Ezekiel 31

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1 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,	1 En la onzième année, le premier jour du troisième mois, cette parole de Yahvé me fut adressée:
2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?	2 “Fils d’homme, tu diras ceci à Pharaon, roi d’Égypte, et à tout son monde: Comment exprimer ta grandeur?
3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.	3 Tu étais un cèdre du Liban aux branches magnifiques, au feuillage abondant, si haut de taille qu’il atteignait les nuages.
4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.	4 Les eaux l’avaient fait grandir, les eaux de dessous terre lui avaient donné sa prestance, et de là où il était, lui-même irriguait par ses canaux tous les arbres de la campagne.
5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.	5 Il était le plus élevé des arbres de la campagne, ses branches s’étaient multipliées, ses rameaux s’étendaient tout autour grâce à l’abondance des eaux.
6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.	6 Tous les oiseaux du ciel se nichaient dans ses branches, ( ) et des peuples nombreux recherchaient son ombre.
7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.	7 ( Sa taille, ses longues branches faisaient sa beauté, ses racines étaient tournés vers des eaux abondantes.)
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide 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.	8 Nul cèdre ne l’égalait dans le jardin de Dieu: les cyprès n’avaient pas de telles branches, les platanes n’avaient pas un tel feuillage ( ).
9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.	9 ( ) Sa ramure était si fournie, que tout le jardin de Dieu était jaloux de lui.
10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;	10 Mais voici ce que dit Yahvé: Il est monté trop haut, sa cime s’est élevée jusqu’aux nuages et son cœur s’est gonflé d’orgueil.
11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.	11 C’est pourquoi je le livre aux mains du prince des nations qui le mettra à mal, car moi je l’ai rejeté.
12 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 rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.	12 Des étrangers, les tombeurs des peuples, l’ont coupé: ils l’ont abattu dans la montagne, et ses branches sont tombées dans toutes les vallées. Elles se sont brisées dans le creux des ravins; tous les peuples de la terre se sont retirés de sous son ombre et l’ont abandonné.
13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:	13 Les oiseaux du ciel se perchent sur ses débris, les animaux sauvages s’installent au milieu de ses branches.
14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, 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.	14 Qu’on ne voie plus, désormais, un arbre bien irrigué tirant orgueil de sa grandeur, ou qui veuille pousser sa ramure jusqu’aux nuages. Aucun arbre dont les racines atteignent les eaux profondes ne placera plus sa confiance en lui-même, car tous sont voués à la mort, tous iront au séjour des morts comme les fils d’Adam qui descendent à la tombe.
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods 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.	15 Voici ce que dit Yahvé: Le jour où le cèdre est descendu au séjour des morts, j’ai ordonné un grand deuil; j’ai refermé sur lui l’abîme, j’ai arrêté ses fleuves et les eaux ont tari. Pour lui j’ai vêtu de noir le Liban, et tous les arbres de la campagne se sont fanés.
16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.	16 Les nations ont été saisies d’effroi au bruit de sa chute, lorsque je l’ai fait descendre au séjour des morts avec ceux qui descendent à la tombe. Mais dans le pays souterrain tous les arbres d’Éden, les plus beaux du Liban et les mieux irrigués se sont consolés.
17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.	17 Ceux qui vivaient à son ombre parmi les nations sont descendus avec lui au séjour des morts, ils ont rejoint les victimes de l’épée.
18 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 be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.	18 À qui pourrais-je te comparer? Mais je t’ai précipité au plus profond de la terre, tout comme les arbres d’Éden: te voilà couché avec les incirconcis, avec les victimes de l’épée. Voilà Pharaon et voilà son peuple, dit Yahvé.