यहेजकेल 31
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,
“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.
3 ३ देख, अश्शूर तो लबानोन का एक देवदार था जिसकी सुन्दर-सुन्दर शाखें, घनी छाया देतीं और बड़ी ऊँची थीं, और उसकी फुनगी बादलों तक पहुँचती थी।
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.
4 ४ जल ने उसे बढ़ाया, उस गहरे जल के कारण वह ऊँचा हुआ, जिससे नदियाँ उसके स्थान के चारों ओर बहती थीं, और उसकी नालियाँ निकलकर मैदान के सारे वृक्षों के पास पहुँचती थीं।
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.
5 ५ इस कारण उसकी ऊँचाई मैदान के सब वृक्षों से अधिक हुई; उसकी टहनियाँ बहुत हुईं, और उसकी शाखाएँ लम्बी हो गई, क्योंकि जब वे निकलीं, तब उनको बहुत जल मिला।
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].
6 ६ उसकी टहनियों में आकाश के सब प्रकार के पक्षी बसेरा करते थे, और उसकी शाखाओं के नीचे मैदान के सब भाँति के जीवजन्तु जन्म लेते थे; और उसकी छाया में सब बड़ी जातियाँ रहती थीं।
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.
7 ७ वह अपनी बड़ाई और अपनी डालियों की लम्बाई के कारण सुन्दर हुआ; क्योंकि उसकी जड़ बहुत जल के निकट थी।
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.
8 ८ परमेश्वर की बारी के देवदार भी उसको न छिपा सकते थे, सनोवर उसकी टहनियों के समान भी न थे, और न अर्मोन वृक्ष उसकी शाखाओं के तुल्य थे; परमेश्वर की बारी का भी कोई वृक्ष सुन्दरता में उसके बराबर न था।
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.
9 ९ मैंने उसे डालियों की बहुतायत से सुन्दर बनाया था, यहाँ तक कि अदन के सब वृक्ष जो परमेश्वर की बारी में थे, उससे डाह करते थे।
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.’
10 १० “इस कारण परमेश्वर यहोवा ने यह कहा है, उसकी ऊँचाई जो बढ़ गई, और उसकी फुनगी जो बादलों तक पहुँची है, और अपनी ऊँचाई के कारण उसका मन जो फूल उठा है,
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.
11 ११ इसलिए जातियों में जो सामर्थी है, मैं उसी के हाथ उसको कर दूँगा, और वह निश्चय उससे बुरा व्यवहार करेगा। उसकी दुष्टता के कारण मैंने उसको निकाल दिया है।
Therefore, I enabled another mighty nation to conquer it and to destroy it as it deserved to be destroyed. I have already discarded it.
12 १२ परदेशी, जो जातियों में भयानक लोग हैं, वे उसको काटकर छोड़ देंगे, उसकी डालियाँ पहाड़ों पर, और सब तराइयों में गिराई जाएँगी, और उसकी शाखाएँ देश के सब नालों में टूटी पड़ी रहेंगी, और जाति-जाति के सब लोग उसकी छाया को छोड़कर चले जाएँगे।
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.
13 १३ उस गिरे हुए वृक्ष पर आकाश के सब पक्षी बसेरा करते हैं, और उसकी शाखाओं के ऊपर मैदान के सब जीवजन्तु चढ़ने पाते हैं।
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 १४ यह इसलिए हुआ है कि जल के पास के सब वृक्षों में से कोई अपनी ऊँचाई न बढ़ाए, न अपनी फुनगी को बादलों तक पहुँचाए, और उनमें से जितने जल पाकर दृढ़ हो गए हैं वे ऊँचे होने के कारण सिर न उठाए; क्योंकि वे भी सब के सब कब्र में गड़े हुए मनुष्यों के समान मृत्यु के वश करके अधोलोक में डाल दिए जाएँगे।
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.’
15 १५ “परमेश्वर यहोवा यह कहता है: जिस दिन वह अधोलोक में उतर गया, उस दिन मैंने विलाप कराया और गहरे समुद्र को ढाँप दिया, और नदियों का बहुत जल रुक गया; और उसके कारण मैंने लबानोन पर उदासी छा दी, और मैदान के सब वृक्ष मूर्छित हुए। (Sheol h7585)
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)
16 १६ जब मैंने उसको कब्र में गड़े हुओं के पास अधोलोक में फेंक दिया, तब उसके गिरने के शब्द से जाति-जाति थरथरा गई, और अदन के सब वृक्ष अर्थात् लबानोन के उत्तम-उत्तम वृक्षों ने, जितने उससे जल पाते हैं, उन सभी ने अधोलोक में शान्ति पाई। (Sheol h7585)
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)
17 १७ वे भी उसके संग तलवार से मारे हुओं के पास अधोलोक में उतर गए; अर्थात् वे जो उसकी भुजा थे, और जाति-जाति के बीच उसकी छाया में रहते थे। (Sheol h7585)
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)
18 १८ “इसलिए महिमा और बड़ाई के विषय में अदन के वृक्षों में से तू किसके समान है? तू तो अदन के और वृक्षों के साथ अधोलोक में उतारा जाएगा, और खतनारहित लोगों के बीच तलवार से मारे हुओं के संग पड़ा रहेगा। फ़िरौन अपनी सारी भीड़-भाड़ समेत ऐसे ही होगा, परमेश्वर यहोवा की यही वाणी है।”
[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].’”
