Ezekiel 10

va'ereh vehinneh el-haraqia asher al-rosh hakkeruvim ke'even sappir kemareh demut kisse nirah alehem

I looked, and on the expanse over the heads of the cherubs, there was something like a sapphire stone; an appearance resembling a throne could be seen over them.

vayyomer el-ha'ish levush habbaddim vayyomer bo el-benot laggalgal el-takhat lakkeruv umalle khofnekha gakhale-esh mibbenot lakkeruvim uzeroq al-ha'ir vayyavo le'enay

[God] spoke to the figure clothed in linen and said, “Step inside the wheelwork, under the cherubs, and fill your hands with glowing coals from among the cherubs, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in as I looked on.

vehakkeruvim omedim mimin labbayit bevo'o ha'ish vehe'anan male et-hekhatser happenimit

Now the cherubs were standing on the south side of the House when that figure entered, and the cloud filled the inner court.

vayyarom kevod-Adonai me'al hakkeruv al miftan habbayit vayyimmale habbayit et-he'anan vehekhatser male'ah et-nogah kevod Adonai

But when the Presence of GOD moved from the cherubs to the platform of the House, the House was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the radiance of the Presence of GOD.

veqol kanfe hakkeruvim nishma ad-hekhatser hakhitsonah keqol el-shadday bedabbero

The sound of the cherubs’ wings could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of El Shaddai when speaking.

vayehi betsavvoto et-ha'ish levush-habbaddim lemor qakh esh mibbenot laggalgal mibbenot lakkeruvim vayyavo vayya'amod etsel ha'ofan

When [God] commanded the figure clothed in linen: “Take fire from among the cherubs within the wheelwork,” he went in and stood beside a wheel.

vayyishlakh hakkeruv et-yado mibbenot lakkeruvim el-ha'esh asher benot hakkeruvim vayyissa vayyitten el-khofne levush habbaddim vayyiqqakh vayyetse

And a cherub stretched out a hand among the cherubs to the fire that was among the cherubs; he took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

vayyera lakkeruvim tavnit yad-adam takhat kanfehem

The cherubs appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings.

va'ereh vehinneh arba'ah ofannim etsel hakkeruvim ofan ekhad etsel hakkeruv ekhad ve'ofan ekhad etsel hakkeruv ekhad umareh ha'ofannim ke'en even tarshish

I could see that there were four wheels beside the cherubs, one wheel beside each of the cherubs; as for the appearance of the wheels, they gleamed like the beryl stone.

umarehem demut ekhad le'arbatam ka'asher yihyeh ha'ofan betokh ha'ofan

In appearance, the four had the same form, as if there were two wheels cutting through each other.

belekhtam el-arba'at rivehem yelekhu lo yissabbu belekhtam ki hammaqom asher-yifneh harosh akharayw yelekhu lo yissabbu belekhtam

And when they moved, each could move in the direction of any of its four quarters; they did not veer as they moved. The [cherubs] moved in the direction in which one of the heads faced, without turning as they moved.

vekhol-besaram vegabbehem videhem vekhanfehem veha'ofannim mele'im enayim saviv le'arbatam ofannehem

Their entire bodies—backs, hands, and wings—and the wheels, the wheels of the four of them, were covered all over with eyes.

la'ofannim lahem qora haggalgal be'oznay

It was these wheels that I had heard called “the wheelwork.”

ve'arba'ah fanim le'ekhad pene ha'ekhad pene hakkeruv ufene hasheni pene adam vehashelishi pene aryeh veharevi'i pene-nasher

Each one had four faces: One was a cherub’s face, the second a human face, the third a lion’s face, and the fourth an eagle’s face.

vayyerommu hakkeruvim hi hakhayyah asher ra'iti binhar-kevar

The cherubs ascended; those were the creatures that I had seen by the Chebar Canal.

uvelekhet hakkeruvim yelekhu ha'ofannim etslam uviset hakkeruvim et-kanfehem larum me'al ha'arets lo-yissabbu ha'ofannim gam-hem me'etslam

Whenever the cherubs went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubs lifted their wings to ascend from the earth, the wheels did not roll away from their side.

be'omdam ya'amodu uveromam yerommu otam ki ruakh hakhayyah bahem

When those stood still, these stood still; and when those ascended, these ascended with them, for the spirit of the creature was in them.

vayyetse kevod Adonai me'al miftan habbayit vayya'amod al-hakkeruvim

Then the Presence of GOD left the platform of the House and stopped above the cherubs.

vayyisu hakkeruvim et-kanfehem vayyerommu min-ha'arets le'enay betsetam veha'ofannim le'ummatam vayya'amod petakh sha'ar bet-Adonai haqqadmoni ukhevod elohe-yisra'el alehem milma'elah

And I saw the cherubs lift their wings and rise from the earth, with the wheels beside them as they departed; and they stopped at the entrance of the eastern gate of the House of GOD, with the Presence of the God of Israel above them.

hi hakhayyah asher ra'iti takhat elohe-yisra'el binhar-kevar va'eda ki kheruvim hemmah

They were the same creatures that I had seen below the God of Israel at the Chebar Canal; so now I knew that they were cherubs.

arba'ah arba'ah fanim le'ekhad ve'arba kenafayim le'ekhad udemut yede adam takhat kanfehem

Each one had four faces and each had four wings, with the form of human hands under the wings.

udemut penehem hemmah happanim asher ra'iti al-nehar-kevar marehem ve'otam ish el-ever panayw yelekhu

As for the form of their faces, they were the very faces that I had seen by the Chebar Canal—their appearance and their features—and each could move in the direction of any of its faces.