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Ginpaanggid ang Egipto sa Kahoy nga Sedro

31 Sang nahauna nga adlaw sang ikatatlo nga bulan, sang ikaonse nga tuig sang amon pagkabihag, nagsiling ang Ginoo sa akon, “Tawo, ihambal ini sa Faraon nga hari sang Egipto, kag sa iya katawhan:

“Sa kay sin-o ko bala ipaanggid ang imo pagkagamhanan? Ah, ipaanggid ko gali ikaw sa Asiria, ang nasyon nga pareho sa kahoy nga sedro sa Lebanon. Ini nga kahoy may matahom nga mga sanga nga nagahandong sa kakahuyan kag nagalabaw sa iban nga madabong nga mga kahoy. May bugana nga tubig halin sa madalom nga tuburan nga nagabulig patubo sini. (Nagailig man ini nga tubig sa tanan nga kahoy sa kagulangan.) Ini nga kahoy nagalabaw sa tanan nga kahoy sa kakahuyan. Ang iya mga sanga nagdabong kag naglaba pa gid tungod sa bugana nga tubig. Ang tanan nga klase sang mga pispis nagpugad sa iya mga sanga, kag ang tanan nga klase sang talunon nga mga sapat nagbata sa idalom sang iya mga sanga. Ang tanan nga bantog nga mga nasyon nagpahandong sa iya. Matahom gid ini nga kahoy kag malaba ang mga sanga, kay ang iya mga gamot nagalambot sa madalom kag bugana nga tubig. Bisan gani ang mga kahoy nga sedro sa katamnan sang Dios indi makatupong sa katahom sang sini nga kahoy. Bisan ang mga kahoy nga sipres kag mga kahoy nga platano indi mapaanggid sa katahom sang iya mga sanga. Wala gid sing kahoy sa katamnan sang Dios nga makatupong sa katahom sang sini nga kahoy. Ginpatahom ko ini nga kahoy nga may madabong nga mga sanga. Gani nahisa sa iya ang tanan nga kahoy sa katamnan sang Dios.”

10 Gani karon, nagsiling ang Ginoong Dios, “Tungod kay ginpataas sang sini nga kahoy ang iya kaugalingon kag ginpalabaw sa iban nga madabong nga mga kahoy, kag tungod kay nagpabugal siya, 11 itugyan ko siya sa pinakagamhanan nga nasyon nga amo ang magsilot sa iya sing nagakabagay sa iya kalautan. Huo, sikwayon ko siya; 12 tapson siya sang taga-iban nga lugar nga pinakamapintas sa tanan nga nasyon, kag dayon pabay-an. Magalalapta ang iya nagkalabali nga mga sanga sa mga bukid, mga patag, kag sa mga ililigan sang tubig. Magahalin sa iya atong mga nasyon nga nagapahandong sa iya. 13 Magahapon ang tanan nga klase sang mga pispis sa puno sini nga natumba, kag magaluko ang talunon nga mga sapat sa mga sanga sini. 14 Gani dapat wala na sing kahoy nga magtaas pa kag maglabaw sa iban nga madabong nga mga kahoy, bisan bugana pa ini sa tubig. Kay mapatay ang tanan nga kahoy pareho sang tawo, kag magapadulong sa kadadalman sang duta.”

15 Nagpadayon pa gid sa pagsiling ang Ginoong Dios, “Sa adlaw nga dal-on na ini nga kahoy sa lugar sang mga patay, tabunan ko ang madalom nga mga tuburan bilang tanda sang pagpangasubo. Indi na mag-ilig ang tubig sa mga suba, kag wala na sing bugana nga tubig. Tungod sini, magadulom ang Lebanon kag magakalalaya ang tanan nga kahoy sa latagon. 16 Magakurog sa kahadlok ang mga nasyon kon mabatian nila ang pagkalaglag sang sadto nga kahoy, sa tion nga dal-on ko ini sa lugar sang mga patay upod sadtong mga nagkalamatay. Dayon ang tanan nga kahoy sang Eden kag ang tanan nga maayo kag matahom nga kahoy sang Lebanon nga napatubigan sing maayo malipay didto sa idalom sang duta. 17 Ang mga nasyon nga nagapasilong kag nagadampig sa iya magaupod man sa iya sa lugar sang mga patay upod didto sa mga nagkalamatay sa inaway.

18 Hari sang Egipto, wala gid sing kahoy sa Eden nga makatupong sa imo katahom kag kagamhanan. Pero ihulog ka man sa idalom sang duta upod sa mga kahoy sang Eden. Didto magaupod kamo sadtong mga tawo nga wala nagtuo sa Dios[a] nga nagkalamatay sa inaway.

“Amo sini ang matabo sa hari sang Egipto[b] kag sa iya katawhan. Ako, ang Ginoong Dios, ang nagasiling sini.”

Footnotes

  1. 31:18 wala nagtuo sa Dios: sa literal, wala matuli.
  2. 31:18 hari sang Egipto: sa Hebreo, Faraon.

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.