Prophetia Ezechielis, 17

1. Et factum est verbum Do mini ad me dicens:

1. The word of the LORD came to me:

2. “Fili ho minis, propone aenigma et narra parabolam ad domum Israel

2. "Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak an allegory to the house of Israel;

3. et dices: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Aquila grandis magnarum alarum, longo pennarum ductu, plena plumis et varietate, venit ad Libanum et tulit cacumen cedri;

3. say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar;

4. summitatem frondium eius avellit et transportavit eam in terram Chanaan, in urbem negotiatorum posuit illam.

4. he broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade, and set it in a city of merchants.

5. Et tulit de semine terrae et posuit illud in terra pro semine, super aquas multas, quasi salicem posuit illud,

5. Then he took of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it beside abundant waters. He set it like a willow twig,

6. ut germinaret et cresceret in vineam latiorem humili statura, respicientibus ramis eius ad illam, et radices eius sub illa essent. Facta est ergo vinea et fructificavit in palmites et emisit propagines.

6. and it sprouted and became a low spreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine, and brought forth branches and put forth foliage.

7. Et fuit aquila altera grandis, magnis alis multisque plumis; et ecce vinea ista, quasi mittens radices suas ad eam, palmites suos extendit ad illam, ut irrigaret eam abundantius quam areolae, in quibus erat plantata.

7. "But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him that he might water it. From the bed where it was planted

8. In terra bona super aquas multas plantata est, ut faciat frondes et portet fructum et sit in vineam grandem.

8. he transplanted it to good soil by abundant waters, that it might bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble vine.

9. Dic: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ergone prosperabitur? Nonne radices eius evellet et fructum eius distringet, et marcescent omnia recentia germina eius, et arescet? Et non opus erit brachio grandi neque populo multo, ut evellat eam radicitus.

9. Say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its branches, so that all its fresh sprouting leaves wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it from its roots.

10. Ecce plantata est; ergone prosperabitur? Nonne, cum tetigerit eam ventus urens, siccabitur et in areis, in quibus germinaverat, arescet?”.

10. Behold, when it is transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it -- wither away on the bed where it grew?"

11. Et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens:

11. Then the word of the LORD came to me:

12. “Dic ad domum exasperantem: Nescitis quid ista significent? Dic: Ecce venit rex Babylonis Ierusalem et assumpsit regem et principes eius et adduxit eos ad semetipsum in Babylonem;

12. "Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.

13. et tulit de semine regni pepigitque cum eo foedus et accepit ab eo iusiurandum, sed et fortes terrae sustulit,

13. And he took one of the seed royal and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. (The chief men of the land he had taken away,

14. ut esset regnum humile et non elevaretur, sed custodiret pactum eius et servaret illud.

14. that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and that by keeping his covenant it might stand.)

15. Qui recedens ab eo, misit nuntios ad Aegyptum, ut daret sibi equos et populum multum. Numquid prosperabitur vel consequetur salutem, qui fecit haec? Et, qui dissolvit pactum, numquid effugiet?

15. But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can a man escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?

16. Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quoniam in loco regis, qui constituit eum regem, cuius fecit irritum iuramentum et solvit pactum, quod habebat cum eo, in medio Babylonis morietur.

16. As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die.

17. Et non in exercitu grandi neque in populo multo adiuvabit eum pharao in proelio, in iactu aggeris et in exstructione munitionum, ut interficiat animas multas.

17. Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.

18. Spreverat enim iuramentum, ut solveret foedus, et ecce dedit manum suam et, cum omnia haec fecerit, non effugiet.

18. Because he despised the oath and broke the covenant, because he gave his hand and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.

19. Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus: Vivo ego, quoniam iuramentum meum, quod sprevit, et foedus meum, quod praevaricatus est, ponam in caput eius

19. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely my oath which he despised, and my covenant which he broke, I will requite upon his head.

20. et expandam super eum rete meum, et comprehendetur tendicula mea, et adducam eum in Babylonem et iudicabo illum ibi in praevaricatione, qua praevaricatus est in me.

20. I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treason he has committed against me.

21. Et omnes electi eius in universo agmine suo gladio cadent; residui autem in omnem ventum dispergentur, et scietis quia ego Dominus locutus sum.

21. And all the pick of his troops shall fall by the sword, and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken."

22. Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Et sumam ego de cacumine cedri sublimis et ponam; de vertice ramorum eius tenerum distringam et plantabo super montem excelsum et eminentem.

22. Thus says the Lord GOD: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it out; I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain;

23. In monte sublimi Israel plantabo illud; et erumpet in germen et faciet fructum et erit in cedrum magnam; et habitabunt sub ea omnes volucres, et universum volatile sub umbra frondium eius nidificabit.

23. on the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it will dwell all kinds of beasts; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.

24. Et scient omnia ligna regionis quia ego Dominus humiliavi lignum sublime et exaltavi lignum humile et siccavi lignum viride et frondere feci lignum aridum. Ego Dominus locutus sum et feci”.

24. And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it."