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.” .

¹A stalo sa tridsiateho roku, štvrtého mesiaca, piateho dňa toho mesiaca, keď som bol medzi zajatými na rieke Chebáre, že sa otvorily nebesia, a videl som videnia Božie.

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

²Piateho dňa toho mesiaca (a to bol piaty rok zajatia kráľa Jojachina)

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.

³stalo sa zreteľne slovo Hospodinovo k Ezechielovi, synovi Búziho, kňazovi, v zemi Chaldejov, na rieke Chebáre, a bola tam nad ním ruka Hospodinova.

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.

⁴A videl som a hľa, búrlivý vietor prišiel od severa, veľký oblak a plápolajúci oheň a vôkol neho žiara dookola, a zprostred neho sa videlo čosi na pohľad ako žeravý kov, zprostred toho ohňa.

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

⁵A zprostred neho bolo vidieť podobu štyroch živých bytostí, a toto bola ich tvárnosť: maly podobu človeka.

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

⁶Každá mala štyri tváre a každá z nich mala štyri krýdla.

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.

⁷A ich nohy boly rovné, a spodok ich nôh bol ako spodok nohy teľaťa, a leskly sa na pohľad ako vyleštená meď.

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:

⁸A pod ich krýdlami bolo vidieť ruky človeka po ich štyroch stranách, a všetky štyri maly svoje tváre a svoje krýdla.

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

⁹Ich krýdla boly pospájané jedno s druhým; neobracaly sa, keď išly, každá išla smerom svojej tvári.

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.

¹⁰A podoba ich tvári bola jako tvár človeka; po pravej strane maly všetky štyri tvár leva, z ľavej strany maly všetky štyri tvár vola a maly, všetky štyri, aj tvár orla.

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

¹¹Ich tváre a ich krýdla boly oddelené shora. Každá mala dve krýdla, ktoré spájaly všetky, a dve, ktoré kryly ich telá.

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

¹²Každá išla priamo smerom svojej tvári. Kam bol obrátený Duch ísť, ta išly; neobracaly sa, keď išly.

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.

¹³A podoba tých živých bytostí bola na pohľad ako žeravé uhlie; horely na pohľad ako fakle; to chodilo pomedzi tie živé bytosti, a oheň mal žiaru, a z ohňa vychádzal blesk.

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

¹⁴A tie živé bytosti odbehávaly a zase sa navracovaly na pohľad ako blesk.

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.

¹⁵A keď som hľadel na tie živé bytosti, videl som, že hľa, po jednom kolese bolo na zemi vedľa tých živých bytostí, vo štyri smery jej tvári.

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.

¹⁶Kolesá a ich práca boly na pohľad ako farba taršíš, a všetky štyri maly jednu a tú istú podobu a boly na pohľad aj ich práca, jako keby bolo bývalo koleso v kolese.

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

¹⁷Keď išly, išly na svoje štyri strany; neobracaly sa, keď išly.

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

¹⁸A čo do ich lúkotí, boly vysoké a strašné, a ich lúkote boly plné očí kolom dookola, ich všetkých štyroch.

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.

¹⁹Keď išly živé bytosti, išly aj kolesá vedľa nich, a keď sa povzniesly živé bytosti od zeme, povzniesly sa aj kolesá.

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.

²⁰Kam bol obrátený Duch ísť, ta išly, ta, kam chcel ísť Duch; a kolesá povznášaly sa spolu vedľa nich, lebo duch živej bytosti bol v kolesách;

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.

²¹keď išly tamtie, išly, a keď stály, stály; a keď sa povzniesly tamtie od zeme, povzniesly sa kolesá spolu s nimi, lebo duch živej bytosti bol v kolesách.

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.

²²A nad hlavami tých živých bytostí bola podoba oblohy, na pohľad ako hrozný kryštál, roztiahnutá nad ich hlavami shora.

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.

²³A pod oblohou ich krýdla rovné, obrátené jedno k druhému. Každá mala dve, ktoré prikrývaly z jednej, a každá mala dve, ktoré prikrývaly z druhej strany ich telá.

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.

²⁴A počul som zvuk ich krýdel ako zvuk mnohých vôd, ako hlas Všemohúceho, keď išly, zvuk hukotu jako ruch tábora. Keď stály, spustily svoje krýdla.

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

²⁵A bolo čuť hlas zponad oblohy, ktorá bola nad ich hlavou. A keď tedy stály, spustily svoje krýdla.

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.

²⁶Shora nad oblohou, ktorá bola nad ich hlavou, bola podoba trónu, na pohľad ako kameň zafír a na podobe trónu bola podoba na pohľad ako človek, na ňom shora.

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.

²⁷A videl som niečo jako farbu žeravého kovu, niečo na pohľad ako oheň, čím bola obňatá dookola, od vidu jeho bedier a hore; a od vidu jeho bedier a dole som videl čosi na pohľad ako oheň, a ten na pohľad ako človek mal žiaru dookola.

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.

²⁸Na pohľad ako dúha, ktorá býva na oblaku v deň dažďa, taká bola na pohľad tá žiara dookola. To bol zjav podoby slávy Hospodinovej. A keď som to videl, padnul som na svoju tvár a počul som hlas hovoriaceho.