1 E l día cinco del mes cuarto del año treinta, yo, Ezequiel, me encontraba junto al río Quebar, entre los cautivos. De pronto, los cielos se abrieron y tuve visiones de parte de Dios.

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

2 H abían pasado ya cinco años y cinco meses desde que el rey Joaquín había sido llevado cautivo.

On the fifth of the month, (it was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,)

3 Y o, Ezequiel hijo de Buzi, era sacerdote, y ese día estaba en la tierra de los caldeos, junto al río Quebar, y la palabra del Señor vino a mí, y sobre mí se posó su mano.

the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.

4 M e fijé, y vi que del norte venía un viento tempestuoso, junto con una nube impresionante envuelta en fuego y rodeada de un gran resplandor. En medio del fuego había algo semejante a bronce refulgente,

And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brass, out of the midst of the fire.

5 y en medio de la nube se veía la figura de cuatro seres vivientes, todos ellos con apariencia humana.

Also out of the midst thereof, the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

6 C ada uno de ellos tenía cuatro rostros y cuatro alas.

And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

7 S us pies eran rectos, pero las plantas de sus pies se parecían a las pezuñas de los becerros y centelleaban como el bronce bruñido.

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

8 T enían rostros y alas por los cuatro costados, y por debajo de sus alas tenían manos humanas.

And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings:

9 C on las alas se tocaban entre sí, aunque al avanzar no se miraban el uno al otro sino que cada uno caminaba hacia adelante.

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

10 V isto de frente, su rostro era de aspecto humano, pero del lado derecho los cuatro tenían cara de león; del lado izquierdo tenían cara de toro, y por la nuca tenían cara de águila.

And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

11 A sí eran sus rostros. Por encima de ellos tenían extendidas dos de sus alas, con las cuales se tocaban, y con las otras dos se cubrían el cuerpo.

And their faces and their wings were parted above; two of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

12 T odos ellos caminaban de frente, siguiendo la dirección del espíritu, y ninguno de ellos volvía la vista atrás.

And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.

13 E l aspecto de estos seres vivientes era como el de brasas ardientes, o teas encendidas, que se movían entre ellos. El fuego era refulgente, y despedía relámpagos,

And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, as the appearance of torches: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright; and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14 y con la rapidez del relámpago los seres vivientes corrían de un lado a otro.

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

15 M ientras observaba yo a estos seres vivientes, vi que junto a ellos, y en cada uno de los cuatro costados, había una rueda en el suelo.

And I looked at the living creatures, and behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, toward their four faces.

16 E l aspecto y la hechura de cada rueda era semejante al color del crisólito. Todas ellas tenían la misma forma, y parecían estar la una dentro de la otra.

The appearance of the wheels and their work was as the look of a chrysolite; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

17 A l avanzar, podían hacerlo en cualquier dirección, sin tener que dar marcha atrás.

When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not when they went.

18 S us aros eran bastante altos, y las cuatro ruedas lanzaban destellos en su derredor.

As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.

19 S i los seres vivientes avanzaban, las ruedas avanzaban con ellos; si los seres vivientes se elevaban, también se elevaban las ruedas.

And 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 S iempre se movían o elevaban siguiendo la dirección del espíritu. Si el espíritu se movía, las ruedas también se movían, porque en ellas estaba el espíritu de los seres vivientes.

Whithersoever the Spirit was to go, they went, thither would spirit go; and the wheels were lifted up along with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

21 S i ellos avanzaban, también ellas avanzaban; si se detenían, también ellas se detenían; si se elevaban del suelo, también ellas se elevaban, porque el espíritu de los seres vivientes estaba en ellas.

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

22 P or encima de los seres vivientes podía verse una bóveda, semejante al cristal más hermoso, la cual se extendía por encima de ellos.

And there was the likeness of an expanse over the heads of the living creature, as the look of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

23 D ebajo de la bóveda sus alas se extendían hasta tocarse la una con la otra, y con dos de sus alas cada uno de ellos se cubría el cuerpo.

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

24 C uando caminaban, oía yo que sus alas sonaban como un conjunto de muchas aguas, como la voz del Omnipotente, como el estruendo de una muchedumbre, o como la alharaca de un ejército. Cuando se detenían, bajaban las alas,

And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, a tumultuous noise, as the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings;

25 d e modo que al detenerse y bajar las alas podía oírse una voz por encima de la bóveda que estaba sobre ellos.

and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.

26 S obre la bóveda podía verse el contorno de un trono, el cual parecía ser de zafiro, y sobre el contorno del trono podía verse sentado a alguien parecido a un hombre.

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

27 V i también algo parecido al bronce refulgente, y en su interior y a su alrededor había algo parecido a un fuego; tanto de lo que parecían ser sus lomos para arriba, como de sus lomos para abajo, vi algo parecido al fuego, y esto estaba rodeado de un resplandor.

And I saw as the look of glowing brass, as the appearance of fire, within it round about; from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

28 E se resplandor que lo rodeaba se parecía al arco iris, cuando aparece en las nubes después de un día lluvioso. Ésta fue la visión que tuve de lo que parecía ser la gloria del Señor. Al verla, me incliné sobre mi rostro, y oí la voz de alguien que hablaba.

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.