Ezequiel 31
1 El año undécimo, el primer día del tercer mes, me fue dirigida la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:
2 “Hijo de hombre, di al Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a su multitud: ¿A quién te igualaste en tu grandeza?
Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
3 Mira a Asur: era un cedro del Líbano, de ramas hermosas, de umbroso follaje y elevada altura, cuya copa se perdía entre las nubes.
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar upon Lebanon, with fair branches; An overshadowing thicket, high of stature; And his top was among thick boughs.
4 Las aguas le habían dado crecimiento, y altura (las fuentes) del abismo, el cual hacía correr sus ríos alrededor del lugar donde estaba plantado, y hacía pasar sus arroyos por todos los árboles del campo.
The waters made him great; the deep waters made him high; Their streams went around their plantation, And sent forth their channels to all the trees of the field.
5 Por eso superaba en altura a todos los árboles campestres; se multiplicaron sus ramas y se dilató su fronda, merced a la abundancia de las aguas en el período de su crecimiento.
Therefore his height was exalted Above all the trees of the field. And his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long, Because of the abundance of water when he shot forth.
6 En sus ramas anidaban todas las aves del cielo, debajo de su follaje parían todas las bestias del campo; y a su sombra habitaban todas las grandes naciones.
In his boughs all the birds of heaven made their nests, And under his branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; And under his shadow dwelt all the great nations.
7 Era hermoso por su grandeza y por la extensión de su ramaje, porque sus raíces se hallaban junto a abundantes aguas.
Thus was he beautiful in his greatness, in the length of his branches; For his root was by many waters.
8 No le igualaban los cedros en el jardín de Dios, los abetos no tenían copa semejante, y los plátanos no superaban su fronda; ningún árbol en el jardín de Dios le era igual en belleza.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; The cypress-trees were not like his boughs, And the plane-trees were not like his branches. Not any tree in the garden of God Was like to him in his beauty.
9 Yo le había hecho hermoso por la muchedumbre de sus ramas, y le envidiaban todos los árboles del Edén, que estaban en el jardín de Dios.
I made him beautiful in the multitude of his branches, So that all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, envied him.
10 Por eso, así dice Yahvé, el Señor: Porque se ha encumbrado en altura, elevando su copa hasta entre las nubes, y su corazón se ha ensoberbecido a causa de su altura,
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because he lifted himself up in stature, And shot up his top among the thick boughs, And his heart was lifted up on account of his height,
11 le he entregado en manos del más poderoso entre las naciones, para que le tratara a su manera. A causa de su maldad lo he desechado.
Therefore I delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, To deal hardly with him; I drave him out for his wickedness;
12 Extranjeros, los más feroces de los pueblos, le cortaron y le dejaron tendido; sobre los montes y en todos los valles cayeron sus ramas, y en todos los torrentes de la tierra se halló su fronda destrozada. Y todos los pueblos de la tierra se retiraron de su sombra y le abandonaron.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, cut him off and cast him away. Upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches fell; And his boughs were broken in all the valleys of the land. And all the nations of the earth withdrew from his shadow and left him;
13 Sobre sus restos se posan todas las aves del cielo, y sobre sus ramas transitan todas las bestias del campo;
Upon his ruin dwelt all the birds of the heavens, And upon his branches were all the beasts of the forest.
14 para que ninguno de los árboles (plantados) junto a las aguas se ensoberbezca por su altura, ni eleve su copa hasta entre las nubes; y para que ninguno de los regados con agua en su soberbia confíe en sí mismo. Porque todos están destinados a la muerte, a las profundidades de la tierra, juntamente con los hijos de los hombres, con los que bajan a la fosa.
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters Might exalt themselves for their stature, Nor shoot up their top among the thick boughs, And that none of the trees that drink water should cleave to them on account of their height; For all of them are delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, In the midst of the sons of men, To them that have gone down to the pit.
15 Así dice Yahvé, el Señor: El día en que bajó al scheol, ordené Yo un gran duelo; por él vestí de luto el abismo y detuve sus ríos; y se pararon las caudalosas aguas; por él enluté al Líbano, y se desmayaron todos los árboles del campo. (Sheol h7585)
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to the grave, I caused the deep to mourn, I covered it for him; I restrained on account of him the streams, and the great waters were kept back; And I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, And all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol h7585)
16 Con el estruendo de su caída hice temblar las naciones, cuando lo arrojé al scheol, con los que bajan a la fosa. Y se consolaron en lo profundo de la tierra todos los árboles del Edén, los más escogidos y hermosos del Líbano, todos los regados de agua. (Sheol h7585)
At the sound of his fall I made the nations to shake, When I cast him down to the grave, To them that have gone down to the pit; And all the trees of Eden, The choice and best of Lebanon, Even all that drink water, Were comforted in the lower parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
17 Estos también bajaron con él al scheol, hacia los que perecieron al filo de la espada; los cuales habían sido su brazo y habían habitado bajo su sombra, en medio de las naciones. (Sheol h7585)
They also went down into the grave with him, To them that have been slain with the sword; They also that were his arm, That dwelt under his shadow among the nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 ¿A quién te igualas en gloria y grandeza, entre los árboles del Edén? Serás precipitado con los árboles del Edén a las profundidades de la tierra; yacerás entre los incircuncisos, con los pasados a cuchillo. Esto sucederá al Faraón y a toda su multitud” —oráculo del Señor, Yahvé.
To whom art thou thus like in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? Thou shalt be brought down with the trees of Eden To the lower parts of the earth; Thou shalt lie down in the midst of the uncircumcised, With them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall it be with Pharaoh and all his multitude, Saith the Lord Jehovah.
