Ezekiel 31
1 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,
La onzième année, au troisième mois, le premier jour du mois, la parole de l'Éternel me fut adressée, en ces termes:
2 “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.
« Fils d'homme, dis à Pharaon, roi d'Égypte, et à sa multitude: A qui ressembles-tu dans ta grandeur?
3 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.
Voici, l'Assyrien était un cèdre au Liban. avec de belles branches, et avec une ombre semblable à celle de la forêt, de haute stature; et son sommet était parmi les branches épaisses.
4 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.
Les eaux l'ont nourri. La profondeur l'a fait grandir. Ses rivières coulaient tout autour de sa plantation. Il a envoyé ses canaux à tous les arbres des champs.
5 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].
C'est pourquoi sa stature était plus élevée que celle de tous les arbres des champs; et ses rameaux se sont multipliés. Ses branches sont devenues longues à cause des nombreuses eaux, quand il les a étalés.
6 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.
Tous les oiseaux du ciel ont fait leur nid dans ses branches. Sous ses branches, tous les animaux des champs donnaient naissance à leurs petits. Toutes les grandes nations ont vécu dans son ombre.
7 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.
Ainsi, elle était belle dans sa grandeur, dans la longueur de ses branches; car sa racine était près de nombreuses eaux.
8 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.
Les cèdres du jardin de Dieu n'ont pu le cacher. Les cyprès n'étaient pas comme ses branches. Les pins n'étaient pas comme ses branches; et aucun arbre du jardin de Dieu ne lui ressemblait dans sa beauté.
9 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.’
Je l'ai embelli par la multitude de ses branches, de sorte que tous les arbres de l'Eden, qui étaient dans le jardin de Dieu, l'enviaient.
10 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.
C'est pourquoi, ainsi parle le Seigneur Yahvé Parce qu'il s'est élevé dans sa stature, qu'il a placé son sommet parmi les branches épaisses, et que son cœur s'est élevé dans sa hauteur,
11 Therefore, I enabled another mighty nation to conquer it and to destroy it as it deserved to be destroyed. I have already discarded it.
je le livrerai entre les mains du puissant des nations. Il lui fera du mal. Je l'ai chassé à cause de sa méchanceté.
12 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.
Les étrangers, les tyrans des nations, l'ont retranché et abandonné. Ses branches sont tombées sur les montagnes et dans toutes les vallées, et ses rameaux sont brisés par tous les cours d'eau du pays. Tous les peuples de la terre sont descendus de son ombre et l'ont abandonné.
13 Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
Tous les oiseaux du ciel habiteront sur sa ruine, et tous les animaux des champs se tiendront sur ses branches,
14 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.’
si bien qu'aucun de tous les arbres qui sont près des eaux ne s'élève dans sa stature, et ne pose sa cime parmi les rameaux épais. Leurs puissants ne se dressent pas sur leur hauteur, même tous ceux qui boivent de l'eau; car ils sont tous livrés à la mort, dans les parties inférieures de la terre, parmi les enfants des hommes, avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse.''
15 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)
« Le Seigneur Yahvé dit: « Le jour où il est descendu au séjour des morts, j'ai provoqué un deuil. J'ai couvert l'abîme pour lui, et j'ai retenu ses fleuves. Les grandes eaux ont été arrêtées. J'ai fait pleurer le Liban à cause de lui, et tous les arbres des champs se sont évanouis à cause de lui. (Sheol h7585)
16 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)
J'ai fait trembler les nations au bruit de sa chute, quand je l'ai précipité dans le séjour des morts avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse. Tous les arbres d'Éden, les meilleurs et les plus beaux du Liban, tous ceux qui boivent de l'eau, ont été consolés dans les parties inférieures de la terre. (Sheol h7585)
17 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)
Ils sont aussi descendus au séjour des morts avec lui, vers ceux qui sont tués par l'épée; oui, ceux qui étaient son bras, qui vivaient sous son ombre au milieu des nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 [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].’”
"'A qui ressembles-tu ainsi, en gloire et en grandeur, parmi les arbres d'Eden? Mais tu seras descendu avec les arbres d'Eden dans les régions inférieures de la terre. Tu seras couché au milieu des incirconcis, avec ceux qui sont tués par l'épée. "'Voici Pharaon et toute sa multitude,' dit le Seigneur Yahvé. »
