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BIBBIA VOLGARE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 E addivenne nel XXX anno, nel quarto, nel V dì del mese, conciosia cosa ch' io fussi nel mezzo delli prigioni a lato al fiume (che si chiama) Cobar, li cieli s' apersono, e io vidi le 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 dì del mese, questo fue l'anno quinto della transmigrazione di Ioachin re di Giuda,	2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
3 disse Iddio ad Ezechiel, figliuolo di Buzi, sacerdote nella terra de' Caldei, a lato al fiume (che si chiama) Cobar; e la mano di Dio fue ivi 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 E io vidi, ed ecco uno vento di turbine veniva d'aquilone, e una nuvola grande e fuoco involgente e splendore nel suo circuito, e del mezzo di lui quasi similitudine di transparente e rilucente, cioè di mezzo del 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 e nel mezzo di lui la similitudine di quattro animali; e questo [aspetto] di loro era similitudine d'uomo in loro.	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 E uno avea quattro facce, e avea quattro penne.	6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 E li loro piedi erano diritti, e la pianta dei loro piedi era come pianta [del piede] di vitello, e le faville aveano aspetto di metallo risplendente.	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 E la mano d' uomo era sotto le penne loro in quattro parti; e aveano le faccie e le penne per quattro parti.	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 E le loro penne erano congiunte, quelle dell' uno all' altro; e quando andavano non ritornavano, ma ciascuno andava inanzi alla faccia sua.	9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 E la similitudine del loro volto era faccia. d' uomo, e la faccia di leone dalla (loro) parte diritta di loro quattro; e dalla parte manca di loro quattro era la faccia di bue, e di sopra a loro quattro era la faccia d'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 E le loro facce e le loro penne erano distese sopra; due penne di cadauno di loro si congiungeano, e due copriano li 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 E ciascuno andava dinanzi alla sua faccia; e andavano colà dove era lo impeto dello spirito, e quando andavano non ritornavano.	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 la similitudine di questi animali e lo loro. aspetto era (similitudine d' animali) quasi come di carboni di fuoco ardenti, e come aspetto di lampade. Questa era la visione discorrente nel mezzo delli animali, isplendore di fuoco, e del fuoco usciva una saetta.	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 li animali andavano e ritornavano in similitudine di saetta rilucente.	14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 E quando io riguardava li animali, apparve una ruota sopra la terra a lato alli animali, la quale avea quattro facce.	15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 E l'aspetto delle ruote e la loro opera sì era quasi come visione di mare; una era la similitudine di quelle quattro ruote; e lo loro aspetto e le loro opere, quasi come la ruota nel mezzo della 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 E li andamenti andavano per quattro parti di quelle; e conciosia cosa che andassono, non ritornavano (allo luogo dove declinava quella che prima era, e tutte l' altre seguitavano, e conciosia cosa che andassono, non ritornavano).	17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 E la statura era alle ruote, e l'altezza, e di orribile aspetto; e tutto lo (loro) corpo era pieno d'occhi nel circuito di quelle 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 E quando andavano li animali, andavano anche le ruote a lato a loro; e quando li animali si levavano di terra, insiememente si levavano le ruote.	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 andava lo spirito, andando colà lo spirito (ritto), e le ruote si levavano, e seguitavano lui; e lo spirito della vita 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 Egli andavano colli andanti, e stavano colli stanti; e levavansi di terra con quelli che si levavano, e le ruote seguitavano loro, però che lo spirito della vita 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 similitudine sopra lo capo delli animali era a modo di firmamento, ed era come aspetto di cristallo orribile, e disteso era sopra lo capo loro di sopra.	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 lo firmamento le loro penne erano diritte l'uno all' altro; e ciascuno velava lo suo corpo con due ale, e l' altro similmente si velava.	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 E io udiva lo suono dell' ale, come suono di molte acque, ed era quasi suono dell' alto Iddio; e quando andavano, era lo suono come suono di moltitudine, e come suono di gente d' arme; e quando istavano fermi, si lasciavano le loro penne.	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 Ma quando si faceva la voce sopra lo firmamento, lo quale era sopra lo loro capo, istavano e sottometteano le sue ale.	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 sopra lo firmamento, il quale era molto elevato sopra i capi loro, era quasi come aspetto di pietra di saffiro la similitudine del trono; e sopra la similitudine del trono quasi come aspetto d' uomo di sopra.	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 E vidi quasi come similitudine di rilucente, e come aspetto di fuoco, dentro per lo circuito suo; da' suoi lombi di sopra, e dalli lombi suoi insino di sotto, vidi come specie di fuoco risplendente nel circuito.	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 aspetto d' arco, quando è nel nuvolo nel dì della piova; questo era l'aspetto dello splendore per lo circuito.	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.