2 — Abacuc

1I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the tower: and I will watch, to see what will be said to me, and what I may answer to him that reproveth me.Io starò vegliante a far la mia sentinella, pianterò il piede sul forte per vedere quello, che a me dirassi, e quel, ch'io abbia a rispondere a chi mi riprende.I WIL stand vpon my watch, and fixe my steppe vpon the munition: and I wil behold, to see what may be sayd to me, and what I may answer to him that rebuketh me.Super custodiam meam stabo, / et figam gradum super munitionem: / et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi, / et quid respondeam ad arguentem me. 2And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.E il Signore mi rispose, e disse: Scrivi la visione, e stendila sopra le tavolette, affinchè chi la legge, la scorra agevolmente;And our Lord answered me, & sayd: Write the vision, & make it playne vpon tables: that he which runneth may read it ouer.Et respondit mihi Dominus, et dixit: Scribe visum, et explana eum super tabulas, / ut percurrat qui legerit eum. 3For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.Perocché la visione è di cosa ancor lontana; ma apparirà nel fine, e non sarà menzognera. Se differirà, tu aspettalo; perocché il venturo verrà, e non tarderà.Because as yet the vision is far, and it shal appeare at the end, and shal not lye: if he shal make tariance, expect him: because coming he wil come, & he wil not slacke.Quia adhuc visus procul; / et apparebit in finem, et non mentietur: / si moram fecerit, exspecta illum, / quia veniens veniet, et non tardabit. 4Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his faith.Ma chi è incredulo, non ha in se un'anima giusta. Il giusto poi nella fede sua viverà.Behold he that is incredulous, his soule shal not be right in him self: but the iust shal liue in his faith.Ecce qui incredulus est, non erit recta anima ejus in semetipso; / justus autem in fide sua vivet. 5And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people.Ma siccome il vino inganna chi lo beve, così sarà dell'uomo superbo, il quale resterà senza onore. Egli, che ha le voglie ampie come l'inferno, ed è insaziabile come la morte, e sotto di se riunir vorrebbe tutte le genti, e tutti insieme ammassare i popoli.And as wine deceiueth him that drinketh: so shal the prowd man be, and he shal not be beautified: who as it were hel, hath dilated his soule: and himself as death, and he is not filled: and he hath gathered together vnto him al nations, and hath heaped together vnto him al peoples.Et quomodo vinum potantem decipit, / sic erit vir superbus, et non decorabitur: / qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam, / et ipse quasi mors, et non adimpletur: / et congregabit ad se omnes gentes, / et coacervabit ad se omnes populos.

6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay?Non canteranno forse tutti questi sopra di lui la loro parabola, e i loro proverbi, e non si dirà egli: Guai a chi accumula roba non sua: e fino a quando mette egli insieme in suo danno il denso fango?Why, shal not al these take vp a parable vpon him, and a speach of obscure sayings of him: and it be sayd: Wo to him, that multiplieth thinges not his owne? how long also doth he agrauat against himself thicke clay?Numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument, / et loquelam ænigmatum ejus, et dicetur: / Væ ei qui multiplicat non sua ? / usquequo et aggravat contra se densum lutum ? 7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them?Non si leverà egli su repentinamente chi ti morderà; e non verrà fuori chi ti sbranerà, e tu sarai loro preda?Why, shal they not rise sodenly, that shal bite thee: and they that teare thee, be raysed vp, and thou be for a spoile to them?Numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te, / et suscitabuntur lacerantes te, / et eris in rapinam eis ? 8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all that shall be left of the people shall spoil thee: because of men’s blood, and for the iniquity of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.Perchè tu hai spogliate molte genti spoglieranno te tutti coloro, che saranno rimasi di quelle nazioni, a motivo del sangue degli uomini, e per le iniquità fatte contro la terra, contro la città, e tutti i suoi abitatori.Because thou hast spoiled manie nations, al that shal be left of the peoples shal spoile thee: for the bloud of man, and the iniquitie of the land, of the citie, and of al that dwel therein.Quia tu spoliasti gentes multas, / spoliabunt te omnes qui reliqui fuerint de populis, / propter sanguinem hominis, / et iniquitatem terræ, civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea. 9Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil.Guai a chi raguna i frutti di un'avarizia perniciosa alla propria casa, affinchè sia più in alto il suo nido, credendo di salvarsi dagli artigli del male.Wo to him that gathereth together naughtie auarice to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he is deliuered out of the hand of euil.Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ, / ut sit in excelso nidus ejus, / et liberari se putat de manu mali !

10Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned.Tu hai studiato il modo di disonorar la tua casa; hai straziati molti popoli, e l'anima tua peccò.Thou hast thought confusion to thy house, thou hast cut in sunder manie peoples, and thy soule hath sinned.Cogitasti confusionem domui tuæ; / concidisti populos multos, / et peccavit anima tua. 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.Perocché i sassi alzeran le voci dalla muraglia, e il legname, che sta nelle giunture della fabbrica, replicherà:Because the stone out of the wal shal crie: and the timber, that is betwen the iunctures of the buildings, shal answer.Quia lapis de pariete clamabit, / et lignum, quod inter juncturas ædificiorum est, respondebit. 12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.Guai a chi edifica una città a forza di sangue sparso, e la fonda sull'iniquità,Wo to him that buildeth a citie in blouds, and prepareth a citie in iniquitie.Væ qui ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus, / et præparat urbem in iniquitate ! 13Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.Queste cose non son elleno (predette) dal Signore degli eserciti? imperocché si affanneranno in vano i popoli, e le genti per un gran fuoco, e verran meno.Why, are not these thinges from the Lord of hosts? For the peoples shal labour in much fire: and the nations in vaine, and they shal faynt.Numquid non hæc sunt a Domino exercituum ? / laborabunt enim populi in multo igne, / et gentes in vacuum, et deficient. 14For the earth shall be filled, that men may know the glory of the Lord, as waters covering the sea.Perocché la terra sarà inondata, come l'alveo del mare è coperto dalle acque, affinchè sia conosciuta la gloria del Signore.Because the earth shal be replenished, that they may know the glorie of our Lord, as waters couering the sea.Quia replebitur terra, ut cognoscant gloriam Domini, / quasi aquæ operientes mare. 15Woe to him that giveth drink to his friend, and presenteth his gall, and maketh him drunk, that he may behold his nakedness.Guai a colui, che dà da bere al suo amico, mescendovi il suo fiele, e lo imbriaca per vederlo ignudo.Wo to him that geueth drinke to his freind, putting in his gal, and making drunke, that he may behold his nakednes.Væ qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum, / et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem ejus ! 16Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and fall fast asleep: the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall compass thee, and shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory.Invece di gloria, tu sarai ricolmo d'ignominia: bevi anche tu, e assopisciti: starà intorno a te il calice della destra del Signore; e un vomito obbrobrioso (verrà) sopra la tua gloria.Thou art filled with ignominie for glorie, drinke thou also, and be fast a sleepe: the cuppe of the right hand of our Lord shal compasse thee, and the vomite of ignominte vpon thy glorie.Repletus es ignominia pro gloria; / bibe tu quoque, et consopire. / Circumdabit te calix dexteræ Domini, / et vomitus ignominiæ super gloriam tuam.

17For the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein.Conciossiachè le iniquità fatte sul Libano ti sommergeranno; e la distruzione fatta da queste fiere le atterrirà, per ragion del sangue degli uomini, e per l'iniquità contro la terra, e la città, e tutti i suoi abitatori.Because the iniquitie of Libanus shal couer thee, and the wasting of the beasts shal terrifie them for the blouds of men, and the iniquitie of the land, and of the citie, and of al that dwel therein.Quia iniquitas Libani operiet te, / et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos / de sanguinibus hominum, / et iniquitate terræ, et civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea. 18What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols.A che giova la statua fatta dal suo artefice collo scalpello, e la falsa figura di getto? Pur l'artefice pone speranza nel suo lavoro, e fa de' nuovi simolacri.What profiteth the thing engrauen, that the forger therof hath grauen it a molten, and a false image? because the forger therof hath hoped in his forgerie, to make dumme idols.Quid prodest sculptile, quia sculpsit illud fictor suus, / conflatile, et imaginem falsam ? / quia speravit in figmento fictor ejus, ut faceret simulacra muta. 19Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof.Guai a colui, che dice al legno: Svegliati: e alla morta pietra: Alzati. Può ella forse insegnare a te? Ecco, che ella è coperta di oro, e d'argento; ma spirito alcuno nelle viscere di lei non è.Wo vnto him that sayth to wood: Awake: Arise, to the dumme stone. Why, can it teach? Behold, this same is couered with gold, and siluer: and there is no spirit in the bowels therof.Væ qui dicit ligno: Expergiscere; / Surge, lapidi tacenti ! / Numquid ipse docere poterit ? / ecce iste coopertus est auro et argento, / et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus ejus. 20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.Ma il Signore è nel suo tempio santo. Dinanzi a lui si taccia la terra.But our Lord is in his holie temple: let al the earth be silent at his presence.Dominus autem in templo sancto suo: / sileat a facie ejus omnis terra !