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. 2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto 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.
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 out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 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. 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. 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 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. 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. 12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto 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. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 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 over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 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. 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. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
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. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about 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 round about. 28 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 likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it , I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Četru tēlu redzējums Ecehiēlam
1 Tas notika trīsdesmitā gada ceturtā mēneša piektajā dienā, kad es ar izsūtītajiem biju viņpus Kebaras upes, – debesis atvērās, un es redzēju Dieva parādību. 2 Šā mēneša piektajā dienā apritēja ķēniņa Jehojāhīna piektais gūsta gads. 3 Kunga vārds nāktin nāca pār Ecehiēlu, priestera Būzī dēlu, kaldiešu zemē viņpus Kebaras upes – tur Kunga roka bija pār viņu. 4 Es skatījos, un redzi – negaisa viesulis nāca no ziemeļiem – milzīgs mākonis un liesmojoša uguns, visapkārt tai spožums, un vidū tā mirdzēja kā varš ugunī. 5 Šķita, ka vidū ir četras būtnes, kas izskatījās kā cilvēki. 6 Ikvienam no tiem bija četras sejas un četri spārni. 7 To kājas bija taisnas, bet kāju pēdas kā teļa nagi, un tie spīdēja kā spodrināts varš. 8 Zem spārniem tiem visās četrās pusēs bija cilvēka rokas. Tiem bija gan četras sejas, gan četri spārni. 9 Spārni saskārās viens ar otru. Kad tie gāja, tie nepagriezās, bet ikviens devās taisni uz priekšu. 10 Izskats tiem bija šāds – katram bija cilvēka seja un labajā pusē lauvas seja, kreisajā pusē katram bija vērša seja un katram bija ērgļa seja. 11 To sejas un spārni bija vērsti augšup, divi spārni saskārās kopā, bet ar otriem diviem tie apklāja savu ķermeni. 12 Ikviens devās taisni uz priekšu – tie devās turp, kurp gars tos veda, un, kad tie gāja, tie nepagriezās. 13 Šīs būtnes izskatījās kā degošas ogles, tās bija kā lāpas. Kā spoža uguns šaudījās starp būtnēm, un no uguns plaiksnīja zibens. 14 Būtnes šaudījās kā zibens turp un atpakaļ.
15 Es skatījos uz būtnēm, un redzi – tām priekšā iesāņus uz zemes bija riteņi, pavisam četri. 16 Izskatījās, ka riteņi darināti no zeltaina topāza. Visi četri bija līdzīgi pēc izskata un darināti tā, ka ritenis bija ritenī, 17 tie gāja uz četrām pusēm, un, kad tie gāja, tie nepagriezās. 18 Riteņu loki bija augsti un biedējoši, visi četri loki visapkārt bija pilni acu. 19 Kad būtnes gāja, tām blakus gāja arī riteņi, un, kad tās pacēlās virs zemes, pacēlās arī riteņi. 20 Kad vien gars gribēja iet, gāja arī tās un riteņi cēlās kopā ar tām, jo būtņu gars bija riteņos. 21 Kad tās gāja, arī tie gāja, un, kad tās apstājās, arī tie apstājās. Kad tās pacēlās virs zemes, kopā ar tām cēlās riteņi, jo būtņu gars bija riteņos!
Dieva godības atklāšanās
22 Virs būtņu galvām bija it kā debesjums – spožs kā ledus, baisi tas pletās pār to galvām. 23 Būtņu spārni zem debesjuma bija izstiepti viens pret otru. Katrai bija divi spārni apsegam – ikviena ar diviem sedza savu ķermeni. 24 Es dzirdēju spārnus švīkstam kā varenus ūdeņus krācam, kā Visuvarenā balsi. Kad tās gāja – šalca kā negaisā, kā kara troksnī. Apstājoties tās spārnus nolaida. 25 Un, kad tās nolaida spārnus, atskanēja balss no debesjuma, kas tām bija virs galvas. 26 Debesjumā virs to galvām varēja redzēt safīram līdzīgu troni, un tronī sēdēja kāds, kas šķita kā cilvēks. 27 Es redzēju viņam visapkārt kā spīdošu varu, kā uguni! Gar viņa gurniem gan uz augšu, gan uz leju es redzēju uguni, spožumu visapkārt viņam – 28 kā varavīksni mākoņos lietainā dienā, kā spožumu visapkārt viņam. Viņš bija līdzīgs Kunga godībai. Es viņu ieraudzīju, kritu uz sava vaiga un dzirdēju balsi.
