The prophet’s lamentation for the king of Egypt.

1And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:L'anno duodecimo, il duodecimo mese, il dì primo del mese, il Signore parlommi, dicendo:AND it came to passe, the twelth yeare, in the twelth moneth, in the first of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est, duodecimo anno, in mense duodecimo, in una mensis: factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao the king of Egypt, and say to him: Thou art like the lion of the nations, and the dragon that is in the sea: and thou didst push with the horn in thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst trample upon their streams.Figliuolo dell'uomo, intuona lugubre cantico sopra Faraone re dell'Egitto, e darai a lui: Tu fosti simile a un lione tralle nazioni, e al dragone, che sta nel mare: e ruotavi il corno ne' tuoi fiumi, e intorbidavi co' tuoi piedi le acque, e conculcavi le loro correnti.Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon Pharao the king of Aegypt, & thou shalt say to him: Thou art likened to the Lion of the Gentils, and the dragon, that is in the sea: and thou didst strike with the horne in thy riuers, and didst truble the waters with thy fete, and didst conculcare their streames.Fili hominis, assume lamentum super Pharaonem regem Ægypti, et dices ad eum: Leoni gentium assimilatus es, / et draconi qui est in mari: / et ventilabas cornu in fluminibus tuis, / et conturbabas aquas pedibus tuis, / et conculcabas flumina earum. 3Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: I will spread out my net over thee with the multitude of many people, and I will draw thee up in my net.Per questo così dice il Signore Dio: Io con una turba di molti popoli stenderò sopra di te la mia rete, e col mio amo ti trarrò fuora.Therfore thus saith our Lord God: I wil spred my nette vpon thee in the multitude of manie peoples and I wil draw thee out in my nette.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Expandam super te rete meum in multitudine populorum multorum, / et extraham te in sagena mea. 4And I will throw thee out on the land, I will cast thee away into the open field and I will cause all the fowls of the air to dwell upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of all the earth with thee.E ti getterò sulla terra, ti lascerò in mezzo ai campi, e farò, che calino sopra di te tutti gli uccelli dell'aria, e di te satollerò le bestie di tutta la terra.And I wil throw thee forth on the ground, vpon the face of the filde wil I cast thee away: and I wil make al the foules of heauen to dwel vpon thee, and I wil fil of thee the beastes of al the earth.Et projiciam te in terram; / super faciem agri abjiciam te: / et habitare faciam super te omnia volatilia cæli, / et saturabo de te bestias universæ terræ.

5And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and will fill thy hills with thy corruption,E le carni tue spargerò sopra i monti, e le tue colline saranno piene del tuo marciume.And I wil geue thy flesh vpon the moutaines, and wil fil the litle hilles with thy corruption.Et dabo carnes tuas super montes, / et implebo colles tuos sanie tua. 6And I will water the earth with thy stinking blood upon the mountains, and the valleys shall be filled with thee.E del tuo fetido sangue innaffierò la terra dei monti, e di esso saran ripiene le valli.And I wil water the earth with the stinche of thy bloud vpon the mountaines, and the valleis shal be filled of thee.Et irrigabo terram fœtore sanguinis tui super montes, / et valles implebuntur ex te. 7And I will cover the heavens, when thou shalt be put out, and I will make the stars thereof dark: I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.E oscurerò il cielo nella tua morte, e farò annerir le sue stelle, cuoprirò di nuvole il sole, e la luna non darà la sua luce.And I wil couer the heauens, when thou shalt be extinguished, and I wil make the starres therof to waxe blacke: the sunne I wil couer with a cloude, and the moone shal not geue her light.Et operiam, cum extinctus fueris, cælum, / et nigrescere faciam stellas ejus: / solem nube tegam, / et luna non dabit lumen suum. 8I will make all the lights of heaven to mourn over thee and I will cause darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God, when thy wounded shall fall in the midst of the land, saith the Lord God.Farò ai luminari tutti del cielo menar duolo sopra di te, e spanderò tenebre sopra la tua terra, dice il Signore Dio, allorché i tuoi cadranno feriti per la campagna, dice il Signore Dio.I wil make al the lightes of heauen to mourne vpon thee: & I wil geue darkenes vpon thy land, saith our Lord God, when thy wounded shal fal in the middes of the land, saith our Lord God.Omnia luminaria cæli mœrere faciam super te, / et dabo tenebras super terram tuam, / dicit Dominus Deus, / cum ceciderint vulnerati tui in medio terræ, / ait Dominus Deus. 9And I shall provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall have brought in thy destruction among the nations upon the lands, which thou knowest not.E riempirò di terrore il cuore di molti popoli, allorché la tua calamità farò pervenire a notizia delle genti in paesi non conosciuti da te.And I shal prouoke to anger the hart of manie peoples, when I shal haue brought in thy destruction in the Gentils vpon the landes, which thou knowest no•.Et irritabo cor populorum multorum, / cum induxero contritionem tuam in gentibus super terras quas nescis.

10And I will make many people to be amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when my sword shall begin to fly upon their faces: and they shall be astonished on a sudden, every one for his own life, in the day of their ruin.E del tuo caso farò, che restino sbigottiti molti popoli; e i loro regi in sommo orror tremeranno per te, quando principierà a lampeggiar la mia spada dinanzi a' loro occhi; e tutti saranno in timor grande per loro stessi nel giorno di tua rovina;And I wil make manie peoples to be astonied vpon thee, and their kinges, with exceding horrour shal be afraid vpon thee, when my sword shal beginne to flie vpon their faces: and they shal be astonied sodenly, euerie one for his life, in the day of thy ruine.Et stupescere faciam super te populos multos, / et reges eorum horrore nimio formidabunt super te, / cum volare cœperit gladius meus super facies eorum: / et obstupescent repente singuli pro anima sua in die ruinæ tuæ. 11For thus saith the Lord God: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee,Imperocché queste cose dice il Signore Dio: La spada del re di Babilonia verrà sopra di te.Because thus saith our Lord God:Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Gladius regis Babylonis veniet tibi. 12By the swords of the mighty I will overthrow thy multitude: all these nations are invincible: and they shall waste the pride of Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.Colle spade di que' forti abbatterò le molte tue schiere: tutte quelle genti sono invincibili: ed elle umilieranno la superbia dell'Egitto, e le sue schiere saran dissipate.The sword of the king of Babylon shal come to thee, in the swordes of the valients wil I ouerthrow thy multitude: inuincible are al these Gentils: and they shal waste the pride of Aegypt, and the multitude therof shal be dissipated.In gladiis fortium dejiciam multitudinem tuam: / inexpugnabiles omnes gentes hæ, / et vastabunt superbiam Ægypti, / et dissipabitur multitudo ejus. 13I will destroy also all the beasts thereof that were beside the great waters: and the foot of man shall trouble them no more, neither shall the hoof of beasts trouble them.E io sterminerò tutti i suoi giumenti, che pascolano sulle ripe delle grandi acque, queste non saranno intorbidate più da piede di uomo, né saranno intorbidate da zoccolo di giumento.And I wil destroy al the beasts therof, that were vpon verie manie waters: and the foote of man shal truble them no more, neither shal the hoofe of beasts truble them.Et perdam omnia jumenta ejus, / quæ erant super aquas plurimas: / et non conturbabit eas pes hominis ultra, / neque ungula jumentorum turbabit eas.

14Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God:Allora io renderò limpidissime le loro acque, e i loro fiumi faro simili all'olio, dice il Signore Dio,Then wil I make their waters most pure, and their riuers I wil bring as oile, saith our Lord God.Tunc purissimas reddam aquas eorum, / et flumina eorum quasi oleum adducam, / ait Dominus Deus, 15When I shall have made the land of Egypt desolate: and the land shall be destitute of her fulness, when I shall have struck all the inhabitants thereof and they shall know that I am the Lord.Quand'io avrò desolata la terra d'Egitto. Or questa terra sarà vuota di tutto quel, che la empie, quand'io avrò percossi tutti i suoi abitatori, e conosceranno, ch'io sono il Signore.When I shal haue made the Land of Aegypt desolate: and the land shal be made desert of her fulnes, when I shal haue strooken al the inhabitāts therof: & they shal know that I am the Lord.cum dedero terram Ægypti desolatam: / deseretur autem terra a plenitudine sua / quando percussero omnes habitatores ejus: / et scient quia ego Dominus. 16This is the lamentation, and they shall lament therewith: the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith for Egypt, and for the multitude thereof they shall lament therewith, saith the Lord God.Questo è il carme lugubre, e questo sarà cantato: le figlie delle nazioni lo canteranno; lo canteranno sopra l'Egitto, e sopra la sua gente, dice il Signore Dio.It is lamentation, and they shal lament it, the daughters of the Gentils shal lament it, vpon Aegypt, and vpon the multitude therof they shal lament it, saith our Lord God.Planctus est, et plangent eum: / filiæ gentium plangent eum: / super Ægyptum et super multitudinem ejus plangent eum, / ait Dominus Deus. 17And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me saying:E l'anno duodecimo, ai quindici del mese, il Signore parlommi, dicendo:And it came to passe in the twelfth yeare, in the fiftenth of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est in duodecimo anno, in quintadecima mensis: factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 18Son of man, sing a mournful song for the multitude of Egypt: and cast her down, both her, and the daughters of the mighty nations to the lowest part of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.Figliuolo dell'uomo, canta carme lugubre sopra il popolo dell'Egitto, e precipita lui, e le figlie di possenti nazioni nell'infima terra insieme con que', che scendono nella fossa.Sonne of man, sing a mourning song vpon the multitude of Aegypt: and plucke her downe, herself, and the daughters of the strong nations to the lowest earth with them, that goe downe into the lake.Fili hominis, cane lugubre super multitudinem Ægypti: / et detrahe eam ipsam, et filias gentium robustarum, ad terram ultimam, / cum his qui descendunt in lacum.

19Whom dost thou excel in beauty? go down and sleep with the uncircumcised.Che è quello, onde tu sei più rispettabile? Scendi a basso, e dormi tra gli incirconcisi.Fayrer then whom art thou? Descend, and sleepe with the vncircumcised.Quo pulchrior es ? / descende, et dormi cum incircumcisis. 20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain with the sword: the sword is given, they have drawn her down, and all her people.Ei periranno di spada come la turba degli altri uccisi: è stata consegnata la spada: hanno gettato a terra (l'Egitto), e tutti i suoi popoli.In the middes of the slaine by the sword they shal fal: the sword is geuen, they haue drawen her, and al her peoples.In medio interfectorum gladio cadent; / gladius datus est: / attraxerunt eam et omnes populos ejus. 21The most mighty among the strong ones shall speak to him from the midst of hell, they that went down with his helpers and slept uncircumcised, slain by the sword.Volgeranno a lui la parola di mezzo all'inferno i più possenti guerrieri, che sceser laggiù co' suoi aiutatori, è morirono incirconcisi, uccisi di spada.The most mightie of the strong shal speake to him from the middes of hel, which went downe with his helpers, and slept vncircumcised, slame by the sword.Loquentur ei potentissimi robustorum de medio inferni, / qui cum auxiliatoribus ejus descenderunt, / et dormierunt incircumcisi interfecti gladio. 22Assur is there, and all his multitude: their graves are round about him, all of them slain, and that fell by the sword.Ivi l'Assiro, e tutto il suo popolo sepolto intorno a lui: tutti questi furono uccisi, e periron di spada.There Assur, and al his multitude: round about him their graues, al the slaine, and they that fel by the sword.Ibi Assur, et omnis multitudo ejus: / in circuitu illius sepulchra ejus, / omnes interfecti, et qui ceciderunt gladio. 23Whose graves are set in the lowest parts of the pit: and his multitude lay round about his grave: all of them slain, and fallen by the sword, they that heretofore spread terror in the land of the living.I quali son sepolti nel più profondo della fossa, e il popolo di lui giace all'intorno del suo sepolcro: tutti uccisi, e abbattuti dalla spada, eglino, che una volta ingombravano di spavento la terra de' vivi.Whose graues were made in the lowest lakes: and his multitude was made round about his graue: al the slaine, and they that fel by the sword, which sometime had geuen feare in the land of the liuing.Quorum data sunt sepulchra in novissimis laci, / et facta est multitudo ejus per gyrum sepulchri ejus: / universi interfecti, cadentesque gladio, / qui dederant quondam formidinem in terra viventium.

24There is Elam and all his multitude round about his grave, all of them slain, and fallen by the sword; that went down uncircumcised to the lowest parts of the earth: that caused their terror in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with them that go down into the pit.Ivi Elam, e tutto il suo popolo intorno al suo sepolcro: tutti costoro uccisi, e atterrati dalla spada, i quali scesero incirconcisi nell'infima terra, eglino, che si fecer temere nella terra de' vivi, e portano la loro ignominia come quegli, che scendono nella fossa.There Aelam, and al the multitude therof round about her graue. al these slaine, and falling by the sword: that went downe vncircumcised to the lowest earth: which did put their terrour in the land of the liuing, and they haue borne their ignominie with them, that goe downe into the lake.Ibi Ælam, et omnis multitudo ejus per gyrum sepulchri sui: / omnes hi interfecti, ruentesque gladio, / qui descenderunt incircumcisi ad terram ultimam; / qui posuerunt terrorem suum in terra viventium, / et portaverunt ignominiam suam cum his qui descendunt in lacum. 25In the midst of the slain they have set him a bed among all his people: their graves are round about him: all these are uncircumcised, and slain by the sword: for they spread their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that descend into the pit: they are laid in the midst of the slain.In mezzo agli uccisi è stato collocato il letto per lui, e per tutti i suoi popoli, i quali intorno a lui hanno sepolcro: tutti questi incirconcisi, e morti di spada, perchè si fecer temere nella terra de' vivi, e portano la loro ignominia con que', che scendono nella fossa: giacciono in mezzo agli uccisi.In the middes of their slaine they haue set her couche among al her peoples: round about him their grace: al these vncircumcised, and slaine by the sword, for they gaue their terrour in the land of the liuing, and haue borne their ignominie with them, that descend into the lake: they are layde in the middes of the slaine.In medio interfectorum / posuerunt cubile ejus in universis populis ejus: / in circuitu ejus sepulchrum illius: / omnes hi incircumcisi, interfectique gladio. / Dederunt enim terrorem suum in terra viventium, / et portaverunt ignominiam suam cum his qui descendunt in lacum: / in medio interfectorum positi sunt. 26There is Mosoch, and Thubal, and all their multitude: their graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised and slain, and fallen by the sword: though they spread their terror in the land of the living.Ivi Mosoch, e Thubal, e tutta la sua gente, la quale intorno a lui ha i suoi sepolcri: tutti questi incirconcisi, e uccisi sotto la spada, perchè si fecer temere nella terra de' vivi.There Mosoch, and Thubal, and al their multitude: round about him their graues: al these vncircumcised, and slaine, and falling by the sword: because they gaue their feare in the land of the liuing.Ibi Mosoch et Thubal, et omnis multitudo ejus: / in circuitu ejus sepulchra illius: / omnes hi incircumcisi, interfectique et cadentes gladio, / quia dederunt formidinem suam in terra viventium. 27And they shall not sleep with the brave, and with them that fell uncircumcised, that went down to hell with their weapons, and laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities were in their bones, because they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.E non morranno della morte dei forti incirconcisi, che perirono, e scesero nell'inferno colle loro anni, e a' quali poste furono sotto i loro capi le loro spade; e le loro iniquità penetravano le loro ossa, perchè erano il terrore de' forti nella terra de' vivi.And they shal not sleepe with the valients, and them that fel, and the vncircumcised, that went downe to hel with their weapons, and put their swordes vnder their heades, and their iniquities were in their bones: because they were made the terrour of the valients in the land of the liuing.Et non dormient cum fortibus, / cadentibusque, et incircumcisis, / qui descenderunt ad infernum cum armis suis, / et posuerunt gladios suos sub capitibus suis, / et fuerunt iniquitates eorum in ossibus eorum: / quia terror fortium facti sunt in terra viventium.

28So thou also shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt sleep with them that are slain by the sword.Tu stesso adunque tra gli incirconcisi sarai calpestato, e dormirai con quegli, che periron di spada.And thou therfore shalt be destroyed in the middes of the vncircumcised, and shalt sleepe with the slaine by the sword.Et tu ergo in medio incircumcisorum contereris, / et dormies cum interfectis gladio. 29There is Edom, and her kings, and all her princes, who with their army are joined with them that are slain by the sword: and have slept with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down into the pit.Ivi l'Idumea, e i suoi regi, e tutti i suoi condottieri, i quali insieme co' loro eserciti hanno luogo tra quegli, che furono uccisi di spada, e i quali dormono tra gl'incirconcisi, e tra que', che scendono nella fossa.There Idumea, and her kinges, & al her princes, which were geuen with their host with the slaine by the sword: and which slept with the vncircumcised, and with them that goe downe into the lake.Ibi Idumæa, et reges ejus, et omnes duces ejus, / qui dati sunt cum exercitu suo cum interfectis gladio, / et qui cum incircumcisis dormierunt, / et cum his qui descendunt in lacum. 30There are all the princes of the north, and all the hunters: who were brought down with the slain, fearing, and confounded in their strength: who slept uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and have borne their shame with them that go down into the pit.Ivi tutti i principi del settentrione, e tutti quanti i tiranni, i quali insieme con gli uccisi di spada vi sono condotti, pieni di paura, e con tutta la lor fortezza umiliati: i quali incirconcisi dormono tra que', che periron di spada, e portano la loro ignominia come que', che scendono nella fossa.There al the princes of the North, and al the hunters: which were brought downe with the slaine, fearing, and in their strength confounded: which slept vncircumcised with the slaine by the sword, and haue borne their ignominie with them, that goe downe into the lake.Ibi principes aquilonis omnes, et universi venatores, / qui deducti sunt cum interfectis, paventes, / et in sua fortitudine confusi: / qui dormierunt incircumcisi / cum interfectis gladio, / et portaverunt confusionem suam / cum his qui descendunt in lacum. 31Pharao saw them, and he was comforted concerning all his multitude, which was slain by the sword: Pharao, and all his army, saith the Lord God:Faraone li vide, e si racconsolò della molta sua gente uccisa di spada, Faraone, e tutto il suo esercito, dice il Signore Dio.Pharao saw them, and he was comforted vpon al his multitude, which was slaine by the sword, Pharao, and al his host, saith our Lord God:Vidit eos Pharao, et consolatus est / super universa multitudine sua, / quæ interfecta est gladio: / Pharao, et omnis exercitus ejus, / ait Dominus Deus.

32Because I have spread my terror in the land of the living, and he hath slept in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword: Pharao and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.Perocché io spanderò il mio terrore sulla terra de' vivi, e in mezzo agl'incirconcisi, con que', che moriron di spada, si addormentò Faraone, e tutto il suo popolo, dice il Signore Dio.because I gaue his terrour in the land of the liuing, & he slept in the middes of the vncircumcised with the slaine by the sword: Pharao and al his multitude: saith our Lord God.Quia dedi terrorem meum in terra viventium, / et dormivit in medio incircumcisorum cum interfectis gladio: / Pharao, et omnis multitudo ejus, / ait Dominus Deus.

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.

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