以西结书 31
1 十一年三月初一日，耶和华的话临到我说：
And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “人子啊，你要向埃及王法老和他的众人说： 在威势上谁能与你相比呢？
“Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?
3 亚述王曾如黎巴嫩中的香柏树， 枝条荣美，影密如林， 极其高大，树尖插入云中。
Behold, Assur is like the cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches, and full of leaves, and of high stature, and his summit has been elevated above the thick branches.
4 众水使它生长； 深水使它长大。 所栽之地有江河围流， 汊出的水道延到田野诸树。
The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions.
5 所以它高大超过田野诸树； 发旺的时候，枝子繁多， 因得大水之力枝条长长。
Because of this, his height was exalted above all the trees of the regions, and his groves were multiplied, and his own branches were elevated, because of the many waters.
6 空中的飞鸟都在枝子上搭窝； 田野的走兽都在枝条下生子； 所有大国的人民都在它荫下居住。
And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.
7 树大条长，成为荣美， 因为根在众水之旁。
And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.
8 神园中的香柏树不能遮蔽它； 松树不及它的枝子； 枫树不及它的枝条； 神园中的树都没有它荣美。
The cedars in the Paradise of God were not higher than he was. The spruce trees were not equal to his summit, and the plane trees were not equal to his fullness. No tree in the Paradise of God was similar to him or to his beauty.
9 我使它的枝条蕃多，成为荣美， 以致 神伊甸园中的树都嫉妒它。”
For I made him beautiful, and dense with many branches. And all the trees of delight, which were in the Paradise of God, were jealous of him.
10 所以主耶和华如此说：“因它高大，树尖插入云中，心骄气傲，
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since he was sublime in height, and he made his summit green and dense, and his heart was exalted because of his height,
11 我就必将它交给列国中大有威势的人；他必定办它。我因它的罪恶，已经驱逐它。
I have delivered him into the hands of the most powerful one among the Gentiles, so that he will deal with him. I have cast him out, in accord with his impiety.
12 外邦人，就是列邦中强暴的，将它砍断弃掉。它的枝条落在山间和一切谷中，它的枝子折断，落在地的一切河旁。地上的众民已经走去，离开它的荫下。
And foreigners, and the most cruel among the nations, will cut him down. And they will cast him on the mountains. And his branches will fall in every steep valley, and his grove will be broken apart on every cliff of the earth. And all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shadow, and abandon him.
13 空中的飞鸟都要宿在这败落的树上，田野的走兽都要卧在它的枝条下，
All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.
14 好使水旁的诸树不因高大而自尊，也不将树尖插入云中，并且那些得水滋润、有势力的，也不得高大自立。因为它们在世人中，和下坑的人都被交与死亡，到阴府去了。”
For this reason, none of the trees among the waters will exalt themselves because of their height, nor will they place their summits above the thick branches and foliage, nor will any of those that are irrigated stand out because of their height. For they have all been delivered unto death, to the lowest part of the earth, into the midst of the sons of men, those who descend into the pit.
Thus says the Lord God: In the day when he descended into hell, I led in grieving. I covered him with the abyss. And I held back its rivers, and I restrained the many waters. Lebanon was saddened over him, and all the trees of the field were struck together. (Sheol h7585)
I shook the Gentiles with the sound of his ruin, when I led him down to hell, with those who were descending into the pit. And all the trees of delights, the finest and best in Lebanon, all that were irrigated with waters, were consoled in the deepest parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
For they, too, will descend with him into hell, to those who have been slain by the sword. And the arm of each one will reside under his shadow, in the midst of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 在这样荣耀威势上，在伊甸园诸树中，谁能与你相比呢？然而你要与伊甸的诸树一同下到阴府，在未受割礼的人中，与被杀的人一同躺卧。 “法老和他的群众乃是如此。这是主耶和华说的。”
To whom can you be compared, O famous and sublime one, among the trees of pleasure? Behold, you have been brought down, with the trees of pleasure, to the lowest part of the earth. You will sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who have been slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, says the Lord God.”
