Ezekiel 31

1 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:

Et en l'année onzième, le troisième mois, le premier jour du mois, la parole du Seigneur me vint, disant:

2 “Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?

Fils de l'homme, dis au Pharaon, roi d'Égypte, et à son peuple: À qui t'es-tu comparé en ton orgueil?

3 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.

Voilà qu'Assur était un cyprès du Liban, et il était beau par ses branches, par la hauteur de sa tige et par sa cime s'élevant au milieu des nuées.

4 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.

Les eaux l'avaient nourri; l'abîme l'avait fait croître en conduisant ses fleuves autour de ses racines, et ses ondes se répandaient vers tous les arbres des champs.

5 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.

Aussi dépassait-il en hauteur tous les arbres des champs, et ses rameaux s'étaient déployés, grâce à l'abondance des eaux.

6 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.

Tous les oiseaux du ciel faisaient leurs nids dans ses branches, et toutes les bêtes des champs mettaient bas sous son feuillage, une multitude de nations habitaient sous son ombre.

7 And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.

Il était beau par sa grandeur et par la multitude de ses rameaux; car ses racines étaient arrosées d'une eau abondante.

8 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.

Tels sont les cyprès du paradis de Dieu; les pins ne peuvent lui être comparés pour leurs rejetons; les sapins ne peuvent lui être comparés pour leurs rameaux; nul autre arbre du paradis de Dieu ne lui ressemble en beauté,

9 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.

Pour la multitude de ses rameaux. Et les arbres du paradis de délices de Dieu lui portaient envie.

10 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,

À cause de cela, voici ce que dit le Seigneur: En punition de ce que tu as tant grandi, de ce que tu as élevé ta cime au milieu des nuées, et que je l'ai vu se glorifier ainsi,

11 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.

Je l'ai livré aux mains du prince des nations, et il a préparé sa ruine.

12 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.

Et des hommes de pestilence, des étrangers, venus des nation l'ont détruit, et ils l'ont abattu sur les montagnes; ses rameaux sont tombés dans tous les vallons; sa tige a été brisée dans toutes les plaines de la terre, et tous les peuples des nations se sont retirés de son ombre, et ils l'ont rasé au niveau du sol.

13 All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.

Sur ses ruines se sont reposés tous les oiseaux du ciel, et toutes les bêtes des champs se sont blotties sous ses grosses branches;

14 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.

Afin que nul des arbres qui croissent au bord des eaux ne se glorifiât de sa grandeur. Ils ont élevé leur cime au milieu des nues; mais ils ne se maintiendront pas en leur élévation; tous ces arbres, baignés des eaux, ont tous été donnés à la mort; ils iront tous au fond de la terre, au milieu des fils des hommes, avec ceux qui descendent à l'abîme.

15 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)

Et voici ce que dit le Seigneur Maître: Le jour où cet arbre est descendu aux enfers, l'abîme a pleuré sur lui. Et j'ai suspendu le cours de tous ses fleuves, et j'ai arrêté les grandes eaux qui l'arrosaient; et le Liban, à cause de lui, s'est couvert de ténèbres, et tous les arbres se sont affaissés de douleur. (Sheol h7585)

16 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)

Au bruit de sa chute, les nations ont tremblé; car je l'ai fait descendre aux enfers avec ceux qui étaient tombés dans l'abîme; et tous les arbres de délices de la terre le consolaient, et tous les beaux arbres du Liban arrosés par les eaux. (Sheol h7585)

17 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)

Et ceux-là aussi sont descendus avec lui aux enfers, parmi les morts frappés par le glaive; et sa race, qui demeurait sous son abri, a péri au milieu de sa vie. (Sheol h7585)

18 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.”

À quoi te comparer? Descends; sois entraîné, avec tous les arbres de délices, au plus profond de la terre; tu seras étendu au milieu des incirconcis avec les morts frappés par le glaive. Tel sera le Pharaon, telle sera la multitude qui faisait sa force, dit le Seigneur Maître.