Izikeli 31
1 Hagi Babilonima kinama ome hutama mani'nonkeno, 11nima hiankafumofona namba 3 ikantera, ese knazupa Ra Anumzamo'a amanage huno nasami'ne.
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 Vahe'mofo mofavre Izikieliga, Isipi kini ne' Ferone sondia vahe'anena amanage hunka zamasamio, tamagra mika vahera zamagatereta, tusi hihamu vahe mani'naze.
“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 Hagi ko, Asiria vahe'mo'za Lebanoni sida zafagna hu'za knare'nare azankuna omente amente hazageno mago'a zafaramina tona huzmantene. Agra za'za huno amunagamu hampompi marerino, mika zafaramina zamagatere'ne.
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 Hagi ana zafamofona timo ne'zana nemigeno, mopa agu'afima me'nea timo ana zafa ne'zana amigeno zazara hu'ne. Hagi ana zafaramima tima ne'zamiana, timo mika zafafina nevuno tina nezamie.
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 E'ina hunegu ana zafamo'a mika zafaramina hageno agatenereno, rama'a azanku'nareno ani'na kuronkuro hu'ne. Na'ankure agra rama'a ti agafafintira eri'negu anara hu'ne.
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 Hagi maka namaramimo'za ana zafa azankunataminte nona eme negizageno, mika zaga kafamo'za ana zafa agafafi anentara eme kasente'naze. Hagi ana zafamofo turunapi mika zamagima me'nea vahe'mo'za kokantegatira enemanize.
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 Hagi ana zafamofona hentofa azankunatmi me'ne. Na'ankure ana zafamofo arafu'namo'za rama'a tima me'nefi amefenkame urami'za tina ani avazu nehaze.
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 Hagi Anumzamofo hozafima me'nea sida zafamo'za ana zafa gnara osazageno, meni zafane mago'a zafaramimo'za ana zafa gnara osu'naze. Anumzamofo hozafima me'nea zafamo'zanena ana zafa gnara osu'naze.
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 Na'ankure Nagra ana zafa rama'a azankunataminu konariria huntogeno knare'za higeno, mika Anumzamofo hozafima me'nea zafaramimo'za kezmasane nehaze.
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 E'ina hu'negu Ra Anumzana Agra Anumzamo'a amanage hu'ne, Na'ankure agra mika zafaramina zamagatereno amunagamuma mareri'nea zanku agra avufga ra hu'ne.
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 Ana hu'negu Nagra ana zafa nagotente'na namefi hunemina hankavenentake ha' vahe'mokizmi zamazampi zamavare antanenkeno, zamazeri havizantfa hugahie.
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 Hagi ruregati vahe'ma zamazeri haviza hu'arema vugota hu'naza kefo vahe'mo'za ana zafa antagi atre'naze. Hagi ana zafamofo azankuna'mo'a agonaramimpine, agupofine, krahopina hantagiramino mase'ne. Hagi ana zafa agafafima nemaniza vahe'mo'za atre'za vu'za e'za hu'naze.
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 Hagi maka namaramimo'za anama antagitre zafa atupare nemanizageno, zagagafamo'za ana zafamofo azankunatamimofo agofetu vano hu'naze.
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 E'inama hanigeno'a tinkenafima me'nea zafamo'za hage'za zaza hu'za mago'a zafaramina zamagate'nere'za zamavufaga rana osugahaze. Na'ankure zamagranena e'inahu kna hu'za frisaza vahe mani'nazanki'za, fri'za kerifima urami'za mani'naza vahe'ene umanigahaze.
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 Hagi Ra Anumzana Agra Anumzamo'a amanage hie, sida zafamo'ma frino fri vahe kumapima urami'nea kna zupa, mopa agu'afima me'nea tintamina hanuge'za zavi krafa hu'za zamasunku nehanage'na, mika tintamina eri tanegahue. Anama hanige'za maka Lebanoni zafamo'za zamasunku huza zavi nete'nageno maka zafamo'za hagege hugahaze. (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 Hagi ana zafama trakama huno'ma nemaseno vagri'ma hia agasasa kenu mago'a mopafi vahera Nagra zamazeri koro hu'noe. Hagi fri kumapima nevaza vahe'enema huntoge'noma nevige'za, Idenima me'naza zafamo'zane knare'nare zafama Lebanoni me'naza zafamo'zane, knare'ma hu'za tima e'neriza zafamo'zanena fri vahe kumapi mani'ne'za musena hu'naze. (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 Hagi ana zafamofo tonapima nemaniza, agri'enema erigaherafiza nemaniza vahe'mo'za bainati kazinteti'ma zamahe'naza vahe'ene magoka matipina urami'naze. (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 Hagi Ideni hozafima me'nea zafaramimpintira ina zafamo kagri knara huno za'zara huno ragi'ane zafa me'ne? Hagi kagra Ideni hozafima me'nea zafaramine, magoka fri vahe kumapina uramita zamagoza anoma taga osu' vahe'ma kazinteti'ma zamahazage'zama mase'naza kumapi vugahaze. Ama ana zantamina Ferone mika sondia vahe'are fore hugahie huno Ra Anumzamo'a hu'ne.
[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].’”
