1 Y sucedió en el undécimo año, el tercer mes, el día primero del mes, que vino a mí la palabra del Señor, diciendo:

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

2 H ijo de hombre, di a Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a su multitud: “¿A quién te pareces en tu grandeza?

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his people. Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

3 “ He aquí, Asiria era un cedro en el Líbano de hermosas ramas y frondoso, de sombra abundante y de elevada estatura, y su copa estaba entre las nubes.

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches and with a shadowing shroud and of a high stature; and his top was highest among the thick boughs.

4 “ Las aguas lo hicieron crecer y las corrientes profundas lo encumbraron; con sus ríos se extendía en torno al lugar donde estaba plantado, y enviaba sus corrientes a todos los árboles del campo.

The waters made him grow; the deep set him up on high; her rivers ran round his feet and sent her flow to all the trees of the field.

5 “ Por eso su altura era mayor que la de todos los árboles del campo; se multiplicaban sus ramas y se alargaba su ramaje, extendiéndose a causa de las muchas aguas.

Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of his many waters, which he sent forth.

6 “ En sus ramas anidaban todas las aves del cielo, bajo su ramaje parían todas las bestias del campo, y a su sombra habitaban todas las grandes naciones.

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt many Gentiles.

7 “ Era, pues, hermoso en su grandeza, por la extensión de sus ramas; porque sus raíces estaban junto a muchas aguas.

He made himself beautiful in his greatness, with the extension of his branches: for his root was by many waters.

8 “ Los cedros no lo igualaban en el huerto de Dios; los cipreses no se podían comparar con su ramaje, y los plátanos no igualaban sus ramas. Ningún árbol en el huerto de Dios podía compararse a él en su hermosura.

The cedars in the garden of God did not cover him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

9 “ Hermoso lo hice por la multitud de sus ramas, y lo envidiaban todos los árboles del Edén que estaban en el huerto de Dios.

I have made him beautiful with the multitude of his branches: and all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

10 “ Por tanto, así dice el Señor Dios: ‘Porque es de elevada estatura, y ha puesto su copa entre las nubes, y su corazón es altivo por su altura,

¶ Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

11 l o entregaré, pues, en manos de un déspota de las naciones que lo tratará con dureza. Conforme a su maldad lo he echado fuera.

I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the strong one of the Gentiles; he shall surely deal with him; I have cut him down for his wickedness.

12 ‘ Y extranjeros, los más crueles de entre las naciones, lo han derribado y abandonado; sobre los montes y en todos los valles han caído sus ramas, y su ramaje ha sido quebrado en todas las barrancas de la tierra; todos los pueblos de la tierra se han retirado de su sombra y lo han abandonado.

And strangers, the strong ones of the Gentiles, shall cut him down and shall leave him; his branches shall fall upon the mountains and by all the valleys, and his boughs shall be broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth shall go forth from his shadow and shall leave him.

13 ‘ Sobre sus ruinas habitarán todas las aves del cielo, y sobre su ramaje derribado estarán todas las bestias del campo,

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

14 p ara que no se exalten en su altura ninguno de los árboles junto a las aguas, ni alcen su copa entre las nubes, ni confíen en su altura sus poderosos bien regados. Porque todos han sido entregados a la muerte, a las profundidades de la tierra, entre los hijos de los hombres, con los que descienden a la fosa.’

to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their tops among the thick boughs, neither in their branches shall all that drink waters stand up in their height: for they shall all be delivered unto death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the sons of men, with those that go down to the grave.

15 “ Así dice el Señor Dios: ‘El día en que descendió al Seol causé lamentaciones, le cerré las corrientes profundas y detuve sus ríos. Sus muchas aguas cesaron, e hice que el Líbano se lamentara por él y por él todos los árboles del campo se marchitaron.

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

16 ‘ Al estruendo de su caída hice temblar a las naciones, cuando lo hice descender al Seol con los que descienden a la fosa; entonces todos los árboles bien regados del Edén, los escogidos y los mejores del Líbano, se consolaron en las profundidades de la tierra.

I made the Gentiles to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those that descend into the pit: and all the choice trees of Eden, and the best of Lebanon, all that drink waters, shall be comforted in the lower parts of the earth.

17 ‘ También ellos descendieron con él al Seol, con los que murieron a espada; y los que eran su fuerza habitaban bajo su sombra en medio de las naciones.

They also went down into Sheol with him, with those that were slain with the sword; and those that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the Gentiles.

18 ‘ ¿A quién, pues, eres semejante en gloria y grandeza entre los árboles del Edén? Sin embargo, serás derribado con los árboles del Edén a las profundidades de la tierra; yacerás en medio de los incircuncisos, con los que fueron muertos a espada. Así es Faraón y toda su multitud’” —declara el Señor Dios.

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet thou shalt be cut down with the trees of Eden unto the lower parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, said the Lord GOD.