Hisqiʼeel 31
1 Waggaa kudha tokkoffaatti, jiʼa sadaffaa keessa, guyyaa tokkoffaatti dubbiin Waaqayyoo akkana jedhee gara koo dhufe:
In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Yaa ilma namaa, Faraʼoon mooticha Gibxii fi tuuta namoota isaatiin akkana jedhi: “‘Surraadhaan eenyutu siin qixxaata?
“Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt and his multitude: ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 Kunoo Asoor akka birbirsa Libaanoon kan dameewwan mimmiidhagoo qabuu fi bosonaaf gaaddisa taʼee akka malee ol dheeraa fi kan fiixeen isaa duumessa tuqe ture.
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
4 Bishaan isa biqilche; burqaawwan gad fagoon immoo isa guddise; lageen isaanii hidda isaa hunda marsanii yaaʼanii bishaan isaanii gara mukkeen bosonaa hundaatti ergu.
The waters nourished it. The deep made it to grow. Its rivers ran all around its plantation. It sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
5 Kanaafuu inni mukkeen bosonaa hundaan olitti akka malee ol dheerate; lataan isaa ni baayʼate; dameen isaas ni guddate; inni bishaan baayʼee argatee babalʼateeraatii.
Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied. Its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it spread them out.
6 Simbirroonni samii hundi damee isaa irratti manʼee ijaarratan; bineensonni dirree hundi damee isaa jalatti dhalan; saboonni gurguddaan hundinuus, gaaddisa isaa jala jiraatan.
All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs. Under its branches, all the animals of the field gave birth to their young. All great nations lived under its shadow.
7 Inni sababii hidda isaa gara bishaan baayʼeetti gad fageeffateef, dameewwan isaa kanneen babalʼatan wajjin akka malee miidhagaa ture.
Thus it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
8 Gaattiraawwan iddoo biqiltuu Waaqaa keessa jiran isa gituu hin dandeenye; yookaan mukkeen birbirsaa dameewwan isaatiin hin qixxaatan; mukni waddeessaas dameewwan isaatiin hin qixxaatu; mukni iddoo biqiltuu Waaqaa keessa jiru tokko iyyuu miidhagina isaatiin wal bira hin qabamu.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it. The cypress trees were not like its branches. The pine trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.
9 Ani dameewwan baayʼeedhaan isa nan miidhagse; mukkeen Eeden kanneen iddoo biqiltuu Waaqaa keessa jiran hundi isatti hinaafan.
I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.’
10 “‘Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Gooftaan akkana jedha: Sababii inni ol dheeratee fiixeen isaa duumessa tuqee inni dheerina isaatiin of tuuleef,
“Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because he is exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick branches, and his heart is lifted up in his height,
11 akka inni waan hammina isaatiif malu isaaf kennuuf, ani dabarseen bulchaa sabootaatti isa kenne. Darbadhees isa nan gate;
I will deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations. He will surely deal with him. I have driven him out for his wickedness.
12 alagoonni akka malee hamoonis cicciranii isa gatan. Lataawwan isaa gaarran irraa fi sululawwan keessatti harcaʼa; dameewwan isaa immoo cicciramanii boʼoowwan bishaanii hunda keessa buʼan. Saboonni lafaa hundi gaaddisa isaa jalaa baʼanii isa dhiisanii deeman.
Foreigners, the tyrants of the nations, have cut him off and have left him. His branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land. All the peoples of the earth have gone down from his shadow and have left him.
13 Simbirroonni samii hundi muka jige sana irra qubatan; bineensonni dirree hundinuus dameewwan isaa gidduu turan.
All the birds of the sky will dwell on his ruin, and all the animals of the field will be on his branches,
14 Kanaafuu mukni bishaan bira jiru kam iyyuu akka malee hin guddatu yookaan fiixeen isaa duumessa hin tuqu. Mukni akkasitti bishaan quufe kam iyyuu akkas ol dheeratee hin beeku. Isaan hundi warra duʼanii boolla qileetti gad buʼan wajjin akka duʼan itti murteeffameera.
to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, and don’t set their top among the thick boughs. Their mighty ones don’t stand up on their height, even all who drink water; for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, among the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.’
15 “‘Waaqayyo Gooftaan akkana jedhe: Guyyaa inni awwaalametti ani isaaf jedhee burqaawwan gad fagoo gaddaan nan guute; lageen isaa nan ittise; bishaan isaa guddichis yaaʼuu dhiise. Sababii isaatiif ani Libaanoonitti dukkana nan uffise; mukkeen dirree hundis ni gogan. (Sheol h7585)
“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers. The great waters were stopped. I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol h7585)
16 Yommuu ani warra boolla buʼan sanatti dabalee awwaala keessa isa buusutti sagalee kufaatii isaatiin ani saboota nan hollachiisa. Ergasiis mukkeen Eeden kanneen Libaanoon keessaa filatamoo fi kan addaa taʼan hundi, mukkeen akka gaarii bishaan obaafaman hundi boolla keessatti jajjabeeffaman. (Sheol h7585)
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit. All the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
17 Warri gaaddisa isaa jala jiraatan kanneen saboota gidduudhaa isaaf tumsan, warra goraadeedhaan ajjeefamanitti makamuuf isa wajjin awwaala keessa buʼan. (Sheol h7585)
They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, who lived under his shadow in the middle of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 “‘Mukkeen Eeden keessaa kan ulfinaa fi surraadhaan siin qixxaatu kami? Taʼu iyyuu mukkeen Eeden wajjin boolla buuta; ati warra goraadeedhaan ajjeefaman wajjin, namoota dhagna hin qabatin gidduu ciifta. “‘Kun Faraʼoonii fi waldaa uummata isaa hunda, jedha Waaqayyo Gooftaan.’”
“‘To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth. You will lie in the middle of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. “‘This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
