Ezequiel 1

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 No trigésimo ano, no quinto dia do quarto mês, quando me encontrava entre os deportados, às margens do rio Cobar, abriram-se os céus e contemplei visões divinas.	1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.
2 No quinto dia do mês - era o quinto ano de cativeiro do rei Joaquin -	2 On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin,
3 foi a palavra do Senhor dirigida ao sacerdote Ezequiel, filho de Buzi, na Caldéia, às margens do rio Cobar. Nesse lugar veio a mão do Senhor sobre mim.	3 The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Bud in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
4 Tive então uma visão: soprava do lado norte um vento impetuoso, uma espessa nuvem com um feixe de fogo resplandecente, e, no centro, saído do meio do fogo, algo que possuía um brilho vermelho.	4 And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire, as it were the resemblance of amber:
5 Distinguia-se no centro a imagem de quatro seres que aparentavam possuir forma humana.	5 And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.
6 Cada um tinha quatro faces e quatro asas.	6 Every one had four faces, and every one four wings.
7 Suas pernas eram direitas e as plantas de seus pés se assemelhavam às do touro, e cintilavam como bronze polido.	7 Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass.
8 De seus quatro lados mãos humanas saíam por debaixo de suas asas. Todos os quatro possuíam rostos, e asas.	8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides: and they bad faces, and wings on the four sides,
9 Suas asas tocavam uma na outra. Quando se locomoviam, não se voltavam: cada um andava para a frente.	9 And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.
10 Quanto ao aspecto de seus rostos tinham todos eles figura humana, todos os quatro uma face de leão pela direita, todos os quatro uma face de touro pela esquerda, e todos os quatro uma face de águia.	10 And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four.
11 Eis o que havia no tocante as suas faces. Suas asas estendiam-se para o alto; cada qual tinha duas asas que tocavam às dos outros, e duas que lhe cobriam o corpo.	11 And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:
12 Cada qual caminhava para a frente: iam para o lado aonde os impelia o espírito; não se voltavam quando iam andando.	12 And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.
13 No meio desses seres, divisava-se algo parecido com brasas incandescentes, como tochas que circulavam entre eles; e desse fogo que projetava uma luz deslumbrante, saíam relâmpagos.	13 And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire.
14 Os seres ziguezagueavam como o raio.	14 And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.
15 Ora, enquanto contemplava esses seres vivos, divisei uma roda sobre a terra ao lado de cada um dos quatro.	15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.
16 O aspecto e a estrutura dessas rodas eram os de uma gema de Társis. Todas as quatro se assemelhavam, e pareciam construídas uma dentro da outra.	16 And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
17 Podiam deslocar-se em quatro direções, sem retornar em seus movimentos.	17 When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
18 Seus aros eram de uma altura assombrosa, guarnecidos de olhos em toda a circunferência.	18 The wheels had also a size, and a height, and a dreadful appearance: and the whole body was full of eyes round about all the four.
19 Quando os seres vivos se deslocavam ou se erguiam da terra, locomoviam-se as rodas e se elevavam com eles.	19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels also went together by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels also were lifted up with them.
20 Para onde os impulsionava o espírito. iam eles, e as rodas com eles se erguiam, pois o espírito do ser vivo {de igual modo} animava as rodas.	20 Whithersoever the spirit went, thither as the spirit went the wheels also were lifted up withal, and followed it: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
21 Quando caminhavam, elas se moviam; quando paravam, também elas interrompiam o curso; se se erguiam da terra, as rodas do mesmo modo se suspendiam, pois o espírito desses seres vivos estava {também} nas rodas.	21 When those went these went, and when those stood these stood, and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels also were lifted up together, and followed them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
22 Pairando acima desses seres, havia algo que se assemelhava a uma abóbada, límpida como cristal, estendida sobre suas cabeças.	22 And over the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of the firmament, as the appearance of crystal terrible to behold, and stretched out over their heads above.
23 Sob essa abóbada, alongavam-se as suas asas até se tocarem, tendo cada um {sempre} duas que lhe cobriam o corpo.	23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other, every one with two wings covered his body, and the other was covered in like manner.
24 Eu escutava, quando eles caminhavam, o ruído de suas asas, semelhante ao barulho das grandes águas, à voz do Onipotente, um vozerio igual ao de um campo {de batalha}.	24 And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as it were the voice of the most high God: when they walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings were let down.
25 Quando paravam, abaixavam as asas, e fazia-se um ruído acima da abóbada que ficava sobre as cabeças.	25 For when a voice came from above the firmament, that was over their heads, they stood, and let down their wings.
26 Acima dessa abóbada havia uma espécie de trono, semelhante a uma pedra de safira; e, bem no alto dessa espécie de trono, uma silhueta humana.	26 And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of the sapphire stone, and upon the likeness of the throne, was a likeness as of the appearance of a man above upon it.
27 Vi que ela possuía um fulgor vermelho, como se houvesse sido banhada no fogo, desde o que parecia ser a sua cintura, para cima; enquanto que, para baixo, vi algo como fogo que esparzia clarões por todos os lados.	27 And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire within it round about: from his loins and upward, and from his loins downward, I saw as it were the resemblance of fire shining round about.
28 Como o arco-íris que aparece nas nuvens em dias de chuva, assim era o resplendor que a envolvia. Era esta visão a imagem da glória do Senhor.	28 As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round about.