like [the] sound of [the] Almighty when moved they [the] sound of a rainstorm like [the] sound of an army when stood still they they let drop wings their.
| ויהי קול--מעל לרקיע אשר על ראשם בעמדם תרפינה כנפיהן | 25 |
And it came a sound above the expanse which [was] above head their when stood still they they let drop wings their.
| וממעל לרקיע אשר על ראשם כמראה אבן ספיר דמות כסא ועל דמות הכסא דמות כמראה אדם עליו מלמעלה | 26 |
And [was] from above the expanse which [was] above head their like [the] appearance of a stone of sapphire [the] likeness of a throne and [was] on [the] likeness of the throne a likeness like [the] appearance of a human on it from to above.
| וארא כעין חשמל כמראה אש בית לה סביב ממראה מתניו ולמעלה וממראה מתניו ולמטה ראיתי כמראה אש ונגה לו סביב | 27 |
And I saw - like [the] appearance of a shining substance like [the] appearance of fire within to it [was] all around from [the] appearance of hips his and upwards and from [the] appearance of hips his and downwards I saw like [the] appearance of fire and brightness of him [was] all around.
| כמראה הקשת אשר יהיה בענן ביום הגשם כן מראה הנגה סביב--הוא מראה דמות כבוד יהוה ואראה ואפל על פני ואשמע קול מדבר | 28 |
Like [the] appearance of rainbow which it is in the cloud[s] on [the] day of rain so [the] appearance of the brightness all around that [was] [the] appearance of [the] likeness of [the] glory of Yahweh and I saw [it] and I fell on face my and I heard a voice speaking.
