Ezequiel 31
1 El año undécimo, el primer día del tercer mes, me fue dirigida la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
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 “Hijo de hombre, di al Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a su multitud: ¿A quién te igualaste en tu grandeza?
“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 Mira a Asur: era un cedro del Líbano, de ramas hermosas, de umbroso follaje y elevada altura, cuya copa se perdía entre las nubes.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Era hermoso por su grandeza y por la extensión de su ramaje, porque sus raíces se hallaban junto a abundantes aguas.
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 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 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 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.
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 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, 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 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 enabled another mighty nation to conquer it and to destroy it as it deserved to be destroyed. I have already discarded it.
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.
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 Sobre sus restos se posan todas las aves del cielo, y sobre sus ramas transitan todas las bestias del campo;
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
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.
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 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)
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 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)
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 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)
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 ¿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.
[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].’”
