Ezekiel 31

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Biblia Sagrada
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:	1 El año undécimo, el primer día del tercer mes, me fue dirigida esta palabra del Señor:
2 “Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?	2 «Hijo de hombre, di al faraón, rey de Egipto, y a su gente: “¿A quién crees parecerte en tu grandeza?
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.	3 ¿A un ciprés, a un cedro del Líbano, | de espléndido ramaje, espesa sombra, sublime altura, | cuya cima llegaba hasta las nubes?
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.	4 Las aguas lo nutrían, | las fuentes subterráneas lo hacían crecer, | fluían sus corrientes por donde estaba plantado, | y extendían sus canales hacia todos los árboles del campo.
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.	5 El cedro se hizo más esbelto | que todos los árboles del campo. | Crecía y se multiplicaban sus ramas, | se extendían sus tallos por la abundancia de agua.
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.	6 En sus ramas anidaban todas las aves del cielo, | bajo sus tallos parían todas las bestias del campo, | habitaban a su sombra naciones numerosas.
7 And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.	7 Era hermoso en su grandeza, | en la extensión de sus ramas, | porque dirigía su raíz hacia las aguas profundas.
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.	8 Los cedros del jardín de Dios | no podían igualarlo, | ningún ciprés tenía un ramaje parecido, | ni los plátanos tallos similares. | Ningún árbol se le semejaba en hermosura | en el jardín de Dios.
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.	9 Yo lo había hecho hermoso, | con su frondoso ramaje. | Lo envidiaban los árboles de Edén, | en el jardín de Dios”.
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,	10 Por ello, así dice el Señor Dios: “Por haberse elevado y haber puesto la cima entre las nubes, porque su corazón se volvió soberbio a causa de su altura,
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.	11 lo he rechazado y lo entregaré en manos de una nación más poderosa, que lo trate conforme a su maldad.
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.	12 Las más crueles naciones extranjeras lo han cortado y desechado. Sus ramas han caído sobre los montes y en los valles, sus tallos han sido desgajados y yacen por todos los barrancos del país. De su sombra se alejaron los pueblos de la tierra, dejándolo abatido.
13 All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.	13 Sobre sus despojos se posan las aves del cielo, y entre su follaje se guarecen las bestias salvajes.
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.	14 Para que no se jacte de su altura ningún árbol plantado junto al agua, ni pongan su cima entre las nubes; para que ni siquiera los más fuertes, aunque bien regados, confíen en su altura, todos han sido destinados a la muerte, a la profundidad de la tierra, entre los hijos de los hombres que bajan a la fosa”.
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.	15 Esto dice el Señor Dios: “El día en que él bajó al Abismo cerré por duelo las aguas subterráneas, detuve sus corrientes, se interrumpió el curso de las aguas caudalosas, por su causa vestí el Líbano de luto y se secaron los árboles del campo.
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.	16 Hice temblar a las naciones al fragor de su caída. Cuando lo precipité en el Abismo con todos los que bajan a la fosa, se consolaron en la profundidad de la tierra los árboles de Edén, los más selectos del Líbano, que apagaban su sed en las aguas.
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.	17 También ellos bajaron al Abismo, junto a los atravesados por la espada. Los que se cobijaban a su sombra fueron dispersados en medio de las naciones.
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.”	18 ¿A quién te pareces, por gloria y por grandeza, de entre los árboles de Edén? Con los árboles de Edén serás precipitado a la profundidad de la tierra, yacerás entre incircuncisos, con los atravesados por la espada. Tal será la suerte del faraón y de todos sus súbditos” —oráculo del Señor Dios—».