حِزِقیال 31
| در سال یازدهم تبعیدمان در روز اول ماه سوم، پیغام دیگری از جانب خداوند به من رسید: | 1 |
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
| «ای پسر انسان، به پادشاه مصر و تمام قوم او بگو: تو نیز مانند آشور هستی. آشور قومی بزرگ و توانا بود؛ او همچون درخت سرو لبنان، پر شاخ و برگ و سایه‌گستر بود و سرش به ابرها می‌رسید. | 2 |
Son of man Say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and unto his multitude, — Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
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Lo! Assyria, was a cedar in Lebanon, Beautiful in bough and Dense in foliage and Lofty in stature, — and Among the clouds, came to be his top:
| آبهای زیر زمین و نهرها او را سیراب می‌کردند و باعث رشد آن می‌شدند، همچنین این آبها تمام درختان اطرافش را نیز آبیاری می‌نمودند. | 4 |
The waters made him great, the roaring deep, made him high—with its currents going round about the place where it was planted, Its channels also, it sent forth unto all the trees of the field.
| به سبب فراوانی آب، او از همهٔ درختان بلندتر و پر شاخ و برگ‌تر شد. | 5 |
For this cause higher, was his stature than any of the trees of the field, -And multiplied were his boughs And lengthened were his branches, By reason of the mighty waters when he shot forth shoots.
| در میان شاخه‌هایش پرندگان آشیانه می‌ساختند و در زیر شاخه‌هایش، گله‌ها و رمه‌ها بچه می‌زاییدند. تمام قومهای بزرگ جهان زیر سایهٔ او بودند. | 6 |
Among his branches, all the birds of the heavens, made their nests, And under his boughs, all the wild beasts of the field, brought forth, — And, in his shade, dwelt all the mighty nations.
| او بزرگ و زیبا بود و ریشه‌هایش در آب فرو رفته بودند. | 7 |
Thus became he beautiful in his greatness, In the length of his waving branches, Because his root had gone towards mighty waters.
| این درخت از هر درخت دیگری در باغ خدا بلندتر و زیباتر بود. شاخه‌های هیچ درخت صنوبری مثل شاخه‌های آن نبود و جوانه‌های هیچ درختی به جوانه‌های آن نمی‌رسید. | 8 |
Cedars hid him not. in the garden of God, Fir-trees were not like unto his boughs, Nor plane-trees, like his branches, —no, tree in the garden of God, was like unto him in his beauty.
| به سبب عظمتی که من به او بخشیده بودم، تمام درختان باغ عدن به او حسادت می‌کردند.» | 9 |
Beautiful, I made him in the abundance of his waving branches, - Therefore was he envied by all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.
| خداوند یهوه می‌فرماید: «اکنون مصر، این درخت بلند، مغرور و متکبر شده است و خود را از دیگران بهتر و برتر می‌داند و سر به فلک کشیده است، | 10 |
Therefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Because thou hast become lofty in stature, And he hath stretched his top among the clouds, And his heart is exalted in his loftiness.
| پس، او را به دست یک قوم نیرومند تسلیم می‌کنم تا او را به سزای شرارتش برساند. من خودم او را سرنگون می‌کنم. | 11 |
Let me then deliver him into the hand of the chief of the nations, He shall effectually deal with him! According to his lawlessness, have I driven him out:
| لشکر بیگانه‌ای که مایهٔ وحشت و دلهرهٔ قومهاست می‌آید و او را قطع می‌کند و به زمین می‌اندازد. شاخه‌های شکستهٔ آن در اطراف کوهها، دره‌ها و رودخانه‌ها پخش و پراکنده می‌شود. تمام کسانی که در زیر سایه‌اش بودند آن را به همان حال افتاده، می‌گذارند و از آنجا می‌روند. | 12 |
Therefore have foreigners the terrible of the nations cut him down. And abandoned him, — Upon the mountains and in all valleys, have fallen his waving branches And broken have been his boughs in all the river-beds of the land, And all the peoples of the earth have come down out of his shade. And abandoned him:
| پرندگان، بر تنهٔ آن لانه می‌کنند و حیوانات وحشی در میان شاخه‌های بزرگ آن می‌خوابند. | 13 |
Upon his trunk, shall settle down all the birds of the heavens, - And among his boughs, are to be found all the wild beasts of the field: —
| این درس عبرتی است برای قومهای قوی و کامیاب، تا مغرور نشوند؛ زیرا همه محکوم به مرگ هستند و مثل تمام مردم دیگر به دنیای مردگان می‌روند.» | 14 |
To the end that none of the trees of the waters— May exalt themselves in their stature or stretch their top among the clouds, Nor their mighty ones take their stand in their height- any that drink of the waters, — Because they all, are delivered to death Unto the earth below. In the midst of the sons of Adam. Amongst them who descend into the pit.
| خداوند یهوه می‌فرماید: «وقتی مصر سقوط کند دریاها را برمی‌انگیزم تا برایش ماتم گیرند و از حرکت باز ایستند. لبنان را سیاه‌پوش می‌کنم و تمام درختان، پژمرده می‌شوند. (Sheol h7585) | 15 |
Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, In the day when he descended into hades, I caused a mourning. I covered over him the roaring deep, And restrained the currents thereof And stayed were the mighty waters, So caused I gloom over him unto Lebanon, And all the trees of the field for him were covered with a shroud. (Sheol h7585)
| وقتی مصر و تمام کسانی را که مانند وی هستند به دنیای مردگان بفرستم، قومها از صدای افتادنش وحشت خواهند کرد. تمام درختان عدن، مرغوبترین و بهترین درختان لبنان که همیشه سیراب بودند، وقتی ببینند که مصر هم در دنیای مردگان در کنار آنهاست، خوشحال خواهند شد. (Sheol h7585) | 16 |
At the sound of his fall, I made nations tremble, When I caused him to descend into hades, with them who descend into the pit, — Then were grieved in the earth below-All the trees of Eden, The choicest and best of Lebanon All who had drunk the waters. (Sheol h7585)
| تمام هم‌پیمانان او نیز که در زیر سایه‌اش بودند هلاک شده، همراه وی به دنیای مردگان خواهند رفت. (Sheol h7585) | 17 |
Even they, with him descended into hades. Among them who were thrust through with the sword, - Even his seed who dwelt in his shade in the midst of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
| «ای مصر، تو در میان درختان عدن (یعنی ممالک جهان)، بسیار باشکوه و عظیم هستی، ولی همراه همهٔ ممالک دیگر به قعر دنیای مردگان سرنگون خواهی شد و در میان ممالکی قرار خواهی گرفت که آنها را پست شمرده، با شمشیر کشتی.» خداوند یهوه می‌فرماید: «این است عاقبت پادشاه مصر و تمام قوم او.» | 18 |
Unto whom couldst thou be likened thus, in glory and in greatness, among the trees of Eden? Yet shalt thou be caused to descend with the trees of Eden into the earth below In the midst of the uncircumcised, shalt thou lie down With them who were thrust through by the sword, the same, is Pharaoh and all his multitude, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
