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,
Yhdentenätoista vuotena, kolmannessa kuussa, kuukauden ensimmäisenä päivänä tuli minulle tämä Herran sana:
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.
"Ihmislapsi, sano faraolle, Egyptin kuninkaalle, ja hänen meluaville joukoillensa: Kenen kaltainen sinä olet suuruudessasi?
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.
Katso, Assur oli setri Libanonilla, kaunislehväinen, taajavarjoinen, korkeakasvuinen, ja sen latva oli tiheän lehvistön keskellä.
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.
Vedet olivat sen suureksi kasvattaneet, korkeaksi oli sen saanut syvyys, joka virtoinensa kiersi sen istutusmaata ja lähetti ojiansa kaikille metsän puille.
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].
Sentähden siitä tuli korkeakasvuisin kaikista metsän puista, se sai haaroja paljon, ja oksat, joita se levitti, venyivät pitkiksi runsaista vesistä.
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.
Sen lehvillä pesivät kaikki taivaan linnut, sen oksien alla synnyttivät kaikki metsän eläimet, ja sen varjossa asuivat kaikki suuret kansat.
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.
Kaunis se oli suuruudessaan, oksiensa pituudessa, sillä sen juuri oli runsasten vetten ääressä.
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.
Eivät olleet setrit sen vertaiset Jumalan puutarhassa, eivät kypressit sen oksien veroiset, eivät plataanit niinkuin sen haarat. Ei yksikään puu Jumalan puutarhassa ollut sen veroinen kauneudessa.
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.’
Minä tein sen niin kauniiksi oksarunsaudessaan, että kaikki Eedenin puut Jumalan puutarhassa sitä kadehtivat.
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.
Sentähden, näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Koska se tuli korkeakasvuiseksi ja sen latva oli tiheän lehvistön keskellä ja sen sydän ylpistyi sen korkeudesta,
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.
annan minä sen pakanoista mahtavimman käsiin, ja hän tekee sille, minkä tekee; jumalattomuutensa tähden minä sen olen karkoittanut.
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.
Ja sen hakkasivat muukalaiset, julmimmat pakanoista, ja heittivät sen maahan. Vuorille ja kaikkiin laaksoihin kaatuivat sen haarat, ja sen oksat murskaantuivat kaikkiin maan puronotkoihin. Kaikki maan kansat laskeutuivat alas sen varjosta ja jättivät sen.
13 Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
Sen kaatuneella rungolla asuvat kaikki taivaan linnut, ja sen oksien ääressä oleskelevat kaikki metsän eläimet-
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.’
ettei yksikään puu vetten vierellä kasvaisi niin korkeaksi eikä ojentaisi latvaansa pilvien väliin ja etteivät mahtavimmatkaan niistä, ei mitkään, jotka vettä juovat, olisi pysyväisiä korkeudessaan, sillä ne ovat kaikki annetut alttiiksi kuolemalle, menemään maan syvyyteen, hautaanvaipuneitten pariin yhdessä ihmislasten kanssa.
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)
Näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Sinä päivänä, jona hän astui alas tuonelaan, minä verhosin syvyyden suruun hänen tähtensä, pidätin virrat, niin että paljot vedet pysähtyivät juoksussaan, ja puin Libanonin hänen tähtensä mustiin, ja kaikki metsän puut nääntyivät hänen tähtensä. (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)
Hänen kaatumisensa ryskeestä minä panin kansakunnat vapisemaan, kun minä syöksin hänet alas tuonelaan, hautaanvaipuneitten pariin. Mutta lohdutetuiksi tulivat maan syvyydessä kaikki Eedenin puut, Libanonin valiot ja parhaat, kaikki, jotka vettä juovat. (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)
Myöskin ne olivat hänen kanssansa astuneet alas tuonelaan, miekalla kaadettujen pariin; samoin hänen auttajansa, ne, jotka istuivat hänen varjossaan kansojen joukossa. (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].’”
Oliko yhtään Eedenin puista sinun vertaistasi kunniassa ja suuruudessa? Mutta sinut on Eedenin puitten kanssa syösty alas maan syvyyteen; ympärileikkaamattomien keskellä sinä makaat miekallakaadettujen parissa. Näin käy faraon ja koko hänen meluavan joukkonsa, sanoo Herra, Herra."
