エゼキエル書 1
1 第三十年四月五日に、わたしがケバル川のほとりで、捕囚の人々のうちにいた時、天が開けて、神の幻を見た。
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 Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 これはエホヤキン王の捕え移された第五年であって、その月の五日に、
On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,
3 主の言葉がケバル川のほとり、カルデヤびとの地でブジの子祭司エゼキエルに臨み、主の手がその所で彼の上にあった。
the word of Jehovah came to Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldaeans, by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.
4 わたしが見ていると、見よ、激しい風と大いなる雲が北から来て、その周囲に輝きがあり、たえず火を吹き出していた。その火の中に青銅のように輝くものがあった。
And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came from the north, a great cloud, and a mass of fire; and a brightness was round about it, and in the midst of it the appearance of bright brass, in the midst of the fire.
5 またその中から四つの生きものの形が出てきた。その様子はこうである。彼らは人の姿をもっていた。
And in the midst of it were the forms of four living creatures. And this was their appearance. They had the form of a man.
6 おのおの四つの顔をもち、またそのおのおのに四つの翼があった。
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 その足はまっすぐで、足のうらは子牛の足のうらのようであり、みがいた青銅のように光っていた。
And their feet were upright; and the sole of their feet was as the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like polished brass.
8 その四方に、そのおのおのの翼の下に人の手があった。この四つの者はみな顔と翼をもち、
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides, and all four had faces and wings.
9 翼は互に連なり、行く時は回らずに、おのおの顔の向かうところにまっすぐに進んだ。
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not about when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 顔の形は、おのおのその前方に人の顔をもっていた。四つの者は右の方に、ししの顔をもち、四つの者は左の方に牛の顔をもち、また四つの者は後ろの方に、わしの顔をもっていた。
As for the form of their faces, all four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side, and all four had the face of an ox on the left side, and all four had also the face of an eagle.
11 彼らの顔はこのようであった。その翼は高く伸ばされ、その二つは互に連なり、他の二つをもってからだをおおっていた。
Thus were their faces. And their wings were expanded upward; two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies.
12 彼らはおのおのその顔の向かうところへまっすぐに行き、霊の行くところへ彼らも行き、その行く時は回らない。
And they went every one straight forward; whither the spirit was to go, they went, and they turned not about when they went.
13 この生きもののうちには燃える炭の火のようなものがあり、たいまつのように、生きものの中を行き来している。火は輝いて、その火から、いなずまが出ていた。
And the appearance of the living creatures was as coals of fire, burning like torches; and the fire moved about among the living creatures, and shone forth brightly; and out of the fire came forth lightning.
14 生きものは、いなずまのひらめきのように速く行き来していた。
And the living creatures ran backward and forward like a flash of lightning.
15 わたしが生きものを見ていると、生きもののかたわら、地の上に輪があった。四つの生きものおのおのに、一つずつの輪である。
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, there stood a wheel upon the earth by each of the living creatures, with its four sides.
16 もろもろの輪の形と作りは、光る貴かんらん石のようである。四つのものは同じ形で、その作りは、あたかも、輪の中に輪があるようである。
The appearance of the wheels, and their work, was like that of a chrysolite, and all four had one form, and their appearance and their work was as if a wheel had been within a wheel.
17 その行く時、彼らは四方のいずれかに行き、行く時は回らない。
When they went, they went upon their four sides, and they turned not about when they went.
18 四つの輪には輪縁と輻とがあり、その輪縁の周囲は目をもって満たされていた。
As for their felloes, they were high and terrible; and their felloes were full of eyes round about upon all four of them.
19 生きものが行く時には、輪もそのかたわらに行き、生きものが地からあがる時は、輪もあがる。
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 霊の行く所には彼らも行き、輪は彼らに伴ってあがる。生きものの霊が輪の中にあるからである。
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, whithersoever the spirit was to go; and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21 彼らが行く時は、これらも行き、彼らがとどまる時は、これらもとどまり、彼らが地からあがる時は、輪もまたこれらと共にあがる。生きものの霊が輪の中にあるからである。
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 beside them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22 生きものの頭の上に水晶のように輝く大空の形があって、彼らの頭の上に広がっている。、
And over the heads of the living creatures was the appearance of a firmament, like crystal, terrible, spread out over their heads above.
23 大空の下にはまっすぐに伸ばした翼があり、たがいに相連なり、生きものはおのおの二つの翼をもって、からだをおおっている。
And under the firmament were their wings upright, the one toward the other; and every one had two, which covered his body.
24 その行く時、わたしは大水の声、全能者の声のような翼の声を聞いた。その声の響きは大軍の声のようで、そのとどまる時は翼をたれる。
And I heard the sound of their wings, as the sound of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went, —a sound like the noise of a host. And when they stood still, they let down their wings.
25 また彼らの頭の上の大空から声があった。彼らが立ちとどまる時は翼をおろした。
And there was a voice from the firmament, that was over their heads; and they stood still, and let down their wings.
26 彼らの頭の上の大空の上に、サファイヤのような位の形があった。またその位の形の上に、人の姿のような形があった。
And above the firmament over their heads was an appearance like a sapphire-stone, the form of a throne; and upon the form of the throne there was a form like that of a man above.
27 そしてその腰とみえる所の上の方に、火の形のような光る青銅の色のものが、これを囲んでいるのを見た。わたしはその腰とみえる所の下の方に、火のようなものを見た。そして彼のまわりに輝きがあった。
And I saw what had the appearance of bright brass, what had the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins and upward. And from the appearance of his loins downward I saw what had the appearance of fire, and its brightness was round about him.
28 そのまわりにある輝きのさまは、雨の日に雲に起るにじのようであった。主の栄光の形のさまは、このようであった。わたしはこれを見て、わたしの顔をふせたとき、語る者の声を聞いた。
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one who spoke.
