Hiezechielis Prophetæ 10
1 Et vidi, et ecce in firmamento, quod erat super caput cherubim, quasi lapis sapphirus, quasi species similitudinis solii, apparuit super ea.
Then I looked, and, behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs [there was] a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone.
2 Et dixit ad virum, qui indutus erat lineis, et ait: Ingredere in medio rotarum, quae sunt subtus cherubim, et imple manum tuam prunis ignis, quae sunt inter cherubim, et effunde super civitatem. Ingressusque est in conspectu meo:
And he said to the man clothed with the [long] robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill thine hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in my sight.
3 cherubim autem stabant a dextris domus cum ingrederetur vir, et nubes implevit atrium interius.
And the cherubs stood on the right hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 Et elevata est gloria Domini desuper cherub ad limen domus: et repleta est domus nube, et atrium repletum est splendore gloriae Domini.
Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
5 Et sonitus alarum cherubim audiebatur usque ad atrium exterius, quasi vox Dei omnipotentis loquentis.
And the sound of the cherubs' wings was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God speaking.
6 Cumque praecepisset viro, qui indutus erat lineis, dicens: Sume ignem de medio rotarum, quae sunt inter cherubim: ingressus ille stetit iuxta rotam.
And it came to pass, when he gave a charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between the wheels from between the cherubs, that he went in, and stood near the wheels.
7 Et extendit cherub manum de medio cherubim ad ignem, qui erat inter cherubim: et sumpsit, et dedit in manus eius, qui indutus erat lineis: qui accipiens egressus est.
And he stretched forth his hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took [thereof], and put [it] into the hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took [it], and went out.
8 Et apparuit in cherubim similitudo manus hominis subtus pennas eorum.
And I saw the cherubs [having] the likeness of men's hands under their wings.
9 et vidi, et ecce quattuor rotae iuxta cherubim: rota una iuxta cherub unum, et rota alia iuxta cherub unum: species autem rotarum erat quasi visio lapidis chrysolithi.
And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone.
10 et aspectus earum similitudo una quattuor: quasi sit rota in medio rotae.
And [as for] their appearance, [there was] one likeness to the four, as if there should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
11 Cumque ambularent, in quattuor partes gradiebantur: et non revertebantur ambulantes, sed ad locum, ad quem ire declinabat quae prima erat, sequebantur et ceterae, nec convertebantur.
When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head looked, they went; and they turned not as they went.
12 Et omne corpus earum, et colla, et manus, et pennae, et circuli plena erant oculis, in circuitu quattuor rotarum.
And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels.
13 Et rotas istas vocavit volubiles, audiente me.
And these wheels were called Gelgel in my hearing.
14 Quattuor autem facies habebat unum: facies una, facies cherub: et facies secunda, facies hominis: et in tertio facies leonis: et in quarto facies aquilae.
15 Et elevata sunt cherubim: ipsum est animal, quod videram iuxta fluvium Chobar.
And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar.
16 Cumque ambularent cherubim, ibant pariter et rotae iuxta ea: et cum elevarent cherubim alas suas ut exaltarentur de terra, non residebant rotae, sed et ipsae iuxta erant.
And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not.
17 Stantibus illis, stabant: et cum elevatis elevabantur. spiritus enim vitae erat in eis.
When they stood, [the wheels] stood; and when they mounted up, [the wheels] mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them.
18 Et egressa est gloria Domini a limine templi: et stetit super cherubim.
Then the glory of the Lord departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs.
19 Et elevantia cherubim alas suas, exaltata sunt a terra coram me: et illis egredientibus, rotae quoque subsecutae sunt: et stetit in introitu portae domus Domini orientalis: et gloria Dei Israel erat super ea.
And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them above.
20 Ipsum est animal quod vidi subter Deum Israel iuxta fluvium Chobar: et intellexi quia cherubim essent.
This is the living creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chobar; and I knew that they were cherubs.
21 Quattuor vultus uni, et quattuor alae uni: et similitudo manus hominis sub alis eorum.
Each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men's hands.
22 Et similitudo vultuum eorum, ipsi vultus quos videram iuxta fluvium Chobar, et intuitus eorum, et impetus singulorum ante faciem suam ingredi.
And [as for] the likeness of their faces, these are the [same] faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chobar: and they went each straight forward.
