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以西结书 17
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以西结书 17
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
鹰和葡萄树的比喻
17 耶和华对我说： 2 “人子啊，你要向以色列人出谜语，讲比喻， 3 告诉他们，主耶和华说，‘有一只大鹰翅膀宽大，羽毛丰满，色彩缤纷。这只鹰飞到黎巴嫩的香柏树上，折去树梢， 4 叼到一个商贾云集的城市，栽在那里。 5 它又把以色列的树苗像柳树一样栽在水源丰沛的沃土里。 6 树苗很快发了芽，成了向四面蔓延的矮小葡萄树，根深叶茂，枝子向着鹰伸展开去。
7 “‘又有一只大鹰飞来，翅膀宽大，羽毛丰满。这葡萄树把根和枝子转向这只鹰，渴望得到它的浇灌。 8 但这树已栽在水源丰沛的沃土里，可以长得枝繁叶茂，成为结实累累的好葡萄树。’
9 “你要告诉他们，主耶和华这样说，‘这树能长得枝繁叶茂吗？难道那鹰不把它连根拔起，摘掉它的果子，使树和嫩叶全部枯萎吗？不必费多大力气，也不需要多少人就可以把它连根拔起。 10 这树虽然被栽种了，又岂能长得茂盛呢？东风一吹，它岂不完全枯萎在园圃中了吗？’”
11 耶和华对我说： 12 “你要对这些悖逆的人说，‘你们不明白这比喻的意思吗？’要告诉他们，巴比伦王攻取了耶路撒冷，把其中的君王和大臣掳到巴比伦， 13 并从犹大王室中选出一人与他立约，要他效忠。巴比伦王掳去犹大国的重臣， 14 使犹大国臣服于他，无法图强，只能遵守盟约，以求生存。 15 后来，犹大王背叛了巴比伦王，派使者到埃及请求支援军队马匹。他能成功吗？他这样做怎能逃脱惩罚呢？他这样背约怎能逃脱惩罚呢？
16 “我凭我的永恒起誓，巴比伦王立他做王，他却弃约背誓，他必死在巴比伦。 17 敌人筑起围攻的土垒和高台大肆杀戮的时候，法老虽然兵强马壮，人多势众，仍无法帮他抗敌。 18 他起誓降服，却弃约背誓，所以绝不能逃避后果。 19 因此，主耶和华说，‘我凭我的永恒起誓，他既藐视与我所立的誓言，背弃与我所定的约，我必惩罚他。 20 我要撒开网罗抓住他，把他带到巴比伦，审判他对我不忠的罪。 21 他所有的精兵都要丧身刀下，余下的也要四散逃窜。这样，你们就知道这是我耶和华说的。
22 “主耶和华说，‘我要从高大的香柏树梢折下一根嫩枝，种植在以色列巍峨的高山上。 23 它会生枝结果，成为一棵美丽的香柏树，各类飞鸟都要栖息在它的树枝上。 24 田野所有的树都会知道我耶和华使高树倒下、矮树长高、青树枯萎、枯树发荣。我耶和华言出必行。’”
Ézéchiel 17
La Bible du Semeur
Ézéchiel 17
La Bible du Semeur
Le grand aigle et la vigne
17 L’Eternel m’adressa la parole et me dit :
2 Fils d’homme, propose une énigme, raconte une parabole à la communauté d’Israël. 3 Dis-leur : « Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel :
Le grand aigle survint.
Ses ailes étaient grandes,
son envergure était très large,
il était couvert d’un plumage
épais,
multicolore.
L’aigle se rendit au Liban
et saisit la cime d’un cèdre[a],
4 puis arracha ╵son rameau[b] le plus élevé.
Il l’emporta ╵dans un pays de commerçants,
et il le déposa ╵dans une ville de marchands.
5 Puis il prit un plant[c] du pays
et le planta dans une pépinière.
Il le mit comme un saule
près des eaux abondantes.
6 Le plant poussa
et il devint un cep de vigne
étendant ses sarments, ╵mais il était de taille bien modeste ;
ses sarments se tournaient vers l’aigle
et ses racines ╵restaient sous lui.
Il se développa,
produisit des rameaux
et poussa des sarments.
7 Puis survint un autre grand aigle[d]
aux larges ailes,
au plumage abondant.
Et voici que la vigne,
du champ où elle était plantée,
étendit vers lui ses racines
et tendit ses sarments de son côté,
pour se faire arroser par lui.
8 Or elle avait été plantée
dans un bon champ,
près des eaux abondantes
où elle poussait des rameaux
et produisait du fruit
et où elle était devenue ╵une superbe vigne.
9 Dis-leur : “Voici ce que déclare
le Seigneur, l’Eternel.
Va-t-elle prospérer ?
Le premier aigle
ne va-t-il pas
arracher ses racines,
et la dépouiller de ses fruits
pour les laisser sécher ?
Alors toutes les jeunes pousses
se flétriront.
Il ne faudra ni grands efforts
ni une armée nombreuse
pour la déraciner complètement.
10 Voici : elle était bien plantée,
mais pourra-t-elle prospérer ?
Dès que le vent d’orient
se mettra à souffler sur elle,
ne se desséchera-t-elle pas pleinement ?
Oui, sur le terrain même
où elle avait poussé,
elle desséchera.” »
Le sens de la parabole
11 Alors l’Eternel m’adressa la parole et me dit :
12 Demande, je te prie, à cette communauté rebelle si elle comprend ce que tout cela signifie. Dis-lui : « Le roi de Babylone est allé à Jérusalem, il a capturé son roi et les chefs de la ville, et les a emmenés chez lui à Babylone[e]. 13 Il a pris un rejeton de la race royale, il a conclu une alliance avec lui en lui faisant prêter serment. Il a emmené les notables du pays, 14 pour que le royaume demeure dans l’abaissement, incapable de se relever, et qu’il reste fidèle à son alliance pour subsister. 15 Mais celui-ci s’est révolté contre le roi de Babylone, il a envoyé des messagers en Egypte pour qu’elle lui procure des chevaux et un grand nombre de soldats. Réussira-t-il ? Celui qui agit de la sorte s’en sortira-t-il ? Il a rompu l’alliance, et il s’en tirerait ? 16 Aussi vrai que je suis vivant, le Seigneur, l’Eternel, le déclare, il mourra dans la ville du roi qui l’a appelé à régner, car il a violé son serment et il a rompu l’alliance conclue avec lui. Il mourra au milieu de Babylone. 17 Malgré sa forte armée et la multitude de ses troupes, le pharaon ne pourra rien pour lui au moment du combat, quand les Babyloniens élèveront des terrasses de siège et construiront des terrassements pour faire périr beaucoup de gens. 18 Il n’a pas respecté le serment, il a violé l’alliance, et pourtant, il avait bien pris un engagement. Après avoir agi ainsi, il n’en réchappera pas.
19 C’est pourquoi, voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Aussi vrai que je suis vivant, parce qu’il a méprisé le serment prêté en mon nom et qu’il a violé mon alliance, je le lui ferai payer. 20 Je vais étendre mon filet sur lui et il sera pris dans mes mailles. Je le ferai emmener à Babylone, et là, je le ferai passer en jugement pour la trahison dont il s’est rendu coupable à mon égard. 21 Ses troupes en fuite tomberont sous l’épée, et ceux qui en réchapperont seront dispersés à tout vent. Ainsi vous reconnaîtrez que moi, l’Eternel, j’ai parlé.
22 Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Je prendrai moi-même un rameau tendre de la cime du cèdre élevé et je le mettrai en terre. Je couperai un tendre rejeton du haut de ses branches et je le planterai moi-même sur une très haute montagne[f]. 23 Je le planterai sur une montagne élevée d’Israël ; il étendra ses branches et portera du fruit, et il deviendra un cèdre magnifique ; toutes sortes d’oiseaux habiteront dans sa ramure et viendront nicher à l’ombre de ses branches[g].
24 Alors tous les arbres de la campagne reconnaîtront que moi, je suis l’Eternel, qui abaisse l’arbre élevé et qui élève celui qui était abaissé, qui fais sécher l’arbre vert et reverdir l’arbre sec. Moi, l’Eternel, je le déclare et je le ferai. »
Footnotes
- 17.3 Pour l’explication de la parabole, voir v. 12ss L’aigle désigne Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone (v. 12), le Liban est mentionné ici parce qu’il y avait beaucoup de cèdres dans ce pays, le cèdre représente la dynastie davidique.
- 17.4 Le rameau est Yehoyakîn, emmené en exil à Babylone (v. 12).
- 17.5 Le plant désigne Sédécias, que Nabuchodonosor a établi roi à Jérusalem (v. 13).
- 17.7 L’autre grand aigle: le pharaon Hophra avec lequel Sédécias a cherché à s’allier (v. 15).
- 17.12 Pour les v. 12-15, voir 2 R 24.8 à 25.7 ; 2 Ch 36.9-20.
- 17.22 Voir 34.23 ; Es 11.1 ; Jr 23.5-6 ; 33.14-16 ; Za 3.8-10 ; 6.12-15.
- 17.23 Voir Mt 13.32.
Ezekiel 17
New International Version
Ezekiel 17
New International Version
Two Eagles and a Vine
17 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.(A) 3 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle(B) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.(C) Taking hold of the top of a cedar, 4 he broke off(D) its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.
5 “‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,(E) 6 and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches(F) turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.(G)
7 “‘But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.(H) 8 It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches,(I) bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
9 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.(J) 10 It has been planted,(K) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(L)’”
11 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Say to this rebellious people, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?(M)’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles,(N) bringing them back with him to Babylon.(O) 13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty(P) with him, putting him under oath.(Q) He also carried away the leading men(R) of the land, 14 so that the kingdom would be brought low,(S) unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. 15 But the king rebelled(T) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt(U) to get horses and a large army.(V) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?(W)
16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die(X) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.(Y) 17 Pharaoh(Z) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps(AA) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.(AB) 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge(AC) and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.(AD) 20 I will spread my net(AE) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment(AF) on him there because he was unfaithful(AG) to me. 21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,(AH) and the survivors(AI) will be scattered to the winds.(AJ) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.(AK)
22 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot(AL) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.(AM) 23 On the mountain heights(AN) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit(AO) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.(AP) 24 All the trees of the forest(AQ) will know that I the Lord bring down(AR) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.(AS)
“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(AT)’”
Ezekiel 17
King James Version
Ezekiel 17
King James Version
17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
16 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
22 Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
以西结书 17
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以西结书 17
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
鹰和葡萄树的比喻
17 耶和华对我说： 2 “人子啊，你要向以色列人出谜语，讲比喻， 3 告诉他们，主耶和华说，‘有一只大鹰翅膀宽大，羽毛丰满，色彩缤纷。这只鹰飞到黎巴嫩的香柏树上，折去树梢， 4 叼到一个商贾云集的城市，栽在那里。 5 它又把以色列的树苗像柳树一样栽在水源丰沛的沃土里。 6 树苗很快发了芽，成了向四面蔓延的矮小葡萄树，根深叶茂，枝子向着鹰伸展开去。
7 “‘又有一只大鹰飞来，翅膀宽大，羽毛丰满。这葡萄树把根和枝子转向这只鹰，渴望得到它的浇灌。 8 但这树已栽在水源丰沛的沃土里，可以长得枝繁叶茂，成为结实累累的好葡萄树。’
9 “你要告诉他们，主耶和华这样说，‘这树能长得枝繁叶茂吗？难道那鹰不把它连根拔起，摘掉它的果子，使树和嫩叶全部枯萎吗？不必费多大力气，也不需要多少人就可以把它连根拔起。 10 这树虽然被栽种了，又岂能长得茂盛呢？东风一吹，它岂不完全枯萎在园圃中了吗？’”
11 耶和华对我说： 12 “你要对这些悖逆的人说，‘你们不明白这比喻的意思吗？’要告诉他们，巴比伦王攻取了耶路撒冷，把其中的君王和大臣掳到巴比伦， 13 并从犹大王室中选出一人与他立约，要他效忠。巴比伦王掳去犹大国的重臣， 14 使犹大国臣服于他，无法图强，只能遵守盟约，以求生存。 15 后来，犹大王背叛了巴比伦王，派使者到埃及请求支援军队马匹。他能成功吗？他这样做怎能逃脱惩罚呢？他这样背约怎能逃脱惩罚呢？
16 “我凭我的永恒起誓，巴比伦王立他做王，他却弃约背誓，他必死在巴比伦。 17 敌人筑起围攻的土垒和高台大肆杀戮的时候，法老虽然兵强马壮，人多势众，仍无法帮他抗敌。 18 他起誓降服，却弃约背誓，所以绝不能逃避后果。 19 因此，主耶和华说，‘我凭我的永恒起誓，他既藐视与我所立的誓言，背弃与我所定的约，我必惩罚他。 20 我要撒开网罗抓住他，把他带到巴比伦，审判他对我不忠的罪。 21 他所有的精兵都要丧身刀下，余下的也要四散逃窜。这样，你们就知道这是我耶和华说的。
22 “主耶和华说，‘我要从高大的香柏树梢折下一根嫩枝，种植在以色列巍峨的高山上。 23 它会生枝结果，成为一棵美丽的香柏树，各类飞鸟都要栖息在它的树枝上。 24 田野所有的树都会知道我耶和华使高树倒下、矮树长高、青树枯萎、枯树发荣。我耶和华言出必行。’”
Ézéchiel 17
La Bible du Semeur
Ézéchiel 17
La Bible du Semeur
Le grand aigle et la vigne
17 L’Eternel m’adressa la parole et me dit :
2 Fils d’homme, propose une énigme, raconte une parabole à la communauté d’Israël. 3 Dis-leur : « Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel :
Le grand aigle survint.
Ses ailes étaient grandes,
son envergure était très large,
il était couvert d’un plumage
épais,
multicolore.
L’aigle se rendit au Liban
et saisit la cime d’un cèdre[a],
4 puis arracha ╵son rameau[b] le plus élevé.
Il l’emporta ╵dans un pays de commerçants,
et il le déposa ╵dans une ville de marchands.
5 Puis il prit un plant[c] du pays
et le planta dans une pépinière.
Il le mit comme un saule
près des eaux abondantes.
6 Le plant poussa
et il devint un cep de vigne
étendant ses sarments, ╵mais il était de taille bien modeste ;
ses sarments se tournaient vers l’aigle
et ses racines ╵restaient sous lui.
Il se développa,
produisit des rameaux
et poussa des sarments.
7 Puis survint un autre grand aigle[d]
aux larges ailes,
au plumage abondant.
Et voici que la vigne,
du champ où elle était plantée,
étendit vers lui ses racines
et tendit ses sarments de son côté,
pour se faire arroser par lui.
8 Or elle avait été plantée
dans un bon champ,
près des eaux abondantes
où elle poussait des rameaux
et produisait du fruit
et où elle était devenue ╵une superbe vigne.
9 Dis-leur : “Voici ce que déclare
le Seigneur, l’Eternel.
Va-t-elle prospérer ?
Le premier aigle
ne va-t-il pas
arracher ses racines,
et la dépouiller de ses fruits
pour les laisser sécher ?
Alors toutes les jeunes pousses
se flétriront.
Il ne faudra ni grands efforts
ni une armée nombreuse
pour la déraciner complètement.
10 Voici : elle était bien plantée,
mais pourra-t-elle prospérer ?
Dès que le vent d’orient
se mettra à souffler sur elle,
ne se desséchera-t-elle pas pleinement ?
Oui, sur le terrain même
où elle avait poussé,
elle desséchera.” »
Le sens de la parabole
11 Alors l’Eternel m’adressa la parole et me dit :
12 Demande, je te prie, à cette communauté rebelle si elle comprend ce que tout cela signifie. Dis-lui : « Le roi de Babylone est allé à Jérusalem, il a capturé son roi et les chefs de la ville, et les a emmenés chez lui à Babylone[e]. 13 Il a pris un rejeton de la race royale, il a conclu une alliance avec lui en lui faisant prêter serment. Il a emmené les notables du pays, 14 pour que le royaume demeure dans l’abaissement, incapable de se relever, et qu’il reste fidèle à son alliance pour subsister. 15 Mais celui-ci s’est révolté contre le roi de Babylone, il a envoyé des messagers en Egypte pour qu’elle lui procure des chevaux et un grand nombre de soldats. Réussira-t-il ? Celui qui agit de la sorte s’en sortira-t-il ? Il a rompu l’alliance, et il s’en tirerait ? 16 Aussi vrai que je suis vivant, le Seigneur, l’Eternel, le déclare, il mourra dans la ville du roi qui l’a appelé à régner, car il a violé son serment et il a rompu l’alliance conclue avec lui. Il mourra au milieu de Babylone. 17 Malgré sa forte armée et la multitude de ses troupes, le pharaon ne pourra rien pour lui au moment du combat, quand les Babyloniens élèveront des terrasses de siège et construiront des terrassements pour faire périr beaucoup de gens. 18 Il n’a pas respecté le serment, il a violé l’alliance, et pourtant, il avait bien pris un engagement. Après avoir agi ainsi, il n’en réchappera pas.
19 C’est pourquoi, voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Aussi vrai que je suis vivant, parce qu’il a méprisé le serment prêté en mon nom et qu’il a violé mon alliance, je le lui ferai payer. 20 Je vais étendre mon filet sur lui et il sera pris dans mes mailles. Je le ferai emmener à Babylone, et là, je le ferai passer en jugement pour la trahison dont il s’est rendu coupable à mon égard. 21 Ses troupes en fuite tomberont sous l’épée, et ceux qui en réchapperont seront dispersés à tout vent. Ainsi vous reconnaîtrez que moi, l’Eternel, j’ai parlé.
22 Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Je prendrai moi-même un rameau tendre de la cime du cèdre élevé et je le mettrai en terre. Je couperai un tendre rejeton du haut de ses branches et je le planterai moi-même sur une très haute montagne[f]. 23 Je le planterai sur une montagne élevée d’Israël ; il étendra ses branches et portera du fruit, et il deviendra un cèdre magnifique ; toutes sortes d’oiseaux habiteront dans sa ramure et viendront nicher à l’ombre de ses branches[g].
24 Alors tous les arbres de la campagne reconnaîtront que moi, je suis l’Eternel, qui abaisse l’arbre élevé et qui élève celui qui était abaissé, qui fais sécher l’arbre vert et reverdir l’arbre sec. Moi, l’Eternel, je le déclare et je le ferai. »
Footnotes
- 17.3 Pour l’explication de la parabole, voir v. 12ss L’aigle désigne Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone (v. 12), le Liban est mentionné ici parce qu’il y avait beaucoup de cèdres dans ce pays, le cèdre représente la dynastie davidique.
- 17.4 Le rameau est Yehoyakîn, emmené en exil à Babylone (v. 12).
- 17.5 Le plant désigne Sédécias, que Nabuchodonosor a établi roi à Jérusalem (v. 13).
- 17.7 L’autre grand aigle: le pharaon Hophra avec lequel Sédécias a cherché à s’allier (v. 15).
- 17.12 Pour les v. 12-15, voir 2 R 24.8 à 25.7 ; 2 Ch 36.9-20.
- 17.22 Voir 34.23 ; Es 11.1 ; Jr 23.5-6 ; 33.14-16 ; Za 3.8-10 ; 6.12-15.
- 17.23 Voir Mt 13.32.
Ezekiel 17
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Ezekiel 17
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Two Eagles and a Vine
17 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.(A) 3 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle(B) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.(C) Taking hold of the top of a cedar, 4 he broke off(D) its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.
5 “‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,(E) 6 and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches(F) turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.(G)
7 “‘But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.(H) 8 It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches,(I) bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
9 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.(J) 10 It has been planted,(K) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(L)’”
11 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Say to this rebellious people, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?(M)’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles,(N) bringing them back with him to Babylon.(O) 13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty(P) with him, putting him under oath.(Q) He also carried away the leading men(R) of the land, 14 so that the kingdom would be brought low,(S) unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. 15 But the king rebelled(T) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt(U) to get horses and a large army.(V) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?(W)
16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die(X) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.(Y) 17 Pharaoh(Z) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps(AA) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.(AB) 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge(AC) and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.(AD) 20 I will spread my net(AE) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment(AF) on him there because he was unfaithful(AG) to me. 21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,(AH) and the survivors(AI) will be scattered to the winds.(AJ) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.(AK)
22 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot(AL) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.(AM) 23 On the mountain heights(AN) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit(AO) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.(AP) 24 All the trees of the forest(AQ) will know that I the Lord bring down(AR) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.(AS)
“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(AT)’”
Ezekiel 17
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Ezekiel 17
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17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
16 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
22 Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
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