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向法老述亚述王之荣美

31 十一年三月初一日,耶和华的话临到我说: “人子啊,你要向埃及王法老和他的众人说:‘在威势上谁能与你相比呢? 亚述王曾如黎巴嫩中的香柏树,枝条荣美,影密如林,极其高大,树尖插入云中。 众水使它生长,深水使它长大,所栽之地有江河围流,汊出的水道延到田野诸树。 所以它高大超过田野诸树,发旺的时候枝子繁多,因得大水之力枝条长长。 空中的飞鸟都在枝子上搭窝,田野的走兽都在枝条下生子,所有大国的人民都在它荫下居住。 树大条长,成为荣美,因为根在众水之旁。 神园中的香柏树不能遮蔽它,松树不及它的枝子,枫树不及它的枝条,神园中的树都没有它荣美。 我使它的枝条蕃多,成为荣美,以致神伊甸园中的树都嫉妒它。

因其骄狂邪恶必遭败亡

10 ‘所以主耶和华如此说:因它高大,树尖插入云中,心骄气傲, 11 我就必将它交给列国中大有威势的人,他必定办它。我因它的罪恶,已经驱逐它。 12 外邦人,就是列邦中强暴的,将它砍断弃掉。它的枝条落在山间和一切谷中,它的枝子折断,落在地的一切河旁。地上的众民已经走去,离开它的荫下。 13 空中的飞鸟都要宿在这败落的树上,田野的走兽都要卧在它的枝条下, 14 好使水旁的诸树不因高大而自尊,也不将树尖插入云中,并且那些得水滋润有势力的也不得高大自立。因为它们在世人中,和下坑的人都被交于死亡,到阴府去了。

15 ‘主耶和华如此说:它下阴间的那日,我便使人悲哀。我为它遮盖深渊,使江河凝结,大水停流。我也使黎巴嫩为它凄惨,田野的诸树都因它发昏。 16 我将它扔到阴间,与下坑的人一同下去,那时列国听见它坠落的响声就都震动,并且伊甸的一切树,就是黎巴嫩得水滋润最佳最美的树,都在阴府受了安慰。 17 它们也与它同下阴间,到被杀的人那里,它们曾做它的膀臂,在列国中它的荫下居住。

埃及亦必堕落

18 ‘在这样荣耀威势上,在伊甸园诸树中,谁能与你相比呢?然而你要与伊甸的诸树一同下到阴府,在未受割礼的人中与被杀的人一同躺卧。法老和他的群众乃是如此。这是主耶和华说的。’”

香柏樹的比喻

31 第十一年三月一日,耶和華對我說: 「人子啊,你要對埃及王法老和他的百姓說,

『誰能比你強大呢?
看啊,亞述曾是黎巴嫩的一棵香柏樹,
枝繁葉茂,遮天蔽日,
高聳入雲。
它在河流和深泉的滋潤下茁壯成長,
溪流四圍環繞它,
澆灌著林間的樹木。
充足的水源使它高過田間所有的樹木,
枝子長得又粗又長。
空中的飛鳥都在它的枝頭上搭窩,
田間的野獸都在它的樹蔭下生產,
所有的大國都住在它的蔭下。
它高大美麗,枝幹修長,
因為樹根深入水源,
連上帝園中的香柏樹也不能與它相比。
松樹不能與它的枝幹相比,
楓樹不能與它的枝條相比,
主耶和華園中的樹木沒有一棵能與它媲美。
我使它枝繁葉茂,美麗無比,
以致上帝伊甸園裡的樹木都羡慕它。』

10 「因此,主耶和華說,『因為它樹幹高大,樹梢高聳入雲,心高氣傲, 11 我要把它交在列國的首領手裡,他必按照它的邪惡懲治它。我丟棄了它。 12 外族人,就是列邦中最殘暴的人要把它砍倒,丟棄在那裡,它折斷的枝幹散落在山間和河谷中。世上各族都離開它的蔭下, 13 天上的飛禽要棲身在那折斷的樹幹上,地上的走獸要躺臥在它的枝條中。 14 故此,水邊的樹木都不再傲然矗立,高聳入雲,水源充足的大樹也不再如此高大,因為它們都註定要與下墳墓的人一同死亡,落到陰間的深處。』

15 「主耶和華說,『它下到陰間的那天,我要使哀聲響起,使深淵閉塞,江河止息,洪水停滯。我要使黎巴嫩為它哀哭,田野的樹木因它而枯萎。 16 我將它與下墳墓的人一同拋到陰間時,列國聽見它墜落的響聲,都恐懼戰抖。伊甸園中的樹木和黎巴嫩水源充足、上好的樹木都在陰間得到安慰。 17 在它蔭庇下做它爪牙的盟友都與它一同落到陰間,到被殺的人那裡。

18 「『伊甸園的樹木中,誰能與你的威榮相比呢?然而你卻要與伊甸園的樹木一同下到陰間,躺臥在未受割禮的人當中,與被殺的人在一起。

「『這就是法老和他百姓的結局。這是主耶和華說的。』」

'以 西 結 書 31 ' not found for the version: Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read 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) “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:

“‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?
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)
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)
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)
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)
It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(L)
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)
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.’”

31 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

10 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; 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 rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, 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 for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, 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 God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods 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 hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

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 be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.