Ezequiel 17
1 E veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Filho do homem, propõe uma parabola, e usa d'uma comparação para com a casa de Israel.
“Son of man, present this riddle—share it as a parable with the people of Israel.
3 E disse: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Uma grande aguia, de grandes azas, comprida de plumagem, e cheia de pennas de varias côres, veiu ao Libano e levou o mais alto ramo d'um cedro.
Tell them that this is what the Lord God says: There was a great eagle that had large wings, long feathers, and multi-colored plumage. It came to Lebanon and took off the top of the cedar.
4 E arrancou a ponta mais alta dos seus ramos, e a trouxe á terra de mercancia, na cidade de mercancia, na cidade de mercadores a poz.
He broke off its highest branch and took it to a country of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
5 Tomou da semente da terra, e a lançou n'um campo de semente: tomando-a, a poz junto ás grandes aguas com grande prudencia.
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in good soil beside a large river where he could grow it like a willow.
6 E brotou, e tornou-se n'uma videira mui larga, de pouca altura, virando-se para ella os seus ramos, porque as suas raizes estavam debaixo d'ella; e tornou-se n'uma videira, e produzia sarmentos, e brotava renovos.
The seed sprouted and grew into a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing toward him, and its roots went down into the ground beneath. So the vine developed, growing leaves and branches.
7 E houve mais uma grande aguia, de grandes azas, e cheia de pennas; e eis que esta videira lançou para ella as suas raizes, e estendeu para ella os seus ramos, para que a regasse pelas aréolas do seu plantio.
But there was another great eagle that had large wings and many feathers. This vine sent out its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from where it had been planted, wanting him to water it.
8 N'uma boa terra, á borda de muitas aguas, estava ella plantada, para produzir ramos, e para dar fructo, para que fosse videira excellente.
Yet it had been planted in good soil beside a large river so it could grow strong, produce fruit, and become a superb vine.
9 Dize: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porventura prosperará? ou não lhe arrancará as suas raizes, e não cortará o seu fructo, e seccar-se-ha? em todas as folhas de seus renovos se seccará, e isto não com braço grande, nem com muita gente, para a arrancar pelas suas raizes.
So you tell them this is what the Lord God says: ‘Will it grow well? Won't it be uprooted and its fruit ripped off so that it withers? All its leaves will dry up. You wouldn't need strong arms or lots of people to pull it up by its roots.
10 Mas eis que porventura, estando plantada, prosperará? porventura, tocando-lhe vento oriental, de todo não se seccará? nas aréolas do seu plantio se seccará.
Even if it's transplanted, is it going to survive? Won't it wither up completely when the east wind blows? In fact, it will wither right where it was planted.”
11 Então veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
12 Dize agora á casa rebelde: Porventura não sabeis o que querem dizer estas coisas? dize: Eis que veiu o rei de Babylonia a Jerusalem, e tomou o seu rei e os seus principes, e os levou comsigo para Babylonia;
“Tell these rebellious people: ‘Don't you know what this riddle means?’ Explain to them, ‘Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, made its king and officials his prisoners, and took them back with him to Babylon.
13 E tomou um da semente real, e fez concerto com elle, e o trouxe para fazer juramento; e tomou os poderosos da terra comsigo,
He made an agreement with one of the royal family and made him take an oath that he would be a loyal subject as king. Then he took into exile the country's leaders,
14 Para que o reino ficasse humilhado, e não se levantasse: para que, guardando o seu concerto, podesse subsistir.
so that the kingdom would be kept in subjection and wouldn't be strong enough to rebel—it would only survive by keeping its agreement with him.
15 Porém se rebellou contra elle, enviando os seus mensageiros ao Egypto, para que se lhe mandassem cavallos e muita gente: porventura prosperará ou escapará aquelle que faz taes coisas? ou quebrantará o concerto, e ainda escapará?
However, this king did rebel against Babylon, and sent ambassadors to Egypt to ask for help by supplying horses and many soldiers. Will he do well? Would someone who acts like this succeed? Could he break an agreement and not be punished?’
16 Vivo eu, diz o Senhor Jehovah, que morrerá em logar do rei que o fez reinar, cujo juramento desprezou, e cujo concerto quebrantou; com elle no meio de Babylonia morrerá.
As I live, declares the Lord God, ‘he is going to die in Babylon, in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he disregarded and whose agreement he broke.
17 E Pharaó, nem com grande exercito, nem com uma companhia numerosa, nada acabará com elle em guerra, levantando tranqueiras e edificando baluartes, para destruir muitas vidas.
Pharaoh with his powerful army of many soldiers won't help him in battle, when attack ramps are piled up and siege walls built and many people end up being killed.
18 Porque desprezou o juramento, quebrantando o concerto, e eis que deu a sua mão; havendo pois feito todas estas coisas, não escapará.
He disregarded his oath by breaking the agreement. Because he shook hands as a sign of the promise he made, yet rebelled in this way, he won't go unpunished!’
19 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Vivo eu, que o meu juramento, que desprezou, e o meu concerto, que quebrantou, isto farei recair sobre a sua cabeça.
So this is what the Lord God says: As I live, I will punish him for disregarding my oath and for breaking my agreement.
20 E estenderei sobre elle a minha rede, e ficará preso no meu laço; e o levarei a Babylonia, e ali entrarei em juizo com elle pela rebeldia com que se rebellou contra mim.
I will throw my net over him and catch him; I will trap in my snare. I will take him to Babylon and sentence him to punishment there for his treason towards me.
21 E todos os seus fugitivos, com todas as suas tropas, cairão á espada, e os que restarem serão espalhados a todo o vento; e sabereis que eu, o Senhor, o fallei.
All his best soldiers will be killed in battle, and those who do survive will be scattered in all directions. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.
22 Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Tambem eu tomarei do cucuruto do cedro alto, e o plantarei; do principal dos seus renovos cortarei o mais tenro, e o plantarei sobre um monte alto e sublime.
This is what the Lord God says: I'm going to break off a branch from the high top of the cedar, and I will plant it on the top of a high mountain.
23 No monte alto d'Israel o plantarei, e produzirá ramos, e dará fructo, e se fará um cedro excellente; e habitarão debaixo d'elle todas as aves de toda a sorte de azas, e á sombra dos seus ramos habitarão.
I will plant it on Israel's high mountain so that it can grow branches, produce fruit and become a magnificent cedar. All kinds of birds will live in it, nesting in the shade of its branches.
24 Assim saberão todas as arvores do campo que eu, o Senhor, abaixei a arvore alta, alcei a arvore baixa, sequei a arvore verde, e fiz reverdecer a arvore secca: eu, o Senhor, o fallei, e o farei.
All the trees in the countryside will know that I am the Lord. I can bring down the tall and have the low tree grow tall. I can make the green tree dry up, and make the withered tree become green again. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.”
