¹Ég sá, og sjá: Á festingunni, er var yfir höfði kerúbanna, var því líkast sem safírsteinn væri. Eitthvað, sem tilsýndar var sem hásæti í laginu, sást uppi yfir þeim.

¹Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire or, lapis lazuli stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

²Þá sagði hann við línklædda manninn: ,,Gakk inn á millum hjólanna undir kerúbunum, tak handfylli þína af glóðum milli kerúbanna og dreif þeim út yfir borgina.`` Og hann gekk þar inn að mér ásjáandi.

²He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

³En kerúbarnir stóðu hægra megin við musterið, þegar maðurinn gekk inn, og fyllti skýið innra forgarðinn.

³Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

⁴En dýrð Drottins hóf sig frá kerúbunum yfir á þröskuld musterisins. Varð musterið þá fullt af skýmekki, en forgarðurinn fylltist ljóma af dýrð Drottins.

⁴The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.

⁵Og vængjaþytur kerúbanna heyrðist allt til hins ytra forgarðs, eins og rödd Guðs almáttugs, þá er hann talar.

⁵The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

⁶Nú er hann hafði boðið línklædda manninum og sagt: ,,Tak eld á millum hjólanna, á millum kerúbanna!`` _ þá gekk hann til og staðnæmdist hjá einu hjólinu.

⁶It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

⁷Þá rétti einn kerúbinn hönd sína út milli kerúbanna að eldinum, sem var á milli kerúbanna, tók þar af og fékk í hendur línklædda manninum. Hann tók við og gekk burt.

⁷The cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took of it, and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

⁸En á kerúbunum sást eitthvað, sem líktist mannshendi, undir vængjum þeirra.

⁸There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

⁹Ég leit til, og voru þá fjögur hjól hjá kerúbunum, sitt hjól hjá hverjum kerúb, og hjólin voru á að líta eins og þegar blikar á krýsolítstein.

⁹I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.

¹⁰Og að því er gerð þeirra snertir, þá voru þau öll fjögur samlík, eins og eitt hjólið væri innan í öðru hjóli.

¹⁰As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.

¹¹Þegar þau gengu, gengu þau til allra fjögurra hliða. Þau snerust eigi við í göngunni, heldur gengu þau í þá átt, sem höfuðið sneri, þau snerust eigi við í göngunni.

¹¹When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they didn’t turn as they went.

¹²Og allur líkami þeirra og bak þeirra, hendur og vængir voru alsett augum allt umhverfis á þeim fjórum.

¹²Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.

¹³En hjólin voru í mín eyru nefnd ,,hvirfilbylur``.

¹³As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.

¹⁴Og hver hafði fjögur andlit. Andlit eins var nautsandlit, andlit hins annars mannsandlit, hinn þriðji hafði ljónsandlit og hinn fjórði arnarandlit.

¹⁴Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

¹⁵Og kerúbarnir hófu sig upp. Það voru sömu verurnar, sem ég hafði séð við Kebarfljótið.

¹⁵The cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

¹⁶Og þegar kerúbarnir gengu, þá gengu og hjólin við hliðina á þeim, og þegar kerúbarnir hófu upp vængi sína til þess að lyfta sér frá jörðinni, þá snerust hjólin ekki burt frá þeim.

¹⁶When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.

¹⁷Þegar þeir stóðu kyrrir, stóðu þau og kyrr, og þegar þeir hófust upp, hófust þau og upp með þeim, því að andi verunnar var í þeim.

¹⁷When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

¹⁸Dýrð Drottins fór nú burt af þröskuldi musterisins og nam staðar uppi á kerúbunum.

¹⁸The glory of Yahweh went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

¹⁹Þá hófu kerúbarnir upp vængi sína og lyftu sér frá jörðinni að mér ásjáandi, er þeir fóru burt, og hjólin samtímis þeim. Og þeir námu staðar úti fyrir austurhliði musteris Drottins, en dýrð Ísraels Guðs var uppi yfir þeim.

¹⁹The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

²⁰Það voru sömu verurnar, sem ég hafði séð undir Ísraels Guði við Kebarfljótið, og ég þekkti, að það voru kerúbar.

²⁰This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

²¹Þeir höfðu fjögur andlit og fjóra vængi hver, og undir vængjum sér eitthvað, sem líktist mannshöndum.Og hvað andlitsskapnaðinn snerti, þá voru það sömu andlitin, sem ég hafði séð við Kebarfljótið; þeir gengu hver fyrir sig beint af augum fram.

²¹Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

²²Og hvað andlitsskapnaðinn snerti, þá voru það sömu andlitin, sem ég hafði séð við Kebarfljótið; þeir gengu hver fyrir sig beint af augum fram.

²²As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.