Ezekiela 17
1 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 Ry zanak’ olona, manaova fampanonona, ary milazà fanoharana amin’ ny taranak’ Isiraely,
“Son of man, present a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
3 ka ataovy hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Nisy voromahery lehibe nanana elatra lehibe, sady lava ny volon’ elany, ary nisoratsoratra avokoa ny volony rehetra; dia tonga tao Libanona izy ka naka izay avo indrindra amin’ ny rantsan’ ny sedera;
Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: A large eagle with large wings and long pinions, full of feathers, and that was multicolored went to Lebanon and took hold of the top of a cedar tree.
4 ny tendron’ ny tarony dia nolaingosany ka nentiny ho any amin’ ny tany fandrantoana; eny, tao an-tanànan’ ny mpandranto no namboleny azy.
It broke off the tips of the branches and took them to the land of Canaan; he planted it in a city of merchants.
5 Nangalany koa ny voan-javatra tamin’ ny tany ka namboleny tao amin’ ny tany lonaka; nentiny ho eo amoron’ ny rano be iny ka nataony araka ny fanao amin’ ny hazomalahelo.
He also took some seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside a large body of water like a willow.
6 Dia naniry iny ka tonga voaloboka iva misandrahaka, mba hitodihan’ ny rantsany ho eo aminy ary ny fakany ho ao ambaniny; ka dia tonga voaloboka izy ka nandrantsana sy nanaroka.
Then it sprouted and became a spreading vine low to the ground. Its branches turned toward him, and its roots grew under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and sent out shoots.
7 Ary nisy voromahery lehibe hafa koa nanana elatra lehibe sady be volo, ary, indro, manina azy izany voaloboka izany ka nampanatona ny fakany hankany aminy sady nampanaroka ny rantsany avy tamin’ ny tany voafaritra nambolena azy mba hankany aminy koa mba holemany.
But there was another great eagle with large wings and many feathers. Behold! This vine turned its roots toward the eagle, and it spread out its branches toward the eagle from the place it had been planted so it would be watered.
8 Voavoly tao amin’ ny saha tsara teo amoron’ ny rano be izy mba handrantsana sy hamoa ka ho voaloboka tsara indrindra.
It had been planted in good soil beside a large body of water so it would produce branches and sprout fruit, to become a magnificent vine.'
9 Ataovinao hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Ho vanona va izy? Tsy hongotana va ny fakany, ary hotazana ny voany, mba halazo izy? Halazo ny raviny rehetra, raha vao mitsimoka, ka na dia ny sandry mahery sy ny vahoaka betsaka aza tsy hahay mampaniry azy avy amin’ ny fakany intsony.
Say to the people, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Will it prosper? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers, and all its fresh growth will wither? No strong arm or many people will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
10 Koa, indro, na dia voavoly aza izy, moa ho vanona va? Tsy halazo tokoa va izy, raha asian’ ny rivotra avy any atsinanana? Eny, halazo eo amin’ ny tany voafaritra naniriany izy.
So behold! After it has been planted, will it grow? Will it not wither when the eastern wind touches it? It will completely wither away in the garden plot where it sprouted.'”
11 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
12 Lazao amin’ ny taranaka maditra hoe: Tsy fantatrareo va ny hevitr’ ireto zavatra ireto? Lazao aminy hoe: Indro, efa tonga tany Jerosalema ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona ka naka ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanapaka tao, dia nitondra azy ho any aminy any Babylona.
“Speak to the rebellious house, 'Do you not know what these things mean? Behold! The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her princes and brought them to him in Babylon.
13 Ary naka ny anankiray tamin’ ny taranaky ny mpanjaka izy, dia nanao fanekena taminy ka nampianiana azy, ary ny lehilahy mahery tamin’ ny tany dia nentiny nandeha,
Then he took a royal descendant, made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath. He took away the powerful people of the land,
14 mba hietry ny fanjakana ka tsy hiarina, mba hotandremana ny fanekeny ka haharitra.
so the kingdom might become lowly and not lift itself up. By keeping his covenant the land will survive.
15 Fa niodina taminy izy ka naniraka olona hankany Egypta, mba hanome soavaly sy olona maro azy ireo. Moa hambinina va izy? Ho afa-mandositra va izay manao toy izany? Nivadika ny fanekena izy, ka ho afa-mandositra va?
But the king of Jerusalem rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt to acquire horses and an army. Will he succeed? Will the one doing these things escape? If he breaks the covenant, will he escape?
16 Raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, dia any amin’ ny tanin’ ilay mpanjaka nampanjaka azy sady nampianiana azy nefa nohamavoiny ny fianianana, ary nivadihany ny fanekeny eny, any amin’ io, any Babylona, no hahafatesany.
As I live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—he will surely die in the land of the king who made him king, the king whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke. He will die in the middle of Babylon.
17 Ary amin’ ny hanandratan’ ireo tovon-tany sy ny hanaovany tilikambo handringanana olona maro, dia tsy hanampy azy amin’ ny ady akory Farao, na dia manana miaramila maro sy vahoaka betsaka aza.
Pharaoh with his mighty army and a great company of men will not help him in battle, when ramps are constructed and siege walls are built up to cut off many lives.
18 Fa efa nanamavo ny fianianana izy tamin’ ny nivadihany ny fanekena, fa he! efa nanolotra ny tànany izy, kanjo nanao izany rehetra izany ihany, dia tsy ho afa-mandositra izy.
For the king despised his oath by breaking the covenant. Behold, he reached out with his hand to make a promise and yet he did all these things. He will not escape.
19 Koa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Raha velona koa Aho, ny fampianianako izay nohamavoiny ary ny fanekeko izay nivadihany dia hatsingeriko ho eo an-dohany tokoa.
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, was it not my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke? So I will bring his punishment on his head!
20 Ary ny fandrika haratoko dia hovelariko aminy, ka ho voan’ ny fandriko izy, ary ho entiko any Babylona ka hotsaraiko any noho ny nivadihany tamiko.
I will spread my net out over him, and he will be caught in my hunting net. Then I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there for his treason that he committed when he betrayed me!
21 Ary ny miaramilany rehetra izay afa-mandositra dia ho lavon’ ny sabatra, ary izay sisa dia haely ho amin’ ny rivotra rehetra, ka dia ho fantatrareo fa Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany.
All of his refugees in his armies will fall by the sword, and the ones who remain will be scattered in every direction. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; I have declared this would happen.”
22 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Izaho dia haka amin’ ny rantsana avo indrindra amin’ ny sedera avo, ka hamboleko izany; holaingosako ny tendron’ ny laingony milenodenoka, ka hamboleko ao amin’ ny tendrombohitra avo sy milangalanga izany.
The Lord Yahweh says this, 'So I myself will take away the highest part of the cedar tree, and I will plant it away from its tender branches. I will break it off, and I myself will plant it on a high mountain.
23 Ao amin’ ny tendrombohitra avon’ ny Isiraely no hamboleko azy; ary handrantsana sy hamoa izy ka ho tonga sedera tsara indrindra, ary ny vorona samy hafa rehetra hitoetra ao aminy; ao amin’ ny alokaloky ny rantsany no hitoerany.
I will plant it on the mountains of Israel so it will bear branches and produce fruit, and it will become a majestic cedar so that every winged bird will live under it. They will nest in the shade of its branches.
24 Ary ho fantatry ny hazo rehetra any an-tsaha fa Izaho Jehovah no efa nanetry ny hazo avo ka nanandratra ny hazo iva ary nandazo ny hazo maitso ka nampaniry ny hazo maina; Izaho Jehovah no niteny sady nanao izany.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh. I bring down the high trees and I raise up the low trees. I wither the watered tree and I cause the dried tree to bloom. I am Yahweh, I have declared that this will happen; and I have done it.'”
