Ezekiel 8
1 On the fifth day of the sixth month [of that year], almost six years after we Israeli people had been (exiled/forced to go to Babylon), I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. Suddenly the power [MTY] of Yahweh the Lord came on me.
Al quinto giorno del sesto mese dell'anno sesto, mentre mi trovavo in casa e dinanzi a me sedevano gli anziani di Giuda, la mano del Signore Dio si posò su di me
2 [in a vision] I saw someone who resembled a man. Below his waist, [his body] was like fire, and above his waist [his body] was glowing like very hot metal.
e vidi qualcosa dall'aspetto d'uomo: da ciò che sembravano i suoi fianchi in giù, appariva come di fuoco e dai fianchi in su appariva come uno splendore simile all'elettro.
3 He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up high above the earth, and in visions God took me [from Babylon] to Jerusalem. He took me [to the temple], to the north gate, to the place where there was an idol that caused Yahweh to be very disgusted and furious.
Stese come una mano e mi afferrò per i capelli: uno spirito mi sollevò fra terra e cielo e mi portò in visioni divine a Gerusalemme, all'ingresso del cortile interno, che guarda a settentrione, dove era collocato l'idolo della gelosia, che provocava la gelosia.
4 And there in front of me was the brilliant light that indicated the presence of the God whom the Israeli [people previously worshiped. It was] like the vision that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal.
Ed ecco là era la gloria del Dio d'Israele, simile a quella che avevo visto nella valle.
5 Yahweh said to me, “You human, look toward the north!” So I looked, and I saw in the entrance of the gate near the altar that idol that caused Yahweh to be disgusted and furious.
Mi disse: «Figlio dell'uomo, alza gli occhi verso settentrione!». Ed ecco a settentrione della porta dell'altare l'idolo della gelosia, proprio all'ingresso.
6 He said to me, “You human, do you see what those Israeli people [MTY] are doing? They are doing detestable things here, things that will cause me to abandon my temple. But you will see things that are even more detestable.”
Mi disse: «Figlio dell'uomo, vedi che fanno costoro? Guarda i grandi abomini che la casa d'Israele commette qui per allontanarmi dal mio santuario! Ne vedrai altri ancora peggiori».
7 Then he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard. I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
Mi condusse allora all'ingresso del cortile e vidi un foro nella parete.
8 He said to me, “You human, dig through the wall here.” So I dug through the wall, and I saw a doorway inside.
Mi disse: «Figlio dell'uomo, sfonda la parete». Sfondai la parete, ed ecco apparve una porta.
9 He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things that they are doing there!”
Mi disse: «Entra e osserva gli abomini malvagi che commettono costoro».
10 So I went in through the doorway and looked, and I saw, all over the [of a big room, drawings of] all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground and [other] detestable animals, and drawings of all the idols that the people of [were worshiping].
Io entrai e vidi ogni sorta di rettili e di animali abominevoli e tutti gli idoli del popolo d'Israele raffigurati intorno alle pareti
11 In front of them stood 70 elders of Israel. Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing among them. Each of them was holding a pan in which incense was burning, and fragrant smoke of the burning incense was rising up.
e settanta anziani della casa d'Israele, fra i quali Iazanià figlio di Safàn, in piedi, davanti ad essi, ciascuno con il turibolo in mano, mentre il profumo saliva in nubi d'incenso.
12 Yahweh said to me, “You human, look at [RHQ] what the Israeli elders are doing here in the darkness, each of them standing in front of the shrine of his own idol! They are saying, ‘Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has deserted this country.’”
Mi disse: «Hai visto, figlio dell'uomo, quello che fanno gli anziani del popolo d'Israele nelle tenebre, ciascuno nella stanza recondita del proprio idolo? Vanno dicendo: Il Signore non ci vede... il Signore ha abbandonato il paese...».
13 He also said, “But you will see things that are even more detestable!”
Poi mi disse: «Hai visto, figlio dell'uomo? Vedrai che si commettono nefandezze peggiori di queste».
14 Then he took me to the entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw women sitting there, mourning for [the death of the god of the people of Babylonia], Tammuz.
Mi condusse all'ingresso del portico della casa del Signore che guarda a settentrione e vidi donne sedute che piangevano Tammuz.
15 He said to me, “You human, you see this [RHQ], but you will see things that are more detestable than this!”
Mi disse: «Hai visto, figlio dell'uomo? Vedrai abomini peggiori di questi».
16 Then he took me into the courtyard outside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men. Their backs were toward the temple and their faces were toward the east, and they were bowing down to [worship] the sun [as it rose] in the east.
Mi condusse nell'atrio interno del tempio; ed ecco all'ingresso del tempio, fra il vestibolo e l'altare, circa venticinque uomini, con le spalle voltate al tempio e la faccia a oriente che, prostrati, adoravano il sole.
17 He said to me, “You human, you see [RHQ] what they are doing. [Do you think that] it is not important that these men of Judah are doing these detestable things here? [But they are doing other terrible things]. They are acting violently throughout their country, and continually causing me to be angry. Look at them! They are insulting me by their actions [IDM]!
Mi disse: «Hai visto, figlio dell'uomo? Come se fosse piccola cosa per la casa di Giuda, commettere simili nefandezze in questo luogo, hanno riempito il paese di violenze, per provocare la mia collera. Eccoli, vedi, che si portano il ramoscello sacro alle narici.
18 So I will show them that I am very angry. I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. And even if they shout to me [to help them], I will not pay attention to them.”
Ebbene anch'io agirò con furore. Il mio occhio non s'impietosirà; non avrò compassione: manderanno alte grida ai miei orecchi, ma non li ascolterò».
