Ezekiel 31
1 Ke len se meet in malem aktolu ke yac aksingoul sie in sruoh lasr, LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sik ac fahk,
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 “Kom, mwet sukawil moul la, fahkang nu sin tokosra lun Egypt ac mwet lal nukewa: Fuka lupan ku lom! Mea nga ac ku in lumwe kom nu kac?
“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 Kom oana soko sak cedar in acn Lebanon Ma lesak kac uh kato, ac arulana yohk acn luliya. Soko sak arulana fulat, ac fiya kac sun pukunyeng uh.
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 Oasr kof in akkapye, Ac infacl soror ye fohk uh in akmongoi. Infacl inge aksroksrokye acn ma sak soko inge kapak we Ac supwala infacl srisrik nu ke sak nukewa insak uh.
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 Ke sripen wo fahsriyen kof uh nu kac El kapak loes liki sak nukewa saya. Lah kac uh kapak loes ac lahlah.
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 Kain in won nukewa orala ahng lalos in lesak uh, Ac kosro lemnak uh oswe natu natulos ye lulin sak uh. Mutunfacl nukewa mongla ye lulin sak soko inge.
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 Fuka oaskuiyen sak soko ah — Kapak arulana fulat, ac loes lah kac. Okah kac uh som nwe ke sun kof ye fohk uh.
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 Wangin sak cedar in ima lun God ma ku in lumweyuk nu kac. Soenna oasr sak fir ma lahlah oana sak soko ah, Ac lah ke sak saya nukewa tia wo oana lah ke sak soko inge. Wangin pac sak in ima lun God ma kato oana.
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 Nga pa orala in arulana oasku ac lahlah. Sak nukewa in Eden, ima lun God, ke ouiyalos sak soko inge.
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 “Inge, nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, ac fahk nu sum ma ac sikyak nu ke sak soko ah, su kapak nwe ke na sun pukunyeng uh. Ke el kapak fulat, nunak lal uh fulatak pac.
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 Ouinge nga sisella ac eisalang nu sin sie leum in siena mutunfacl. El ac fah oru nu sin sak soko ah fal nu ke orekma koluk lal.
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 Mwet sulallal in mutunfacl saya elos ac fah pakiya, ac som liki. Lah kac, wi lah srisrik uh, ac fah putati nu fineol nukewa ac infahlfal nukewa in facl sac. Mutunfacl nukewa ma tuh muta ye lulin sak uh elos ac fahsrelik.
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 Won yen engyeng uh ac fah sohkma ac tuhwi fin sak ikori soko ah, ac kosro lemnak uh ac fah fahsr fin lesak uh.
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 Ke ma inge, in pacl se ingela, wangin sak ac ku in sifil kapak fulat ac sun pukunyeng uh oana fulatiyen sak soko ah, finne aksroksrokyeyuk wo. Sak nukewa ac fah misa oana mwet uh, ac welulosyang su som tari nu in facl lun mwet misa.”
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 Pa inge ma LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk: “Ke len se ma sak soko uh ac som nu in facl sin mwet misa, nga fah oru tuh kof ye fohk uh in afunla sak soko ah, in oana sie akul in asor. Nga ac fah sikulya infacl uh, ac tia lela kutena unon srisrik in sororla. Mweyen sak soko inge misa tari, nga ac fah oru lohsr matoltol in luliya fineol in acn Lebanon, ac oru tuh sak nukewa insak uh in uli. (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 Ke pacl se nga ac supweya sak soko uh nu in facl sin mwet misa uh, ngirla lun ikori lal uh ac fah osrokak mutunfacl uh. Sak nukewa in Eden, ac sak sacnsan nukewa ma aksroksrokyeyuk wo in acn Lebanon ma som tari nu ten ye faclu, ac fah engankin lah ikori. (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 Elos ac fah wi sak soko inge som nu in facl sin mwet misa, in tuh weang sak nukewa ma ikori tari. Na mwet nukewa su muta ye lulin sak soko ah, ac fahsrelik nu in facl saya uh. (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 “Sak soko inge pa tokosra lun acn Egypt ac mwet nukewa lal. Wangin sak in ima Eden ma fulat ac kato oana sak soko uh. Tusruktu inge el ac oana sak Eden uh, ac som nu in facl sin mwet misa, ac weang mwet su tia etu God, ac elos su anwukla ke mweun. Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, pa fahk ma inge.”
[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].’”
