Ezequiel, 1

1. No trigésimo ano, no quinto dia do quarto mês, quando me encontrava entre os deportados, às margens do rio Cobar, abriram-se os céus e contemplei visões divinas.*

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. No quinto dia do mês – era o quinto ano de cativeiro do rei Joaquim –

2. In the fifth [day] of the month, which [was] the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

3. foi a palavra do Senhor dirigida ao sacerdote Ezequiel, filho de Buzi, na Caldeia, às margens do rio Cobar. Nesse lugar veio a mão do Senhor sobre mim.*

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. Tive então uma visão: soprava do lado norte um vento impetuoso, uma espessa nuvem com um feixe de fogo resplandecente, e no centro, saído do meio do fogo, algo que possuía um brilho vermelho.

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. Distinguia-se no centro a imagem de quatro seres que aparentavam possuir forma humana.

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. Cada um tinha quatro faces e quatro asas.

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

7. Suas pernas eram direitas e as plantas de seus pés se assemelhavam às do touro e cintilavam como bronze polido.

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. De seus quatro lados mãos humanas saíam por debaixo de suas asas. Todos os quatro possuíam rostos, e asas.

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. Suas asas tocavam uma na outra. Quando se locomoviam, não se voltavam: cada um andava para a frente.

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

10. Quanto ao aspecto de seus rostos tinham todos eles figura humana, todos os quatro uma face de leão pela direita, todos os quatro uma face de touro pela esquerda, e todos os quatro uma face de águia.

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. Eis o que havia no tocante às suas faces. Suas asas estendiam-se para o alto; cada qual tinha duas asas que tocavam as dos outros, e duas que lhe cobriam o corpo.

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. Cada qual caminhava para a frente: iam para o lado aonde os impelia o espírito; não se voltavam quando iam andando.

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

13. No meio desses seres, divisava-se algo parecido com brasas incandescentes, como tochas que circulavam entre eles; e desse fogo, que projetava uma luz deslumbrante, saíam relâmpagos.*

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. Os seres ziguezagueavam como o raio.*

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

15. Ora, enquanto contemplava esses seres vivos, divisei uma roda sobre a terra ao lado de cada um dos quatro.*

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

16. O aspecto e a estrutura dessas rodas eram os de uma gema de Társis. Todas as quatro se assemelhavam, e pareciam construídas uma dentro da outra.

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. Podiam deslocar-se em quatro direções, sem retornar em seus movimentos.

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

18. Seus aros eram de uma altura assombrosa, guarnecidos de olhos em toda a circunferência.

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. Quando os seres vivos se deslocavam ou se erguiam da terra, locomoviam-se as rodas e se elevavam com eles.

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. Para aonde os impulsionava o espírito iam eles, e as rodas com eles se erguiam, pois o espírito do ser vivo de igual modo animava as rodas.

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. Quando caminhavam, elas se moviam; quando paravam, também elas interrompiam o curso; se se erguiam da terra, as rodas do mesmo modo se suspendiam, pois o espírito desses seres vivos estava também nas rodas.

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. Pairando acima desses seres, havia algo que se assemelhava a uma abóbada, límpida como cristal, estendida sobre suas cabeças.

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. Sob essa abóbada, alongavam-se as suas asas até se tocarem, tendo cada um sempre duas que lhe cobriam o corpo.

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. Eu escutava, quando eles caminhavam, o ruído de suas asas, semelhante ao barulho das grandes águas, à voz do Onipotente, um vozerio igual ao de um campo de batalha.*

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. Quando paravam, abaixavam as asas, e fazia-se um ruído acima da abóbada que ficava sobre as cabeças.*

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

26. Acima dessa abóbada havia uma espécie de trono, semelhante a uma pedra de safira; e, bem no alto dessa espécie de trono, uma silhueta humana.

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. Vi que ela possuía um fulgor vermelho, como se houvesse sido banhada no fogo, desde o que parecia ser a sua cintura, para cima; enquanto que, para baixo, vi algo como fogo que esparzia clarões por todos os lados.

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. Como o arco-íris que aparece nas nuvens em dias de chuva, assim era o resplendor que a envolvia. Era esta visão a imagem da glória do Senhor. Vendo isto, prostrei-me com o rosto por terra e escutei uma voz que dizia:

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.