Ezechiele 1

LA SACRA BIBBIA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Nel trentesimo anno, il cinque del quarto mese, mentre mi trovavo tra gli esuli presso il canale Chebàr, si aprirono i cieli e vidi una visione divina.	1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 Il cinque del mese -- era il quinto anno dell'esilio di Ioiachìn --	2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
3 giunse per Ezechiele figlio di Buzi, sacerdote, la parola del Signore, nella terra dei Caldei, presso il canale Chebàr e là fu su di lui la mano del Signore.	3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
4 Ecco cosa vidi: un vento impetuoso proveniente dal nord, una grande nube con lampi e splendore all'intorno e nel centro come il luccicare dell'elettro, in mezzo al fuoco.	4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 In mezzo la forma di quattro esseri: ciascuno aveva aspetto d'uomo,	5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6 ciascuno con quattro facce e quattro ali.	6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 I loro piedi erano zampe affusolate e la loro pianta era come quella della zampa di un vitello, scintillanti come il luccicare di un bronzo levigato.	7 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 colour of burnished brass.
8 Avevano mani umane di sotto le ali sui loro quattro lati; avevano facce e ali tutti e quattro.	8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
9 Le ali erano accoppiate a due a due. Essi avanzavano senza girarsi, ciascuno avanzava diritto davanti a sé.	9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 Le forme delle facce erano di uomo; poi forme di leone sul lato destro dei quattro, di bue sul lato sinistro dei quattro, e ciascuno di essi forme di aquila.	10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11 Le loro ali erano distese verso l'alto; ciascuno aveva due ali che si toccavano e due che velavano i loro corpi.	11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 Ciascuno procedeva diritto davanti a sé. Procedevano dove tirava quel vento, senza girarsi.	12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13 Tra gli esseri apparivano come dei carboni infuocati che sembravano lampade e che lampeggiavano fra quegli esseri: il fuoco splendeva e da esso schizzavano fulmini.	13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 Gli esseri correvano a zig-zag come la folgore.	14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 E vidi che gli esseri avevano in terra una ruota per ciascuno di loro quattro.	15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 L'aspetto delle ruote e la loro struttura era luccicante come il crisolito; ciascuna delle quattro aveva la stessa forma, e l'aspetto e la struttura erano tali che le ruote risultavano congegnate l'una nell'altra.	16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17 Quegli esseri procedevano ai quattro lati; procedevano senza girarsi.	17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 I cerchioni di esse erano alti, avevano occhi tutto intorno, tutti e quattro.	18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
19 Con gli esseri procedevano anche le ruote e quando essi s'innalzavano da terra anch'esse s'innalzavano.	19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 Andavano dove tirava quel vento; le ruote s'innalzavano con essi, perché lo stesso vento degli esseri agiva nelle ruote.	20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
21 Se quelli avanzavano, esse avanzavano; se quelli si fermavano, esse si fermavano, e se quelli s'innalzavano da terra, le ruote s'innalzavano con essi, perché il vento degli esseri agiva sulle ruote.	21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22 E vidi sulla testa degli esseri la forma di una volta, stupenda come il luccicare del ghiaccio, tesa in alto sulle loro teste.	22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23 E al di sotto della volta c'erano le coppie delle loro ali affusolate delle quali due per ciascuno velavano i loro corpi.	23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24 Udii il fragore delle loro ali come quello di molte acque, come quello dell'Onnipotente, mentre avanzavano; il fragore del loro strepito era come quello d'un campo militare. Le ali si acquietavano quando quelli si fermavano.	24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25 Ci fu un gran rumore sopra la volta che era sulla loro testa.	25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
26 Sulla parte superiore della volta, che era sulla loro testa, c'era la forma di un trono, che sembrava di zaffiro. Sulla specie di trono, in alto, stava uno di forma umana.	26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27 Vidi come un luccicare di elettro, come se vi fosse del fuoco tutt'intorno da quelli che sembravano i fianchi in su; e da quelli che sembravano i fianchi in giù vidi come fuoco e splendore intorno ad esso.	27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28 Come l'arcobaleno tra le nubi quando c'è il temporale, così era l'aspetto di quello splendore all'intorno. Così appariva la forma della Gloria del Signore. La vidi e caddi bocconi e udii uno che parlava.	28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in 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 a voice of one that spake.