Книга пророка Иезекииля 17
1 И бысть слово Господне ко мне глаголя:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 сыне человечь, повеждь повесть и рцы притчу на дом Израилев,
“You human, tell this story/parable [DOU] to the people [MTY] 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,
[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 и верхи мягкости острога, и принесе я в землю Хананейску, во граде огражденнем положи я:
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 и взя от семене земнаго и даде е на поли плодне, (да утвердит корение) над водами многими, видено учини е:
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 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.
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 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 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 На поли добре, на воде мнозе питается той, еже сотворити прозябения и приносити плод, еже быти в виноград велик.
[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 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?
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 И се, тыет: еда успеет? Не абие ли, егда коснется ему ветр знойный, посхнет сухотою? Со грудием прозябения своего изсхнет.
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 И бысть слово Господне ко мне глаголя:
Then Yahweh gave this message to me:
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:
“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 и поймет от племене царска, и завещает с ним завет, и введет его в клятве, и старейшины земли возмет,
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 еже быти в царство немощно, еже весьма не возноситися, (но) хранити завет его и стояти в нем:
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 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 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 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.
[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 И не в силе велицей, ниже в народе мнозе сотворит с ним фараон брань во острозе и в сограждении стрельниц, еже изяти душы многи.
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 И похули клятву, еже преступити завет, и се, даде руку свою и вся сия сотвори ему: не спасется.
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 Сего ради рцы: сия глаголет Адонаи Господь: живу Аз, аще не клятву Мою, юже похули, и завет Мой, егоже преступи, дам на главу его:
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 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:
[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 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.
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 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 [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 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:
[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 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 [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.”
