Ezekiel 1
1 And it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was in the midst of the exiles by the river Kebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw divine visions.
Or avvenne l’anno trentesimo, il quinto giorno del quarto mese, che, essendo presso al fiume Kebar, fra quelli ch’erano stati menati in cattività, i cieli s’aprirono, e io ebbi delle visioni divine.
2 On the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of the exile of king Jehoyachin,
Il quinto giorno del mese (era il quinto anno della cattività del re Joiakin),
3 Came the word of the Lord expressly unto Ezekiel the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Kebar; and there came upon him there the inspiration of the Lord.
la parola dell’Eterno fu espressamente rivolta al sacerdote Ezechiele, figliuolo di Buzi, nel paese dei Caldei, presso al fiume Kebar; e la mano dell’Eterno fu quivi sopra lui.
4 And I saw, and behold, a storm-wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a flaming fire, and a brightness was on it round about; and out of the midst of it was like the glitter of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Io guardai, ed ecco venire dal settentrione un vento di tempesta, una grossa nuvola con un globo di fuoco che spandeva tutto all’intorno d’essa uno splendore; e nel centro di quel fuoco si vedeva come del rame sfavillante in mezzo al fuoco.
5 And out of the midst thereof [I saw] the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.
Nel centro del fuoco appariva la forma di quattro esseri viventi; e questo era l’aspetto loro: avevano sembianza umana.
6 And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
Ognuno d’essi aveva quattro facce, e ognuno quattro ali.
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 glitter of burnished copper.
I loro piedi eran diritti, e la pianta de’ loro piedi era come la pianta del piede d’un vitello; e sfavillavano come il rame terso.
8 And hands of man [were visible] from beneath their wings on their four sides: and their faces and their wings [were alike] on all these four.
Avevano delle mani d’uomo sotto le ali ai loro quattro lati; e tutti e quattro avevano le loro facce e le loro ali.
9 Their wings were joined one to the other: they turned not about in their going; they went every one in the direction of one of their faces.
Le loro ali s’univano l’una all’altra; camminando, non si voltavano; ognuno camminava dritto dinanzi a sé.
10 And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man; and the face of a lion, on the right side for all four of them; and the face of an ox on the left side for all four of them; and the face of an eagle for all four of them.
Quanto all’aspetto delle loro facce, essi avevan tutti una faccia d’uomo, tutti e quattro una faccia di leone a destra, tutti e quattro una faccia di bue a sinistra, e tutti e quattro una faccia d’aquila.
11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were spread out upward; every one had two joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Le loro facce e le loro ali erano separate nella parte superiore; ognuno aveva due ali che s’univano a quelle dell’altro, e due che coprivan loro il corpo.
12 And they went every one in the direction of one of his faces: whither the spirit was directed to go, they went; they turned not about in their going.
Camminavano ognuno dritto davanti a sé, andavano dove lo spirito li faceva andare, e, camminando, non si voltavano.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like coals of fire, burning as with the appearance of torches; this [fire] it was which passed along between the living creatures: and a brightness was about the fire, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Quanto all’aspetto degli esseri viventi, esso era come di carboni ardenti, come di fiaccole; quel fuoco circolava in mezzo agli esseri viventi, era un fuoco sfavillante, e dal fuoco uscivan de’ lampi.
14 And the living creatures ran backward and forward like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
E gli esseri viventi correvano in tutti i sensi, simili al fulmine.
15 And I looked on the living creatures, and, behold, there was one wheel upon the earth close by the living creatures, by their four front faces.
Or com’io stavo guardando gli esseri viventi, ecco una ruota in terra, presso a ciascun d’essi, verso le loro quattro facce.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color of a chrysolite; and all four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as though it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
L’aspetto delle ruote e la loro forma eran come l’aspetto del crisolito; tutte e quattro si somigliavano; il loro aspetto e la loro forma eran quelli d’una ruota che fosse attraversata da un’altra ruota.
17 Toward their four sides they went in their going: they turned not round in their going.
Quando si movevano, andavano tutte e quattro dal proprio lato, e, andando, non si voltavano.
18 As for their circumferences, they were so high that they excited fear: and their felloes were full of eyes round about on all these four.
Quanto ai loro cerchi, essi erano alti e formidabili; e i cerchi di tutte e quattro eran pieni d’occhi d’ogn’intorno.
19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went near to them: and when the living creatures lifted themselves up from the earth, the wheels lifted themselves up.
Quando gli esseri viventi camminavano, le ruote si movevano allato a loro; e quando gli esseri viventi s’alzavan su da terra, s’alzavano anche le ruote.
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; [for] thither was [their] spirit to go: and the wheels lifted themselves up at the same time with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Dovunque lo spirito voleva andare, andavano anch’essi; e le ruote s’alzavano allato a quelli, perché lo spirito degli esseri viventi era nelle ruote.
21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those lifted themselves up from the earth, the wheels lifted themselves up at the same time with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Quando quelli camminavano, anche le ruote si movevano; quando quelli si fermavano, anche queste si fermavano; e quando quelli s’alzavano su da terra, anche queste s’alzavano allato d’essi, perché lo spirito degli esseri viventi era nelle ruote.
22 And the likeness of a vault was over the head of the living creatures, [shining] like the glitter of the purest crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
Sopra le teste degli esseri viventi c’era come una distesa di cielo, di colore simile a cristallo d’ammirabile splendore, e s’espandeva su in alto, sopra alle loro teste.
23 And under the vault their wings were straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered them, and every one had two, which covered them, —[namely, ] their bodies.
Sotto la distesa si drizzavano le loro ali, l’una verso l’altra; e ne avevano ciascuno due che coprivano loro il corpo.
24 And I heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, when they went, the sound of [their] speech, as the noise of an army: when they stood still, they let down their wings.
E quand’essi camminavano, io sentivo il rumore delle loro ali, come il rumore delle grandi acque, come la voce dell’Onnipotente: un rumore di gran tumulto, come il rumore d’un accampamento; quando si fermavano, abbassavano le loro ali;
25 And there was a voice from the vault that was over their head: when they stood still, they let down their wings.
e s’udiva un rumore che veniva dall’alto della distesa ch’era sopra le loro teste.
26 And above the vault that was over their head was like the appearance of a sapphire-stone, the likeness of a throne: and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
E al disopra della distesa che stava sopra le loro teste, c’era come una pietra di zaffiro, che pareva un trono; e su questa specie di trono appariva come la figura d’un uomo, che vi stava assiso sopra, su in alto.
27 And I saw as if it were the glitter of amber, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins upward; and from the appearance of his loins downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Vidi pure come del rame terso, come del fuoco, che lo circondava d’ogn’intorno dalla sembianza dei suoi fianchi in su; e dalla sembianza dei suoi fianchi in giù vidi come del fuoco, come uno splendore tutto attorno a lui.
28 Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on 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 the voice of one that spoke.
Qual è l’aspetto dell’arco ch’è nella nuvola in un giorno di pioggia, tal era l’aspetto di quello splendore che lo circondava. Era una apparizione dell’immagine della gloria dell’Eterno. A questa vista caddi sulla mia faccia, e udii la voce d’uno che parlava.
