Ezechiele 1

BIBBIA CEI 2008	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Nell’anno trentesimo, nel quarto mese, il cinque del mese, mentre mi trovavo fra i deportati sulle rive del fiume Chebar, i cieli si aprirono ed ebbi visioni divine.	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 Era l’anno quinto della deportazione del re Ioiachìn, il cinque del mese:	2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
3 la parola del Signore fu rivolta al sacerdote Ezechiele, figlio di Buzì, nel paese dei Caldei, lungo il fiume Chebar. Qui fu sopra 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 Io guardavo, ed ecco un vento tempestoso avanzare dal settentrione, una grande nube e un turbinìo di fuoco, che splendeva tutto intorno, e in mezzo si scorgeva come un balenare di metallo incandescente.	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 Al centro, una figura composta di quattro esseri animati, di sembianza umana	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 con quattro volti e quattro ali ciascuno.	6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 Le loro gambe erano diritte e i loro piedi come gli zoccoli d’un vitello, splendenti come lucido bronzo.	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 Sotto le ali, ai quattro lati, avevano mani d’uomo; tutti e quattro avevano le proprie sembianze e le proprie 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 e queste ali erano unite l’una all’altra. Quando avanzavano, ciascuno andava diritto davanti a sé, senza voltarsi indietro.	9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 Quanto alle loro fattezze, avevano facce d’uomo; poi tutti e quattro facce di leone a destra, tutti e quattro facce di toro a sinistra e tutti e quattro facce 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 Le loro ali erano spiegate verso l’alto; ciascuno aveva due ali che si toccavano e due che coprivano il corpo.	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 andava diritto davanti a sé; andavano là dove lo spirito li sospingeva e, avanzando, non si voltavano indietro.	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 quegli esseri si vedevano come dei carboni ardenti simili a torce, che si muovevano in mezzo a loro. Il fuoco risplendeva e dal fuoco si sprigionavano bagliori.	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 andavano e venivano come una saetta.	14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 Io guardavo quegli esseri, ed ecco sul terreno una ruota al fianco di tutti e quattro.	15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 Le ruote avevano l’aspetto e la struttura come di topazio e tutte e quattro la medesima forma; il loro aspetto e la loro struttura erano come di ruota in mezzo a 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 Potevano muoversi in quattro direzioni; procedendo non si voltavano.	17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 Avevano dei cerchioni molto grandi e i cerchioni di tutt’e quattro erano pieni di occhi.	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 Quando quegli esseri viventi si muovevano, anche le ruote si muovevano accanto a loro e, quando gli esseri si alzavano da terra, anche le ruote 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 le avesse sospinte, le ruote andavano e ugualmente si alzavano, perché lo spirito degli esseri viventi 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 essi si muovevano, anch’esse si muovevano; quando essi si fermavano, si fermavano anch’esse e, quando essi si alzavano da terra, anch’esse ugualmente si alzavano, perché nelle ruote vi era lo spirito degli esseri viventi.	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 Al di sopra delle teste degli esseri viventi era disteso una specie di firmamento, simile a un cristallo splendente,	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 il firmamento erano le loro ali distese, l’una verso l’altra; ciascuno ne aveva due 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 Quando essi si muovevano, io udivo il rombo delle ali, simile al rumore di grandi acque, come il tuono dell’Onnipotente, come il fragore della tempesta, come il tumulto d’un accampamento. Quando poi si fermavano, ripiegavano le 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 Ci fu un rumore al di sopra del firmamento che era sulle loro 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 Sopra il firmamento che era sulle loro teste apparve qualcosa come una pietra di zaffìro in forma di trono e su questa specie di trono, in alto, una figura dalle sembianze umane.	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 Da ciò che sembravano i suoi fianchi in su, mi apparve splendido come metallo incandescente e, dai suoi fianchi in giù, mi apparve come di fuoco. Era circondato da 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 simile a quello dell’arcobaleno fra le nubi in un giorno di pioggia. Così percepii in visione la gloria del Signore. Quando la vidi, caddi con la faccia a terra e udii la voce di 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.