1 ف ِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّالِثِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الحادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ سَبيِ يَهُوياكِينَ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

2 « يا إنْسانُ، قُلْ لِفِرعَوْنَ، مَلِكِ مِصرَ، وَلِجُيُوشِهِ: «‹بِمَ اُشَبِّهُ عَظَمَتَكَ؟

Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

3 إ نَّكَ أشبَهُ بِأرْزَةٍ فِي لُبنانَ، أغصانُها جَمِيلَةٌ وَتُلقِي بِظِلالٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وارتِفاعُها كَبيرٌ، وَقِمَّتَها وَسَطَ الغُيُومِ!

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

4 ن َمَّتْها المِياهُ الكَثِيرَةُ، وَجَعَلَتْها المِياهُ العَمِيقَةُ تَرتَفِعُ كَثِيراً. تَجرِي الأنهارُ حَولَها مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، وَقَدْ شَقَّتْ قَنَواتٍ صَغِيرَةً لِكُلِّ أشجارِ الحُقُولِ.

The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field.

5 ف َصارَتْ أطوَلَ مِنْ كُلِّ تِلَكَ الأشجارِ، وَامتّدَّتْ أغصانُها.

Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot them forth.

6 و َبَنَتْ جَميعُ الطُّيُورِ أعشاشَها فِيها، وَتَحتَ أغصانِها وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ أنواعِ الحَيَواناتِ، وَفِي ظِلِّها جَلَسَ أُناسٌ مِنْ أُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

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

7 ف َصارَتْ جَمِيلَةً جِدّاً بِسَبَبِ طُولِها الباسِقِ وَأغصانِها الطَّوِيلَةِ، لأنَّ جُذُورَها وَصَلَتْ إلَى المِياهِ العَمِيقَةِ.

Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

8 ل ا تُنافِسُها أشجارُ الأرْزِ الَّتِي فِي جَنَّةِ اللهِ، وَلا فُرُوعُ أشجارِ السَّروِ كَفُرُوعِها. صارَتْ أشجارُ السُّهُولِ كَلا شَيءٍ، عِندَ مَقارَنَتِها بِأغْصانِها. وَلَيسَ فِي أشجارِ جَنَّةِ اللهِ أجمَلُ مِنها.

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

9 أ نا جَمَّلْتُها بِأغْصانِها الكَثِيفَةِ، فَحَسَدَتْها كُلُّ أشجارِ عَدْنٍ، المَغرُوسَةِ فِي جَنَّةِ اللهِ.›»

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

10 ل ِهَذا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «لأنَّكَ نَمَوْتَ وَصِرتَ طَوِيلاً جِدّاً، وَصارَتْ قِمَّتُكَ وَسَطَ الغُيُومِ، وَتَباهَيْتَ بارتِفاعِكَ،

Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

11 ف َإنِّي سَأُسَلِّمُكَ إلَى يَدِ قائِدِ الأُمَمِ، وَهُوَ سَيَتَعامَلُ مَعَكَ بِحَسَبِ شَرِّكَ، وَسَأُلقِي بِكَ بَعِيداً!

I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.

12 ف َقَدْ قَطَعَها الغُرَباءُ، وَالأُمَمُ البَربَرِيَّةُ طَرَحَتْها عَلَى الجِبالِ. سَقَطَتْ فُرُوعُها فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ. انكَسَرَتْ أغصانُها العالِيَةُ وَسَقَطَتْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ. وَتَوَقَّفَ النّاسُ عَنِ الجُلُوسِ فِي ظِلِّها، وَتَرَكُوها وَحِيدَةً.

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

13 ع َلَى جِذْعِها السّاقِطِ تَصنَعُ طُيُورُ السَّماءِ بُيُوتَها، وَتَسكُنُ الحَيَواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ فِي أغصانِها.

Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;

14 ح َدَثَ هَذا حَتَّى لا تَكبُرَ الأشجارُ المَرْوِيَّةُ جِيِداً لِتَصِلَ إلَى هَذا الطُّولِ، وَحَتَّى لا تَصِلَ قِمَّتُها إلَى السَّحابِ، حَتَّى لا تَتَكَبَّرَ وَلا تَتَشامَخَ. لِأنَّ جَمِيعَ تِلكَ الأشجارِ ماتَتْ مَعَها وَبِسَبَبِها، وَنَزَلَتْ إلَى العالَمِ السُّفلِيِّ وَسَطَ كُلِّ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ يَنزِلُونَ إلَى الحُفرَةِ.»

to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, even all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

15 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «فِي اليَومِ الَّذِي يَنزِلُ فيهِ إلَى حُفرَةِ المَوتِ أقِيمُ مَناحَةً، وَأُغلِقُ بَوّاباتِ المِياهِ الجَوفِيَّةِ العَمِيقَةِ، وَأُوقِفُ كُلَّ أنهارِهِ وَقَنَواتِهِ عَنِ الجَرَيانِ، وَأحجِزُ المِياهَ الجارِيَةَ القَوِيَّةَ. غَطَّيتُ لُبنانَ بِثِيابِ الحِدادِ السَّوداءَ، فَذَبُلَتْ كُلُّ أشجارِ الغابَةِ حُزناً.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

16 ج َعَلْتُ الأُمَمَ تَرتَجِفُ خَوفاً مِنْ صَوتِ ضَجَّةِ سُقُوطِهِ. وَحِينَ أرسَلتُهُ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ مَعَ النّازِلِينَ إلَى حُفرَةِ المَوتِ، تَعَزَّتْ كُلُّ الأشجارِ الجَمِيلَةِ وَكُلُّ أشجارِ لُبنانَ المَروِيَّةِ فِي العالَمِ السُّفلِيِّ.

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

17 و َنَزَلَتِ الأشجارُ مَعَهُ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ حَيثُ جُثَثُ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا بِالسَّيفِ، وَاستَقَرَّتْ تَحتَ ظِلِّهِ وَسَطَ الأُممِ.

They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

18 « ما مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ فِي عَدْنٍ لَها مِثلُ جَمالِكِ وَبَهائِكِ؟ وَالآنَ سَتُرسَلُ مَعَ أشجارِ عَدْنٍ إلَى العالمِ السُّفلِيِّ، حَيثُ تَسكُنُ وَسَطَ اللامَخْتُونِينَ الَّذِينَ سَقَطَتْ جُثَثُهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ. هَذا ما سَيَحدُثُ مَعَ فِرعَوْنَ وَجُيُوشِهِ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.