< Ezekiel 31 >
1 And it comes to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third [month], on the first of the month, a word of YHWH has been to me, saying,
Pada tahun kesebelas, dalam bulan yang ketiga, pada tanggal satu bulan itu, datanglah firman TUHAN kepadaku:
2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom have you been like in your greatness?
"Hai anak manusia, katakanlah kepada Firaun, raja Mesir dan kepada khalayak ramai yang mengikutinya: Di dalam kebesaranmu siapakah yang dapat menyamai engkau?
3 Behold, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Beautiful in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And its foliage has been between thickets.
Lihat, Aku menyamakan engkau dengan pohon aras di Libanon, penuh dengan cabang yang elok dan daun yang rumpun sekali; tumbuhnya sangat tinggi, puncaknya sampai ke langit.
4 Waters have made it great, The deep has exalted him with its flowings, Going around its planting, And it has sent forth its conduits to all trees of the field.
Sungai-sungai membuatnya besar samudera raya membuatnya meninggi; itu membuat sungainya mengalir mengelilingi bedengnya itu; dan menjulurkan saluran-saluran ke segala pohon yang ada di padang.
5 Therefore his stature has been higher than all trees of the field, And his boughs are multiplied, and his branches are long, Because of many waters in his shooting forth.
Maka dari itu tumbuhnya lebih tinggi dari segala pohon di padang; ranting-rantingnya menjadi banyak, cabang-cabangnya menjadi panjang lantaran air yang melimpah datang.
6 Every bird of the heavens has made a nest in his boughs, And every beast of the field has brought forth under his branches, And all great nations dwell in his shade.
Pada rantingnya diam bersarang segala burung yang di udara, di bawah cabangnya segala binatang di hutan, melahirkan anaknya; dan semuanya bangsa besar duduk bernaung di bawahnya.
7 And he is beautiful in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root has been by great waters.
Ia elok karena besarnya dan karena cabangnya yang panjang-panjang; karena akarnya julur-jalar sampai di air yang berlimpah-limpah.
8 Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like to his boughs, And plane-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God has been like to him in his beauty,
Pohon-pohon aras di dalam taman Allah tidak akan dapat menyainginya, juga pohon sanobar tidak akan dapat menyamai ranting-rantingnya, dan pohon berangan tidak dapat dibandingkan dengan cabang-cabangnya. Segala pohon-pohon yang di taman Allah tiada yang dapat disamakan dengan dia mengenai keelokannya.
9 I have made him beautiful in the multitude of his thin shoots, And all trees of Eden that [are] in the garden of God envy him.
Aku membuat dia sungguh-sungguh elok dengan cabang-cabangnya yang sangat rapat. Di taman Eden, di taman Allah segala pohon cemburu padanya.
10 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because that you have been high in stature, And he yields his foliage between thickets, And his heart is high in his haughtiness,
Oleh sebab itu beginilah firman Tuhan ALLAH: Oleh karena ia tumbuh tinggi dan puncaknya menjulang sampai ke langit dan ia menjadi sombong karena ketinggiannya,
11 I give him into the hand of a god of nations, He deals severely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out.
maka Aku telah menyerahkan dia ke dalam tangan seorang berkuasa di antara bangsa-bangsa, supaya ia memperlakukannya selaras dengan kejahatannya; Aku menghalau dia.
12 And strangers cut him off, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, His thin shoots have fallen on the mountains and in all valleys, And his boughs are broken at all streams of the land, And all peoples of the land go down from his shade, and they leave him.
Orang-orang asing, yaitu yang paling ganas di antara bangsa-bangsa, akan menebang dia dan membiarkannya; di atas gunung-gunung dan di semua lembah cabang-cabangnya berjatuhan dan di semua alur sungai negeri itu ranting-rantingnya berpatahan dan semua bangsa di bumi pergi lari dari naungannya dan membiarkan dia.
13 Every bird of the heavens dwells on his ruin, And all beasts of the field have been on his boughs,
Di atas batangnya yang roboh itu berhinggapan segala burung di udara dan di antara cabang-cabangnya diam segala binatang di hutan.
14 In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up to them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, To the lower earth, In the midst of the sons of men, To those going down to the pit.
Semuanya ini terjadi supaya segala pohon yang di tepi air jangan meninggikan dirinya dan puncaknya jangan dijulurkan sampai ke langit dan supaya pohon-pohon besar, yaitu semua yang menghisap banyak air, jangan tetap berdiri di dalam kecongkakannya; sebab mereka semuanya telah diserahkan ke dalam maut, ke dalam bumi yang paling bawah, di tengah anak-anak manusia yang telah turun ke liang kubur.
15 Thus said Lord YHWH: I have caused mourning in the day of his going down to Sheol, I have covered the deep over him, and diminish its flowings, And many waters are restrained, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field [have been] a covering for him. (Sheol )
Beginilah firman Tuhan ALLAH: Pada hari ia turun ke dunia orang mati, Aku membuat samudera raya berkabung karena dia. Aku mengempang sungai-sungainya, sehingga air banjirnya dibendung. Dan karena dia Aku membuat gunung Libanon berpakaian kabung dan membuat segala pohon di hutan layu lesu. (Sheol )
16 I have caused nations to shake at the sound of his fall, In My causing him to go down to Sheol, With those going down to the pit, And all trees of Eden are comforted in the lower earth, The choice and good of Lebanon—All drinking waters. (Sheol )
Mendengar derum kejatuhannya Aku membuat bangsa-bangsa gemetar, pada saat Aku menurunkan dia ke dunia orang mati, menjumpai mereka yang telah turun ke liang kubur. Dan segala pohon taman Eden akan merasa terhibur di bumi yang paling bawah, yaitu pohon yang terpilih dan yang terindah dari Libanon, yang menghisap banyak air. (Sheol )
17 Those with him have also gone down to Sheol, To the pierced of the sword, And—his arm—they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations. (Sheol )
Mereka juga turun bersama dia ke dunia orang mati, yaitu ke orang-orang yang mati terbunuh oleh pedang, dan mereka yang bernaung di bawahnya di tengah bangsa-bangsa mati juga. (Sheol )
18 To whom have you been thus like, In glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? And you have been brought down with the trees of Eden, To the lower earth, You lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, With the pierced of the sword. This [is] Pharaoh, and all his multitude, A declaration of Lord YHWH!”
Maka dengan siapakah engkau dapat disamakan di antara pohon-pohon di taman Eden dalam hal kemuliaan dan kebesaran? Engkau akan diturunkan ke bumi yang paling bawah bersama pohon-pohon di taman Eden dan engkau telentang di tengah orang-orang yang tak bersunat bersama orang-orang yang mati terbunuh oleh pedang. Itulah Firaun dengan semua khalayak ramai yang mengikutinya, demikianlah firman Tuhan ALLAH."