Ezechiele 1

BIBBIA RICCIOTTI	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 - E avvenne nell'anno trentesimo, ai cinque del quarto mese, che trovandomi io cogli esiliati sul fiume Cobar, si aprirono i cieli e 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 Ai cinque del mese di quell'anno, che era il quinto dalla deportazione del re Joachin,	2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
3 la parola del Signore fu comunicata ad Ezechiele, figlio di Buzi sacerdote, nella terra dei Caldei sul fiume Cobar e ivi la mano del Signore fu sopra di lui e lo rapì fuor di sè.	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 vedeva: ed ecco, un vento turbinoso veniva da settentrione; e una gran nube, e un fuoco vorticoso con chiarore tutt'intorno, e al centro come una specie di elettro dentro a un 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 In mezzo a questo vi era una figura di quattro animali, e il loro aspetto aveva apparenza 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 quattro fattezze, una per ciascuno, e quattro ali ciascuno.	6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 I loro piedi erano ritti, e la pianta dei loro piedi, come la pianta del piede d'un vitello, tutti scintille, a somiglianza di rame incandescente.	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 Ai quattro lati avevano mani naturali sotto le ali, e tutti quattro le proprie fattezze 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 Le ali dell'uno si toccavano a vicenda con quelle dell'altro, e non voltavano fronte quando si movevano, ma ciascuno si moveva colla fronte in posizione fissa.	9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 L'aspetto delle loro fattezze era il seguente: uno avea le fattezze d'uomo; uno le fattezze di leone, quello a destra dei quattro; uno le fattezze di bue, quello a sinistra dei quattro; e uno le fattezze d'aquila, a ridosso dei quattro.	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 In queste loro sembianze avevano ali per di sopra dispiegate, due ciascuno che facevano paio e due coprivano il resto del 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 Ognuno si moveva colla fronte fissa; dove era l'impeto dello spirito andavano e comunque andassero, non si voltavano.	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 sembianza degli animali aveva l'aspetto di roventi carboni di fuoco, come l'aspetto di fiaccole. Era una visione guizzante attraverso gli animali e bagliore di fuoco, e dal fuoco, scoppi di folgori.	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 scorrevano avanti e indietro pari a lampeggianti saette.	14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 E mentre io guardavo gli animali, comparve a terra, a fianco degli animali, una ruota su ognuno dei quattro lati.	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 la loro conformazione era come pietra di Tarsis, e una stessa figura di tutte quattro, e il loro aspetto e la loro conformazione era quella di una ruota dentro 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 Movendosi andavano sui quattro lati e per andare non si rivolgevano.	17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 Le ruote poi avevano una mole e un'altezza spropositata, e tutta la loro superficie era piena di occhi all'ingiro in tutte 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 gli animali si movevano, del pari si movevano anche le ruote ai loro lati; e quando gli animali si levavano da terra, si sollevavano insieme anche 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 Da qualunque verso lo spirito andava, da quello anche le ruote, col muoversi dello spirito, si levavano a seguirlo; perchè le ruote avevano lo spirito che le animava.	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 Movendosi quelli, si movevano; arrestandosi quelli, s'arrestavano; levandosi quelli da terra, si sollevavano del pari anche le ruote a seguirli; perchè vi era nelle ruote lo spirito che le animava.	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 al di sopra delle teste degli animali era una specie di firmamento a foggia d'un lastrone di cristallo disteso sopra le loro 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 Sotto al firmamento le loro ali si stendevano ritte l'uno contro all'altro; con due ali velava uno il suo corpo e alla stessa maniera l'altro 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 Io udiva il rombo delle ali, come il rombo di grandi acque, come la voce tonante dell'altissimo Iddio; quando si movevano il frastuono era quello d'una moltitudine, come il fragore d'un'armata; e quando si arrestavano le loro ali si ripiegavano.	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 Perchè al risonar d'una voce, dal firmamento che era al di sopra delle loro teste, si arrestavano e si ripiegavano le ali.	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 il firmamento che posava sulle loro teste, era una specie di pietra di zaffiro in forma di trono, una immagine in sembianza di uomo.	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 Mi appariva coll'aspetto dell'elettro, come un'immagine di fuoco dal suo interno irradiante tutto in giro; dai lombi suoi in su e dai lombi suoi in giù lo vedeva come un'immagine di fuoco risplendente in giro.	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 Quale l'arcobaleno come si vede nelle nuvole in giorno di pioggia, tale era la vista dello splendore che gli faceva cerchio intorno.	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.