Neemia 9

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Il ventiquattro dello stesso mese, i figli d'Israele, vestiti di sacco e col capo coperto di polvere, si adunarono per un digiuno.	1 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.
2 La stirpe dei figli d'Israele fu separata da tutti gli stranieri, e, presentatasi, confessò i suoi peccati e le iniquità dei suoi padri.	2 And the offspring of the sons of Israel were separated from all the sons of foreigners. And they stood up, and they confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 Si alzarono per restare in piedi, e lessero nel libro della legge del Signore Dio loro quattro volte nel giorno e quattro volte confessavano adorando il Signore loro Dio.	3 And they arose to stand. And they read in the volume of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed. And they adored the Lord their God.
4 Poi si alzarono, sul palco dei leviti, Iosue, Bani, Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebia, Bani e Banani, e gridarono ad alta voce al Signore Dio loro.	4 Then, upon the step of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, and Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani rose up. And they cried out in a great voice to the Lord their God.
5 E i leviti Iosue, Cedmihel, Bonni, Asebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, Fataia, dissero: « Alzatevi, benedite il Signore vostro Dio d'eternità in eternità. Sia benedetto il nome tuo sublime e glorioso con cigni benedizione e lode.	5 And the Levites, Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bunni, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: “Rise up. Bless the Lord your God, from eternity even to eternity! And blessed be the exalted name of your glory, with all blessing and praise.
6 Tu solo sei, o Signore! Tu hai fatto i cieli, il cielo dei cieli e tutto il loro esercito, la terra e tutto quello che contiene, i mari e tutto ciò che v'è dentro: tu doni la vita a tutte queste cose, e l'esercito del cielo ti adora.	6 You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.
7 Sei tu, o Signore, l'iddio che eleggesti Abramo, lo traesti dal fuoco dei Caldei, gli desti il nome di Abrahamo;	7 You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.
8 trovato il suo cuore fedele dinanzi a te, facesti con lui il patto di dargli la terra dei Cananei, degli Etei, Amorrei, Ferezei, Gebusei, Gergesei; di darla alla sua discendenza, e adempisti le tue parole perchè sei giusto.	8 And you found his heart to be faithful before you. And you formed a covenant with him, so that you might give to him the land of the Canaanite, of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Perizzite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Girgashite, so that you might give it to his offspring. And you have fulfilled your words, for you are just.
9 Tu vedesti l'afflizione dei nostri padri in Egitto, ascoltasti il loro grido presso il mar Rosso,	9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt. And you heard their outcry beside the Red Sea.
10 operasti miracoli e portenti contro Faraone, sopra tutti i suoi servi e tutto il popolo di quel paese, perchè sapevi che essi avevano agito con superbia contro di essi: e ti facesti un nome che hai anche oggi.	10 And you gave signs and portents to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to the people of his land. For you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. And you made a name for yourself, just as it is in this day.
11 Apristi il mare dinanzi a loro; essi passarono in mezzo al mare all'asciutto, e tu sprofondasti, qual pietra, in grandi acque, i loro persecutori.	11 And you divided the sea before them, and they crossed through the midst of the sea on dry land. But their pursuers you cast into the depths, like a stone into great waters.
12 Tu fosti loro guida con una colonna di nube di giorno, con una colonna di fuoco la notte, per mostrar loro la via nella quale dovevano camminare.	12 And in the pillar of cloud, you were their leader by day, and in the pillar of fire, by night, so that they might see the way along which they might advance.
13 Di più scendesti sul monte Sinai, parlasti con loro dal cielo, desti loro giuste ordinazioni, una legge di verità, cerimonie e ottimi precetti.	13 You also descended to mount Sinai, and you spoke with them from heaven. And you gave them upright judgments, and the law of truth, and ceremonies, and good precepts.
14 Facesti loro conoscere il santo tuo sabato, prescrivesti loro comandamenti e cerimonie, una legge per mezzo di Mose tuo servo.	14 You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your servant.
15 E desti loro pane dal cielo, quand'erano affamati, facesti loro scaturire acqua dalla pietra, quand'ebbero sete. E dicesti loro di entrare a posseder la terra, sulla quale alzasti la mano per darla a loro.	15 You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them.
16 Ma essi, i nostri padri, agiron con superbia, induraron le loro cervici, non ascoltaron i tuoi comandamenti.	16 Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commandments.
17 Non vollero dar retta, non si ricordarono delle tue maraviglie, che tu avevi operate per loro: induraron le loro cervici, si diedero un capo per tornare alla loro schiavitù, come ribelli. Ma tu, Dio propizio, clemente e misericordioso, longanime e di molta pietà, non li abbandonasti	17 And they were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon them.
18 anche quando si fecero un vitello di getto, e dissero: Ecco il tuo Dio che t'ha tratto dall'Egitto; e commisero grandi bestemmie.	18 Indeed, even when they had made for themselves a molten calf, and they had said, ‘This is your God, who led you away from Egypt!’ and had committed great blasphemies,
19 Tu, nelle tue grandi misericordie, non li abbandonasti nel deserto: non si partì da loro la colonna di nube, che, durante il giorno, ne guidava il cammino, nè la colonna di fuoco, che, durante la notte, mostrava loro la via da tenersi.	19 even so, in the multitude of your mercies, you did not send them away in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not withdraw from them by day, so that it might lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, so that it might show them the way along which they might advance.
20 Tu desti loro il tuo buono spirito per ammaestrarli, non rifiutasti la tua manna alla loro bocca, e nella sete desti loro l'acqua.	20 And you gave them your good Spirit, so that he might teach them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and you gave them water in their thirst.
21 Per quarantanni li sostentasti nel deserto: non mancò loro nulla: le loro vesti non invecchiarono, e i loro piedi non furono enfiati.	21 For forty years, you fed them in the desert, and nothing was lacking to them; their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn down.
22 TU desti loro regni e popoli, li dividesti loro a sorte, e possedettero la terra di Sehon, la terra del re Esebon, la terra di Og re di Basan.	22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you distributed to them by lot. And they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan.
23 Tu moltiplicasti i loro figli come le stelle del cielo, e li conducesti nel paese di cui avevi detto ai loro padri di farveli entrare a prenderne possesso.	23 And you multiplied their sons like the stars of heaven. And you led them into the land, about which you had said to their fathers that they would enter and possess it.
24 I figli vennero e occuparono questo paese, e tu umiliasti dinanzi a loro i Cananei abitatori del paese, li desti nelle loro mani, coi re e i popoli della terra; chè li trattassero a loro piacimento.	24 And the sons arrived and possessed the land. And you humbled the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, before them. And you delivered them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, so that they might do with them just as it was pleasing to them.
25 Essi allora s'impadronirono di città fortificate, di un paese fertile, possedettero case piene di ogni bene, cisterne fatte da altri, vigne, uliveti, alberi fruttiferi in abbondanza, mangiarono, si saziarono, ingrassarono, nuotarono nelle delizie, per la tua grande bontà.	25 And so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your great goodness.
26 Ma essi ti fecero sdegnare, ritirandosi da te, gettando la tua legge dietro le spalle, e uccisero i tuoi profeti che li scongiuravano di ritornare a te, e diedero in grandi bestemmie.	26 But they provoked you to wrath, and they withdrew from you, and they cast your law behind their backs. And they killed your prophets, who contended with them so that they might return to you. And they committed great blasphemies.
27 Perciò tu li desti nelle mani dei loro nemici che li oppressero. Avendo essi nel tempo della tribolazione gridato a te, tu ascoltasti dal cielo, e, secondo le tue molte misericordie, desti loro dei salvatori che li liberassero dalle mani dei loro nemici.	27 And so you gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation, they cried out to you, and from heaven you heard them. And in accord with your great compassion, you gave to them saviors, who might save them from the hand of their enemies.
28 Ma, avuto il riposo, tornarono a fare il male davanti a te, e tu li abbandonasti in potere dei loro nemici che ne divennero padroni. Allora tornarono a gridare verso di te. e tu dal cielo li esaudisti, e nelle tue misericordie li liberasti molte volte.	28 But after they had rested, they turned back, so that they did evil in your sight. And you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, and they possessed them. And they converted, and they cried out to you. And from heaven you heeded them, and you freed them many times, by your mercies.
29 Tu li esortasti a ritornare alla tua legge, ma essi agirono con superbia, non ascoltarono i tuoi comandamenti, peccarono contro i tuoi ordini, che danno la vita a chi li pratica; voltarono le spalle, indurarono le loro cervici, non diedero retta.	29 And you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.
30 Tu li sopportasti per molti anni, li ammonisti per mezzo del tuo spirito per bocca dei profeti, e non avendo essi ascoltato, li abbandonasti ai popoli della terra.	30 And you continued to forbear them for many years. And you contended with them by your Spirit, through the hand of your prophets. And they did not listen, and so you delivered them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 Ma per le tue moltissime misericordie non li sterminasti, non li abbandonasti, perchè tu sei un Dio misericordioso e clemente.	31 Yet in your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient God.
32 Or dunque, Dio nostro grande, forte e terribile, che mantieni il patto e la misericordia, non allontanar dalla tua faccia tutti gli affanni che hanno oppresso noi, i nostri re, i nostri principi, i nostri sacerdoti, i nostri profeti,	32 Now therefore, our great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.
33 i nostri padri e tutto il popolo, dal tempo del re di Assur fino a questo giorno.	33 For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.
34 Tu sei giusto in tutto quello che c'è accaduto, perchè sei stato verace. Noi invece abbiamo agito iniquamente; ad nostri re, i nostri principi, i nostri sacerdoti, i nostri padri non adempiron la tua legge, non obbedirono ai tuoi comandamenti, agli ordini da te loro intimati;	34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have testified among them.
35 e negli stessi loro regni, e in mezzo ai molti beni che loro desti, e in questa terra vastissima e fertile, che tu avevi messa a loro disposizione, essi non ti servirono, non lasciarono le loro perverse inclinazioni.	35 And they have not served you, in their kingdoms and with your many good things, which you gave to them, and in the very wide and fat land, which you delivered into their sight, nor did they return from their most wicked pursuits.
36 Ed oggi eccoci schiavi, come la terra da te data ai nostri padri, perchè ne mangiassero il pane, ne godessero i beni. Noi siamo schiavi in essa,	36 Behold, we ourselves this day are servants. And the land, which you gave to our fathers so that they might eat its bread and have its good things, we ourselves are servants within it.
37 che moltiplica i prodotti per i re, che tu hai posto sopra di noi a causa dei nostri peccati, che spadroneggiano a loro talento sui nostri corpi, e sui nostri bestiami; e noi siamo in grande tribolazione ».	37 And its fruits are multiplied for the kings, whom you have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, according to their will. And we are in great tribulation.
38 Ed ora, dopo tutte queste cose, noi stessi facciamo il patto, lo sottoscriviamo, e i nostri capi, i nostri leviti, e i nostri sacerdoti vi pongono i sigilli.	38 Therefore, concerning all of these things, we ourselves are forming and writing a covenant, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests are signing it.”