The Confessions of St. Augustine — Page 3
or dost Thou fill them and yet overflow, since they do not contain Thee?
o li riempi e tuttavia trabocchi, poiché essi non ti contengono?
And whither, when the heaven and the earth are filled, pourest Thou forth the remainder of Thyself?
E dove, quando il cielo e la terra sono riempiti, riversi il resto di Te stesso?
or hast Thou no need that aught contain Thee, who containest all things, since what Thou fillest Thou fillest by containing it?
o non hai bisogno che alcunché ti contenga, Tu che contieni tutte le cose, poiché ciò che riempi lo riempi contenendolo?
for the vessels which Thou fillest uphold Thee not, since, though they were broken, Thou wert not poured out.
poiché i vasi che riempi non ti sostengono, giacché, anche se fossero infranti, Tu non saresti versato fuori.
And when Thou art poured out on us, Thou art not cast down, but Thou upliftest us;
E quando sei effuso su di noi, non sei abbattuto, ma ci sollevi;
Thou art not dissipated, but Thou gatherest us.
non sei disperso, ma ci raccogli.
But Thou who fillest all things, fillest Thou them with Thy whole self?
Ma Tu che riempi tutte le cose, le riempi con tutto Te stesso?
or, since all things cannot contain Thee wholly, do they contain part of Thee?
o, poiché tutte le cose non possono contenerti interamente, contengono esse una parte di Te?
and all at once the same part?
e tutte insieme la medesima parte?
or each its own part, the greater more, the smaller less?
o ciascuna la propria parte, la più grande di più, la più piccola di meno?
And is, then one part of Thee greater, another less?
Vi è dunque una parte di Te maggiore e un'altra minore?
or, art Thou wholly every where, while nothing contains Thee wholly?
o sei Tu interamente dovunque, mentre nulla ti contiene interamente?
What art Thou then, my God?
Che sei Tu dunque, o mio Dio?
what, but the Lord God?
che altro, se non il Signore Dio?
For who is Lord but the Lord?
Poiché chi è Signore se non il Signore?
or who is God save our God?
o chi è Dio se non il nostro Dio?
Vocabulary
- li
- them (direct object pronoun)
- riempi
- fill (you fill, imperative or present tense)
- tuttavia
- however, nevertheless, yet
- poiché
- because, since, as
- essi
- they (masculine plural pronoun)
- non
- not (negation particle)
- ti
- you (indirect object pronoun)
- contengono
- contain, hold within
- dove
- where, wherever, in which place
- quando
- when, at which time
- il
- the (masculine singular article)
- cielo
- sky, heaven, celestial realm
- la
- the (feminine singular article)
- terra
- earth, land, ground, soil
- sono
- are, I am (verb essere)
- riempiti
- filled (past participle, plural or formal)
- resto
- remainder, rest, the rest
- di
- of, from (preposition)
- Te
- You (formal, capitalized, direct object)
- stesso
- self, same, very
- hai
- have, you have (present tense)
- bisogno
- need, necessity, requirement
- che
- that, which, who, what
- contenga
- contain (subjunctive, present tense)
- Tu
- You (formal, capitalized, subject)
- contieni
- contain, you contain (present tense)
- tutte
- all, every (feminine plural)
- le
- the (feminine plural article)
- cose
- things, matters, affairs
- ciò
- that, this, it
- lo
- him, it (direct object pronoun, masculine)
- contenendolo
- containing it, by containing it
- vasi
- vessels, containers, vases
- sostengono
- support, sustain, hold up
- anche
- also, too, even, as well
- se
- if, whether, in case
- fossero
- were, they were (subjunctive, past)
- infranti
- broken, shattered (past participle, plural)
- saresti
- would be, you would be (conditional)
- fuori
- outside, out, forth
- sei
- are, you are (present tense)
- su
- on, upon, over, upward
- noi
- we, us (first person plural)
- ma
- but, yet, however
- ci
- us, ourselves, here (pronoun/adverb)
- sollevi
- lift, raise up, relieve
- disperso
- scattered, dispersed, lost
- raccogli
- gather, collect, pick up
- Ma
- But (capitalized, beginning phrase)
- con
- with, by means of
- tutto
- all, everything, whole
- possono
- can, are able (they can)
- contenerti
- contain you, hold you within
- interamente
- entirely, completely, wholly, altogether
- esse
- they (feminine plural, or to be)
- una
- one, a (feminine singular article)
- parte
- part, portion, share, side
- insieme
- together, at same time
- ciascuna
- each one, each (feminine singular)
- propria
- own, proper, characteristic (feminine)
- più
- more, most, further
- grande
- great, big, large, important
- piccola
- small, little, tiny (feminine)
- meno
- less, least, minus
- Vi
- you (plural formal), yourselves
- dunque
- then, therefore, so, thus
- maggiore
- greater, larger, major, elder
- un
- one, a, an (masculine article)
- altra
- other, another (feminine)
- minore
- smaller, lesser, minor, younger
- dovunque
- wherever, everywhere, anywhere
- mentre
- while, whereas, during, as
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