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エゼキエル書 31
Japanese Living Bible
エゼキエル書 31
Japanese Living Bible
エジプトを象徴するレバノン杉
31 エホヤキン王が捕囚となって十一年目の第三の月の一日、次のような主のことばがありました。
2-3 「人の子よ、エジプトの王とその全国民に告げよ。
おまえはかつての大国アッシリヤと同じく、
まるでレバノン杉のようだ。
枝を大きく張って涼しい木陰を作り、
その先端は高く雲にまで達している。
4 根は地下深く伸びて、枝はよく生い茂り、
水を回りの木々にも供給していた。
5 どの木よりも高くそびえ立ち、
根から十分に水分を吸収して枝も大きく伸び、
こんもりと茂っていた。
6 枝には鳥が巣を作り、木陰で家畜が子を産んだ。
このように世界の大国がみな、その木陰に住んだのだ。
7 木はたくましく、美しかった。
深く根を張り、十分に水分を吸収していたからだ。
8 神の園の中にも、
この木より高くそびえるものはなかった。
糸杉もこの木の枝とは比べようがなく、
その美しさにはかなわなかった。
9 わたしが与えたその雄姿を、
エデンのすべての木がうらやましがった。」
10 しかし、主はこう語ります。「エジプトは思い上がって、尊大になった。雲にまで達するほど自分を高くして、他を見下した。 11 その罰として、わたしはエジプトを大国の手に渡して滅ぼす。わたしがエジプトを切り倒すのだ。 12 国々から恐れられているバビロンからの軍隊を侵入させ、その木を切り倒して、地に投げ捨てさせる。枝はエジプトの山や谷や川に散らされる。その木陰に身を寄せていた者はみな、倒れたエジプトを見捨てて出て行く。 13 いろいろの鳥が、倒れた木の小枝をむしり取り、野獣が枝の間に住みつくようになる。 14 どんな国も、雲より高くそびえても、その繁栄を鼻にかけて思い上がってはならない。すべてのものは滅びるからだ。それらはみな、世界中のおごり高ぶる者とともに、地獄に落とされる。」
15 主は語ります。「エジプトが滅んだ日に、わたしは大海原を喪に服させ、その潮の満ち干を止めてしまった。レバノンに喪服をまとわせ、その木々を嘆き悲しませた。 16 エジプトがくずれ落ちる大音響で、多くの国を恐れさせた。エジプトと同罪の国々をも、いっしょに地獄に投げ込んだからだ。エデンでおごり高ぶっている他のすべての木々、レバノンのえり抜きの大木、根を深く下ろして水分を吸い上げた木々は、エジプトが共に地獄にいるのを見て慰められる。 17 エジプトの同盟国も、いっしょに滅ぼされる。その木陰に宿っていた国々も、共に下界に下って行った。
18 ああ、エジプトよ。おまえはエデンの木々、すなわち世界の国々の中で、その偉大さと栄光を誇っている。だが、他のすべての国々とともに地獄の穴に投げ込まれてしまう。おまえが見下していた国々のように、剣で切り殺されるのだ。」これがエジプト王とその大軍の運命だと、主は語ります。
Ezekiel 31
New International Version
Ezekiel 31
New International Version
Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon
31 In the eleventh year,(A) in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(B) 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,(C) once a cedar in Lebanon,(D)
with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
its top above the thick foliage.(E)
4 The waters(F) 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.(G)
5 So it towered higher(H)
than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
and its branches grew long,
spreading because of abundant waters.(I)
6 All the birds of the sky
nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
gave birth(J) under its branches;
all the great nations
lived in its shade.(K)
7 It was majestic in beauty,
with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
to abundant waters.(L)
8 The cedars(M) in the garden of God
could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(N)
compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
could match its beauty.(O)
9 I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(P)
in the garden of God.(Q)
10 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud(R) of its height, 11 I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,(S) 12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations(T) cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys;(U) 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.(V) 13 All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches.(W) 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(X) for death,(Y) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.(Z)
15 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead 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.(AA) 16 I made the nations tremble(AB) at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees(AC) of Eden,(AD) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled(AE) in the earth below.(AF) 17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword,(AG) along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.
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,(AH) with those killed by the sword.
“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 31
New King James Version
Ezekiel 31
New King James Version
Egypt Cut Down Like a Great Tree(A)
31 Now it came to pass in the (B)eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
(C)‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 (D)Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.
4 (E)The waters made it grow;
Underground waters gave it height,
With their rivers running around the place where it was planted,
And sent out [a]rivulets to all the trees of the field.
5 ‘Therefore (F)its height was exalted above all the trees of the field;
Its boughs were multiplied,
And its branches became long because of the abundance of water,
As it sent them out.
6 All the (G)birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs;
Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young;
And in its shadow all great nations [b]made their home.
7 ‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches,
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.
8 The cedars in the (H)garden of God could not hide it;
The fir trees were not like its boughs,
And the [c]chestnut trees were not like its branches;
No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches,
So that all the trees of Eden envied it,
That were in the garden of God.’
10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and (I)its heart was [d]lifted up in its height, 11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the (J)mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness. 12 And aliens, (K)the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen (L)on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie (M)broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.
13 ‘On (N)its ruin will remain all the birds of the heavens,
And all the beasts of the field will come to its branches—
14 So that no trees by the waters may ever again exalt themselves for their height, nor set their tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up to them.
‘For (O)they have all been delivered to death,
(P)To the depths of the earth,
Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.’
15 “Thus says the Lord God: ‘In the day when it (Q)went down to [e]hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to [f]mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it. 16 I made the nations (R)shake at the sound of its fall, when I (S)cast it down to [g]hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and (T)all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, (U)were comforted in the depths of the earth. 17 They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm (V)dwelt in its shadows among the nations.
18 (W)‘To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; (X)you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord God.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 31:4 Or channels
- Ezekiel 31:6 Lit. dwelled
- Ezekiel 31:8 Or plane, Heb. armon
- Ezekiel 31:10 Proud
- Ezekiel 31:15 Or Sheol
- Ezekiel 31:15 Lit. be darkened
- Ezekiel 31:16 Or Sheol
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