¹以西結見異象第三十年四月五日，我正在迦巴魯河邊的時候，天開了，我就看見　神的異象；那時，我是在被擄的人中間。

¹Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” .

²（當天是約雅斤王被擄後第五年四月五日。

²In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

³在迦勒底人的地方，迦巴魯河邊，耶和華的話確實臨到布西的兒子以西結祭司。耶和華的手在那裡臨到他身上。）

³the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yahweh was there on him.

⁴四個活物我觀望，看見有狂風從北方颳來，並有一塊閃耀著火燄的很大的雲，雲的周圍有光芒，在雲中的火燄裡，好像有發光的金屬。

⁴I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

⁵在火中又有四個活物的形狀，牠們的樣子是這樣：牠們都有人的形狀。

⁵Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

⁶牠們各有四個臉孔、四個翅膀。

⁶Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

⁷牠們的腿是直的，腳掌像牛犢的蹄，都很燦爛，像擦亮了的銅。

⁷Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

⁸在牠們四邊的翅膀下都有人的手。牠們四個活物的臉孔和翅膀是這樣的：

⁸They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings thus:

⁹牠們的翅膀互相接觸，走動的時候，不必轉身，都是朝著臉孔的方向行走。

⁹their wings were joined one to another; they didn’t turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

¹⁰至於牠們臉孔的形狀，四個活物都各有一個人的臉孔，在右邊各有一個獅子的臉孔，在左邊各有一個牛的臉孔，此外各有一個鷹的臉孔；

¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

¹¹牠們的臉孔就是這樣。牠們向上展開翅膀，各自用兩個翅膀互相接觸，用兩個翅膀遮蔽身體。

¹¹Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.

¹²牠們都是朝著臉孔的方向行走。靈往哪裡去，牠們就往哪裡去。牠們走動的時候，都不必轉身。

¹²Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn’t turn when they went.

¹³至於四個活物的形狀，樣子像燒著的火炭，又像火把。火在四活物中間到處閃耀。這火很明亮，有閃電從火中發出。

¹³As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

¹⁴四個活物往來奔走，好像閃電。

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

¹⁵四個輪子我觀看那些活物的時候，看見四個活物的旁邊都有一個觸地的輪子。

¹⁵Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

¹⁶四個輪子的樣子與構造都是一個形狀，它們好像閃耀的水蒼玉，又好像輪子套著輪子。

¹⁶The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

¹⁷輪子可以向四方移動，移動的時候，不必轉向。

¹⁷When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn’t turn when they went.

¹⁸輪輞很高，十分可畏，四個輪輞都布滿了眼睛。

¹⁸As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

¹⁹活物走動的時候，牠們旁邊的輪子也隨著移動。活物從地上升起的時候，輪子也隨著升起。

¹⁹When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

²⁰靈往哪裡去，活物就往哪裡去，輪子也隨著牠們升起，因為活物的靈是在輪子裡面。

²⁰Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²¹活物走動，輪子也隨著移動；活物站著不動，輪子也不動；活物從地上升起，輪子也隨著升起，因為活物的靈是在輪子裡面。

²¹When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²²在活物的頭頂上面，有穹蒼的形狀，好像閃耀的水晶，十分可畏，在活物的頭頂上面張開。

²²Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth over their heads above.

²³在穹蒼下面，活物的翅膀伸直張開，互相接觸；各自用兩個翅膀遮蔽身體。

²³Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

²⁴活物走動的時候，我聽見牠們翅膀的響聲，像洪水的聲音，也像全能者的聲音，又像軍隊喧嚷的聲音。牠們站著不動的時候，翅膀就垂下來。

²⁴When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁵有聲音從牠們頭頂上面的穹蒼發出來；牠們站著不動的時候，翅膀就垂下來。

²⁵There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁶耶和華的榮光在牠們頭頂的穹蒼上面，有寶座的形狀，好像藍寶石的樣子。在寶座上面，有一個樣子像人的形象。

²⁶Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire or, lapis lazuli stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

²⁷我看見在那仿佛是他腰部以上，好像閃耀的金屬，又好像有火四面包圍。在那仿佛是他腰部以下，我又看見好像有火，光芒環繞著他。

²⁷I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

²⁸下雨的日子，雲中彩虹的樣子怎樣，環繞他的光芒的樣子也怎樣。這就是耶和華榮耀的形狀的樣子。我一看見，就俯伏在地上，跟著聽見有說話的聲音。

²⁸As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.