Ezekiel 1

در روز پنجم ماه چهارم از سال سی‌ام، که پنج سال از تبعیدِ یهویاکین پادشاه می‌گذشت، من حزقیال کاهن، پسر بوزی با سایر تبعیدشدگان یهودی در کنار رود خابور در بابل زندگی می‌کردم. در همان روز ناگهان آسمان باز شد و خدا رؤیاهایی را به من نشان داد.

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.

در روز پنجم ماه چهارم از سال سی‌ام، که پنج سال از تبعیدِ یهویاکین پادشاه می‌گذشت، من حزقیال کاهن، پسر بوزی با سایر تبعیدشدگان یهودی در کنار رود خابور در بابل زندگی می‌کردم. در همان روز ناگهان آسمان باز شد و خدا رؤیاهایی را به من نشان داد.

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

در آنجا، در کنار رود خابور، واقع در بابل، وقتی خداوند با من حرف زد نیروی او را در وجود خود احساس كردم.

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.

به بالا نگاه کردم و دیدم که توفانی از طرف شمال می‌آمد. پیشاپیش آن، ابر بزرگی حرکت می‌کرد و هاله‌ای از نور دور آن بود. در وسط آن یک شیء برنزی، روشن و تابان بود.

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.

در وسط ابر چهار موجود زنده را دیدم که به انسان شباهت داشتند،

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.

امّا هر کدام از آنها دارای چهار صورت و چهار بال بود.

And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

پاهایشان راست و کف پایشان به سُم گوساله شباهت داشت و مثل یک شیء برنزی، صیقلی و برّاق بود.

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.

در زیر بالهای خود دستهایی شبیه دست انسان داشتند.

And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

نوک بالهای آن چهار جانور با یکدیگر تماس داشت و بدون اینکه بچرخند، مستقیماً پرواز می‌کردند.

Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

هریک از آنها چهار روی مختلف داشت: در جلو چهرهٔ انسان، در طرف راست شکل شیر، در طرف چپ شکل گاو و در عقب شکل عقاب.

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.

هر کدام دو جفت بال داشت. یک جفت آن باز بود و نوک آنها با دو بال جانور پهلویش تماس داشت. جفت دیگر بدنشان را می‌پوشاند.

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.

آنها مستقیماً حرکت می‌کردند و هر جایی که دلشان می‌خواست می‌رفتند، بدون اینکه بچرخند.

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

در بین این موجودات چیزی چون مشعلی فروزان بود که دایماً در حال حرکت بود. آتش شعله‌ور می‌شد و از آن برق می‌جهید.

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.

این موجودات با سرعت برق جلو و عقب می‌رفتند.

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

در همان حالی که متوجّه آن چهار موجود زنده بودم، چهار چرخ بر زمین و پهلوی هریک از آن موجودات دیدم.

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

چرخها همه یکسان و مثل زِبَرجد، برّاق بودند. در وسط هر چرخ یک چرخ دیگر قرار داشت.

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.

به این ترتیب به هر طرف که می‌خواستند، می‌توانستند حرکت کنند بدون اینکه دور بزنند.

When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

حلقهٔ دور چرخها بلند و مهیب و پُر از چشم بود.

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

هنگامی‌که موجودات زنده حرکت می‌کردند چرخها در کنارشان حرکت می‌کردند و هنگامی‌که موجودات زنده از روی زمین برمی‌خاستند، چرخها نیز برمی‌خاستند.

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.

هر کجا که روح می‌رفت، ایشان می‌رفتند و چرخها همراه ایشان بلند می‌شدند، زیرا روح آن موجودات زنده در چرخها بود.

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.

پس هرگاه موجودات حرکت می‌کردند یا می‌ایستادند یا به هوا برمی‌خاستند، چرخها نیز دقیقاً همان کار را می‌کردند.

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.

بالای سر موجودات زنده چیزی مانند گنبد درخشندهٔ بلورین بود.

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.

زیر گنبد، دو بال هر جانور طوری گسترده بود که به بالهای جانور پهلویش می‌رسید و دو بال دیگر بدن آنها را می‌پوشاند.

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.

من صدای بالهای آنها را هنگامی‌که پرواز می‌کردند، شنیدم که مانند صدای آبهای خروشان بود، مانند غریو سپاهی عظیم، مانند صدای خدای قادر مطلق. هنگامی‌که پرواز نمی‌کردند بالهایشان را جمع می‌کردند.

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.

امّا صدایی از فراز گنبدی که بالای سرشان بود، می‌آمد.

And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

بر گنبد بالای سرشان چیزی مانند تختی به رنگ یاقوت کبود دیده می‌شد. بر روی آن تخت موجودی نشسته بود که به انسان شباهت داشت.

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.

از کمر به بالا مثل برنز آتشین و شعله‌ور می‌درخشید. از کمر به پایین مانند شعلهٔ آتش می‌تابید و اطراف او با نور درخشنده‌ای روشن بود.

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.

درخشندگی پیرامون او مانند رنگین کمان در روز بارانی بود. این منظره، نور پرجلال حضور خداوند را نشان می‌داد. هنگامی‌که این را دیدم، با صورت به زمین افتادم و صدای کسی را شنیدم که سخن می‌گفت.

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.