以西結書一章4至20節

4我觀看，見狂風從北方颳來，隨著有一朵包括閃爍火的大雲，周圍有光輝，從其中的火內發出好像光耀的精金；

5又從其中顯出四個活物的形像來。他們的形狀是這樣：有人的形像，

6各有四個臉面，四個翅膀；

7他們的腿是直的，腳掌好像牛犢之蹄，都燦爛如光明的銅；

8在四面的翅膀以下有人的手。這四個活物的臉和翅膀乃是這樣：

9翅膀彼此相接，行走並不轉身，俱各直往前行。

10至於臉的形像：前面各有人的臉，右面各有獅子的臉，左面各有牛的臉，後面各有鷹的臉。

11各展開上邊的兩個翅膀相接，各以下邊的兩個翅膀遮體。

12他們俱各直往前行，靈往哪裡去，他們就往那裡去，行走並不轉身。

13至於四活物的形像，就如燒著火炭的形狀，又如火把的形狀。火在四活物中間上去下來，這火有光輝，從火中發出閃電。

14這活物往來奔走，好像電光一閃。

15我正觀看活物的時候，見活物的臉旁，各有一輪在地上。

16輪的形狀和顏色（註：原文作“做法”）好像水蒼玉。四輪都是一個樣式，形狀和做法好像輪中套輪。

17輪行走的時候，向四方都能直行，並不掉轉。

18至於輪輞，高而可畏；四個輪輞周圍滿有眼睛。

19活物行走，輪也在旁邊行走；活物從地上升，輪也都上升；

20靈往哪裡去，活物就往那裡去；活物上升，輪也在活物旁邊上升，因為活物的靈在輪中。

Ezekiel 1:4-20

4 Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

5 Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.

7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.

8 The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings.

9 Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.

10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle.

11 Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies.

12 And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning.

14 And the living creatures ran back and forth, in appearance like a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces.

16 The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

17 When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.

18 As for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were full of eyes, all around the four of them.

19 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 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.