A vision of the resurrection of dry bones, foreshewing the deliverance of the people from their captivity. Juda and Israel shall be all one kingdom under Christ. God’s everlasting covenant with the church.

1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me down in the midst of a plain that was full of bones.La mano del Signore fu sopra di me, e mi menò fuora in ispirito del Signore, e mi posò in mezzo di un campo, che era pieno di ossa:THE hand of our Lord was made vpon me, and brought me forth in the spirite of our Lord: and left me in the middes of a filde, that was ful of bones.Facta est super me manus Domini, et eduxit me in spiritu Domini, et dimisit me in medio campi qui erat plenus ossibus. 2And he led me about through them on every side: now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceeding dry.E mi fece girare intorno ad esse: or elle erano in gran quantità sulla faccia del campo, e secche grandemente.And he led me about through them on euerie side: & there were verie manie vpon the face of the filde, and exceeding drie.Et circumduxit me per ea in gyro: erant autem multa valde super faciem campi, siccaque vehementer. 3And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live? And I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest.E (il Signore) disse a me: Figliuolo dell'uomo, pensi tu, che queste ossa siano per riavere la vita? Ed io dissi: Signore Dio tu lo sai.And he sayd to me: Sonne of man, thinkest thou these bones shal liue? And I sayd,: Lord God, thou knowest.Et dixit ad me: Fili hominis, putasne vivent ossa ista ? Et dixi: Domine Deus, tu nosti. 4And he said to me: Prophesy concerning these bones; and say to them: Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.Ed ei disse a me: Profetizza sopra queste ossa, e dirai loro: Ossa aride, udite la parola del Signore.And he sayd to me: Prophecie of these bones: and thou shalt say to them: Drie bones heare ye the word of our Lord.Et dixit ad me: Vaticinare de ossibus istis, et dices eis: Ossa arida, audite verbum Domini. 5Thus saith the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.Queste cose dice il Signore Dio a queste ossa: Ecco, che io infonderò in a voi lo spirito, e avrete vita.Thus saith our Lord God to these bones: Behold I wil put spirite into you, and you shal liue.Hæc dicit Dominus Deus ossibus his: Ecce ego intromittam in vos spiritum, et vivetis. 6And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to grow over you, and will cover you with skin: and I will give you spirit and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.E sopra di voi farò nascere i nervi, e sopra di voi farò crescer le carni, e sopra di voi stenderò la pelle, e darò a voi lo spirito, e viverete, e conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore.And I wil geue sinowes vpon you, and wil make flesh to grow vp ouer you, and wil strech a skine on you: and I wil geue you spirite, and you shal liue, & you shal know that I am the Lord.Et dabo super vos nervos, et succrescere faciam super vos carnes, et superextendam in vobis cutem, et dabo vobis spiritum, et vivetis: et scietis quia ego Dominus.

7And I prophesied as he had commanded me: and as I prophesied there was a noise, and behold a commotion: and the bones came together, each one, its joint.E profetai com'ei mi avea ordinato; e nel mentre, ch'io profetava, udissi uno strepito, ed ecco un movimento, e si accostarono ossa ad ossa, ciascuno alla propria giuntura.And I prophecied as he had commanded me: and there was made a sound when I prophecied, and behold a commotion: and bones came to bones, euerie one to his iuncture.Et prophetavi sicut præceperat mihi: factus est autem sonitus, prophetante me, et ecce commotio: et accesserunt ossa ad ossa, unumquodque ad juncturam suam. 8And I saw, and behold the sinews, and the flesh came up upon them: and the skin was stretched out over them, but there was no spirit in them.E mirai, ed ecco sopra di esse venner i nervi, e le carni, e si stese sopra di esse la pelle, ma non avevano spirito.And I saw, and behold vpon them sinowes, and flesh was growen vp: and a skinne was strerched out in them aboue, and they had noe spirite.Et vidi, et ecce super ea nervi et carnes ascenderunt, et extenta est in eis cutis desuper: et spiritum non habebant. 9And he said to me: Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, O son of man, and say to the spirit: Thus saith the Lord God: Come, spirit, from the four winds, and blow upon these slain, and let them live again.Ed ei disse a me: Profetizza allo spirito, profetizza, figliuolo dell'uomo, e dirai allo spirito: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Dai quattro venti vieni, o spirito, e soffia sopra questi morti, ed ei risuscitino.And he sayd to me: Prophecie to the spirite, prophecie sonne of man, & thou shalt say to the spirite: Thus saith our Lord God: Come spirite from the foure windes, and blow vpon these slaine, and let them be reuiued.Et dixit ad me: Vaticinare ad spiritum: vaticinare, fili hominis, et dices ad spiritum: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: A quatuor ventis veni, spiritus, et insuffla super interfectos istos, et reviviscant. 10And I prophesied as he had commanded me: and the spirit came into them, and they lived: and they stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.E profetai com'egli m'avea comandato, ed entrò in quegli lo spirito, e riebbero vita, e si stetter su' piedi loro, esercito grande formisura.And I prophecied as he had commanded me: & spirit entered into them, & they liued: & they stood vpon their feete, an armie passing great.Et prophetavi sicut præceperat mihi: et ingressus est in ea spiritus, et vixerunt: steteruntque super pedes suos, exercitus grandis nimis valde. 11And he said to me: Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel: they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off.Ed ei disse a me: Figliuolo dell'uomo, tutte queste ossa sono la famiglia d'Israele: essi dicono: Le ossa nostre son aride, ed è perita la nostra speranza, e noi siam (rami) troncati.And he sayd to me: Sonne of man: Al these bones, are the house of Israel: They say: our bones are withered, our hope is perished, and we are cut of.Et dixit ad me: Fili hominis, ossa hæc universa, domus Israël est. Ipsi dicunt: Aruerunt ossa nostra, et periit spes nostra, et abscissi sumus.

12Therefore prophesy, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will open your graves, and will bring you out of your sepulchres, O my people: and will bring you into the land of Israel.Per questo tu profetizza, e dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Ecco, che io aprirò i vostri sepolcri, e da' sepolcri vostri vi trarrò fuora, popolo mio, e vi condurrò nella terra d'Israele.Therfore prophecie, and thou shalt say to them: Thus sayth our Lord God: Behold I wil open your graues, and wil bring you out of your sepulchers ô my people: and wil bring you into the land of Israel.Propterea vaticinare, et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego aperiam tumulos vestros, et educam vos de sepulchris vestris, populus meus, et inducam vos in terram Israël. 13And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have opened your sepulchres, and shall have brought you out of your graves, O my people:E conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore, quando avrò aperti i vostri sepolcri, e da' sepolcri vostri vi avrò tratti, popolo mio,And you shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue opened your sepulchres, and shal haue brought you out of your graues ô my people:Et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum aparuero sepulchra vestra, et eduxero vos de tumulis vestris, popule meus, 14And shall have put my spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall make you rest upon your own land: and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken, and done it, saith the Lord God:Ed avrò infuso in voi il mio spirito, e viverete, e nella terra vostra vi avrò dato riposo: e conoscerete, che io il Signore ho parlato, ed ho fatto, dice il Signore Dio.and shal haue geuen my spirite in you, and you shal liue, and I shal make you rest vpon your ground: & you shal know that I the Lord haue spoken, and done it, saith our Lord God:et dedero spiritum meum in vobis, et vixeritis: et requiescere vos faciam super humum vestram, et scietis quia ego Dominus locutus sum, et feci, ait Dominus Deus. 15And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:Ed il Signore parlommi, dicendo:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens: 16And thou son of man, take thee a stick: and write upon it: Of Juda, and of the children of Israel his associates: and take another stick and write upon it: For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, and of his associates.E tu, figliuolo dell'uomo, prenditi un legno, e scrivi sopra di esso: A Giuda, ed a' figliuoli d'Israele, che sono con lui: e prendi un altro legno, e scrivi sopra di esso: A Giuseppe verga di Ephraim, e a tutta la casa a Israele, e da que', che sono con lei.And thou sonne of man, take thee one peece of wood: and write vpon it: Of Iuda, and of the children of Israel his felowes: and take an other peece of wood, and write vpon it: Of Ioseph the wood of Ephraim, and of al the house of Israel, and of his selowes.Et tu, fili hominis, sume tibi lignum unum, et scribe super illud: Judæ, et filiorum Israël sociorum ejus: et tolle lignum alterum, et scribe super illud: Joseph, ligno Ephraim, et cunctæ domui Israël sociorumque ejus.

17And join them one to the other into one stick, and they shall become one in thy hand.E accosta l'uno all'altro per fartene un solo legno, ed ei nella mano tua si congiungeranno.And ioyne them, one to the other for thee into one peece of wood, and they shal be into an vnion in thy hand.Et adjunge illa unum ad alterum tibi in lignum unum: et erunt in unionem in manu tua. 18And when the children of thy people shall speak to thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by this?E allora quando i figliuoli del popol tuo parleranno a te, e diranno: Non ci dirai tu quel, che tu voglia significare con questo;And when the children of thy people shal say to thee speaking: Doest thou not declare vnto vs what thou meanest by these?Cum autem dixerint ad te filii populi tui, loquentes: Nonne indicas nobis quid in his tibi velis ? 19Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel that are associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Juda, and will make them one stick: and they shall be one in his hand.Tu dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Ecco, che io prenderò il legno di Giuseppe, che è nella mano di Ephraim, e le tribù d'Israele, che a lui sono unite, e le congiungerò insieme col legno di Giuda, e ne farò un legno solo, e saranno un solo nella mia mano.Thou shalt speake to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I wil take the peece of wood of Ioseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, that are adioyned to him: and I wil geue them together with the peece of wood of Iuda, and wil make them into one peece of wood: and they shal be one in his hand.loqueris ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego assumam lignum Joseph, quod est in manu Ephraim, et tribus Israël, quæ sunt ei adjunctæ, et dabo eas pariter cum ligno Juda, et faciam eas in lignum unum: et erunt unum in manu ejus. 20And the sticks whereon thou hast written, shall be in thy hand, before their eyes.Ed avrai dinanzi a loro nella tua mano i legni, sopra de' quali tu hai scritto,And the peeces of wood wherupon thou shalt write, in thy hand, shal be before their eyes.Erunt autem ligna super quæ scripseris in manu tua in oculis eorum. 21And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from the midst of the nations whither they are gone: and I will gather them on every side, and will bring them to their own land.E dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Ecco, che io prenderò i figliuoli d'Israele di mezzo alle nazioni, tralle quai se n'andarono, e li raunerò da ogni parte, e ricondurrolli alla loro terra.And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I wil take the children of Israel out of the middes of the nations, to which they are gone: and I wil gather them together on euerie side, and wil bring them to their ground.Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego assumam filios Israël de medio nationum ad quas abierunt: et congregabo eos undique, et adducam eos ad humum suam.

22And I will make them one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king over them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two kingdoms.E faronne una sola nazione nella lor terra sui monti d'Israele, e un solo sarà il re, che a tutti comanderà, e non saran più due nazioni, né saran più divise in due regni.And I wil make them into one nation in the land on the mountaines of Israel, & there shal be one king ruling ouer them al: and they shal no more be two nations, neither shal they be diuided any more into two kingdoms.Et faciam eos in gentem unam in terra in montibus Israël, et rex unus erit omnibus imperans: et non erunt ultra duæ gentes, nec dividentur amplius in duo regna, 23Nor shall they be defiled any more with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with all their iniquities: and I will save them out of all the places in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.E non si contamineranno più cogl'idoli loro, e colle loro abbominazioni, e colle loro iniquità; e li trarrò salvi da tutti i luoghi, dov'ei peccarono, e li monderò, e saranno mio popolo, ed io sarò loro Dio.Neither shal they be polluted any more in their idols, & their abominations, and al their iniquities: and I wil saue them out of al the seates, in which they haue sinned, & I wil clense them: and they shal be my people, and I wil be their God.neque polluentur ultra in idolis suis, et abominationibus suis, et cunctis iniquitatibus suis: et salvos eos faciam de universis sedibus in quibus peccaverunt, et emundabo eos: et erunt mihi populus, et ego ero eis Deus. 24And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd: they shall walk in my judgments, and shall keep my commandments, and shall do them.E il mio servo Davidde sarà il loro re, e un solo sarà di loro tutti il pastore, e osserveran le mie leggi, e custodiranno i miei comandamenti, e li metteranno in opera.And my seruant Dauid king ouer them, and there shal be one pastour of them al, they shal walke in my iudgements, and shal keepe my commandments, and shal doe them.Et servus meus David rex super eos, et pastor unus erit omnium eorum. In judiciis meis ambulabunt, et mandata mea custodient, et facient ea: 25And they shall dwell in the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, wherein your fathers dwelt, and they shall dwell in it, they and their children, and their children’s children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.Ed abiteranno la terra, ch'io diedi al mio servo Giacobbe, nella quale abitarono i padri vostri, ed in essa abiteranno eglino, e i loro figliuoli, e i figliuoli de' figliuoli fino in sempiterno; e Davidde mio servo sarà il loro principe in perpetuo.And they shal dwel vpon the land, which I gaue to my seruant Iacob, wherin your fathers dwelt, and they shal dwel vpon it, themselues, and their children, and their childrens children, euen for euer: and Dauid my seruant their prince for euer,et habitabunt super terram quam dedi servo meo Jacob, in qua habitaverunt patres vestri: et habitabunt super eam ipsi, et filii eorum, et filii filiorum eorum, usque in sempiternum: et David servus meus princeps eorum in perpetuum.

26And I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will establish them, and will multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.È farò con essi alleanza di pace, che sarà un patto sempiterno per essi; e darò loro stabilità, e li moltiplicherò, e porrò in mezzo ad essi il mio santuario per sempre.And I wil make a league of peace to them an euerlasting couenat shal be to them: and I wil found them, and wil multiplie them, and wil geue my sanctification in the middes of them for euer.Et percutiam illis fœdus pacis: pactum sempiternum erit eis. Et fundabo eos, et multiplicabo, et dabo sanctificationem meam in medio eorum in perpetuum. 27And my tabernacle shall be with them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.E presso di loro sarà il mio tabernacolo, e sarò loro Dio, ed ei saranno mio popolo.And my tabernacle shal be in them: and I wil be their God, and they shal be my people.Et erit tabernaculum meum in eis: et ero eis Deus, et ipsi erunt mihi populus. 28And the nations shall know that I am the Lord the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for ever.E conosceranno le genti, ch'io sono il Signore, il santificatore d'Israele, quando il santuario mio sarà in mezzo ad essi in perpetuo.And the Gentils shal know that I am the Lord the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctification shal be in the middes of them for euer.Et scient gentes quia ego Dominus sanctificator Israël, cum fuerit sanctificatio mea in medio eorum in perpetuum.

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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