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Confronta con un'altra Bibbia
Cambia Bibbia
NEW JERUSALEM | NEW JERUSALEM |
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1 She made their actions successful, by means of a holy prophet. | 1 She made their actions successful, by means of a holy prophet. |
2 They journeyed through an unpeopled desert and pitched their tents in inaccessible places. | 2 They journeyed through an unpeopled desert and pitched their tents in inaccessible places. |
3 They stood firm against their enemies, fought off their foes. | 3 They stood firm against their enemies, fought off their foes. |
4 On you they cal ed when they were thirsty, and from the rocky cliff water was given them, from hardstone a remedy for their thirst. | 4 On you they cal ed when they were thirsty, and from the rocky cliff water was given them, from hardstone a remedy for their thirst. |
5 Thus, what had served to punish their enemies became a benefit for them in their difficulties. | 5 Thus, what had served to punish their enemies became a benefit for them in their difficulties. |
6 Whereas their enemies had only the ever-flowing source of a river fouled with mingled blood and mud, | 6 Whereas their enemies had only the ever-flowing source of a river fouled with mingled blood and mud, |
7 to punish them for their decree of infanticide, you gave your people, against al hope, water inabundance, | 7 to punish them for their decree of infanticide, you gave your people, against al hope, water inabundance, |
8 once you had shown by the thirst that they were experiencing how severely you were punishing theirenemies. | 8 once you had shown by the thirst that they were experiencing how severely you were punishing theirenemies. |
9 From their own ordeals, which were only loving correction, they realised how an angry sentence wastormenting the godless; | 9 From their own ordeals, which were only loving correction, they realised how an angry sentence wastormenting the godless; |
10 for you had tested your own as a father admonishes, but the others you had punished as a pitilessking condemns, | 10 for you had tested your own as a father admonishes, but the others you had punished as a pitilessking condemns, |
11 and, whether far or near, they were equal y afflicted. | 11 and, whether far or near, they were equal y afflicted. |
12 For a double sorrow seized on them, and a groaning at the memory of the past; | 12 For a double sorrow seized on them, and a groaning at the memory of the past; |
13 when they learned that the punishments they were receiving were beneficial to the others, theyrealised it was the Lord, | 13 when they learned that the punishments they were receiving were beneficial to the others, theyrealised it was the Lord, |
14 while for the man whom long before they had exposed and later mockingly rebuffed, they felt onlyadmiration when al was done, having suffered a thirst so different from that of the upright. | 14 while for the man whom long before they had exposed and later mockingly rebuffed, they felt onlyadmiration when al was done, having suffered a thirst so different from that of the upright. |
15 For their foolish and wicked notions which led them astray into worshipping mindless reptiles andcontemptible beetles, you sent a horde of mindless animals to punish them | 15 For their foolish and wicked notions which led them astray into worshipping mindless reptiles andcontemptible beetles, you sent a horde of mindless animals to punish them |
16 and to teach them that the agent of sin is the agent of punishment. | 16 and to teach them that the agent of sin is the agent of punishment. |
17 And indeed your al -powerful hand which created the world from formless matter, did not lack meansto unleash a horde of bears or savage lions on them | 17 And indeed your al -powerful hand which created the world from formless matter, did not lack meansto unleash a horde of bears or savage lions on them |
18 or unknown beasts, newly created, ful of rage, breathing out fire, or puffing out stinking smoke, orflashing fearful sparks from their eyes, | 18 or unknown beasts, newly created, ful of rage, breathing out fire, or puffing out stinking smoke, orflashing fearful sparks from their eyes, |
19 beasts able not only to destroy them, being so savage, but even to strike them dead by their terrifyingappearance. | 19 beasts able not only to destroy them, being so savage, but even to strike them dead by their terrifyingappearance. |
20 However, without these, one breath could have blown them over, pursued by Justice, whirled awayby the breath of your power. You, however, ordered all things by measure, number and weight. | 20 However, without these, one breath could have blown them over, pursued by Justice, whirled awayby the breath of your power. You, however, ordered all things by measure, number and weight. |
21 For your great power is always at your service, and who can withstand the might of your arm? | 21 For your great power is always at your service, and who can withstand the might of your arm? |
22 The whole world, for you, can no more than tip a balance, like a drop of morning dew falling on theground. | 22 The whole world, for you, can no more than tip a balance, like a drop of morning dew falling on theground. |
23 Yet you are merciful to al , because you are almighty, you overlook people's sins, so that they canrepent. | 23 Yet you are merciful to al , because you are almighty, you overlook people's sins, so that they canrepent. |
24 Yes, you love everything that exists, and nothing that you have made disgusts you, since, if you hadhated something, you would not have made it. | 24 Yes, you love everything that exists, and nothing that you have made disgusts you, since, if you hadhated something, you would not have made it. |
25 And how could a thing subsist, had you not wil ed it? Or how be preserved, if not cal ed forth by you? | 25 And how could a thing subsist, had you not wil ed it? Or how be preserved, if not cal ed forth by you? |
26 No, you spare al , since al is yours, Lord, lover of life! | 26 No, you spare al , since al is yours, Lord, lover of life! |