1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. 3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory. 5 And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. 6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof , and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it , and went out.
8 ¶ And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. 12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. 14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. 17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. 21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
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Худонинг улуғворлиги Маъбадни тарк этади
1 Қарасам, карублар тепасидаги гумбаз узра зангори ёқутга ўхшаш бир нарса пайдо бўлди. Ўша нарса тахт шаклида эди. 2 Худо зиғир либос кийган кишига шундай деди: “Қани бўл, карублар остидаги ғилдираклар орасига кириб, у ердан бир ҳовуч ёнаётган кўмирдан олиб чиқ. Кўмирни шаҳарнинг ҳамма ёғига сочиб ташла.”
Ўша киши ғилдираклар орасига кириб кетди. Мен эса уни кузатиб турдим. 3 У кирган пайтда карублар Эгамиз уйининг жануб томонида турган эдилар, ички ҳовлини эса булут қоплаган эди. 4 Сўнг Эгамизнинг улуғворлиги карублар узра кўтарилиб, уйнинг остонасига бориб тўхтади. Шу онда уй булутга тўлди, бутун ҳовли Эгамизнинг улуғворлигидан чақнаб ёришиб кетди. 5 Карублар қанотларини қимирлатганларида шундай шовқин кўтарилар эдики, уни ҳатто ташқи ҳовлидан туриб эшитса ҳам бўлар эди. Бу шовқин Қодир Худонинг овозига ўхшаб кетар эди.
6 Эгамиз зиғир либос кийган кишига: “Карубларнинг ўртасига кир, ғилдираклар орасидаги ёнаётган кўмирдан олиб чиқ”, деб амр берганда, ўша киши битта ғилдиракнинг олдига бориб турди. 7 Шунда карублардан бири қўлини узатиб, ёнаётган кўмирдан озроғини олди–да, зиғир либос кийган кишининг қўлига тутқизди. У киши ёнаётган кўмирни олиб кетди. 8 Ҳар бир карубнинг қаноти остида инсон қўлига ўхшаган қўли бор эди.
9 Қарасам, карублар ёнида тўртта ғилдирак турибди. Ҳар бир карубнинг ёнида биттадан ғилдирак бор эди. Ғилдираклар қимматбаҳо тошдай товланарди. 10 Тўртала ғилдиракнинг кўринишига келсак, улар бир–бирига ўхшар эди. Ҳар бир ғилдиракнинг ичида кўндалангига солинган яна биттадан ғилдирак бор эди. 11 Улар ҳаракатга келганда тўрт томонга юра олар эди, юрганда бурилмасди. Карубнинг юзи қаерга йўналтирилган бўлса, ҳаммаси бурилмай ўша томонга юришарди. 12 Карубларнинг бутун баданлари, орқалари, қўллари, қанотлари ҳатто тўртала ғилдираги ҳам кўз билан қопланган эди. 13 Ғилдиракларнинг номи “Айланадиган ғилдираклар” эканлигини мен эшитиб қолдим. 14 Ҳар бир карубнинг тўрттадан юзи бор эди: биринчи юз — карубнинг юзи, иккинчи юз — одамнинг юзи, учинчи юз — шернинг юзи ва ниҳоят тўртинчи юз бургутнинг юзи эди.
15 Карублар замин узра кўтарилдилар. Мен Кавор дарёси бўйида кўрган жонли мавжудотлар мана шу карублар экан. 16 Карублар юрганларида, ғилдираклар ҳам ёнларида юрарди. Қанот ёзиб кўтарилганларида, ғилдираклар ҳам улардан айрилмасди. 17 Хуллас, карублар тўхтаганда, улар ҳам тўхтар эди, кўтарилганда улар ҳам бирга кўтарилар эди, чунки жонли мавжудотларнинг руҳи ғилдиракларда эди.
18 Эгамизнинг улуғворлиги уй остонасидан чиқиб, карублар узра тўхтади. 19 Мен буни томоша қилиб турганимда, карублар қанотларини ёздилар, замин узра кўтарилиб, ғилдираклари билан бирга уйдан чиқиб кетдилар. Карублар Эгамиз уйининг шарқий дарвозаси ёнида тўхтаб қолдилар. Исроил Худосининг улуғворлиги уларнинг устида эди.
20 Бу жонли мавжудотларни мен Кавор дарёси бўйида кўрган эдим. Ўшанда ҳам улар Исроил Худосининг оёғи остида эдилар. Бу мавжудотлар карублар эканлигини мен энди тушуниб олган эдим, 21 чунки ҳар бир карубнинг тўртта юзи, тўртта қаноти ҳамда қанотлари остида одам қўлига ўхшаган қўллари бор эди. 22 Уларнинг юз тузилиши мен Кавор дарёси бўйида кўрган мавжудотларники билан бир хил эди. Ҳар бир мавжудот олд томонга қараб юрар эди.
