Ezekiel, 31

1. And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

1. La onzième année, le premier jour du troisième mois, la parole de l`Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:

2. “Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?

2. Fils de l`homme, dis à Pharaon, roi d`Égypte, et à sa multitude: A qui ressembles-tu dans ta grandeur?

3. Behold, Assur is like the cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches, and full of leaves, and of high stature, and his summit has been elevated above the thick branches.

3. Voici, l`Assyrie était un cèdre du Liban; Ses branches étaient belles, Son feuillage était touffu, sa tige élevée, Et sa cime s`élançait au milieu d`épais rameaux.

4. The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions.

4. Les eaux l`avaient fait croître, L`abîme l`avait fait pousser en hauteur; Des fleuves coulaient autour du lieu où il était planté, Et envoyaient leurs canaux à tous les arbres des champs.

5. Because of this, his height was exalted above all the trees of the regions, and his groves were multiplied, and his own branches were elevated, because of the many waters.

5. C`est pourquoi sa tige s`élevait au-dessus de tous les arbres des champs, Ses branches avaient multiplié, ses rameaux s`étendaient, Par l`abondance des eaux qui l`avaient fait pousser.

6. And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.

6. Tous les oiseaux du ciel nichaient dans ses branches, Toutes les bêtes des champs faisaient leurs petits sous ses rameaux, Et de nombreuses nations habitaient toutes à son ombre.

7. And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.

7. Il était beau par sa grandeur, par l`étendue de ses branches, Car ses racines plongeaient dans des eaux abondantes.

8. The cedars in the Paradise of God were not higher than he was. The spruce trees were not equal to his summit, and the plane trees were not equal to his fullness. No tree in the Paradise of God was similar to him or to his beauty.

8. Les cèdres du jardin de Dieu ne le surpassaient point, Les cyprès n`égalaient point ses branches, Et les platanes n`étaient point comme ses rameaux; Aucun arbre du jardin de Dieu ne lui était comparable en beauté.

9. For I made him beautiful, and dense with many branches. And all the trees of delight, which were in the Paradise of God, were jealous of him.

9. Je l`avais embelli par la multitude de ses branches, Et tous les arbres d`Éden, dans le jardin de Dieu, lui portaient envie.

10. Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since he was sublime in height, and he made his summit green and dense, and his heart was exalted because of his height,

10. C`est pourquoi ainsi parle le Seigneur, l`Éternel: Parce qu`il avait une tige élevée, Parce qu`il lançait sa cime au milieu d`épais rameaux, Et que son coeur était fier de sa hauteur,

11. I have delivered him into the hands of the most powerful one among the Gentiles, so that he will deal with him. I have cast him out, in accord with his impiety.

11. Je l`ai livré entre les mains du héros des nations, Qui le traitera selon sa méchanceté; je l`ai chassé.

12. And foreigners, and the most cruel among the nations, will cut him down. And they will cast him on the mountains. And his branches will fall in every steep valley, and his grove will be broken apart on every cliff of the earth. And all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shadow, and abandon him.

12. Des étrangers, les plus violents des peuples, l`ont abattu et rejeté; Ses branches sont tombées dans les montagnes et dans toutes les vallées. Ses rameaux se sont brisés dans tous les ravins du pays; Et tous les peuples de la terre se sont retirés de son ombre, Et l`ont abandonné.

13. All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.

13. Sur ses débris sont venus se poser tous les oiseaux du ciel, Et toutes les bêtes des champs ont fait leur gîte parmi ses rameaux,

14. For this reason, none of the trees among the waters will exalt themselves because of their height, nor will they place their summits above the thick branches and foliage, nor will any of those that are irrigated stand out because of their height. For they have all been delivered unto death, to the lowest part of the earth, into the midst of the sons of men, those who descend into the pit.

14. Afin que tous les arbres près des eaux n`élèvent plus leur tige, Et qu`ils ne lancent plus leur cime au milieu d`épais rameaux, Afin que tous les chênes arrosés d`eau ne gardent plus leur hauteur; Car tous sont livrés à la mort, aux profondeurs de la terre, Parmi les enfants des hommes, Avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse.

15. Thus says the Lord God: In the day when he descended into hell, I led in grieving. I covered him with the abyss. And I held back its rivers, and I restrained the many waters. Lebanon was saddened over him, and all the trees of the field were struck together.

15. Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l`Éternel: Le jour où il est descendu dans le séjour des morts, J`ai répandu le deuil, j`ai couvert l`abîme à cause de lui, Et j`en ai retenu les fleuves; Les grandes eaux ont été arrêtées; J`ai rendu le Liban triste à cause de lui, Et tous les arbres des champs ont été desséchés.

16. I shook the Gentiles with the sound of his ruin, when I led him down to hell, with those who were descending into the pit. And all the trees of delights, the finest and best in Lebanon, all that were irrigated with waters, were consoled in the deepest parts of the earth.

16. Par le bruit de sa chute j`ai fait trembler les nations, Quand je l`ai précipité dans le séjour des morts, Avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse; Tous les arbres d`Éden ont été consolés dans les profondeurs de la terre, Les plus beaux et les meilleurs du Liban, Tous arrosés par les eaux.

17. For they, too, will descend with him into hell, to those who have been slain by the sword. And the arm of each one will reside under his shadow, in the midst of the nations.

17. Eux aussi sont descendus avec lui dans le séjour des morts, Vers ceux qui ont péri par l`épée; Ils étaient son bras et ils habitaient à son ombre parmi les nations.

18. To whom can you be compared, O famous and sublime one, among the trees of pleasure? Behold, you have been brought down, with the trees of pleasure, to the lowest part of the earth. You will sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who have been slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, says the Lord God.”

18. A qui ressembles-tu ainsi en gloire et en grandeur Parmi les arbres d`Éden? Tu seras précipité avec les arbres d`Éden Dans les profondeurs de la terre, Tu seras couché au milieu des incirconcis, Avec ceux qui ont péri par l`épée. Voilà Pharaon et toute sa multitude! Dit le Seigneur, l`Éternel.