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 saw, and, behold, on the vault that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared over them something like a sapphire stone, something similar in appearance to the likeness of a throne.

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 unto the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and throw [them] over the city. And he went in before my eyes.

3 cherubim autem stabant a dextris domus cum ingrederetur vir, et nubes implevit atrium interius.

Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house, when 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 rose upward from the cherub, toward the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory.

5 Et sonitus alarum cherubim audiebatur usque ad atrium exterius, quasi vox Dei omnipotentis loquentis.

And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

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 commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside the wheel.

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 the one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and lifted it up, and placed it into the hands of the one clothed in linen; who took it, and went out.

8 Et apparuit in cherubim similitudo manus hominis subtus pennas eorum.

And there became visible on the cherubim the form of a man's hand beneath 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, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by the one cherub, and another wheel by the other cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was like the glitter of a chrysolite stone.

10 et aspectus earum similitudo una quattuor: quasi sit rota in medio rotae.

And as for their appearances, the whole four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of another 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.

In their going, they went toward their four sides, they turned not round in their going; but to the place whither the head was turned they followed it, they turned not round in their going.

12 Et omne corpus earum, et colla, et manus, et pennae, et circuli plena erant oculis, in circuitu quattuor rotarum.

And their whole body, and their back, and their hands, and their wings, as also the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that belonged to all four of them.

13 Et rotas istas vocavit volubiles, audiente me.

As for the wheels, they were called Galgal before my ears.

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.

And every one had four faces: the one face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face was the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 Et elevata sunt cherubim: ipsum est animal, quod videram iuxta fluvium Chobar.

And the cherubim lifted themselves up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Kebar.

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 cherubim went forward, the wheels went close by them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also did not turn away from beside them.

17 Stantibus illis, stabant: et cum elevatis elevabantur. spiritus enim vitae erat in eis.

When those halted, these halted; and when those lifted themselves up, these lifted themselves up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

18 Et egressa est gloria Domini a limine templi: et stetit super cherubim.

And the glory of the Lord went forth from off the threshold of the house, and halted over the cherubim.

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 cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went forth, and the wheels at the same time with them, and halted at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

20 Ipsum est animal quod vidi subter Deum Israel iuxta fluvium Chobar: et intellexi quia cherubim essent.

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Kebar; and I understood that they were cherubim.

21 Quattuor vultus uni, et quattuor alae uni: et similitudo manus hominis sub alis eorum.

Every one had four faces apiece, and every one had four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

22 Et similitudo vultuum eorum, ipsi vultus quos videram iuxta fluvium Chobar, et intuitus eorum, et impetus singulorum ante faciem suam ingredi.

And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the river Kebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one in the direction of his face.