Ezekiel · Chapter 10

[ edit] And Y ſeeȝ, and loo! in þe firmament þat was vpon þe heed of cherubyn, as a ſaphir ſtoon, and as þe fourme of a ſeet aperide vpon it. And he ſeide to þe man þat was cloþid wiþ lynnen, and he ſeiþ, Go þou yn in þe mydil of whelis, þat ben vndir cherubyn, and fil þin hoond wiþ coolis of fier, þat ben amonge cherubyn, and ſheed out vpon þe citee. And he wente in my ſiȝt; forſoþe cherubyns ſtoden vpon þe riȝþalf of þe hous, whanne þe man wente in, and a cloude fulfillide þe porche wiþ inneforþ. And þe glorie of þe Lord is lift vp aboue cherubyn at þe þreſhfoold of þe hows; and þe hows is fulfillid wiþ a cloude, and þe porche is fulfillid wiþ ſhynynge of þe glorie of þe Lord.

And þe ſoun of weengis of cherubyn was herd vn to þe vttermore porche, as þe vois of almyȝti God ſpekynge. And whanne he hadde commandide to þe man þat was cloþid wiþ lynnen, ſeiynge, Tak þou fier of þe mydil of þe wheelis, þat ben wiþ inne cherubyn, he goon in, ſtoode beſidis þe wheelis. And cherub helde forþ his hoond fro þe mydil of cherubyn, to þe fier þat was bitwix cherubyn; and took, and ȝaf in to þe hoondis of hym þat was cloþid wiþ lynnen; whiche takyn, wente out. And þe liknes of an hoond of man aperide in cherubyn, vndir þe pennys of hem.

And Y ſeeȝ, and loo! foure wheelis beſidis cherubyn; o wheel beſidis o cherub, and anoþer wheel beſidis o cherub; forſoþe þe fourme of wheelis was as þe ſiȝt of a ſtoon criſolitus. And þe biholdynge of hem, o liknes of foure, as if a wheel be in þe mydil of a wheel. And whanne þei walkiden, þei wenten in to foure parties; þei walkynge turneden not aȝen, but to þe place to whom þat þat was þe firſt bouwid for to goo, and þe oþere ſueden, neþer þei turneden aȝen. And al þe werk of hem, and neckis, and hoondis, and pennys, and cerclis, weren ful of eyen, in þe cumpas of foure wheelis. And he clepide þe ilk wheelis volible, or turnynge about, me herynge.

Forſoþe oon hadde foure faces; o face þe face of cherub, and þe ſecounde face a face of man, and þe þridde face of a lioun, and in þe fourþe a face of an egle; and þe cherubyns ben lift vp. Þe ilk is þe beeſt, whom Y ſeeȝ beſidis þe flood Cobar. And whanne cherubyns walkiden, and þe wheelis wenten togidir beſidis hem; and whanne þe cherubyns liften vp her weengis, þat þei ſhulden be rerid fro þe erþe, þe wheelis abiden not, but and þei weren beſidis hem. Hem ſtondynge, þei ſtoden, and wiþ þe lift vp þei weren lift vp; forſoþe þe ſpirit of lijf was in hem. And þe glorie of þe Lord wente out fro þe þreſhfold of þe temple, and ſtoode vpon cherubyn.

And þe cherubyns liftynge vp her weengis, ben reyſid fro þe erþe before me; and hem goynge out, and þe wheelis ſueden; and it ſtode in þe entre of þe eeſt ȝaat of þe hows of þe Lord, and þe glorye of God of Iſrael was vpon it. Þe ilk is þe beeſt, whom Y ſeeȝ vndir God of Iſrael, beſidis þe flood Cobar. And Y vndirſtode for foure cherubyns weren, bi foure cheeris, or facis, to oon, and foure weengis to oon; and a liknes of mannus hoond vnder þe weengis of hem. And þe liknes of þe cheeris of hem, þe ilk cheeris whom Y ſeeȝ beſidis þe flood Cobar; and þe biholdinge of hem, and þe feerſnes of eche, for to goo before his face.