Ezechiele 1

DIODATI	KING JAMES BIBLE
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.	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 Nel quinto giorno di quel mese di quell’anno, ch’era il quinto della cattività del re Gioiachin,	2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
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	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 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.	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 Di mezzo di quello ancora appariva la sembianza di quattro animali. E tale era la lor forma: aveano sembianza d’uomini;	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 ed aveano ciascuno quattro facce, e quattro ali.	6 And every one had four faces, and every one 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.	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 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.	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 loro ali si accompagnavano l’una l’altra; essi non si volgevano camminando; ciascuno camminava diritto davanti a sè.	9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
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.	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 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.	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 E ciascun d’essi camminava diritto davanti a sè; camminavano dovunque lo spirito si moveva; mentre camminavano, non si volgevano qua e là.	12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
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.	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 E gli animali correvano, e ritornavano, come un folgore in vista	14 And the living creatures ran and returned as 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.	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 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.	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 Quando si movevano, si movevano tutte e quattro, ciascuna dal suo lato; elleno non si volgevano qua e là, movendosi.	17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 E quant’è a’ lor cerchi, erano alti spaventevolmente; e tutti e quattro erano pieni d’occhi d’ogn’intorno.	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 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.	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 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.	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 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.	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 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.	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 sotto alla distesa erano le loro ali diritte, l’una di rincontro all’altra; ciascuno ne avea due altre che gli coprivano il corpo.	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 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;	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 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	25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had 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.	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 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.	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 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	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.