Ezechiel 31
1 Bylo pak jedenáctého léta, třetího měsíce, prvního dne téhož měsíce, že se stalo slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:
Almost eleven years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day of the third month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 Synu člověčí, rci Faraonovi králi Egyptskému i množství jeho: K komu jsi podoben v své velikosti?
“You human, say to the King of Egypt and all of his people, ‘[You think that] there is [RHQ, IRO] no country whose power is as great as the power of your country.
3 Aj, Assur byl jako cedr na Libánu, pěkných ratolestí, a větvovím zastěňující, a vysokého zrůstu, jehož vrchové byli mezi hustými větvemi.
You think that your country is as great as Assyria was: Assyria was previously like [MET] a tall cedar tree in Lebanon; [it was as though] it had big beautiful branches that provided shade for [other trees in] the forest. It was very tall; its top was above the leaves of the other trees.
4 Vody k zrůstu přivedly jej, propast jej vyvýšila, potoky jejími opuštěn byl vůkol kmen jeho, ješto jen praménky své vypouštěla na všecka dříví polní.
Water came from deep springs, and as a result that cedar tree grew tall and very green. Then water flowed around the base of the tree into channels that took water to other nearby trees.
5 Takž se vyvýšil zrůst jeho nade všecka dříví polní, a rozmnožili se výstřelkové jeho, a pro hojnost vod roztáhly se ratolesti jeho, kteréž vypustil.
That huge tree grew very tall, higher than all the other trees around it. Its branches grew very thick and long [DOU] because of the abundant water [at the base of the tree].
6 Na ratolestech jeho hnízdilo se všelijaké ptactvo nebeské, a pod větvemi jeho rodili se všelijací živočichové polní, a v stínu jeho sedali všickni národové velicí.
Birds built their nests in the branches, and wild animals gave birth to their babies under those branches. [And it was as though people of] all the great nations lived in the shade of that tree.
7 I byl ušlechtilý pro svou velikost, a pro dlouhost větví svých; nebo kořen jeho byl při vodách mnohých.
It was majestic and beautiful; its branches spread out widely because the roots of the tree grew down into the ground where there was a plentiful supply of water.
8 Cedrové v zahradě Boží nepřikryli ho, jedle nevrovnaly se ratolestem jeho, a stromové kaštanoví nebyli podobni větvem jeho. Žádné dřevo v zahradě Boží nebylo rovné jemu v kráse své.
The cedar trees in my garden [in Eden] were not as great as that tree, and the branches of the pine/cypress trees were not as long and thick as the branches of that cedar tree. And the branches of the plane trees were not as long and thick, either. No tree in my garden was as beautiful as that cedar tree.
9 Ozdobil jsem jej množstvím větvoví jeho, tak že mu záviděla všecka dříví Eden, kteráž byla v zahradě Boží.
Because I caused that tree to become very beautiful with its magnificent green branches, [all the leaders of other countries represented by] [MET] those other trees in Eden envied [the country represented by] that tree.’
10 Protož takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Proto že vysoce vyrostl, a vypustil vrch svůj mezi husté větvoví, a pozdvihlo se srdce jeho příčinou vysokosti jeho:
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘That tree, which [represents Assyria], grew very tall, and its top was higher than the other trees, and it became very proud because of being very tall.
11 Protož vydal jsem jej v ruku nejsilnějšího z národů, aby s ním přísně nakládal; pro bezbožnost jeho vyhnal jsem jej.
Therefore, I enabled another mighty nation to conquer it and to destroy it as it deserved to be destroyed. I have already discarded it.
12 A tak vyťali jej cizozemci, nejukrutnější národové, a nechali ho tu. Po horách i po všech údolích opadly větve jeho, a slomeny jsou ratolesti jeho na všecky prudké potoky té země. Pročež vystoupili z stínu jeho všickni národové země, a opustili jej.
A foreign army, one that has caused people of other nations to be terrified, cut it down and left it. Its branches fell on the mountains and in the valleys. Some of its branches lay broken in all the ravines in the land. All the people of other nations came out from being under its shade and left it.
13 Na němž padlém bydlí všelijaké ptactvo nebeské, a na ratolestech jeho jsou všelijací živočichové polní,
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 Proto aby se nevyvyšovalo v zrostu svém žádné dříví při vodách, a aby nevypouštělo vrchů svých mezi hustými větvemi, a nevypínalo se nad jiné vysokostí svou žádné dřevo zapojené vodami, proto že všickni ti oddáni jsou k smrti, dolů do země mezi syny lidské s těmi, kteříž sstupují do jámy.
The result of what I have done is that no other trees, even if they have plenty of water, will ever grow very high and become proud, and lift their tops above the branches of other trees. I do not want any other tree to grow high like that cedar tree did; trees will all certainly die and decay in the ground, like people die and go down to their graves.’
15 Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Toho dne, v kterýž on sstoupil do hrobu, přivedl jsem k kvílení, a přikryl jsem příčinou jeho propast, a zadržel jsem potoky její, aby se zastavily vody mnohé, a učinil jsem, aby smutek nesl příčinou jeho Libán, a všecko dříví polní příčinou jeho aby umdlelo. (Sheol h7585)
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When that great tree was cut down, [it was as though] the springs that watered it mourned for it, because I caused the plentiful water [from the springs] to dry up. I caused [the mountains in] Lebanon to become black, and all the trees there to wither. (Sheol h7585)
16 Od hřmotu pádu jeho učinil jsem, že se třásli národové, když jsem jej svedl do hrobu s těmi, kteříž sstupují do jámy. Nad čímž se potěšila na zemi dole všecka dříví Eden, což výborného a dobrého jest na Libánu, vše což zapojeného jest vodou. (Sheol h7585)
I caused the people of other nations to tremble when they heard that tree fall to the ground. [They realized] that it would decay, like all people who die and are buried decay. And all the [leaders of other countries represented by] other beautiful trees in my garden in Eden and in Lebanon, were like beautiful trees [that were very proud]. They were ones which had roots that grew down deep into the [ground where there was plenty of] water. They were comforted when [the king represented by] [MET] that cedar tree was there with them in the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
17 I ti s ním sstoupili do hrobu k těm, kteříž jsou zbiti mečem, i rámě jeho, i kteříž sedali v stínu jeho u prostřed národů. (Sheol h7585)
The [leaders of other countries represented by] [MET] trees that grew in the shade of the huge tree, [the allies of] the great nation [that the cedar tree represents], had also joined those who had been killed by the sword and gone down to where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
18 Kterému z stromů Eden podoben jsi tak v slávě a velikosti? Však svržen budeš s dřívím Eden dolů na zem, mezi neobřezanci s zbitými mečem lehneš. Toť jest Farao i všecko množství jeho, praví Panovník Hospodin.
[This parable is about you] people of Egypt. [You think that] [RHQ, IRO] there is no other nation that is as great and glorious as yours is. But your nation will also be destroyed, [as Assyria was], along with those other nations. Your people will be there among the other people who are not fit to worship me, people who have been killed by their enemies’ swords. That is what will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, [have predicted it].’”
