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1 Ezequiel, hijo de Buzí, era un sacerdote que vivía con los exiliados judíos junto al río Quebar, en Babilonia. El recibió de parte de Dios visiones que le mostraban lo que acontecería en los próximos meses y años.

1 Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

2 Un día, a fines de junio, cuando ya habían pasado cinco años del exilio del rey Joaquín,

2 In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,

3 fue cuando empecé a recibir visiones y mensajes de parte del Señor.

3 Yahweh’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.

4 Yo vi en una visión una gran tormenta acercándose hacia mí desde el norte, y delante de ella una enorme nube que resplandecía con fuego, desde adentro de la cual continuamente salían llamaradas, y en el fuego mismo había algo que brillaba como el bronce pulido.

4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle of the fire.

5 Luego, desde el centro de la nube aparecieron cuatro seres extraños, aunque su figura era como la de un ser humano.

5 Out of its center came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.

6 ¡Pero, cada uno tenía cuatro caras y dos pares de alas!

6 Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

7 Sus piernas eran como las de los hombres, pero sus pies tenían pezuñas como de buey, aunque brillaban como el bronce bruñido.

7 Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.

8 Y debajo de cada una de sus alas yo podía ver manos humanas.

8 They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:

9 Los cuatro seres extraños estaban vivos y unidos ala con ala y volaban hacia delante sin volverse atrás.

9 Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.

10 Cada uno tenía la cara de un ser humano al frente, las caras de los costados eran una de león y una de buey, en tanto que la posterior era de águila.

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

11 Cada uno tenía, además, dos pares de alas desplegadas que partían del medio de sus espaldas. Un par se extendía hacia arriba y el otro par cubría su cuerpo.

11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.

12 A donde les impulsaba el Espíritu iban, pero moviéndose siempre hacia adelante, sin darse vuelta.

12 Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.

13 Subiendo y descendiendo entre ellos había otras formas que resplandecían como brasas ardientes o antorchas brillantes, y desde ellos salían relámpagos.

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

14 Los seres vivos iban y venían con la velocidad del relámpago.

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

15 Al estar mirando atentamente todo esto, vi cuatro ruedas sobre el suelo debajo de ellos, correspondiendo una rueda a cada uno de los seres vivientes.

15 Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

16 Las ruedas parecían como si fueran hechas de ámbar pulido, y cada una estaba construida con una segunda rueda cruzada por adentro.

16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

17 Así podían avanzar en cualquiera de las cuatro direcciones sin tener que darse vuelta.

17 When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.

18 Las cuatro ruedas tenían una enorme circunferencia y despedían brillos intensos.

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

19 Cuando los cuatro seres vivos volaban hacia adelante, las ruedas se desplazaban con ellos. Cuando volaban hacia arriba, las ruedas también subían con ellos.

19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

20 Cuando los seres vivos se detenían, también se detenían las ruedas.

20 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

21 Es que el Espíritu de los cuatro seres vivos estaba en las ruedas de modo que dondequiera su Espíritu iba, las ruedas y los seres vivos iban también.

21 When those went, these went. When those stood, these stood. When those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

22 En la parte superior de este extraño ser había una especie de bóveda de cristal purísimo y resplandeciente.

22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at, stretched out over their heads above.

23 Las alas de cada uno de los seres estaban debajo de esta bóveda extendidas para tocar las alas de los otros y cada uno tenía dos alas cubriendo su cuerpo.

23 Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side.

24 Al volar, el ruido de sus alas era muy intenso, como las olas estrellándose sobre la costa, o como la voz de Dios, o como el griterío de un poderoso ejército en medio de una feroz batalla. Cuando se detenían, entonces plegaban sus alas.

24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.

25 Estaba yo observando cuando se produjo un gran estruendo.

25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.

26 Entonces vi sobre la cúpula que estaba encima de ellos. Había algo que se parecía a un trono hecho de zafiros azules, y sentado sobre él, alguien con la apariencia de un ser humano.

26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

27 Desde su cintura hacia arriba parecía como bronce reluciente, deslumbrante como el rayo, y desde su cintura hacia abajo como si todo fuera una llamarada.

27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

28 Había una aureola resplandeciente semejante a un arco iris alrededor de él. Ese era el aspecto que la presencia magnífica del Señor tenía para mí. Y cuando yo lo vi, caí rostro a tierra, y oí la voz de alguien que me hablaba.

28 As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

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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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