Ezekiela 31
1 Ary tamin’ ny andro voalohany tamin’ ny volana fahatelo tamin’ ny taona fahiraika ambin’ ny folo dia tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Ry zanak’ olona, ataovy amin’ i Farao, mpanjakan’ i Egypta, sy amin’ ny vahoakany maro be hoe: Tahaka an’ iza moa ianao amin’ ny fahalehibiazanao?
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
3 Indro, Asyria dia sedera tsara rantsana any Libanona ary misandrahaka manalokaloka sady mijoroaka avo, ka mitehika amin’ ny rahona matevina ny tendrony.
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
4 Ny rano no nahalehibe azy, eny, ny rano lalina no nampijoroaka azy, ary ny ranovelona no nandeha manodidina ny tany nambolena azy ka nampandeha ny lakan-dranony hankamin’ ny hazo rehetra any an-tsaha.
The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.
5 Koa dia nijoroaka ho avo noho ny hazo rehetra any an-tsaha izy, ary nihamaro ny sampany sady nihalava ny rantsany noho ny habetsahan’ ny rano tamin’ ny fisandrahany.
Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
6 Teo amin’ ny sampany no nanaovan’ ny voro-manidina rehetra akany; Ary teo ambanin’ ny rantsany no niterahan’ ny bibi-dia rehetra; Sady teo amin’ ny alokalony no nitoeran’ ny firenena malaza rehetra.
All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
7 Ka dia tsara tarehy tamin’ ny fahalehibiazany sy ny halavan’ ny sampany izy; Fa tany amin’ ny rano maro ny fakany.
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
8 Tsy nahatakona azy ny sedera tao amin’ ny sahan’ Andriamanitra; Tsy mba nahatoraka ny sampany ny hazo kypreso, tsy mba nanana rantsana tahaka azy ny hazo platana; Ary tsy nisy tsara tarehy tahaka azy ny hazo rehetra tany amin’ ny sahan’ Andriamanitra.
The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
9 Nohatsaraiko tamin’ ny haben’ ny rantsany ny tarehiny; Ka dia nialona azy ny hazo rehetra tany Edena, dia ireo tany amin’ ny sahan’ Andriamanitra.
I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
10 Koa izany no nanaovan’ i Jehovah Tompo hoe: Satria nijoroaka avo izy ka nanandratra ny lohany teo amin’ ny rahona matevina, ary nirehareha ny fony noho ny hahavony,
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
11 Dia hatolotro eo an-tànan’ ilay mahery amin’ ny firenena izy; Hamely azy tokoa io; Noho ny faharatsiany no nandroahako azy.
I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.
12 Ary izay fahavalo masiaka indrindra amin’ ny firenena no nanapaka azy sady nanary azy; Teny an-tendrombohitra sy teny amin’ ny lohasaha rehetra no nihahafan’ ny sampany, ary notapatapahina teny amoron’ ny ony rehetra amin’ ny tany ny rantsany; Ary nidina niala tamin’ ny alokalony ny firenena rehetra ka nahafoy avy.
Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
13 Mipetraka eo amin’ ny vatany nianjera ny voro-manidina rehetra, ary eny amin’ ny sampany ny bibi-dia rehetra,
All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
14 Mba tsy hisy hiavonavona intsony noho ny hahavony ny hazo rehetra eny amoron’ ny rano, na hanandratra ny lohany ho eo amin’ ny rahona matevina, sady tsy hisy hitoky amin’ ny hahavony intsony ny hazo mifo-drano rehetra; Fa voatolotra ho faty izy rehetra ho any ambanin’ ny tany, ho ao amin’ ny zanak’ olombelona, dia any amin’ izay midìna any an-davaka.
This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
15 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Tamin’ ny andro nidinany ho any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita dia nampanao fisaonana Aho: Nanarona ny rano lalina noho ny aminy Aho sady nanampina ny ony avy aminy, ka dia najanona ny rano maro; Nampisaoniko Libanona noho ny aminy, ka nalazo noho izany ny hazo rehetra tany an-tsaha. (Sheol h7585)
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. (Sheol h7585)
16 Tamin’ ny fiezinezin’ ny fianjerany dia nampihorohoroiko ny firenena, raha nampidiniko ho any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita izy, ho naman’ izay midìna any an-davaka; Ary ny hazo rehetra any Edena, dia ny nojobonina sady soa indrindra any Libanona, dia izay mifo-drano rehetra, samy nampionona ny tenany any ambanin’ ny tany, (Sheol h7585)
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. (Sheol h7585)
17 Ireo koa dia niara-nidina taminy ho any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita, ho any amin’ izay voatrabaky ny sabatra, mbamin’ ireo izay efa sandriny teo, ka nipetraka teo ambanin’ ny alokalony teo amin’ ny firenena. (Sheol h7585)
They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 Tahaka an’ iza amin’ ny hazo any Edena moa ianao amin’ izao voninahitra sy fahalehibiazana izao? Hampidinina ho any ambanin’ ny tany miaraka amin’ ny hazo any Edena ianao; Eo amin’ ny tsy voafora no hiamparanao, dia eo amin’ izay voa-trabaky ny sabatra. Farao sy ny vahoakany maro be rehetra izany, hoy Jehovah Tompo.
Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
