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1He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.Ci mette in viaggio colui, che sotto i gli occhi tuoi devasterà, e stringerà l'assedio: osserva tu i suoi movimenti, rinforza i tuoi fianchi, accresci grandemente le tue forze.HE is come vp that shal scatter before thee, that shal keepe the seige: behold the way, fortifie the loynes, strengthen force excedingly.Ascendit qui dispergat coram te, / qui custodiat obsidionem: / contemplare viam, conforta lumbos, / robora virtutem valde. 2For the Lord hath rendered the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: because the spoilers have laid them waste, and have marred their vine branches.Perchè il Signore farà vendetta della superbia contro Giacobbe, come della superbia contro Israele; perocché questi distruttori li spersero, e guastaron le loro propagini.Because our Lord hath rendered the pride of Iacob, as the pride of Israel: because the waters haue dissipated them, and haue marred their branches.Quia reddidit Dominus superbiam Jacob, / sicut superbiam Israël; / quia vastatores dissipaverunt eos, / et propagines eorum corruperunt. 3The shield of his mighty men is like fire, the men of the army are clad in scarlet, the reins of the chariot are flaming in the day of his preparation, and the drivers are stupefied.Le rotelle de' suoi campioni gettano fiamme, i suoi soldati hanno vesti di porpora: le redini de' cocchi sono fiammanti nel giorno, in cui ella si mette in ordine (per la battaglia), e i loro cocchieri sono addormentati.The buckler of his valiants fyrie, the men of the armie in scarlets, the raynes of the chariot fyrie in the day of his preparation, and the driuers are brought asleepe.Clypeus fortium ejus ignitus, / viri exercitus in coccineis; / igneæ habenæ currus in die præparationis ejus, / et agitatores consopiti sunt. 4They are in confusion in the ways, the chariots jostle one against another in the streets: their looks are like torches, like lightning running to and fro.Si scompigliano per istrada: i loro cocchi s'infrangono nelle piazze: i loro occhi son come accese faci, come folgori, che strisciano.In the wayes they are trubled, the chariots strooke one agaynstan other in the streetes: their appearance are as it were lampes, as it were lightning running to and fro.In itineribus conturbati sunt; / quadrigæ collisæ sunt in plateis: / aspectus eorum quasi lampades, / quasi fulgura discurrentia. 5He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.Ella farà rassegna de' suoi bravi; si urteranno per le strade; correranno in fretta alle mura, e si prepareranno da stare al coperto.He wil remember his valiants, they shal fal in their wayes: they shal quickly scale the walles therof, and a bowre shal be prepared.Recordabitur fortium suorum; / ruent in itineribus suis: / velociter ascendent muros ejus, / et præparabitur umbraculum.

6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.Le porte de' fiumi sono spalancate, e il tempio è atterrato sino ai fondamenti.The gates of the riuers are opened, and the temple throwen downe to the ground.Portæ fluviorum apertæ sunt, / et templum ad solum dirutum. 7And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts.E i suoi soldati sono menati via prigionieri, e le donne condotte schiave, gemono come colombe, e si querelano in cuor loro.And the souldiar is led away captiue: and her handmayds were led away mourning as doues, murmuring in their hartes.Et miles captivus abductus est, / et ancillæ ejus minabantur gementes ut columbæ, / murmurantes in cordibus suis. 8And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool: but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.E Ninive colle sue acque è come un padule: quelli sono fuggiti fermatevi, fermatevi ma nissuno si volge indietro.And Niniue her waters as it were a fishpoole of waters: but themselues are fled Stand stand, & there is none that wil returne.Et Ninive quasi piscina aquarum aquæ ejus; / ipsi vero fugerunt. State, state ! / et non est qui revertatur. 9Take ye the spoil of the silver, take the spoil of the gold: for there is no end of the riches of all the precious furniture.Saccheggiate l'argento, saccheggiate l'oro: la ricchezza de' suoi preziosi vasi è senza fine.Spoile the siluer, spoile the gold: and there is no end of the riches of al vessels that are to be desired.Diripite argentum, diripite aurum: / et non est finis divitiarum ex omnibus vasis desiderabilibus. 10She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.Ella è devastata, e squarciata e lacerata: cuor languente, ginocchia tremanti, fianchi spossati, facce di tutta la gente abbronzate come una pignatta.She is dissipated, and rent, and torne: and pyning hart, and dissolution of the knees, and defect in al reynes: and the faces of them al as the blacknes of a pot.Dissipata est, et scissa, et dilacerata; / et cor tabescens, et dissolutio geniculorum, / et defectio in cunctis renibus, / et facies omnium eorum sicut nigredo ollæ. 11Where is now the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, to which the lion went, to enter in thither, the young lion, and there was none to make them afraid?Dov' è la tana de' leoni, e i paschi de' lioncelli, dove andava a riporsi il lione, e i suoi lioncini, senza aver chi li disturbasse?VVhere is the habitation of lions, & the pasture of lions welps, to which the lion went, to goe in thither, the lions whelpe, and is there none to make them afrayd?Ubi est habitaculum leonum, / et pascua catulorum leonum, / ad quam ivit leo ut ingrederetur illuc catulus leonis, / et non est qui exterreat ?

12The lion caught enough for his whelps, and killed for his lionesses: and he filled his holes with prey, and his den with rapine.Quel lione, fatta preda sufficiente pe' suoi lioncini, fece strage per le sue lionesse; e di uccisi animali empiè la sua tana, e il suo covile di rapine.The lion hath caught sufficiently for his welpes, and hath killed for his lionesses: and he hath filled his dennes with praye, and his couch with rauening.Leo cepit sufficienter catulis suis, / et necavit leænis suis, / et implevit præda speluncas suas, / et cubile suum rapina. 13Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn thy chariots even to smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey out of the land, and the voice of thy messengers shall be heard no more.Eccomi a te, dice il Signore degli eserciti: Io darò fuoco a' tuoi cocchi, e ridurrolli in fumo; e i tuoi lioncini saran divorati dalla spada, e torrò dalla terra le tue rapine: e non si udirà mai più la voce de' tuoi ambasciadori.Behold I to thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I wil burne thy chariots euen to smoke, and the sword shal eate thy litle lions: and I wil destroy thy praye out of the land, and the voice of thy messengers shal be heard no more.Ecce ego ad te, dicit Dominus exercituum, / et succendam usque ad fumum quadrigas tuas, / et leunculos tuos comedet gladius, / et exterminabo de terra prædam tuam, / et non audietur ultra vox nuntiorum tuorum.