Luke 5

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DIODATI
1 Now it happened that, when the crowds pressed toward him, so that they might hear the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Genesaret.	1 OR avvenne che, essendogli la moltitudine addosso, per udir la parola di Dio, e stando egli in piè presso del lago di Gennesaret;
2 And he saw two boats standing beside the lake. But the fishermen had climbed down, and they were washing their nets.	2 vide due navicelle ch’erano presso della riva del lago, delle quali erano smontati i pescatori, e lavavano le lor reti.
3 And so, climbing into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, he asked him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting down, he taught the crowds from the boat.	3 Ed essendo montato in una di quelle, la quale era di Simone, lo pregò che si allargasse un poco lungi da terra. E postosi a sedere, ammaestrava le turbe d’in su la navicella.
4 Then, when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Lead us into deep water, and release your nets for a catch.”	4 E come fu restato di parlare, disse a Simone: Allargati in acqua, e calate le vostre reti per pescare.
5 And in response, Simon said to him: “Teacher, working throughout the night, we caught nothing. But on your word, I will release the net.”	5 E Simone, rispondendo, gli disse: Maestro, noi ci siamo affaticati tutta la notte, e non abbiam preso nulla; ma pure, alla tua parola, io calerò la rete.
6 And when they had done this, they enclosed such a copious multitude of fish that their net was rupturing.	6 E fatto questo, rinchiusero gran moltitudine di pesci; e la lor rete si rompeva.
7 And they signaled to their associates, who were in the other boat, so that they would come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were nearly submerged.	7 Ed accennarono a’ lor compagni, ch’erano nell’altra navicella, che venissero per aiutarli. Ed essi vennero, ed empierono amendue le navicelle, talchè affondavano.
8 But when Simon Peter had seen this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”	8 E Simon Pietro, veduto questo, si gettò alle ginocchia di Gesù, dicendo: Signore, dipartiti da me; perciocchè io son uomo peccatore.
9 For astonishment had enveloped him, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish that they had taken.	9 Poichè spavento aveva occupato lui, e tutti coloro che eran con lui, per la presa de’ pesci che aveano fatta.
10 Now the same was true of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were associates of Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: “Do not be afraid. From now on, you will be catching men.”	10 Simigliantemente ancora Giacomo, e Giovanni, figliuol di Zebedeo, ch’eran compagni di Simone. E Gesù disse a Simone: Non temere; da ora innanzi tu sarai prenditore d’uomini vivi.
11 And having led their boats to land, leaving behind everything, they followed him.	11 Ed essi, condotte le navicelle a terra, lasciarono ogni cosa, e lo seguitarono
12 And it happened that, while he was in a certain city, behold, there was a man full of leprosy who, upon seeing Jesus and falling to his face, petitioned him, saying: “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.”	12 OR avvenne che mentre egli era in una di quelle città, ecco un uomo pien di lebbra, il quale, veduto Gesù, e gettatosi sopra la faccia in terra, lo pregò, dicendo: Signore, se tu vuoi, tu puoi mondarmi.
13 And extending his hand, he touched him, saying: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” And at once, the leprosy departed from him.	13 Ed egli, distesa la mano, lo toccò, dicendo: Sì, io lo voglio, sii netto. E subito la lebbra si partì da lui.
14 And he instructed him that he should tell no one, “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your cleansing, just as Moses has commanded, as a testimony for them.”	14 Ed egli gli comandò di non dirlo ad alcuno; anzi va’, diss’egli, mostrati al sacerdote, ed offerisci, per la tua purificazione, secondo che Mosè ha ordinato in testimonianza a loro.
15 Yet word of him traveled around all the more. And great crowds came together, so that they might listen and be cured by him from their infirmities.	15 E la fama di lui si spandeva vie più; e molte turbe si raunavano per udirlo, e per esser da lui guarite delle loro infermità.
16 And he withdrew into the desert and prayed.	16 Ma egli si sottraeva ne’ deserti, ed orava
17 And it happened, on a certain day, that he again sat down, teaching. And there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting nearby, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present, to heal them.	17 ED avvenne un di que’ giorni, ch’egli insegnava; e quivi sedevano de’ Farisei, e de’ dottori della legge, i quali eran venuti di tutte le castella della Galilea, e della Giudea, e di Gerusalemme; e la virtù del Signore era quivi presente, per sanarli.
18 And behold, some men were carrying in the bed of a man who was paralyzed. And they sought a way to bring him in, and to place him before him.	18 Ed ecco certi uomini, che portavano sopra un letto un uomo paralitico, e cercavano di portarlo dentro, e di metterlo davanti a lui.
19 And not finding a way by which they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they climbed up to the roof, and they let him down through the roof tiles with his bed, into their midst, in front of Jesus.	19 E non trovando onde lo potessero metter dentro, per la moltitudine, salirono sopra il tetto della casa, e lo calaron pe’ tegoli, insieme col letticello, ivi in mezzo, davanti a Gesù.
20 And when he saw his faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”	20 Ed egli, veduta la lor fede, disse a colui: Uomo, i tuoi peccati ti son rimessi.
21 And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: “Who is this, who is speaking blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins, except God alone?”	21 E gli Scribi e i Farisei presero a ragionare, dicendo: Chi è costui che pronunzia bestemmie? chi può rimettere i peccati, se non Iddio solo?
22 But when Jesus realized their thoughts, responding, he said to them: “What are you thinking in your hearts?	22 Ma Gesù, riconosciuti i lor ragionamenti, fece lor motto, e disse: Che ragionate voi ne’ vostri cuori?
23 Which is easier to say: ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk?’	23 Quale è più agevole, dire: I tuoi peccati ti son rimessi, ovver dire: Levati, e cammina?
24 But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” he said to the paralytic, “I say to you to: Rise up, take up your bed, and go into your house.”	24 Ora, acciocchè voi sappiate che il Figliuol dell’uomo ha autorità in terra di rimettere i peccati: Io ti dico disse egli al paralitico: Levati, e togli il tuo letticello, e vattene a casa tua.
25 And at once, rising up in their sight, he took up the bed on which he was lying, and he went away to his own house, magnifying God.	25 Ed egli, in quello stante, levatosi nel lor cospetto, e tolto in su le spalle ciò sopra di che giaceva, se ne andò a casa sua, glorificando Iddio.
26 And astonishment took hold of everyone, and they were magnifying God. And they were filled with fear, saying: “For we have seen miracles today.”	26 E stupore occupò tutti, e glorificavano Iddio, ed eran pieni di paura, dicendo: Oggi noi abbiam vedute cose strane
27 And after these things, he went out, and he saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the customs office. And he said to him, “Follow me.”	27 E DOPO queste cose, egli uscì, e vide un pubblicano, detto per nome Levi, che sedeva al banco della gabella, e gli disse: Seguitami.
28 And leaving behind everything, rising up, he followed him.	28 Ed egli, lasciato ogni cosa, si levò, e lo seguitò.
29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house. And there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others, who were sitting at table with them.	29 E Levi gli fece un gran convito in casa sua; e la moltitudine di pubblicani, e di altri, ch’eran con loro a tavola, era grande.
30 But the Pharisees and scribes were murmuring, saying to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”	30 E gli Scribi e i Farisei di quel luogo mormoravano contro a’ discepoli di Gesù, dicendo: Perchè mangiate, e bevete co’ pubblicani, e co’ peccatori?
31 And responding, Jesus said to them: “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who have maladies.	31 E Gesù, rispondendo, disse loro: I sani non han bisogno di medico, ma i malati.
32 I have not come to call the just, but sinners to repentance.”	32 Io non son venuto per chiamare i giusti, anzi i peccatori, a ravvedimento.
33 But they said to him, “Why do the disciples of John fast frequently, and make supplications, and those of the Pharisees act similarly, while yours eat and drink?”	33 ED essi gli dissero: Perchè i discepoli di Giovanni, e simigliantemente que’ de’ Farisei, digiunano eglino, e fanno spesso orazioni, ed i tuoi mangiano, e bevono?
34 And he said to them: “How can you cause the sons of the groom to fast, while the groom is still with them?	34 Ed egli disse loro: Potete voi far digiunare quei della camera delle nozze, mentre lo sposo è con loro?
35 But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast, in those days.”	35 Ma i giorni verranno, che lo sposo sarà loro tolto, ed allora in que’ giorni digiuneranno.
36 Then he also made a comparison for them: “For no one sews a patch from a new garment onto an old garment. Otherwise, he both disrupts the new one, and the patch from the new one does not join together with the old one.	36 Disse loro, oltre a ciò, una similitudine: Niuno straccia un pezzo da un vestimento nuovo per metterlo sopra un vestimento vecchio; altrimenti, egli straccia quel nuovo, e la pezza tolta dal nuovo non si confà al vecchio.
37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine ruptures the wineskins, and it will be poured out, and the wineskins will be lost.	37 Parimente, niuno mette vin nuovo in otri vecchi; altrimenti, il vin nuovo rompe gli otri, ed esso si spande, e gli otri si perdono.
38 Instead, the new wine is put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.	38 Ma convien mettere il vin nuovo in otri nuovi, ed amendue si conserveranno.
39 And no one who is drinking the old, soon wishes for the new. For he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”	39 Niuno ancora, avendo bevuto del vin vecchio, vuol subito del nuovo; perciocchè egli dice: Il vecchio val meglio