Ezekiel 31
1 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,
Und es geschah im elften Jahr am ersten des dritten Monats, daß das Wort Jehovahs an mich geschah, sprechend:
2 “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.
Menschensohn, sprich zu Pharao, dem Könige Ägyptens, und zu seiner Volksmenge: Wem gleichst du in deiner Größe?
3 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.
Siehe, Aschur war eine Zeder auf dem Libanon, schön von Ästen und schattigem Laubwerk und hoch von Wuchs, und zwischen dichten Zweigen war sein Wipfel.
4 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.
Wasser machten sie groß, der Abgrund ließ sie sich emporheben, daß er mit seinen Flüssen rings um ihre Pflanzung ging und ihre Kanäle zu allen Bäumen des Feldes sandte.
5 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].
Darum ward hoch ihr Wuchs vor allen Bäumen des Feldes und ihres Gezweiges wurde viel und ihre Zweige lang von den vielen Wassern, als sie sie aussandte.
6 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.
Auf ihrem Gezweige nistete alles Gevögel des Himmels, und unter ihren Zweigen gebar alles wilde Tier des Feldes, und unter ihrem Schatten saßen all die vielen Völkerschaften.
7 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.
Und sie war schön in ihrer Größe, mit ihren langen Schossen; denn ihre Wurzel war an vielen Wassern.
8 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.
Die Zedern mochten sie nicht verdecken im Garten Gottes, die Tannen waren ihr nicht zu gleichen mit ihrem Gezweige, und Platanen waren nicht wie ihre Zweige. Kein Baum im Garten Gottes war ihr an Schönheit gleich.
9 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.’
Schön hatte Ich sie gemacht in ihrer Schosse Menge, und alle Bäume Edens im Garten Gottes beneideten dieselbe.
10 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.
Darum, so spricht der Herr Jehovah: Weil sie hoch war an Wuchs und ihr Wipfel zwischen den dichten Zweigen war, und ihr Herz ob ihrer Höhe sich emporhob,
11 Therefore, I enabled another mighty nation to conquer it and to destroy it as it deserved to be destroyed. I have already discarded it.
So gebe Ich ihn in die Hand des Starken der Völkerschaften; er wird es an ihm tun, und ob seiner Ungerechtigkeit treibe Ich ihn fort.
12 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.
Und Fremde rotten sie aus, die Gewaltigen der Völkerschaften, und lassen sie fahren. Auf die Berge und in alle Schluchten fallen ihre Schosse und ihre Zweige zerbrechen in allen Flußbetten des Landes; und alle Völker der Erde zogen herab aus ihrem Schatten und ließen sie fahren.
13 Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
Auf seinem umgefallenen Stamme wohnt alles Gevögel der Himmel, und auf seinen Zweigen war alles wilde Tier des Feldes.
14 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.’
Auf daß nicht hoffärtig seien in ihrem Wuchse alle Bäume der Wasser, und ihren Wipfel nicht zwischen den dichten Gezweigen erheben, und nicht zu ihnen stehen wegen ihrer Höhe alle, die da Wasser trinken; denn sie alle werden dem Tode gegeben in die untere Erde inmitten der Menschensöhne, zu denen, die in die Grube hinabfahren.
15 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)
So spricht der Herr Jehovah: Am Tage, da er in die Hölle hinunterfährt, lasse Ich trauern, lasse Ich sich bedecken über ihn den Abgrund, und halte ab seine Flüsse, daß den vielen Wassern gewehrt werde, und lasse sich verdunkeln über ihm den Libanon, und alle Bäume des Feldes um ihn schmachten. (Sheol h7585)
16 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)
Vor dem Getöse seines Falls lasse Ich die Völkerschaften erbeben, wenn Ich ihn in die Hölle fahren lasse mit denen, die zur Grube hinabfahren, und in der unteren Erde trösten sich alle Bäume Edens, das Auserwählte und das Beste des Libanon, alle, die Wasser trinken. (Sheol h7585)
17 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)
Auch sie fahren mit ihm hinab zur Hölle, zu den durch das Schwert Erschlagenen, die als sein Arm gesessen in seinem Schatten inmitten der Völkerschaften. (Sheol h7585)
18 [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].’”
Wem gleichst du also an Herrlichkeit und Größe unter den Bäumen Edens, und hinabgestoßen wirst du mit den Bäumen Edens zur unteren Erde; inmitten der Unbeschnittenen liegst du mit den durch das Schwert Erschlagenen, das ist Pharao und alle seine Volksmenge, spricht der Herr Jehovah.
