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.” .

¹Tai buvo trisdešimtaisiais metais, ketvirto mėnesio penktą dieną, man esant tarp tremtinių prie Kebaro upės. Atsivėrė dangūs, ir aš mačiau Dievo regėjimus.

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

²Penktaisiais karaliaus Joachino tremties metais, penktą mėnesio dieną,

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.

³Viešpats kalbėjo kunigui Ezechieliui, Buzio sūnui, chaldėjų krašte prie Kebaro upės. Viešpaties ranka buvo ten ant jo.

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.

⁴Aš mačiau iš šiaurės kylantį viesulą ir debesis, aplinkui liepsnojo ugnis. Ugnies vidurys spindėjo lyg žėrintis gintaras.

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

⁵Liepsnų viduryje mačiau keturias būtybes. Jų išvaizda buvo panaši į žmogaus.

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

⁶Kiekviena jų turėjo keturis veidus ir keturis sparnus.

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.

⁷Jų kojos buvo tiesios, o kojų pėdos panašios į veršio kanopas. Būtybės žibėjo kaip išlydytas varis.

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:

⁸Po jų sparnais keturiuose šonuose buvo žmogaus rankos. Veidus ir sparnus jos turėjo keturiose pusėse.

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

⁹Sparnai lietė vienas kitą. Eidamos jos nesisuko, kiekviena ėjo tiesiai.

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.

¹⁰Visų keturių veidai atrodė taip: priekyje buvo žmogaus veidas, dešinėje­liūto veidas, kairėje­veršio veidas ir užpakalyje­erelio veidas.

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

¹¹Jų sparnai buvo ištiesti ir pakelti į viršų. Du sparnai lietė vienas kitą, kiti du­dengė jų kūnus.

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

¹²Jos ėjo kiekviena tiesiai pirmyn. Kur dvasia norėjo eiti, ten jos ir ėjo, ir eidamos nepasisukdavo.

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.

¹³Būtybės atrodė kaip degančios anglys, kaip žibintai. Ugnis judėjo tarp būtybių. Ji buvo labai šviesi, o iš jos žybčiojo žaibai.

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

¹⁴Būtybės judėjo pirmyn ir atgal tarsi žaibai.

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.

¹⁵Žiūrėdamas į būtybes, mačiau ant žemės prie kiekvienos iš jų po ratą.

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.

¹⁶Ratai atrodė lyg berilis. Visi keturi buvo vienodi ir taip pat padaryti. Kiekvienas iš jų atrodė lyg būtų ratas rate.

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

¹⁷Jie judėdavo į keturias puses nepasisukdami.

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

¹⁸Jų ratlankiai buvo aukšti ir keliantys baimę. Visi keturi ratlankiai buvo pilni akių.

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.

¹⁹Einant būtybėms, drauge ėjo ir ratai; pakilus būtybėms aukštyn, pakildavo ir ratai.

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.

²⁰Kur dvasia ėjo, ir jie ėjo; pakilus dvasiai, ir ratai pakildavo, nes būtybių dvasia ir buvo ratuose.

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.

²¹Jei jos ėjo, ir jie ėjo drauge, jei jos sustodavo, sustodavo ir jie; jei jos pakildavo nuo žemės, pakildavo ir ratai, nes būtybių dvasia buvo ratuose.

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.

²²Virš būtybių galvų buvo kažkas panašaus į dangaus skliautą, kuris žėrėjo kaip krištolas ir gaubė jas.

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.

²³Po skliautu kiekviena būtybė dviem sparnais dengė savo kūną, o kiti du sparnai buvo ištiesti.

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.

²⁴Joms judant, girdėjau jų sparnų ūžimą lyg galingo vandenyno, lyg Visagalio balsą, lyg didelės kariuomenės stovyklos triukšmą. Joms sustojus, sparnai nusileisdavo.

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

²⁵Nuo skliauto, esančio virš jų galvų, aidėjo balsas. Kai jos stovėjo, sparnai buvo nuleisti.

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.

²⁶Virš skliauto, kuris buvo virš jų galvų, mačiau lyg sostą iš safyro ir ant jo sėdinčią į žmogų panašią būtybę.

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.

²⁷Būtybė nuo juosmens aukštyn ir žemyn spindėjo lyg gintaras, lyg ugnies liepsnos,

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.

²⁸lyg lankas, kuris pasirodo debesyse lyjant, Jį supo spindėjimas. Tai buvo Viešpaties šlovės pasirodymas. Pamatęs tai, kritau veidu žemėn ir išgirdau balsą.