Ezechiele 1

BIBBIA MARTINI	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 E avvenne, che l'anno trentesimo nel quarto mese ai cinque del mese, mentre io me ne stava in mezzo ai prigionieri presso il fiume Chobar, si apersero i cieli, e vidi 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 Ai cinque del mese nell'anno appunto, che fu il quinto dopo la trasmigrazione del re Joachin,	2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
3 Il Signore indirizzò sua parola ad Ezechiele sacerdote figliuolo di Buzi nel paese de' Caldei, presso il fiume Chobar, ed ivi si fé sentire 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 E vidi, ed ecco un turbine di vento, che veniva da settentrione, e una nube grande, e un fuoco, che in lei s'immergeva, e uno splendore intorno ad essa, e dal suo centro (viene a dire da mezzo al fuoco) una immagine come di elettro:	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 in mezzo a quel (fuoco) la rappresentanza di quattro animali, de quali l'apparenza era tale: eglino aveano somiglianza di uomo.	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 Ciascuno avea quattro facce, e ciascuno avea quattro ali.	6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 I loro piedi, piedi diritti, e la pianta de' loro piedi come la pianta del piede di un vitello, e gettavano scintille come fa al vedersi un fulgido acciaio.	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 mani di uomo (eran) sotto le loro ali ai quattro lati, ed avean le facce, e le ali da' quattro lati.	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 Ed erano unite le ali dell'uno di essi a quelle dell'altro. Non andavan indietro allorché camminavano, ma ciascheduno si movea secondo la direzione della sua faccia.	9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 Quanto alla figura de' loro volti, avean faccia di uomo, e faccia di lione avean tutti quattro alla loro destra parte: la faccia di bue avean tutti quattro alla sinistra parte, e al disopra di essi quattro era la faccia dell'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 facce, e le loro ali si stendeano all'insù: due ale di ciascuno di essi erano egualmente distese, e due cuoprivano i 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 ognuno di essi si movea secondo la direzione della sua faccia: dove portavali l'impeto dello spirito, colà andavano, né in andando si volgevan 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 E gli animali erano a vederli come carboni ardenti di fuoco, e come accese faci: vedeasi scorrere nel mezzo degli animali uno splendore di fuoco, e dal fuoco uscir 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 andavano, e venivano a somiglianza di folgore lampeggiante.	14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 E mentre io mirava gli animali, apparì una ruota sulla terra presso agli 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 le ruote, e la materia di esse erano a vederle come del colore del mare, ed erano tutte quattro ad un modo, e la loro forma, e la loro struttura era come di una ruota nel mezzo di 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 Camminavano costantemente pe' quattro lati, e quando camminavano non si volgevano indietro.	17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 Le ruote avean pure una grandezza, e una altezza orribile a vedersi, e tutto il corpo di tutte quattro all'intorno era pieno 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 E camminando gli animali, camminavano del pari anche le ruote dietro ad essi, e quando gli animali si alzavan da terra, si alzavano 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 Dovunque andava lo spirito, colà dietro allo spirito s'indirizzavan le ruote seguitandolo; imperocché nelle ruote era lo spirito di vita.	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 Andavano se quelli andavano, stavan ferme se stavan fermi quelli, e alzandosi quelli da terra, si alzavan anche le ruote seguendoli, perchè lo spirito di 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 sopra le teste degli animali era la figura del firmamento, che pareva un cristallo orribile a vedersi, steso 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 E sotto del firmamento le loro ale stese quella dell'uno a quella dell'altro, ciascuno con due ale velava il suo corpo, e l'altro era velato allo stesso modo.	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 il suono delle ale come romorreggiamento di molte acque, come tuono di Dio possente: quando camminavano il romore era come di turba grande, come romore di un'armata: e quando stavan fermi, avean posa le loro 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 Imperocché quando levavasi voce sopra il firmamento, che era sopra le loro teste, eglino si fermavano, e tenevan ferme le loro 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 sul firmamento, che era sopra le loro teste, era come un trono di pietra saffiro; e su quel quasi trono era la figura come di un 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 Ed io vidi una specie come di elettro, e come un fuoco dentro di lui, e all'intorno dai lombi di lui all'insù, e da' lombi di lui sino all'infime parti, vidi come un fuoco, che risplendeva all'intorno.	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 Qual è l'aspetto dell'arco baleno allorché formasi nella nube in un dì piovoso, tal era l'aspetto fuoco, che risplendeva all'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.