¹ Ja ta ütles mulle: 'Inimesepoeg, söö, mis sulle antakse! Söö ära see rullraamat ja mine räägi Iisraeli soole!'

² Siis ma avasin oma suu ja ta andis mulle süüa selle rullraamatu.

³ Ja ta ütles mulle: 'Inimesepoeg, täida oma kõht ja toida oma sisemus selle rullraamatuga, mille ma sulle annan!' Siis ma sõin ja see oli mu suus magus nagu mesi.

⁴ Ja ta ütles mulle: 'Inimesepoeg, tule! Mine Iisraeli soo juurde ja räägi neile minu sõnu!

⁵ Sest sind ei läkitata mitte umbkeelse või kange keelega rahva juurde, vaid Iisraeli soo juurde,

⁶ mitte paljude rahvaste juurde, kes on umbkeelsed ja kange keelega, kelle sõnu sa ei mõista. Tõesti, kui ma läkitaksin sind nende juurde, nad kuulaksid sind.

⁷ Aga Iisraeli sugu ei taha sind kuulata, sest nad ei taha mindki kuulata. Sest kogu Iisraeli sugu on kõva laubaga ja paadunud südamega.

⁸ Vaata, ma teen su palge karmiks, nagu on nende palged, ja su lauba kõvaks, nagu on nende laubad.

⁹ Teemandi sarnaseks, ränikivist kõvemaks teen ma su lauba. Ära karda neid ja ära kohku nende ees - nad on ju vastupanija sugu!'

¹⁰ Ja ta ütles mulle: 'Inimesepoeg, kõik mu sõnad, mis ma sulle räägin, võta südamesse ja kuule neid oma kõrvaga!

¹¹ Ja mine vangide juurde, oma rahva laste juurde, ja räägi nendega ning ütle neile: Nõnda ütleb Issand Jumal; kuulaku nad või ärgu kuulaku!'

¹² Siis tõstis Vaim mu üles ja ma kuulsin enda taga suurt müra; 'Õnnistatud olgu Issanda auhiilgus oma paigas!',

¹³ ja olevuste tiibade kahinat, mis üksteist puudutasid, ja nendega üheaegselt rataste raginat ja suurt mürinat.

¹⁴ Ja Vaim tõstis mu üles ja võttis minu, ja ma läksin sügava sisemise erutusega; Issanda käsi oli tugevasti mu peal.

¹⁵ Ja ma tulin Tel-Abibi vangide juurde, kes elasid Kebari jõe ääres; ja seal, kus nad elasid, istusin ma vaikides nende keskel seitse päeva.

¹⁶ Aga seitsme päeva pärast tuli mulle Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

¹⁷ 'Inimesepoeg, ma olen sind pannud vahimeheks Iisraeli soole. Ja kui sa kuuled sõna mu suust, siis sa pead neid minu poolt manitsema.

¹⁸ Kui ma ütlen õelale: 'Sa pead surema!', kuid sina ei manitse teda ega räägi, et manitseda õelat pöörduma oma õeluse teelt, et hoida teda elus, siis see õel küll sureb oma süü pärast, aga tema verd ma nõuan sinu käest.

¹⁹ Aga kui sa õelat manitsed ja tema ei pöördu oma õelusest või oma õeluse teelt, siis ta sureb oma süü pärast, sina aga oled päästnud oma hinge.

²⁰ Ja kui õige pöördub oma õigusest ja teeb ülekohut, siis ma panen ta ette komistuskivi ja ta peab surema; kui sa teda ei ole manitsenud, siis ta peab surema oma patu pärast ja ta õigeid tegusid, mis ta oli teinud, ei peeta meeles; aga tema verd ma nõuan sinu käest.

²¹ Ent kui sa õiget manitsed, et õige ei teeks pattu, ja tema ei teegi pattu, siis ta jääb tõesti elama, sest ta on lasknud ennast manitseda ja sina oled päästnud oma hinge.'

²² Issanda käsi tuli seal minu peale ja ta ütles mulle: 'Tõuse, mine orgu, seal räägin ma sinuga!'

²³ Ja ma tõusin ning läksin orgu, ja vaata, seal seisis Issanda auhiilgus, samasugune auhiilgus, mida ma olin näinud Kebari jõe ääres; ja ma langesin silmili.

²⁴ Aga minu sisse tuli Vaim ja tõstis mu jalgadele seisma; ta rääkis minuga ja ütles mulle: 'Mine, sule ennast oma kotta!

²⁵ Ja sina, inimesepoeg! Vaata, su peale pannakse köied ja sind seotakse nendega, et sa ei saaks minna välja nende sekka.

²⁶ Ja ma kinnitan su keele su suulae külge, nõnda et sa jääd tummaks ega saa olla neile noomijaks; sest nad on vastupanija sugu.

²⁷ Aga kui mina räägin sinuga, siis ma avan sinu suu, et sa räägiksid nendega: Nõnda ütleb Issand Jumal: Kes tahab kuulata, see kuulaku, kes mitte, see jätku kuulamata, sest nad on vastupanija sugu!

¹ Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

² In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

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

⁴ I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

⁵ Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

⁶ Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

⁷ Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

⁸ They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings [thus]:

⁹ their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

¹⁰ As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

¹¹ Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and Two covered their bodies.

¹² Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

¹³ As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

¹⁴ The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

¹⁵ Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

¹⁶ The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

¹⁷ When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.

¹⁸ As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

¹⁹ When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

²⁰ Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²¹ When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²² Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth Over their heads above.

²³ Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

²⁴ When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁵ There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁶ Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

²⁷ I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

²⁸ As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.