1 No undécimo ano, no terceiro mês, no primeiro dia do mês, veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 2 Filho do homem, dize a Faraó, rei do Egito, e à multidão do seu povo: A quem és semelhante na tua grandeza? 3 Eis que a Assíria era um cedro no Líbano, de lindos ramos, de sombrosa folhagem, de grande estatura, cujo topo estava entre os ramos espessos. 4 As águas o fizeram crescer, as fontes das profundezas da terra o exalçaram e fizeram correr as torrentes no lugar em que estava plantado, enviando ribeiros para todas as árvores do campo. 5 Por isso, se elevou a sua estatura sobre todas as árvores do campo, e se multiplicaram os seus ramos, e se alongaram as suas varas, por causa das muitas águas durante o seu crescimento. 6 Todas as aves do céu se aninhavam nos seus ramos, todos os animais do campo geravam debaixo da sua fronde, e todos os grandes povos se assentavam à sua sombra. 7 Assim, era ele formoso na sua grandeza e na extensão dos seus ramos, porque a sua raiz estava junto às muitas águas. 8 Os cedros no jardim de Deus não lhe eram rivais; os ciprestes não igualavam os seus ramos, e os plátanos não tinham renovos como os seus; nenhuma árvore no jardim de Deus se assemelhava a ele na sua formosura. 9 Formoso o fiz com a multidão dos seus ramos; todas as árvores do Éden, que estavam no jardim de Deus, tiveram inveja dele.

10 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Como sobremaneira se elevou, e se levantou o seu topo no meio dos espessos ramos, e o seu coração se exalçou na sua altura, 11 eu o entregarei nas mãos da mais poderosa das nações, que lhe dará o tratamento segundo merece a sua perversidade; lançá-lo-ei fora. 12 Os mais terríveis estrangeiros das nações o cortaram e o deixaram; caíram os seus ramos sobre os montes e por todos os vales; os seus renovos foram quebrados por todas as correntes da terra; todos os povos da terra se retiraram da sua sombra e o deixaram. 13 Todas as aves do céu habitarão na sua ruína, e todos os animais do campo se acolherão sob os seus ramos, 14 para que todas as árvores junto às águas não se exaltem na sua estatura, nem levantem o seu topo no meio dos ramos espessos, nem as que bebem as águas venham a confiar em si, por causa da sua altura; porque todos os orgulhosos estão entregues à morte e se abismarão às profundezas da terra, no meio dos filhos dos homens, com os que descem à cova.

15 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: No dia em que ele passou para o além, fiz eu que houvesse luto; por sua causa, cobri a profundeza da terra, retive as suas correntes, e as suas muitas águas se detiveram; cobri o Líbano de preto, por causa dele, e todas as árvores do campo desfaleceram por causa dele. 16 Ao som da sua queda, fiz tremer as nações, quando o fiz passar para o além com os que descem à cova; todas as árvores do Éden, a fina flor e o melhor do Líbano, todas as que foram regadas pelas águas se consolavam nas profundezas da terra. 17 Também estas, com ele, passarão para o além, a juntar-se aos que foram traspassados à espada; sim, aos que foram seu braço e que estavam assentados à sombra no meio das nações.

18 A quem, pois, és semelhante em glória e em grandeza entre as árvores do Éden? Todavia, descerás com as árvores do Éden às profundezas da terra; no meio dos incircuncisos, jazerás com os que foram traspassados à espada; este é Faraó e toda a sua pompa, diz o Senhor Deus.

1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot them forth. 6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations. 7 Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty. 9 I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it. 10 Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 11 I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness. 12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. 13 Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches; 14 to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. 16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth. 17 They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

1 In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: "'Who can be compared with you in majesty?

3 Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage.

4 The waters nourished it, deep springs made it grow tall; their streams flowed all around its base and sent their channels to all the trees of the field.

5 So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters.

6 All the birds of the air nested in its boughs, all the beasts of the field gave birth under its branches; all the great nations lived in its shade.

7 It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters.

8 The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor could the pine trees equal its boughs, nor could the plane trees compare with its branches- no tree in the garden of God could match its beauty.

9 I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God.

10 "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because it towered on high, lifting its top above the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height,

11 I handed it over to the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,

12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.

13 All the birds of the air settled on the fallen tree, and all the beasts of the field were among its branches.

14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortal men, with those who go down to the pit.

15 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day it was brought down to the grave I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.

16 I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the grave with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the trees that were well-watered, were consoled in the earth below.

17 Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, had also gone down to the grave with it, joining those killed by the sword.

18 "'Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword. "'This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"