Ezechiele 31

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et factum est in anno unde cimo, in tertio, una mensis, factum estverbum Domini ad me dicens:	1 On the first day of the third month in the eleventh year, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 “ Fili hominis, dic pharaoni, regi Aegypti, etpompae eius: Cui similis factus es in magnitudine tua?	2 Son of man, say to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his hordes: What are you like in your greatness?
3 Ecce abies, quasi cedrus in Libano, pulcher ramis et frondibus nemorosus excelsusque altitudine, et inter nubes elevatum est cacumen eius;	3 Behold, a cypress (cedar) in Lebanon, beautiful of branch, lofty of stature, amid the very clouds lifted its crest.
4 aquae nutrierunt illum, abyssus exaltavit eum, flumina eius manabant in circuitu radicum eius, et rivos suos emisit ad universa ligna campi.	4 Waters made it grow, the abyss made it flourish, sending its rivers round where it was planted, turning its streams to all the trees of the field.
5 Propterea elevata est altitudo eius super omnia ligna campi, et multiplicata sunt arbusta eius, et elevati sunt rami eius propter aquas multas.	5 Thus it grew taller than every other tree of the field, and longer of branch because of the abundant water.
6 Cumque extendisset umbram suam, in ramis eius fecerunt nidos omnia volatilia caeli, et sub frondibus eius genuerunt omnes bestiae campi, et sub umbra illius habitabat universa multitudo gentium;	6 In its boughs nested all the birds of the air, under its branches all beasts of the field gave birth, in its shade dwelt numerous peoples of every race.
7 eratque pulcherrimus in magnitudine sua et in dilatatione arbustorum suorum, erat enim radix illius iuxta aquas multas.	7 It became beautiful and stately in its spread of foliage, for its roots were turned toward abundant water.
8 Cedri non fuerunt pares illi in paradiso Dei; abietes non adaequaverunt ramos eius, et platani non fuerunt aequae frondibus illius; omne lignum paradisi Dei non est assimilatum illi et pulchritudini eius,	8 The cedars in the garden of God were not its equal, nor could the fir trees match its boughs, Neither were the plane trees like it for branches; no tree in the garden of God matched its beauty.
9 quoniam speciosum feci eum et multis condensisque frondibus: et aemulata sunt eum omnia ligna Eden, quae erant in paradiso Dei.	9 I made it beautiful, with much foliage, the envy of all Eden's trees in the garden of God.
10 Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus: Pro eo quod sublimatus est in altitudineet dedit summitatem suam usque in nubes, et elevatum est cor eius in altitudinesua,	10 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because it became lofty in stature, raising its crest among the clouds, and because it became proud in heart at its height,
11 tradam eum in manu potentis principis gentium; faciens faciet ei: iuxtaimpietatem eius eieci eum.	11 I have handed it over to the mightiest of the nations, which has dealt with it in keeping with its wickedness. I humiliated it.
12 Et succident illum alieni, violentissimi nationum;et proicient eum super montes, et in cunctis convallibus corruent rami eius, etconfringentur arbusta eius in universis voraginibus terrae, et recedent de umbraeius omnes populi terrae et relinquent eum.	12 Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it on the mountains. Its foliage was brought low in all the valleys, its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the land withdrew from its shade, abandoning it.
13 Super ruinam eius habitabunt omnia volatilia caeli, et in ramis eius erunt universae bestiae campi,	13 On its fallen trunk rested all the birds of the air, and by its branches were all the beasts of the field.
14 ne eleventur in altitudine sua omnia ligna aquarum neque ponant sublimitatem suam inter nubes nec stent apud eas in sublimitate sua omnia, quae irrigantur aquis, quia omnes traditi sunt in mortem ad inferiora terrae, in medio filiorum hominum, ad eos, qui descendunt in lacum.	14 Thus no tree may grow lofty in stature or raise its crest among the clouds; no tree fed by water may stand by itself in its loftiness. For all of them are destined for death, for the land below, For the company of mortals, those who go down into the pit.
15 Haec dicit Dominus Deus: In die, quando descendit ad inferos, induxi luctum,operui propter eum abyssum et prohibui flumina eius et coercui aquas multas;obscuravi super eum Libanum, et omnia ligna agri concussa sunt.	15 Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day he went down to the nether world I made the abyss close up over him; I stopped its streams so that the deep waters were held back. I cast gloom over Lebanon because of him, so that all the trees in the land drooped on his account.
16 A sonituruinae eius commovi gentes, cum deducerem eum ad infernum cum his, quidescendebant in lacum; et consolata sunt in inferioribus terrae omnia lignaEden, egregia atque praeclara in Libano, universa, quae irrigabantur aquis.	16 At the crash of his fall I made the nations rock, when I cast him down to the nether world with those who go down into the pit. In the land below, all Eden's trees were consoled, Lebanon's choice and best, all that were fed by water.
17 Nam et ipsi cum eo descenderunt ad infernum ad interfectos gladio etauxiliatores eius, qui sederant sub umbra eius in medio nationum.	17 They too have come down with him to the nether world, to those slain by the sword; those who dwelt in his shade are dispersed among the nations.
18 Cui assimilatus es, o inclite atque sublimis inter ligna Eden? Et eccedeductus es cum lignis Eden ad inferiora terrae; in medio incircumcisorumdormies cum his, qui interfecti sunt gladio. Ipse est pharao et omnis pompa eius”, dicit Dominus Deus.	18 Which was your equal in glory or size among the trees of Eden? Yet you have been brought down with the trees of Eden to the land below. You shall lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. Such are Pharaoh and all his hordes, says the Lord GOD.