Ezekiel 31
1 Jedanaeste godine, trećega mjeseca, prvoga dana, dođe mi riječ Jahvina:
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
2 “Sine čovječji, kaži faraonu, kralju egipatskom, i mnoštvu njegovu: 'Na koga naličiš veličinom svojom?
'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?
3 Usporedit ću te, evo, s cedrom libanonskim, lijepih grana, gusta lišća i debla visoka: vrh mu do oblaka seže.
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
4 Voda ga othrani i uzvisi bezdan; rijekama mu svojim nasad oblijevaše, rukave svoje slaše k svem drveću poljskom.
The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow; her rivers ran round about her plantation, and she sent out her conduits unto all the trees of the field.
5 I zato rastom on nadvisi sve poljsko drveće. Grane mu se namnožiše, hvoje mu se razgranaše od obilne vode što mu dotjecaše;
Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long, because of the multitude of waters, when it shot them forth.
6 ptice mu nebeske na granama gnijezda savijahu. Ispod hvoja njegovih legoše se divlje zvijeri. A u hladu njegovu svi veliki narodi sjeđahu.
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in its boughs, and all the beasts of the field did bring forth their young under its branches, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.
7 Lijep on bijaše veličinom i širinom svojih grana; do dubokih voda žilje mu sezaše!
Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
8 Ne bijahu mu ravni ni cedrovi u vrtu Božjem, ni čempresi se ne mogahu usporediti s granama njegovim, a platane ni kao hvoje njegove ne bijahu! Nijedno stablo u vrtu Božjem ne bješe mu po ljepoti ravno.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the cypress-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.
9 Ukrasih ga mnoštvom grana, i zaviđaše mu sve edensko drveće u vrtu Božjem.'
I made it fair by the multitude of its branches; so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
10 Stoga ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Jer se s rasta uzoholio što mu vrh do oblaka sezaše i srce mu visina zanese,
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
11 predadoh ga u ruke najmoćnijemu od svih naroda da učini s njime po zloći njegovoj, i odbacih ga.
I do even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I do drive him out according to his wickedness.
12 Tuđinci, najokrutniji od naroda, posjekoše ga i oboriše, grane mu padahu po gorama i svim dolinama, hvoje mu se po svim uvalama polomiše, svi se narodi zemlje od njegova hlada udaljiše, ostaviše ga!
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, do cut him off, and cast him down; upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs lie broken in all the channels of the land; and all the peoples of the earth do go down from his shadow, and do leave him.
13 Na njegovo oboreno stablo sve ptice nebeske sletješe! Među njegovim se granama sve divlje zvijeri nastaniše!
Upon his carcass all the fowls of the heaven do dwell, and upon his branches are all the beasts of the field;
14 Da se rastom svojim nijedno stablo pokraj vode više ne uzvisi i da vrh svoj među oblake ne uzdigne! I da se nijedno stablo koje pije vode u visinu svoju ne uzdaje! Jer su svi predani smrti, bačeni u podzemne krajeve, posred sinova ljudskih, s onima što slaze u jamu!'
to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water; for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
15 Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'U dan kad on siđe u Podzemlje, u znak žalosti, zatvorih nad njim ponor i zaustavih rijeke njegove. I velike vode presahnuše te sav Libanon zbog njega u tugu zaogrnuh i sve se poljsko drveće zbog njega osuši! (Sheol h7585)
Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when he went down to the nether-world I caused the deep to mourn and cover itself for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol h7585)
16 Gromotom pada njegova potresoh narode kad ga strmoglavih u Podzemlje s onima što u jamu siđoše! I u podzemnom se kraju utješi sve drveće edensko, najizabranije i najljepše u Libanonu, sve što je vodu ispijalo. (Sheol h7585)
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to the nether-world with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
17 I ono, mišica njegova, i oni među narodima koji u hladu njegovu sjeđahu, siđoše s njim u Podzemlje, k onima što mačem bijahu probodeni. (Sheol h7585)
They also went down into the nether-world with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were in his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 Na koga, dakle, među drvećem edenskim, naličiš svojom moći, slavom i veličinom? A sad si s njima oboren u podzemni kraj i s neobrezanima ležiš među onima što mačem bijahu probodeni. To je faraon i sve njegovo mnoštvo' - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.”
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.'
