Ezequiel 17
1 E veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 Filho do homem, propõe uma parabola, e usa d'uma comparação para com a casa de Israel.
“Son of man, present a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
3 E disse: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Uma grande aguia, de grandes azas, comprida de plumagem, e cheia de pennas de varias côres, veiu ao Libano e levou o mais alto ramo d'um cedro.
Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: A large eagle with large wings and long pinions, full of feathers, and that was multicolored went to Lebanon and took hold of the top of a cedar tree.
4 E arrancou a ponta mais alta dos seus ramos, e a trouxe á terra de mercancia, na cidade de mercancia, na cidade de mercadores a poz.
It broke off the tips of the branches and took them to the land of Canaan; he planted it in a city of merchants.
5 Tomou da semente da terra, e a lançou n'um campo de semente: tomando-a, a poz junto ás grandes aguas com grande prudencia.
He also took some seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside a large body of water like a willow.
6 E brotou, e tornou-se n'uma videira mui larga, de pouca altura, virando-se para ella os seus ramos, porque as suas raizes estavam debaixo d'ella; e tornou-se n'uma videira, e produzia sarmentos, e brotava renovos.
Then it sprouted and became a spreading vine low to the ground. Its branches turned toward him, and its roots grew under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and sent out shoots.
7 E houve mais uma grande aguia, de grandes azas, e cheia de pennas; e eis que esta videira lançou para ella as suas raizes, e estendeu para ella os seus ramos, para que a regasse pelas aréolas do seu plantio.
But there was another great eagle with large wings and many feathers. Behold! This vine turned its roots toward the eagle, and it spread out its branches toward the eagle from the place it had been planted so it would be watered.
8 N'uma boa terra, á borda de muitas aguas, estava ella plantada, para produzir ramos, e para dar fructo, para que fosse videira excellente.
It had been planted in good soil beside a large body of water so it would produce branches and sprout fruit, to become a magnificent vine.'
9 Dize: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porventura prosperará? ou não lhe arrancará as suas raizes, e não cortará o seu fructo, e seccar-se-ha? em todas as folhas de seus renovos se seccará, e isto não com braço grande, nem com muita gente, para a arrancar pelas suas raizes.
Say to the people, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Will it prosper? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers, and all its fresh growth will wither? No strong arm or many people will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
10 Mas eis que porventura, estando plantada, prosperará? porventura, tocando-lhe vento oriental, de todo não se seccará? nas aréolas do seu plantio se seccará.
So behold! After it has been planted, will it grow? Will it not wither when the eastern wind touches it? It will completely wither away in the garden plot where it sprouted.'”
11 Então veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
12 Dize agora á casa rebelde: Porventura não sabeis o que querem dizer estas coisas? dize: Eis que veiu o rei de Babylonia a Jerusalem, e tomou o seu rei e os seus principes, e os levou comsigo para Babylonia;
“Speak to the rebellious house, 'Do you not know what these things mean? Behold! The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her princes and brought them to him in Babylon.
13 E tomou um da semente real, e fez concerto com elle, e o trouxe para fazer juramento; e tomou os poderosos da terra comsigo,
Then he took a royal descendant, made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath. He took away the powerful people of the land,
14 Para que o reino ficasse humilhado, e não se levantasse: para que, guardando o seu concerto, podesse subsistir.
so the kingdom might become lowly and not lift itself up. By keeping his covenant the land will survive.
15 Porém se rebellou contra elle, enviando os seus mensageiros ao Egypto, para que se lhe mandassem cavallos e muita gente: porventura prosperará ou escapará aquelle que faz taes coisas? ou quebrantará o concerto, e ainda escapará?
But the king of Jerusalem rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt to acquire horses and an army. Will he succeed? Will the one doing these things escape? If he breaks the covenant, will he escape?
16 Vivo eu, diz o Senhor Jehovah, que morrerá em logar do rei que o fez reinar, cujo juramento desprezou, e cujo concerto quebrantou; com elle no meio de Babylonia morrerá.
As I live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—he will surely die in the land of the king who made him king, the king whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke. He will die in the middle of Babylon.
17 E Pharaó, nem com grande exercito, nem com uma companhia numerosa, nada acabará com elle em guerra, levantando tranqueiras e edificando baluartes, para destruir muitas vidas.
Pharaoh with his mighty army and a great company of men will not help him in battle, when ramps are constructed and siege walls are built up to cut off many lives.
18 Porque desprezou o juramento, quebrantando o concerto, e eis que deu a sua mão; havendo pois feito todas estas coisas, não escapará.
For the king despised his oath by breaking the covenant. Behold, he reached out with his hand to make a promise and yet he did all these things. He will not escape.
19 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Vivo eu, que o meu juramento, que desprezou, e o meu concerto, que quebrantou, isto farei recair sobre a sua cabeça.
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, was it not my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke? So I will bring his punishment on his head!
20 E estenderei sobre elle a minha rede, e ficará preso no meu laço; e o levarei a Babylonia, e ali entrarei em juizo com elle pela rebeldia com que se rebellou contra mim.
I will spread my net out over him, and he will be caught in my hunting net. Then I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there for his treason that he committed when he betrayed me!
21 E todos os seus fugitivos, com todas as suas tropas, cairão á espada, e os que restarem serão espalhados a todo o vento; e sabereis que eu, o Senhor, o fallei.
All of his refugees in his armies will fall by the sword, and the ones who remain will be scattered in every direction. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; I have declared this would happen.”
22 Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Tambem eu tomarei do cucuruto do cedro alto, e o plantarei; do principal dos seus renovos cortarei o mais tenro, e o plantarei sobre um monte alto e sublime.
The Lord Yahweh says this, 'So I myself will take away the highest part of the cedar tree, and I will plant it away from its tender branches. I will break it off, and I myself will plant it on a high mountain.
23 No monte alto d'Israel o plantarei, e produzirá ramos, e dará fructo, e se fará um cedro excellente; e habitarão debaixo d'elle todas as aves de toda a sorte de azas, e á sombra dos seus ramos habitarão.
I will plant it on the mountains of Israel so it will bear branches and produce fruit, and it will become a majestic cedar so that every winged bird will live under it. They will nest in the shade of its branches.
24 Assim saberão todas as arvores do campo que eu, o Senhor, abaixei a arvore alta, alcei a arvore baixa, sequei a arvore verde, e fiz reverdecer a arvore secca: eu, o Senhor, o fallei, e o farei.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh. I bring down the high trees and I raise up the low trees. I wither the watered tree and I cause the dried tree to bloom. I am Yahweh, I have declared that this will happen; and I have done it.'”
