Книга пророка Иезекииля 17
1 И бысть слово Господне ко мне глаголя:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 сыне человечь, повеждь повесть и рцы притчу на дом Израилев,
“Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,
3 и речеши: сия глаголет Адонаи Господь: орел великий, великокрилый, долгий протяжением, исполнь ногтей, иже имать повеление внити в Ливан, и взя избранныя кедра,
and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: A large eagle, with great wings and elongated pinions, full of feathers with many colors, came to Lebanon. And he took the kernel of the cedar.
4 и верхи мягкости острога, и принесе я в землю Хананейску, во граде огражденнем положи я:
He tore off the summit of its branches, and he transported it to the land of Canaan; he placed it in a city of merchants.
5 и взя от семене земнаго и даде е на поли плодне, (да утвердит корение) над водами многими, видено учини е:
And he took from the seed of the land and placed it in the ground for seed, so that it might take firm root above many waters; he placed it at the surface.
6 и прозябе и бысть в виноград немощен и мал величеством, еже являтися лозию его на нем, и корение его под ним бяше: и бысть в виноград, и сотвори розги, и простре отрасли своя.
And when it had germinated, it increased into a more extensive vine, low in height, with its branches facing toward itself. And its roots were underneath it. And so, it became a vine, and sprouted branches, and produced shoots.
7 И бысть орел другий велик, великокрилный, мног ногтьми, и се, виноград сей оплетаяся об нем: и корение его к нему, и лозие свое испусти ему, еже напаяти себе со грудием сада своего.
And there was another large eagle, with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine seemed to bend its roots towards him, extending its branches toward him, so that he might irrigate it from the garden of its germination.
8 На поли добре, на воде мнозе питается той, еже сотворити прозябения и приносити плод, еже быти в виноград велик.
It had been planted in a good land, above many waters, so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, so that it would become a large vine.
9 Сего ради рцы: сия глаголет Адонаи Господь: еда исправится? Не корение ли мягкоты его и плод изгниет? И изсхнут вся леторасли его, и не мышцею ли великою, ни людьми многими еже исторгнути его из корения его?
Speak: Thus says the Lord God: What if it does not prosper? Should he not pull up its roots, and strip off its fruit, and dry up all the branches that it has produced, and let it wither, though he is without a strong arm and without many people to pull it up by the root?
10 И се, тыет: еда успеет? Не абие ли, егда коснется ему ветр знойный, посхнет сухотою? Со грудием прозябения своего изсхнет.
Behold, it has been planted. What if it does not prosper? Should it not be dried up when the burning wind touches it, and should it not wither in the garden of its germination?”
11 И бысть слово Господне ко мне глаголя:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
12 сыне человечь, рцы ко дому прогневляющему мя: не весте ли, что суть сия? Рцы им: се, грядет царь Вавилонск на Иерусалим, и возмет царя его и князя его, и отведет я к себе в Вавилон:
“Say to the provoking house: Do you not know what these things signify? Say: Behold, the king of Babylon arrives in Jerusalem. And he will take away its king and princes, and he will lead them away to himself in Babylon.
13 и поймет от племене царска, и завещает с ним завет, и введет его в клятве, и старейшины земли возмет,
And he will take one from the offspring of the king, and he will strike a pact with him and receive an oath from him. Moreover, he will take away the strong ones of the land,
14 еже быти в царство немощно, еже весьма не возноситися, (но) хранити завет его и стояти в нем:
so that it may be a lowly kingdom, and may not lift itself up, and may instead keep his pact and serve it.
15 и отвержется от него посылая послы своя во Египет дати ему кони и люди многи: еда исправит? Спасется ли творяй сопротивная? И преступаяй завет спасется ли?
But, withdrawing from him, he sent messengers to Egypt, so that it would give him horses and many people. Should he who has done these things prosper and obtain safety? And should he who has broken the pact go free?
16 Живу Аз, глаголет Адонаи Господь, аще не на месте, идеже царь воцаривый его, иже похули клятву Мою и иже преступи завет Мой, с ним среде Вавилона скончается.
As I live, says the Lord God, in the place of the king, who appointed him as king, whose oath he has made void, and whose pact he has broken, under which he was living with him, in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.
17 И не в силе велицей, ниже в народе мнозе сотворит с ним фараон брань во острозе и в сограждении стрельниц, еже изяти душы многи.
And not with a great army, nor with many people will Pharaoh undertake a battle against him, when he will cast up ramparts and build defenses, in order to put to death many souls.
18 И похули клятву, еже преступити завет, и се, даде руку свою и вся сия сотвори ему: не спасется.
For he has despised an oath, in that he broke the pact. And behold, he had given his hand. And so, since he has done all these things, he shall not escape.
19 Сего ради рцы: сия глаголет Адонаи Господь: живу Аз, аще не клятву Мою, юже похули, и завет Мой, егоже преступи, дам на главу его:
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: As I live, I will place upon his head the oath that he has spurned and the pact that he has betrayed.
20 и простру мрежу Мою нань, и ят будет во одержании ея: и приведу его в Вавилон и разсуждуся с ним тамо о неправде его, еюже неправдова ко Мне:
And I will spread my net over him, and he will be captured in my dragnet. And I will lead him into Babylon, and I will judge him there for the transgression by which he has despised me.
21 и вси избегшии его и вси избраннии со всеми ополчении его мечем падут, и вся оставшая их разсею по всему ветру, и увесте, яко Аз Господь глаголах.
And all his fugitives, with all his procession, will fall by the sword. Then the remainder will be scattered into every wind. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”
22 Сего ради сия глаголет Адонаи Господь: и возму Аз от избранных кедра высокаго от верха и дам от главы отраслей его, сердца их остружу и насажду аз на горе высоце:
Thus says the Lord God: “I myself will take from the kernel of the exalted cedar, and I will establish it. I will tear off a tender twig from the top of its branches, and I will plant it on a mountain, lofty and exalted.
23 и повешу и в горе высоце Израилеве и насажду и, и прорастит отрасль и сотворит плод и будет в кедр велик: и почиет под ним всяк зверь, и под сению его почиет всяка птица, и лозие его паки устроятся:
On the sublime mountains of Israel, I will plant it. And it shall spring forth in buds and bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar. And all the birds will live under it, and every bird will make its nest under the shadow of its branches.
24 и увесть всяко древо полевое, яко Аз Господь смиряяй древо высокое и возносяй древо смиренное, и изсушаяй древо зеленое и проращаяй древо сухое: Аз Господь глаголах и сотворю.
And all the trees of the regions will know that I, the Lord, have brought low the sublime tree, and have exalted the lowly tree, and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I, the Lord, have spoken and acted.”
