エゼキエル書 1
1 第三十年四月の五日に我ケバル河の邊にてかの擄うつされたる者の中にをりしに天ひらけて我神の異象を見たり
Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was amongst the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 是ヱコニヤ王の擄ゆかれしより第五年のその月の五日なりき
In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3 時にカルデヤ人の地に於てケバル河の邊にてヱホバの言祭司ブシの子エゼキエルに臨めりヱホバの手かしこにて彼の上にあり
the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.
4 我見しに視よ烈き風大なる雲および燃る火の團塊北より出きたる又雲の周圍に輝光ありその中よりして火の中より熱たる金族のごときもの出づ
I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle of the fire.
5 其火の中に四箇の生物にて成る一箇の形あり其狀は是のごとし即ち人の象あり
Out of its centre came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.
6 各四の面あり各四の翼あり
Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
7 その足は直なる足その足の跖は犢牛の足の跖のごとくにして磨ける銅のごとくに光れり
Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
8 その生物の四方に翼の下に人の手ありこの四箇の物皆面と翼あり
They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:
9 その翼はたがひに相つらなれりその往ときに回轉ずして各その面の向ふところに行く
Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.
10 その面の形は人の面のごとし四箇の者右には獅子の面あり四箇の者左には牛の面あり又四箇の者鷲の面あり
As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the face of an ox on the left side. The four of them also had the face of an eagle.
11 その面とその翼は上にて分るその各箇の翼二箇は彼と此と相つらなり二箇はその身を覆ふ
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
12 各箇その面の向ふところへ行き靈のゆかんとする方に行く又行にまはることなし
Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.
13 その生物の形は爇る炭の火のごとく松明のごとし火生物の中に此彼に行き火輝きてその火の中より電光いづ
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. The fire went up and down amongst the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.
14 その生物奔りて電光の如くに往來す
The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 我生物を觀しに生物の近邊にあたりてその四箇の面の前に地の上に輪あり
Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
16 其輪の形と作は黄金色の玉のごとしその四箇の形は皆同じその形と作は輪の中に輪のあるがごとくなり
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
17 その行く時は四方に行く行にまはることなし
When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.
18 その輪輞は高くして畏懼かり輪輞は四箇ともに皆遍く目あり
As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.
19 生物の行く時は輪その傍に行き生物地をはなれて上る時は輪もまた上る
When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 凡て靈のゆかんとする所には生物その靈のゆかんとする方に往く輪またその傍に上る是生物の靈輪の中にあればなり
Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
21 此の行く時は彼もゆき此の止る時は彼も止り此地をはなれて上る時は輪も共にあがる是生物の靈輪の中にあればなり
When those went, these went. When those stood, these stood. When those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22 生物の首の上に畏しき水晶のごとき穹蒼ありてその首の上に展開る
Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at, stretched out over their heads above.
23 穹蒼の下に其翼直く開きて此と彼とあひ連る又各二箇の翼ありその各の二箇の翼此方彼方にありて身をおほふ
Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one towards the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side.
24 我その行く時の羽聲を聞に大水の聲のごとく全能者の聲のごとし其聲音の響は軍勢の聲のごとしその立どまる時は翼を垂る
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.
25 その首の上なる穹蒼の上より聲ありその立どまる時は翼を垂る
There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.
26 首の上なる穹蒼の上に靑玉のごとき寶位の狀式ありその寶位の狀式の上に人のごとき者在す、
Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.
27 又われその中と周圍に磨きたる銅のごとく火のごとくなる者を見る其人の腰より上も腰より下も火のごとくに見ゆ其周圍に輝光あり
I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
28 その周圍の輝光は雨の日に雲にあらはるる虹のごとしヱホバの榮光かくのごとく見ゆ我これを見て俯伏したるに語る者の聲あるを聞く
As the appearance of the rainbow 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 LORD’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
