Ezequiel 31
1 No décimo primeiro ano, no terceiro mês, no primeiro dia do mês, a palavra de Javé veio a mim, dizendo:
Almost eleven years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day of the third month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 “Filho do homem, diz ao Faraó rei do Egito e sua multidão: De quem você gosta em sua grandeza?
“You human, say to the King of Egypt and all of his people, ‘[You think that] there is [RHQ, IRO] no country whose power is as great as the power of your country.
3 Veja, o assírio era um cedro no Líbano com belos ramos, e com uma tonalidade de floresta, de alta estatura; e seu topo estava entre os ramos grossos.
You think that your country is as great as Assyria was: Assyria was previously like [MET] a tall cedar tree in Lebanon; [it was as though] it had big beautiful branches that provided shade for [other trees in] the forest. It was very tall; its top was above the leaves of the other trees.
4 As águas o alimentavam. As profundezas o fizeram crescer. Seus rios corriam ao redor de sua plantação. Ela enviou seus canais para todas as árvores do campo.
Water came from deep springs, and as a result that cedar tree grew tall and very green. Then water flowed around the base of the tree into channels that took water to other nearby trees.
5 Portanto, sua estatura foi exaltada acima de todas as árvores do campo; e seus ramos foram multiplicados. Seus ramos se tornaram longos por causa de muitas águas, quando os espalha.
That huge tree grew very tall, higher than all the other trees around it. Its branches grew very thick and long [DOU] because of the abundant water [at the base of the tree].
6 Todas as aves do céu fizeram seus ninhos em seus galhos. Sob seus galhos, todos os animais do campo deram à luz seus filhotes. Todas as grandes nações viviam sob sua sombra.
Birds built their nests in the branches, and wild animals gave birth to their babies under those branches. [And it was as though people of] all the great nations lived in the shade of that tree.
7 Assim, foi belo em sua grandeza, no comprimento de suas filiais; pois sua raiz estava por muitas águas.
It was majestic and beautiful; its branches spread out widely because the roots of the tree grew down into the ground where there was a plentiful supply of water.
8 Os cedros no jardim de Deus não podiam escondê-lo. Os ciprestes não eram como seus ramos. Os pinheiros não eram como seus ramos; nem nenhuma árvore do jardim de Deus era como ela em sua beleza.
The cedar trees in my garden [in Eden] were not as great as that tree, and the branches of the pine/cypress trees were not as long and thick as the branches of that cedar tree. And the branches of the plane trees were not as long and thick, either. No tree in my garden was as beautiful as that cedar tree.
9 Eu o tornei belo pela multidão de seus ramos, para que todas as árvores do Éden, que estavam no jardim de Deus, o invejavam”.
Because I caused that tree to become very beautiful with its magnificent green branches, [all the leaders of other countries represented by] [MET] those other trees in Eden envied [the country represented by] that tree.’
10 “Portanto, assim disse o Senhor Yahweh: “Porque ele é exaltado em estatura, e colocou seu topo entre os ramos grossos, e seu coração é levantado em sua altura,
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘That tree, which [represents Assyria], grew very tall, and its top was higher than the other trees, and it became very proud because of being very tall.
11 eu o entregarei na mão do poderoso de uma das nações”. Ele certamente irá lidar com ele”. Eu o expulsei por sua maldade.
Therefore, I enabled another mighty nation to conquer it and to destroy it as it deserved to be destroyed. I have already discarded it.
12 Os estrangeiros, os tiranos das nações, o cortaram e o deixaram. Seus ramos caíram nas montanhas e em todos os vales, e seus ramos são quebrados por todos os cursos de água da terra. Todos os povos da terra desceram de sua sombra e o abandonaram.
A foreign army, one that has caused people of other nations to be terrified, cut it down and left it. Its branches fell on the mountains and in the valleys. Some of its branches lay broken in all the ravines in the land. All the people of other nations came out from being under its shade and left it.
13 Todas as aves do céu habitarão sobre sua ruína, e todos os animais do campo estarão sobre seus galhos,
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 até o final que nenhuma de todas as árvores junto às águas se exaltem em sua estatura, e não coloquem sua copa entre os ramos grossos. Seus poderosos não se levantam na altura, mesmo todos os que bebem água; pois todos são entregues à morte, às partes inferiores da terra, entre os filhos dos homens, com aqueles que descem ao poço”.
The result of what I have done is that no other trees, even if they have plenty of water, will ever grow very high and become proud, and lift their tops above the branches of other trees. I do not want any other tree to grow high like that cedar tree did; trees will all certainly die and decay in the ground, like people die and go down to their graves.’
15 “O Senhor Javé diz: “No dia em que ele desceu ao Sheol, eu causei um luto. Cobri as profundezas por ele, e contive seus rios”. As grandes águas foram interrompidas. Eu fiz o Líbano chorar por ele, e todas as árvores do campo desmaiaram por ele. (Sheol h7585)
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When that great tree was cut down, [it was as though] the springs that watered it mourned for it, because I caused the plentiful water [from the springs] to dry up. I caused [the mountains in] Lebanon to become black, and all the trees there to wither. (Sheol h7585)
16 Eu fiz as nações tremerem ao som de sua queda, quando o joguei no inferno com aqueles que desceram ao poço. Todas as árvores do Éden, a escolha e o melhor do Líbano, todas aquelas que bebem água, foram consoladas nas partes mais baixas da terra. (Sheol h7585)
I caused the people of other nations to tremble when they heard that tree fall to the ground. [They realized] that it would decay, like all people who die and are buried decay. And all the [leaders of other countries represented by] other beautiful trees in my garden in Eden and in Lebanon, were like beautiful trees [that were very proud]. They were ones which had roots that grew down deep into the [ground where there was plenty of] water. They were comforted when [the king represented by] [MET] that cedar tree was there with them in the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
17 Também desceram ao inferno com ele para aqueles que foram mortos pela espada; sim, aqueles que eram seu braço, que viviam sob sua sombra no meio das nações. (Sheol h7585)
The [leaders of other countries represented by] [MET] trees that grew in the shade of the huge tree, [the allies of] the great nation [that the cedar tree represents], had also joined those who had been killed by the sword and gone down to where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
18 “'A quem você gosta assim em glória e em grandeza entre as árvores do Éden? No entanto, você será derrubado com as árvores do Éden para as partes mais baixas da terra. Você ficará no meio dos incircuncisos, com aqueles que são mortos pela espada. “'Este é o Faraó e toda sua multidão', diz o Senhor Yahweh”.
[This parable is about you] people of Egypt. [You think that] [RHQ, IRO] there is no other nation that is as great and glorious as yours is. But your nation will also be destroyed, [as Assyria was], along with those other nations. Your people will be there among the other people who are not fit to worship me, people who have been killed by their enemies’ swords. That is what will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, [have predicted it].’”
