31 — Ezechiele

1And it came to pass, in the eleventh year, the third month the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:L'anno undecimo, il terzo mese, il primo del mese, il Signore parlommi, dicendo:AND it came to passe in the eleuenth yeare, the third moneth, the first of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est in anno undecimo, tertio mense, una mensis: factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 2Son of man, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?Figliuolo dell'uomo, di a Faraone re dell'Egitto, e al suo popolo: A chi se' tu simile in tua grandezza?Sonne of man, say to Pharao the king of Aegypt, and to his people: To whom art thou made like in thy greatnes?Fili hominis, dic Pharaoni regi Ægypti et populo ejus: Cui similis factus es in magnitudine tua ? 3Behold, the Assyrian like a cedar in Libanus, with fair branches, and full of leaves, of a high stature, and his top was elevated among the thick boughs.Eccoti Assur qual cedro sul Libano di belle braccia, ombroso di frondi, sublime di altezza, la cui vetta tra' densi rami s'innalza.Behold Assur as it were a ceder in Libanus, fayre of boughes, and thicke of leaues, and high of height and the toppe therof is eleuated among the thicke boughes.ecce Assur quasi cedrus in Libano, / pulcher ramis, et frondibus nemorosus, excelsusque altitudine, / et inter condensas frondes elevatum est cacumen ejus. 4The waters nourished him, the deep set him up on high, the streams thereof ran round about his roots, and it sent, forth its rivulets to all the trees of the country.Lo nudriron le acque, e una perenne fiumana lo fece salire in atto; l'umore correva intorno alle sue radici, ed ei facea passare i suoi ruscelli a tutte le piante di quella regione.The waters haue nourished him, the depth hath exalted him, the riuers therof ranne out round about the rootes therof, and he sent forth her riuers to al the trees of the countrie.Aquæ nutrierunt illum; / abyssus exaltavit illum: / flumina ejus manabant in circuitu radicum ejus, / et rivos suos emisit ad universa ligna regionis. 5Therefore was his height exalted above all the trees of the country and his branches were multiplied, and his boughs were elevated because of many waters.Per questo ei superò in altezza le piante tutte del paese, e i rami suoi si moltiplicarono, e s'ingrandirono mercè delle acque abbondanti.Therfore was his height eleuated aboue al the trees of the countrie: and his groues were multiplied, and his boughes were eleuated because of manie waters.Propterea elevata est altitudo ejus super omnia ligna regionis, / et multiplicata sunt arbusta ejus, / et elevati sunt rami ejus præ aquis multis.

6And when he had spread forth his shadow, all the fowls of the air made their nests in his boughs, and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their young under his branches, and the assembly of many nations dwelt under his shadow.E com'ei gettava grand' ombra, su' rami di lui fecer nido gli uccelli tutti dell'aria, e sotto alle sue frondi partorirono tutte le bestie della foresta, e all'ombra di lui si ricoverava una turba di moltissime genti.And when he had spred forth his shadow, in his boughes al the foules of the heauen made nests, and vnder his leaues al beasts of the forrests engendred, and vnder his shadow dwelt the assemblie of verie manie nations.Cumque extendisset umbram suam, / in ramis ejus fecerunt nidos omnia volatilia cæli: / et sub frondibus ejus genuerunt omnes bestiæ saltuum, / et sub umbraculo illius habitabat cœtus gentium plurimarum. 7And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.Ed egli era bellissimo per sua grandezza, e per l'ampiezza de' rami suoi: conciossiachè erano le sue radici presso ad acque copiose.And he was most faire in his greatnes, and in the enlarging of his groues: for his roote was nere manie waters.Eratque pulcherrimus in magnitudine sua, / et in dilatatione arbustorum suorum: / erat enim radix illius juxta aquas multas. 8The cedars in the paradise of God were not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty.Più alti cedri di lui non furono nel paradiso di Dio, non arrivavano alla sua vetta gli abeti, e i platani non agguagliavano de' suoi rami l'ampiezza: nissuna pianta del paradiso di Dio fu da assomigliare a lui, e alla bellezza di lui.The ceders were not higher then he in the paradise of God, the firretrees matched not his toppe, and the planetrees were not equal to his boughes: no tree of the paradise of God was likened to him, and to his beautie.Cedri non fuerunt altiores illo in paradiso Dei; / abietes non adæquaverunt summitatem ejus, / et platani non fuerunt æquæ frondibus illius: / omne lignum paradisi Dei non est assimilatum illi, / et pulchritudini ejus. 9For I made him beautiful and thick set with many branches: and all the trees of pleasure, that were in the paradise of God, envied him.Perch'io lo feci sì bello, e di molti, e fitti rami, ebber di lui gelosia tutte le deliziose piante, che erano nel paradiso di Dio.Because I made him beautiful, and with manie & thicke boughes: and al the trees of pleasure, that were in the paradise of God, did emulate him.Quoniam speciosum feci eum, / et multis condensisque frondibus, / et æmulata sunt eum omnia ligna voluptatis / quæ erant in paradiso Dei.

10Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because he was exalted in height, and shot up his top green and thick, and his heart was lifted up in his height:Per questo così dice il Signore Dio: Perchè egli si è levato in altezza, e ha alzata la verdeggiante, ed ombrosa sua cima, e il cuore di lui s'insuperbì di sua elevazione,Therfore thus saith our Lord God: For that he is extolled in height, and hath geuen his toppe greene and thicke, and his hart is eleuated in his height:Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Pro eo quod sublimatus est in altitudine, / et dedit summitatem suam virentem atque condensam, / et elevatum est cor ejus in altitudine sua: 11I have delivered him into the hands of the mighty one of the nations, he shall deal with him: I have cast him out according to his wickedness.Lo ho io dato in potere del più forte trai popoli: ei ne farà quel, che vorrà: secondo la sua empietà io lo ho rigettato.I haue deliuered him into the handes of the strongest of the nations, doing he shal doe to him: according to his impietie I haue cast him out.tradidi eum in manu fortissimi gentium: / faciens faciet ei: / juxta impietatem ejus ejeci eum. 12And strangers, and the most cruel of the nations shall cut him down, and cast him away upon the mountains, and his boughs shall fall in every valley, and his branches shall be broken on every rock of the country: and all the people of the earth shall depart from his shadow, and leave him.E gente straniera, e i più crudeli trai popoli lo troncheranno, e lo getteranno sui monti, e i rami di lui cadran per tutte le valli, e le spezzate sue frondi sopra tutte le rupi della terra, e tutti i popoli della terra fuggiranno da' padiglione di lui, e lo abbandoneranno.And aliens, and the most cruel of the nations shal cut him downe, and shal throw him forth vpon the mountaines, and in al valleis his boughes shal fal, and his groues shal be broken on al rockes of the land: and al the peoples of the earth shal depart from his shadow, and shal leaue him.Et succident eum alieni, / et crudelissimi nationum, / et projicient eum super montes: / et in cunctis convallibus corruent rami ejus, / et confringentur arbusta ejus in universis rupibus terræ: / et recedent de umbraculo ejus omnes populi terræ, / et relinquent eum. 13All the fowls of the air dwelt upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the field were among his branches.Sopra le rovine di lui poseranno gli uccelli dell'aria, e sui rami di lui sederanno tutte le bestie della terra.In his ruine dwelt al the foules of heauen, and in his boughes were al the beasts of the fielde.In ruina ejus habitaverunt omnia volatilia cæli, / et in ramis ejus fuerunt universæ bestiæ regionis.

14For which cause none of the trees by the waters shall exalt themselves for their height: nor shoot up their tops among the thick branches and leaves, neither shall any of them that are watered stand up in their height: for they are all delivered unto death to the lowest parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down into the pit.Per la qual cosa nissuno degli alberi posti lungo le acque s'innalzerà alla sua grandezza, e non eleverà la sua cima trai densi rami, e fronzuti; né saran fermi nella loro altezza tutti quest'alberi innaffiati dalle acque; perocché tutti sono dati in poter di morte nell'infima terra insieme co' figliuoli degli uomini, tra color, che scendono nel sepolcro.For which cause there shal not be eleuated in their height al the trees of the waters, neitheir shal they put their highnes among the wooddie and thicke ones, neither shal they stand in their height, al that are watered with waters: because they are al deliuered into death to the lowest earth in the middes of the children of men, to them that goe downe into the lake.Quam ob rem non elevabuntur in altitudine sua omnia ligna aquarum, / nec ponent sublimitatem suam inter nemorosa atque frondosa, / nec stabunt in sublimitate sua omnia quæ irrigantur aquis: / quia omnes traditi sunt in mortem ad terram ultimam, / in medio filiorum hominum, / ad eos qui descendunt in lacum. 15Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when he went down to hell, I brought in mourning, I covered him with the deep: and I withheld its rivers, and restrained the many waters: Libanus grieved for him, and all the trees of the field trembled.Questo cose dice il Signore Dio: Nel dì, in cui egli cadde nell'inferno, io feci fare lutto grande, lo sommersi nell'abisso: e trattenni i suoi fiumi, e arrestai le grandi acque: si rattristò per cagion di lui il Libano, e tutte le piante dei campi si scossero.Thus saith our Lord God: In the day that he went downe to hel, I brought in mourning, I couered him with the depth: and I stayed his riuers, and kept in manie waters: Libanus was made sad vpon him, and al the trees of the filde were shaken.Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / In die quando descendit ad inferos, induxi luctum: / operui eum abysso, / et prohibui flumina ejus, / et coërcui aquas multas: / contristatus est super eum Libanus, / et omnia ligna agri concussa sunt. 16I shook the nations with the sound of his fall, when I brought him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of pleasure, the choice and best in Libanus, all that were moistened with waters, were comforted in the lowest parts of the earth.Col fracasso di sua rovina feci tremar le nazioni, quand'io lo feci cader nell'inferno con quelli, che calavano in quella fossa; e nel fondo della terra si consolarono tutte le piante dell'orto di delizie insigni, e famose del Libano, le quali erano tutte innaffiate dalle acque.At the sound of his ruine I moued the Gentils, when I brought him downe to hel with them, that descended into the lake: and al the trees of pleasure goodlie and glorious in Libanus, al that were watered with waters, were comfourted in the lowest earth.A sonitu ruinæ ejus commovi gentes / cum deducerem eum ad infernum / cum his qui descendebant in lacum: / et consolata sunt in terra infima / omnia ligna voluptatis egregia atque præclara in Libano, / universa quæ irrigabantur aquis. 17For they also shall go down with him to hell to them that are slain by the sword; and the arm of every one shall sit down under his shadow in the midst of the nations.Perocché nell'inferno tra que', che periron di spada, disceser con lui tutti quelli, i quali, essendo il suo braccio, all'ombra di lui sedevano tralle nazioni.For they also shal goe downe with him to hel to the slaine by the sword: and the arme of euerie one shal sitte vnder his shadow in the middes of the nations.Nam et ipsi cum eo descendent in infernum ad interfectos gladio: / et brachium uniuscujusque sedebit sub umbraculo ejus / in medio nationum.

18To whom art thou like, O thou that art famous and lofty among the trees of pleasure? Behold, thou art brought down with the trees of pleasure to the lowest parts of the earth: thou shalt sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword: this is Pharao, and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.A chi se' tu simile, o illustre, e sublime tralle piante del giardin di delizia? Ecco, che colle piante di quel giardino tu se' stato cacciato nel fondo della terra: tu dormirai tralli incirconcisi, con que', che furono uccisi di spada. Così sarà di Faraone, e di tutta la sua gente, dice il Signore Dio.To whom art thou likened ô thou noble and loftie among the trees of pleasure? Behold thou art brought downe with the trees of pleasure to the lowest earth: in the middes of the vncircumcised shalt thou sleepe, with them that are slaine by the sword, the same is Pharao, and al his multitude, saith our Lord God.Cui assimilatus es, o inclyte atque sublimis inter ligna voluptatis ? / ecce deductus es cum lignis voluptatis ad terram ultimam: / in medio incircumcisorum dormies, / cum eis qui interfecti sunt gladio: / ipse est Pharao, et omnis multitudo ejus, / dicit Dominus Deus.