Ebrei 11
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Hebrews 11
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| Or la fede è certezza di cose che si sperano, dimostrazione di cose che non si vedono. | Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true. |
| Infatti, per essa fu resa buona testimonianza agli antichi. | For by it our fathers had God's approval. |
| Per fede intendiamo che i mondi sono stati formati dalla parola di Dio; cosicché le cose che si vedono non sono state tratte da cose apparenti. | By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be. |
| Per fede Abele offerse a Dio un sacrificio più eccellente di quello di Caino; per mezzo d’essa gli fu resa testimonianza ch’egli era giusto, quando Dio attestò di gradire le sue offerte; e per mezzo d’essa, benché morto, egli parla ancora. | By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead. |
| Per fede Enoc fu trasportato perché non vedesse la morte; e non fu più trovato, perché Dio l’avea trasportato; poiché avanti che fosse trasportato fu di lui testimoniato ch’egli era piaciuto a Dio. | By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God: |
| Or senza fede è impossibile piacergli; poiché chi s’accosta a Dio deve credere ch’Egli è, e che è il rimuneratore di quelli che lo cercano. | And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him. |
| Per fede Noè, divinamente avvertito di cose che non si vedevano ancora, mosso da pio timore, preparò un’arca per la salvezza della propria famiglia; e per essa fede condannò il mondo e fu fatto erede della giustizia che si ha mediante la fede. | By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith. |
| Per fede Abramo, essendo chiamato, ubbidì, per andarsene in un luogo ch’egli avea da ricevere in eredità; e partì senza sapere dove andava. | By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going. |
| Per fede soggiornò nella terra promessa, come in terra straniera, abitando in tende con Isacco e Giacobbe, eredi con lui della stessa promessa, | By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage: |
| perché aspettava la città che ha i veri fondamenti e il cui architetto e costruttore è Dio. | For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God. |
| Per fede Sara anch’ella, benché fuori d’età, ricevette forza di concepire, perché reputò fedele Colui che avea fatto la promessa. | And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word; |
| E perciò, da uno solo, e già svigorito, è nata una discendenza numerosa come le stelle del cielo, come la rena lungo la riva del mare che non si può contare. | So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered. |
| In fede moriron tutti costoro, senz’aver ricevuto le cose promesse, ma avendole vedute e salutate da lontano, e avendo confessato che erano forestieri e pellegrini sulla terra. | All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth. |
| Poiché quelli che dicon tali cose dimostrano che cercano una patria. | For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves. |
| E se pur si ricordavano di quella ond’erano usciti, certo avean tempo di ritornarvi. | And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back. |
| Ma ora ne desiderano una migliore, cioè una celeste; perciò Iddio non si vergogna d’esser chiamato il loro Dio, poiché ha preparato loro una città. | But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them. |
| Per fede Abramo, quando fu provato, offerse Isacco; ed egli, che avea ricevuto le promesse, offerse il suo unigenito: egli, a cui era stato detto: | By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body, |
| E’ in Isacco che ti sarà chiamata una progenie, | Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name: |
| ritenendo che Dio è potente anche da far risuscitare dai morti; ond’è che lo riebbe per una specie di risurrezione. | Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death. |
| Per fede Isacco diede a Giacobbe e ad Esaù una benedizione concernente cose future. | By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come. |
| Per fede Giacobbe, morente, benedisse ciascuno dei figliuoli di Giuseppe, e adorò appoggiato in cima al suo bastone. | By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick. |
| Per fede Giuseppe, quando stava per morire, fece menzione dell’esodo de’ figliuoli d’Israele, e diede ordini intorno alle sue ossa. | By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones. |
| Per fede Mosè, quando nacque, fu tenuto nascosto per tre mesi dai suoi genitori, perché vedevano che il bambino era bello; e non temettero il comandamento del re. | By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders. |
| Per fede Mosè, divenuto grande, rifiutò d’esser chiamato figliuolo della figliuola di Faraone, | By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter; |
| scegliendo piuttosto d’esser maltrattato col popolo di Dio, che di godere per breve tempo i piaceri del peccato; | Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin; |
| stimando egli il vituperio di Cristo ricchezza maggiore de’ tesori d’Egitto, perché riguardava alla rimunerazione. | Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward. |
| Per fede abbandonò l’Egitto, non temendo l’ira del re, perché stette costante, come vedendo Colui che è invisibile. | By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen. |
| Per fede celebrò la Pasqua e fece lo spruzzamento del sangue affinché lo sterminatore dei primogeniti non toccasse quelli degli Israeliti. | By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death. |
| Per fede passarono il Mar Rosso come per l’asciutto; il che tentando fare gli Egizi, furono inabissati. | By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same. |
| Per fede caddero le mura di Gerico, dopo essere state circuite per sette giorni. | By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days. |
| Per fede Raab, la meretrice, non perì coi disubbidienti, avendo accolto le spie in pace. | By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land. |
| E che dirò di più? poiché il tempo mi verrebbe meno se narrassi di Gedeone, di Barac, di Sansone, di Jefte, di Davide, di Samuele e dei profeti, | What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets: |
| i quali per fede vinsero regni, operarono giustizia, ottennero adempimento di promesse, turaron le gole di leoni, | Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut, |
| spensero la violenza del fuoco, scamparono al taglio della spada, guarirono da infermità, divennero forti in guerra, misero in fuga eserciti stranieri. | Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations. |
| Le donne ricuperarono per risurrezione i loro morti; e altri furon martirizzati non avendo accettata la loro liberazione affin di ottenere una risurrezione migliore; | Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come; |
| altri patirono scherni e flagelli, e anche catene e prigione. | And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: |
| Furon lapidati, furon segati, furono uccisi di spada; andarono attorno coperti di pelli di pecora e di capra; bisognosi, afflitti, | They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked, |
| maltrattati (di loro il mondo non era degno), vaganti per deserti e monti e spelonche e per le grotte della terra. | Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough. |
| E tutti costoro, pur avendo avuto buona testimonianza per la loro fede, non ottennero quello ch’era stato promesso, | And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith, |
| perché Iddio aveva in vista per noi qualcosa di meglio, ond’essi non giungessero alla perfezione senza di noi. | Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us. |
