Micà (מיכה) - Michea 31

MODERN HEBREW BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ויהי באחת עשרה שנה בשלישי באחד לחדש היה דבר יהוה אלי לאמר	1 And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 בן אדם אמר אל פרעה מלך מצרים ואל המונו אל מי דמית בגדלך	2 “Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?
3 הנה אשור ארז בלבנון יפה ענף וחרש מצל וגבה קומה ובין עבתים היתה צמרתו	3 Behold, Assur is like the cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches, and full of leaves, and of high stature, and his summit has been elevated above the thick branches.
4 מים גדלוהו תהום רממתהו את נהרתיה הלך סביבות מטעה ואת תעלתיה שלחה אל כל עצי השדה	4 The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions.
5 על כן גבהא קמתו מכל עצי השדה ותרבינה סרעפתיו ותארכנה פארתו ממים רבים בשלחו	5 Because of this, his height was exalted above all the trees of the regions, and his groves were multiplied, and his own branches were elevated, because of the many waters.
6 בסעפתיו קננו כל עוף השמים ותחת פארתיו ילדו כל חית השדה ובצלו ישבו כל גוים רבים	6 And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.
7 וייף בגדלו בארך דליותיו כי היה שרשו אל מים רבים	7 And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.
8 ארזים לא עממהו בגן אלהים ברושים לא דמו אל סעפתיו וערמנים לא היו כפארתיו כל עץ בגן אלהים לא דמה אליו ביפיו	8 The cedars in the Paradise of God were not higher than he was. The spruce trees were not equal to his summit, and the plane trees were not equal to his fullness. No tree in the Paradise of God was similar to him or to his beauty.
9 יפה עשיתיו ברב דליותיו ויקנאהו כל עצי עדן אשר בגן האלהים	9 For I made him beautiful, and dense with many branches. And all the trees of delight, which were in the Paradise of God, were jealous of him.
10 לכן כה אמר אדני יהוה יען אשר גבהת בקומה ויתן צמרתו אל בין עבותים ורם לבבו בגבהו	10 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since he was sublime in height, and he made his summit green and dense, and his heart was exalted because of his height,
11 ואתנהו ביד איל גוים עשו יעשה לו כרשעו גרשתהו	11 I have delivered him into the hands of the most powerful one among the Gentiles, so that he will deal with him. I have cast him out, in accord with his impiety.
12 ויכרתהו זרים עריצי גוים ויטשהו אל ההרים ובכל גאיות נפלו דליותיו ותשברנה פארתיו בכל אפיקי הארץ וירדו מצלו כל עמי הארץ ויטשהו	12 And foreigners, and the most cruel among the nations, will cut him down. And they will cast him on the mountains. And his branches will fall in every steep valley, and his grove will be broken apart on every cliff of the earth. And all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shadow, and abandon him.
13 על מפלתו ישכנו כל עוף השמים ואל פארתיו היו כל חית השדה	13 All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.
14 למען אשר לא יגבהו בקומתם כל עצי מים ולא יתנו את צמרתם אל בין עבתים ולא יעמדו אליהם בגבהם כל שתי מים כי כלם נתנו למות אל ארץ תחתית בתוך בני אדם אל יורדי בור	14 For this reason, none of the trees among the waters will exalt themselves because of their height, nor will they place their summits above the thick branches and foliage, nor will any of those that are irrigated stand out because of their height. For they have all been delivered unto death, to the lowest part of the earth, into the midst of the sons of men, those who descend into the pit.
15 כה אמר אדני יהוה ביום רדתו שאולה האבלתי כסתי עליו את תהום ואמנע נהרותיה ויכלאו מים רבים ואקדר עליו לבנון וכל עצי השדה עליו עלפה	15 Thus says the Lord God: In the day when he descended into hell, I led in grieving. I covered him with the abyss. And I held back its rivers, and I restrained the many waters. Lebanon was saddened over him, and all the trees of the field were struck together.
16 מקול מפלתו הרעשתי גוים בהורדי אתו שאולה את יורדי בור וינחמו בארץ תחתית כל עצי עדן מבחר וטוב לבנון כל שתי מים	16 I shook the Gentiles with the sound of his ruin, when I led him down to hell, with those who were descending into the pit. And all the trees of delights, the finest and best in Lebanon, all that were irrigated with waters, were consoled in the deepest parts of the earth.
17 גם הם אתו ירדו שאלה אל חללי חרב וזרעו ישבו בצלו בתוך גוים	17 For they, too, will descend with him into hell, to those who have been slain by the sword. And the arm of each one will reside under his shadow, in the midst of the nations.
18 אל מי דמית ככה בכבוד ובגדל בעצי עדן והורדת את עצי עדן אל ארץ תחתית בתוך ערלים תשכב את חללי חרב הוא פרעה וכל המונה נאם אדני יהוה	18 To whom can you be compared, O famous and sublime one, among the trees of pleasure? Behold, you have been brought down, with the trees of pleasure, to the lowest part of the earth. You will sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who have been slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, says the Lord God.”