Ezequiel 31
1 El primer día del tercer mes del undécimo año, me llegó un mensaje del Señor, que decía:
And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “Hijo de hombre, dile al Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a todo su numeroso pueblo: “¿Quién es tan grande como tú?
“Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?
3 Mira a Asiria. Era como un cedro en el Líbano, con sus hermosas ramas dando sombra en el bosque. Era tan alta que su cima alcanzaba las nubes.
Behold, Assur is like the cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches, and full of leaves, and of high stature, and his summit has been elevated above the thick branches.
4 Las fuentes de agua profundas lo hacían crecer en altura y enviaban arroyos a su alrededor para regar todos los demás árboles.
The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions.
5 Llegó a ser muy alto, más que cualquier otro árbol del bosque. Sus ramas crecían gruesas y largas porque estaba muy bien regado.
Because of this, his height was exalted above all the trees of the regions, and his groves were multiplied, and his own branches were elevated, because of the many waters.
6 En sus ramas anidaban toda clase de pájaros, y debajo de él tenían sus crías diferentes animales salvajes, y a su sombra vivían todas las naciones poderosas.
And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.
7 Era hermoso y majestuoso con sus largas ramas, porque sus raíces llegaban hasta las abundantes aguas.
And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.
8 Los cedros del jardín de Dios no tenían nada que envidiarle. Ningún pino tenía ramas tan grandes, ni ningún plátano. Ningún árbol del jardín de Dios era tan hermoso.
The cedars in the Paradise of God were not higher than he was. The spruce trees were not equal to his summit, and the plane trees were not equal to his fullness. No tree in the Paradise of God was similar to him or to his beauty.
9 Yo lo hice hermoso con sus muchas ramas. Todos los árboles del Edén en el jardín de Dios lo envidiaban.
For I made him beautiful, and dense with many branches. And all the trees of delight, which were in the Paradise of God, were jealous of him.
10 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor: Como llegó a ser tan alto, llegando hasta las nubes, se enorgulleció a causa de su altura.
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since he was sublime in height, and he made his summit green and dense, and his heart was exalted because of his height,
11 Por eso lo entregué al jefe de una nación extranjera que lo castigará por su maldad. La he expulsado.
I have delivered him into the hands of the most powerful one among the Gentiles, so that he will deal with him. I have cast him out, in accord with his impiety.
12 “Extranjeros de la más cruel de las naciones lo talaron y lo dejaron tirado. Sus ramas yacen caídas y rotas en los montes y valles de la campiña. Todos en la tierra salieron de su sombra y lo abandonaron.
And foreigners, and the most cruel among the nations, will cut him down. And they will cast him on the mountains. And his branches will fall in every steep valley, and his grove will be broken apart on every cliff of the earth. And all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shadow, and abandon him.
13 Los pájaros vinieron a vivir en su tronco caído, y los animales salvajes se escondieron entre sus ramas caídas.
All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.
14 “Esto fue para que ningún otro árbol que creciera junto al agua creciera tan alto y sus copas alcanzaran las nubes. Esto fue para que ningún otro árbol, por más agua que tuviera, fuera tan alto como ellos, pues todos morirán y bajarán a la tierra, como los seres humanos que bajan a la tumba.
For this reason, none of the trees among the waters will exalt themselves because of their height, nor will they place their summits above the thick branches and foliage, nor will any of those that are irrigated stand out because of their height. For they have all been delivered unto death, to the lowest part of the earth, into the midst of the sons of men, those who descend into the pit.
15 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: El día en que fue bajado al Seol, Hice que las aguas profundas se lamentaran por él; detuve el flujo de sus ríos; retuve todas sus aguas. Cubrí de oscuridad al Líbano, y todos los árboles del bosque se marchitaron. (Sheol h7585)
Thus says the Lord God: In the day when he descended into hell, I led in grieving. I covered him with the abyss. And I held back its rivers, and I restrained the many waters. Lebanon was saddened over him, and all the trees of the field were struck together. (Sheol h7585)
16 Hice temblar a las naciones cuando la oyeron caer, cuando la arrojé al Seol con los que mueren. “Entonces todos los árboles del Edén, los mejores y más finos del Líbano, todos los árboles que tenían abundante agua, se alegraron de que este árbol se uniera a ellos en la tierra de abajo. (Sheol h7585)
I shook the Gentiles with the sound of his ruin, when I led him down to hell, with those who were descending into the pit. And all the trees of delights, the finest and best in Lebanon, all that were irrigated with waters, were consoled in the deepest parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
17 También bajaron con él al Seol, a los que habían sido muertos por la espada. Habían formado parte de su ejército viviendo a su sombra entre las naciones. (Sheol h7585)
For they, too, will descend with him into hell, to those who have been slain by the sword. And the arm of each one will reside under his shadow, in the midst of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 “¿Quién es tan grande y glorioso como tú entre los árboles del Edén? Pero tú también serás llevado a la tierra de abajo para estar con los árboles del Edén. Allí estarás con los paganos, con los muertos por la espada. Esto es lo que le sucederá al Faraón y a todo su numeroso pueblo, declara el Señor Dios”.
To whom can you be compared, O famous and sublime one, among the trees of pleasure? Behold, you have been brought down, with the trees of pleasure, to the lowest part of the earth. You will sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who have been slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, says the Lord God.”
