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,
II advint, dans la onzième année, le premier jour du troisième mois, que la parole de l’Eternel 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 de l’homme, dis à Pharaon, roi d’Egypte, et à sa cohue: A qui es-tu comparable 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, il était sur le Liban un cèdre superbe, aux belles branches, à la frondaison ombreuse, haut de stature; sa cime perçait les nuages.
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’avaient fait croître, la source profonde l’avait développé, en faisant courir ses flots autour de sa plantation et en dirigeant ses canaux vers tous les arbres de la campagne.
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].
Aussi, sa taille surpassait celle de tous les arbres de la campagne, ses branches s’étaient multipliées et ses rameaux, grâce à l’abondance des eaux, s’étaient allongés, car il les projetait au loin.
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.
Dans ses branches nichaient tous les oiseaux du ciel, et sous ses rameaux mettaient bas' toutes les bêtes des champs. A son ombre demeuraient toutes les grandes nations.
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.
Il était beau dans sa grandeur, par la longueur de ses rameaux, car sa racine baignait dans de grandes 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 ne l’avaient pas éclipsé au jardin de Dieu, les cyprès n’étaient pas comparables à ses branches, et les platanes ne rivalisaient pas avec ses rameaux: aucun arbre du jardin de Dieu ne l’égalait en 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’avais fait beau par la multitude de ses branches, et tous les arbres d’Eden, qui étaient au jardin de Dieu, le jalousaient.
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.
Donc, ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu, puisque tu avais tant monté en hauteur, puisqu’il avait étendu sa cime au milieu des nuages, et que son coeur s’est enorgueilli de 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.
j’ai voulu le livrer aux mains d’un puissant parmi les nations, pour qu’il lui infligeât le traitement dû à sa méchanceté: je l’ai répudié.
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.
Ils l’ont coupé, les étrangers, les plus violents des peuples, ils l’ont jeté là. Sur les montagnes et sur toutes les vallées sont tombées ses branches; ses rameaux se sont brisés dans tous les ravins de la terre. Ils se sont retirés de son ombre, tous les peuples de la terre, et ils l’ont abandonné.
13 Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
Sur sa ruine habitent tous les oiseaux du ciel et sur ses rameaux se posent toutes les bêtes des champs,
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.’
pour qu’aucun des arbres plantés près des eaux ne s’enorgueillisse plus de sa haute taille, et qu’ils ne percent plus les nuages de leur cime et qu’ils ne se dressent plus dans leur hauteur, ces géants, tous ces buveurs d’eau, car tous ont été voués à là mort, précipités dans les régions souterraines, au milieu des fils de l’homme, auprès de ceux qui sont descendus 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)
Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: "Le jour où il est descendu dans le Scheol, j’ai fait mener le deuil; à cause de lui j’ai recouvert la source profonde, j’en ai arrêté les fleuves, et les grandes eaux ont été retenues prisonnières; j’ai enténébré pour lui le Liban, et tous les arbres des champs ont été pris de langueur 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)
Au bruit de sa chute, j’ai fait tressaillir les peuples, quand je l’ai fait descendre dans le Scheol avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse, et ils se sont consolés dans les régions souterraines, tous les arbres de l’Eden, les plus beaux, les meilleurs du Liban, tous les buveurs d’eau. (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)
Eux aussi sont descendus avec lui dans le Scheol auprès des victimes de l’épée; de même ses auxiliaires qui, s’asseyaient à son ombre parmi les 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 donc pouvais-tu être comparé en gloire et en grandeur parmi les arbres de l’Eden? Et pourtant, tu seras précipité, avec les arbres de l’Eden, dans les régions souterraines, parmi les incirconcis; tu seras couché avec les victimes de l’épée. Voilà ce qu’est Pharaon avec toute sa cohue, dit le Seigneur Dieu."
