Ezekiel 31
1 Jedanaeste godine, trećega mjeseca, prvoga dana, dođe mi riječ Jahvina:
Then it came about in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 “Sine čovječji, kaži faraonu, kralju egipatskom, i mnoštvu njegovu: 'Na koga naličiš veličinom svojom?
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his multitudes around him, 'In your greatness, who are you like?
3 Usporedit ću te, evo, s cedrom libanonskim, lijepih grana, gusta lišća i debla visoka: vrh mu do oblaka seže.
Behold! Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, giving shade to the forest, and the tallest in height, and the branches formed its treetop.
4 Voda ga othrani i uzvisi bezdan; rijekama mu svojim nasad oblijevaše, rukave svoje slaše k svem drveću poljskom.
Many waters made it tall; the deep waters made it huge. Rivers flowed all around its area, for their channels stretched out to all the trees in 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;
Its great height was more than any of the other trees in the field, and its branches became very many; its branches grew long because of many waters as they grew.
6 ptice mu nebeske na granama gnijezda savijahu. Ispod hvoja njegovih legoše se divlje zvijeri. A u hladu njegovu svi veliki narodi sjeđahu.
Every bird of the heavens nested in its branches, while every living thing of the field gave birth to its young under its foliage. All of the many nations lived under its shade.
7 Lijep on bijaše veličinom i širinom svojih grana; do dubokih voda žilje mu sezaše!
For it was beautiful in its greatness and the length of its branches, for its roots were in 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.
Cedars in the garden of God could not equal it. None among the cypress trees matched its branches, and the plane tree could not equal its boughs. There was no other tree in the garden of God that was like it in its beauty.
9 Ukrasih ga mnoštvom grana, i zaviđaše mu sve edensko drveće u vrtu Božjem.'
I made it beautiful with its many branches and 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 the Lord Yahweh says this: Because it was tall in height, and it set its treetop between its branches, it lifted up its heart because of its height.
11 predadoh ga u ruke najmoćnijemu od svih naroda da učini s njime po zloći njegovoj, i odbacih ga.
I have given it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations, to deal with it according to what its wickedness deserves. I have thrown it out.
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!
Foreigners who were the terror of all the nations cut it off and left it to die. Its branches fell on the mountains and all the valleys, and its boughs lay broken in all the ravines of the land. Then all the nations on earth came out from under its shade and they went away from it.
13 Na njegovo oboreno stablo sve ptice nebeske sletješe! Među njegovim se granama sve divlje zvijeri nastaniše!
All the birds of the sky rested on the trunk of the fallen tree, and every animal of the field came to its branches.
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!'
This happened so that no other trees that grow by the waters will lift up their foliage to the height of the tallest trees, and that no other trees that grow beside the waters will reach up to that height. All of them have been assigned to death, to the earth below, among the children of humanity, with those 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)
The Lord Yahweh says this: On the day when the cedar went down to Sheol I brought mourning to the earth. I covered the deep waters over it, and I held back the ocean waters. I kept back the great waters, and I brought mourning to Lebanon for him. So all the trees of the field mourned because of it. (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 brought shuddering to the nations at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol with those who went down into the pit. So I comforted all the trees of Eden in the lowest parts of the earth. These had been the choicest and best trees of Lebanon; the trees that drank the waters. (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)
For they also went down with it to Sheol, to the ones who had been killed by the sword. These were its strong arm, those nations who had lived in its shade. (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.”
Which of the trees in Eden was your equal in glory and greatness? For you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lowest parts of the earth among the uncircumcised; you will live with those who were killed by the sword.' This is Pharaoh and all of his multitudes—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”
