Ezekiel 1 – NIVUK & CCBT

New International Version – UK

Ezekiel 1:1-28

Ezekiel’s inaugural vision

1In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

2On the fifth of the month – it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin – 3the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the River Kebar in the land of the Babylonians.1:3 Or Chaldeans There the hand of the Lord was on him.

4I looked, and I saw a violent storm coming out of the north – an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The centre of the fire looked like glowing metal, 5and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, 6but each of them had four faces and four wings. 7Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. 8Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, 9and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.

10Their faces looked like this: each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. 11Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upwards, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. 12Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. 13The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. 14The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.

15As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. 16This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: they sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 17As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went. 18Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

19When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. 20Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 21When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

22Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome. 23Under the vault their wings were stretched out one towards the other, and each had two wings covering its body. 24When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty,1:24 Hebrew Shaddai like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

25Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. 26Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. 27I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 28Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell face down, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

以西結書 1:1-28

以西結的異象

1第三十年四月五日,我正在迦巴魯河畔被擄的人當中,忽然天開了,我看見了上帝的異象。 2那是約雅斤王被擄第五年的四月五日, 3就在迦勒底人境內的迦巴魯河畔,耶和華的話特別傳給了布西的兒子以西結祭司,耶和華的能力1·3 能力」希伯來文是「手」。降在他身上。

4在異象中,我看見一陣狂風從北方颳來,隨後有一大朵雲閃耀著火光,四周環繞著燦爛的光芒,火的中心像發光的金屬。 5火中有四個像人形的活物, 6每個活物有四張不同的面孔和四個翅膀。 7他們的腿是直的,腳如同牛犢的蹄,都亮如磨光的銅。 8四面的翅膀下都有人的手,四個活物都有臉和翅膀, 9翅膀彼此相連。他們移動時不必轉身,各朝前面移動。 10四個活物的面孔是這樣的:正面是人的臉,右面是獅子的臉,左面是牛的臉,後面是鷹的臉。 11他們的翅膀向上展開,每個活物的一對翅膀與其他活物的翅膀相連,另外一對翅膀遮蔽身體。 12耶和華的靈往哪裡去,他們也往哪裡去,移動時不用轉身。 13四個活物的形像如燃燒的火炭,又像火把。活物之間有火上下移動,發出耀眼的閃電。 14這些活物像閃電一樣往來飛馳。

15當我觀看這些活物的時候,發現每個活物旁邊的地上都有一個輪子。 16四個輪子的形狀和結構都一樣,好像輪套輪,如同閃耀的綠寶石。 17他們可以向四面移動,移動時輪子不必轉向。 18輪圈高而可畏,周圍佈滿了眼睛。 19活物行走,輪子也在旁邊行走;活物上升,輪子也上升。 20靈往哪裡去,活物也往哪裡去,輪子也跟著往哪裡去,因為活物的靈在輪子裡。 21活物行走,輪子也行走;活物站立不動,輪子也站立不動;活物上升,輪子也跟著上升,因為活物的靈在輪子裡。

22活物的頭上好像鋪展著茫茫的穹蒼,如同頂著耀眼的水晶。 23穹蒼下四個活物伸展翅膀,彼此相對,各用兩個翅膀遮蔽身體。 24他們移動時,翅膀發出的響聲如洪濤之聲,既像全能者的聲音,又像軍隊的呐喊。活物站住的時候,便將翅膀垂下。 25他們站立垂下翅膀時,有聲音從他們頭頂的穹蒼之上傳來。

26在他們頭頂的穹蒼之上彷彿有藍寶石的寶座,有一位形狀像人的高高坐在寶座上。 27我看到祂的腰部以上好像燒紅發亮的金屬,好像有火四面環繞。腰部以下如同火焰。祂周圍有耀眼的光輝, 28彷彿雨天雲中的彩虹。

這是耶和華榮耀的形像。我一看見,便俯伏在地,隨後聽見有說話的聲音。