< Ἰεζεκιήλ 31 >
1 Και εν τω ενδεκάτω έτει, τω τρίτω μηνί, τη πρώτη του μηνός, έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς εμέ, λέγων,
It happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Υιέ ανθρώπου, ειπέ προς τον Φαραώ βασιλέα της Αιγύπτου και προς το πλήθος αυτού· Με ποίον ώμοιώθης εν τη μεγαλειότητί σου;
"Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: 'Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 Ιδού, ο Ασσύριος ήτο κέδρος εν τω Λιβάνω με κλάδους ωραίους, και πυκνός την σκιάν και υψηλός το μέγεθος, και η κορυφή αυτού ήτο εν μέσω κλάδων πυκνών.
Look, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
4 Τα ύδατα ηύξησαν αυτόν, η άβυσσος ύψωσεν αυτόν με τους ποταμούς αυτής τους ρέοντας κύκλω των φυτών αυτού, και εξέπεμπε τους ρύακας αυτής εις πάντα τα δένδρα του αγρού.
The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: its rivers ran all around its plantation; and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
5 Όθεν το ύψος εαυτού ανέβη υπεράνω πάντων των δένδρων του αγρού και οι κλώνοι αυτού επλήθυναν και οι κλάδοι αυτού εξετάνθησαν διά το πλήθος των υδάτων, ενώ εβλάστανε.
Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot them forth.
6 Πάντα τα πετεινά του ουρανού εφώλευον εν τοις κλώνοις αυτού, και πάντα τα ζώα του αγρού εγέννων υπό τους κλάδους αυτού· υπό δε την σκιάν αυτού κατώκουν πάντα τα μεγάλα έθνη.
All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches all the animals of the field brought forth their young; and all great nations lived under its shadow.
7 Ήτο λοιπόν ώραίος κατά το μέγεθος αυτού και κατά την έκτασιν των κλάδων αυτού, διότι αι ρίζαι αυτού ήσαν πλησίον υδάτων πολλών.
Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
8 Αι κέδροι εν τω παραδείσω του Θεού δεν ηδύναντο να κρύψωσιν αυτόν· αι έλατοι δεν εξισούντο με τους κλώνους αυτού, και αι κάστανοι δεν εξισούντο με τους κλάδους αυτού· ουδέν δένδρον εν τω παραδείσω του Θεού ώμοίαζεν αυτόν κατά την ώραιότητα αυτού.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.
9 Έκαμον αυτόν ώραίον κατά το πλήθος των κλάδων αυτού, ώστε πάντα τα δένδρα της Εδέμ, τα εν τω παραδείσω του Θεού, εζήλευον αυτόν.
I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.'
10 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Επειδή ύψωσας σεαυτόν υψηλά, και επειδή εσήκωσε την κορυφήν αυτού μεταξύ των πυκνών κλώνων και η καρδία αυτού επήρθη εις το ύψος αυτού,
"Therefore thus said the LORD: 'Because you are exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
11 διά τούτο παρέδωκα αυτόν εις την χείρα του δυνάστου των εθνών, όστις θέλει φερθή αξίως προς αυτόν· απέβαλον αυτόν διά την ασέβειαν αυτού.
I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.
12 Και ξένοι, οι τρομερώτεροι των εθνών, έκοψαν αυτόν και εγκατέλιπον αυτόν· οι κλάδοι αυτού έπεσον επί τα όρη και εν πάσαις ταις φάραγξι και οι κλώνοι αυτού συνετρίφθησαν υπό πάντων των ποταμών της γης, και πάντες οι λαοί της γης κατέβησαν από της σκιάς αυτού και εγκατέλιπον αυτόν.
Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
13 Επί του πτώματος αυτού θέλουσιν επικάθησθαι πάντα τα πετεινά του ουρανού και επί τους κλάδους αυτού θέλουσιν είσθαι πάντα τα ζώα του αγρού·
On his ruin all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and all the animals of the field shall be on his branches;
14 διά να μη υψωθή εν τω ύψει αυτού ουδέν εκ των δένδρων των υδάτων μηδέ να σηκώσωσι την κορυφήν αυτών μεταξύ των πυκνών κλάδων, και εκ πάντων των πινόντων ύδωρ, ουδέν εκ τούτων να μη στέκηται εν τω ύψει αυτού· διότι πάντα παρεδόθησαν εις τον θάνατον, εις τα κατώτατα της γης, εν μέσω των υιών των ανθρώπων, μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον.
to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, even all who drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, among human beings who go down to the pit.'
15 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Καθ' ην ημέραν κατέβη εις τον άδην, έκαμον να γείνη πένθος· εσκέπασα την άβυσσον δι' αυτόν και εμπόδισα τους ποταμούς αυτής και τα μεγάλα ύδατα εκρατήθησαν· και έκαμον να πενθήση ο Λίβανος δι' αυτόν και πάντα τα δένδρα του αγρού εμαράνθησαν δι' αυτόν. (Sheol )
"Thus says the LORD: 'In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol )
16 Έκαμον τα έθνη να σεισθώσιν εις τον ήχον της πτώσεως αυτού, ότε κατεβίβασα αυτόν εις τον άδην μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον· και πάντα τα δένδρα της Εδέμ, τα εκλεκτά και τα καλά του Λιβάνου, πάντα τα πίνοντα ύδωρ, παρηγορήθησαν εν τοις κατωτάτοις της γης. (Sheol )
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth. (Sheol )
17 Και αυτοί ότι κατέβησαν εις τον άδην μετ' αυτού, προς τους τεθανατωμένους εν μαχαίρα· και όσοι ήσαν ο βραχίων αυτού, οι κατοικούντες υπό την σκιάν αυτού εν μέσω των εθνών. (Sheol )
They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, that lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations. (Sheol )
18 Με ποίον ώμοιώθης ούτως εν τη δόξη και εν τη μεγαλειότητι, μεταξύ των δένδρων της Εδέμ; θέλεις όμως καταβιβασθή μετά των δένδρων της Εδέμ εις τα κατώτατα της γής· θέλεις κοίτεσθαι εν μέσω των απεριτμήτων μετά των τεθανατωμένων εν μαχαίρα· ούτος είναι ο Φαραώ και άπαν το πλήθος αυτού, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,' says the LORD."