Ezekiel 31
1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, the third month, the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Pada tahun kesebelas, dalam bulan yang ketiga, pada tanggal satu bulan itu, datanglah firman TUHAN kepadaku:
2 Son of man, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
"Hai anak manusia, katakanlah kepada Firaun, raja Mesir dan kepada khalayak ramai yang mengikutinya: Di dalam kebesaranmu siapakah yang dapat menyamai engkau?
3 Behold, the Assyrian was like a cedar in Libanus, with fair branches, and full of leaves, of a high stature, and his top was elevated among the thick boughs.
Lihat, Aku menyamakan engkau dengan pohon aras di Libanon, penuh dengan cabang yang elok dan daun yang rumpun sekali; tumbuhnya sangat tinggi, puncaknya sampai ke langit.
4 The waters nourished him, the deep set him up on high, the streams thereof ran round about his roots, and it sent forth its rivulets to all the trees of the country.
Sungai-sungai membuatnya besar samudera raya membuatnya meninggi; itu membuat sungainya mengalir mengelilingi bedengnya itu; dan menjulurkan saluran-saluran ke segala pohon yang ada di padang.
5 Therefore was his height exalted above all the trees of the country: and his branches were multiplied, and his boughs were elevated because of many waters.
Maka dari itu tumbuhnya lebih tinggi dari segala pohon di padang; ranting-rantingnya menjadi banyak, cabang-cabangnya menjadi panjang lantaran air yang melimpah datang.
6 And when he had spread forth his shadow, all the fowls of the air made their nests in his boughs, and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their young under his branches, and the assembly of many nations dwelt under his shadow.
Pada rantingnya diam bersarang segala burung yang di udara, di bawah cabangnya segala binatang di hutan, melahirkan anaknya; dan semuanya bangsa besar duduk bernaung di bawahnya.
7 And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.
Ia elok karena besarnya dan karena cabangnya yang panjang-panjang; karena akarnya julur-jalar sampai di air yang berlimpah-limpah.
8 The cedars in the paradise of God wars not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty.
Pohon-pohon aras di dalam taman Allah tidak akan dapat menyainginya, juga pohon sanobar tidak akan dapat menyamai ranting-rantingnya, dan pohon berangan tidak dapat dibandingkan dengan cabang-cabangnya. Segala pohon-pohon yang di taman Allah tiada yang dapat disamakan dengan dia mengenai keelokannya.
9 For I made him beautiful and thick set with many branches: and all the trees of pleasure, that were in the paradise of God, envied him.
Aku membuat dia sungguh-sungguh elok dengan cabang-cabangnya yang sangat rapat. Di taman Eden, di taman Allah segala pohon cemburu padanya.
10 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Because he was exalted in height, and shot up his top green and thick, and his heart was lifted up in his height:
Oleh sebab itu beginilah firman Tuhan ALLAH: Oleh karena ia tumbuh tinggi dan puncaknya menjulang sampai ke langit dan ia menjadi sombong karena ketinggiannya,
11 I have delivered him into the hands of the mighty one of the nations, he shall deal with him: I have cast him out according to his wickedness.
maka Aku telah menyerahkan dia ke dalam tangan seorang berkuasa di antara bangsa-bangsa, supaya ia memperlakukannya selaras dengan kejahatannya; Aku menghalau dia.
12 And strangers, and the most cruel of the nations shall cut him down, and cast him away upon the mountains, and his boughs shall fall in every valley, and his branches shall be broken on every rock of the country: and all the people of the earth shall depart from his shadow, and leave him.
Orang-orang asing, yaitu yang paling ganas di antara bangsa-bangsa, akan menebang dia dan membiarkannya; di atas gunung-gunung dan di semua lembah cabang-cabangnya berjatuhan dan di semua alur sungai negeri itu ranting-rantingnya berpatahan dan semua bangsa di bumi pergi lari dari naungannya dan membiarkan dia.
13 All the fowls of the air dwelt upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the field were among his branches.
Di atas batangnya yang roboh itu berhinggapan segala burung di udara dan di antara cabang-cabangnya diam segala binatang di hutan.
14 For which cause none of the trees by the waters shall exalt themselves for their height: nor shoot up their tops among the thick branches and leaves, neither shall any of them that are watered stand up in their height: for they are all delivered unto death to the lowest parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down into the pit.
Semuanya ini terjadi supaya segala pohon yang di tepi air jangan meninggikan dirinya dan puncaknya jangan dijulurkan sampai ke langit dan supaya pohon-pohon besar, yaitu semua yang menghisap banyak air, jangan tetap berdiri di dalam kecongkakannya; sebab mereka semuanya telah diserahkan ke dalam maut, ke dalam bumi yang paling bawah, di tengah anak-anak manusia yang telah turun ke liang kubur.
15 Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when he went down to hell, I brought in mourning, I covered him with the deep: and I withheld its rivers, and restrained the many waters: Libanus grieved for him, and all the trees of the field trembled. (Sheol h7585)
Beginilah firman Tuhan ALLAH: Pada hari ia turun ke dunia orang mati, Aku membuat samudera raya berkabung karena dia. Aku mengempang sungai-sungainya, sehingga air banjirnya dibendung. Dan karena dia Aku membuat gunung Libanon berpakaian kabung dan membuat segala pohon di hutan layu lesu. (Sheol h7585)
16 I shook the nations with the sound of his fall, when I brought him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of pleasure, the choice and best in Libanus, all that were moistened with waters, were comforted in the lowest parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
Mendengar derum kejatuhannya Aku membuat bangsa-bangsa gemetar, pada saat Aku menurunkan dia ke dunia orang mati, menjumpai mereka yang telah turun ke liang kubur. Dan segala pohon taman Eden akan merasa terhibur di bumi yang paling bawah, yaitu pohon yang terpilih dan yang terindah dari Libanon, yang menghisap banyak air. (Sheol h7585)
17 For they also shall go down with him to hell to them that are slain by the sword: and the arm of every one shall sit down under his shadow in the midst of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
Mereka juga turun bersama dia ke dunia orang mati, yaitu ke orang-orang yang mati terbunuh oleh pedang, dan mereka yang bernaung di bawahnya di tengah bangsa-bangsa mati juga. (Sheol h7585)
18 To whom art thou like, O thou that art famous and lofty among the trees of pleasure? Behold, thou art brought down with the trees of pleasure to the lowest parts of the earth: thou shalt sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword: this is Pharao, and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
Maka dengan siapakah engkau dapat disamakan di antara pohon-pohon di taman Eden dalam hal kemuliaan dan kebesaran? Engkau akan diturunkan ke bumi yang paling bawah bersama pohon-pohon di taman Eden dan engkau telentang di tengah orang-orang yang tak bersunat bersama orang-orang yang mati terbunuh oleh pedang. Itulah Firaun dengan semua khalayak ramai yang mengikutinya, demikianlah firman Tuhan ALLAH."
