17 — Ezechiele

1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:Il Signore parlommi, e disse:AND the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,Figliuolo dell'uomo, proponi un enimma, e racconta una parabola alla casa d'Israele;Sonne of man, propose a darke speach, and tel a parable to the house of Israel,Fili hominis, propone ænigma, et narra parabolam ad domum Israël, 3And say: Thus saith the Lord God; A large eagle with great wings, long-limbed, full of feathers, and of variety, came to Libanus, and took away the marrow of the cedar.Tu adunque dirai: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Un'aquila grande di vaste ali, di membra molto estese, piena di piume a varj colori venne sul Libano, e portò via la midolla del cedro.and thou shalt say: Thus saith our Lord God: A great eagle with great winges, with a long reach of members, ful of fethers, and of varietie, came to Libanus, and tooke the matow of the ceder.et dices: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Aquila grandis magnarum alarum, longo membrorum ductu, plena plumis et varietate, venit ad Libanum, et tulit medullam cedri. 4He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.Strappò la punta della sue frondi, e le trasportò nella terra di Chanaan, e posolle in una città mercantile.He plucked away the top of the boughes therof: and transported it into the Land of Chanaan, in the citie of merchants he did put it.Summitatem frondium ejus avulsit, et transportavit eam in terram Chanaan: in urbe negotiatorum posuit illam. 5And he took of the seed of the land, and put it in the ground for seed, that it might take a firm root over many waters: he planted it on the surface of the earth.E prese del seme di quella terra, e seminollo in terra, affinchè gettasse sua radice sopra grandi acque: lo seminò terra terra.And he tooke of the sede of the land, & put it in the ground for sede, that it might fasten the roote ouer manie waters: he planted it in the ouermostpart of the earth. And when it had budded,Et tulit de semine terræ, et posuit illud in terra pro semine, ut firmaret radicem super aquas multas: in superficie posuit illud. 6And it sprung up and grew into a spreading vine of low stature, and the branches thereof looked towards him: and the roots thereof were under him. So it became a vine, and grew into branches, and shot forth sprigs.E questo, avendo germinato, crebbe in ampia vite, poco elevata, i cui rami si volgevan verso di quella, e le sue radici erano sotto di lei. Ella adunque diventò una vigna, e gettò tralci, e frutti, e propagini.it grew into a broad spredding vine of low stature, the boughes therof looking toward it: and the rootes therof were vnder it. It became a vine then, and fructified into branches, and put forth shootes.Cumque germinasset, crevit in vineam latiorem, humili statura, respicientibus ramis ejus ad eam, et radices ejus sub illa erant: facta est ergo vinea, et fructificavit in palmites, et emisit propagines.

7And there was another large eagle, with great wings, and many feathers: and behold this vine, bending as it were her roots towards him, stretched forth her branches to him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.E fu un'altra aquila grande, con vaste ali, e folte piume: ed ecco, che quella vigna rivolse le sue radici, e stese i suoi tralci verso di questa, per essere irrigati dai rivi di lei fecondanti.And there was made an other great egle, with great winges, and manie fethers: & behold this vine as it were spredding her rootes towards it, streched forth her branches to it, that she might water it from the beds of her spring.Et facta est aquila altera grandis, magnis alis, multisque plumis: et ecce vinea ista quasi mittens radices suas ad eam, palmites suos extendit ad illam, ut irrigaret eam de areolis germinis sui. 8It was planted in a good ground upon many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and bear fruit, that it might become a large vine.La vigna è piantata in buon terreno, e presso ad acque copiose, affinchè si dilati frondeggiando, e porti frutto, e diventi una vigna grande.In a good ground vpon manie waters it was planted, that it might bring forth branches, and beare fruite, that it might be into a great vine.In terra bona super aquas multas plantata est, ut faciat frondes, et portet fructum, ut sit in vineam grandem. 9Say thou: Thus saith the Lord God: Shall it prosper then? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and strip off its fruit, and dry up all the branches it hath shot forth, and make it wither: and this without a strong arm, or many people to pluck it up by the root?Tu dirai: Così dice il Signore Dio: Sarà ella fortunata? Non isterperà ella (l'aquila) le radici di lei, e ne svellerà i frutti, e ne farà seccar tutti i tralci, che ella aveva gettato, ed ella resterà arido legno; e senza che sia bisogno di gran braccio, né di molta gente per ischiantarla dalle radici?Say: Thus saith our Lord God: Shal it prosper then? shal he not plucke vp the rootes therof, and strippe of the fruites therof, and drie vp al the branches of the spring therof, and it shal wither: and not in a great arme, nor in much people, to plucke it vp by the roote?Dic: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ergone prosperabitur ? nonne radices ejus evellet, et fructus ejus distringet, et siccabit omnes palmites germinis ejus, et arescet, et non in brachio grandi, neque in populo multo, ut evelleret eam radicitus ? 10Behold, it is planted: shall it prosper then? shall it not be dried up when the burning wind shall touch it, and shall it not wither in the furrows where it grew?Ecco, che ella è piantata: ma avrà ella sorte felice? Non è egli vero, che se il vento, che brucia, la toccherà, ella seccherà, e con tutti i rivi, che la fecondano, diverrà arida?Behold it is planted: shal it prosper then? shal it not be dried when the burning winde shal touch it, and wither in the beds of the spring therof?Ecce plantata est: ergone prosperabitur ? nonne, cum tetigerit eam ventus urens, siccabitur, et in areis germinis sui arescet ?

11And 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: 12Say to the provoking house: Know you not what these things mean? Tell them: Behold the king of Babylon cometh to Jerusalem: and he shall take away the king and the princes thereof and carry them with him to Babylon.Dì alla famiglia contumace: Non sapete voi quel, che ciò voglia dire? Ecco, che il re di Babilonia viene a Gerusalemme, e prenderà il re, e i suoi grandi, e li condurrà a casa sua in Babilonia.Say to the exasperating house: Know you not what these thinges doe signifie? Say: Behold the king of Babylon cometh into Ierusalem: and he shal take the king and the princes therof, and shal bring them to himselfe into Babylon.Dic ad domum exasperantem: Nescitis quid ista significent ? Dic: Ecce venit rex Babylonis in Jerusalem, et assumet regem et principes ejus, et adducet eos ad semetipsum in Babylonem. 13And he shall take one of the king’s seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land,E piglierà una della stirpe reale, e farà alleanza con lui, e da lui riceverà giuramento: ma condurrà via anche i valorosi del paese,And he shal take of the sede of the kingdom, and shal make a couenant with it, and shal take an oath of it. Yea and he shal take away the strong of the land,Et tollet de semine regni, ferietque cum eo fœdus, et ab eo accipiet jusjurandum. Sed et fortes terræ tollet, 14That it may be a low kingdom and not lift itself up, but keep his covenant and observe it.Affinchè il regno resti basso, e non s'innalzi, ma osservi, e mantenga l'alleanza.that it may be a lowe kingdom, and not be eleuated, but keepe his couenant, & obserue it.ut sit regnum humile, et non elevetur, sed custodiat pactum ejus, et servet illud. 15But he hath revolted from him and sent ambassadors to Egypt, that it might give him horses, and much people. And shall he that hath done thus prosper, or be saved? and shall he escape that hath broken the covenant?Ma quegli ritirandosi da lui mandò ambasciadore all'Egitto per avere i suoi cavalli, e molte milizie. Sarà egli fortunato, o troverà salute un che ha fatte cose tali? E uno che ha rotto l'alleanza, potrà egli mettersi in salvo?Who reuolting from him sent messengers to Aegypt, that it would geue him horses, and much people. What, shal he prosper, or gette saluation that hath done these thinges? and he that broke the couenant, shal he escape?Qui recedens ab eo misit nuntios ad Ægyptum, ut daret sibi equos et populum multum: numquid prosperabitur, vel consequetur salutem, qui fecit hæc ? et qui dissolvit pactum, numquid effugiet ?

16As I live, saith the Lord God: In the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he hath made void, and whose covenant he broke, even in the midst of Babylon shall he die.Lo giuro, dice il Signore Dio, che nel paese del re (il quale lo avea posto sul trono, e cui ha offeso rompendo il giuramento, e violando il patto fatto con lui) nel mezzo di Babilonia ei morrà.Liue I, saith our Lord God: that in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he made frustrate, and brake the couenant, that he had with him, in the middes of Babylon shal he dye.Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quoniam in loco regis qui constituit eum regem, cujus fecit irritum juramentum, et solvit pactum quod habebat cum eo, in medio Babylonis morietur. 17And not with a great army, nor with much people shall Pharao fight against him: when he shall cast up mounts, and build forts, to cut off many souls.Né con grande esercito, ne colla gran moltitudine Faraone verrà a battaglia contro di lui nel tempo, che si alzerà terra, e si faranno le trincee per uccidere molta gente.And not in a great armie, nor in much people shal Pharao make battel agaynst him: in the casting vp of a ramper, and in the building of bulworkes, to kil manie soules.Et non in exercitu grandi, neque in populo multo, faciet contra eum Pharao prælium: in jactu aggeris, et in exstructione vallorum, ut interficiat animas multas. 18For he had despised the oath, breaking his covenant, and behold he hath given his hand: and having done all these things, he shall not escape.Imperocché quegli avea sprezzato il giuramento, e rotta l'alleanza, ed ecco dà mano ad un'altra; e dopo aver fatto tutto questo non iscamperà.For he had despised the oath, that he might breake the couenant, and behold he gaue his hand, and when he hath done al these thinges, he shal not escape.Spreverat enim juramentum, ut solveret fœdus, et ecce dedit manum suam: et cum omnia hæc fecerit, non effugiet. 19Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As I live, I will lay upon his head the oath he hath despised, and the covenant he hath broken.Per questo così dice il Signore Dio: Io giuro, che il muramento, cui egli ha sprezzato, e l'alleanza, che egli ha violato, porrò sul capo di lui.Therfore thus saith our Lord God: Liue I, that the oath which he hath despised, & the couenant, that he transgressed, I wil lay on his head.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Vivo ego, quoniam juramentum quod sprevit, et fœdus quod prævaricatus est, ponam in caput ejus. 20And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my net: and I will bring him into Babylon, and will judge him there for the transgression by which he hath despised me.Estenderò sopra di lui la mia rete, ed ei sarà preso al mio laccio, e io lo condurrò a Babilonia, ed ivi farò giudizio di lui per la prevaricazione, colla quale ha sprezzato me.And I wil spread my nette ouer him, and he shal be taken in my nette: and I wil bring him into Babylon, and wil iudge him there in the preuerication; wherby he hath despised me.Et expandam super eum rete meum, et comprehendetur in sagena mea: et adducam eum in Babylonem, et judicabo eum ibi in prævaricatione qua despexit me.

21And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword: and the residue shall be scattered into every wind: and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken.E tutti i suoi fuggitivi con tutte le sue schiere periranno di spada; e gli avanzi saranno spersi a tutti i venti: e conoscerete, che io il Signore ho parlato.And al his fugitiues with al their troupe shal fal by the sword: and the residue shal be dispersed into euerie wind: and you shal know that I the Lord haue spoken.Et omnes profugi ejus, cum universo agmine suo, gladio cadent: residui autem in omnem ventum dispergentur: et scietis quia ego Dominus locutus sum. 22Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the marrow of the high cedar, and will set it: I will crop off a tender twig from the top of the branches thereof, and I will plant it on a mountain high and eminent.Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Ma io prenderò della midolla del cedro sublime, e la porrò; taglierà dalla vetta de' suoi rami un tenero ramoscello, e pianterollo sul monte alto, ed eminente;Thus saith our Lord God: And I wil take of the marow of the high ceder, & wil set it: of the toppe of the boughes therof the tender one I wil strippe of, and wil plant it vpon a mountaine high and eminent.Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Et sumam ego de medulla cedri sublimis, et ponam: de vertice ramorum ejus tenerum distringam, et plantabo super montem excelsum et eminentem. 23On the high mountains of Israel will I plant it, and it shall shoot forth into branches and shall bear fruit, and it shall become a great cedar: and all birds shall dwell under it, and every fowl shall make its nest under the shadow of the branches thereof.Sul monte sublime d'Israele lo pianterò, e spunterà in arboscello, e fruttificherà, e diventerà un gran cedro: e sotto di lui avranno albergo tutti gli augelli, e tutte le specie di volatili all'ombra di lui faranno lor nido.On the high mountaines of Israel wil I plant it, and it shal shoote forth into a budde, and shal yelde fruite, and it shal be into a great ceder: and al birdes, and euerie foule shal dwel vnder the shadow of the boughes therof, and shal there make their nest.In monte sublimi Israël plantabo illud, et erumpet in germen, et faciet fructum, et erit in cedrum magnam: et habitabunt sub ea omnes volucres, et universum volatile sub umbra frondium ejus nidificabit: 24And all the trees of the country shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree: and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I the Lord have spoken and have done it.E gli alberi tutti del paese conosceranno, ch'io il Signore ho umiliato l'albero sublime, ed ho esaltata la umile pianta, ed ho seccato il legno verde, ed ho vestito di frondi l'arido legno. Io il Signore ho parlato, ed ho fatto.And al the trees of the countrie shal know, that I the Lord haue humbled the high tree, & exalted the low tree: and haue dried the greene tree, and haue caused the drie tree to spring. I the Lord haue spoken, and haue done it.et scient omnia ligna regionis quia ego Dominus humiliavi lignum sublime, et exaltavi lignum humile; et siccavi lignum viride, et frondere feci lignum aridum. Ego Dominus locutus sum, et feci.