¹ At nangyari nang ikaanim na taon, nang ikaanim na buwan, nang ikalima ng buwan, ako'y nakaupo sa aking bahay, at ang mga matanda sa Juda ay nangakaupo sa harap ko, na ang kamay ng Panginoong Dios ay dumating sa akin doon.

² Nang magkagayo'y tumingin ako, at, narito, may isang anyo na parang apoy; mula sa anyo ng kaniyang mga balakang at paibaba, ay apoy; at mula sa kaniyang mga balakang at paitaas, parang anyo ng kinang, na parang metal na nagbabaga.

³ At kaniyang inilabas ang anyo ng isang kamay, at hinawakan ako sa buhok ng aking ulo; at itinaas ako ng Espiritu sa pagitan ng lupa at ng langit, at dinala ako sa pangitain na mula sa Dios sa Jerusalem, sa pintuan ng pintuang-daan ng pinakaloob na looban na nakaharap sa dakong hilagaan; na kinaroroonan ng upuan ng larawan ng panibugho, na namumungkahi sa paninibugho.

⁴ At, narito, ang kaluwalhatian ng Dios ng Israel ay nandoon, gaya ng anyo na aking nakita sa kapatagan.

⁵ Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, itingin mo ang iyong mga mata ngayon sa daan na dakong hilagaan. Sa gayo'y itiningin ko ang aking mga mata sa daan na dakong hilagaan, at narito, nasa dakong hilagaan ng pintuang-daan ng dambana ang larawang ito ng panibugho sa pasukan.

⁶ At sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, nakikita mo baga ang kanilang ginagawa? ang malaking kasuklamsuklam na ginagawa ng sangbahayan ni Israel dito, upang ako'y lumayo sa aking santuario? Nguni't iyo muling makikita pa ang ibang mga malalaking kasuklamsuklam.

⁷ At dinala niya ako sa pintuan ng looban; at nang ako'y tumingin, narito, ang isang butas sa pader.

⁸ Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, humukay ka ngayon sa pader: at nang ako'y humukay sa pader, narito, ang isang pintuan.

⁹ At sinabi niya sa akin, Ikaw ay pumasok, at tingnan mo ang mga masamang kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginagawa rito.

¹⁰ Sa gayo'y pumasok ako at nakita ko; at narito, ang bawa't anyo ng nagsisiusad na mga bagay, at kasuklamsuklam na mga hayop, at lahat ng mga diosdiosan ng sangbahayan ni Israel, na nakaguhit sa pader sa palibot.

¹¹ At nagsitayo sa harap nila ang pitong pung lalake sa mga matanda ng sangbahayan ni Israel; at sa gitna nila ay tumayo si Jaazanias na anak ni Saphan, bawa't lalake ay may kaniyang pangsuub sa kaniyang kamay; at ang amoy ng usok ng kamangyan ay napailanglang.

¹² Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, nakikita mo baga kung anong ginagawa ng mga matanda ng sangbahayan ni Israel sa kadiliman, bawa't isa'y sa kaniyang mga silid na nilarawanan? sapagka't kanilang sinasabi, Hindi tayo nakikita ng Panginoon; pinabayaan ng Panginoon ang lupa.

¹³ Sinabi rin niya sa akin, Iyong muling makikita pa ang mga ibang malaking kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginagawa.

¹⁴ Nang magkagayo'y dinala niya ako sa pintuan ng pintuang-daan ng bahay ng Panginoon na nasa dakong hilagaan; at, narito, doo'y nangaupo ang mga babae na iniiyakan si Tammuz.

¹⁵ Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Nakita mo baga ito, Oh anak ng tao? iyo pa muling makikita ang lalong malaking mga kasuklamsuklam kay sa mga ito.

¹⁶ At dinala niya ako sa pinakaloob na looban ng bahay ng Panginoon, at, narito, sa pintuan ng templo ng Panginoon sa pagitan ng malaking pintuan at ng dambana, ay may dalawang pu't limang lalake, na sila'y nakatalikod sa dako ng templo ng Panginoon, at nakaharap sa dakong silanganan; at kanilang sinasamba ang araw sa dakong silanganan.

¹⁷ Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Nakita mo baga ito, Oh anak ng tao? Magaan bagang bagay sa sangbahayan ni Juda, na sila'y nagsisigawa ng mga kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginagawa dito? sapagka't kanilang pinuno ng karahasan ang lupa, at sila'y nangagbalik uli upang mungkahiin ako sa galit: at, narito, kanilang inilalagay ang sanga sa kanilang ilong.

¹⁸ Kaya't akin namang gagawin sa kapusukan; ang aking mata ay hindi magpapatawad, o mahahabag man ako: at bagaman sila'y nagsisidaing sa aking pakinig ng malakas na tinig, gayon ma'y hindi ko sila didinggin.

¹ Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

² He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.

³ Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

⁴ The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.

⁵ The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

⁶ It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

⁷ The cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took [of it], and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

⁸ There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

⁹ I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.

¹⁰ As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.

¹¹ When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they didn't turn as they went.

¹² Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, [even] the wheels that the four of them had.

¹³ As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling [wheels].

¹⁴ Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

¹⁵ The cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

¹⁶ When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn't turn from beside them.

¹⁷ When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

¹⁸ The glory of Yahweh went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

¹⁹ The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

²⁰ This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

²¹ Every one had four faces, and Every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

²² As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.