مجد الرب يغادر هيكله
1 ونظَرتُ فإذا على القُبَّةِ الّتي فَوقَ رؤوسِ الكروبـيمِ شيءٌ يُشبِهُ حجَرَ اللاَّزَوردِ ولَه منظَرُ العرشِ. 2 فقالَ الرّبُّ للرَّجلِ اللاَّبسِ الكتَّانَ: «أُدخُلْ بَينَ الدَّواليـبِ تَحتَ الكروبـيمِ واملأْ كفَّيكَ جمرَ نارٍ وذَرِّ على المدينةِ». فدخَلَ قُدَّامَ عيني.
3 وكانَ الكروبـيمُ واقفينَ عَنْ يَمينِ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ حينَ دخَلَ الرَّجلُ. وانتشَرت سحابةٌ مِلءُ الدَّارِ الدَّاخليَّةِ، 4 فصعِدَ مَجدُ الرّبِّ عَنِ الكروبـيمِ إلى عتبةِ الهَيكلِ، فامتلأَ الهَيكلُ مِنَ الغَمامِ، وامتلأتِ الدَّارُ مِنْ ضياءِ مَجدِ الرّبِّ. 5 وكانَ صوتُ أجنحةِ الكروبـيمِ يُسمَعُ إلى الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ كصوتِ اللهِ القديرِ حينَ يتكلَّمُ.
6 فلمَّا أمرَ الرّبُّ الرَّجلَ اللاَّبسَ الكتَّانَ أنْ يأخذَ نارا مِنْ بَينِ الدَّواليـبِ الّتي بَينَ الكروبـيمِ، دخَلَ الرَّجلُ ووقفَ بجانبِ أحدِ الدَّواليـبِ. 7 فمدَّ واحدٌ مِنَ الكروبـيمِ يَدَهُ مِنْ بَينِ الكروبـيمِ إلى النَّارِ ورفعَ مِنها جمرا ووضعَهُ في كفَّيِ الرَّجلِ اللاَّبسِ الكتَّانَ، فأخذَهُ وخرَجَ 8 فظهَرَ في الكروبـيمِ شَكلُ يَدٍ بشَريَّةٍ تَحتَ أجنحَتِهِم.
9 ونظَرتُ فإذا بأربعةِ دواليـبَ كُلُّ دولابٍ بجانبِ واحدٍ مِنَ الكروبـيمِ، ومنظَرُها كمنظَرِ حجَرِ الزَّبرجدِ، 10 ولأربعتِها شكَلٌ واحدٌ كأنَّما الدُّولابُ في وسَطِ الدُّولابِ. 11 فعِندَ سَيرِها تسيرُ على جوانِبِها الأربعةِ، ولا تنعطِفُ حينَ تسيرُ، بل تسيرُ وراءَ المَوضِعِ الّذي يتوجَّهُ إليهِ الرَّأسُ، ولا تنعطِفُ حينَ تسيرُ. 12 ومُحيطُ أجسامِهِم كُلِّها وظهورُهُم وأيديهِم وأجنحتُهُم والدَّواليـبُ الّتي لأربعتِهِم مَلأَى عيونا. 13 وسُمِّيَتِ الدَّواليـبُ على مَسمعي بالدَّواليـبِ الدَّائرةِ. 14 ولكُلِّ كروبـيمٍ أربعةُ وجوهٍ: الوجهُ الأوَّلُ وجهُ ثورٍ، والوجهُ الثَّاني وجهُ بشَرٍ، والثَّالثُ وجهُ أسدٍ والرَّابعُ وجهُ نَسرٍ. 15 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ الكروبـيمُ. هذِهِ هيَ الكائناتُ الحيّةُ الّتي رأيتُها عِندَ نهرِ خابورَ. 16 وعِندَ سيرِ الكروبـيمِ سارتِ الدَّواليـبُ بجانبِهِم، وعِندَما ارتفعوا بأجنحَتِهِم عنِ الأرضِ ارتفعتِ الدَّواليـبُ عَنْ جانبِهِم مِنْ غيرِ أنْ تنعطِفَ. 17 وعِندَ وقوفِهِم توقَّفت، وعِندَ صُعودِهِم صعِدت معَهُم لأنَّ روحَ الكائناتِ كانَ فيها.
18 وذهبَ مَجدُ الرّبِّ عَنْ عتبةِ الهَيكلِ ووقفَ على الكروبـيمِ، 19 فرفعَ الكروبـيمُ أجنحَتَهُم وصعِدوا عنِ الأرضِ قُدَّامَ عينيَّ، والدَّواليـبُ معَهُم، ووقفوا عِندَ المَدخلِ الشَّرقيِّ لبابِ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ، ومَجدُ إلهِ إِسرائيلَ علَيهِم مِنْ فَوقُ. 20 هذِهِ هيَ الكائناتُ الّتي رأيتُها تَحتَ إلهِ إِسرائيلَ عِندَ نهرِ خابورَ وعَلمتُ أنَّها كروبـيمُ. 21 لكُلِّ واحدٍ أربعةُ وجوهٍ وأربعةُ أجنحةٍ، وتَحتَ أجنحَتِهِم ما يُشبِهُ أيدي البشَرِ. 22 أمَّا وجوهُهُم فتُشبِهُ الوجوهَ الّتي رأيتُها على نهرِ خابورَ. وكانَ كُلُّ واحدٍ يسيرُ في اتِّجاهِ وجهِهِ.
The Glory of the Lord Leaves the Temple
1 I looked at the dome over the heads of the living creatures and above them was something that seemed to be a throne made of sapphire. 2 God said to the man wearing linen clothes, “Go between the wheels under the creatures and fill your hands with burning coals. Then scatter the coals over the city.”
I watched him go. 3 The creatures were standing to the south of the Temple when he went in, and a cloud filled the inner courtyard. 4 The dazzling light of the Lord's presence rose up from the creatures and moved to the entrance of the Temple. Then the cloud filled the Temple, and the courtyard was blazing with the light. 5 The noise made by the creatures' wings was heard even in the outer courtyard. It sounded like the voice of Almighty God.
6 When the Lord commanded the man wearing linen clothes to take some fire from between the wheels that were under the creatures, the man went in and stood by one of the wheels. 7 One of the creatures reached his hand into the fire that was there among them, picked up some coals, and put them in the hands of the man in linen. The man took the coals and left.
8 I saw that each creature had what looked like a human hand under each of its wings. 9-10 I also saw that there were four wheels, all alike, one beside each creature. The wheels shone like precious stones, and each one had another wheel which intersected it at right angles. 11 When the creatures moved, they could go in any direction without turning. They all moved together in the direction they wanted to go, without having to turn around. 12 Their bodies, backs, hands, wings, and wheels were covered with eyes. 13 I heard a voice calling out, “Whirling wheels.”
14 Each creature had four faces. The first was the face of a bull, the second a human face, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 (They were the same creatures that I had seen by the Chebar River.) When the creatures rose in the air 16 and moved, the wheels went with them. Whenever they spread their wings to fly, the wheels still went with them. 17 When the creatures stopped, the wheels stopped; and when the creatures flew, the wheels went with them, because the creatures controlled them.
18 Then the dazzling light of the Lord's presence left the entrance of the Temple and moved to a place above the creatures. 19 They spread their wings and flew up from the earth while I was watching, and the wheels went with them. They paused at the east gate of the Temple, and the dazzling light was over them. 20 I recognized them as the same creatures which I had seen beneath the God of Israel at the Chebar River.
21 Each of them had four faces, four wings, and what looked like a human hand under each wing. 22 Their faces looked exactly like the faces I had seen by the Chebar River. Each creature moved straight ahead.
