Ezequiel 31
1 El primer día del mes tercero del año décimo primero aconteció que la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
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, dí a Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a su pueblo: ¿A quién te comparas en tu grandeza?
“Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?
3 Ciertamente como Asiria, a un cedro del Líbano de hermosas ramas, frondoso ramaje y gran altura, cuya copa está entre 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 aguas le dieron crecimiento. El abismo lo enalteció. Envió corrientes alrededor de su huerto. A todos los árboles del campo envió sus corrientes.
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 Por eso su altura fue más elevada que todos los árboles del campo. Se multiplicaron sus ramas a causa de las muchas aguas y extendió el ramaje que echó.
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 Todas las aves del cielo anidaron en sus ramas y parían todas las bestias del campo debajo de su ramaje. Muchas naciones habitaban a su sombra.
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 Así que era bello en su grandeza por la extensión de sus ramas, porque sus raíces se extendían a muchas 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 huerto de ʼElohim no lo igualaron en su ramaje. Ningún árbol en el huerto de ʼElohim era semejante a él en hermosura.
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 Lo hice hermoso por la multitud de sus ramas. Lo envidiaban todos los árboles del Edén en el huerto de ʼElohim.
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 Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Por cuanto se elevó en estatura, levantó su copa hasta las nubes y su corazón se enalteció por 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 lo entregaré en mano del poderoso de las naciones, quien ciertamente lo tratará según su maldad. Yo lo deseché.
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 Los extranjeros, los más terribles de las naciones, lo talaron y lo abandonaron. Sus ramas caen sobre las montañas y por todos los valles. Su ramaje será quebrado por todos los arroyos de la tierra. Se van de su sombra todos los pueblos de la tierra y lo abandonan.
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 Habitarán todas las aves de los cielos sobre su tronco caído, y todas las bestias del campo estarán entre sus ramas.
All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.
14 De modo que ninguno de los árboles que están junto a las aguas se exalte por su altura, ni eleve su copa entre las nubes, ni confíe en su estatura, ninguno de los que son regados por las aguas. Porque todos están destinados a la muerte, a lo profundo de la tierra, entre los hijos de los hombres que bajan a la fosa.
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 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: El día cuando baje al Seol promoveré el luto por él en el abismo. Detendré sus ríos, y las muchas aguas serán detenidas. Por él cubriré el Líbano de oscuridad, y todos los árboles del campo se desmayarán. (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 Produciré temblor en las naciones con el estruendo de su caída, cuando lo eche al Seol con todos los que bajan a la fosa. Entonces todos los árboles bien regados del Edén y los mejores del Líbano, los más selectos y mejores del Líbano que beben aguas, serán fortalecidos en lo profundo de la tierra. (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 Ellos también bajarán al Seol con él, con los asesinados a espada y los que fueron su fortaleza y vivieron bajo 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 ¿A cuál entre los árboles del Edén te comparaste en gloria y grandeza? Pero serás derribado a tierra con los árboles del Edén. Estarás en medio de los incircuncisos, con los asesinados a espada. Así es Faraón y toda su multitud, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.
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.”
