Ezequiel 31

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1 El año undécimo, el día uno del tercer mes, la palabra de Yahveh me fue dirigida en estos términos:	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 Hijo de hombre, di a Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a la multitud de sus súbditos: ¿A quién compararte en tu grandeza?	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 Mira: a un cedro del Líbano de espléndido ramaje, de fronda de amplia sombra y de elevada talla. Entre las nubes despuntaba su copa.	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 Las aguas le hicieron crecer, el abismo le hizo subir, derramando sus aguas en torno a su plantación, enviando sus acequias a todos los árboles del campo.	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 Por eso su tronco superaba en altura a todos los árboles del campo, sus ramas se multiplicaban, se alargaba su ramaje, por la abundancia de agua que le hacía crecer.	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 En sus ramas anidaban todos los pájaros del cielo, bajo su fronda parían todas las bestias del campo, a su sombra se sentaban naciones numerosas.	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 Era hermoso en su grandeza, en su despliegue de ramaje, porque sus raíces se alargaban hacia aguas abundantes.	7 And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.
8 No le igualaban los demás cedros en el jardín de Dios, los cipreses no podían competir con su ramaje, los plátanos no tenían ramas como las suyas. Ningún árbol, en el jardín de Dios, le igualaba en belleza.	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 Yo le había embellecido con follaje abundante, y le envidiaban todos los árboles de Edén, los del 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.
10 Pues bien, así dice el Señor Yahveh: Por haber exagerado su talla, levantando su copa por entre las nubes, y haberse engreído su corazón de su altura,	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 yo le he entregado en manos del conductor de las naciones, para que le trate conforme a su maldad; ¡le he desechado!	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 Extranjeros, los más báraros entre las naciones, lo han talado y lo han abandonado. En los montes y por todos los valles yace su ramaje; sus ramas están destrozadas por todos los barrancos del país; toda la población del país se ha retirado de su sombra y lo ha abandonado.	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 Sobre sus despojos se han posado todos los pájaros del cielo, a sus ramas han venido todas las bestias del campo.	13 All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.
14 Ha sido para que ningún árbol plantado junto a las aguas se engría de su talla, ni levante su copa por entre las nubes, y para que ningún árbol bien regado se estire hacia ellas con su altura. ¡Porque todos ellos están destinados a la muerte, a los infiernos, como el común de los hombres, como los que bajan a la fosa!	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 Así dice el Señor Yahveh: El día que bajó al seol, en señal de duelo yo cerré sobre él el abismo, detuve sus ríos, y las aguas abundantes cesaron; por causa de él llené de sombra el Líbano, y todos los árboles del campo se amustiaron por él.	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 Hice temblar a las naciones por el estrépito de su caída, cuando le precipité en el seol, con los que bajan a la fosa. En los infiernos se consolaron todos los árboles de Edén, lo más selecto y más bello del Líbano, regados todos por las aguas.	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 Y al mismo tiempo que él, bajaron al seol, donde las víctimas de la espada, los que eran su brazo y moraban a su sombra en medio de las naciones.	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 ¿A quién eras comparable en gloria y en grandeza, entre los árboles de Edén? Sin embargo has sido precipitado, con los árboles de Edén, en los infiernos; en medio de incircuncisos yaces, con las víctimas de la espada: ése es Faraón y toda su multitud, oráculo del Señor Yahveh.	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.”