God’s Glory Departs From the Temple
1I looked, and I saw the likeness of a throne of lapis lazuli above the vault that was over the heads of the cherubim. 2The Lord said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
3Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. 4Then the glory of the Lord rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the court was full of the radiance of the glory of the Lord. 5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty10:5 Hebrew El-Shaddai when he speaks.
6When the Lord commanded the man in linen, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel. 7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took up some of it and put it into the hands of the man in linen, who took it and went out. 8(Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen what looked like human hands.)
9I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like topaz. 10As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 11As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about10:11 Or aside as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went. 12Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels. 13I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.” 14Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River. 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side. 17When the cherubim stood still, they also stood still; and when the cherubim rose, they rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
18Then the glory of the Lord departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. 19While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim. 21Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands. 22Their faces had the same appearance as those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one went straight ahead.
Animuonyam Firi Asɔredan No So
1Mehwɛeɛ, na mehunuu biribi te sɛ aboɔdemmoɔ ahennwa a ɛhoho ntrɛmu a ɛwɔ Kerubim apampam no so. 2Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ ɔbarima a ɔfira nwera no sɛ, “Kɔhyɛ ntwahonan a ɛwɔ Kerubim ase no mu. Fa egyasramma nsabuo firi Kerubim no mu na to pete kuropɔn no so.” Megu so rehwɛ no, ɔkɔhyɛɛ mu.
3Afei na Kerubim no gyinagyina asɔredan no anafoɔ fam ɛberɛ a ɔbarima no kɔhyɛnee mu no, na omununkum kɔhyɛɛ emu fam adihɔ hɔ ma. 4Na Awurade animuonyam pagyaa ne ho firii Kerubim no atifi kɔɔ asɔredan no aboboano. Omununkum no yɛɛ asɔredan no ma na Awurade animuonyam hyerɛn yɛɛ adihɔ hɔ ma. 5Kerubim ntaban no nnyegyeeɛ no, na wɔte wɔ mfikyire fam adihɔ hɔ te sɛ Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn nne, ɛberɛ a ɔrekasa.
6Ɛberɛ a Awurade hyɛɛ ɔbarima a ɔfira nwera no sɛ, “Yi egyasramma firi ntwahonan no mu, firi Kerubim no ase no,” ɔbarima no kɔɔ mu kɔgyinaa ntwahonan no baako ho. 7Afei, Kerubim no mu baako tenee ne nsa hyɛɛ egyasramma a ɛwɔ wɔn mu no mu. Ɔfaa mu bi de hyɛɛ ɔbarima a ɔfira nwera no nsam, na ɔno nso gyeeɛ de firii adi. 8(Na wɔhunu biribi te sɛ onipa nsa wɔ Kerubim no ntaban ase.)
9Mehwɛeɛ, na mehunuu ntwahonan ɛnan a baako biara gyina Kerubim nkyɛn, na ntwahonan no pa yerɛ yerɛ te sɛ sikabereɛboɔ. 10Sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ no deɛ, na ntwahonan no nyinaa sesɛ; ebiara wɔ ntwahonan foforɔ hyɛ mu. 11Sɛ wɔnam a, wɔn nyinaa de wɔn anim kyerɛ deɛ Kerubim baako de nʼanim bɛkyerɛ. Ntwahonan no nnane wɔn ho ɛberɛ a Kerubim no nam. Kerubim no kɔ tee deɛ etire no anim kyerɛ a ɔnnane ne ho. 12Wɔn ho nyinaa, wɔn akyi, wɔn nsa ne wɔn ntaban nyinaa, aniwa tuatua ho. Saa ara na ntwahonan ɛnan no nso teɛ. 13Metee sɛ wɔrefrɛ ntwahonan no, “kyinhyia ntwahonan.” 14Kerubim no mu biara wɔ anim ɛnan. Anim baako te sɛ kerub, deɛ ɛtɔ so mmienu te sɛ onipa anim, deɛ ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa te sɛ gyata anim, deɛ ɛtɔ so ɛnan te sɛ ɔkɔdeɛ anim.
15Afei, Kerubim no pagyaa wɔn ho. Yeinom na na wɔyɛ ateasefoɔ a na mahunu wɔn wɔ Asubɔnten Kebar ho no. 16Sɛ Kerubim no keka wɔn ho a, ntwahonan a ɛwowɔ wɔn ho no nso keka wɔn ho; na sɛ Kerubim no trɛtrɛ wɔn ntaban mu pagya wɔn ho kɔ ewiem a, ntwahonan no ka wɔn ho ara. 17Sɛ Kerubim no gyinagyina dinn a, ntwahonan no nso gyinagyina dinn, na sɛ Kerubim no pagya wɔn ho a, wɔne wɔn pagya wɔn ho, ɛfiri sɛ, ateasefoɔ no honhom wɔ wɔn mu.
18Afei, Awurade animuonyam no firii asɔredan no aboboano na ɛkɔgyinaa Kerubim no atifi. 19Merehwɛ no, Kerubim no trɛtrɛɛ wɔn ntaban mu pagyaa wɔn ho firii fam na ntwahonan no ne wɔn kɔɔeɛ. Wɔkɔgyinaa Awurade efie ɛpono a ɛwɔ apueeɛ fam no ano, na na Israel Onyankopɔn animuonyam wɔ wɔn atifi.
20Yeinom ne ateasefoɔ a na mahunu wɔn wɔ Israel Onyankopɔn ase wɔ Asubɔnten Kebar ho no, na medwene hunuiɛ sɛ wɔyɛ Kerubim. 21Wɔn mu biara wɔ animu ɛnan ne ataban ɛnan na biribi a ɛte sɛ onipa nsa wowɔ wɔn ntaban ase. 22Wɔn nyinaa animu te sɛ deɛ na mahunu wɔ Asubɔnten Kebar ho no. Wɔn mu biara kɔ nʼanim tee.
