Ezechiele 1
1 OR avvenne, nell'anno trentesimo, nel quinto [giorno] del quarto mese, che [essendo] io sopra il fiume Chebar, fra quelli ch'erano stati menati in cattività, i cieli furono aperti, ed io vidi delle visioni di Dio.
And it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was in the midst of the exiles by the river Kebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw divine visions.
2 Nel quinto giorno di quel mese di quell'anno, [ch'era] il quinto della cattività del re Gioiachin,
On the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of the exile of king Jehoyachin,
3 la parola del Signore fu d'una maniera singolare [indirizzata] ad Ezechiele, figliuolo di Buzi, sacerdote, nel paese de' Caldei, in sul fiume Chebar; e la mano del Signore fu quivi sopra lui.
Came the word of the Lord expressly unto Ezekiel the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Kebar; and there came upon him there the inspiration of the Lord.
4 Io adunque vidi, ed ecco un vento tempestoso, che veniva dal Settentrione, [ed] una grossa nuvola, ed un fuoco avviluppato, intorno al quale [vi era] uno splendore; e di mezzo di quel fuoco [appariva] come la sembianza di fin rame scintillante.
And I saw, and behold, a storm-wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a flaming fire, and a brightness was on it round about; and out of the midst of it was like the glitter of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 Di mezzo di quello ancora [appariva] la sembianza di quattro animali. E tale [era] la lor forma: aveano sembianza d'uomini;
And out of the midst thereof [I saw] the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.
6 ed aveano ciascuno quattro facce, e quattro ali.
And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
7 Ed i lor piedi [eran] diritti, e la pianta de' lor piedi [era] come la pianta del piè d'un vitello; ed [erano] sfavillanti, quale [è] il colore del rame forbito.
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the glitter of burnished copper.
8 Ed aveano delle mani d'uomo di sotto alle loro ali, ne' quattro lor lati; e tutti e quattro aveano le lor facce, e le loro ali.
And hands of man [were visible] from beneath their wings on their four sides: and their faces and their wings [were alike] on all these four.
9 Le loro ali si accompagnavano l'una l'altra; essi non si volgevano camminando; ciascuno camminava diritto davanti a sè.
Their wings were joined one to the other: they turned not about in their going; they went every one in the direction of one of their faces.
10 Ora, quant'è alla sembianza delle lor facce, tutti e quattro aveano una faccia d'uomo, ed una faccia di leone, a destra; parimente tutti e quattro aveano una faccia di bue, e una faccia d'aquila, a sinistra.
And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man; and the face of a lion, on the right side for all four of them; and the face of an ox on the left side for all four of them; and the face of an eagle for all four of them.
11 E le lor facce, e le loro ali, [erano] divise di sopra; ciascuno avea due ali che si accompagnavano l'una l'altra, e due [altre] che coprivano i lor corpi.
Thus were their faces: and their wings were spread out upward; every one had two joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 E ciascun d'essi camminava diritto davanti a sè; camminavano dovunque lo spirito si moveva; mentre camminavano, non si volgevano [qua e là].
And they went every one in the direction of one of his faces: whither the spirit was directed to go, they went; they turned not about in their going.
13 E quant'è alla sembianza degli animali, il loro aspetto somigliava delle brace di fuoco; ardevano in vista, come fiaccole; quel fuoco andava attorno per mezzo gli animali, dava uno splendore, e del fuoco usciva un folgore.
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like coals of fire, burning as with the appearance of torches; this [fire] it was which passed along between the living creatures: and a brightness was about the fire, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 E gli animali correvano, e ritornavano, come un folgore in vista.
And the living creatures ran backward and forward like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 E, [come] io ebbi veduti gli animali, ecco una ruota in terra, presso a ciascun animale, dalle quattro lor facce.
And I looked on the living creatures, and, behold, there was one wheel upon the earth close by the living creatures, by their four front faces.
16 L'aspetto delle ruote, e il lor lavoro, [era] simile al color d'un grisolito; e tutte e quattro aveano una medesima sembianza; e il loro aspetto, e il lor lavoro [era] come se una ruota fosse stata in mezzo di un'[altra] ruota.
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color of a chrysolite; and all four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as though it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17 Quando si movevano, si movevano tutte e quattro, ciascuna dal suo lato; elleno non si volgevano [qua e là], movendosi.
Toward their four sides they went in their going: they turned not round in their going.
18 E quant'è a' lor cerchi, [erano] alti spaventevolmente; e tutti e quattro [erano] pieni d'occhi d'ogn'intorno.
As for their circumferences, they were so high that they excited fear: and their felloes were full of eyes round about on all these four.
19 E quando gli animali camminavano, le ruote si movevano allato a loro; e quando gli animali si alzavano da terra, le ruote parimente si alzavano.
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went near to them: and when the living creatures lifted themselves up from the earth, the wheels lifted themselves up.
20 Dovunque lo spirito si moveva, si movevano anch'essi; e le ruote si alzavano allato a quelli; perciocchè lo spirito degli animali [era] nelle ruote.
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; [for] thither was [their] spirit to go: and the wheels lifted themselves up at the same time with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21 Quando quelli camminavano, [le ruote altresì] si movevano; quando quelli si fermavano, [le ruote altresì] si fermavano; e quando si alzavano da terra, [le ruote altresì] si alzavano da terra, allato ad essi; perciocchè lo spirito degli animali [era] nelle ruote.
When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those lifted themselves up from the earth, the wheels lifted themselves up at the same time with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22 E la sembianza [di ciò ch'era] di sopra alle teste degli animali [era d]'una distesa del cielo, simile a cristallo in vista, [molto] spaventevole; ed era distesa di sopra alle lor teste.
And the likeness of a vault was over the head of the living creatures, [shining] like the glitter of the purest crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23 E sotto alla distesa [erano] le loro ali diritte, l'una di rincontro all'altra; ciascuno [ne] avea due [altre] che gli coprivano il corpo.
And under the vault their wings were straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered them, and every one had two, which covered them, —[namely, ] their bodies.
24 Ed io udii il suono delle loro ali, mentre camminavano; ed [era] simile al suono di grandi acque, alla voce dell'Onnipotente; la voce della lor favella [era] come il romore di un campo; quando si fermavano, bassavano le loro ali;
And I heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went, the sound of [their] speech, as the noise of an army: when they stood still, they let down their wings.
25 e quando si fermavano, [e] bassavano le loro ali, [vi era] una voce, [che veniva] d'in su la distesa, ch'[era] sopra le lor teste.
And there was a voice from the vault that was over their head: when they stood still, they let down their wings.
26 E di sopra alla distesa, ch'[era] sopra le lor teste, [vi era] la sembianza di un trono, simile in vista ad una pietra di zaffiro, e in su la sembianza del trono [vi era] una sembianza come della figura di un uomo che sedeva sopra esso.
And above the vault that was over their head was like the appearance of a sapphire-stone, the likeness of a throne: and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27 Poi vidi come un color di rame scintillante, simile in vista a fuoco, indentro di quella [sembianza di trono], d'ogn'intorno, dalla sembianza de' lombi di quell'[uomo] in su; parimente, dalla sembianza dei suoi lombi in giù, vidi come un'apparenza di fuoco, intorno al quale [vi era] uno splendore.
And I saw as if it were the glitter of amber, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins upward; and from the appearance of his loins downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28 L'aspetto di quello splendore d'ogn'intorno [era] simile all'aspetto dell'arco, che è nella nuvola in giorno di pioggia. Questo [fu] l'aspetto della somiglianza della gloria del Signore; [la quale] come io ebbi veduta, caddi sopra la mia faccia, e udii la voce d'uno che parlava.
Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about: this was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one that spoke.
