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,
Sürgünlüğümüzün on birinci yılı, üçüncü ayın birinci günü RAB bana şöyle seslendi:
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.
“İnsanoğlu, firavuna ve halkına de ki, “‘Görkemde kim seninle boy ölçüşebilir?
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.
Asur'a bak! Lübnan'da bir sedir ağacıydı, Ormana gölge salan güzel dalları vardı. Çok yüksekti, tepesi bulutlara erişiyordu.
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.
Sular ağacı besledi, Derin su kaynakları büyüttü. Akarsular dikili olduğu yerin çevresine akıyor, Kanalları kırdaki bütün ağaçlara erişiyordu.
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].
Kırdaki bütün ağaçlardan daha çok büyüdü. Bol su verildiği için Dal budak saldı, dalları uzadı.
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.
Kuşlar dallarına yuva yaptı, Yabanıl hayvanlar dalları altında yavruladı, Büyük uluslar gölgesinde yaşadı.
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.
Güzellikte eşsizdi. Dalları giderek uzadı, Çünkü kökleri bol su alıyordu.
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.
Tanrı'nın bahçesindeki sedir ağaçlarından hiçbiri Onunla boy ölçüşemezdi, Çam ağaçları dalları kadar bile değildi. Çınarlar onun dallarıyla boy ölçüşemezdi. Tanrı'nın bahçesindeki ağaçların hiçbiri Onun kadar güzel değildi.
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.’
Sık dallarla o sedir ağacını güzelleştirdim. Tanrı'nın bahçesi Aden'deki bütün ağaçlar onu kıskandı.
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.
“‘Bu yüzden Egemen RAB şöyle diyor: Ağaç büyüyüp boy attığı, tepesi bulutlara eriştiği, büyüklüğünden ötürü gurura kapıldığı için
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.
ben de onu kovdum, ulusların önderinin eline teslim ettim. Ona kötülüğü uyarınca davranacak.
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.
Yabancı ulusların en acımasızı onu kesip yalnız bıraktı. Dalları dağlara, derelere düştü; ülkenin vadilerinde kesilmiş duruyor. Yeryüzündeki bütün uluslar gölgesinden çekilip onu bıraktılar.
13 Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
Bütün kuşlar devrik ağaca kondu, yabanıl hayvanlar dalları arasına yerleşti.
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.’
Öyle ki, suların yakınında yetişen hiçbir ağaç böylesi büyüyüp boy atmasın, tepesini bulutlara eriştirmesin; bol suyla sulanan hiçbir ağaç bu denli yükselmesin. Çünkü hepsi ölüm çukuruna inen insanlarla birlikte ölüme, yerin derinliklerine gidecek.
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)
“‘Egemen RAB şöyle diyor: Sedir ağacı ölüler diyarına indiği gün, ona yas tutsunlar diye derin su kaynaklarını kapattım. Irmaklarını durdurdum, gür sularının önünü kestim. O ağaç yüzünden Lübnan'ı karanlığa boğdum, bütün orman ağaçlarını kuruttum. (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)
Ölüm çukuruna inenlerle birlikte onu ölüler diyarına indirdiğimde, yıkılışının gürültüsünden ulusları titrettim. O zaman Aden Bahçesi'ndeki bütün ağaçlar, Lübnan'ın en seçkin, en iyi, bol sulanan ağaçları yerin derinliklerinde avunç buldu. (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)
Gölgesinde yaşayanlar, uluslar arasında onu destekleyenler de onunla birlikte ölüler diyarına, kılıçla öldürülmüşlerin yanına indiler. (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].’”
“‘Aden ağaçlarından hangisi görkem ve yücelikte seninle boy ölçüşebilir? Ama sen de Aden ağaçlarıyla birlikte yerin derinliklerine indirilecek, sünnetsizlere, kılıçla öldürülmüşlere katılacaksın. “‘İşte firavunla halkının sonu böyle olacaktır.’ Egemen RAB böyle diyor.”
