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.” .

¹ Jiiri waranzanta ra, a handu taacanta jirbi guwanta hane, kaŋ ay go tamtaray izey banda Kebar isa me gaa, kal ay di beeney feeri, ay di Irikoy bangandi mo.

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

² (Hando jirbi guwanta hane, sanda Bonkoono Yehoyacim tamtara jiiri guwanta ra nooya,

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.

³ kala Rabbi sanno kaa Alfa Ezeciyel Buzi ize hinne do alwaato din ra, Kaldancey laabo ra, Kebar isa me gaa. Rabbi kamba kaa ka goro a boŋ noodin.)

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.

⁴ Ay guna mo, kal a go, ay di beene hirriyaŋ haw go, a tun, a go ga fun azawa kambe ga kaa. Buru bambata no, da danji kaŋ ga nyalaw a banda, da kaari mo kaŋ go g'a windi. A bindo ra mo danga doniji no, kaŋ go no danjo bindi ra.

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

⁵ A bindo ra binde fundikooni taaci himandiyaŋ bangay. I himandey neeya: i gonda boro himandi.

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

⁶ I afo kulu gonda moyduma taaci, i afo kulu mo gonda fata taaci.

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.

⁷ I cey mo kayanteyaŋ no, i ce taamey ga hima sanda handayze wane cine, i ga nyaale sanda guuru-say ziirante cine.

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:

⁸ I kambey, boro wane yaŋ no i fatey cire i kambu taaca kulu gaa. I boro taaca din binde, mate kaŋ i fatey d'i moydumey bara, nga neeya:

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

⁹ i fatey go ga tuku care gaa, i ga dira mo sallante, i dirawo ra mo i si bare.

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.

¹⁰ I moydumey sanni mo, i gonda boro moyduma. I boro taaca mo gonda muusu beeri moyduma kambe ŋwaari gaa haray, i boro taaca gonda haw yaaru moyduma kambe wow kambo haray, i boro taaca gonda zeeban moyduma.

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

¹¹ Yaadin cine no i moydumey. I fatey mo go sallante beene, afo kulu gonda nga fata hinka kaŋ ga tuku afa wano gaa. Ihinka mo i ga ngey gaahamey daabu nd'ey.

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

¹² I afo kulu mo ga koy jine soosay. Nango kaŋ Biya miila, noodin no i ga koy. Mate kaŋ cine i goono ga dira mo, kulu i si bare.

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.

¹³ Fundikooney din game ra sanni binde, a ga hima sanda danj'ize kaŋ go ga di, sanda yulbe deedandi mo. Danjo ga koy-da-ye te fundikooney din bindo ra. A ga kaari mo, a ra mo maliyaŋ go ga fatta.

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

¹⁴ Fundikooney din mo, i koy-da-yeyaŋo ga hima sanda maliyaŋ kaari.

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.

¹⁵ I go no yaadin, ay go fundikooney din gunayaŋ gaa, kala kanjeyaŋ kaŋ ga windi go fundikooni taaca din jarga ganda, afo i boro taaca din kulu se.

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.

¹⁶ Kanjey din da ngey danay misey ga hima sanda hiiri kaŋ ga nyaale. I boro taaca kulu deedandi folloŋ no. I misa d'i dana, danga kanje kaŋ go kanja ra.

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

¹⁷ Waati kulu kaŋ i ga koy, i kanjey ga gana kuray fo, i si bare alwaati kaŋ i goono ga dira.

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

¹⁸ I zantey misa mo, ikuukuyaŋ no, i ga boro humburandi mo. I boro taaca din binde gonda ngey zantey kaŋ ga to da moyaŋ g'i windi.

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.

¹⁹ Waati kaŋ fundikooney din ga koy, kanjey mo ga koy i banda. Waati kaŋ fundikooney din ga ziji beene, kanjey mo ga ziji beene.

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.

²⁰ Nangu kulu kaŋ Biya ga miila, noodin no i ga koy. Kanjey mo ga koy i banda, zama fundikooney biya go kanjey din ra.

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.

²¹ Da yongo waney koy, woone yaŋ mo ga koy, wala da yongo waney kay, woone yaŋ mo ga kay no. Da yongo waney ziji beene, kanjey mo ga ziji i banda no, zama fundikooney biya go kanjey din ra.

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.

²² Fundikooney din boŋ do daba himandi go no, danga diji kaŋ a nyalawyaŋo ga dambarandi, kaŋ go ga salle i boŋey boŋ.

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.

²³ Batama cire mo i fatey go ga salle no, afo fata ga tuku afo wane gaa. Afo kulu gonda fata hinka kaŋ g'a daabu kambu woone gaa, da ya-haray kambo gaa.

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.

²⁴ Waati kaŋ i ga dira, ay maa i fatey yooje danga hari zuru boobo kosongu, sanda Hina-Kulu-Koyo jinde cine. I yooja ga hima sanda wongu marga yooje cine. Waati kaŋ i ga kay mo i ga ngey fatey kunkuni.

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

²⁵ Jinde fo mo go no kaŋ fun batama kaŋ go i boŋ do din ra. Waati kaŋ i kay, i na ngey fatey kunkuni.

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.

²⁶ Batama kaŋ go i boŋ do din boŋ koyne, noodin mo koytaray karga himandi go no. A deedando ga hima safir* tondi cine. Karga himando din boŋ mo gonda boro himandi alhaali kaŋ goono ga goro karga boŋ.

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.

²⁷ Ay di mo koyne sanda doniji, danga danji no a ra nangu kulu, za a canta deedandi gaa cine kal a ma koy beene. A canta gaa deedandi ka ye ganda mo, ay di danga danji himandi. A ga nyaale nangu kulu a windanta.

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.

²⁸ Sanda mate kaŋ cine i ga di sajeera kaŋ go buru ra beene hari kaŋyaŋ hane, yaadin cine no i ga di nyaaleyaŋo kaŋ go g'a windi. Woodin, Rabbi darza suura himandi no. Waato kaŋ ay di a, ay sumbal ay moyduma boŋ, ay maa boro fo jinde kaŋ goono ga salaŋ mo.