33 — Ezechiel

1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:Il Signore parlommi, dicendo:AND the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man, one of their meanest, and make him a watchman over them:Figliuolo dell'uomo, parla a' figliuoli del popol tuo, e dirai loro: Quand'io manderò la spada contro un paese, e il popolo di quel paese avrà scelto tra gli infimi suoi cittadini un uomo, e lo avrà posto per sua sentinella,Sonne of man, speake to the children of thy people, and thou shalt say to them: The land when I shal bring the sword in vpon it, and the people of the land take a man, one of their meanest, & make him a watchman ouer them:Fili hominis, loquere ad filios populi tui, et dices ad eos: Terra, cum induxero super eam gladium, et tulerit populus terræ virum unum de novissimis suis, et constituerit eum super se speculatorem: 3And he sees the sword coming upon the land, and sound the trumpet, and tell the people:E questi vedendo, che la spada viene verso il paese, darà fiato alla tromba, e faranne avvertito il popolo:and he shal see the sword coming vpon the land, and sound with the trumpet, & tel the people:et ille viderit gladium venientem super terram, et cecinerit buccina, et annuntiaverit populo: 4Then he that heareth the sound of the trumpet, whosoever he be, and doth not look to himself, if the sword come, and cut him off: his blood shall be upon his own head.Se colui, che ode il suon della tromba, chiunque egli sia, non avrà cura di se, e verrà la spada, e lo reciderà, il suo sangue sarà sulla testa di lui.and he that heareth the sound of the trumpet, whosoeuer he be, and doth not looke to himselfe, and the sword come, and take him: his bloud shal be vpon his head.audiens autem quisquis ille est sonitum buccinæ, et non se observaverit, veneritque gladius, et tulerit eum: sanguis ipsius super caput ejus erit. 5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not look to himself, his blood shall be upon him: but if he look to himself, he shall save his life.Egli ha sentito il suon della tromba, e non ha avuto cura di se; il suo sangue sarà sopra di lui: se poi si terrà in luogo sicuro, salverà la sua vita.He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not looke to himself, his bloud shal be on himself: but if he shal looke to himself, he shal saue his life.Sonum buccinæ audivit, et non se observavit: sanguis ejus in ipso erit. Si autem se custodierit, animam suam salvabit. 6And if the watchman see the sword coming, and sound not the trumpet: and the people look not to themselves, and the sword come, and cut off a soul from among them: he indeed is taken away in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at the hand of the watchman.Che se la sentinella vedrà la spada, che viene, e non suonerà la tromba; e il popolo non si porrà in sicuro, e verrà la spada, e torrà loro un uomo; questi veramente per colpa sua è rapito; ma del sangue di lui domanderò conto alla sentinella.And if the watchman see the sword coming, and sound not with the trumpet: and the people looke not to them selues, and the sword come, and take a soule from among them: he certes is caught in his iniquitie, but his bloud I wil require of the hand of the watchman.Quod si speculator viderit gladium venientem, et non insonuerit buccina, et populus se non custodierit, veneritque gladius, et tulerit de eis animam: ille quidem in iniquitate sua captus est; sanguinem autem ejus de manu speculatoris requiram.

7So thou, O son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.Or te, o figliuolo dell'uomo, ho io posto per sentinella alla casa d'Israele: e parole adunque, che tu ascolti dalla mia bocca, tu le annunzierai loro da parte miaAnd thou sonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: hearing therfore the word from my mouth, thou shalt tel them from me.Et tu, fili hominis, speculatorem dedi te domui Israël: audiens ergo ex ore meo sermonem, annuntiabis eis ex me. 8When I say to the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die: if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked man from his way: that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.Se quando io dico all'empio: empio di mala morte morrai: tu non avrai parlato all'empio, affinchè si ritiri dalla sua via; l'empio medesimo per l'iniquità sua morirà: ma del sangue di lui domanderò conto a te.If when I say to the impious: O thou impious, dying thou shalt dye: thou speake not that the impious may keepe himself from his way: the impious himself shal dye in his iniquitie, but his bloud I wil require at thy hand.Si me dicente ad impium: Impie, morte morieris: non fueris locutus ut se custodiat impius a via sua, ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur; sanguinem autem ejus de manu tua requiram. 9But if thou tell the wicked man, that he may be converted from his ways, and he be not converted from his way he shall die in his iniquity: but thou hast delivered thy soul.Che se quando tu l'empio ammonisci, che si converta dalle sue vie, questi non si convertirà: egli morrà nella sua iniquità: ma tu hai liberata l'anima tua.But if thou telling the impious, that he conuert from his wayes, he conuert not from his way: he shal dye in his iniquitie: but thou hast deliuered thy soule.Si autem annuntiante te ad impium ut a viis suis convertatur, non fuerit conversus a via sua, ipse in iniquitate sua morietur, porro tu animam tuam liberasti. 10Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saying: Our iniquities, and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them: how then can we live?Tu adunque, figliuolo dell'uomo, li alla casa d'Israele: Voi parlate, e dite così: Le iniquità nostre, e i nostri peccati stan sopra di noi, e in essi noi ci consumiamo: come adunque potremo aver vita?Thou therfore ô sonne of man say to the house of Israel: Thus you haue spoken, saying: Our iniquities, and our sinnes are vpon vs, & in them we fade away: how then can we liue?Tu ergo, fili hominis, dic ad domum Israël: Sic locuti estis, dicentes: Iniquitates nostræ et peccata nostra super nos sunt, et in ipsis nos tabescimus: quomodo ergo vivere poterimus ?

11Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel?Dì ad essi: Io giuro, dice il Signore Dio: io non voglio la morte dell'empio, ma che l'empio dalla sua via si converta, e viva. Convertitevi, convertitevi dalle pessime vie vostre; e perchè morrete voi, casa d'Israele?Say to them: Liue I, sayeth our Lord God: I wil not the death of the impious, but that the impious conuert from his way, and liue. Conuert, conuert ye from your most euil wayes: and why wil you dye ô house of Israel?Dic ad eos: Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, nolo mortem impii, sed ut convertatur impius a via sua, et vivat. Convertimini, convertimini a viis vestris pessimis, et quare moriemini, domus Israël ? 12Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the children of thy people: The justice of the just shall not deliver him, in what day soever he shall sin: and the wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt him, in what day soever he shall turn from his wickedness: and the just shall not be able to live in his justice, in what day soever he shall sin.Tu adunque, figliuolo dell'uomo, dì a' figliuoli del popol tuo: La giustizia del giusto noi potrà liberare qualunque volta ei peccherà; e l'empietà dell'empio non nuocerà a lui qualunque volta ei si converta dalla sua empietà: e il giusto non potrà vivere nella sua giustizia ogni volta, ch'ei peccherà.Thou therfore sonne of man say to the children of thy people: The iustice of the iust shal not deliuer him, in what day soeuer he shal sinne: and the impietie of the impious shal not hurt him, in what day soeuer he shal conuert from his impietie: and the iust can not liue in his iustice, in what day soeuer he shal sinne.Tu itaque, fili hominis, dic ad filios populi tui: Justitia justi non liberabit eum, in quacumque die peccaverit, et impietas impii non nocebit ei, in quacumque die conversus fuerit ab impietate sua: et justus non poterit vivere in justitia sua, in quacumque die peccaverit. 13Yea, if I shall say to the just that he shall surely live, and he, trusting in his justice, commit iniquity: all his justices shall be forgotten, and in his iniquity, which he hath committed, in the same shall he die.Anche quando io avrò detto al giusto, ch'egli avrà vera vita, se egli confidato nella sua giustizia commette iniquità, tutte le sue buone opere saran poste in obblio, e nella iniquità medesima, ch'egli ha commesso, morrà.Yea if I shal say to the iust that liuing he shal liue, and he trusting in his iustice doe iniquitie: al his iustices shal be forgotten, and in his iniquitie, which he hath wrought, in the same shal he dye.Etiamsi dixero justo quod vita vivat, et confisus in justitia sua fecerit iniquitatem, omnes justitiæ ejus oblivioni tradentur, et in iniquitate sua quam operatus est, in ipsa morietur. 14And if I shall say to the wicked: Thou shalt surely die: and he do penance for his sin, and do judgment and justice,Che se io avrò detto all'empio: Tu morrai di mala morte, ed egli farà penitenza del suo peccato, e farà opere rette, e giuste,And if I shal say to the impious: Dying thou shalt dye: and he do penance from his sinne & do iudgement and iustice,Si autem dixero impio: Morte morieris: et egerit pœnitentiam a peccato suo, feceritque judicium et justitiam, 15And if that wicked man restore the pledge, and render what he had robbed, and walk in the commandments of life, and do no unjust thing: he shall surely live, and shall not die.Se quest'empio restituirà il pegno, e renderà quel, che ha rapito, camminerà nei comandamenti di vita, e nulla farà d'ingiusto, egli avrà vera vita, e non morrà.and the same impious restore pledge, and render robberie, walke in the commandments of life, and doe not anie vniust thing: liuing he shal liue, & shal not dye.et pignus restituerit ille impius, rapinamque reddiderit, in mandatis vitæ ambulaverit, nec fecerit quidquam injustum: vita vivet, et non morietur.

16None of his sins, which he hath committed, shall be imputed to him: he hath done judgment and justice, he shall surely live.Tutti i peccati, ch'egli ha fatti, non gli saranno imputati: ha fatte opere rette, e giuste, avrà vera vita.Al his sinnes, which he hath sinned, shal not be imputed to him he hath done iudgement and iustice, liuing he shal liue.Omnia peccata ejus quæ peccavit, non imputabuntur ei: judicium et justitiam fecit: vita vivet. 17And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.Ma i figli del popol tuo han detto: Non è retta la via del Signore, quando la via loro è ingiusta.And the children of thy people, haue said: The way of our Lord is nor of equal weight, & their owne way is vniust.Et dixerunt filii populi tui: Non est æqui ponderis via Domini: et ipsorum via injusta est. 18For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them.Imperocché quando il giusto si allontanerà dalla giustizia, e farà opere d'ingiustizia, da queste avrà morteFor when the iust shal depart frō his iustice, and doe iniquities, he shal dye in them.Cum enim recesserit justus a justitia sua, feceritque iniquitates, morietur in eis. 19And when the wicked shall depart from his wickedness, and shall do judgments, and justice, he shall live in them.E quando l'empio abbandonerà la sua empietà, e farà opere rette, e giuste, da queste avrà vita.And when the impious shal depart from his impictie, and shal doe iudgements, and iustice: he shal liue in them.Et cum recesserit impius ab impietate sua, feceritque judicium et justitiam, vivet in eis. 20And you say: The way of the Lord is not right, I will judge every one of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.E voi dite: Non è retta la via del Signore. Ciascheduno di voi giudicherò io secondo le opere sue, o casa d'Israele.And you say: The way of our Lord is not right, euery one according to his wayes wil I iudge of you, ô house of Israel.Et dicitis: Non est recta via Domini. Unumquemque juxta vias suas judicabo de vobis, domus Israël. 21And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.E nell'anno duodecimo di nostra trasmigrazione, il decimo mese, ai cinque del mese, venne a me uno fuggito da Gerusalemme, che dissemi: La città è stata distrutta.And it came to passe in the twelfth yeare, in the tenth moneth, in the fifth of the moneth of our transmigration, there came to me one that was fled from Ierusalem, saying: The citie is made waste.Et factum est in duodecimo anno, in decimo mense, in quinta mensis transmigrationis nostræ, venit ad me qui fugerat de Jerusalem, dicens: Vastata est civitas.

22And the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before he that was fled came: and he opened my mouth till he came to me in the morning, and my mouth being opened, I was silent no more.Or la mano del Signore si era fatta sentire a me la sera, prima che giungesse colui, che era fuggito; e il Signore aprì la mia bocca, e aperta la mia bocca io non istetti più in silenzio, fino a tanto che giunse colui a me la mattina.And the hand of our Lord had bene made to me in the euening, before he came that was fled: and he opened my mouth til he came to me in the morning, and my mouth being opened I was silent no more.Manus autem Domini facta fuerat ad me vespere, antequam veniret qui fugerat: aperuitque os meum donec veniret ad me mane: et aperto ore meo, non silui amplius. 23And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:E il Signore parlommi, dicendo:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 24Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many, the land is given us in possession.Figliuolo dell'uomo, quegli, che dimoran tra quelle rovine, sopra la terra d'Israele van, dicendo: Un solo uomo era Abramo, ed ei ebbe in retaggio questa terra: or noi siamo molti, a noi è stato dato il dominio di questa terra.Sonne of man: They that dwel in these ruinous places, vpon the ground of Israel, speaking doe say: Abraham was one, and by inheritance he possessed the land: but we be manie, the land is geuen vs in possession.Fili hominis, qui habitant in ruinosis his super humum Israël, loquentes aiunt: Unus erat Abraham, et hæreditate possedit terram: nos autem multi sumus: nobis data est terra in possessionem. 25Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: You that eat with the blood and lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and that shed blood: shall you possess the land by inheritance?Per questo tu dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Voi mangiate carni col sangue, e gli occhi vostri alzate agl'immondi vostri idoli, e spargete il sangue umano; sarete voi forse eredi, e possessori di questa terra?Therfore thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Ye that eate in bloud, & lift vp your eyes to your vncleanes, & shed bloud: what shal you possesse the land by inheritance?Idcirco dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Qui in sanguine comeditis, et oculos vestros levatis ad immunditias vestras, et sanguinem funditis, numquid terram hæreditate possidebitis ? 26You stood on your swords, you have committed abominations, and every one hath defiled his neighbour’s wife; and shall you possess the land by inheritance?Avete avuto sempre la spada alla mano, avete fatte cose abbominevoli, ognun di voi ha sedotta la moglie del suo prossimo, e voi sarete eredi, e possessori di questa terra?You stood on your swords, you haue done abominations, and euerie one hath polluted his neighbours wife: and you wil possesse the land by inheritance?stetistis in gladiis vestris, fecistis abominationes, et unusquisque uxorem proximi sui polluit: et terram hæreditate possidebitis ?

27Say thou thus to them: Thus saith the Lord God: As I live, they that dwell in the ruinous places, shall fall by the sword: and he that is in the field, shall be given to the beasts to be devoured: and they that are in holds, and caves, shall die of the pestilence.Tu dirai loro così: Il Signore Dio così parla: Io giuro, che coloro, i quali abitano tralle rovine, periranno di spada, e que', che sono alla campagna, saran dati a divorare alle fiere, e que', che stanno ne' luoghi forti, e nelle caverne, moranno di peste.Thus thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Liue I, that they which dwel in the ruinous places, shal fal by the sword: and he that is in the filde, shal be deliuered to beastes to be deuoured: and they that are in holdes, and caues, shal dye of the pestilence.Hæc dices ad eos: Sic dicit Dominus Deus: Vivo ego, quia qui in ruinosis habitant, gladio cadent: et qui in agro est, bestiis tradetur ad devorandum: qui autem in præsidiis et speluncis sunt, peste morientur. 28And I will make the land a wilderness, and a desert, and the proud strength thereof shall fail, and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, because there is none to pass by them,E ridurrò questa terra in una solitudine, e in un deserto, e la superba sua possanza verrà meno; e i monti d'Israele saran desolati, talmente che nissuno fia, che vi passi.And I wil geue the land into a wildernes, & into a desert, and the proude strength therof shal faile, and the mountaines of Israel shal be desolate, because there is none to passe by them.Et dabo terram in solitudinem et in desertum, et deficiet superba fortitudo ejus: et desolabuntur montes Israël, eo quod nullus sit qui per eos transeat: 29And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have made their land waste and desolate, for all their abominations which they have committed.E conosceranno, ch'io sono il Signore, quando la terra loro avrò ridotta in solitudine, e in deserto a motivo di tutte le abbominazioni, ch'essi han no commesse:And they shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal geue their land desolate and desert for al their abominations, which they haue wrought.et scient quia ego Dominus, cum dedero terram eorum desolatam et desertam, propter universas abominationes suas quas operati sunt. 30And thou son of man: the children of thy people, that talk of thee by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another each man to his neighbour, saying: Come, and let us hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.Ma quanto a te, o figliuolo dell'uomo, i figliuoli del popol tuo parlano di te lungo le mura, e sulle porte delle case, e dicono l'uno all'altro, il vicino al vicino: Venite, andiamo a sentire qual sia la parola, che viene dal Signore.And thou sonne of man: the children of thy people, which speake of thee by the walles, and in the doores of houses, and one saith to an other, a man to his neighbour, speaking: Come, and let vs heare what is the word that procedeth from our Lord.Et tu, fili hominis, filii populi tui, qui loquuntur de te juxta muros et in ostiis domorum, et dicunt unus ad alterum, vir ad proximum suum, loquentes: Venite, et audiamus quis sit sermo egrediens a Domino.

31And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.E vengono a te, come se venisse un popolo, e si pone a sedere dinanzi a te il popol mio, e ascoltan le tue parole, ma non le mettono in pratica, perchè essi le cambiano in cantico da cantare colla loro bocca, e il loro cuore va dietro alla loro avarizia.And they come to thee, as if a people should goe in, and my people sitte before thee: and they heare thy wordes, and doe them not: because they turne them into a song of their mouth, and their hart foloweth their auarice.Et veniunt ad te, quasi si ingrediatur populus, et sedent coram te populus meus: et audiunt sermones tuos, et non faciunt eos: quia in canticum oris sui vertunt illos, et avaritiam suam sequitur cor eorum. 32And thou art to them as a musical song which is sung with a sweet and agreeable voice: and they hear thy words, and do them not.E tu sei per essi come un cantico in musica cantato da voce dolce, e soave, ed eglino ascoltan le tue parole, e non le mettono in pratica.And thou art vnto them as a musical song which is sung with swete and pleasant sound: and they heare thy wordes, and doe them not.Et es eis quasi carmen musicum, quod suavi dulcique sono canitur: et audiunt verba tua, et non faciunt ea. 33And when that which was foretold shall come to pass, for behold it is coming, then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.Ma quando avverrà quel, che è stato predetto (ed ecco, che è avvenuto), allora conosceranno, che tra di loro è stato un Profeta.And when it shal come to passe which was told before (for behold it cometh) then shal they know that there was a propher among them.Et cum venerit quod prædictum est (ecce enim venit), tunc scient quod prophetes fuerit inter eos.