Ezekiel 31

1 Now in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

十一年三月初一日，耶和华的话临到我说：

2 Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people; Whom are you like in your great power?

“人子啊，你要向埃及王法老和他的众人说： 在威势上谁能与你相比呢？

3 See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

亚述王曾如黎巴嫩中的香柏树， 枝条荣美，影密如林， 极其高大，树尖插入云中。

4 It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field.

众水使它生长； 深水使它长大。 所栽之地有江河围流， 汊出的水道延到田野诸树。

5 In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters.

所以它高大超过田野诸树； 发旺的时候，枝子繁多， 因得大水之力枝条长长。

6 In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.

空中的飞鸟都在枝子上搭窝； 田野的走兽都在枝条下生子； 所有大国的人民都在它荫下居住。

7 So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.

树大条长，成为荣美， 因为根在众水之旁。

8 No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful.

神园中的香柏树不能遮蔽它； 松树不及它的枝子； 枫树不及它的枝条； 神园中的树都没有它荣美。

9 I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.

我使它的枝条蕃多，成为荣美， 以致 神伊甸园中的树都嫉妒它。”

10 For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,

所以主耶和华如此说：“因它高大，树尖插入云中，心骄气傲，

11 I have given him up into the hands of a strong one of the nations; he will certainly give him the reward of his sin, driving him out.

我就必将它交给列国中大有威势的人；他必定办它。我因它的罪恶，已经驱逐它。

12 And men from strange lands, who are to be feared among the nations, after cutting him off, have let him be: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have come down; his arms are broken by all the waterways of the land; all the peoples of the earth have gone from his shade, and have let him be.

外邦人，就是列邦中强暴的，将它砍断弃掉。它的枝条落在山间和一切谷中，它的枝子折断，落在地的一切河旁。地上的众民已经走去，离开它的荫下。

13 All the birds of heaven have come to rest on his broken stem where it is stretched on the earth, and all the beasts of the field will be on his branches:

空中的飞鸟都要宿在这败落的树上，田野的走兽都要卧在它的枝条下，

14 In order that no trees by the waters may be lifted up in their growth, putting their tops among the clouds; and that no trees which are watered may take their place on high: for they are all given up to death, to the lowest parts of the earth among the children of men, with those who go down to the underworld.

好使水旁的诸树不因高大而自尊，也不将树尖插入云中，并且那些得水滋润、有势力的，也不得高大自立。因为它们在世人中，和下坑的人都被交与死亡，到阴府去了。”

15 This is what the Lord has said: The day when he goes down to the underworld, I will make the deep full of grief for him; I will keep back her streams and the great waters will be stopped: I will make Lebanon dark for him, and all the trees of the field will be feeble because of him. (Sheol h7585)

主耶和华如此说：“它下阴间的那日，我便使人悲哀。我为它遮盖深渊，使江河凝结，大水停流；我也使黎巴嫩为它凄惨，田野的诸树都因它发昏。 (Sheol h7585)

16 I will send shaking on the nations at the sound of his fall, when I send him down to the underworld with those who go down into the deep: and on earth they will be comforting themselves, all the trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, even all the watered ones. (Sheol h7585)

我将它扔到阴间，与下坑的人一同下去。那时，列国听见它坠落的响声就都震动，并且伊甸的一切树—就是黎巴嫩得水滋润、最佳最美的树—都在阴府受了安慰。 (Sheol h7585)

17 And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations (Sheol h7585)

它们也与它同下阴间，到被杀的人那里。它们曾作它的膀臂，在列国中它的荫下居住。 (Sheol h7585)

18 Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.

在这样荣耀威势上，在伊甸园诸树中，谁能与你相比呢？然而你要与伊甸的诸树一同下到阴府，在未受割礼的人中，与被杀的人一同躺卧。 “法老和他的群众乃是如此。这是主耶和华说的。”