Ezekyèl 31
1 Nan onzyèm ane, nan twazyèm mwa, nan premye nan mwa a, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote mwen. Li te di:
And it came to pass 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 “Fis a lòm, pale a Farawon, wa Égypte la, ak gwo foul lame li yo: ‘Ak kilès ou sanble nan grandè ou?
Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
3 Gade byen, Assyrie te yon pye sèd nan Liban. Branch li yo te bèl nan lonbraj forè a, e byen wo. Tèt li te rive pami nwaj yo.
Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shady cover, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
4 Dlo te fè l grandi, pwofondè te fè li wo. Ak rivyè li yo, li te tout tan ap vin elaji lizyè li toupatou. Li te voye kanal li yo nan tout pyebwa chan yo.
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round his plants, and sent out her little rivers to all the trees of the field.
5 Akoz sa, wotè li te piwo ke tout pyebwa chan yo, e branch li yo te vin anpil e byen long akoz anpil dlo ki te fè l gaye yo.
Therefore his hight was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
6 Tout zwazo syèl yo te fè nich nan branch li yo. Anba branch sila yo, tout bèt chan yo te vin fè pitit. Tout gran nasyon yo te vin rete anba lonbraj li.
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shade dwelt all great nations.
7 Konsa, li te bèl nan grandè li, nan longè branch li yo; paske rasin li te lonje rive kote anpil dlo.
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
8 Pye sèd nan jaden Bondye yo pa t ka egal ak li. Pye sipre yo pa t ka gen branch tankou l, ni pa t gen lòt bwa ki konpare ak branch li yo. Menm bwa pen an pa t gen branch kon li. Pa t gen pyebwa nan jaden Bondye yo ki ta ka parèy li nan bèlte.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir-trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut-trees were not like his branches; not any tree in the garden of God was like to him in his beauty.
9 Mwen te fè l bèl ak fòs kantite branch li yo, e tout pyebwa Éden yo te jalou devan l.’
I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that [were] in the garden of God, envied him.
10 “Akoz sa, pale Senyè BONDYE a: ‘Akoz li byenwo nan wotè l, te mete tèt li rive pami nwaj yo, e kè l te awogan nan wotè li,
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in hight, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his hight;
11 pou sa, Mwen va livre li nan men a pi pwisan an a nasyon yo. Li va regle sa nèt. Selon mechanste li, konsa Mwen te chase li.
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
12 Etranje yo, pi pwisan a nasyon yo, te koupe li a tè e te kite li. Sou mòn yo e nan tout vale yo, branch li yo te vin tonbe, e gwo branch li yo te vin kase nan tout ravin peyi yo. Konsa, tout pèp sou latè yo te desann kite lonbraj li e te menm kite li.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth have gone down from his shade, and have left him.
13 Nan gwo dega li yo, tout zwazo syèl yo va vin demere e tout bèt chan yo va sou branch pa l ki tonbe,
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
14 pou tout pyebwa akote dlo yo pa ka vin leve tèt yo wo nan wotè yo. Pwisan pa yo p ap mete tèt yo pami nwaj yo, menm sa yo akote sous dlo yo pa ka kanpe dwat nan wotè yo. Paske yo tout te livre a lanmò, pou rive anba tè pami fis a lòm yo, ak sila ki desann nan twou fòs yo.’
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their hight, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their hight, all that drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
15 “Konsa pale Senyè BONDYE a: ‘Nan jou ke li te desann nan sejou mò yo, Mwen te koze lamantasyon. Mwen te fèmen pwofondè a sou li epi te bouche rivyè li yo. Epi anpil dlo li yo Mwen te vin bouche nèt. Mwen te fè Liban kriye ak gwo doulè pou li e tout pyebwa nan chan yo te vin fennen akoz li. (Sheol h7585)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, 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 h7585)
16 Mwen te fè tout nasyon yo tranble nan son a chit li a, lè M t ap fè l desann nan sejou mò yo ak sila ki desann nan twou fòs yo. Tout pyebwa byen wouze Liban yo, pi byen chwazi ak pi meyè a Liban yo, te vin rekonfòte anba tè. (Sheol h7585)
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to the grave with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
17 Yo menm tou te desann avè l nan sejou mò yo akote sila ki te touye pa nepe yo. Epi sila ki te fòs li yo, te rete anba lonbraj li pami nasyon yo. (Sheol h7585)
They also went down into the grave with him to [them that are] slain with the sword; and [they that were] his arm, [that] dwelt under his shade in the midst of the heathen. (Sheol h7585)
18 “‘A kilès nan pyebwa Éden yo ou egal konsa nan glwa ak grandè? Malgre sa, ou va vin desann ak pyebwa Éden yo jis rive anba tè. Ou va vin kouche nan mitan ensikonsi yo, avèk sila ki te touye pa nepe yo. “‘Se konsa Farawon va ye ak tout gwo foul lame li yo!” deklare Senyè BONDYE a.”
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden to the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that are] slain by the sword. This [is] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
