Ezechiele 32
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Il coccodrillo
32 Il primo giorno del dodicesimo mese dell'anno decimosecondo, mi fu rivolta questa parola del Signore: 2 «Figlio dell'uomo, intona un lamento sul faraone re d'Egitto dicendo:
Leone fra le genti eri considerato;
ma eri come un coccodrillo nelle acque,
erompevi nei tuoi fiumi
e agitavi le acque con le tue zampe,
intorbidandone i corsi».
3 Dice il Signore Dio:
«Tenderò contro di te la mia rete
con una grande assemblea di popoli
e ti tireranno su con la mia rete.
4 Ti getterò sulla terraferma
e ti abbandonerò al suolo.
Farò posare su di te tutti gli uccelli del cielo
e sazierò di te tutte le bestie della terra.
5 Spargerò per i monti la tua carne
e riempirò le valli della tua carogna.
6 Farò bere alla terra il tuo scolo,
il tuo sangue, fino ai monti,
e i burroni saranno pieni di te.
7 Quando cadrai estinto, coprirò il cielo
e oscurerò le sue stelle,
velerò il sole di nubi e la luna non brillerà.
8 Oscurerò tutti gli astri del cielo su di te
e stenderò sulla tua terra le tenebre.
Parola del Signore Dio.
9 Sgomenterò il cuore di molti popoli, quando farò giungere la notizia della tua rovina alle genti, in regioni a te sconosciute. 10 Per te farò stupire molti popoli e tremeranno i loro re a causa tua, quando sguainerò la spada davanti a loro. Ognuno tremerà ad ogni istante per la sua vita, nel giorno della tua rovina». 11 Poiché dice il Signore Dio: «La spada del re di Babilonia ti raggiungerà.
12 Abbatterò la tua moltitudine con la spada dei prodi,
dei popoli più feroci;
abbatteranno l'orgoglio dell'Egitto
e tutta la sua moltitudine sarà sterminata.
13 Farò perire tutto il suo bestiame
sulle rive delle grandi acque,
che non saranno più turbate da piede d'uomo,
né unghia d'animale le intorbiderà.
14 Allora farò ritornare tranquille le loro acque
e farò scorrere i loro canali come olio.
Parola del Signore Dio.
15 Quando avrò fatto dell'Egitto una terra desolata,
tutta priva di quanto contiene,
quando avrò percosso tutti i suoi abitanti,
allora si saprà che io sono il Signore.
16 Questo è un lamento e lo si canterà. Lo canteranno le figlie delle genti, lo canteranno sull'Egitto e su tutta la sua moltitudine». Oracolo del Signore Dio.
Discesa del faraone nello Sheol
17 Ai quindici del primo mese, dell'anno decimosecondo, mi fu rivolta questa parola del Signore: 18 «Figlio dell'uomo, intona un canto funebre sugli abitanti dell'Egitto. Falli scendere insieme con le figlie di nazioni potenti, nella regione sotterranea, con quelli che scendono nella fossa.
19 Di chi tu sei più bello?
Scendi e giaci con i non circoncisi.
20 Cadranno fra gli uccisi di spada; la spada è gia consegnata. Colpite a morte l'Egitto e tutta la sua gente. 21 I più potenti eroi si rivolgeranno a lui e ai suoi ausiliari e dagli inferi diranno: Vieni, giaci con i non circoncisi, con i trafitti di spada. 22 Là è Assur e tutta la sua gente, intorno al suo sepolcro, uccisi, tutti trafitti di spada; 23 poiché le loro sepolture sono poste nel fondo della fossa e la sua gente è intorno alla sua tomba: uccisi, tutti, trafitti di spada, essi che seminavano il terrore nella terra dei viventi.
24 Là è Elam e tutto il suo esercito, intorno al suo sepolcro. Uccisi, tutti, trafitti di spada, scesi non circoncisi nella regione sotterranea, essi che seminavano il terrore nella terra dei viventi. Ora portano la loro ignominia con quelli che scendono nella fossa. 25 In mezzo ai trafitti posero il suo giaciglio e tutta la sua gente intorno al suo sepolcro, tutti non circoncisi, trafitti di spada; perché avevano sparso il terrore nella terra dei viventi, portano la loro ignominia con quelli che scendono nella fossa; sono stati collocati in mezzo ai trafitti di spada.
26 Là è Mesech, Tubal e tutta la sua gente, intorno al suo sepolcro: tutti non circoncisi, trafitti di spada, perché incutevano il terrore nella terra dei viventi. 27 Non giaceranno al fianco degli eroi caduti da secoli, che scesero negli inferi con le armi di guerra, con le spade disposte sotto il loro capo e con gli scudi sulle loro ossa, perché tali eroi erano un terrore nella terra dei viventi. 28 Così tu giacerai fra i non circoncisi e con i trafitti di spada.
29 Là è Edom, i suoi re e tutti i suoi prìncipi che, nonostante il loro valore, sono posti con i trafitti di spada: giacciono con i non circoncisi e con quelli che scendono nella fossa. 30 Là sono tutti i prìncipi del settentrione, tutti quelli di Sidòne, che scesero con i trafitti, nonostante il terrore sparso dalla loro potenza; giacciono i non circoncisi con i trafitti di spada e portano la loro ignominia con quelli che scendono nella fossa.
31 Il faraone li vedrà e si consolerà alla vista di tutta questa moltitudine; il faraone e tutto il suo esercito saranno trafitti di spada. Oracolo del Signore Dio. 32 Perchè aveva sparso il terrore nella terra dei viventi, ecco giace in mezzo ai non circoncisi, con i trafitti di spada, egli il faraone e tutta la sua moltitudine». Parola del Signore Dio.
Ezekiel 32
King James Version
32 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
3 Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
11 For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.
16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.
17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God.
32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 32
New King James Version
Lamentation for Pharaoh and Egypt
32 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the (A)twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, (B)take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:
(C)‘You are like a young lion among the nations,
And (D)you are like a monster in the seas,
(E)Bursting forth in your rivers,
Troubling the waters with your feet,
And (F)fouling their rivers.
3 ‘Thus says the Lord God:
“I will therefore (G)spread My net over you with a company of many people,
And they will draw you up in My net.
4 Then (H)I will leave you on the land;
I will cast you out on the open fields,
(I)And cause to [a]settle on you all the birds of the heavens.
And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.
5 I will lay your flesh (J)on the mountains,
And fill the valleys with your carcass.
6 “I will also water the land with the flow of your blood,
Even to the mountains;
And the riverbeds will be full of you.
7 When I put out your light,
(K)I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
And the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the [b]bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you,
And bring darkness upon your land,”
Says the Lord God.
9 ‘I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. 10 Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and (L)they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.
11 (M)‘For thus says the Lord God: “The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. 12 By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them (N)the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall.
(O)“They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt,
And all its multitude shall be destroyed.
13 Also I will destroy all its animals
From beside its great waters;
(P)The foot of man shall muddy them no more,
Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them.
14 Then I will make their waters [c]clear,
And make their rivers run like oil,”
Says the Lord God.
15 “When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
And the country is destitute of all that once filled it,
When I strike all who dwell in it,
(Q)Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
16 “This is the (R)lamentation
With which they shall lament her;
The daughters of the nations shall lament her;
They shall lament for her, for Egypt,
And for all her multitude,”
Says the Lord God.’ ”
Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit
17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, (S)that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
18 “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt,
And (T)cast them down to the depths of the earth,
Her and the daughters of the famous nations,
With those who go down to the Pit:
19 ‘Whom (U)do you surpass in beauty?
(V)Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.’
20 “They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword;
She is delivered to the sword,
(W)Drawing her and all her multitudes.
21 (X)The strong among the mighty
Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell
With those who help him:
‘They have (Y)gone down,
They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’
22 “Assyria(Z) is there, and all her company,
With their graves all around her,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword.
23 (AA)Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit,
And her company is all around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who (AB)caused terror in the land of the living.
24 “There is (AC)Elam and all her multitude,
All around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who have (AD)gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth,
(AE)Who caused their terror in the land of the living;
Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
25 They have set her (AF)bed in the midst of the slain,
With all her multitude,
With her graves all around it,
All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
Though their terror was caused
In the land of the living,
Yet they bear their shame
With those who go down to the Pit;
It was put in the midst of the slain.
26 “There are (AG)Meshech and Tubal and all their multitudes,
With all their graves around it,
All of them (AH)uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
Though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
27 (AI)They do not lie with the mighty
Who are fallen of the uncircumcised,
Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war;
They have laid their swords under their heads,
But their iniquities will be on their bones,
Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised,
And lie with those slain by the sword.
29 “There is (AJ)Edom,
Her kings and all her princes,
Who despite their might
Are laid beside those slain by the sword;
They shall lie with the uncircumcised,
And with those who go down to the Pit.
30 (AK)There are the princes of the north,
All of them, and all the (AL)Sidonians,
Who have gone down with the slain
In shame at the terror which they caused by their might;
They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword,
And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
31 “Pharaoh will see them
And be (AM)comforted over all his multitude,
Pharaoh and all his army,
Slain by the sword,”
Says the Lord God.
32 “For I have caused My terror in the land of the living;
And he shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised
With those slain by the sword,
Pharaoh and all his multitude,”
Says the Lord God.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 32:4 Lit. sit or dwell
- Ezekiel 32:8 Or shining
- Ezekiel 32:14 Lit. sink; settle, grow clear
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
