Ezekiel 10
1 Then I saw, and, behold, on the vault that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared over them something like a sapphire stone, something similar in appearance to the likeness of a throne.
Io guardai, ed ecco, sulla distesa sopra il capo dei cherubini, v’era come una pietra di zaffiro; si vedeva come una specie di trono che stava sopra loro.
2 And he said unto the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and throw [them] over the city. And he went in before my eyes.
E l’Eterno parlò all’uomo vestito di lino, e disse: “Va’ fra le ruote sotto i cherubini, empiti le mani di carboni ardenti tolti di fra i cherubini, e spargili sulla città”. Ed egli v’andò in mia presenza.
3 Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house, when the man went in: and the cloud filled the inner court.
Or i cherubini stavano al lato destro della casa, quando l’uomo entrò là; e la nuvola riempì il cortile interno.
4 Then the glory of the Lord rose upward from the cherub, toward the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory.
E la gloria dell’Eterno s’alzò di sui cherubini, movendo verso la soglia della casa; e la casa fu ripiena della nuvola; e il cortile fu ripieno dello splendore della gloria dell’Eterno.
5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
E il rumore delle ali dei cherubini s’udì fino al cortile esterno, simile alla voce dell’Iddio onnipotente quand’egli parla.
6 And it came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside the wheel.
E quando l’Eterno ebbe dato all’uomo vestito di lino l’ordine di prender del fuoco di fra le ruote che son tra i cherubini, quegli venne a fermarsi presso una delle ruote.
7 And the one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and lifted it up, and placed it into the hands of the one clothed in linen; who took it, and went out.
E uno dei cherubini stese la mano fra gli altri cherubini verso il fuoco ch’era fra i cherubini, ne prese e lo mise nelle mani dell’uomo vestito di lino, che lo ricevette, ed uscì.
8 And there became visible on the cherubim the form of a man's hand beneath their wings.
Or ai cherubini si vedeva una forma di mano d’uomo sotto alle ali.
9 And I saw, and, behold, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by the one cherub, and another wheel by the other cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was like the glitter of a chrysolite stone.
E io guardai, ed ecco quattro ruote presso ai cherubini, una ruota presso ogni cherubino; e le ruote avevano l’aspetto d’una pietra di crisolito.
10 And as for their appearances, the whole four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of another wheel.
E, a vederle, tutte e quattro avevano una medesima forma, come se una ruota passasse attraverso all’altra.
11 In their going, they went toward their four sides, they turned not round in their going; but to the place whither the head was turned they followed it, they turned not round in their going.
Quando si movevano, si movevano dai loro quattro lati; e, movendosi, non si voltavano, ma seguivano la direzione del luogo verso il quale guardava il capo, e, andando, non si voltavano.
12 And their whole body, and their back, and their hands, and their wings, as also the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that belonged to all four of them.
E tutto il corpo dei cherubini, i loro dossi, le loro mani, le loro ali, come pure le ruote, le ruote di tutti e quattro, eran pieni d’occhi tutto attorno.
13 As for the wheels, they were called Galgal before my ears.
E udii che le ruote eran chiamate “Il Turbine”.
14 And every one had four faces: the one face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face was the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
E ogni cherubino aveva quattro facce: la prima faccia era una faccia di cherubino; la seconda faccia, una faccia d’uomo; la terza, una faccia di leone; la quarta, una faccia d’aquila.
15 And the cherubim lifted themselves up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Kebar.
E i cherubini s’alzarono. Erano gli stessi esseri viventi, che avevo veduti presso il fiume Kebar.
16 And when the cherubim went forward, the wheels went close by them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also did not turn away from beside them.
E quando i cherubini si movevano, anche le ruote si movevano allato a loro; e quando i cherubini spiegavano le ali per alzarsi da terra, anche le ruote non deviavano da presso a loro.
17 When those halted, these halted; and when those lifted themselves up, these lifted themselves up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
Quando quelli si fermavano, anche queste si fermavano; quando quelli s’innalzavano, anche queste s’innalzavano con loro, perché lo spirito degli esseri viventi era in esse.
18 And the glory of the Lord went forth from off the threshold of the house, and halted over the cherubim.
E la gloria dell’Eterno si partì di sulla soglia della casa, e si fermò sui cherubini.
19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went forth, and the wheels at the same time with them, and halted at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
E i cherubini spiegarono le loro ali e s’innalzarono su dalla terra; e io li vidi partire, con le ruote allato a loro. Si fermarono all’ingresso della porta orientale della casa dell’Eterno; e la gloria dell’Iddio d’Israele stava sopra di loro, su in alto.
20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Kebar; and I understood that they were cherubim.
Erano gli stessi esseri viventi, che avevano veduti sotto l’Iddio d’Israele presso il fiume Kebar; e riconobbi che erano cherubini.
21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one had four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ognun d’essi avevan quattro facce, ognuno quattro ali; e sotto le loro ali appariva la forma di mani d’uomo.
22 And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the river Kebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one in the direction of his face.
E quanto all’aspetto delle loro facce, eran le facce che avevo vedute presso il fiume Kebar; erano gli stessi aspetti, i medesimi cherubini. Ognuno andava dritto davanti a sé.
