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:
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 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?
“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 Indro, Asyria dia sedera tsara rantsana any Libanona ary misandrahaka manalokaloka sady mijoroaka avo, ka mitehika amin’ ny rahona matevina ny tendrony.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Ka dia tsara tarehy tamin’ ny fahalehibiazany sy ny halavan’ ny sampany izy; Fa tany amin’ ny rano maro ny fakany.
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 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 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 Nohatsaraiko tamin’ ny haben’ ny rantsany ny tarehiny; Ka dia nialona azy ny hazo rehetra tany Edena, dia ireo tany amin’ ny sahan’ Andriamanitra.
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 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 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 Dia hatolotro eo an-tànan’ ilay mahery amin’ ny firenena izy; Hamely azy tokoa io; Noho ny faharatsiany no nandroahako azy.
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 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.
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 Mipetraka eo amin’ ny vatany nianjera ny voro-manidina rehetra, ary eny amin’ ny sampany ny bibi-dia rehetra,
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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)
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 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.
[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].’”
