Иезекииль 31
1 В одиннадцатом году, в третьем месяце, в первый день месяца, было ко мне слово Господне:
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 сын человеческий! скажи фараону, царю Египетскому, и народу его: кому ты равняешь себя в величии твоем?
“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 Вот, Ассур был кедр на Ливане, с красивыми ветвями и тенистою листвою, и высокий ростом; вершина его находилась среди толстых сучьев.
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 Воды растили его, бездна поднимала его, реки ее окружали питомник его, и она протоки свои посылала ко всем деревам полевым.
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 Оттого высота его превысила все дерева полевые, и сучьев на нем было много, и ветви его умножались, и сучья его становились длинными от множества вод, когда он разрастался.
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 На сучьях его вили гнезда всякие птицы небесные, под ветвями его выводили детей всякие звери полевые, и под тенью его жили всякие многочисленные народы.
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 Он красовался высотою роста своего, длиною ветвей своих, ибо корень его был у великих вод.
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 Кедры в саду Божием не затемняли его; кипарисы не равнялись сучьям его, и каштаны не были величиною с ветви его, ни одно дерево в саду Божием не равнялось с ним красотою своею.
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 Я украсил его множеством ветвей его, так что все дерева Едемские в саду Божием завидовали ему.
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 Посему так сказал Господь Бог: за то, что ты высок стал ростом и вершину твою выставил среди толстых сучьев, и сердце его возгордилось величием его, -
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 за то Я отдал его в руки властителю народов; он поступил с ним, как надобно; за беззаконие его Я отверг его.
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 И срубили его чужеземцы, лютейшие из народов, и повергли его на горы; и на все долины упали ветви его; и сучья его сокрушились на всех лощинах земли, и из-под тени его ушли все народы земли, и оставили его.
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 На обломках его поместились всякие птицы небесные, и в сучьях были всякие полевые звери.
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 Это для того, чтобы никакие дерева при водах не величались высоким ростом своим и не поднимали вершины своей из среды толстых сучьев, и чтобы не прилеплялись к ним из-за высоты их дерева, пьющие воду; ибо все они будут преданы смерти, в преисподнюю страну вместе с сынами человеческими, отшедшими в могилу. (questioned)
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 Так говорит Господь Бог: в тот день, когда он сошел в могилу, Я сделал сетование о нем, затворил ради него бездну и остановил реки ее, и задержал большие воды и омрачил по нем Ливан, и все дерева полевые были в унынии по нем. (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 Шумом падения его Я привел в трепет народы, когда низвел его в преисподнюю, к отшедшим в могилу, и обрадовались в преисподней стране все дерева Едема, отличные и наилучшие Ливанские, все, пьющие воду; (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 ибо и они с ним отошли в преисподнюю, к пораженным мечом, и союзники его, жившие под тенью его, среди народов. (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 Итак которому из дерев Едемских равнялся ты в славе и величии? Но теперь наравне с деревами Едемскими ты будешь низведен в преисподнюю, будешь лежать среди необрезанных, с пораженными мечом. Это фараон и все множество народа его, говорит Господь Бог. (questioned)
[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].’”
