< Ezequiel 31 >
1 El primer día del mes tercero del año décimo primero aconteció que la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that 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 king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy 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, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shady cover, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
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 made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running around his plants, and sent out her little rivers to all the trees of the field.
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.
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 multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
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.
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
7 Así que era bello en su grandeza por la extensión de sus ramas, porque sus raíces se extendían a muchas aguas.
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great 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 garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; not any tree in the garden of God was like him in his beauty.
9 Lo hice hermoso por la multitud de sus ramas. Lo envidiaban todos los árboles del Edén en el huerto de ʼElohim.
I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied 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,
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
11 lo entregaré en mano del poderoso de las naciones, quien ciertamente lo tratará según su maldad. Yo lo deseché.
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
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 strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
13 Habitarán todas las aves de los cielos sobre su tronco caído, y todas las bestias del campo estarán entre sus ramas.
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon 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.
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to 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 )
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol )
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 )
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the lower parts of the earth. (Sheol )
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 )
They also went down into hell with him to them that are slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. (Sheol )
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 art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.