Ezékiel 31
1 És lőn a tizenegyedik esztendőben, a harmadik hónapban, a hónap elsején, lőn az Úr szava hozzám, mondván:
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,
2 Embernek fia! szólj a Faraónak, Égyiptom királyának és az ő sokaságának: Kihez vagy hasonló a te nagyságodban?
“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 Ímé, Assúr czédrus vala a Libánonon, szép ágakkal és sűrű galyaival árnyékot tartó s magas növésű, melynek felhőkig ért a teteje.
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 Víz nevelte nagygyá, a mélység vizei tették magassá, folyóikkal körüljárták ültetése földjét, s csak folyásaikat bocsáták a mező egyéb fáihoz.
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 Ennekokáért lőn magasb növése a mező minden fájánál: s megsokasulának ágai, s hosszúra nevekedének galyai a sok víztől, midőn kiterjeszté azokat.
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 Az ő ágain csinál vala fészket minden égi madár, és galyai alatt fiadzott a mező minden vada, s árnyékában lakik vala sokmindenféle nép.
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 És széppé lőn magasságával, hosszan kiterjedt ágaival, mert gyökere sok víz felé nyúlik vala.
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 A czédrusok el nem takarák őt az Isten kertjében, a cziprusok nem valának hasonlók ágaihoz, s a platánoknak nem valának olyan galyai, mint néki; Isten kertjében egy fa sem vala hasonló hozzá az ő szépségében.
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 Széppé tőm őt az ő sok ágaival, úgy hogy irígykedett rá Éden minden fája az Isten kertjében.
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 Ennekokáért így szól az Úr Isten: Mivelhogy magasra nevekedtél, és fölemelé tetejét a felhők közé, és szíve felfuvalkodott az ő magasságában:
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 Azért adom őt a nemzetek urának kezébe, bánjék el vele, gonoszságáért kiűztem őt.
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 És kivágták őt az idegenek, a nemzetek legkegyetlenebbjei, és leterítették. A hegyekre és minden völgyekbe hullottak ágai, és összetörtek galyai a föld minden mélységében, és leszállt árnyékából a föld minden népe, és ott hagyták őt.
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 Ledőlt törzsökén lakik vala minden égi madár, és ágaihoz gyül vala a mező minden vada;
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 Azért, hogy magasra ne nevekedjék egy víz mellett való fa se, és föl ne emelje tetejét a felhők közé; hogy ne bízzék önmagában kevélyen senki a vízivók közül; mert mindnyájan halálra adattak a mélység országába az emberek fiai közt azokhoz, a kik sírgödörbe szálltak.
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 Így szól az Úr Isten: Azon a napon, a melyen sírba aláméne, gyászba öltöztetém miatta a mélység vizeit, és megtartóztatám folyóikat, úgy hogy a sok víz elzáraték, s meggyászoltatám őt a Libánonnal, és a mező minden fája elepede miatta. (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 Zuhanásának hangja miatt megreszkettetém a nemzeteket, mikor leszállítám őt a sírba együtt velök, kik sírgödörbe szállnak; és vígasztalást vőn a mélység országában Éden minden fája, a Libánon szépsége és java, minden vízivó. (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 Ezek is alászállottak vele a sírba azokhoz, a kik fegyverrel ölettek meg, s a kik mint segítőtársai árnyékában ülének a nemzetek között. (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 Kihez vagy hát hasonló dicsőségben és nagyságban Éden fái közt!? Hiszen le fogsz szállíttatni Éden fáival a mélység országába; körülmetéletlenek közt feküszöl együtt a fegyverrel megölettekkel. A Faraó ez és minden sokasága, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.
[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].’”
