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.
耶和華的榮耀離開聖殿
1我觀看，只見基路伯天使頭頂上的穹蒼之中好像有一個藍寶石寶座。 2耶和華對那穿細麻衣的人說：「你到基路伯天使下邊旋轉的輪子中間，雙手捧滿火炭，撒在城上。」我見他進去了。
3當他進去的時候，基路伯天使站在殿的南邊，內院充滿了雲彩。 4耶和華的榮耀從基路伯天使的上面升起，停在殿的門口，殿裡充滿了雲彩，院子也充滿了耶和華榮耀的光輝。 5基路伯天使展翅的響聲好像全能上帝說話的聲音，在外院也可以聽見。
6祂對那穿細麻衣的人說：「你要從基路伯天使下面旋轉的輪子中取火。」那人便進去，站在一個輪子旁邊。 7有一個基路伯天使伸手到他們中間的火裡，取了些火放在那穿細麻衣的人手裡，那人就拿了出去。 8基路伯天使的翅膀下彷彿有人的手。
9我又看見四個基路伯天使旁各有一個閃耀如綠寶石的輪子。 10四個輪子結構一樣，好像輪套輪。 11基路伯天使移動時，不必轉身就可以向四方移動。前輪朝哪個方向移動，其他輪子也朝哪個方向移動，不必轉向。 12這四個基路伯天使的手、背、翅膀及全身都佈滿了眼睛，包括他們的四個輪子。 13我聽見他們稱這些輪子為「旋轉輪」。 14每一個基路伯天使都有四張臉：第一張是基路伯天使的臉，第二張是人的臉，第三張是獅子的臉，第四張是鷹的臉。
15然後，這些基路伯天使都向上升去，他們就是我在迦巴魯河邊所見的活物。 16基路伯天使移動，輪子也隨之移動；基路伯天使展翅飛離地面，輪子也隨之離開地面，不離他們旁邊； 17基路伯天使停住，輪子也隨之停住；基路伯天使上升，輪子也隨之上升。因為活物的靈在輪子中。
18那時，耶和華的榮耀離開了殿的門口，停在基路伯天使上面。 19我正觀看時，基路伯天使展翅飛離地面，他們旁邊的輪子也隨之飛離。他們停在耶和華殿的東門口，以色列上帝的榮耀在他們上面。 20這些是我在迦巴魯河邊所看見的活物，他們在以色列上帝的下面。我知道他們是基路伯天使。 21他們各有四張臉，兩對翅膀，翅膀下彷彿有人的手， 22他們的面貌和我在迦巴魯河邊所見的一樣，每一個都向前直走。
