Ezechiele 1
1 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.
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.
2 Il quinto giorno del mese (era il quinto anno della cattività del re Joiakin),
On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin,
3 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.
The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Bud in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
4 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.
And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire, as it were the resemblance of amber:
5 Nel centro del fuoco appariva la forma di quattro esseri viventi; e questo era l’aspetto loro: avevano sembianza umana.
And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.
6 Ognuno d’essi aveva quattro facce, e ognuno quattro ali.
Every one had four faces, and every one four wings.
7 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.
Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf’s foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass.
8 Avevano delle mani d’uomo sotto le ali ai loro quattro lati; e tutti e quattro avevano le loro facce e le loro ali.
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides: and they bad faces, and wings on the four sides,
9 Le loro ali s’univano l’una all’altra; camminando, non si voltavano; ognuno camminava dritto dinanzi a sé.
And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not when they went: but every one went straight forward.
10 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.
And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four.
11 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.
And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:
12 Camminavano ognuno dritto davanti a sé, andavano dove lo spirito li faceva andare, e, camminando, non si voltavano.
And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.
13 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.
And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire.
14 E gli esseri viventi correvano in tutti i sensi, simili al fulmine.
And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.
15 Or com’io stavo guardando gli esseri viventi, ecco una ruota in terra, presso a ciascun d’essi, verso le loro quattro facce.
Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.
16 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.
And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
17 Quando si movevano, andavano tutte e quattro dal proprio lato, e, andando, non si voltavano.
When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when they went.
18 Quanto ai loro cerchi, essi erano alti e formidabili; e i cerchi di tutte e quattro eran pieni d’occhi d’ogn’intorno.
The wheels had also a size, and a height, and a dreadful appearance: and the whole body was full of eyes round about all the four.
19 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.
And when the living creatures went, the wheels also went together by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels also were lifted up with them.
20 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.
Whithersoever the spirit went, thither as the spirit went the wheels also were lifted up withal, and followed it: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
21 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.
When those went these went, and when those stood these stood, and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels also were lifted up together, and followed them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
22 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.
And over the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of the firmament, as the appearance of crystal terrible to behold, and stretched out over their heads above.
23 Sotto la distesa si drizzavano le loro ali, l’una verso l’altra; e ne avevano ciascuno due che coprivano loro il corpo.
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other, every one with two wings covered his body, and the other was covered in like manner.
24 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;
And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as it were the voice of the most high God: when they walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings were let down.
25 e s’udiva un rumore che veniva dall’alto della distesa ch’era sopra le loro teste.
For when a voice came from above the firmament, that was over their heads, they stood, and let down their wings.
26 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.
And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of the sapphire stone, and upon the likeness of the throne, was a likeness as of the appearance of a man above upon it.
27 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.
And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire within it round about: from his loins and upward, and from his loins downward, I saw as it were the resemblance of fire shining round about.
28 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.
As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round about.
