Ezekiel 31

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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 En la onzième année, le premier jour du troisième mois, cette parole de Yahvé me fut adressée:
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 “Fils d’homme, tu diras ceci à Pharaon, roi d’Égypte, et à tout son monde: Comment exprimer ta grandeur?
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 Tu étais un cèdre du Liban aux branches magnifiques, au feuillage abondant, si haut de taille qu’il atteignait les nuages.
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 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 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 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 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 Tous les oiseaux du ciel se nichaient dans ses branches, ( ) et des peuples nombreux recherchaient son ombre.
7 And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.	7 ( Sa taille, ses longues branches faisaient sa beauté, ses racines étaient tournés vers des eaux abondantes.)
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 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 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 ( ) Sa ramure était si fournie, que tout le jardin de Dieu était jaloux de lui.
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 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 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 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 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 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 All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.	13 Les oiseaux du ciel se perchent sur ses débris, les animaux sauvages s’installent au milieu de ses branches.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.