Ezekiel 31

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

1 第十一年三月一日，耶和华对我说：

2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?

2 “人子啊，你要对埃及王法老和他的百姓说， “‘谁能比你强大呢？

3 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

3 看啊，亚述曾是黎巴嫩的一棵香柏树， 枝繁叶茂，遮天蔽日， 高耸入云。

4 The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

4 水源滋润它， 深泉使它茁壮成长， 溪流四围环绕它， 浇灌着林间的树木。

5 Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

5 丰沛的水源使它高过田间所有的树木， 枝子长得又粗又长。

6 All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

6 空中的飞鸟都在它的枝头上搭窝， 田间的野兽都在它的枝条下生产， 所有的大国都住在它的荫下。

7 It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.

7 它高大美丽，枝干修长， 因为树根深入丰沛的水源，

8 The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

8 连上帝园中的香柏树也不能与它相比。 松树不能与它的枝干相比， 枫树不能与它的枝条相比， 上帝园中的树木没有一棵能与它媲美。

9 I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

9 我使它枝繁叶茂，美丽无比， 以致上帝伊甸园里的树木都羡慕它。’

10 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

10 “因此，主耶和华说，‘因为它树干高大，树梢高耸入云，心高气傲，

11 I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.

11 我要把它交在列国的首领手里，他必按照它的邪恶惩治它。我丢弃了它。

12 Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

12 列邦中最残暴的人要把它砍倒，丢弃在那里，它折断的枝干散落在山间和河谷中。世上各族都离开它的荫下，弃他而去，

13 All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

13 天上的飞禽要栖身在那折断的树干上，地上的走兽要躺卧在它的枝条中。

14 This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

14 故此，水边的树木都不再傲然矗立，高耸入云，水源充足的大树也不再如此高大，因为它们都注定要与下坟墓的人一同死亡，落到阴间的深处。’

15 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

15 “主耶和华说，‘它下到阴间的那天，我要使哀声响起，使深渊闭塞，江河止息，洪水停滞。我要使黎巴嫩为它哀哭，田野的树木都因它而枯萎。

16 I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

16 我将它与下坟墓的人一同抛到阴间时，列国听见它坠落的响声，都恐惧颤抖。伊甸园中的树木和黎巴嫩水源充足的上好树木都在阴间得到安慰。

17 They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

17 列国中活在它荫庇下的爪牙都与它一同坠入阴间，到丧身刀下的人那里。

18 Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

18 “‘伊甸园的树木中，谁能与你的威荣相比呢？然而你必与伊甸园的树木一同下到阴间，躺卧在未受割礼的人当中，与丧身刀下的人在一起。 “‘这就是法老和他百姓的结局。这是主耶和华说的。’”