Ezekiel 31
1 On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year, a message from the Lord came to me, saying,
| וַיְהִי בְּאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהֹוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹֽר׃ |
2 “Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his many people: Who is as great as you?
| בֶּן־אָדָם אֱמֹר אֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם וְאֶל־הֲמוֹנוֹ אֶל־מִי דָּמִיתָ בְגׇדְלֶֽךָ׃ |
3 Look at Assyria. It was like a cedar in Lebanon, with its beautiful branches providing shade in the forest. It was so high that its top reached the clouds.
| הִנֵּה אַשּׁוּר אֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יְפֵה עָנָף וְחֹרֶשׁ מֵצַל וּגְבַהּ קוֹמָה וּבֵין עֲבֹתִים הָיְתָה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃ |
4 Deep springs of water made it grow tall and sent streams all around it to water all the other trees.
| מַיִם גִּדְּלוּהוּ תְּהוֹם רֹמְמָתְהוּ אֶת־נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ הֹלֵךְ סְבִיבוֹת מַטָּעָהּ וְאֶת־תְּעָלֹתֶיהָ שִׁלְחָה אֶל כׇּל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ |
5 It became really tall, higher than any other tree in the forest. Its branches grew thick and long because it was so well-watered.
| עַל־כֵּן גָּבְהָא קֹמָתוֹ מִכֹּל עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה וַתִּרְבֶּינָה סַֽרְעַפֹּתָיו וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה פֹארֹתָו מִמַּיִם רַבִּים בְּשַׁלְּחֽוֹ׃ |
6 All kinds of birds nested in its branches, while underneath it different wild animals had their young, and all the powerful nations lived in its shade.
| בִּסְעַפֹּתָיו קִֽנְנוּ כׇּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתַחַת פֹּֽארֹתָיו יָֽלְדוּ כֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וּבְצִלּוֹ יֵֽשְׁבוּ כֹּל גּוֹיִם רַבִּֽים׃ |
7 It was beautiful and majestic with its long branches, because its roots reached down to the plentiful water.
| וַיְּיִף בְּגׇדְלוֹ בְּאֹרֶךְ דָּלִיּוֹתָיו כִּֽי־הָיָה שׇׁרְשׁוֹ אֶל־מַיִם רַבִּֽים׃ |
8 The cedars in God's garden were no match for it. No pine tree had such great branches, nor did any plane tree. No tree in God's garden was as beautiful.
| אֲרָזִים לֹֽא־עֲמָמֻהוּ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים בְּרוֹשִׁים לֹא דָמוּ אֶל־סְעַפֹּתָיו וְעַרְמֹנִים לֹא־הָיוּ כְּפֹרֹאתָיו כׇּל־עֵץ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים לֹא־דָמָה אֵלָיו בְּיׇפְיֽוֹ׃ |
9 I made it beautiful with its many branches. All the trees of Eden in God's garden envied it.
| יָפֶה עֲשִׂיתִיו בְּרֹב דָּלִיּוֹתָיו וַיְקַנְאֻהוּ כׇּל־עֲצֵי־עֵדֶן אֲשֶׁר בְּגַן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ |
10 So this is what the Lord God says: Since it became so tall, reaching up into the clouds, it grew proud because of its height.
| לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה יַעַן אֲשֶׁר גָּבַהְתָּ בְּקוֹמָה וַיִּתֵּן צַמַּרְתּוֹ אֶל־בֵּין עֲבוֹתִים וְרָם לְבָבוֹ בְּגׇבְהֽוֹ׃ |
11 So I handed it over to the leader of a foreign nation who will punish it for its wickedness. I have thrown it out.
| וְאֶתְּנֵהוּ בְּיַד אֵיל גּוֹיִם עָשׂוֹ יַֽעֲשֶׂה לוֹ כְּרִשְׁעוֹ גֵּרַשְׁתִּֽהוּ׃ |
12 Foreigners from the cruelest of all the nations chopped it down and left it lying there. Its branches lie fallen and broken in the mountains and valleys of the countryside. Everybody in earth came out of its shadow and abandoned it.
| וַיִּכְרְתֻהוּ זָרִים עָרִיצֵי גוֹיִם וַֽיִּטְּשֻׁהוּ אֶל־הֶהָרִים וּבְכׇל־גֵּאָיוֹת נָפְלוּ דָלִיּוֹתָיו וַתִּשָּׁבַרְנָה פֹֽרֹאתָיו בְּכֹל אֲפִיקֵי הָאָרֶץ וַיֵּרְדוּ מִצִּלּוֹ כׇּל־עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ וַֽיִּטְּשֻֽׁהוּ׃ |
13 Birds came to live on its fallen trunk, and wild animals hid among its fallen branches.
| עַל־מַפַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁכְּנוּ כׇּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם וְאֶל־פֹּרֹאתָיו הָיוּ כֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ |
14 This was in order that no other trees growing by the water would grow up so high and have their tops reach the clouds. This was so that no other trees, however much water they had, would be as tall as them, For they all will die and go down into earth, just like human beings who go down into the grave.
| לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִגְבְּהוּ בְקוֹמָתָם כׇּל־עֲצֵי־מַיִם וְלֹֽא־יִתְּנוּ אֶת־צַמַּרְתָּם אֶל־בֵּין עֲבֹתִים וְלֹֽא־יַעַמְדוּ אֵלֵיהֶם בְּגׇבְהָם כׇּל־שֹׁתֵי מָיִם כִּֽי־כֻלָּם נִתְּנוּ לַמָּוֶת אֶל־אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם אֶל־יוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃ |
15 This is what the Lord God says: On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I had the deep waters mourn for it; I stopped its rivers flowing; I held back all its waters. I covered Lebanon in darkness, and all the trees in the forest withered. (Sheol h7585)
| כֹּֽה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה בְּיוֹם רִדְתּוֹ שְׁאוֹלָה הֶאֱבַלְתִּי כִּסֵּתִי עָלָיו אֶת־תְּהוֹם וָֽאֶמְנַע נַהֲרוֹתֶיהָ וַיִּכָּלְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים וָאַקְדִּר עָלָיו לְבָנוֹן וְכׇל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה עָלָיו עֻלְפֶּֽה׃ (Sheol h7585) |
16 I made the nations tremble when they heard it fall, when I threw it down into Sheol with those who die. Then all the trees of Eden, the finest and best in Lebanon, all the trees that had plenty of water, were happy that this tree joined them in the earth below. (Sheol h7585)
| מִקּוֹל מַפַּלְתּוֹ הִרְעַשְׁתִּי גוֹיִם בְּהוֹרִדִי אֹתוֹ שְׁאוֹלָה אֶת־יוֹרְדֵי בוֹר וַיִּנָּחֲמוּ בְּאֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית כׇּל־עֲצֵי־עֵדֶן מִבְחַר וְטוֹב־לְבָנוֹן כׇּל־שֹׁתֵי מָֽיִם׃ (Sheol h7585) |
17 They also went down with it into Sheol, to those who had been killed by the sword. They had been part of its army living in its shade among the nations. (Sheol h7585)
| גַּם־הֵם אִתּוֹ יָרְדוּ שְׁאוֹלָה אֶל־חַלְלֵי־חָרֶב וּזְרֹעוֹ יָשְׁבוּ בְצִלּוֹ בְּתוֹךְ גּוֹיִֽם׃ (Sheol h7585) |
18 Who is as great and glorious as you among the trees of Eden? But you too will be brought down to the earth below to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie there with the heathen, with those killed by the sword. This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his many people, declares the Lord God.”
| אֶל־מִי דָמִיתָ כָּכָה בְּכָבוֹד וּבְגֹדֶל בַּעֲצֵי־עֵדֶן וְהוּרַדְתָּ אֶת־עֲצֵי־עֵדֶן אֶל־אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית בְּתוֹךְ עֲרֵלִים תִּשְׁכַּב אֶת־חַלְלֵי־חֶרֶב הוּא פַרְעֹה וְכׇל־הֲמוֹנֹה נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִֽה׃ |
