以西結書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
以西結的異象
1 第三十年四月五日，我正在迦巴魯河畔被擄的人當中，忽然天開了，我看見了上帝的異象。 2 那是約雅斤王被擄第五年的四月五日， 3 就在迦勒底人境內的迦巴魯河畔，耶和華的話特別傳給了布西的兒子以西結祭司，耶和華的能力[a]降在他身上。
4 在異象中，我看見一陣狂風從北方颳來，隨後有一大朵雲閃耀著火光，四周環繞著燦爛的光芒，火的中心像發光的金屬。 5 火中有四個像人形的活物， 6 每個活物有四張不同的面孔和四個翅膀。 7 他們的腿是直的，腳如同牛犢的蹄，都亮如磨光的銅。 8 四面的翅膀下都有人的手，四個活物都有臉和翅膀， 9 翅膀彼此相連。他們移動時不必轉身，各朝前面移動。 10 四個活物的面孔是這樣的：正面是人的臉，右面是獅子的臉，左面是牛的臉，後面是鷹的臉。 11 他們的翅膀向上展開，每個活物的一對翅膀與其他活物的翅膀相連，另外一對翅膀遮蔽身體。 12 耶和華的靈往哪裡去，他們也往哪裡去，移動時不用轉身。 13 四個活物的形像如燃燒的火炭，又像火把。活物之間有火上下移動，發出耀眼的閃電。 14 這些活物像閃電一樣往來飛馳。
15 當我觀看這些活物的時候，發現每個活物旁邊的地上都有一個輪子。 16 四個輪子的形狀和結構都一樣，好像輪套輪，如同閃耀的綠寶石。 17 他們可以向四面移動，移動時輪子不必轉向。 18 輪圈高而可畏，周圍佈滿了眼睛。 19 活物行走，輪子也在旁邊行走；活物上升，輪子也上升。 20 靈往哪裡去，活物也往哪裡去，輪子也跟著往哪裡去，因為活物的靈在輪子裡。 21 活物行走，輪子也行走；活物站立不動，輪子也站立不動；活物上升，輪子也跟著上升，因為活物的靈在輪子裡。
22 活物的頭上好像鋪展著茫茫的穹蒼，如同頂著耀眼的水晶。 23 穹蒼下四個活物伸展翅膀，彼此相對，各用兩個翅膀遮蔽身體。 24 他們移動時，翅膀發出的響聲如洪濤之聲，既像全能者的聲音，又像軍隊的呐喊。活物站住的時候，便將翅膀垂下。 25 他們站立垂下翅膀時，有聲音從他們頭頂的穹蒼之上傳來。
26 在他們頭頂的穹蒼之上彷彿有藍寶石的寶座，有一位形狀像人的高高坐在寶座上。 27 我看到祂的腰部以上好像燒紅發亮的金屬，好像有火四面環繞。腰部以下如同火焰。祂周圍有耀眼的光輝， 28 彷彿雨天雲中的彩虹。
這是耶和華榮耀的形像。我一看見，便俯伏在地，隨後聽見有說話的聲音。
Footnotes
- 1·3 「能力」希伯來文是「手」。
Ezechiel 1
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Chemarea lui Ezechiel
1 În al treizecilea an, în a cincea zi a lunii a patra, pe când eram între prinşii de război de la(A) râul Chebar, s-au deschis(B) cerurile şi am avut vedenii(C) dumnezeieşti. 2 În a cincea zi a lunii – era în anul al cincilea al robiei(D) împăratului Ioiachin –, 3 Cuvântul Domnului a vorbit lui Ezechiel, fiul lui Buzi, preotul, în ţara haldeenilor, lângă râul Chebar, şi acolo a venit mâna(E) Domnului peste el. 4 M-am uitat şi iată că au venit de la miazănoapte(F) un vânt(G) năpraznic, un nor gros şi un snop de foc, care răspândea de jur împrejur o lumină strălucitoare, în mijlocul căreia lucea ca o aramă lustruită, care ieşea din mijlocul focului. 5 Tot în mijloc(H), se mai vedeau patru făpturi vii, a căror înfăţişare(I) avea o asemănare(J) omenească. 6 Fiecare din ele avea patru feţe şi fiecare avea patru aripi. 7 Picioarele lor erau drepte şi talpa picioarelor lor era ca a piciorului unui viţel şi scânteiau(K) ca nişte aramă lustruită. 8 Sub aripi, de cele patru părţi ale lor, aveau nişte mâini(L) de om şi toate patru aveau feţe şi aripi. 9 Aripile(M) lor erau prinse una de alta. Şi, când mergeau(N), nu se întorceau în nicio parte, ci fiecare mergea drept înainte. 10 Cât despre chipul(O) feţelor lor era aşa: înainte, toate(P) aveau o faţă de om; la dreapta lor, toate patru aveau(Q) câte o faţă de leu; la stânga lor(R), toate patru aveau câte o faţă de bou, iar înapoi, toate patru aveau câte o(S) faţă de vultur. 11 Aripile fiecăreia erau întinse în sus, aşa că două din aripile lor ajungeau până la cele învecinate, iar două(T) le acopereau trupurile. 12 Fiecare(U) mergea drept înainte, şi anume, încotro le mâna(V) duhul să meargă, într-acolo mergeau, iar în mersul lor nu se(W) întorceau în nicio parte. 13 În mijlocul acestor făpturi vii era ceva ca nişte cărbuni de foc aprinşi, care ardeau, şi ceva ca nişte făclii(X) umbla încoace şi încolo printre aceste făpturi vii; focul acesta arunca o lumină strălucitoare şi din el ieşeau fulgere. 14 Făpturile vii însă, când alergau(Y) şi se întorceau, erau ca fulgerul(Z). 15 Mă uitam la aceste făpturi vii şi iată că pe pământ, afară de făpturile vii, era o roată(AA) la fiecare din cele patru feţe ale lor. 16 Înfăţişarea(AB) acestor roţi şi materialul din care erau făcute păreau de hrisolit(AC) şi toate patru aveau aceeaşi întocmire. Înfăţişarea şi alcătuirea lor erau de aşa fel încât fiecare roată părea că este în mijlocul unei alte roţi. 17 Când mergeau(AD), alergau pe toate cele patru laturi ale lor şi nu se întorceau deloc în mersul lor. 18 Aveau nişte obezi de o înălţime înspăimântătoare şi, pe obezile lor, cele patru roţi erau pline cu ochi(AE) de jur împrejur. 19 Când mergeau(AF) făpturile vii, mergeau şi roţile pe lângă ele şi, când se ridicau făpturile vii de la pământ, se ridicau şi roţile. 20 Unde(AG) le mâna duhul să meargă, acolo mergeau, încotro voia duhul, şi împreună cu ele se ridicau şi roţile, căci(AH) duhul făpturilor vii era în roţi. 21 Când(AI) mergeau făpturile vii, mergeau şi roţile; când se opreau ele, se opreau şi roţile; când se ridicau de pe pământ, se ridicau şi roţile; căci duhul făpturilor vii era în roţi. 22 Deasupra capetelor făpturilor vii era ceva ca o întindere(AJ) a cerului, care semăna cu cristalul strălucitor şi se întindea în aer sus, peste capetele lor. 23 Sub cerul acesta, aripile lor stăteau drepte, întinse una spre alta, şi mai aveau fiecare câte două aripi, care le acopereau trupurile. 24 Când(AK) umblau, am auzit vâjâitul aripilor lor ca(AL) vâjâitul unor ape mari şi ca glasul(AM) Celui Atotputernic. Când mergeau, era un vuiet gălăgios, ca al unei oştiri, iar când se opreau, îşi lăsau aripile în jos. 25 Şi venea un vuiet care pornea de deasupra cerului întins peste capetele lor, iar când se opreau îşi lăsau aripile în jos. 26 Deasupra(AN) cerului care era peste capetele lor, era ceva ca(AO) o piatră de safir, în chipul unui scaun de domnie; pe acest chip de scaun de domnie se vedea ca un chip de om, care şedea pe el. 27 Am(AP) mai văzut iarăşi o lucire de aramă lustruită, ca nişte foc, înăuntrul căruia era omul acesta şi care strălucea de jur împrejur; de la chipul rărunchilor lui până sus şi de la chipul rărunchilor lui până jos, am văzut ca un fel de foc şi, de jur împrejur, era înconjurat cu o lumină strălucitoare. 28 Ca înfăţişarea curcubeului(AQ), care stă în nor într-o zi de ploaie, aşa era şi înfăţişarea acestei lumini strălucitoare, care-l înconjura. Astfel(AR) era arătarea slavei Domnului. Când am văzut-o, am(AS) căzut cu faţa la pământ şi am auzit glasul Unuia care vorbea.
Ezekiel 1
King James Version
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.
Ezekiel 1
EasyEnglish Bible
God gives Ezekiel visions
1 It was the 30th year.[a] God spoke to me on the fifth day of the fourth month.[b] I was among the prisoners from Judah at the side of the Kebar river.[c] At that time the skies opened and I saw visions from God.
2 King Jehoiachin of Judah had been a prisoner in Babylon for five years. On the fifth day of the month, 3 the Lord spoke to Ezekiel, the priest.[d] He was the son of Buzi. He was standing beside the River Kebar in Babylon. While Ezekiel was there, the Lord came to him with power.
4 As I looked, I saw a great storm that was coming from the north. It was a large cloud, with bright lightning. Light shone all around the cloud. It was like a fire that had bright metal in the centre of it. 5 I could see something like four living things in the middle of the fire. Each of them had the shape of a human. 6 But each of them had four faces and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight. Their feet were like the feet of young cows. They shone like bright bronze. 8 They had human hands under their wings on the four sides. Each of these four living things had faces and wings that were like this: 9 Their wings touched each other. All the living things moved forward together. They did not turn as they moved.
10 This is what their faces looked like: Each of the living things had four faces. There was a human face at the front. There was a lion's face on the right side. There was a bull's face on the left side. Each of them also had the face of an eagle. 11 Their wings waved up above them. Two wings of each living thing touched the wings of the living things on each side of them. Each living thing covered its body with its other two wings. 12 The living things each moved forward, in the direction that the spirit wanted them to go. They did not turn as they moved.
13 In the middle of the living things was a fire. It looked like coals that were burning, or like bright flames. The fire moved around among the living things. It shone brightly, with lightning coming out from it. 14 The living things moved around very quickly, as fast as lightning.
15 I continued to look at the four living things. Each of them had a wheel on the ground at its side.[e] 16 The four wheels all looked the same. They shone like bright jewels. The wheels were made like this: Each wheel had another wheel that went across the middle of it. 17 They moved forward in the same direction that the living things moved. They did not turn in any other direction. 18 The wheels had high edges. Eyes completely covered the edges of all the wheels.
19 When the living things moved, the wheels moved with them. If the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose with them. 20 The living things went wherever the spirit wanted them to go. The wheels would also go with them. That was because the spirit of the living things was in each wheel. 21 When the living things moved, the wheels also moved. When the living things stopped, the wheels stopped moving too. When the living things rose up from the ground, the wheels went up at their side. That happened because the spirit of the living things was in each wheel.
22 I saw something over the heads of the living things. It looked like a high roof that shone brightly like ice. 23 The living things all stood under the roof. Each of them stood with its wings held out towards the living things on each side of it. They covered their bodies with their other two wings. 24 When they moved, I could hear the sound of their wings. They made a noise like lots of water that pours along a river. It was also like the voice of the Almighty God, or the noise of a great army. When the living things stopped moving, they put their wings down at their sides.
25 While they stood with their wings down at their sides, I heard a voice. It came from above the roof over their heads. 26 Above the roof, there was something that looked like a throne. It was made of a blue jewel called sapphire. On the throne, high above, I saw something that looked like the shape of a man. 27 The top part of his body shone like a fire with bright metal in the centre of it. The lower part of his body looked like flames of fire. All around the human shape, there was a very bright light. 28 It shone with the colours of a rainbow in the clouds when there is rain. This bright light showed the glory of the Lord, who was there.
When I saw this, I bent down low with my face on the ground. I heard a voice that was speaking to me.
Footnotes
- 1:1 This probably means that Ezekiel was 30 years old.
- 1:1 The 4th month would be what we call June or July.
- 1:1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken Israelite people from Jerusalem as prisoners. The Kebar river joined the Euphrates river at Babylon. It was big enough for large boats.
- 1:3 When we write Lord like this, it is a special name for God. Sometimes people write it as ‘Yahweh’, or as ‘Jehovah’. It is his own name that he told Moses. See Exodus 3:14. It means ‘I am who I am’. This shows that God has always been there and he always will be there.
- 1:15 See Daniel 7:9.
Copyright of the Cornilescu Bible © 1924 belongs to British and Foreign Bible Society. Copyright © 2010, 2014 of the revised edition in Romanian language belongs to the Interconfessional Bible Society of Romania, with the approval of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
EasyEnglish Bible Copyright © MissionAssist 2019 - Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1162807. Used by permission. All rights reserved.