Yehezkiel 31

1 Pada tanggal satu bulan tiga dalam tahun kesebelas masa pembuangan kami, TUHAN berkata kepadaku,

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 "Hai manusia fana, sampaikanlah pesan-Ku ini kepada raja Mesir dan seluruh bangsanya: Sungguh hebat kebesaranmu! Tak ada yang dapat menjadi sainganmu!

Son of man, say to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his multitude; To whom have you compared yourself in your haughtiness?

3 Engkau seperti cemara Libanon yang gagah penuh cabang yang rimbun dan indah. Batangnya lurus dan lempang puncaknya mencapai awan.

Behold, the Assyrian was a cypress in Libanus, and was fair in shoots, and high in stature: his top reached to the midst of the clouds.

4 Ia tumbuh sebab airnya berkecukupan. Sungai di bawah tanah memberinya makanan, menyirami segala akarnya, dan membasahi pohon-pohon lainnya.

The water nourished him, the depth made him grow tall; she led her rivers round about his plants, and she sent forth her streams to all the trees of the field.

5 Karena airnya tak pernah kurang, tumbuhnya subur, dahannya besar dan panjang. Dari segala pohon di hutan-hutan, dialah yang paling tinggi menjulang.

Therefore was his stature exalted above all the trees of the field, and his branches spread far by the help of much water.

6 Aneka burung bersarang di rantingnya. Binatang liar beranak dalam naungannya. Semua bangsa besar di seluruh dunia duduk berlindung di bawahnya.

All the birds of the sky made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the wild beasts of the field bred; the whole multitude of nations lived under his shadow.

7 Pohon itu indah untuk dipandang; batangnya lurus, dahannya panjang. Akarnya menembus jauh ke bawah mencapai sumber air di dalam tanah.

And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.

8 Pohon-pohon cemara di Eden, taman Allah tak dapat disamakan dengan dia. Tak ada cemara yang dapat menyainginya, tak ada pohon yang begitu panjang dahannya. Sungguh, di taman Allah tak ada pohon seindah dia.

And such cypresses [as this] were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty,

9 Akulah yang membuat dia rupawan dengan dahan-dahannya yang panjang dan rindang. Segala pohon di taman Allah merasa cemburu kepadanya.

because of the multitude of his branches: and the trees of God's paradise of delight envied him.

10 Sebab itu, Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, memberitahukan kepadamu apa yang akan terjadi pada pohon yang puncaknya sampai ke awan itu. Sebab semakin tinggi, semakin sombonglah dia.

Therefore thus says the Lord; Because you are grown great, and have set your top in the midst of the clouds, and I saw when he was exalted;

11 Maka Aku menolak dia dan akan menyerahkannya kepada penguasa asing, yang akan memperlakukan dia setimpal dengan kejahatannya.

therefore I delivered him into the hands of the prince of the nations, and he wrought his destruction.

12 Tentara asing yang tidak mengenal ampun akan menebang dia lalu membiarkannya. Rantingnya yang telah patah akan berjatuhan di semua gunung dan lembah di negeri itu. Semua bangsa yang tinggal di bawahnya akan pergi meninggalkan dia.

And ravaging strangers from the nations have destroyed him, and have cast him down upon the mountains: his branches fell in all the valleys, and his boughs were broken in every field of the land; and all the people of the nations are gone down from their shelter, and have laid him low.

13 Burung-burung akan datang dan hinggap pada pohon yang sudah rebah itu, dan binatang-binatang liar akan menginjak-injak dahan-dahannya.

All the birds of the sky have settled on his fallen trunk, and all the wild beasts of the field came upon his boughs:

14 Semua itu terjadi supaya mulai saat ini, tak akan ada lagi pohon yang tumbuh setinggi itu; tak ada lagi puncak pohon yang mencapai awan meskipun mendapat air berlimpah-limpah. Semuanya harus mati seperti manusia yang fana, dan berkumpul dengan orang-orang yang telah turun ke dunia orang mati."

in order that none of the trees by the water should exalt themselves by reason of their size: whereas they set their top in the midst of the clouds, yet they continued not in their high state in their place, all that drank water, all were consigned to death, to the depth of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

15 Beginilah kata TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, "Bilamana pohon itu turun ke dunia orang mati, Aku menyuruh air di bawah tanah menggenanginya sebagai tanda kabung. Aku akan menahan arus sungai dan menyumbat anak-anak sungai. Oleh karena pohon itu telah mati, Aku akan mendatangkan kegelapan atas gunung-gunung Libanon dan membuat layu semua pohon di hutan. (Sheol h7585)

Thus says the Lord God; In the day wherein he went down to Hades, the deep mourned for him: and I stayed her floods, and restrained her abundance of water: and Libanus saddened for him, all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol h7585)

16 Pada waktu pohon itu Kuturunkan ke dunia orang mati, bunyi jatuhnya akan menggetarkan bangsa-bangsa. Semua pohon di Eden dan pohon-pohon pilihan di Libanon yang mendapat air berlimpah-limpah, dan yang telah turun ke bumi yang paling bawah akan senang dengan jatuhnya pohon itu. (Sheol h7585)

At the sound of his fall the nations quaked, when I brought him down to Hades with them that go down to the pit: and all the trees of Delight comforted him in the heart, and the choice of [plants] of Libanus, all that drink water. (Sheol h7585)

17 Mereka akan mengiringinya ke dunia orang mati dan berkumpul dengan mereka yang telah jatuh lebih dahulu. Dan semuanya yang dahulu duduk di bawah pohon itu akan disebarkan di antara bangsa-bangsa. (Sheol h7585)

For they went down to hell with him among the slain with the sword; and his seed, [even] they that lived under his shadow, perished in the midst of their life. (Sheol h7585)

18 Pohon itu melambangkan raja Mesir dan bangsanya. Tak ada pohon di Eden yang begitu tinggi dan mulia. Tetapi sekarang, seperti pohon-pohon di Eden juga, pohon itu pun akan turun ke dunia orang mati dan berkumpul dengan mereka yang tidak mengenal Allah dan dengan mereka yang tewas dalam pertempuran. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi telah berbicara."

To whom are you compared? descend, and be you debased with the trees of paradise to the depth of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall Pharao be, and the multitude of his host, says the Lord God.