Prophetia Ezechielis, 1
1. et factum est in tricesimo anno in quarto mense in quinta mensis cum essem in medio captivorum juxta fluvium Chobar aperti sunt cæli et vidi visiones Dei
1. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.
2. in quinta mensis ipse est annus quintus transmigrationis regis Joachin
2. On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin,
3. factum est verbum Domini ad Hiezecihel filium Buzi sacerdotem in terra Chaldeorum secus flumen Chobar et facta est super eum ibi manus Domini
3. The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Bud in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
4. et vidi et ecce ventus turbinis veniebat ab aquilone et nubes magna et ignis involvens et splendor in circuitu ejus et de medio ejus quasi species electri id est de medio ignis
4. And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire, as it were the resemblance of amber:
5. et ex medio eorum similitudo quattuor animalium et hic aspectus eorum similitudo hominis in eis
5. And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.
6. et quattuor facies uni et quattuor pinnæ uni
6. Every one had four faces, and every one four wings.
7. et pedes eorum pedes recti et planta pedis eorum quasi planta pedis vituli et scintillæ quasi aspectus æris candentis
7. Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass.
8. et manus hominis sub pinnis eorum in quattuor partibus et facies et pinnas per quattuor partes habebant
8. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides: and they bad faces, and wings on the four sides,
9. junctæque erant pinnæ eorum alterius ad alterum non revertebantur cum incederent sed unumquodque ante faciem suam gradiebatur
9. And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.
10. similitudo autem vultus eorum facies hominis et facies leonis a dextris ipsorum quattuor facies autem bovis a sinistris ipsorum quattuor et facies aquilæ ipsorum quattuor
10. And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four.
11. et facies eorum et pinnæ eorum extentæ desuper duæ pinnæ singulorum jungebantur et duæ tegebant corpora eorum
11. And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:
12. et unumquodque coram facie sua ambulabat ubi erat impetus spiritus illuc gradiebantur nec revertebantur cum ambularent
12. And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.
13. et similitudo animalium aspectus eorum quasi carbonum ignis ardentium et quasi aspectus lampadarum hæc erat visio discurrens in medio animalium splendor ignis et de igne fulgor egrediens
13. And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire.
14. et animalia ibant et revertebantur in similitudinem fulguris coruscantis
14. And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.
15. cumque aspicerem animalia apparuit rota una super terram juxta animalia habens quattuor facies
15. Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.
16. et aspectus rotarum et opus earum quasi visio maris et una similitudo ipsarum quattuor et aspectus earum et opera quasi sit rota in medio rotæ
16. And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
17. per quattuor partes earum euntes ibant et non revertebantur cum ambularent
17. When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
18. statura quoque erat rotis et altitudo et horribilis aspectus et totum corpus plenum oculis in circuitu ipsarum quattuor
18. The wheels had also a size, and a height, and a dreadful appearance: and the whole body was full of eyes round about all the four.
19. cumque ambularent animalia ambulabant pariter et rotæ juxta ea et cum elevarentur animalia de terra elevabantur simul et rotæ
19. And when the living creatures went, the wheels also went together by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels also were lifted up with them.
20. quocumque ibat spiritus illuc eunte spiritu et rotæ pariter levabantur sequentes eum spiritus enim vitæ erat in rotis
20. Whithersoever the spirit went, thither as the spirit went the wheels also were lifted up withal, and followed it: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
21. cum euntibus ibant et cum stantibus stabant et cum elevatis a terra pariter elevabantur et rotæ sequentes ea quia spiritus vitæ erat in rotis
21. When those went these went, and when those stood these stood, and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels also were lifted up together, and followed them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
22. et similitudo super caput animalium firmamenti quasi aspectus cristalli horribilis et extenti super capita eorum desuper
22. And over the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of the firmament, as the appearance of crystal terrible to behold, and stretched out over their heads above.
23. sub firmamento autem pinnæ eorum rectæ alterius ad alterum unumquodque duabus alis velabat corpus suum et alterum similiter velabatur
23. And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other, every one with two wings covered his body, and the other was covered in like manner.
24. et audiebam sonum alarum quasi sonum aquarum multarum quasi sonum sublimis Dei cum ambularent quasi sonus erat multitudinis ut sonus castrorum cumque starent dimittebantur pinnæ eorum
24. And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as it were the voice of the most high God: when they walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings were let down.
25. nam cum fieret vox supra firmamentum quod erat super caput eorum stabant et submittebant alas suas
25. For when a voice came from above the firmament, that was over their heads, they stood, and let down their wings.
26. et super firmamentum quod erat inminens capiti eorum quasi aspectus lapidis sapphyri similitudo throni et super similitudinem throni similitudo quasi aspectus hominis desuper
26. And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of the sapphire stone, and upon the likeness of the throne, was a likeness as of the appearance of a man above upon it.
27. et vidi quasi speciem electri velut aspectum ignis intrinsecus ejus per circuitum a lumbis ejus et desuper et a lumbis ejus usque deorsum vidi quasi speciem ignis splendentis in circuitu
27. And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire within it round about: from his loins and upward, and from his loins downward, I saw as it were the resemblance of fire shining round about.
28. velut aspectum arcus cum fuerit in nube in die pluviæ hic erat aspectus splendoris per gyrum
28. As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round about.
