Ezekiel 1 Bible in Basic English

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1965
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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909

1 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.

1 Y FUÉ [que] á los treinta años, en el [mes] cuarto, á cinco del mes, estando yo en medio de los trasportados junto al río de Chebar, los cielos se abrieron, y vi visiones de Dios.

2 On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,

2 A los cinco del mes, que fué en el quinto año de la transmigración del rey Joachîn,

3 The word of the Lord came to me, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on me there.

3 Fué palabra de Jehová á Ezequiel sacerdote, hijo de Buzi, en la tierra de los Caldeos, junto al río de Chebar; fué allí sobre él la mano de Jehová.

4 And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.

4 Y miré, y he aquí un viento tempestuoso venía del aquilón, una gran nube, con un fuego envolvente, y en derredor suyo un resplandor, y en medio del fuego una cosa que parecía como de ámbar,

5 And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.

5 Y en medio de ella, figura de cuatro animales. Y este era su parecer; había en ellos semejanza de hombre.

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

6 Y cada uno tenía cuatro rostros, y cuatro alas.

7 And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass.

7 Y los pies de ellos eran derechos, y la planta de sus pies como la planta de pie de becerro; y centelleaban á manera de bronce muy bruñido.

8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.

8 Y debajo de sus alas, á sus cuatro lados, tenían manos de hombre; y sus rostros y sus alas por los cuatro lados.

9 They went without turning, every one went straight forward.

9 Con las alas se juntaban el uno al otro. No se volvían cuando andaban; cada uno caminaba en derecho de su rostro.

10 As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle.

10 Y la figura de sus rostros era rostro de hombre; y rostro de león á la parte derecha en los cuatro; y á la izquierda rostro de buey en los cuatro; asimismo había en los cuatro rostro de águila.

11 And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.

11 [Tales eran] sus rostros; y [tenían] sus alas extendidas por encima, cada uno dos, las cuales se juntaban; y las otras dos cubrían sus cuerpos.

12 Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.

12 Y cada uno caminaba en derecho de su rostro: hacia donde el espíritu era que anduviesen, andaban; cuando andaban, no se volvían.

13 And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after the other between the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went thunder-flames.

13 Cuanto á la semejanza de los animales, su parecer era como de carbones de fuego encendidos, como parecer de hachones [encendidos]: discurría entre los animales; y el fuego resplandecía, y del fuego salían relámpagos.

14 And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.

14 Y los animales corrían y tornaban á semejanza de relámpagos.

15 Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the living beings, for the four of them.

15 Y estando yo mirando los animales, he aquí una rueda en la tierra junto á los animales, á sus cuatro caras.

16 The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and design, and they were like a wheel inside a wheel.

16 Y el parecer de las ruedas y su obra semejábase al color del topacio. Y las cuatro tenían una misma semejanza: su apariencia y su obra como rueda en medio de rueda.

17 The four of them went straight forward without turning to one side.

17 Cuando andaban, se movían sobre sus cuatro costados: no se volvían cuando andaban.

18 And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about.

18 Y sus cercos eran altos y espantosos, y llenos de ojos alrededor en las cuatro.

19 And when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

19 Y cuando los animales andaban, las ruedas andaban junto á ellos: y cuando los animales se levantaban de la tierra, las ruedas se levantaban.

20 Wherever the spirit was to go they went; and the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

20 Hacia donde el espíritu era que anduviesen, andaban; hacia donde era el espíritu que anduviesen, las ruedas también se levantaban tras ellos; porque el espíritu de los animales estaba en las ruedas.

21 When these went on, the others went; and when these came to rest, the others came to rest; and when these were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

21 Cuando ellos andaban, andaban ellas; y cuando ellos se paraban, se paraban ellas; asimismo cuando se levantaban de la tierra, las ruedas se levantaban tras ellos; porque el espíritu de los animales estaba en las ruedas.

22 And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.

22 Y sobre las cabezas de cada animal aparecía expansión á manera de cristal maravilloso, extendido encima sobre sus cabezas.

23 Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.

23 Y debajo de la expansión estaban las alas de ellos derechas la una á la otra; á cada uno dos, y otras dos con que se cubrían sus cuerpos.

24 And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

24 Y oí el sonido de sus alas cuando andaban, como sonido de muchas aguas, como la voz del Omnipotente, como ruido de muchedumbre, como la voz de un ejército. Cuando se paraban, aflojaban sus alas.

25 And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

25 Y cuando se paraban [y] aflojaban sus alas, oíase voz de arriba de la expansión que había sobre sus cabezas.

26 And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.

26 Y sobre la expansión que había sobre sus cabezas, [veíase] la figura de un trono que parecía de piedra de zafiro; y sobre la figura del trono había una semejanza que parecía de hombre sentado sobre él.

27 And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him.

27 Y vi apariencia como de ámbar, como apariencia de fuego dentro de ella en contorno, por el aspecto de sus lomos para arriba; y desde sus lomos para abajo, vi que parecía como fuego, y que tenía resplandor alrededor.

28 Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

28 Cual parece el arco del cielo que está en las nubes el día que llueve, así era el parecer del resplandor alrededor. Esta fué la visión de la semejanza de la gloria de Jehová. Y luego que yo la hube visto, caí sobre mi rostro, y oí voz de uno que hablaba.

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Buzi
Father of Ezekiel
Named as the father of the priest Ezekiel.
Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 1:3
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Ezekiel
Priest-prophet in Babylon
The priest, son of Buzi, among the exiles by the Chebar Canal to whom the word of the LORD came.
Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 24:24
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Quotes verse 1:28 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IX)
He saw the likeness of the glory of the Lord; not the Lord Himself, but the likeness of His glory, not the glory itself, as it really is.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 1:6–11 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IX)
… Ezekiel the Prophet even made a description of them, as far as was possible, saying that every one has four faces, one of a man, another of a lion, another of an eagle, and another of a calf; and that each one had six wings, and they had eyes on all sides; and that under each one was a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

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