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.'"

1 Et factum est in anno undecimo, tertio mense, una mensis : factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens : 2 Fili hominis, dic Pharaoni regi gypti et populo ejus : [Cui similis factus es in magnitudine tua ?3 ecce Assur quasi cedrus in Libano,pulcher ramis, et frondibus nemorosus, excelsusque altitudine,et inter condensas frondes elevatum est cacumen ejus.4 Aqu nutrierunt illum ;abyssus exaltavit illum :flumina ejus manabant in circuitu radicum ejus,et rivos suos emisit ad universa ligna regionis.5 Propterea elevata est altitudo ejus super omnia ligna regionis,et multiplicata sunt arbusta ejus,et elevati sunt rami ejus pr aquis multis.6 Cumque extendisset umbram suam,in ramis ejus fecerunt nidos omnia volatilia cli :et sub frondibus ejus genuerunt omnes besti saltuum,et sub umbraculo illius habitabat ctus gentium plurimarum.7 Eratque pulcherrimus in magnitudine sua,et in dilatatione arbustorum suorum :erat enim radix illius juxta aquas multas.8 Cedri non fuerunt altiores illo in paradiso Dei ;abietes non adquaverunt summitatem ejus,et platani non fuerunt qu frondibus illius :omne lignum paradisi Dei non est assimilatum illi,et pulchritudini ejus.9 Quoniam speciosum feci eum,et multis condensisque frondibus,et mulata sunt eum omnia ligna voluptatisqu erant in paradiso Dei.]10 [Propterea hc dicit Dominus Deus :Pro eo quod sublimatus est in altitudine,et dedit summitatem suam virentem atque condensam,et elevatum est cor ejus in altitudine sua :11 tradidi eum in manu fortissimi gentium :faciens faciet ei :juxta impietatem ejus ejeci eum.12 Et succident eum alieni,et crudelissimi nationum,et projicient eum super montes :et in cunctis convallibus corruent rami ejus,et confringentur arbusta ejus in universis rupibus terr :et recedent de umbraculo ejus omnes populi terr,et relinquent eum.13 In ruina ejus habitaverunt omnia volatilia cli,et in ramis ejus fuerunt univers besti regionis.14 Quam ob rem non elevabuntur in altitudine sua omnia ligna aquarum,nec ponent sublimitatem suam inter nemorosa atque frondosa,nec stabunt in sublimitate sua omnia qu irrigantur aquis :quia omnes traditi sunt in mortem ad terram ultimam,in medio filiorum hominum,ad eos qui descendunt in lacum.15 Hc dicit Dominus Deus :In die quando descendit ad inferos, induxi luctum :operui eum abysso,et prohibui flumina ejus,et corcui aquas multas :contristatus est super eum Libanus,et omnia ligna agri concussa sunt.16 A sonitu ruin ejus commovi gentescum deducerem eum ad infernumcum his qui descendebant in lacum :et consolata sunt in terra infimaomnia ligna voluptatis egregia atque prclara in Libano,universa qu irrigabantur aquis.17 Nam et ipsi cum eo descendent in infernum ad interfectos gladio :et brachium uniuscujusque sedebit sub umbraculo ejusin medio nationum.18 Cui assimilatus es, o inclyte atque sublimis inter ligna voluptatis ?ecce deductus es cum lignis voluptatis ad terram ultimam :in medio incircumcisorum dormies,cum eis qui interfecti sunt gladio :ipse est Pharao, et omnis multitudo ejus,dicit Dominus Deus.]