1 — Abdia

1The vision of Abdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.Visione di Abdia. Queste cose dice il Signore Dio ad Edom: (Noi udimmo già dal Signore, com'ei mandò ambasciadore a dire alle genti: Venite, andiamo a fargli guerra.)THE vision of Abdias. Thus sayth our Lord God to Edom: We haue heard a bruit from our Lord, and he hath sent a legate to the Gentils: Rise ye, and let vs arise against him into battel.Visio Abdiæ. Hæc dicit Dominus Deus ad Edom: / Auditum audivimus a Domino, / et legatum ad gentes misit: / surgite, et consurgamus adversus eum in prælium. 2Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible.Tu vedi, com'io ti ho fatto piccolino tralle nazioni, e che tu se' assai dispregevole.Behold I haue geuen thee a litle one in the Gentils: thou art contēptible excedingly.Ecce parvulum dedi te in gentibus: / contemptibilis tu es valde. 3The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground?La superbia del tuo cuore ti ha levato in altura, perchè tu abiti nelle buche de' massi, e in luoghi alti hai collocato il tuo trono, e dici in cuor tuo: Chi di quassù tirerammi al basso?The pride of thy hart hath extolled thee, dwelling in the clefts of rockes, exalting thy throne: which sayst in thy hart: Who shal plucke me downe to the earth?Superbia cordis tui extulit te, / habitantem in scissuris petrarum, / exaltantem solium tuum; / qui dicis in corde tuo: / Quis detrahet me in terram ? 4Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.Quando tu t'innalzassi com' aquila, e tralle stelle ponessi il tuo nido, di lassù io ti caverei, dice il Signore.If thou shalt be exalted as an eagle, and if thou shalt set thy nest among the starres: thence wil I plucke thee downe, sayth our Lord.Si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, / et si inter sidera posueris nidum tuum, / inde detraham te, dicit Dominus. 5If thieves had gone in to thee, if robbers by night, how wouldst thou have held thy peace? would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers had come in to thee, would they not have left thee at the least a cluster?Se i ladri, e gli assassini fossero entrati di nottetempo in tua casa, come saresti tu stato cheto? Non è egli vero, che avrebber rubato quanto loro bastasse? Se fossero entrati nella tua vigna a vendemmiare, non avrebber almeno lasciato per te qualche grappolo?If theues had gone in to thee, if robbers by night, how hadst thou held thy peace? would not they haue stolen thinges sufficent for themselues? if the grape gatherers had entered in to thee, would they not haue left thee at the least a cluster?Si fures introissent ad te, / si latrones per noctem, / quomodo conticuisses ? / nonne furati essent sufficientia sibi ? / Si vindemiatores introissent ad te, / numquid saltem racemum reliquissent tibi ?

6How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?Ma in qual modo costoro han frugata la casa di Esaù, e son'iti cercando ne' luoghi più riposti?How haue they searched Esau, haue they sought out his hidden thinges?Quomodo scrutati sunt Esau; / investigaverunt abscondita ejus ? 7They have sent thee out even to the border: all the men of thy confederacy have deceived thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee: they that eat with thee shall lay snares under thee: there is no wisdom in him.Ti hanno cacciato sino ai confini; tutti i tuoi confederati si son burlati di te: i tuoi amici si sono alzati contro di te, quelli, che mangiavano alla tua mensa, ti tesero insidie. Non è in Edom prudenza.Euen to the border haue they cast thee out: al the men of thy league haue mocked thee: the men of thy peace haue preuailed against thee: they that eate with thee, shal lay embushments vnder thee: there is no wisedom in him.Usque ad terminum emiserunt te: / omnes viri fœderis tui illuserunt tibi: / invaluerunt adversum te viri pacis tuæ, / qui comedunt tecum, ponent insidias subter te; / non est prudentia in eo. 8Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?Non tonò io in quel giorno i saggi all'Idumea, dice il Signore, e i prudenti al monte di Esaù?Why, shal not I in that day, sayth our Lord, destroy the wise out of Idumea, and prudence from the mount of Esau,Numquid non in die illa, dicit Dominus, / perdam sapientes de Idumæa, / et prudentiam de monte Esau ? 9And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.E i tuoi campioni di mezzogiorno saranno paurosi, onde non resterà uomo forte del monte di Esaù.And thy valients of the South shal feare, that man may perish from the mount of Esau.Et timebunt fortes tui a meridie, / ut intereat vir de monte Esau. 10For the slaughter, and for the iniquity against thy brother Jacob, confusion shall cover thee, and thou shalt perish for ever.Per le uccisioni, e per le ingiustizie commesse contro Giacobbe tuo fratello, tu sarai coperto di confusione, e perirai in eterno.For the slaughter, and for the iniquitie against thy brother Iacob, confusion shal couer thee, and thou shalt perish for euer.Propter interfectionem, / et propter iniquitatem in fratrem tuum Jacob, / operiet te confusio, et peribis in æternum. 11In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them.In quel giorno, in cui tu portasti le armi contro di lui, quando gli stranieri facevano prigioni i suoi soldati, ed entravano nelle sue porte, e sopra Gerusalemme gettavan le sorti, tu pur eri come uno di loro.In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers tooke his armie, and foreners entered his gates, and vpon Ierusalem cast lotte: thou also wast as one of them.In die cum stares adversus eum, / quando capiebant alieni exercitum ejus, / et extranei ingrediebantur portas ejus, / et super Jerusalem mittebant sortem, / tu quoque eras quasi unus ex eis.

12But thou shalt not look on in the day of thy brother, in the day of his leaving his country: and thou shalt not rejoice over the children of Juda, in the day of their destruction: and thou shalt not magnify thy mouth in the day of distress.Or tu non guarderai d'alto in basso il tuo fratello, quand'ei sarà in afflizione, quando se n'anderà pellegrino; e non ti allegrerai della sorte de' figliuoli di Giuda nel dì della lor perdizione; e non insulterai superbamente ad essi nel giorno di angoscia.And thou shalt not dispise in the day of thy brother, in the day of his peregrination: and thou shalt not reioyce ouer the children of Iuda, in the day of their perdition: & thou shalt not magnifie thy mouth in the day of distresse.Et non despicies in die fratris tui, / in die peregrinationis ejus: / et non lætaberis super filios Juda / in die perditionis eorum: / et non magnificabis os tuum / in die angustiæ. 13Neither shalt thou enter into the gate of my people in the day of their ruin: neither shalt thou also look on in his evils in the day of his calamity: and thou shalt not be sent out against his army in the day of his desolation.E non entrerai nella porta del popol mio nel giorno di sua rovina; e non ti farai beffe de' suoi mali anche tu nel giorno di sua desolazione; e non sarai spedito contro le sue schiere nel giorno di loro sconfitta,Neither shalt thou enter the gate of my people in the day of their ruine: neither shalt thou also dispise in his euils in the day of his destruction: and thou shalt not be sent out against his armie in the day of his destruction.Neque ingriederis portam populi mei / in die ruinæ eorum; / neque despicies et tu in malis ejus / in die vastitatis illius. / Et non emitteris adversus exercitum ejus / in die vastitatis illius, 14Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways to kill them that flee: and thou shalt not shut up them that remain of him in the day of tribulation.E non istanti ai posti per uccidere i fuggitivi, e non chiuderai i suoi avanzi nel dì dell'afflizione:Neither shalt thou stand in the outgoings to kil them that flee: and thou shalt not shut vp his remnant in the day of tribulation.neque stabis in exitibus / ut interficias eos qui fugerint, / et non concludes reliquos ejus / in die tribulationis. 15For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own head.Perocché vicino egli è il dì del Signore per tutte le genti: quello, che tu facesti, sarà fatto a te: sulla tua testa farà Dio cadere la tua mercede;Because the day of our Lord is at hand vpon al nations: as thou hast done, so shal it be done to thee: thy retribution he wil returne vpon thine owne head.Quoniam juxta est dies Domini super omnes gentes: / sicut fecisti, fiet tibi; / retributionem tuam convertet in caput tuum.

16For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.Perocché come beveste voi, che state sul mio monte santo, così beranno tutte costantemente le genti: beranno, e tracanneranno, e saranno come se non fossero.For as you haue drunke vpon my holie mount, shal al Gentils drinke continually: & they shal drinke, and swallow vp, and they shal be as though they were not.Quomodo enim bibistis super montem sanctum meum, / bibent omnes gentes jugiter: / et bibent, et absorbebunt, / et erunt quasi non sint. 17And in mount Sion shall be salvation, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess those that possessed them.E sul monte di Sion sarà salvazione, ed ei sarà santo; e la casa di Giacobbe sarà signora di quei, che la signoreggiarono.And in mount Sion shal be saluation, and it shal be holie: and the house of Iacob shal possesse those that had possessed them.Et in monte Sion erit salvatio, et erit sanctus; / et possidebit domus Jacob eos qui se possederant. 18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble: and they shall be kindled in them, and shall devour them: and there shall be no remains of the house of Esau, for the Lord hath spoken it.La casa di Giacobbe sarà fuoco, e la casa di Giuseppe sarà fiamma, e la casa di Esaù sarà paglia, e questa sarà bruciata da quelle, e divorata, e avanzo non resterà della casa di Esaù, perchè il Signore l'ha detto.And the house of Iacob shal be a fyre, and the house of Ioseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble: and they shal be kindled in them, and shal deuoure them: and there shal be no remaynes of the house of Esau, because our Lord hath spoken.Et erit domus Jacob ignis, / et domus Joseph flamma, / et domus Esau stipula: / et succendentur in eis, et devorabunt eos, / et non erunt reliquiæ domus Esau, / quia Dominus locutus est. 19And they that are toward the south, shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they that are in the plains, the Philistines: and they shall possess the country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Galaad.E quelli, che stanno da mezzodì, occuperanno il monte di Esaù, e quelli della pianura si faranno signori de' Filistei; e possederanno il paese di Ephraim, e fa provincia di Samaria; e Beniamin sarà padrone di Galaad.And they that are toward the South, shal inherite the mount of Esau, and they in the champaine countries, Philisthiims: and they shal possesse the region of Ephraim, and the region of Samaria: and Beniamin shal possesse Galaad.Et hæreditabunt hi, qui ad austrum sunt, montem Esau, / et qui in campestribus, Philisthiim: / et possidebunt regionem Ephraim et regionem Samariæ, / et Benjamin possidebit Galaad.

20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south.E l'esercito de' figliuoli d'Israele, che fu menato in ischiavitù, avrà tutti luoghi de' Chananei fino a Sarepta: e quelli di Gerusalemme menati schiavi nel Bosphoro, possederanno le città di mezzogiorno.And the transmigration of this host of the children of Israel, al places of the Chananeits euen to Sarepta: and the transmigration of Ierusalem, that is in Bosphorus, shal possesse the cities of the South.Et transmigratio exercitus hujus filiorum Israël, / omnia loca Chananæorum usque ad Sareptam: / et transmigratio Jerusalem, quæ in Bosphoro est, / possidebit civitates austri. 21And saviours shall come up into mount Sion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be for the Lord.E saliranno al monte di Sion i salvatori a giudicare il monte di Esaù. E il regno sarà del Signore.And sauiours shal ascend into mount Sion to iudge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shal be to our Lord.Et ascendent salvatores in montem Sion judicare montem Esau, / et erit Domino regnum.