Ezechiele 16
1 Mi fu rivolta questa parola del Signore:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 «Figlio dell'uomo, fà conoscere a Gerusalemme tutti i suoi abomini.
“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior.
3 Dirai loro: Così dice il Signore Dio a Gerusalemme: Tu sei, per origine e nascita, del paese dei Cananei; tuo padre era Amorreo e tua madre Hittita.
Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you people of Jerusalem: [It is as though you are a woman who] [MET] was born in the country where the Canaan people-group lived. [It is as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.
4 Alla tua nascita, quando fosti partorita, non ti fu tagliato l'ombelico e non fosti lavata con l'acqua per purificarti; non ti fecero le frizioni di sale, né fosti avvolta in fasce.
[It is as though] [MET] on the day that you were born, your umbilical cord was not cut, and your body was not washed in water, and it was not rubbed with salt or wrapped in strips of cloth, [like Israeli babies always are].
5 Occhio pietoso non si volse su di te per farti una sola di queste cose e usarti compassione, ma come oggetto ripugnante fosti gettata via in piena campagna, il giorno della tua nascita.
No one pitied you or acted kindly toward you by doing those things for you. Instead, [it was as though] [MET] you were thrown into a field, because on the day that you were born, you were despised {everyone despised you}.
6 Passai vicino a te e ti vidi mentre ti dibattevi nel sangue e ti dissi: Vivi nel tuo sangue
Then [it was as though] [MET] I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, “I want you to remain alive!”
7 e cresci come l'erba del campo. Crescesti e ti facesti grande e giungesti al fiore della giovinezza: il tuo petto divenne fiorente ed eri giunta ormai alla pubertà; ma eri nuda e scoperta.
[It was as though] I caused you to grow up, like plants in the field grow; you grew up and became tall and became like [MET] a very beautiful jewel. [It was as though] [MET] your breasts (formed/became large), and your hair became long, although you were still naked [DOU].
8 Passai vicino a te e ti vidi; ecco, la tua età era l'età dell'amore; io stesi il lembo del mio mantello su di te e coprii la tua nudità; giurai alleanza con te, dice il Signore Dio, e divenisti mia.
When I saw you several years later, [it was as though] [MET] I saw that you were old enough to have sex [EUP]. So [it was as though] [MET] I spread the corner of my robe over [to symbolize that I would marry you], with the result that you were no longer naked. I solemnly promised [that I would marry you] and made a marriage agreement with you, and you became my wife. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
9 Ti lavai con acqua, ti ripulii del sangue e ti unsi con olio;
[And then it was as though] [MET] I bathed you and washed the blood from you and put ointment on your body.
10 ti vestii di ricami, ti calzai di pelle di tasso, ti cinsi il capo di bisso e ti ricoprii di seta;
[It was as though] [MET] I put a fine linen robe on you and gave you other expensive clothes. I put an embroidered dress on you and put leather sandals on your feet.
11 ti adornai di gioielli: ti misi braccialetti ai polsi e una collana al collo:
[It was as though] [MET] I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck. Those things all had nice jewels fastened to them.
12 misi al tuo naso un anello, orecchini agli orecchi e una splendida corona sul tuo capo.
I put a gold ring in your nose and fastened earrings to your ears and put a beautiful crown on your head.
13 Così fosti adorna d'oro e d'argento; le tue vesti eran di bisso, di seta e ricami; fior di farina e miele e olio furono il tuo cibo; diventasti sempre più bella e giungesti fino ad esser regina.
So [it was as though] you wore gold and silver ornaments. You had clothes made from fine (linen/white cloth) and other expensive embroidered material/cloth. You ate [bread made from] fine flour, honey, and olive oil. You became very beautiful, like [MET] a queen.
14 La tua fama si diffuse fra le genti per la tua bellezza, che era perfetta, per la gloria che io avevo posta in te, parola del Signore Dio.
You were very beautiful, with the result that people in other nations heard about you, because they knew that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who had caused you to become very beautiful.
15 Tu però, infatuata per la tua bellezza e approfittando della tua fama, ti sei prostituita concedendo i tuoi favori ad ogni passante.
But [it was as though] [MET] you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could [earn a lot of money by] becoming a prostitute. [It was as though] you had sex with [EUP] every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty.
16 Prendesti i tuoi abiti per adornare a vari colori le alture su cui ti prostituivi.
[It was as though] you took some of your clothes to make beautifully decorated shrines, and that is where you had sex with those men. Those things should certainly never occur!
17 Con i tuoi splendidi gioielli d'oro e d'argento, che io ti avevo dati, facesti immagini umane e te ne servisti per peccare;
You took the fine gold and silver jewelry that I gave you, and you made male idols for yourself, in order to have sex with them.
18 poi tu le adornasti con le tue vesti ricamate e davanti a quelle immagini presentasti il mio olio e i miei profumi.
You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them [to honor them].
19 Il pane che io ti avevo dato, il fior di farina, l'olio e il miele di cui ti nutrivo ponesti davanti ad esse come offerta di soave odore. Oracolo del Signore Dio.
And the [bread that was made from] fine flour and the olive oil and honey that I gave to you to eat, you offered to be a fragrant sacrifice to those idols. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that is what happened.
20 Prendesti i figli e le figlie che mi avevi generati e li sacrificasti loro in cibo. Erano forse poca cosa le tue infedeltà?
And you even took your sons and daughters who were [as though they were] [MET] my children, and sacrificed them to be food for the idols. That was much worse [RHQ] than your becoming a prostitute.
21 Immolasti i miei figli e li offristi a loro, facendoli passare per il fuoco.
You slaughtered [those who were like] [MET] my children, and offered them to be sacrifices to the gods!
22 Fra tutte le tue nefandezze e infedeltà non ti ricordasti del tempo della tua giovinezza, quando eri nuda e ti dibattevi nel sangue!
All during the time when you were acting like a prostitute and doing other detestable things, you did not think about the time when [it was as though] you were very young, naked [DOU], lying in your own blood and kicking.
23 Ora, dopo tutta la tua perversione, guai, guai a te! Oracolo del Signore Dio.
So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that terrible things will happen to you. In addition to all the other wicked things that you did,
24 In ogni piazza ti sei fabbricata un tempietto e costruita una altura;
you built a shrine to worship idols in every [city] square/plaza.
25 ad ogni crocicchio ti sei fatta un altare, disonorando la tua bellezza, offrendo il tuo corpo a ogni passante, moltiplicando le tue prostituzioni.
At the beginning of every street you built a shrine, and showed people your beautiful body, offering it to have sex with every man who walked by, becoming a better known prostitute every day.
26 Hai concesso i tuoi favori ai figli d'Egitto, tuoi corpulenti vicini, e hai moltiplicato le tue infedeltà per irritarmi.
[It was as though] [MET] you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them.
27 Ed ecco io ho steso la mano su di te; ho ridotto il tuo cibo e ti ho abbandonato in potere delle tue nemiche, le figlie dei Filistei, che erano disgustate della tua condotta sfrontata.
So I punished [IDM] you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior.
28 Non ancora sazia, hai concesso i tuoi favori agli Assiri; ma non soddisfatta
[It was as though] you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied.
29 hai moltiplicato le tue infedeltà nel paese di Canaan, fino nella Caldea: e neppure allora ti sei saziata.
So you also had sex [with soldiers from] Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.
30 Come è stato abbietto il tuo cuore - dice il Signore Dio - facendo tutte queste azioni degne di una spudorata sgualdrina!
I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like [MET] a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to [IDM].
31 Quando ti costruivi un postribolo ad ogni crocevia e ti facevi un'altura in ogni piazza, tu non eri come una prostituta in cerca di guadagno,
When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did.
32 ma come un'adultera che, invece del marito, accoglie gli stranieri!
You are like [MET] a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to [have sex with] strangers rather than with your husband.
33 Ad ogni prostituta si dà un compenso, ma tu hai dato il compenso a tutti i tuoi amanti e hai distruibuito loro doni perché da ogni parte venissero da te per le tue prostituzioni.
Prostitutes are paid, but [it is as though] you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you.
34 Tu hai fatto il contrario delle altre donne, quando ti prostituivi: nessuno è corso dietro a te, mentre tu hai distribuito doni e non ne hai ricevuti, tanto eri pervertita.
So although you act like [MET] a prostitute, you are not like other prostitutes: No one needs to request you to have sex [EUP] with them. You are the opposite of other prostitutes; instead of them giving any money to you, you give men money to have sex with you.
35 Perciò, o prostituta, ascolta la parola del Signore.
Therefore, [you people of] Jerusalem, who are like a prostitute [MET], listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord, am saying about you!
36 Così dice il Signore Dio: Per le tue ricchezze sperperate, per la tua nudità scoperta nelle prostituzioni con i tuoi amanti e con tutti i tuoi idoli abominevoli, per il sangue dei tuoi figli che hai offerto a loro,
I say that [what you have done is as though] [MET] you took off your clothes and acted like a prostitute and had sex with men who are not your husband. [What I mean is that you have been worshiping] detestable idols, and you have murdered [MTY] your own children to be sacrifices to them.
37 ecco, io adunerò da ogni parte tutti i tuoi amanti con i quali sei stata compiacente, coloro che hai amati insieme con coloro che hai odiati, e scoprirò di fronte a loro la tua nudità perché essi la vedano tutta.
So [what I am going to do is as though] I will gather those who you think have loved you and those whom you hated. I will gather them around you [to attack you], and [what I will do is as though] I will strip your clothes off you, and they will see you when you are completely naked.
38 Ti infliggerò la condanna delle adultere e delle sanguinarie e riverserò su di te furore e gelosia.
I will punish you like women who commit adultery and who murder people [MTY] are punished. I will get revenge on you and get rid of you because I am extremely angry with you.
39 Ti abbandonerò nelle loro mani e distruggeranno i tuoi postriboli, demoliranno le tue alture; ti spoglieranno delle tue vesti e ti toglieranno i tuoi splendidi ornamenti: ti lasceranno scoperta e nuda.
I will allow [your enemies who you thought] loved you [IRO] to defeat you, and they will tear down your shrines. [It will be as though] they will strip off your fancy clothes and take away your fine jewelry and cause you to be completely naked [DOU].
40 Poi ecciteranno contro di te la folla, ti lapideranno e ti trafiggeranno con la spada.
They will bring a mob to attack you, and that mob will throw stones at you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
41 Incendieranno le tue case e sarà fatta giustizia di te sotto gli occhi di numerose donne: ti farò smettere di prostituirti e non distribuirai più doni.
They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women are watching. I will cause your acting like a prostitute and paying your lovers to have sex with you to end.
42 Quando avrò saziato il mio sdegno su di te, la mia gelosia si allontanerà da te; mi calmerò e non mi adirerò più.
Then I will no longer be angry [DOU] with you. I will stop being jealous [because of your worshiping gods other than me only].
43 Per il fatto che tu non ti sei ricordata del tempo della tua giovinezza e mi hai provocato all'ira con tutte queste cose, ecco anch'io farò ricadere sul tuo capo le tue azioni, parola del Signore Dio; non accumulerai altre scelleratezze oltre tutti gli altri tuoi abomini.
You have forgotten [the wonderful things that I did for you] in previous years [MET]. You have caused me to become extremely angry because of all the [evil things] that you have done. In addition to all the other detestable things that you did, you committed many sexual sins. So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I will punish you [IDM] for doing those things.
44 Ecco, ogni esperto di proverbi dovrà dire questo proverbio a tuo riguardo: Quale la madre, tale la figlia.
People who [like to] quote proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “[behave] like their mothers [behave].”
45 Tu sei la degna figlia di tua madre, che ha abbandonato il marito e i suoi figli: tu sei sorella delle tue sorelle, che hanno abbandonato il marito e i loro figli. Vostra madre era una Hittita e vostro padre un Amorreo.
You are like your mother; [it was as though] she detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who also despised their husbands and their children. [It was as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.
46 Tua sorella maggiore è Samaria, che con le sue figlie abita alla tua sinistra; tua sorella più piccola è Sòdoma, che con le sue figlie abita alla tua destra.
And [it was as though] [MET] your older sister was Samaria, and she and her daughters lived to the north of you, and [it was as though] your younger sister was Sodom, and she and her daughters lived to the south of you.
47 Tu non soltanto hai seguito la loro condotta e agito secondo i loro costumi abominevoli, ma come se ciò fosse stato troppo poco, ti sei comportata peggio di loro in tutta la tua condotta.
You not only imitated all [DOU] their detestable behavior, but you quickly became more sinful than they were.
48 Per la mia vita - dice il Signore Dio - tua sorella Sòdoma e le sue figlie non fecero quanto hai fatto tu e le tue figlie!
I, Yahweh the Lord, solemnly declare that as surely as I am alive, [the people who lived in] [MTY] Sodom and other nearby cities never did the detestable things that you [people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah] have done.
49 Ecco, questa fu l'iniquità di tua sorella Sòdoma: essa e le sue figlie avevano superbia, ingordigia, ozio indolente, ma non stesero la mano al povero e all'indigente:
These are the sins [the people who lived in] Sodom, who were like your sister [MET]: The people who lived there and in nearby cities were arrogant. In spite of having more food to eat than they needed, they refused to help the poor and needy [DOU] people among them.
50 insuperbirono e commisero ciò che è abominevole dinanzi a me: io le vidi e le eliminai.
The people of Sodom and nearby cities [MET] were proud and did detestable things in my presence, so I got rid of them when I saw what they had been doing.
51 Samaria non ha peccato la metà di quanto hai peccato tu. Tu hai moltiplicato le tue nefandezze più di loro, le tue sorelle, tanto da farle apparire giuste, con tutte le nefandezze che hai commesse.
Also, [the people of] Samaria did not commit half as many sins as you have committed. You have done more disgusting things than they have done. You cause the people of Samaria to appear to be good, compared to you.
52 Devi portare anche tu la tua umiliazione, tu che hai giustificato le tue sorelle. Per i tuoi peccati che superano i loro esse sono più giuste di te: anche tu dunque devi essere svergognata e portare la tua umiliazione, perché hai giustificato le tue sorelle.
Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced [DOU].
53 Ma io cambierò le loro sorti: cambierò le sorti di Sòdoma e delle città dipendenti, cambierò le sorti di Samaria e delle città dipendenti; anche le tue sorti muterò in mezzo a loro,
However, [some day] I will [the people of] Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them [MET] to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too.
54 perché tu porti la tua umiliazione e tu senta vergogna di quanto hai fatto per consolarle.
You will be very ashamed [DOU] of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged.
55 Tua sorella Sòdoma e le città dipendenti torneranno al loro stato di prima; Samaria e le città dipendenti torneranno al loro stato di prima e anche tu e le città dipendenti tornerete allo stato di prima.
[The people of] Sodom and Samaria will prosper again, and you and the people in nearby cities will prosper also.
56 Eppure tua sorella Sòdoma non era forse sulla tua bocca al tempo del tuo orgoglio,
You (sneered at/despised) [the people of] Sodom when you were proud,
57 prima che fosse scoperta la tua malvagità? Perché ora tu sei disprezzata dalle figlie di Aram e da tutte le figlie dei Filistei che sono intorno a te, le quali ti dileggiano da ogni parte?
before it was revealed that you were very wicked. And now [the people of] Edom and [the people of] Philistia all insult you and despise you.
58 Tu stai scontando la tua scelleratezza e i tuoi abomini. Parola del Signore.
And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do.
59 Poiché, dice il Signore Dio: Io ho ricambiato a te quello che hai fatto tu, che hai disprezzato il giuramento e violato l'alleanza.
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey.
60 Anch'io mi ricorderò dell'alleanza conclusa con te al tempo della tua giovinezza e stabilirò con te un'alleanza eterna.
But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago [MET], and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever.
61 Allora ti ricorderai della tua condotta e ne sarai confusa, quando riceverai le tue sorelle maggiori insieme a quelle più piccole e io le darò a te per figlie, ma non in forza della tua alleanza;
Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome [the people of] Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like [MET] older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will [put them under your control by] causing them to become like [MET] your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you.
62 io ratificherò la mia alleanza con te e tu saprai che io sono il Signore,
I will establish my agreement with you, and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
63 perché te ne ricordi e ti vergogni e, nella tua confusione, tu non apra più bocca, quando ti avrò perdonato quello che hai fatto. Parola del Signore Dio».
Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again [boast about them], because you will be humiliated.’”
