Yehezkiel 31
1 Pada tanggal satu bulan tiga dalam tahun kesebelas masa pembuangan kami, TUHAN berkata kepadaku,
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 "Hai manusia fana, sampaikanlah pesan-Ku ini kepada raja Mesir dan seluruh bangsanya: Sungguh hebat kebesaranmu! Tak ada yang dapat menjadi sainganmu!
“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 Engkau seperti cemara Libanon yang gagah penuh cabang yang rimbun dan indah. Batangnya lurus dan lempang puncaknya mencapai awan.
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 Ia tumbuh sebab airnya berkecukupan. Sungai di bawah tanah memberinya makanan, menyirami segala akarnya, dan membasahi pohon-pohon lainnya.
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 Karena airnya tak pernah kurang, tumbuhnya subur, dahannya besar dan panjang. Dari segala pohon di hutan-hutan, dialah yang paling tinggi menjulang.
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 Aneka burung bersarang di rantingnya. Binatang liar beranak dalam naungannya. Semua bangsa besar di seluruh dunia duduk berlindung di bawahnya.
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 Pohon itu indah untuk dipandang; batangnya lurus, dahannya panjang. Akarnya menembus jauh ke bawah mencapai sumber air di dalam tanah.
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 Pohon-pohon cemara di Eden, taman Allah tak dapat disamakan dengan dia. Tak ada cemara yang dapat menyainginya, tak ada pohon yang begitu panjang dahannya. Sungguh, di taman Allah tak ada pohon seindah dia.
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 Akulah yang membuat dia rupawan dengan dahan-dahannya yang panjang dan rindang. Segala pohon di taman Allah merasa cemburu kepadanya.
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 Sebab itu, Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, memberitahukan kepadamu apa yang akan terjadi pada pohon yang puncaknya sampai ke awan itu. Sebab semakin tinggi, semakin sombonglah dia.
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 Maka Aku menolak dia dan akan menyerahkannya kepada penguasa asing, yang akan memperlakukan dia setimpal dengan kejahatannya.
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 Tentara asing yang tidak mengenal ampun akan menebang dia lalu membiarkannya. Rantingnya yang telah patah akan berjatuhan di semua gunung dan lembah di negeri itu. Semua bangsa yang tinggal di bawahnya akan pergi meninggalkan dia.
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 Burung-burung akan datang dan hinggap pada pohon yang sudah rebah itu, dan binatang-binatang liar akan menginjak-injak dahan-dahannya.
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 Semua itu terjadi supaya mulai saat ini, tak akan ada lagi pohon yang tumbuh setinggi itu; tak ada lagi puncak pohon yang mencapai awan meskipun mendapat air berlimpah-limpah. Semuanya harus mati seperti manusia yang fana, dan berkumpul dengan orang-orang yang telah turun ke dunia orang mati."
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 Beginilah kata TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, "Bilamana pohon itu turun ke dunia orang mati, Aku menyuruh air di bawah tanah menggenanginya sebagai tanda kabung. Aku akan menahan arus sungai dan menyumbat anak-anak sungai. Oleh karena pohon itu telah mati, Aku akan mendatangkan kegelapan atas gunung-gunung Libanon dan membuat layu semua pohon di hutan. (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 Pada waktu pohon itu Kuturunkan ke dunia orang mati, bunyi jatuhnya akan menggetarkan bangsa-bangsa. Semua pohon di Eden dan pohon-pohon pilihan di Libanon yang mendapat air berlimpah-limpah, dan yang telah turun ke bumi yang paling bawah akan senang dengan jatuhnya pohon itu. (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 Mereka akan mengiringinya ke dunia orang mati dan berkumpul dengan mereka yang telah jatuh lebih dahulu. Dan semuanya yang dahulu duduk di bawah pohon itu akan disebarkan di antara bangsa-bangsa. (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 Pohon itu melambangkan raja Mesir dan bangsanya. Tak ada pohon di Eden yang begitu tinggi dan mulia. Tetapi sekarang, seperti pohon-pohon di Eden juga, pohon itu pun akan turun ke dunia orang mati dan berkumpul dengan mereka yang tidak mengenal Allah dan dengan mereka yang tewas dalam pertempuran. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi telah berbicara."
[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].’”
