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Ezekiel 1
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ezekiel 1
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Unang Pangitain ni Ezekiel
1 1-3 Ako si Ezekiel, isang pari at anak ni Buzi. Isa rin ako sa mga bihag na dinala sa Babilonia. Nakatira ako noon sa pampang ng Ilog ng Kebar kasama ang iba pang mga bihag nang biglang bumukas ang langit. Pinuspos ako ng kapangyarihan ng Panginoon at ipinakita niya sa akin ang mga pangitain. Nangyari ito noong ikalimang araw ng ikaapat na buwan nang ika-30 taon. Ikalimang taon ito nang pagkakabihag ni Haring Jehoyakin.
4 Habang nakatingin ako, may nakita akong bagyong paparating mula sa hilaga. Kumikidlat mula sa makapal na ulap kaya nagliliwanag ang paligid. Parang kumikinang na tanso ang kidlat sa gitna ng ulap. 5 Sa gitna ng ulap, may nakita akong apat na buhay na nilalang, parang mga tao, 6-8 pero bawat isa sa kanila ay may apat na mukha at apat na pakpak. Tuwid ang kanilang mga binti at ang mga paa nila ay parang paa ng baka, kumikinang ito na parang tanso. May mga kamay silang katulad ng kamay ng tao na nasa ilalim ng kanilang mga pakpak. 9 Magkakadikit ang mga pakpak nila. Lumilipad sila nang sabay-sabay sa kahit saang direksyon nang hindi bumabaling.
10 Sa harap ay mukha silang tao, sa kanan ay mukhang leon, sa kaliwa ay mukhang toro at sa likod ay mukhang agila. 11 Ang dalawa sa mga pakpak nila ay nakabuka pataas at magkadikit ang mga dulo, at ang dalawa pa nilang pakpak ay tumatakip sa katawan nila. 12 Lumilipad sila nang sabay-sabay sa kahit saang direksyon nang hindi bumabaling. At kung saan sila dalhin ng Espiritu, doon sila pumupunta. 13 Parang nagniningas na baga o mga sulo ang itsura nila. Sa pagitan nilaʼy may apoy na nagliliwanag at mula rin ditoʼy may kidlat na lumalabas 14 Ang mga buhay na nilalang na itoʼy nagpaparooʼt parito na kasimbilis ng kidlat.
15 Habang nakatingin ako sa apat na buhay na nilalang, nakita kong ang bawat isa sa kanila ay may gulong sa ilalim.[a] Ang apat na gulong ay nakasayad sa lupa. 16 Ganito ang anyo ng mga gulong: Kumikislap ang mga ito na parang mamahaling batong krisolito at magkakapareho ang kanilang anyo. Ang bawat gulong ay may isa pang gulong sa loob na nakakrus. 17 Kaya nakakapunta ang mga gulong na ito at ang mga buhay na nilalang kahit saang direksyon nang hindi na kailangang bumaling pa. 18 Ang gilid ng mga gulong ay malapad at nakakatakot dahil puno ng mga mata.
19 Kasama ng apat na buhay na nilalang ang mga gulong kahit saan sila pumunta, at kapag umaangat sila, umaangat din ang mga gulong. 20 Ang espiritu ng apat na buhay na nilalang ay nasa gulong. Kaya saan man pumunta ang espiritu, doon din pumupunta ang apat na buhay na nilalang at ang mga gulong. 21 Kapag lumakad ang mga buhay na nilalang, kasama rin ang mga gulong. Kapag tumigil sila, tumitigil din ang mga ito. At kapag lumipad sila, lumilipad din ang mga gulong dahil ang espiritu nila ay nasa gulong.
22 Sa itaas ng ulo ng mga buhay na nilalang ay may nakatabon na tila kristal na nakakasilaw at kahanga-hangang tingnan. 23 Sa ilalim nito, ang dalawang pakpak ng bawat buhay na nilalang ay nakabuka, at nagpapang-abot ang dulo ng mga pakpak ng bawat isa. Ang dalawang pakpak naman nila ay tumatakip sa kanilang katawan. 24 Kapag lumipad sila, ang pagaspas ng mga pakpak nila ay parang ugong ng rumaragasang tubig o kayaʼy parang tinig ng makapangyarihang Dios o ingay ng napakaraming hukbo. At kapag tumigil sila, ibinababa nila ang kanilang pakpak.
25 Habang nakababa ang mga pakpak nila, may tinig na nagmumula sa itaas nila. 26 Sa ibabaw nila ay may tila tronong gawa sa mga batong safiro at may parang tao sa tronong iyon. 27 Mula baywang pataas para siyang nagniningning na metal, at mula sa kanyang baywang pababa para siyang apoy na nagliliyab at napapalibutan ng nakasisilaw na liwanag. 28 Ang liwanag na iyon sa paligid niya ay parang bahaghari pagkatapos ng ulan.
Ganoon ang makapangyarihang presensya ng Panginoon. At nang makita ko iyon, lumuhod ako at narinig kong may tinig na nagsasalita sa akin.
Footnotes
- 1:15 ilalim: o, gilid.
Ezekiel 1
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Ezekiel 1
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Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision
1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles(A) by the Kebar River,(B) the heavens were opened(C) and I saw visions(D) of God.
2 On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin(E)— 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel(F) the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.[a] There the hand of the Lord was on him.(G)
4 I looked, and I saw a windstorm(H) coming out of the north(I)—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,(J) 5 and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures.(K) In appearance their form was human,(L) 6 but each of them had four faces(M) and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze.(N) 8 Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands.(O) All four of them had faces and wings, 9 and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.(P)
10 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.(Q) 11 Such were their faces. They each had two wings(R) spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. 12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.(S) 13 The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals(T) of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning(U) flashed out of it. 14 The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.(V)
15 As I looked at the living creatures,(W) I saw a wheel(X) on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. 16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz,(Y) and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 17 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction(Z) as the creatures went. 18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes(AA) all around.
19 When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. 20 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go,(AB) and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.(AC)
22 Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault,(AD) sparkling like crystal, and awesome. 23 Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. 24 When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing(AE) waters, like the voice(AF) of the Almighty,[b] like the tumult of an army.(AG) When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
25 Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. 26 Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne(AH) of lapis lazuli,(AI) and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.(AJ) 27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.(AK) 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow(AL) in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.(AM)
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory(AN) of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,(AO) and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 1:3 Or Chaldeans
- Ezekiel 1:24 Hebrew Shaddai
Ezekiel 1
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Ezekiel 1
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Introduction
1 I am the priest, Ezekiel son of Buzi. I was in exile by the Kebar Canal in Babylonia when the skies opened up, and I saw visions of God. This was on the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year.[a] (This was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile. The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel. The power of the Lord came over him at that place.)
The Chariot of the Lord—God’s Throne
4 I was watching a big storm come in from the north. It was a big cloud with a strong wind, and there was fire flashing from it. Light was shining out all around it. It looked like hot metal[b] glowing in a fire. 5 Inside the cloud, there were four living beings that looked like people. 6 But each one of them had four faces and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight. Their feet looked like calves’ feet, and they sparkled like polished brass. 8 Under their wings were human arms. There were four living beings. Each living being had four faces and four wings. 9 The wings touched each other. The living beings did not turn when they moved. They went in the direction they were looking.
10 Each living being had four faces. In the front they each had a man’s face. There was a lion’s face on the right side and a bull’s face on the left side. There was an eagle’s face on the back. 11 Their wings were spread out over them. With two of the wings each living being reached out to touch the one near it, and with the other two wings it covered its body. 12 Each living being went in the direction it was looking. They went wherever the spirit[c] caused them to go, but they did not turn when they moved. 13 That is what the living beings looked like.
Inside the area between the living beings, there was something that looked like burning coals of fire. This fire was like small torches that kept moving around among the living beings. The fire glowed brightly and lightning flashed from it. 14 The living beings ran back and forth—as fast as lightning.[d]
15-16 I was looking at the living beings when I noticed four wheels that touched the ground. There was one wheel by each living being. All the wheels looked the same. The wheels looked as if they were made from a clear, yellow jewel. They looked like there was a wheel inside a wheel. 17 They could turn to move in any direction. But the living beings did not turn when they moved.[e]
18 The rims of the wheels were tall and frightening. There were eyes all over the rims of all four wheels.
19 The wheels always moved with the living beings. If the living beings went up into the air, the wheels went with them. 20 They went wherever the spirit wanted them to go, and the wheels went with them, because the power that moved the living being was in the wheels. 21 So if the living beings moved, the wheels moved. If the living beings stopped, the wheels stopped. If the wheels went into the air, the living beings went with them, because the spirit was in the wheels.
22 There was an amazing thing over the heads of the living beings. It was like a bowl[f] turned upside down, and the bowl was clear like crystal. 23 Under this bowl, each living being had wings reaching out to the one next to it. Two wings spread out one way and two wings spread out the other way, covering its body.
24 Then I heard the wings. Every time the living beings moved, their wings made a very loud noise like a lot of water rushing by. They were loud like the Lord All-Powerful. They were as loud as an army or a crowd of people. When the living beings stopped moving, they put their wings down by their side.
25 The living beings stopped moving and lowered their wings. Then there was another loud sound that came from above the bowl over their heads. 26 There was something that looked like a throne on top of the bowl. It was blue like sapphire. There was also something that looked like a man sitting on the throne. 27 I looked at him from his waist up. He looked like hot metal with fire all around him. I looked at him from his waist down. It looked like fire with a glow that was shining all around him. 28 The light shining around him was like a rainbow in a cloud. It was the Glory of the Lord. As soon as I saw that, I fell to the ground. I bowed with my face to the ground, and then I heard a voice speaking to me.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 1:1 fifth day … year If the year refers to Ezekiel’s age, this is the same as the fifth year of exile, that is, July 31, 593 B.C.
- Ezekiel 1:4 hot metal The Hebrew word might mean “melted copper,” “an alloy of gold and silver,” or “amber.” Also in verse 27.
- Ezekiel 1:12 spirit Or “wind.” Also in verse 20.
- Ezekiel 1:14 Or “And there was something like lighting shooting back and forth among the living beings.”
- Ezekiel 1:17 The wheels … moved Or “The wheels could move in any four directions, but they did not turn when they moved.”
- Ezekiel 1:22 bowl This Hebrew word is the same word used in Gen. 1:6-7 to describe the dome of the sky.
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