Ezekiel 17
1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
2 “Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use an allegory to the house of Israel,
Fili hominis propone ænigma, et narra parabolam ad domum Israel,
3 and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that has diverse colors, Has come to Lebanon, And he takes the foliage of the cedar,
et dices: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Aquila grandis magnarum alarum, longo membrorum ductu, plena plumis, et varietate, venit ad Libanum, et tulit medullam cedri.
4 He has cropped the top of its tender twigs, And he brings it to the land of Canaan. He has placed it in a city of merchants.
Summitatem frondium eius avulsit: et transportavit eam in Terram Chanaan, in urbe negotiatorum posuit illam.
5 And he takes of the seed of the land, And puts it in a field of seed, He took [it] by many waters, He has set it in a conspicuous place.
Et tulit de semine terræ, et posuit illud in terra pro semine, ut firmaret radicem super aquas multas: in superficie posuit illud.
6 And it springs up, and becomes a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becomes a vine, and makes boughs, And sends forth beautiful branches.
Cumque germinasset, crevit in vineam latiorem, humili statura, respicientibus ramis eius ad eam: et radices eius sub illa erant. facta est ergo vinea, et fructificavit in palmites, et emisit propagines.
7 And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And behold, this vine has bent its roots toward him, And it has sent out its thin shoots toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,
Et facta est aquila altera grandis magnis alis, multisque plumis: et ecce vinea ista quasi mittens radices suas ad eam, palmites suos extendit ad illam, ut irrigaret eam de areolis germinis sui.
8 On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, to make branches, and to bear fruit, to be for a good vine.
In terra bona super aquas multas plantata est: ut faciat frondes, et portet fructum, ut sit in vineam grandem.
9 Say, Thus said Lord YHWH: It prospers—does he not draw out its roots, And cut off its fruit, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withers, And not by great strength, or by numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.
Dic: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ergone prosperabitur? nonne radices eius evellet, et fructus eius distringet, et siccabit omnes palmites germinis eius, et arescet: et non in brachio grandi, neque in populo multo, ut evelleret eam radicitus?
10 And behold, the planted thing—does it prosper? When the east wind comes against it, does it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withers.”
Ecce plantata est: ergone prosperabitur? nonne cum tetigerit eam ventus urens siccabitur, et in areis germinis sui arescet?
11 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
12 “Now say to the house of rebellion, Have you not known what these [are]? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem, And he takes its king, and its princes, And brings them to himself to Babylon.
Dic ad domum exasperantem: Nescitis quid ista significent? Dic: Ecce venit rex Babylonis in Ierusalem: et assumet regem, et principes eius, et adducet eos ad semetipsum in Babylonem.
13 And he takes of the seed of the kingdom, And makes a covenant with him, And brings him into an oath, And he has taken the mighty of the land,
Et tollet de semine regni, ferietque cum eo fœdus: et ab eo accipiet iusiurandum. sed et fortes terræ tollet,
14 That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant—that it may stand.
ut sit regnum humile, et non elevetur, sed custodiat pactum eius, et servet illud.
15 And he rebels against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and many people, Does he prosper? Does he who is doing these things escape? And has he broken covenant and escaped?
Qui recedens ab eo misit nuncios ad Ægyptum ut daret sibi equos, et populum multum. Numquid prosperabitur, vel consequetur salutem qui fecit hæc? et qui dissolvit pactum, numquid effugiet?
16 [As] I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, Does he not—in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he has despised, And whose covenant he has broken—die with him in the midst of Babylon?
Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus: quoniam in loco regis, qui constituit eum regem, cuius fecit irritum iuramentum, et solvit pactum, quod habebat cum eo, in medio Babylonis morietur.
17 And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Does Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mound, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.
Et non in exercitu grandi, neque in populo multo faciet contra eum Pharao prælium: in iactu aggeris, et in extructione vallorum ut interficiat animas multas.
18 And he despised the oath—to break covenant, And behold, he has given his hand, And all these he has done—he does not escape.
Spreverat enim iuramentum ut solveret fœdus, et ecce dedit manum suam: et cum omnia hæc fecerit, non effugiet.
19 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: [As] I live—My oath that he has despised, And My covenant that he has broken, Have I not put it on his head?
Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Vivo ego, quoniam iuramentum, quod sprevit, et fœdus, quod prævaricatus est, ponam in caput eius.
20 And I have spread out My snare for him, And he has been caught in My net, And I have brought him to Babylon, And judged him there [for the] trespass That he has trespassed against Me.
Et expandam super eum rete meum, et comprehendetur in sagena mea: et adducam eum in Babylonem, et iudicabo eum ibi in prævaricatione, qua despexit me.
21 And all his fugitives, with all his bands, Fall by sword, and those remaining, They are spread out to every wind, And you have known that I, YHWH, have spoken.
Et omnes profugi eius cum universo agmine suo, gladio cadent: residui autem in omnem ventum dispergentur: et scietis quia ego Dominus locutus sum.
22 Thus said Lord YHWH: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], I crop a tender one from the top of its tender shoots, And I have planted [it] on a high and lofty mountain.
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Et sumam ego de medulla cedri sublimis, et ponam: de vertice ramorum eius tenerum distringam, et plantabo super montem excelsum et eminentem.
23 In a mountain—the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it has borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a good cedar, And every bird of every [kind of] wing has dwelt under it, They dwell in the shade of its thin shoots.
In monte sublimi Israel plantabo illud, et erumpet in germen, et faciet fructum, et erit in cedrum magnam: et habitabunt sub ea omnes volucres, et universum volatile sub umbra frondium eius nidificabit.
24 And all trees of the field have known That I, YHWH, have made the high tree low, I have set the low tree on high, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, YHWH, have spoken, and have done [it]!”
Et scient omnia ligna regionis, quia ego Dominus humiliavi lignum sublime, et exaltavi lignum humile: et siccavi lignum viride, et frondere feci lignum aridum. Ego Dominus locutus sum, et feci.
