Ezequiel 17
1 E veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Filho do homem, propõe uma parábola, e usa de uma comparação para com a casa de Israel.
“You human, tell this story/parable [DOU] to the people [MTY] of Israel.
3 E disse: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Uma grande águia, de grandes asas, comprida de plumagem, e cheia de penas de várias cores, veio ao líbano e levou o mais alto ramo dum cedro.
[Say to them, ] ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: A huge eagle that had strong wings and long beautiful feathers of many colors flew to Lebanon. It grasped the top of a cedar [tree]
4 E arrancou a ponta mais alta dos seus ramos, e a trouxe à terra de mercância, na cidade de mercância, na cidade de mercadores a pos.
and broke it off. Then the eagle carried it away to [Babylonia], a country that had many merchants/businessmen, and planted it in one of the cities there.
5 Tomou da semente da terra, e a lançou num campo de semente: tomando-a, a pôs junto às grandes águas com grande prudência.
Then that eagle took a seedling from [your] country and planted it in a fertile field. He planted it like people plant a willow tree, alongside [a stream that had] plenty of water.
6 E brotou, e tornou-se numa videira mui larga, de pouca altura, virando-se para ela os seus ramos, porque as suas raízes estavam debaixo dela; e tornou-se numa videira, e produzia sarmentos, e brotava renovos.
It grew and became a low grapevine that spread [along the ground]. Its branches turned up towards the eagle, but its roots grew down into the ground. So it became a [good] vine and produced [lots of] branches and leaves.
7 E houve mais uma grande águia, de grandes asas, e cheia de penas; e eis que esta videira lançou para ela as suas raízes, e estendeu para ela os seus ramos, para que a regasse pelas aréolas do seu plantio.
But there was another huge eagle that had strong wings and beautiful feathers. And [some of] the roots of the vine grew toward that eagle, and its branches [also] turned toward it, hoping that the eagle would bring more water to it.
8 Numa boa terra, à borda de muitas águas, estava ela plantada, para produzir ramos, e para dar fruto, para que fosse videira excelente.
[That happened in spite of the fact that] the vine had [already] been planted in good soil, where there was plenty of water, with the result that it had produced branches and produced grapes and had become a very healthy/productive vine.’
9 Dize: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porventura prosperará? ou não lhe arrancará as suas raízes, e não cortará o seu fruto, e secar-se-á? em todas as folhas de seus renovos se secará, e isto não com braço grande, nem com muita gente, para a arrancar pelas suas raízes.
Then [after you have told that to the people, say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: That vine] will certainly not [RHQ] remain healthy/productive. It will be [RHQ] pulled up by its roots by the eagle [that planted it], and all its fruit will be stripped off and its leaves will wither. And it will not need someone with strong arms or many people to pull it out by its roots.
10 Mas eis que porventura, estando plantada, prosperará? porventura, tocando-lhe vento oriental, de todo não se secará? nas aréolas do seu plantio se secará.
Even if that vine is transplanted, it certainly will not continue to grow [RHQ]. When the hot wind from the east blows against it, it will completely wither, there where it was planted! [RHQ]’”
11 Então veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
Then Yahweh gave this message to me:
12 Dize agora à casa rebelde: Porventura não sabeis o que querem dizer estas coisas? dize: Eis que veio o rei de Babilônia a Jerusalém, e tomou o seu rei e os seus príncipes, e os levou consigo para Babilônia;
“Ask these rebellious [Israeli] people, ‘Do you know what this parable/story means?’ Tell them that it signifies that the King of Babylon went to Jerusalem [with his army] and captured the King of Judah and his officials, and took them back to Babylon.
13 E tomou um da semente real, e fez concerto com ele, e o trouxe para fazer juramento; e tomou os poderosos da terra consigo,
Then he took one of the king’s close relatives [and appointed him to be the king], and made an agreement with him, forcing him to solemnly promise [to remain loyal]. The King of Babylon also took to Babylon the other important citizens of Judah,
14 Para que o reino ficasse humilhado, e não se levantasse: para que, guardando o seu concerto, pudesse subsistir.
in order that the kingdom of Judah would not be able to become powerful again. The King of Babylon intended that the kingdom [of Judah] would not continue to exist if the people did not obey that agreement [that he made with the King of Babylon].
15 Porém se rebelou contra ele, enviando os seus mensageiros ao Egito, para que se lhe mandassem cavalos e muita gente: porventura prosperará ou escapará aquele que faz tais coisas? ou quebrantará o concerto, e ainda escapará?
But the King of Judah rebelled against the King of Babylon by sending officials to Egypt to request from them horses and a large army [to fight against the army of Babylonia]. But the King of Judah will certainly not [RHQ] be sucessful. Rulers who [rebel like that and] and refuse to obey solemn agreements will never [RHQ] escape.
16 Vivo eu, diz o Senhor Jehovah, que morrerá em lugar do rei que o fez reinar, cujo juramento desprezou, e cujo concerto quebrantou; com ele no meio de Babilônia morrerá.
[I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that [as surely] as I am alive, the King of Judah will die in Babylon, in the city where the King of Babylon appointed him to be the King [MTY] [of Judah]. He will die because he despised the solemn agreement and refused to do what he promised to do.
17 E faraó, nem com grande exército, nem com uma companhia numerosa, nada acabará com ele em guerra, levantando tranqueiras e edificando baluartes, para destruir muitas vidas.
The King of Egypt with all his very huge army [DOU] will not [be able to] help the King of Judah: [The soldiers from Babylonia] will build ramps up against the walls of Jerusalem and set up devices to batter the walls. They will [enter Jerusalem and] kill many of its people.
18 Porque desprezou o juramento, quebrantando o concerto, e eis que deu a sua mão; havendo pois feito todas estas coisas, não escapará.
The King of Judah despised the solemn agreement by disregarding the treaty. Although he had solemnly promised to be under the control of the King of Babylon, [he sent officials to request help from Egypt]. Therefore he will not escape being punished [by the King of Babylon].
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.
Therefore this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'Just as surely as I am alive, I will cause the King of Judah to be punished [IDM] for ignoring the solemn agreement that he made [with the King of Babylon] and then refusing to obey it.
20 E estenderei sobre ele a minha rede, e ficará preso no meu laço; e o levarei a Babilônia, e ali entrarei em juízo com ele pela rebeldia com que se rebelou contra mim.
[It will be as though] I will spread a net to capture him, and he will be caught in it. He will [be captured and] taken to Babylon and punished because he rebelled against me.
21 E todos os seus fugitivos, com todas as suas tropas, cairão à espada, e os que restarem serão espalhados a todo o vento; e sabereis que eu, o Senhor, o falei.
Most [HYP] of his soldiers who try to escape will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and those who survive will be scattered in all directions. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
22 Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: também 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 [also] what Yahweh the Lord says: “[It will be as though] I will take a shoot from the top of a very tall cedar [tree] and plant it [DOU] in another place. I will plant it on a very high [DOU] mountain.
23 No monte alto de Israel o plantarei, e produzirá ramos, e dará fruto, e se fará um cedro excelente; e habitarão debaixo dele todas as aves de toda a sorte de asas, e à sombra dos seus ramos habitarão.
[It will be as though] I will plant it on a mountain in Israel, and it will grow and become a beautiful cedar [tree]. Many [HYP] kinds of birds will make their nests in the tree, and they will have shade in its branches.
24 Assim saberão todas as árvores do campo que eu, o Senhor, abaixei a árvore alta, alcei a árvore baixa, sequei a árvore verde, e fiz reverdecer a árvore seca: eu, o Senhor, o falei, e o farei.
And [it will be as though] all the trees in the field will know that I, Yahweh, get rid of tall trees and make little ones grow. I cause [big] green trees to wither, and I cause dry trees to become green. I, Yahweh have said this, and I will [certainly] do what I have said that I will do.”
