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.
Riiri Kwehera Hekarũ
110:1 Kũg 4:2; Kĩam 3:24Na rĩrĩ, nĩndarorire ngĩona hau rĩera-inĩ igũrũ rĩa mĩtwe ya akerubi kĩndũ kĩahaanaga ta gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene ta ihiga rĩa yakuti. 210:2 Kũg 8:5; 2Sam 22:9Nake Jehova akĩĩra mũndũ ũcio wehumbĩte nguo cia gatani atĩrĩ, “Thiĩ ũtoonye gatagatĩ-inĩ ka magũrũ macio marathiũrũrũka rungu rwa harĩa akerubi marĩ. Iyũria hĩ ciaku cierĩ makara ma mwaki kuuma gatagatĩ ka akerubi ũcooke ũmahurunje kũu itũũra-inĩ inene.” Nake agĩthiĩ agĩtoonya thĩinĩ, o ngĩĩonagĩra na maitho makwa.
3Na rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũcio aatoonya thĩinĩ, akerubi acio magĩkorwo marũgamĩte mwena wa gũthini wa hekarũ, narĩo itu rĩkaiyũra nja ĩrĩa ya na thĩinĩ. 410:4 Ezek 9:3Naguo riiri wa Jehova ũkĩambata uumĩte igũrũ rĩa akerubi, na ũgĩthiĩ hingĩro-inĩ ya hekarũ. Itu rĩu rĩkĩiyũra hekarũ, nayo nja ĩkĩiyũra ũkengi wa riiri wa Jehova. 510:5 Ayub 40:9Naguo mũrurumo wa mathagu ma akerubi acio nĩwaiguĩkaga o nginya kũu nja ya nyumĩrĩra, o taarĩ mũgambo wa Mũrungu Mwene-Hinya-Wothe rĩrĩa ekwaria.
6Na rĩrĩa Jehova aathire mũndũ ũcio warĩ na nguo cia gatani, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Oya mwaki kuuma gatagatĩ ka magũrũ macio, kuuma gatagatĩ-inĩ ka akerubi,” mũndũ ũcio agĩtoonya thĩinĩ na akĩrũgama mwena-inĩ wa kũgũrũ kũmwe kwamo. 7Ningĩ ũmwe wa akerubi acio agĩtambũrũkia guoko gwake mwaki-inĩ ũcio warĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ kao. Akĩoya mwaki ũmwe waguo, akĩwĩkĩra hĩ-inĩ cia mũndũ ũcio warĩ na nguo cia gatani, nake mũndũ ũcio akĩwoya akiuma nja. 8(Rungu rwa mathagu ma akerubi acio nĩkuonekaga kĩndũ kĩahaanaga ta moko ma mũndũ.)
910:9 Ezek 28:20; Kũg 21:20Nĩndarorire, ngĩona magũrũ mana ma ngaari hau mĩena-inĩ ya akerubi acio, o kũmwe gũkagĩa mwena-inĩ wa o ũmwe wa akerubi acio; magũrũ macio maahenagia ta rangi wa thumarati. 10Makĩoneka-rĩ, mothe mana nĩmahaanaine; o kũgũrũ kuonekaga ta gũtoonyanĩte na kũgũrũ kũngĩ. 11Magĩthiĩ, maathiiaga na mwena o wothe wa ĩyo ĩna, o kũrĩa akerubi acio merekeirie ũthiũ; magũrũ macio ma ngaari matiagarũrũkaga rĩrĩa akerubi acio megũthiĩ. Akerubi acio maathiiaga na kũrĩa guothe mũtwe werekera, matekũgarũrũka rĩrĩa marathiĩ. 12Mĩĩrĩ yao yothe, o hamwe na mĩgongo yao, na moko mao na mathagu mao, maiyũrĩte maitho kũndũ guothe, na magũrũ macio mana ma ngaari o namo. 13Na rĩrĩ, nĩndaiguire magũrũ macio magĩĩtwo atĩrĩ, “Magũrũ marĩa mathiũrũrũkaga.” 1410:14 1Ath 7:36; Ezek 1:10O ũmwe wa akerubi aarĩ na mothiũ mana: Ũthiũ ũmwe warĩ wa kerubi, na wa keerĩ warĩ wa mũndũ, na wa gatatũ warĩ wa mũrũũthi, na wa kana warĩ wa nderi.
1510:15 Isa 6:2; Thab 137:1Ningĩ akerubi acio makĩambata na igũrũ. Ici ciarĩ ciũmbe irĩ muoyo iria ndoonete hau Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Kebari. 16Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa akerubi acio maathiiaga, magũrũ macio maarĩ mĩena-inĩ yao namo magathiĩ; na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa akerubi acio maambararia mathagu mao mombũke, magũrũ macio matioimaga mĩena-inĩ yao. 17Rĩrĩa akerubi acio marũgama, o namo makarũgama o ũguo; na rĩrĩa akerubi mombũka, namo makombũkania nao, tondũ roho wa ciũmbe icio irĩ muoyo warĩ thĩinĩ wamo.
18Ningĩ riiri wa Jehova ũkĩehera hau igũrũ rĩa hingĩro ya hekarũ na ũkĩrũgama igũrũ rĩa akerubi acio. 1910:19 Ezek 11:1O ndĩĩroreire ũguo, akerubi acio makĩambararia mathagu mao makĩũmbũka, na rĩrĩa maathiiaga, magũrũ macio maatwaranaga nao. Nao makĩrũgama itoonyero-inĩ rĩa kĩhingo kĩa mwena wa irathĩro wa nyũmba ya Jehova; naguo riiri wa Ngai wa Isiraeli warĩ igũrũ rĩao.
20Icio nĩ ciũmbe irĩ muoyo iria ndoonete irĩ rungu rwa Ngai wa Isiraeli hau Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Kebari, na niĩ ngĩmenya atĩ maarĩ akerubi. 2110:21 Ezek 1:6O ũmwe aarĩ na mothiũ mana, na mathagu mana, na rungu rwa mathagu mao nĩ haarĩ na kĩndũ gĩatariĩ ta moko ma mũndũ. 22Mothiũ mao maahaanaga ta marĩa ndoonete hau Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Kebari. O ũmwe wao aathiiaga arũngĩrĩirie na mbere.
