以西結書 1
1 三十年四月五日，當我在革巴爾河畔，在俘虜之中的時候，天開了，我見了天主的異像，
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 時在耶苛泥雅王充軍後第五年四月五日；
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3 那時在加色丁地，靠近革巴爾河，上主的話傳給步齊的兒子厄則克耳司祭，上主的手臨於我。
The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
4 我觀望，看，有一陣暴風由北方吹來，颳來一大塊火光四射的雲彩，雲中有一團旋轉的火，火中有一種發亮的金屬。
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and from the midst of it as the colour of amber, from the midst of the fire.
5 火中似乎有四個活物的形狀，牠們的外表是這樣：都有人的形狀。
Also from the midst of it came the likeness of four living beings. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6 每個有四種形像，每個有四隻翅膀。
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 牠們的腳是直立的腳，腳掌像牛蹄，發亮像磨光的銅。
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8 在牠們四面的翅膀下邊，都有人手；四個活物各有自己的形像和翅膀。
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
9 牠們的翅膀互相連接，在行走時不必轉身，各朝著自己的前面行走。
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 關於牠們外表的形像：牠們四個的正面都具有人的形像，右邊有獅的形像，左邊牛的形像，背面有鷹的形像。
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11 牠們的翅膀向上伸開，每個用兩隻翅膀互相連接，用兩隻翅膀遮蔽身體。
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 每個朝著自己的前面行走；神力催迫牠們往那裏去，牠們就往那裏去；行走時不必轉身。
And they went every one straight forward: wherever the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13 在活物中間有壹種相似燃著的炭火，又好似火炬在活物中旋轉。這火有亮光，由火中射出閃光。
As for the likeness of the living beings, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 活物來回疾馳，好像閃電。
And the living beings ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 我觀望那些活物時，看，靠近那些活物的四面，在地上各有一個輪子。
Now as I beheld the living beings, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living beings, with his four faces.
16 那些輪子及其構造的外表，光澤有如橄欖石，四輪都有同樣的形狀。四輪結構的樣式，好像輪子套在輪子中。
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17 輪子轉動時，可向四方旋轉，前行時不必轉轍。
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 輪輞高大，我看見四個輪輞都佈滿了眼睛。
As for their rims, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rims were full of eyes all around them four.
19 活物行走時，輪子也在牠們旁邊轉動；活物由地面升起時，輪子也升起。
And when the living beings went, the wheels went by them: and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 神力催迫活物往那裏去，牠們就往神力催迫的方向去；輪子也同時與牠們一起升起，因為活物的神力在輪子內。
Wherever the spirit was to go, they went, there was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up together with them: for the spirit of the living being was in the wheels.
21 活物行走，輪子也轉動；活物站住，輪子也停住；活物由地上升起，輪子也隨之升起，因為活物的神力在輪子內。
When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up together with them: for the spirit of the living being was in the wheels.
22 在活物的頭上，有相似穹蒼的東西，好像發亮的水晶，在牠們頭上展開。
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living being was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23 在穹蒼下伸直牠們的翅膀，一隻的翅膀與另一隻的翅膀彼此相接，又各有兩隻翅膀遮蔽著身體。
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24 當牠們行動時，我聽見翅膀的颯颯聲，像洪水之聲，又像全能者的聲音，又似軍營中的喧噪之聲。當牠們站住時，就歛起翅膀。
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25 那時，由牠們頭頂上的穹蒼那裏，發出一種響聲；活物即站住，就歛起翅膀。
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
26 在她們頭頂上的穹蒼上面，有一塊像藍玉的石頭，有寶座的形狀；在這狀如寶座之上，有一個外貌像人的坐在上頭。
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27 我望見在他相似腰部的上面，好像有發亮的金屬，內裏和周圍好像一團火。我又望見在相似腰部的下面，好像有火的形狀，周圍有光環繞，
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire around within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness on all sides.
28 環繞在周圍的光，猶如落雨時雲彩中所出現的虹霓。這就是上主的光榮顯現時的奇象。我一看見，就伏地掩面，同時也聽見有一位講話的聲音。
As the appearance of the bow 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 the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one speaking.
