Ezequiel 31
1 Y aconteció en el año onceno, en el mes tercero, al primero del mes, que fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:
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 del hombre, di a Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a su pueblo: ¿A quién te comparaste 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 He aquí el Asur, cedro en el Líbano, hermoso en ramas, y sombrío con sus ramos, y alto en grandeza, y su copa fue entre la espesura.
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 hicieron crecer, el abismo le encumbró: sus ríos iban al derredor de su pie, y a todos los árboles del campo enviaba sus corrientes.
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 tanto se encumbró su altura sobre todos los árboles del campo, y sus ramos se multiplicaron, y sus ramas se alongaron a causa de sus muchas aguas que enviaba.
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 hacían nido todas las aves del cielo, y debajo de sus ramas parían todas las bestias del campo, y a su sombra habitaban muchas 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 Hízose hermoso en su grandeza con la longura de sus ramas; porque su raíz estaba junto a las muchas 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 Los cedros no lo cubrieron en el huerto de Dios: hayas no fueron semejantes a sus ramas, ni castaños fueron semejantes a sus ramos: ningún árbol en el huerto de Dios fue semejante a él en su hermosura.
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 hice hermoso con la multitud de sus ramas; y todos los árboles de Edén, que estaban en el huerto de Dios, tuvieron envidia de él.
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 tanto así dijo el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto te encumbraste en altura, y puso su cumbre entre la espesura, y su corazón se elevó con 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 Yo le entregué en mano del fuerte de las gentes, él le tratará: por su impiedad le derribé.
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 Y extraños le cortarán, los fuertes de las naciones, y dejarlo han: sus ramas caerán sobre los montes, y por todos los valles, y por todos los arroyos de la tierra serán quebrados sus ramos; e irse han de su sombra todos los pueblos de la tierra, y dejarle han.
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 su ruina habitarán todas las aves del cielo, y sobre sus ramas estarán todas las bestias del campo.
Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
14 Porque no se eleven en su altura todos los árboles de las aguas, ni pongan su cumbre entre las espesuras, ni en sus ramas se paren en su altura todos los que beben aguas; porque todos serán entregados a muerte, a la tierra baja, en medio de los hijos de los hombres, con los que descienden a la sepultura.
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 dijo el Señor Jehová: El día que descendió al infierno, hice hacer luto, hice cubrir por él el abismo, y detuve sus ríos; y las muchas aguas fueron detenidas; y al Líbano cubrí de tinieblas por él, y todos los árboles del campo se desmayaron. (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 Del estruendo de su caída hice temblar las naciones, cuando le hice descender al infierno con los que descienden a la sepultura; y todos los árboles de Edén escogidos, y los mejores del Líbano, todos los que beben aguas, tomaron consolación en la tierra baja. (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 También ellos descendieron con él al infierno con los muertos a cuchillo, los que fueron su brazo, los que estuvieron a su sombra en medio de las gentes. (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 pues te has comparado así en gloria y en grandeza entre los árboles de Edén? Serás pues derribado con los árboles de Edén en la tierra baja: entre los incircuncisos yacerás con los muertos a cuchillo. Este es Faraón y todo su pueblo, dijo el Señor Jehová.
[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].’”
