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,
Et en l'année onzième, le troisième mois, le premier jour du mois, la parole du Seigneur me vint, disant:
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 au Pharaon, roi d'Égypte, et à son peuple: À qui t'es-tu comparé en ton orgueil?
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.
Voilà qu'Assur était un cyprès du Liban, et il était beau par ses branches, par la hauteur de sa tige et par sa cime s'élevant au milieu des nuées.
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 nourri; l'abîme l'avait fait croître en conduisant ses fleuves autour de ses racines, et ses ondes se répandaient vers 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].
Aussi dépassait-il en hauteur tous les arbres des champs, et ses rameaux s'étaient déployés, grâce à l'abondance des eaux.
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 faisaient leurs nids dans ses branches, et toutes les bêtes des champs mettaient bas sous son feuillage, une multitude de nations habitaient sous 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.
Il était beau par sa grandeur et par la multitude de ses rameaux; car ses racines étaient arrosées d'une eau abondante.
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.
Tels sont les cyprès du paradis de Dieu; les pins ne peuvent lui être comparés pour leurs rejetons; les sapins ne peuvent lui être comparés pour leurs rameaux; nul autre arbre du paradis de Dieu ne lui ressemble 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.’
Pour la multitude de ses rameaux. Et les arbres du paradis de délices de Dieu lui portaient envie.
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.
À cause de cela, voici ce que dit le Seigneur: En punition de ce que tu as tant grandi, de ce que tu as élevé ta cime au milieu des nuées, et que je l'ai vu se glorifier ainsi,
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 l'ai livré aux mains du prince des nations, et il a préparé sa ruine.
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.
Et des hommes de pestilence, des étrangers, venus des nation l'ont détruit, et ils l'ont abattu sur les montagnes; ses rameaux sont tombés dans tous les vallons; sa tige a été brisée dans toutes les plaines de la terre, et tous les peuples des nations se sont retirés de son ombre, et ils l'ont rasé au niveau du sol.
13 Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
Sur ses ruines se sont reposés tous les oiseaux du ciel, et toutes les bêtes des champs se sont blotties sous ses grosses 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.’
Afin que nul des arbres qui croissent au bord des eaux ne se glorifiât de sa grandeur. Ils ont élevé leur cime au milieu des nues; mais ils ne se maintiendront pas en leur élévation; tous ces arbres, baignés des eaux, ont tous été donnés à la mort; ils iront tous au fond de la terre, au milieu des fils des hommes, avec ceux qui descendent à l'abîme.
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)
Et voici ce que dit le Seigneur Maître: Le jour où cet arbre est descendu aux enfers, l'abîme a pleuré sur lui. Et j'ai suspendu le cours de tous ses fleuves, et j'ai arrêté les grandes eaux qui l'arrosaient; et le Liban, à cause de lui, s'est couvert de ténèbres, et tous les arbres se sont affaissés de douleur. (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, les nations ont tremblé; car je l'ai fait descendre aux enfers avec ceux qui étaient tombés dans l'abîme; et tous les arbres de délices de la terre le consolaient, et tous les beaux arbres du Liban arrosés par les eaux. (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)
Et ceux-là aussi sont descendus avec lui aux enfers, parmi les morts frappés par le glaive; et sa race, qui demeurait sous son abri, a péri au milieu de sa vie. (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].’”
À quoi te comparer? Descends; sois entraîné, avec tous les arbres de délices, au plus profond de la terre; tu seras étendu au milieu des incirconcis avec les morts frappés par le glaive. Tel sera le Pharaon, telle sera la multitude qui faisait sa force, dit le Seigneur Maître.
