Ezequiel 1
Diodati 1885
1OR avvenne, nell'anno trentesimo, nel quinto giorno del quarto mese, che essendo io sopra il fiume Chebar, fra quelli ch'erano stati menati in cattività, i cieli furono aperti, ed io vidi delle visioni di Dio.
2Nel quinto giorno di quel mese di quell'anno, ch'era il quinto della cattività del re Gioiachin,
3la parola del Signore fu d'una maniera singolare indirizzata ad Ezechiele, figliuolo di Buzi, sacerdote, nel paese de' Caldei, in sul fiume Chebar; e la mano del Signore fu quivi sopra lui.
4Io adunque vidi, ed ecco un vento tempestoso, che veniva dal Settentrione, ed una grossa nuvola, ed un fuoco avviluppato, intorno al quale vi era uno splendore; e di mezzo di quel fuoco appariva come la sembianza di fin rame scintillante.
5Di mezzo di quello ancora appariva la sembianza di quattro animali. E tale era la lor forma: aveano sembianza d'uomini;
6ed aveano ciascuno quattro facce, e quattro ali.
7Ed i lor piedi eran diritti, e la pianta de' lor piedi era come la pianta del piè d'un vitello; ed erano sfavillanti, quale è il colore del rame forbito.
8Ed aveano delle mani d'uomo di sotto alle loro ali, ne' quattro lor lati; e tutti e quattro aveano le lor facce, e le loro ali.
9Le loro ali si accompagnavano l'una l'altra; essi non si volgevano camminando; ciascuno camminava diritto davanti a sè.
10Ora, quant'è alla sembianza delle lor facce, tutti e quattro aveano una faccia d'uomo, ed una faccia di leone, a destra; parimente tutti e quattro aveano una faccia di bue, e una faccia d'aquila, a sinistra.
11E le lor facce, e le loro ali, erano divise di sopra; ciascuno avea due ali che si accompagnavano l'una l'altra, e due altre che coprivano i lor corpi.
12E ciascun d'essi camminava diritto davanti a sè; camminavano dovunque lo spirito si moveva; mentre camminavano, non si volgevano qua e là.
13E quant'è alla sembianza degli animali, il loro aspetto somigliava delle brace di fuoco; ardevano in vista, come fiaccole; quel fuoco andava attorno per mezzo gli animali, dava uno splendore, e del fuoco usciva un folgore.
14E gli animali correvano, e ritornavano, come un folgore in vista.
15E, come io ebbi veduti gli animali, ecco una ruota in terra, presso a ciascun animale, dalle quattro lor facce.
16L'aspetto delle ruote, e il lor lavoro, era simile al color d'un grisolito; e tutte e quattro aveano una medesima sembianza; e il loro aspetto, e il lor lavoro era come se una ruota fosse stata in mezzo di un'altra ruota.
17Quando si movevano, si movevano tutte e quattro, ciascuna dal suo lato; elleno non si volgevano qua e là, movendosi.
18E quant'è a' lor cerchi, erano alti spaventevolmente; e tutti e quattro erano pieni d'occhi d'ogn'intorno.
19E quando gli animali camminavano, le ruote si movevano allato a loro; e quando gli animali si alzavano da terra, le ruote parimente si alzavano.
20Dovunque lo spirito si moveva, si movevano anch'essi; e le ruote si alzavano allato a quelli; perciocchè lo spirito degli animali era nelle ruote.
21Quando quelli camminavano, le ruote altresì si movevano; quando quelli si fermavano, le ruote altresì si fermavano; e quando si alzavano da terra, le ruote altresì si alzavano da terra, allato ad essi; perciocchè lo spirito degli animali era nelle ruote.
22E la sembianza di ciò ch'era di sopra alle teste degli animali era d'una distesa del cielo, simile a cristallo in vista, molto spaventevole; ed era distesa di sopra alle lor teste.
23E sotto alla distesa erano le loro ali diritte, l'una di rincontro all'altra; ciascuno ne avea due altre che gli coprivano il corpo.
24Ed io udii il suono delle loro ali, mentre camminavano; ed era simile al suono di grandi acque, alla voce dell'Onnipotente; la voce della lor favella era come il romore di un campo; quando si fermavano, bassavano le loro ali;
25e quando si fermavano, e bassavano le loro ali, vi era una voce, che veniva d'in su la distesa, ch'era sopra le lor teste.
26E di sopra alla distesa, ch'era sopra le lor teste, vi era la sembianza di un trono, simile in vista ad una pietra di zaffiro, e in su la sembianza del trono vi era una sembianza come della figura di un uomo che sedeva sopra esso.
27Poi vidi come un color di rame scintillante, simile in vista a fuoco, indentro di quella sembianza di trono, d'ogn'intorno, dalla sembianza de' lombi di quell'uomo in su; parimente, dalla sembianza dei suoi lombi in giù, vidi come un'apparenza di fuoco, intorno al quale vi era uno splendore.
28L'aspetto di quello splendore d'ogn'intorno era simile all'aspetto dell'arco, che è nella nuvola in giorno di pioggia. Questo fu l'aspetto della somiglianza della gloria del Signore; la quale come io ebbi veduta, caddi sopra la mia faccia, e udii la voce d'uno che parlava.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y FUÉ que á los treinta años, en el mes cuarto, á cinco del mes, estando yo en medio de los trasportados junto al río de Chebar, los cielos se abrieron, y vi visiones de Dios.
2A los cinco del mes, que fué en el quinto año de la transmigración del rey Joachîn,
3Fué palabra de Jehová á Ezequiel sacerdote, hijo de Buzi, en la tierra de los Caldeos, junto al río de Chebar; fué allí sobre él la mano de Jehová.
4Y miré, y he aquí un viento tempestuoso venía del aquilón, una gran nube, con un fuego envolvente, y en derredor suyo un resplandor, y en medio del fuego una cosa que parecía como de ámbar,
5Y en medio de ella, figura de cuatro animales. Y este era su parecer; había en ellos semejanza de hombre.
6Y cada uno tenía cuatro rostros, y cuatro alas.
7Y los pies de ellos eran derechos, y la planta de sus pies como la planta de pie de becerro; y centelleaban á manera de bronce muy bruñido.
8Y debajo de sus alas, á sus cuatro lados, tenían manos de hombre; y sus rostros y sus alas por los cuatro lados.
9Con las alas se juntaban el uno al otro. No se volvían cuando andaban; cada uno caminaba en derecho de su rostro.
10Y la figura de sus rostros era rostro de hombre; y rostro de león á la parte derecha en los cuatro; y á la izquierda rostro de buey en los cuatro; asimismo había en los cuatro rostro de águila.
11Tales eran sus rostros; y tenían sus alas extendidas por encima, cada uno dos, las cuales se juntaban; y las otras dos cubrían sus cuerpos.
12Y cada uno caminaba en derecho de su rostro: hacia donde el espíritu era que anduviesen, andaban; cuando andaban, no se volvían.
13Cuanto á la semejanza de los animales, su parecer era como de carbones de fuego encendidos, como parecer de hachones encendidos: discurría entre los animales; y el fuego resplandecía, y del fuego salían relámpagos.
14Y los animales corrían y tornaban á semejanza de relámpagos.
15Y estando yo mirando los animales, he aquí una rueda en la tierra junto á los animales, á sus cuatro caras.
16Y el parecer de las ruedas y su obra semejábase al color del topacio. Y las cuatro tenían una misma semejanza: su apariencia y su obra como rueda en medio de rueda.
17Cuando andaban, se movían sobre sus cuatro costados: no se volvían cuando andaban.
18Y sus cercos eran altos y espantosos, y llenos de ojos alrededor en las cuatro.
19Y cuando los animales andaban, las ruedas andaban junto á ellos: y cuando los animales se levantaban de la tierra, las ruedas se levantaban.
20Hacia donde el espíritu era que anduviesen, andaban; hacia donde era el espíritu que anduviesen, las ruedas también se levantaban tras ellos; porque el espíritu de los animales estaba en las ruedas.
21Cuando ellos andaban, andaban ellas; y cuando ellos se paraban, se paraban ellas; asimismo cuando se levantaban de la tierra, las ruedas se levantaban tras ellos; porque el espíritu de los animales estaba en las ruedas.
22Y sobre las cabezas de cada animal aparecía expansión á manera de cristal maravilloso, extendido encima sobre sus cabezas.
23Y debajo de la expansión estaban las alas de ellos derechas la una á la otra; á cada uno dos, y otras dos con que se cubrían sus cuerpos.
24Y oí el sonido de sus alas cuando andaban, como sonido de muchas aguas, como la voz del Omnipotente, como ruido de muchedumbre, como la voz de un ejército. Cuando se paraban, aflojaban sus alas.
25Y cuando se paraban y aflojaban sus alas, oíase voz de arriba de la expansión que había sobre sus cabezas.
26Y sobre la expansión que había sobre sus cabezas, veíase la figura de un trono que parecía de piedra de zafiro; y sobre la figura del trono había una semejanza que parecía de hombre sentado sobre él.
27Y vi apariencia como de ámbar, como apariencia de fuego dentro de ella en contorno, por el aspecto de sus lomos para arriba; y desde sus lomos para abajo, vi que parecía como fuego, y que tenía resplandor alrededor.
28Cual parece el arco del cielo que está en las nubes el día que llueve, así era el parecer del resplandor alrededor. Esta fué la visión de la semejanza de la gloria de Jehová. Y luego que yo la hube visto, caí sobre mi rostro, y oí voz de uno que hablaba.
King James Version
1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
4And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
9Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
19And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
21When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
26And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
World English Bible
1Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.
4I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle of the fire.
5Out of its center came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.
6Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
7Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
8They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:
9Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.
10As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the face of an ox on the left side. The four of them also had the face of an eagle.
11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
12Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.
13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. The fire went up and down among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.
14The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
17When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.
18As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.
19When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
21When those went, these went. When those stood, these stood. When those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at, stretched out over their heads above.
23Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side.
24When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.
25There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.
26Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.
27I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
28As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the LORD’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.