< יחזקאל 31 >
ויהי באחת עשרה שנה בשלישי באחד לחדש היה דבר יהוה אלי לאמר | 1 |
Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:
בן אדם אמר אל פרעה מלך מצרים ואל המונו אל מי דמית בגדלך | 2 |
Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
הנה אשור ארז בלבנון יפה ענף וחרש מצל--וגבה קומה ובין עבתים היתה צמרתו | 3 |
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar upon Lebanon, with fair branches; An overshadowing thicket, high of stature; And his top was among thick boughs.
מים גדלוהו תהום רממתהו את נהרתיה הלך סביבות מטעה ואת תעלתיה שלחה אל כל עצי השדה | 4 |
The waters made him great; the deep waters made him high; Their streams went around their plantation, And sent forth their channels to all the trees of the field.
על כן גבהא קמתו מכל עצי השדה ותרבינה סרעפתיו ותארכנה פארתו ממים רבים--בשלחו | 5 |
Therefore his height was exalted Above all the trees of the field. And his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long, Because of the abundance of water when he shot forth.
בסעפתיו קננו כל עוף השמים ותחת פארתיו ילדו כל חית השדה ובצלו ישבו כל גוים רבים | 6 |
In his boughs all the birds of heaven made their nests, And under his branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; And under his shadow dwelt all the great nations.
וייף בגדלו בארך דליותיו כי היה שרשו אל מים רבים | 7 |
Thus was he beautiful in his greatness, in the length of his branches; For his root was by many waters.
ארזים לא עממהו בגן אלהים--ברושים לא דמו אל סעפתיו וערמנים לא היו כפראתיו כל עץ בגן אלהים--לא דמה אליו ביפיו | 8 |
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; The cypress-trees were not like his boughs, And the plane-trees were not like his branches. Not any tree in the garden of God Was like to him in his beauty.
יפה עשיתיו ברב דליותיו ויקנאהו כל עצי עדן אשר בגן האלהים | 9 |
I made him beautiful in the multitude of his branches, So that all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, envied him.
לכן כה אמר אדני יהוה יען אשר גבהת בקומה ויתן צמרתו אל בין עבותים ורם לבבו בגבהו | 10 |
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because he lifted himself up in stature, And shot up his top among the thick boughs, And his heart was lifted up on account of his height,
ואתנהו--ביד איל גוים עשו יעשה לו כרשעו גרשתהו | 11 |
Therefore I delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, To deal hardly with him; I drave him out for his wickedness;
ויכרתהו זרים עריצי גוים ויטשהו אל ההרים ובכל גאיות נפלו דליותיו ותשברנה פראתיו בכל אפיקי הארץ וירדו מצלו כל עמי הארץ ויטשהו | 12 |
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, cut him off and cast him away. Upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches fell; And his boughs were broken in all the valleys of the land. And all the nations of the earth withdrew from his shadow and left him;
על מפלתו ישכנו כל עוף השמים ואל פראתיו היו כל חית השדה | 13 |
Upon his ruin dwelt all the birds of the heavens, And upon his branches were all the beasts of the forest.
למען אשר לא יגבהו בקומתם כל עצי מים ולא יתנו את צמרתם אל בין עבתים ולא יעמדו אליהם בגבהם כל שתי מים כי כלם נתנו למות אל ארץ תחתית בתוך בני אדם--אל יורדי בור | 14 |
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters Might exalt themselves for their stature, Nor shoot up their top among the thick boughs, And that none of the trees that drink water should cleave to them on account of their height; For all of them are delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, In the midst of the sons of men, To them that have gone down to the pit.
כה אמר אדני יהוה ביום רדתו שאולה האבלתי כסתי עליו את תהום ואמנע נהרותיה ויכלאו מים רבים ואקדר עליו לבנון וכל עצי השדה עליו עלפה (Sheol ) | 15 |
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to the grave, I caused the deep to mourn, I covered it for him; I restrained on account of him the streams, and the great waters were kept back; And I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, And all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol )
מקול מפלתו הרעשתי גוים בהורדי אתו שאולה את יורדי בור וינחמו בארץ תחתית כל עצי עדן--מבחר וטוב לבנון כל שתי מים (Sheol ) | 16 |
At the sound of his fall I made the nations to shake, When I cast him down to the grave, To them that have gone down to the pit; And all the trees of Eden, The choice and best of Lebanon, Even all that drink water, Were comforted in the lower parts of the earth. (Sheol )
גם הם אתו ירדו שאולה--אל חללי חרב וזרעו ישבו בצלו בתוך גוים (Sheol ) | 17 |
They also went down into the grave with him, To them that have been slain with the sword; They also that were his arm, That dwelt under his shadow among the nations. (Sheol )
אל מי דמית ככה בכבוד ובגדל בעצי עדן והורדת את עצי עדן אל ארץ תחתית בתוך ערלים תשכב את חללי חרב--הוא פרעה וכל המונה נאם אדני יהוה | 18 |
To whom art thou thus like in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? Thou shalt be brought down with the trees of Eden To the lower parts of the earth; Thou shalt lie down in the midst of the uncircumcised, With them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall it be with Pharaoh and all his multitude, Saith the Lord Jehovah.