Siracide 49

BIBBIA CEI 1974	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Il ricordo di Giosia è una mistura di incenso, preparata dall'arte del profumiere. In ogni bocca è dolce come il miele, come musica in un banchetto.	1 The memory of Josiah is like a blend of fragrances composed by the work of a perfumer.
2 Egli si dedicò alla riforma del popolo e sradicò i segni abominevoli dell'empietà.	2 His remembrance will be sweet like honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
3 Diresse il suo cuore verso il Signore, in un'epoca di iniqui riaffermò la pietà.	3 He was divinely directed for the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of impiety.
4 Se si eccettuano Davide, Ezechia e Giosia, tutti commisero peccati; poiché avevano abbandonato la legge dell'Altissimo, i re di Giuda scomparvero.	4 And he guided his heart toward the Lord. And during the days of sinners, he strengthened piety.
5 Lasciarono infatti la loro potenza ad altri, la loro gloria a una nazione straniera.	5 Other than David, and Hezekiah, and Josiah, everyone committed sin.
6 I nemici incendiarono l'eletta città del santuario, resero deserte le sue strade,	6 For the kings of Judah abandoned the law of the Most High, and they held contempt for the fear of God.
7 secondo la parola di Geremia, che essi maltrattarono benché fosse stato consacrato profeta nel seno materno, per estirpare, distruggere e mandare in rovina, ma anche per costruire e piantare.	7 For they gave their kingdom to foreigners, and their glory to a strange people.
8 Ezechiele contemplò una visione di gloria, che Dio gli mostrò sul carro dei cherubini.	8 They set fire to the chosen city of sanctity, and they made its streets desolate, in accord with the hand of Jeremiah.
9 Si ricordò dei nemici nel vaticinio dell'uragano, beneficò quanti camminavano nella retta via.	9 For they treated him wickedly, though he was consecrated as a prophet from his mother’s womb: to overthrow, and to root out, and to destroy, and also to rebuild and to renew.
10 Le ossa dei dodici profeti rifioriscano dalle loro tombe, poiché essi consolarono Giacobbe, lo riscattarono con una speranza fiduciosa.	10 It was Ezekiel who saw a vision of glory, which was revealed to him with the chariot of the Cherubim.
11 Come elogiare Zorobabele? Egli è come un sigillo nella mano destra.	11 For it called to mind the enemies under the figure of rain, to do good to those who have revealed the upright ways.
12 Così anche Giosuè figlio di Iozedèk; essi nei loro giorni riedificarono il tempio ed elevarono al Signore un tempio santo, destinato a una gloria eterna.	12 And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up from their place. For they strengthened Jacob, and they redeemed themselves with a virtuous faith.
13 Anche la memoria di Neemia durerà a lungo; egli rialzò le nostre mura demolite e vi pose porte e sbarre; fece risorgere le nostre case.	13 How will we magnify Zerubbabel? For he, too, was like a signet on the right hand.
14 Nessuno fu creato sulla terra eguale a Enoch; difatti egli fu rapito dalla terra.	14 So also was Jesus, the son of Jozadak, who in their days built the house, and raised up a holy temple to the Lord, as a preparation for everlasting glory.
15 Non nacque un altro uomo come Giuseppe, capo dei fratelli, sostegno del popolo; perfino le sue ossa furono onorate.	15 And may Nehemiah be remembered for a long time. He raised up for us the walls that had been torn down. And he made firm the gates and the bars. He raised up our houses.
16 Sem e Set furono glorificati fra gli uomini, ma superiore a ogni creatura vivente è Adamo.	16 No one has been born upon the earth like Enoch. And he was also taken up from the earth.
	17 And there was no one like Joseph, who was a man born to be foremost among his brothers, the firmament of his clan, a guide to his brethren, the mainstay of his people.
	18 And his bones were visited, and after death, they prophesied.
	19 Shem and Seth obtained glory among men. And above every soul, at the very beginning, was Adam.