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Ezechiele 17
La Nuova Diodati
Ezechiele 17
La Nuova Diodati
17 La parola dell'Eterno mi fu rivolta dicendo:
2 «Figlio d'uomo, proponi un enigma e racconta una parabola alla casa d'Israele, e di'
3 Cosí dice il Signore l'Eterno: Una grande aquila dalle grandi ali e dalle lunghe penne, ricoperta di piume di svariati colori andò al Libano e tolse la cima di un cedro;
4 staccò il piú alto dei suoi ramoscelli, lo portò in un paese di commercio e lo pose in una città di mercanti.
5 Poi prese un po' di seme del paese e lo piantò in un campo fertile, lo collocò presso acque abbondanti e lo piantò come un salice.
6 Esso crebbe e divenne una vite estesa ma bassa, i cui rami erano rivolti verso l'aquila, mentre le sue radici erano sotto di essa. Cosí diventò una vite che fece rami e mise fronde.
7 Ma c'era un'altra grande aquila, dalle grandi ali e dalle molte piume, ed ecco questa vite rivolse le sue radici verso di essa e distese i suoi rami verso di essa perché l'irrigasse dal solco dov'era piantata.
8 Essa era piantata in un buon terreno presso acque abbondanti, perché potesse mettere rami, portare frutto e diventare una vite magnifica.
9 Di' Cosí dice il Signore l'Eterno. Potrà prosperare? L'aquila non sradicherà forse le sue radici e non taglierà via i suoi frutti per lasciare che si secchi? Cosí tutte le foglie che ha messo si seccheranno. Non ci vorrà tanta forza né molta gente per svellerla dalle radici.
10 Ecco, essa è piantata. Potrà prosperare? Non si seccherà forse completamente, quando il vento dell'est la toccherà? Seccherà nel solco dov'era cresciuta!».
11 La parola dell'Eterno mi fu ancora rivolta, dicendo:
12 «Di' dunque a questa casa ribelle: Non capite cosa significano queste cose? Di' loro: Ecco, il re di Babilonia è venuto a Gerusalemme, ne ha preso il re e i capi e li ha condotti con sé a Babilonia.
13 Poi ha preso uno di stirpe reale, ha stabilito un patto con lui e gli ha fatto prestare giuramento, Egli ha portato via anche gli uomini potenti del paese,
14 perché il regno fosse abbassato e non si innalzasse ma, osservando il suo patto, potesse essere stabile.
15 Ma questi si è ribellato contro di lui mandando i suoi ambasciatori in Egitto, perché gli dessero cavalli e tanta gente. Potrà prosperare, potrà scampare chi ha fatto tali cose? Può rompere il patto e ciò nonostante scampare?
16 Com'è vero che io vivo», dice il Signore, l'Eterno, «egli morirà nel luogo dove dimora il re che lo ha fatto re e di cui ha disprezzato il giuramento e rotto il patto, vicino a lui, in mezzo a Babilonia.
17 Faraone non gli presterà aiuto col suo potente esercito e con tanta gente in guerra, quando eleveranno terrapieni e costruiranno torri per sterminare molte vite umane.
18 Egli ha disprezzato il giuramento infrangendo il patto; eppure ecco, dopo aver dato la mano, ha fatto tutte queste cose. Egli non scamperà».
19 Perciò cosí dice il Signore, l'Eterno: «Com'è vero che io vivo, il mio giuramento che ha disprezzato e il mio patto che ha infranto li farò ricadere sul suo capo.
20 Stenderò su di lui la mia rete e sarà preso nel mio laccio. Lo condurrò a Babilonia e là eseguirò il giudizio su di lui per il tradimento commesso contro di me.
21 Tutti i fuggiaschi con le sue schiere cadranno di spada, mentre i superstiti saranno dispersi a tutti i venti. Cosí riconoscerete che io, l'Eterno, ho parlato».
22 Cosí dice il Signore, l'Eterno: «Io prenderò un ramoscello dalla punta del cedro piú alto e lo pianterò; dalla cima dei suoi giovani rami staccherò un tenero ramoscello e lo pianterò sopra un monte alto ed elevato.
23 Lo pianterò sull'alto monte d'Israele; metterà rami, porterà frutto e diventerà un cedro magnifico. Sotto di lui dimoreranno uccelli di ogni specie; essi dimoreranno all'ombra dei suoi rami,
24 Cosí tutti gli alberi della campagna sapranno che io, l'Eterno, ho abbassato l'albero alto e innalzato l'albero basso, ho fatto seccare l'albero verde e fatto germogliare l'albero secco. Io, l'Eterno, ho parlato e lo farò».
Ezekiel 17
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 17
English Standard Version
Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine
17 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 (A)“Son of man, (B)propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; 3 say, Thus says the Lord God: (C)A great eagle (D)with great wings and long pinions, (E)rich in plumage of many colors, came (F)to Lebanon (G)and took the top of the cedar. 4 He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants. 5 Then he took of the seed of the land (H)and planted it in fertile soil.[a] He placed it beside abundant waters. (I)He set it like a willow twig, 6 and it sprouted and became a (J)low (K)spreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out boughs.
7 (L)“And there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage, (M)and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and shot forth its branches toward him from (N)the bed where it was planted, that he might water it. 8 (O)It had been planted on good soil by abundant waters, that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.
9 “Say, Thus says the Lord God: (P)Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers, so that all its fresh sprouting leaves wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it from its roots. 10 Behold, it is planted; will it thrive? (Q)Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it—wither away on the bed where it sprouted?”
11 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Say now to (R)the rebellious house, (S)Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, (T)the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon. 13 (U)And he took one of the royal offspring[b] (V)and made a covenant with him, (W)putting him under oath ((X)the chief men of the land he had taken away), 14 that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. 15 (Y)But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors (Z)to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. (AA)Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he (AB)break the covenant and yet escape?
16 (AC)“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely (AD)in the place where the king dwells (AE)who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. 17 (AF)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, (AG)when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. 18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head. 20 (AH)I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon (AI)and enter into judgment with him there (AJ)for the treachery he has committed against me. 21 And all the pick[c] of his troops shall fall by the sword, (AK)and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that (AL)I am the Lord; I have spoken.”
22 Thus says the Lord God: (AM)“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. (AN)I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and (AO)I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 (AP)On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. (AQ)And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; (AR)I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up (AS)the green tree, and make (AT)the dry tree flourish. (AU)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 17:5 Hebrew in a field of seed
- Ezekiel 17:13 Hebrew seed
- Ezekiel 17:21 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts all the fugitives
Ezekiel 17
Common English Bible
Ezekiel 17
Common English Bible
Transplanted cedar
17 The Lord’s word came to me: 2 Human one, compose a riddle and a parable about the house of Israel. 3 Say, The Lord God proclaims: The great eagle with great wings, long feathers, and full, colorful plumage came to Lebanon and took the top branch of the cedar. 4 He plucked a twig from the cedar’s crown, brought it to the land of traders, and set it down in a city of merchants. 5 He took a native seed and planted it in a prepared field, placing it like a willow beside plentiful water. 6 It grew and became a low-spreading vine. Its foliage turned toward him, and its roots developed under him. And so it became a vine, and it produced branches and sent out its shoots.
7 Now there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage. This vine bent its roots and turned its branches toward him so that it might draw more water from him than from its own bed, 8 a good field with plentiful water where it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine. 9 Say, The Lord God proclaims: Will it thrive? Won’t he tear out its roots, strip its fruit, and cause all the leaves of its branches to wither? It will dry up, and no one will need a strong arm or a mighty army to uproot it. 10 Though it is planted, will it thrive? When the east wind touches it, won’t it completely wither? On the bed in which it was planted, it will wither away.
11 The Lord’s word came to me: 12 Say now to the rebellious household: Don’t you know what these things mean? Say: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and carried its king and its officers away with him to Babylon. 13 Then he took a prince from the royal line, made an agreement with him, and made him take a solemn pledge of loyalty. He also took away the land’s officials. 14 Thus it would be a lowly kingdom, not asserting its own interests but observing the agreement so that it would survive. 15 But the prince rebelled against him and sent messengers to Egypt to supply him with horses and a great army. Can such a person succeed? Can one who does these things escape? Can he overturn the agreement and escape capture? 16 As surely as I live, says the Lord God, he will die in Babylon, in the place of the king who gave him the authority to rule, whose solemn pledge he scorned and whose agreement he overturned. 17 Pharaoh won’t help him. There will be no strong force or mighty army in battle when siege ramps are set up and towers are built to eliminate many lives. 18 He scorned the solemn pledge and overturned the agreement! Even though he made a promise, he did all these things, and he won’t escape capture. 19 So now the Lord God proclaims: As surely as I live, it was my solemn pledge that he scorned and my agreement that he overturned, and I will hold him accountable. 20 I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my trap. I will bring him to Babylon, and I myself will enter into judgment with him there for rebelling against me. 21 All his elite fighters[a] along with all his troops will fall by the sword, and those who are left will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.
22 The Lord God proclaims: I myself will take one of the top branches from the tall cedar. I will pluck a tender shoot from its crown, and I myself will plant it on a very high and lofty mountain. 23 On Israel’s mountainous highlands I will plant it, and it will send out branches and bear fruit. It will grow into a mighty cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it and find shelter in the shade of its boughs. 24 Then all the trees in the countryside will know that I, the Lord, bring down the tall tree and raise up the lowly tree, and make the green tree wither and the dry tree bloom. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 17:21 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT his fugitives
Ezekiel 17
New International Version
Ezekiel 17
New International Version
Two Eagles and a Vine
17 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.(A) 3 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle(B) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.(C) Taking hold of the top of a cedar, 4 he broke off(D) its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.
5 “‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,(E) 6 and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches(F) turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.(G)
7 “‘But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.(H) 8 It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches,(I) bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
9 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.(J) 10 It has been planted,(K) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(L)’”
11 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Say to this rebellious people, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?(M)’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles,(N) bringing them back with him to Babylon.(O) 13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty(P) with him, putting him under oath.(Q) He also carried away the leading men(R) of the land, 14 so that the kingdom would be brought low,(S) unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. 15 But the king rebelled(T) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt(U) to get horses and a large army.(V) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?(W)
16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die(X) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.(Y) 17 Pharaoh(Z) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps(AA) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.(AB) 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge(AC) and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.(AD) 20 I will spread my net(AE) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment(AF) on him there because he was unfaithful(AG) to me. 21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,(AH) and the survivors(AI) will be scattered to the winds.(AJ) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.(AK)
22 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot(AL) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.(AM) 23 On the mountain heights(AN) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit(AO) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.(AP) 24 All the trees of the forest(AQ) will know that I the Lord bring down(AR) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.(AS)
“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(AT)’”
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