Ezekieli 31
1 Kisha ikawa katika mwaka wa kumi na moja, katika mwezi wa tatu, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, lile neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:
2 “Mwanadamu, mwambie Farao, mfalme wa Misri, na watu wake wanaomzunguka, 'Katika ukuu wako, je! wewe ni kama nani?
'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and unto his multitude: To whom hast thou been like in thy greatness?
3 Tazama! Ashuru ilikuwa mwerezi katika Lebanoni pamoja na matawi mazuri, yakitoa kivuli kwenye msitu, na mirefu katika kimo, na matawi yalitengeneza kilele cha mti wake.
Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.
4 Maji mengi yaliufanya kuwa mrefu; maji ya chini yaliufanya kuwa mkuba. Mito ilitiririka sehemu zake zote, kwa kuwa mifereji yake ilitoa kuelekea kwenye miti yote katika shamba.
Waters have made it great, The deep hath exalted him with its flowings, Going round about its planting, And its conduits it hath sent forth unto all trees of the field.
5 Kimo chake kikubwa kilikuwa zaidi kuliko miti mingine yote katika shamba, na matawi yake yakawa mengi; matawi yake yalikuwa marefu kwa sababu ya maji mengi yalipokuwa yakikua.
Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,
6 Kila ndege wa mbinguni alitengeza kiota kwenye matawi yake, wakati kila kiumbe hai cha shamba kilizaa mtoto chini ya tawi. Mataifa mengi yote yaliishi chini ya kivuli chake.
In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.
7 Kwa kuwa ulikuwa uzuri katika ukuu wake na kimo cha matawi yake, kwa kuwa mizizi yake ilikuwa katika maji mengi.
And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.
8 Mierezi katika bustani ya Mungu haikuweza kuwa sawa nayo. Hakuna miongoni mwa miti ya mivinje iliyofanana matawi yake, na miti ya miamori haikuweza kuwa sawa na majani yake. Hapakuwa na mti mwingine katika bustani ya Mungu ulikuwa kama huo katika uzuri wake.
Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,
9 Nimeufanya kuwa mzuri pamoja na matawi yake mengi na miti yote ya Edeni iliyokuwa katika bustani ya Mungu ilimwonea wivu.
Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that [are] in the garden of God.
10 Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Kwa sababu ilikuwa mirefu kwa kina, na imekiweka kilele chake kati ya matawi yake, moyo wake umeinua kwa sababu ya urefu wake.
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because that thou hast been high in stature, And he yieldeth his foliage between thickets, And high is his heart in his haughtiness,
11 Nimeuweka kwenye mikono ya yeye mwenye uweza wa mataifa, kuishughulikia kulingana na yale maovu anayostahili. Nimeufukuza.
I give him into the hand of a god of nations, He dealeth sorely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out.
12 Wageni waliokuwa wakiogofya wa mataifa yote wameikatilia mbali kuiacha ife. Matawi yake yameanguka kwenye milima na mabonde yote, na matawi yake yameanguka katika mito yote ya nchi. Kisha mataifa yote juu ya nchi wakatoka nje kutoka chini ya kivuli na kwenda zao wakamwacha.
And cut him off do strangers, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, On the mountains and in all valleys have his thin shoots fallen, And broken are his boughs at all streams of the land, And go down from his shade do all peoples of the land, and they leave him.
13 Ndege wa agani watapumzika kwenye shina la mti ulioanguka, na kila mnyama wa shambani atakuja kwenye matawi yake.
On his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,
14 Hii litokea ili kwamba pasiwe na miti mingine itakayopandwa karibu na maji yatang'oa majani yake hata kwenye kina cha miti mirefu, na kwamba hakuna miti mingine itakayomea karibu na maji itakayofikia kwenye hicho kina. Wote wametolewa kufa, chini ya nchi, miongoni mwa watoto wa binadamu, pamoja na wale washukao chini.
In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth — the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit.
15 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Katika siku wakati mkangazi uliposhuka chini nilileta maombolezo kwenye dunia. Niliyafunika maji ya chini juu yake, nikayarudisha maji ya bahari. Nilizuia maji makuu, nikaleta maombolezo hata Lebanoni kwa ajili yake. Hivyo miti yote ya shambani ikaomboleza kwa sababu yake. (Sheol h7585)
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him. (Sheol h7585)
16 Nimeleta tetemeko kwa mataifa wa sauti ya kuanguka kwake, wakati nitakapomtupa chini mpaka kuzimu pamoja na wale walioenda chini kwenye shimo. Hivyo niliitia moyo miti ya Edeni yote katika pande zote za nchi. Hii ilikuwa imechaguliwa na miti iliyokuwa bora ya Lenanoni; miti iliyokunywa maji. (Sheol h7585)
From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth — the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters. (Sheol h7585)
17 Kwa kuwa walikwenda chini pia pamoja nayo hata kuzimu, kwa wale waliokuwa wameuawa kwa upanga. Kulikuwa na jeshi lake imara, yale mataifa yalikuwa yakiishi kati kivuli chake. (Sheol h7585)
Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And — his arm — they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations. (Sheol h7585)
18 Umefanana na nani hivi katika utukufu na ukuu kati ya mti wa Edeni? Kwa kuwa utashushwa chini pamoja na miti ya Edeni hata pande zote nne za dunia miongoni mwa wasiotahiriwa; utaishi pamoja na watu wake wote-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavy.”
Unto whom hast thou been thus like, In honour and in greatness among the trees of Eden, And thou hast been brought down with the trees of Eden, Unto the earth — the lower part, In the midst of the uncircumcised thou liest, With the pierced of the sword? It [is] Pharaoh, and all his multitude, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
