Книга пророка Иезекииля 17
1 И бысть слово Господне ко мне глаголя:
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
2 сыне человечь, повеждь повесть и рцы притчу на дом Израилев,
“Son of man, present this riddle—share it as a parable with the people 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,
Tell them that this is what the Lord God says: There was a great eagle that had large wings, long feathers, and multi-colored plumage. It came to Lebanon and took off the top of the cedar.
4 и верхи мягкости острога, и принесе я в землю Хананейску, во граде огражденнем положи я:
He broke off its highest branch and took it to a country of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
5 и взя от семене земнаго и даде е на поли плодне, (да утвердит корение) над водами многими, видено учини е:
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in good soil beside a large river where he could grow it like a willow.
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.
The seed sprouted and grew into a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing toward him, and its roots went down into the ground beneath. So the vine developed, growing leaves and branches.
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.
But there was another great eagle that had large wings and many feathers. This vine sent out its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from where it had been planted, wanting him to water it.
8 На поли добре, на воде мнозе питается той, еже сотворити прозябения и приносити плод, еже быти в виноград велик.
Yet it had been planted in good soil beside a large river so it could grow strong, produce fruit, and become a superb 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?
So you tell them this is what the Lord God says: ‘Will it grow well? Won't it be uprooted and its fruit ripped off so that it withers? All its leaves will dry up. You wouldn't need strong arms or lots of people to pull it up by its roots.
10 И се, тыет: еда успеет? Не абие ли, егда коснется ему ветр знойный, посхнет сухотою? Со грудием прозябения своего изсхнет.
Even if it's transplanted, is it going to survive? Won't it wither up completely when the east wind blows? In fact, it will wither right where it was planted.”
11 И бысть слово Господне ко мне глаголя:
A message from 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:
“Tell these rebellious people: ‘Don't you know what this riddle means?’ Explain to them, ‘Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, made its king and officials his prisoners, and took them back with him to Babylon.
13 и поймет от племене царска, и завещает с ним завет, и введет его в клятве, и старейшины земли возмет,
He made an agreement with one of the royal family and made him take an oath that he would be a loyal subject as king. Then he took into exile the country's leaders,
14 еже быти в царство немощно, еже весьма не возноситися, (но) хранити завет его и стояти в нем:
so that the kingdom would be kept in subjection and wouldn't be strong enough to rebel—it would only survive by keeping its agreement with him.
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?
However, this king did rebel against Babylon, and sent ambassadors to Egypt to ask for help by supplying horses and many soldiers. Will he do well? Would someone who acts like this succeed? Could he break an agreement and not be punished?’
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, declares the Lord God, ‘he is going to die in Babylon, in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he disregarded and whose agreement he broke.
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.
Pharaoh with his powerful army of many soldiers won't help him in battle, when attack ramps are piled up and siege walls built and many people end up being killed.
18 И похули клятву, еже преступити завет, и се, даде руку свою и вся сия сотвори ему: не спасется.
He disregarded his oath by breaking the agreement. Because he shook hands as a sign of the promise he made, yet rebelled in this way, he won't go unpunished!’
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:
So this is what the Lord God says: As I live, I will punish him for disregarding my oath and for breaking my agreement.
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:
I will throw my net over him and catch him; I will trap in my snare. I will take him to Babylon and sentence him to punishment there for his treason towards 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.
All his best soldiers will be killed in battle, and those who do survive will be scattered in all directions. Then you will 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:
This is what the Lord God says: I'm going to break off a branch from the high top of the cedar, and I will plant it on the top of a high mountain.
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:
I will plant it on Israel's high mountain so that it can grow branches, produce fruit and become a magnificent cedar. All kinds of birds will live in it, nesting in the shade 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.
All the trees in the countryside will know that I am the Lord. I can bring down the tall and have the low tree grow tall. I can make the green tree dry up, and make the withered tree become green again. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.”
