1 T ambém sucedeu, no ano undécimo, no terceiro mês, ao primeiro do mês, que veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

And in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 F ilho do homem, dize a Faraó, rei do Egito, e ã sua multidão: A quem és semelhante na tua grandeza?

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

3 E is que o assírio era como um cedro do Líbano, de ramos formosos, de sombrosa ramagem e de alta estatura; e a sua copa estava entre os ramos espessos.

Behold, Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with forestlike shade and of high stature, with its top among the thick boughs.

4 A s águas nutriram-no, o abismo fê-lo crescer; as suas correntes corriam em torno da sua plantação; assim ele enviava os seus regatos a todas as árvores do campo.

The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall; its rivers ran round about its planting, sending out its streams to all the trees of the forest.

5 P or isso se elevou a sua estatura sobre todas as árvores do campo, e se multiplicaram os seus ramos, e se alongaram as suas varas, por causa das muitas águas nas suas raizes.

Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the forest; its boughs were multiplied and its branches became long, because there was much water when they were shot forth.

6 T odas as aves do céu se aninhavam nos seus ramos; e todos os animais do campo geravam debaixo dos seus ramos; e ã sua sombra habitavam todos os grandes povos.

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

7 A ssim era ele formoso na sua grandeza, na extensão dos seus ramos, porque a sua raiz estava junto

Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by many and great waters.

8 O s cedros no jardim de Deus não o podiam esconder; as faias não igualavam os seus ramos, e os plátanos não eram como as suas varas; nenhuma árvore no jardim de Deus se assemelhava a ele na sua formosura.

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide or rival it; the cypress trees did not have boughs like it and the plane trees did not have branches like it, nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.

9 F ormoso o fiz pela abundância dos seus ramos; de modo que tiveram inveja dele todas as árvores do Edem que havia no jardim de Deus.

I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God envied it.

10 P ortanto assim diz o Senhor Deus: Como se elevou na sua estatura, e se levantou a sua copa no meio dos espessos ramos, e o seu coração se ufanava da sua altura,

Therefore thus said the Lord God: Because it is exalted in stature and has set its top among the thick boughs and the clouds, and its heart is proud of its height,

11 e u o entregarei na mão da mais poderosa das nações, que lhe dará o tratamento merecido. Eu já o lancei fora.

I will even deliver it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with it. I have driven it out for its wickedness and lawlessness.

12 E strangeiros, da mais terrível das nações, o cortarão, e o deixarão; cairão os seus ramos sobre os montes e por todos os vales, e os seus renovos serão quebrados junto a todas as correntes da terra; e todos os povos da terra se retirarão da sua sombra, e o deixarão.

And strangers, the most terrible of the nations, will cut it off and leave it; upon the mountains and in all the valleys its branches will fall and its boughs will lie broken by all the watercourses of the land, and all the peoples of the earth will go down out of its shade and leave it.

13 T odas as aves do céu habitarão sobre a sua ruína, e todos os animais do campo estarão sobre os seus ramos;

Upon its ruins all the birds of the heavens will dwell, and all the wild beasts of the field will be upon branches.

14 p ara que nenhuma de todas as árvores junto

All this is so that none of the trees by the waters may exalt themselves because of their height or shoot up their top among the thick boughs and the clouds, and that none of their mighty ones should stand upon themselves for their height, all that drink water. For they are all delivered over to death, to the lower world, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit (the grave).

15 A ssim diz o Senhor Deus: No dia em que ele desceu ao Seol, fiz eu que houvesse luto; cobri o abismo, por sua causa, e retive as suas correntes, e detiveram-se as grandes águas; e fiz que o Líbano o pranteasse; e todas as árvores do campo por causa dele desfaleceram.

Thus says the Lord God: When goes down to Sheol (the place of the dead), I will cause a mourning; I will cover the deep for it and I will restrain its floods, and the many waters will be stayed; and I will cause Lebanon to be in black gloom and to mourn for it, and all the trees of the field, dismayed, will faint because of it.

16 F arei tremer as nações ao som da sua queda, quando o fizer descer ao Seol juntamente com os que descem ã cova; e todas as árvores do Edem a flor e o melhor do Líbano, todas as que bebem águas, se consolarão nas partes inferiores da terra;

I will make the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit, and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, will be comforted in the netherworld.

17 t ambém juntamente com ele descerão ao Seol, ajuntar-se aos que foram mortos ã espada; sim, aos que foram seu braço, e que habitavam ã sua sombra no meio das nações.

They also shall go down into Sheol with it to those who were slain by the sword—yes, those who were its arm, who dwelt under its shadow in the midst of the nations.

18 A quem, pois, és semelhante em glória e em grandeza entre as árvores do Eden? Todavia serás precipitado juntamente com as árvores do Eden

To whom among the trees of Eden are you thus like in glory and in greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the netherworld. You shall lie among the uncircumcised heathen with those who are slain by the sword. This is how it shall be with Pharaoh and all the multitude of his strength, his tumult, and his store, says the Lord God.