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,
Och det begaf sig i ellofte årena, på första dagen i tredje månadenom, skedde Herrans ord till mig, och sade:
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.
Du menniskobarn, säg till Pharao, Konungen i Egypten, och till allt hans folk: Huru stor menar du då att du äst?
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.
Si, Assur var lika som ett cedreträ på Libanon, med sköna grenar, och tjockt af löf, och ganska högt, så att dess skate stod högt upp ibland stora tjocka qvistar.
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.
Det hade vatten nog, att det högt vardt, och många källor, att det starkt vardt; dess strömmar gingo allt omkring dess rot, och dess bäcker till all trä i skogenom.
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].
Derföre är det högre vordet än all trä på markene, och fick många grenar och långa qvistar; ty det hade vatten nog till att utbreda sig.
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.
Alle himmelens foglar bodde uppå dess qvistar, och all vilddjur hade ungar under dess grenar, och under dess skugga bodde mång och stor folk.
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.
Det hade sköna, stora och långa grenar; ty dess rot hade mycket vatten.
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.
Och intet cedreträ var desso likt i Guds lustgård; furoträn voro dess grenom intet liknande, och mandelträn voro intet emot dess qvistar; ja, det var så dägeligit, att det öfvergick all trä i Guds lustgård.
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.’
Jag hafver gjort det så skönt, att det fick så många qvistar, att all lustig trä i Guds lustgård båro afund dervid.
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.
Derföre säger Herren Herren alltså: Efter han så hög vorden är, att hans skate stod ibland stora, höga, tjocka qvistar, och hans hjerta upphof sig, att han så hög var;
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.
Derföre hafver jag gifvit honom dem mägtigasta ibland Hedningarna i händer; han skall vara till verka med honom, och fördrifvan, såsom han med sitt ogudaktiga väsende förtjent hafver;
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.
Att främmande skola utrota honom, nämliga Hedningarnas tyranner, och förskingra honom, att hans qvistar skola ligga på all berg, och i alla dalar, och hans qvistar sönderbrutne vid alla bäcker i landena, så att all folk på jordene måste bortdraga undan hans skugga, och öfvergifva honom.
13 Birds (settled/went to live) on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches.
Och alle himmelens foglar såto på hans kullfallna bål, och all vilddjur lade sig på hans afhuggna qvistar;
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.’
På det härefter intet trä vid vatten skall förhäfva sig af sine höjd, att dess skate ibland stora, tjocka qvistar står, och att intet trä vid vatten skall förhäfva sig öfver de andra; ty de måste alle under jordena, och dödenom öfvergifne varda, lika som andra menniskor, de der uti kulona fara.
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)
Detta säger Herren Herren: På den tiden, då han nederfor till helvetes, då gjorde jag en klagolåt, att djupet öfvertäckte honom, och hans strömmar måste stilla stå, och de stora vattnen intet löpa kunde; och gjorde det så, att Libanon sörjde öfver honom, och all trä i markene förtorkades öfver honom. (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)
Jag förskräckte Hedningarna, då de hörde honom falla, då jag nederstörte honom till helvetes, med dem som uti kulona fara; och all lustig trä under jordene unte honom det väl, de ädlesta och bästa på Libanon, och all de som vid vatten ståndit hade. (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)
Ty de måste ock med honom neder åt helvetet, till de slagna med svärd, efter de under hans arms skugga ibland Hedningarna bott hade. (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].’”
Huru stor menar du då att du äst, med ditt prål och härlighet, ibland de lustiga trän? Ty du måste med de lustiga trän fara neder under jordena, och ligga ibland de oomskorna, hvilke med svärd slagne äro; alltså skall det gå dig, Pharao, med allo dino folke, säger Herren Herren.
