Ezequiel 17
1 E veio a mim a palavra do SENHOR, dizendo:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Filho do homem, propõe um enigma, e fala uma parábola à casa de Israel.
“You human, tell this story/parable [DOU] to the people [MTY] of Israel.
3 E dize: Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Uma grande águia, de grandes asas e de comprida plumagem, cheia de penas de várias cores, veio ao Líbano, e tomou o mais alto ramo de um 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 Arrancou o topo de seus renovos, e o trouxe à terra de comércio; na cidade de mercadores ela o pôs.
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 E tomou da semente da terra, e a lançou em um campo fértil; tomando-a, plantou-a junto a grandes águas, como [se fosse] um salgueiro.
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 uma videira larga, [porém] de baixa estatura; seus ramos olhavam para ela, e suas raízes estavam debaixo dela; e tornou-se uma videira, que produzia ramos 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 outra grande águia, de grandes asas e cheia de penas; e eis que esta videira juntou suas raízes para perto dela, e estendeu seus ramos para ela desde o lugar onde estava plantada, para que fosse regada.
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 Em uma boa terra, junto a muitas águas ela estava plantada, para produzir ramos e dar fruto, para que fosse uma 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 DEUS: Por acaso [a videira] terá sucesso? Não arrancará [a águia] suas raízes, e cortará seu fruto, e se secará? Todas as folhas que dela brotavam se secarão; e nem [é necessário] um braço grande, nem muita gente, para a arrancar desde 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, [mesmo] estando plantada, terá ela sucesso? Por acaso, quando o vento oriental a tocar, ela não se secará por completo? Nos canteiros de seus renovos 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: Por acaso não sabeis o que significam estas coisas? Dize-lhes: Eis que o rei da Babilônia veio a Jerusalém, tomou o teu rei e seus príncipes, e os levou consigo à 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 família real, fez pacto com ele, fazendo-lhe prestar 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; mas podendo continuar a existir se guardasse seu pacto.
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 rebelou-se contra ele, enviando seus mensageiros ao Egito, para que lhe dessem cavalos e muita gente. Por acaso terá sucesso, ou escapará aquele que faz tais coisas? Poderá quebrar o pacto, e [ainda assim] escapar?
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 DEUS, que morrerá em meio da Babilônia, no lugar do rei que o fez reinar, cujo juramento desprezou, e cujo pacto quebrou.
[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 não lhe fará coisa alguma nem com grande exército, nem com muita multidão na batalha, quando levantarem cerco e edificarem fortificações para destruírem 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, quebrando o pacto; e eis que havia firmado compromisso; havendo pois feito todas 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 Por isso assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Vivo eu, que meu juramento que ele desprezou, e meu pacto que ele quebrou, isto retribuirei sobre 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 minha rede, e ficará preso em minha malha; e eu o levarei à Babilônia, e ali entrarei em juízo contra ele, por sua 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 dispersos a todos os ventos; e sabereis que fui eu, o SENHOR, que 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 DEUS: Também eu tomarei do topo daquele alto cedro, e o plantarei; do mais alto de seus renovos cortarei o [mais] tenro, e eu 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, dará fruto, e se tronará um cedro excelente; e habitarão debaixo dele todas as aves, todos os que voam; e na sombra de 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 todas os árvores do campo saberão que eu, o SENHOR, rebaixei a árvore alta, levantei a árvore baixa, sequei a árvore verde, e tornei verde a árvore seca. Eu, o SENHOR, falei, e 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.”
