Ezekieli 10
1 Nikatazama, nikaona juu ya ile nafasi iliyokuwa juu ya vichwa vya wale makerubi kulikuwa na kitu mfano wa kiti cha enzi cha yakuti samawi.
As I looked toward the dome that was over the heads of the cherubim; something appeared above them like a sapphire with the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2 Bwana akamwambia mtu yule aliyekuwa amevaa nguo ya kitani, “Ingia katikati ya yale Magurudumu yaliyo chini ya makerubi. Ukaijaze mikono yako makaa ya mawe ya moto kutoka katikati ya makerubi na uyatawanye juu ya mji.” Nilipokuwa nikiangalia, akaingia ndani.
Then Yahweh spoke to the man dressed in linen and said, “Go between the wheels underneath the cherubim, and fill both your hands with fiery coals from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” Then the man went in as I watched.
3 Basi wale makerubi walikuwa wamesimama upande wa kusini wa Hekalu wakati yule mtu alipoingia ndani, wingu likaujaza ule ukumbi wa ndani.
The cherubim stood on the right side of the house when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner courtyard.
4 Kisha utukufu wa Bwana ukainuka kutoka juu ya wale makerubi ukaenda kwenye kizingiti cha Hekalu. Wingu likajaza Hekalu, nao ukumbi ukajawa na mngʼao wa utukufu wa Bwana.
The glory of Yahweh rose up from the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the house. It filled the house with the cloud, and the courtyard was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.
5 Sauti ya mabawa ya wale makerubi ingeweza kusikika mpaka kwenye ukumbi wa nje, kama sauti ya Mungu Mwenyezi wakati anapoongea.
The sound of the cherubim's wings was heard as far as the outer courtyard, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
6 Bwana alipomwamuru yule mtu aliyevaa nguo za kitani akisema, “Chukua moto toka katikati ya magurudumu, kutoka katikati ya makerubi,” yule mtu aliingia ndani akasimama pembeni mwa gurudumu.
It came about, when God commanded the man dressed in linen and said, “Take fire from between the wheels that are between the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
7 Ndipo mmoja wa wale makerubi akanyoosha mkono wake kwenye moto uliokuwa katikati yao. Akachukua baadhi ya moto na kuutia mikononi mwa yule mtu aliyevaa mavazi ya kitani, naye akaupokea akatoka nje.
A cherub reached out his hand between the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim, and lifted it up and placed it into the hands of the one dressed in linen. The man took it and went back out.
8 (Chini ya mabawa ya makerubi paliweza kuonekana kitu kilichofanana na mikono ya mwanadamu.)
I saw on the cherubim something like a man's hand under their wings.
9 Nikatazama, nikaona magurudumu manne kando ya makerubi, moja kando ya kila kerubi. Magurudumu hayo yalimetameta kama kito cha zabarajadi.
So I looked, and behold! Four wheels were beside the cherubim—one wheel beside each cherub—and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
10 Kule kuonekana kwake, yote manne yalifanana kila gurudumu lilikuwa kama linazunguka ndani ya lingine.
Their appearance was the same likeness for all four of them, like a wheel intersecting another wheel.
11 Yalipozunguka, yalikwenda kokote katika pande nne walikoelekea wale makerubi. Magurudumu hayakugeuka wakati makerubi yalipokwenda. Makerubi walikwenda upande wowote kichwa kilikoelekea pasipo kugeuka walipokuwa wakienda.
When they moved, they went in any of their four directions, without turning as they went; but whatever direction the head faced, they followed after it without turning as they went.
12 Miili yao yote, pamoja na migongo yao, mikono na mabawa yao yote yalikuwa yamejaa macho kabisa kama yalivyokuwa yale magurudumu yao manne.
Their whole body—including their backs, their hands, and their wings—was covered with eyes, and eyes covered the four wheels all around also.
13 Nikasikia magurudumu yakiitwa, “Magurudumu ya kisulisuli.”
As I listened, the wheels were called, “Whirling.”
14 Kila mmoja wa wale makerubi alikuwa na nyuso nne: Uso mmoja ulikuwa kama vile wa kerubi, uso wa pili ulikuwa wa mwanadamu, uso wa tatu ulikuwa wa simba na uso wa nne ulikuwa wa tai.
They had four faces each; the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 Kisha makerubi wakapaa juu. Hawa ndio wale viumbe walio hai niliowaona kando ya Mto Kebari.
Then the cherubim—these were the living creatures that I had seen by the Kebar Canal—rose up.
16 Wakati makerubi walipokwenda, magurudumu yaliyoko kando yao yalikwenda na wakati makerubi walipotanda mabawa yao wapate kupaa juu kutoka ardhi, magurudumu yale hayakuondoka pembeni mwao.
Whenever the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them, and whenever the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise up from the earth, the wheels did not turn. They still stayed beside them.
17 Makerubi yaliposimama kimya, nayo pia yalitulia kimya, nao makerubi yalipoinuka juu, magurudumu nayo yaliinuka juu pamoja nao, kwa sababu roho ya vile viumbe hai ilikuwa ndani yake.
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
18 Kisha utukufu wa Bwana ukaondoka pale kwenye kizingiti cha Hekalu na kusimama juu ya wale makerubi.
Then the glory of Yahweh went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
19 Nilipokuwa nikitazama, makerubi yakatanda mabawa yao na kuinuka kutoka ardhini, nao walipokuwa wakienda, yale magurudumu yakaenda pamoja nao. Wakasimama kwenye ingilio la lango la mashariki la nyumba ya Bwana, nao utukufu wa Mungu wa Israeli ukawa juu yao.
The cherubim lifted up their wings and rose from the earth in my sight when they went out, and the wheels did the same beside them. They stood at the eastern entrance to Yahweh's house, and the glory of the God of Israel came upon them from above.
20 Hawa walikuwa ndio viumbe hai niliokuwa nimewaona chini ya Mungu wa Israeli kando ya Mto Kebari, nami nikatambua ya kuwa hao walikuwa makerubi.
These were the living creatures that I had seen below the God of Israel by the Kebar Canal, so I knew that they were cherubim!
21 Kila mmoja alikuwa na nyuso nne, mabawa manne, chini ya mabawa yao kulikuwa na kile kilichoonekana kama mikono ya mwanadamu.
They had four faces each and four wings each, and the likeness of human hands under their wings,
22 Nyuso zao zilifanana kama zile nilizokuwa nimeziona kando ya Mto Kebari. Kila mmoja alikwenda mbele moja kwa moja.
and the likeness of their faces was like the faces that I had seen in the vision at the Kebar Canal, and each of them went straight ahead.
