Ezekiel 17
1 BOEIPA ol he kai taengla ha pawk tih,
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “Hlang capa, Israel imkhui te olkael neh voek lamtah thuidoeknah neh thuidoek lah.
“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
3 Te vaengah ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a. thui. atha len rhoe len tih a phae mul khaw sai. A dii te khaw rhaekva bangla phung. Lebanon la a pawk vaengah lamphai thingsoi ah cu.
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
4 A thingsam soi te a hlaek tih Kanaan kho la a khuen. Te phoeiah thenpom khopuei ah a ten.
He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
5 Khohmuen cangti te khaw a loh tih cangti khohmuen ah a tuh. Tairhi te a loh tih tui taengah khawk a sut.
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
6 A duei vaengah misur bangla om tih a sang khaw a toem la cawn. A hlaeng khaw amah taengla ngoi tih a dang ah a yung om van. Te dongah misur bangla om tih amah a saii neh thingsam la cawn.
It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.
7 Tedae atha pakhat tah a phae a len, len neh om tih a dii khaw phung. Te vaengah misur te anih taengla a yung a hlak tih canglak kah a thingling te suep ham a hlaeng anih taengla a voeih.
But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
8 A hlaeng saii ham neh a thaih thaih sak ham, misur bangla a bu om sak ham khohmuen then neh tui taengah muep a phung.
It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
9 Ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a. thui. Thaihtak ni ti nah. A yung pat vetih a thaih khaw hul mahpawt nim? A dawn thingsuep te boeih a rhae akhaw rhae mai veh. A yung lamloh a kuel ham khaw pilnam a yet neh bantha a len a kuek moenih.
So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
10 A phung dae thaihtak aya he? Anih te khothoeng yilh loh a yawn vaengah rhae rhoe rhae vetih canglak kah a thingdawn pataeng rhae mahpawt nim?,” a ti.
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
11 BOEIPA ol te kai taengla koep ha pawk tih,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
12 Boekoek imkhui te thui pah laeh. He tla a thui he na ming pawt nim? Babylon manghai loh Jerusalem a paan tih a manghai neh a mangpa rhoek khaw a khuen coeng ke. Amih te a taengah Babylon la a khuen coeng.
“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
13 Mangpa tiingan lamkah te a khuen tih a taengah paipi a saii pah. Anih te olcaeng hmuiah kun tih khohmuen thingnu te a loh.
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
14 Tlarhoel ram la om sak tih soekloek pawt ham, a paipi ngaithuen ham neh thoh sak ham a saii.
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
15 Amah ham marhang neh pilnam muep dang ham Egypt la puencawn a tueih neh anih te a tloelh dae thaihtak aya? Te te aka saii te loeih aya? Paipi aka phae khaw loeih aya?
But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
16 Kai tah hingnah ni tite ka Boeipa Yahovah kah olphong ni. Manghai khohmuen ah anih te ka manghai sak. A olcaeng a sit tih a taengkah a paipi te a phae dongah Babylon lakli ah duek saeh.
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
17 Caemtloek vaengkah tanglung lun ham neh hinglu muep aka phae la buep a khoeng vaengah Pharaoh loh anih a saii te tatthai tanglue, pilnu hlangping nen moenih.
Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.
18 Paipi phae ham olcaeng a hnoel van dongah a kut duen cakhaw a cungkuem a saii he loeih mahpawh ne.
He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
19 Te dongah ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a. thui. Kai he hingnah pawt bangla ka olcaeng a sit tih ka paipi aka hnalval te amah lu ah ni ka thoeng sak eh.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
20 Anih te ka lawk ka tung pah vetih ka rhalvong dongah man ni. Anih te Babylon la ka khuen vetih a boekoeknah neh kai taengah boe a koek te anih soah lai ka tloek ni.
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
21 A hlangyong, a hlangyong boeih tah a caembong boeih khaw cunghang dongah cungku uh vetih aka sueng rhoek te khohli cungkuem taengla a thaek uh ni. Te vaengah BOEIPA kamah loh ka thui te na ming bitni.
All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
22 Ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a thui. Kai loh lamphai thingsang thingsoi lamkah ka loh vetih thingsam lamkah ka phung ni. A dawn mongkawt te ka hlaek vetih tlang sang palek ah ka phung ni.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
23 Israel tlang sang ah ka phung vaengah a hlaeng cawn vetih a thaih thai ni. Te vaengah aka khuet lamphai la om vetih a soah vaa cungkuem loh kho a sak. A hlaeng hlipkhup kah a hmoi tomah om uh ni.
I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
24 Te vaengah khohmuen kah thing boeih loh BOEIPA kamah he m'ming uh ni. Thing sang te ka kunyun sak tih, thing toem te ka sang sak. Thing a thingsup khaw ka koh sak tih thing koh khaw ka saihnim sak. Kai BOEIPA loh ka thui bangla ka saii ni.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
