Prophetia Ezechielis, 31

1. Et factum est in anno unde cimo, in tertio, una mensis, factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens:

1. In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

2. “Fili hominis, dic pharaoni, regi Aegypti, et pompae eius: Cui similis factus es in magnitudine tua?

2. "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: "Whom are you like in your greatness?

3. Ecce abies, quasi cedrus in Libano, pulcher ramis et frondibus nemorosus excelsusque altitudine, et inter nubes elevatum est cacumen eius;

3. Behold, I will liken you to a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and forest shade, and of great height, its top among the clouds.

4. aquae nutrierunt illum, abyssus exaltavit eum, flumina eius manabant in circuitu radicum eius, et rivos suos emisit ad universa ligna campi.

4. The waters nourished it, the deep made it grow tall, making its rivers flow round the place of its planting, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the forest.

5. Propterea elevata est altitudo eius super omnia ligna campi, et multiplicata sunt arbusta eius, et elevati sunt rami eius propter aquas multas.

5. So it towered high above all the trees of the forest; its boughs grew large and its branches long, from abundant water in its shoots.

6. Cumque extendisset umbram suam, in ramis eius fecerunt nidos omnia volatilia caeli, et sub frondibus eius genuerunt omnes bestiae campi, et sub umbra illius habitabat universa multitudo gentium;

6. All the birds of the air made their nests in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.

7. eratque pulcherrimus in magnitudine sua et in dilatatione arbustorum suorum, erat enim radix illius iuxta aquas multas.

7. It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down to abundant waters.

8. Cedri non fuerunt pares illi in paradiso Dei; abietes non adaequaverunt ramos eius, et platani non fuerunt aequae frondibus illius; omne lignum paradisi Dei non est assimilatum illi et pulchritudini eius,

8. The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared with its branches; no tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.

9. quoniam speciosum feci eum et multis condensisque frondibus: et aemulata sunt eum omnia ligna Eden, quae erant in paradiso Dei.

9. I made it beautiful in the mass of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God.

10. Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus: Pro eo quod sublimatus est in altitudine et dedit summitatem suam usque in nubes, et elevatum est cor eius in altitudine sua,

10. "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was proud of its height,

11. tradam eum in manu potentis principis gentium; faciens faciet ei: iuxta impietatem eius eieci eum.

11. I will give it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out.

12. Et succident illum alieni, violentissimi nationum; et proicient eum super montes, et in cunctis convallibus corruent rami eius, et confringentur arbusta eius in universis voraginibus terrae, et recedent de umbra eius omnes populi terrae et relinquent eum.

12. Foreigners, the most terrible of the nations, will cut it down and leave it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches will fall, and its boughs will lie broken in all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth will go from its shadow and leave it.

13. Super ruinam eius habitabunt omnia volatilia caeli, et in ramis eius erunt universae bestiae campi,

13. Upon its ruin will dwell all the birds of the air, and upon its branches will be all the beasts of the field.

14. ne eleventur in altitudine sua omnia ligna aquarum neque ponant sublimitatem suam inter nubes nec stent apud eas in sublimitate sua omnia, quae irrigantur aquis, quia omnes traditi sunt in mortem ad inferiora terrae, in medio filiorum hominum, ad eos, qui descendunt in lacum.

14. All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to lofty height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height; for they are all given over to death, to the nether world among mortal men, with those who go down to the Pit.

15. Haec dicit Dominus Deus: In die, quando descendit ad inferos, induxi luctum, operui propter eum abyssum et prohibui flumina eius et coercui aquas multas; obscuravi super eum Libanum, et omnia ligna agri concussa sunt.

15. "Thus says the Lord GOD: When it goes down to Sheol I will make the deep mourn for it, and restrain its rivers, and many waters shall be stopped; I will clothe Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field shall faint because of it.

16. A sonitu ruinae eius commovi gentes, cum deducerem eum ad infernum cum his, qui descendebant in lacum; et consolata sunt in inferioribus terrae omnia ligna Eden, egregia atque praeclara in Libano, universa, quae irrigabantur aquis.

16. I will make the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, will be comforted in the nether world.

17. Nam et ipsi cum eo descenderunt ad infernum ad interfectos gladio et auxiliatores eius, qui sederant sub umbra eius in medio nationum.

17. They also shall go down to Sheol with it, to those who are slain by the sword; yea, those who dwelt under its shadow among the nations shall perish.

18. Cui assimilatus es, o inclite atque sublimis inter ligna Eden? Et ecce deductus es cum lignis Eden ad inferiora terrae; in medio incircumcisorum dormies cum his, qui interfecti sunt gladio. Ipse est pharao et omnis pompa eius”, dicit Dominus Deus.

18. Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the nether world; you shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. "This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord GOD."