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Martedi, 13 maggio 2025 - Beata Vergine Maria di Fatima ( Letture di oggi)

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BIBBIA VOLGARECATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 E renunciarono al re quello ch' ella avea detto. Il quale mandò; e raunaronsi gli antichi di Giuda e di Ierusalem.1 And they reported to the king what she had said. And he sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
2 E ascendeo il re al tempio del Signore, e con esso lui tutti gli uomini di Giuda, e tutti coloro che abitavano in Ierusalem, i sacerdoti e i profeti e tutto il popolo dal piccolo insino al grande; e lesse intendendo tutti, (la legge e) tutte le parole del libro del patto, il quale fu trovato nella casa di Dio.2 And the king ascended to the temple of the Lord. And with him were all the men of Judah and all who were living in Jerusalem: the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great. And in the hearing of everyone, he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.
3 E stette il re sopra uno grado; e fece patto col Signore, che . osserverebbono i suoi comandamenti e osservanze, in tutto il cuore e con tutta l'anima, e susciterebbono le parole di questo patto, le quali erano scritte in quello libro; e consentì il popolo al patto.3 And the king stood upon the step. And he struck a covenant before the Lord, so that they would walk after the Lord, and keep his precepts and testimonies and ceremonies, with all their heart and with all their soul, and so that they would carry out the words of this covenant, which had been written in that book. And the people agreed to the covenant.
4 E il re comandò ad Elcia pontefice, e ai sacerdoti del secondo ordine e ai portieri, che gittassono fuori del tempio del Signore tutte le vasa che aveano fatte a Baal, nel bosco, e a tutta la milizia del cielo; e arserle fuori di Ierusalem nella valle di Cedron, e la polvere di loro gittarono in Betel.4 And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into Bethel.
5 E discacciò via gl' indovini, i quali i re di Giuda aveano posti negli luoghi alti per le città di Giuda, dintorno a Ierusalem, a fare sacrificii, e tutti quelli che offerivano incenso a Baal e al sole e alla luna e a' dodici segni e a tutta la milizia del cielo.5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Judah had appointed to sacrifice in the high places throughout the cities of Judah, and all around Jerusalem, along with those who were burning incense to Baal, and to the Sun, and to the Moon, and to the twelve signs, and to the entire army of heaven.
6 E fece trarre su della casa di Dio il bosco fuori di Ierusalem nella valle di Cedron, e ivi l'arse, e recollo in polvere, e gittollo sopra le sepolture del popolo.6 And he caused the sacred grove to be carried away from the house of the Lord, outside of Jerusalem, to the steep valley of Kidron. And he burned it there, and reduced it to dust. And he cast the dust over the graves of the common people.
7 E anco disfece le caselline degli effeminati, le quali erano nella casa di Dio, per le quali le femine faceano quasi come caselline di bosco.7 Also, he destroyed the small places of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women were weaving something like little houses in the sacred grove.
8 E raunò tutti i sacerdoti delle città di Giuda; e disfece tutti i luoghi alti, dove gli sacerdoti sacrificavano, di Gabaa insino a Bersabee; e disfece gli altari dell' entrata dell' uscio di Iosuè principe della città, lo quale era alla sinistra porta della città.8 And he gathered together all the priests from the cities of Judah. And he defiled the high places, where the priests were sacrificing, from Geba as far as Beersheba. And he tore down the altars of the gates at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the leader of the city, which was to the left of the gate of the city.
9 Ma per questo i sacerdoti de' luoghi alti non ascendeano nella casa di Dio, [in Ierusalem] ma mangiavano l'azzimo nel mezzo de' fratelli loro.9 Yet truly, the priests of the high places did not ascend to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem. For they would only eat from the unleavened bread in the midst of their brothers.
10 E anco disfece Tofet, il quale era nella valle del figliuolo di Ennom, acciò che niuno consecrasze suo figliuolo ovvero figliuola per fuoco a Moloc.10 Also, he defiled Topheth, which is in the steep valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no one would consecrate his son or his daughter, through fire, to Molech.
11 E tolse via i cavalli, i quali i re di Giuda aveano dati al sole, nella entrata del tempio di Dio presso alla esedra di Natanmelec eunuco, il quale era in Farurim; il carro del sole arse nel fuoco.11 Also, he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the Sun, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, beside the hallway of Nathan-melech, the eunuch, who was in Pharurim. And he burned the chariots of the Sun with fire.
12 E gli altari i quali erano sopra i tetti della casa di Acaz, i quali aveano fatti i re di Giuda, e gli altri che avea fatti Manasse in due case del tempio [di Dio], disfece il re; e corse indi, e sparse la cenere di loro nel fiume Cedron.12 Also, the altars which were upon the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king destroyed. And he hurried from there, and he scattered their ashes into the torrent Kidron.
13 E i luoghi alti, i quali erano in Ierusalem dalla parte diritta del monte della offensione, i quali edificò Salomone re d'Israel ad Astarot idolo dei Sidoni, e a Camos offensione di Moab, e a Melcom abominazione de' figliuoli di Ammon, il re guastò.13 Also, the high places which were in Jerusalem, to the right side of the Mount of Offense, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built to Ashtoreth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh, the offense of Moab, and to Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
14 E le statue ispezzò, e tagliò i boschi, e riempì i luoghi di loro d'ossa di morti.14 And he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he filled their places with the bones of the dead.
15 E ancora l'altare, il quale era in Betel, e l'altezza ch' avea fatta Ieroboam figliuolo di Nabat, il quale fece peccare Israel, e l'altare eccelso di quella disfece e arse, e ritornogli in polvere; e arse il bosco.15 Then too, the altar which was in Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made: both that altar and the high place he tore down, and burned, and reduced to dust. And then he also set fire to the sacred grove.
16 E voltatosi Iosia vidde ivi sepolture le quali erano nel monte; mandò, e tolse l'ossa delle sepolture, e arsele sopra quello altare, e sozzollo secondo la parola di Dio, la quale parlò l' uomo di Dio, il quale avea predette queste parole.16 And in that place Josiah, turning, saw the sepulchers which were on the mount. And he sent and took the bones from the sepulchers. And he burned them upon the altar, and he defiled it in accord with the word of the Lord, which was spoken by the man of God, who had predicted these events.
17 E disse: che titulo è quello il quale veggio? E li cittadini di quella città gli respuosono: quello sì è il sepolcro dell' uomo di Dio, il quale venne di Giuda, e predisse queste cose, le quali tu hai fatte sopra l'altare di Betel.17 And he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the citizens of that city responded to him: “It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and who predicted these events, which you have carried out concerning the altar of Bethel.”
18 E disse lasciatelo istare, e persona non muova l'ossa sue. E rimaseno le sue ossa non toccate con esso l'ossa de' profeti, li quali vennero di Samaria.18 And he said: “Permit him. Let no one move his bones.” And his bones have remained untouched, with the bones of the prophet who had arrived from Samaria.
19 E sopra questo, tutti i tempii delli luoghi alti della città di Samaria, i quali aveano fatti i re d' Israel a provocare il Signore, Iosia tolse via; e fece loro secondo tutte l' opere, le quali avea fatte in Betel.19 Then too, all the shines of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josiah took away. And he acted toward them according to all the works that he had done in Bethel.
20 E uccise tutti i sacerdoti delli luoghi alti, i quali erano ivi sopra gli altari; e l'ossa degli uomini arse sopra quelli. E ritornò in Ierusalem.20 And all the priests of the high places, who were in that place, he killed upon the altars. And he burned the bones of the men upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.
21 E comandò a tutto il popolo, dicendo: fatte Fase al vostro Signore Iddio, secondo che è scritto nel libro di questo patto.21 And he instructed all the people, saying: “Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, according to what has been written in the book of this covenant.”
22 E cotale Fase non fu fatta dal tempo dei giudici i quali giudicarono Israel, e in tutto il tempo de' re d' Israel e de' re di Giuda,22 Now no similar Passover was kept, from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, and from all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah,
23 quale quello che fu fatto nell'ottavo decimo anno di losia al Signore in Ierusalem.23 as this Passover, which was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah.
24 E i pitoni, e quelli ch' erano profeti degli idoli, e le immondizie le quali il re d' Israel avea fatte nella terra di Giuda e in Ierusalem, tolse via Iosia, per fare quello che dicea la legge, la quale era scritta nel libro, il quale Elcia sacerdote trovò nel tempio di Dio.24 Then too, Josiah took away those who divined by spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images of the idols, and the defilements, and the abominations, which had been in the land of Judah and Jerusalem, so that he might establish the words of the law, which were written in the book, which Hilkiah, the priest, found in the temple of the Lord.
25 Non fu re dinanzi da lui, somigliante a lui, il quale ritornasse (a lui cioè) a Dio con tutto il cuore e con tutta l'anima sua e con tutta la virtù sua, secondo tutta la legge di Moisè; e anco dopo lui non fu simile a lui.25 There was no king before him similar to him, who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, in accord with the entire law of Moses. And after him, there rose up no one similar to him.
26 Ma per tutto ciò il Signore non ritornò dall'ira del suo grave furore, per lo quale egli era irato di grande ira [contro a Giuda], per le provocazioni delle quali Manasse l' avea provocato.26 Yet truly, the Lord did not turn away from the wrath of his great fury, his fury which was enraged against Judah because of the provocations by which Manasseh had provoked him.
27 Onde disse il Signore: sì come io ho tolto via dal mio cospetto Israel, così anco torrò Giuda; e getterò via questa città Ierusalem, la quale io elessi, e la casa della quale io dissi: il mio nome sarà ivi.27 And so the Lord said: “And now I will remove Judah from my face, just as I removed Israel. And I will cast aside this city, Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house, about which I said: My name shall be there.”
28 Tutti gli altri fatti di Iosia, e le altre cose che fece, non sono elle scritte nel libro de' fatti del tempo de' re di Giuda?28 Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
29 Nel tempo suo ascendeo Faraone Necao, re d'Egitto, contro allo re degli Assirii al fiume Eufrate; e andogli incontro il re Iosia; e vedutolo, fu ucciso in Mageddo.29 During his days, Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, ascended against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates. And king Josiah went out to meet him. And when he had seen him, he was killed at Megiddo.
30 E i servi suoi il portarono [morto di Mageddo] in Ierusalem; e repuoserlo nella sepoltura sua. E il popolo della terra tolse Ioacaz figliuolo di Iosia; e unserlo, e fecerlo re per lo padre suo.30 And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo. And they took him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah. And they anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
31 Di XXIII anni era Ioacaz quando incominciò a regnare, e tre mesi regnò in Ierusalem. La sua madre ebbe nome Amital, figliuola di Ieremia, di Lobna.31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
32 E fece male nel cospetto di Dio, secondo tutto quello che aveano fatto i padri suoi.32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
33 E Faraone Necao lo vinse in Rebla, la quale era nella terra di Emat, acciò che non regnasse in Ierusalem; e impuose una colta alla terra di C talenti d'ariento, e uno d' oro.33 And Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem. And he imposed a penalty on the land: one hundred talents of silver, and one talent of gold.
34 E fece Faraone Necao Eliacim figliuolo di Iosia re per lo padre suo; e mutò il nome in Ioachim. E tolse Ioacaz, e menollo in Egitto, [ed ivi morì ].34 And Pharaoh Neco appointed Eliakim, the son of Josiah, as king in place of Josiah his father. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Jehoahaz away, and he brought him into Egypt, and there he died.
35 E Ioachim diede a Faraone l' ariento e l' oro; e comandò a ciascuno per le terre, che fosse dato secondo il comandamento di Faraone; e ciascuno secondo la sua possibilità recò così argento come oro, per dare a Faraone Necao.35 Now Jehoiakim gave silver and gold to Pharaoh, when he had taxed the land, according to each one who would contribute by the command of Pharaoh. And he exacted both silver and gold from the people of the land, from each one according to his ability, so that he would give to Pharaoh Neco.
36 Ed era Ioachim di XXV anni quando incominciò a regnare, e XI anni regnò in Ierusalem; la madre sua ebbe nome Zebida, figliuola di Fadaia, di Ruma.36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
37 E fece male nel cospetto di Dio, secondo come aveano fatto i suoi padri.37 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his fathers had done.