¹ Godine tridesete, meseca četvrtog, petog dana, kad bejah među robljem na reci Hevaru, otvoriše se nebesa, i videh utvare Božje.

² Petog dana tog meseca, pete godine od kako se zarobi car Joahin,

³ Dođe reč Gospodnja Jezekilju sinu Vuzijevom, svešteniku, u zemlji haldejskoj na reci Hevaru, i onde dođe ruka Gospodnja nada nj.

⁴ I videh, i gle, silan vetar dolažaše od severa, i velik oblak i oganj koji se razgorevaše, i oko njega svetlost, a isred ognja kao jaka svetlost;

⁵ Isred njega još kao četiri životinje, koje na oči behu nalik na čoveka;

⁶ I u svake behu četiri lica, i četiri krila u svake;

⁷ I noge im behu prave, a u stopalu behu im noge kao u teleta; i sevahu kao uglađena bronza.

⁸ I ruke im behu čovečje pod krilima nad četiri strane, i lica im i krila behu na četiri strane.

⁹ Sastavljena im behu krila jedno s drugim; i ne okretahu se idući, nego svaka iđaše na prema se.

¹⁰ I lice beše u sve četiri lice čovečje i lice lavovo s desne strane, a s leve strane lice volujsko i lice orlovo u sve četiri.

¹¹ I lica im i krila behu razdeljena ozgo; u svake se dva krila sastavljahu jedno s drugim, a dva pokrivahu im telo.

¹² I svaka iđaše pravo na prema se; iđahu kuda duh iđaše, i ne okretahu se idući.

¹³ I na oči behu te životinje kao živo ugljevlje, gorahu na oči kao sveće; taj oganj prolažaše između životinja i svetljaše se, i iz ognja izlažaše munja.

¹⁴ I životinje trčahu i vraćahu se kao munja.

¹⁵ I kad gledah životinje, gle, točak jedan beše na zemlji uza svaku životinju prema četiri lica njihova.

¹⁶ Obličjem i napravom behu točkovi kao boje hrisolitove, i sva četiri behu jednaka, i obličjem i napravom behu kao da je jedan točak u drugom.

¹⁷ Kad iđahu, iđahu sva četiri svaki na svoju stranu, i idući ne skretahu.

¹⁸ I naplaci im behu visoki strahota; i behu naplaci puni očiju unaokolo u sva četiri.

¹⁹ I kad iđahu životinje, iđahu i točkovi uz njih; i kad se životinje podizahu od zemlje, podizahu se i točkovi.

²⁰ Kuda duh iđaše, onamo iđahu, i podizahu se točkovi prema njima, jer duh životinjski beše u točkovima.

²¹ Kad one iđahu, iđahu i oni; i kad one stajahu, stajahu i oni; i kad se one podizahu od zemlje, podizahu se i točkovi prema njima, jer duh životinjski beše u točkovima.

²² A nad glavama životinjama beše kao nebo, po viđenju kao kristal, strašno, razastrto ozgo, nad glavama njihovim.

²³ A pod tim nebom behu im krila pružena, jedno prema drugom, a dva krila svakoj pokrivahu telo.

²⁴ I čuh huku krila njihovih kad iđahu kao da beše huka velike vode, kao glas Svemogućeg i kao graja u logoru; i kad stajahu, spuštahu krila.

²⁵ I kad stavši spuštahu krila, čujaše se glas ozgo iz neba, koje beše nad glavama njihovim.

²⁶ I ozgo na onom nebu što im beše nad glavama, beše kao presto, po viđenju kao kamen safir, i na prestolu beše po obličju kao čovek.

²⁷ I videh kao jaku svetlost, i u njoj unutra kao oganj naokolo, od bedara gore, a od bedara dole videh kao oganj i svetlost oko njega.

²⁸ Kao duga u oblaku kad je kiša, takva na oči beše svetlost unaokolo. To beše viđenje slave Božje na očima; i kad videh, padoh na lice svoje, i čuh glas Nekoga koji govoraše.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

² "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

³ Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.

⁴ "'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.

⁵ The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.

⁶ The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you.

⁷ The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.

⁸ Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

⁹ "'These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.

¹⁰ All that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,

¹¹ and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.

¹² Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.

¹³ "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,

¹⁴ and the red kite, any kind of black kite,

¹⁵ any kind of raven,

¹⁶ the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,

¹⁷ the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

¹⁸ the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

¹⁹ the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

²⁰ "'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.

²¹ Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.

²² Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.

²³ But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.

²⁴ "'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

²⁵ Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

²⁶ "'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

²⁷ Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

²⁸ He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

²⁹ "'These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

³⁰ the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

³¹ These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.

³² On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.

³³ Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.

³⁴ All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

³⁵ Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

³⁶ Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

³⁷ If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

³⁸ But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

³⁹ "'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

⁴⁰ He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

⁴¹ "'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.

⁴² Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

⁴³ You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.

⁴⁴ For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

⁴⁵ For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

⁴⁶ "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

⁴⁷ to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"