Ezekiel 1

¹ I det tredivte År på den femte dag i den fjerde Måned da jeg var blandt de landflygtige ved Floden Kebar, skete det, at Himmelen åbnede sig, og jeg skuede Syner fra Gud.

¹ Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

³ kom HERRENs Ord til Præsten Ezekiel, Buzis Søn, i Kaldæernes Land ved Floden Kebar, og HERRENs Hånd kom over ham der.

³ the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the Lord came upon him.)

⁵ Midt i Ilden var der noget ligesom fire levende Væsener, og de så således ud: De havde et Menneskes Skikkelse;

⁵ Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form.

⁷ deres Ben var lige og deres Fodsåler som en Kalvs; de skinnede som funklende Kobber, og deres Vingeslag var hurtigt;

⁷ Their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze.

⁹ De fire levende Væseners Ansigter vendte sig ikke, når de gik, men de gik alle lige ud".

⁹ their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward.

¹¹ Vingerne var på dem alle fire udbredt opad, således at to og to rørte hinanden, og to skjulte deres Legemer.

¹¹ Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.

¹³ Midt imellem de levende Væsener var der noget som glødende Kul at se til, som Blus, der for hid og did imellem dem, og Ilden udsendte Stråleglans, og Lyn for ud derfra.

¹³ In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.

¹⁵ Videre skuede jeg, og se, der var et Hjul på Jorden ved Siden af hvert af de fire levende Væsener;

¹⁵ Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them.

¹⁷ de kunde derfor gå til alle fire Sider; de vendte sig ikke, når de gik.

¹⁷ Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved.

¹⁹ Og når de levende Væsener gik, gik også Hjulene ved Siden af, og når Væsenerne løftede sig fra Jorden, løftede også Hjulene sig;

¹⁹ Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also.

²¹ når Væsenerne gik, gik også de; når de standsede, standsede også de, og når de løftede sig fra Jorden, løftede også Hjulene sig samtidig, thi det levende Væsens Ånd var i Hjulene.

²¹ Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

²³ og under Hvælvingen var deres Vinger udspændt, den ene mod den anden; hvert af dem havde desuden to, som skjulte deres Legemer.

²³ Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

²⁵ Det drønede oven over Hvælvingen over deres Hoveder; men når de stod, sænkede de Vingerne.

²⁵ And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

²⁷ Og jeg skuede noget som funklende Malm fra det, der så ud som hans Hofter, og opefter; og fra det, der så ud som hans Hofter, og nedefter skuede jeg noget som Ild at se til; og Stråleglans omgav ham.

²⁷ Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something like glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him.