¹Á þrítugasta árinu, í fjórða mánuðinum, hinn fimmta dag mánaðarins, þá er ég var á meðal hinna herleiddu við Kebarfljótið, opnaðist himinninn og ég sá guðlegar sýnir.

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.” .

²Fimmta dag mánaðarins, það var fimmta árið eftir að Jójakín konungur var burt fluttur,

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

³þá kom orð Drottins til Esekíels Búsísonar prests í Kaldealandi við Kebarfljótið, og hönd Drottins kom þar yfir hann.

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.

⁴Ég sá, og sjá: Stormvindur kom úr norðri og ský mikið og eldur, sem hnyklaðist saman, og stóð af því bjarmi umhverfis, og út úr honum sást eitthvað, sem glóði eins og lýsigull.

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.

⁵Út úr honum sáust myndir af fjórum verum. Og þetta var útlit þeirra: Mannsmynd var á þeim.

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

⁶Hver þeirra hafði fjórar ásjónur og hver þeirra hafði fjóra vængi.

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

⁷Fætur þeirra voru keipréttir og iljarnar sterklegar eins og kálfsiljar, og þeir blikuðu eins og skyggður eir.

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.

⁸Og undir vængjum þeirra á hliðunum fjórum voru mannshendur.

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:

⁹Vængir þeirra lágu hver upp að öðrum, og ásjónur þeirra fjögurra sneru sér ekki við, er þær gengu, heldur gekk hver beint af augum fram.

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

¹⁰Ásjónur þeirra litu svo út: Mannsandlit að framan, ljónsandlit hægra megin á þeim fjórum, nautsandlit vinstra megin á þeim fjórum og arnarandlit á þeim fjórum aftanvert.

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.

¹¹Og vængir þeirra voru þandir upp á við. Hver þeirra hafði tvo vængi, sem voru tengdir saman, og tvo vængi, sem huldu líkami þeirra.

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

¹²Og þær gengu hver fyrir sig beint af augum fram, þær gengu þangað, sem andinn vildi fara, þær snerust eigi við í göngunni.

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

¹³Milli veranna var að sjá sem eldsglæður brynnu. Það var eins og blys færu aftur og fram milli veranna, og bjarma lagði af eldinum og út frá eldinum gengu leiftur.

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.

¹⁴Og verurnar hlupu fram og aftur eins og glampi af leiftri.

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

¹⁵Enn fremur sá ég, og sjá: Eitt hjól stóð á jörðinni hjá hverri af verunum fjórum.

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.

¹⁶Og hjólin voru á að líta eins og þegar blikar á krýsolít, og öll fjögur voru þau samlík og þannig gjörð, sem eitt hjólið væri innan í öðru hjóli.

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.

¹⁷Þau gengu til allra fjögurra hliða, þau snerust eigi, er þau gengu.

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

¹⁸Og hjólbaugar þeirra _ þeir voru háir og ógurlegir _ hjólbaugar þeirra voru alsettir augum allt umhverfis á þeim fjórum.

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

¹⁹Og þegar verurnar gengu, þá gengu og hjólin við hliðina á þeim, og þegar verurnar hófu sig frá jörðu, þá hófu og hjólin sig.

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.

²⁰Þangað sem andinn vildi fara, þangað gengu þær, og hjólin hófust upp samtímis þeim, því að andi veranna var í hjólunum.

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.

²¹Þegar þær gengu, gengu þau einnig, þegar þær stóðu kyrrar, stóðu þau og kyrr, og þegar þær hófust frá jörðu, hófust og hjólin samtímis þeim, því að andi verunnar var í hjólunum.

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.

²²Uppi yfir höfðum veranna var því líkast sem hvelfing væri, blikandi sem kristall. Þandist hún út uppi yfir höfðum þeirra.

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.

²³Og undir hvelfingunni voru vængir þeirra út þandir hver á móti öðrum, og hver þeirra hafði tvo vængi, sem huldu líkami þeirra.

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.

²⁴Ég heyrði vængjaþyt þeirra, eins og nið mikilla vatna, sem þrumu hins Almáttka, er þær gengu, gnýrinn og hávaðinn var sem gnýr í herbúðum. Þegar þær stóðu kyrrar, létu þær vængina síga.

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.

²⁵En þytur var uppi yfir hvelfingunni, sem var yfir höfðum þeirra, þegar þær stóðu kyrrar, létu þær vængina síga.

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

²⁶En uppi yfir hvelfingunni, sem var yfir höfðum þeirra, var að sjá sem safírsteinn væri, í lögun sem hásæti, og þar uppi á hásætinu, sem svo sýndist, var mynd nokkur í mannslíki.

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.

²⁷Sú mynd þótti mér því líkust sem glóandi lýsigull væri þar neðan frá, sem mér þótti mittið vera og upp eftir, en ofan frá því, sem mér þótti mittið vera, og niður eftir þótti mér hún álits sem eldur, og umhverfis hana var bjarmi.Bjarminn umhverfis var tilsýndar líkur boga þeim, sem í skýjum stendur, þegar rignir. Þannig var ímynd dýrðar Drottins á að líta. Og er ég sá hana, féll ég fram á ásjónu mína, og ég heyrði rödd einhvers, sem talaði.

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.

²⁸Bjarminn umhverfis var tilsýndar líkur boga þeim, sem í skýjum stendur, þegar rignir. Þannig var ímynd dýrðar Drottins á að líta. Og er ég sá hana, féll ég fram á ásjónu mína, og ég heyrði rödd einhvers, sem talaði.

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.