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Chapter 31
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1In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of Hashem came to me:
vai-HI b'-a-KHAT es-ray sha-NAH ba-sh'-li-SHI b'-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh, ha-YAH d'-var a-do-NAI e-LAI lay-MOR
אוַיְהִ֗י בְּאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁ֖י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃
2O mortal, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes: Who was comparable to you in greatness?
ben-a-DAM e-MOR el-par-OH me-lekh-mitz-RA-yim v'-el-ha-MO-no el-MI da-MI-ta v'-go-DLE-kha
בבֶּן־אָדָ֕ם אֱמֹ֛ר אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֥ה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֶל־הֲמוֹנ֑וֹ אֶל־מִ֖י דָּמִ֥יתָ בְגׇדְלֶֽךָ׃
3Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and shady thickets, Of lofty stature, With its top among leafy trees.
hi-NAY a-SHUR E-rez ba-l'-va-NON y'-FAY a-NAF v'-KHO-resh may-TZAL ug-VAH ko-MAH u-VAYN a-vo-TEEM ha-y'-TAH tza-mar-TO
גהִנֵּ֨ה אַשּׁ֜וּר אֶ֣רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן יְפֵ֥ה עָנָ֛ף וְחֹ֥רֶשׁ מֵצַ֖ל וּגְבַ֣הּ קוֹמָ֑ה וּבֵ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים הָיְתָ֖ה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃
31:3 Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
For people who refused to believe that Egypt could be defeated after centuries of hegemony, Yechezkel points to Assyria. The mighty Assyrians had ruled for centuries, secure in their dominant position as a world power, like a solid and strong cedar tree. Yet they were ultimately chopped down and quickly fell. The cedar trees from Lebanon are remarkably thick and tall trees, reaching up to ninety feet in height and having a girth of over thirty feet. Because of its quality and resistance to decay and worms, cedar wood was a highly valued construction material. Indeed, King Shlomo imported cedars from Lebanon to use in the construction of his own palace, as well the Beit Hamikdash.
4Waters nourished it, The deep made it grow tall, Washing with its streams The place where it was planted, Making its channels well up To all the trees of the field.
ma-YIM gid-lu-HU te-HOM ro-m'-ma-te-HU et-na-ha-RO-te-HA ho-LEKH se-ve-VOT ma-ta-AH v'-et-te-a-LO-te-HA shil-KHAH el kol-a-tzei ha-sa-DEH
דמַ֣יִם גִּדְּל֔וּהוּ תְּה֖וֹם רֹמְמָ֑תְהוּ אֶת־נַהֲרֹתֶ֗יהָ הֹלֵךְ֙ סְבִיב֣וֹת מַטָּעָ֔הּ וְאֶת־תְּעָלֹתֶ֣יהָ שִׁלְחָ֔ה אֶ֖ל כׇּל־עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃
5Therefore it exceeded in stature All the trees of the field; Its branches multiplied and its boughs grew long Because of the abundant water That welled up for it.
al-KHEN ga-VE-ha KOMA-to mi-KOL a-TZEI ha-SA-deh va-tir-BE-na sar-a-PO-tav va-te-e-RAKH-na fo-RO-tav mi-MA-yim ra-BEEM b'-sha-le-KHO
העַל־כֵּן֙ גָּבְהָ֣א קֹמָת֔וֹ מִכֹּ֖ל עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַתִּרְבֶּ֨ינָה סַֽרְעַפֹּתָ֜יו וַתֶּאֱרַ֧כְנָה פֹארֹתָ֛ו מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים בְּשַׁלְּחֽוֹ׃
6In its branches nested All the birds of the sky; All the beasts of the field Bore their young under its boughs, And in its shadow lived All the great nations.
bi-sa-a-PO-tav kin-NU kol-of ha-sha-MA-yim v'-ta-KHAT po-RO-tav ya-LE-du kol kha-YAT ha-sa-DEH u-v'-tzi-LO yesh-VU kol go-YIM ra-BEEM
ובִּסְעַפֹּתָ֤יו קִֽנְנוּ֙ כׇּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְתַ֤חַת פֹּֽארֹתָיו֙ יָֽלְד֔וּ כֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּבְצִלּוֹ֙ יֵֽשְׁב֔וּ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיִ֥ם רַבִּֽים׃
7It was beautiful in its height, In the length of its branches, Because its stock stood By abundant waters.
vai-YA-yif b'-gad-LO b'-o-REKH da-lee-YO-tav, kee-ha-YAH shor-SHO el-MA-yim ra-BEEM
זוַיְּיִ֣ף בְּגׇדְל֔וֹ בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ דָּלִיּוֹתָ֑יו כִּֽי־הָיָ֥ה שׇׁרְשׁ֖וֹ אֶל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃
8Cedars in the garden of Hashem Could not compare with it; Cypresses could not match its boughs, And plane trees could not vie with its branches; No tree in the garden of Hashem Was its peer in beauty.
a-ra-ZEEM lo-a-ma-MU-hu b'-gan e-lo-HEEM, b'-ro-SHEEM lo da-MU el s'-a-po-TAV, v'-ar-mo-NEEM lo-ha-YU k'-fo-ro-TAV, kol-Etz b'-gan e-lo-HEEM lo-da-MA e-LA-yu b'-yo-FI-o
חאֲרָזִ֣ים לֹֽא־עֲמָמֻ֘הוּ֮ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים֒ בְּרוֹשִׁ֗ים לֹ֤א דָמוּ֙ אֶל־סְעַפֹּתָ֔יו וְעַרְמֹנִ֥ים לֹא־הָי֖וּ כְּפֹרֹאתָ֑יו כׇּל־עֵץ֙ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־דָמָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו בְּיׇפְיֽוֹ׃
9I made it beautiful In the profusion of its branches; And all the trees of Eden envied it In the garden of Hashem.
ya-FEH a-see-TEE-v b'-ROV da-lee-YO-tav va-y'-ka-n'-U-hu kol a-tzay-ay-AY-den a-SHER b'-gan ha-e-lo-HEEM
טיָפֶ֣ה עֲשִׂיתִ֔יו בְּרֹ֖ב דָּלִיּוֹתָ֑יו וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙ כׇּל־עֲצֵי־עֵ֔דֶן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּגַ֥ן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
10Assuredly, thus said Hashem: Because it towered high in stature, and thrust its top up among the leafy trees, and it was arrogant in its height,
la-KHEN ko AMAR a-do-NAI y'-ho-VAH ya-A-an a-SHER ga-VA-ta b'-ko-MAH va-yi-TAYN tza-mar-TO el b'-EYN a-vo-TEEM v'-RAM l'-va-VO b'-go-VE-ho
ילָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה יַ֕עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבַ֖הְתָּ בְּקוֹמָ֑ה וַיִּתֵּ֤ן צַמַּרְתּוֹ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ין עֲבוֹתִ֔ים וְרָ֥ם לְבָב֖וֹ בְּגׇבְהֽוֹ׃
11I delivered it into the hands of the mightiest of nations. They treated it as befitted its wickedness. I banished it.
v'-e-te-NE-hu b'-yad AYL go-YIM a-SO ya-a-SEH lo k'-rish-O g'-ra-sh'-TI-hu
יאוְאֶ֨תְּנֵ֔הוּ בְּיַ֖ד אֵ֣יל גּוֹיִ֑ם עָשׂ֤וֹ יַֽעֲשֶׂה֙ ל֔וֹ כְּרִשְׁע֖וֹ גֵּרַשְׁתִּֽהוּ׃
12Strangers, the most ruthless of nations, cut it down and abandoned it; its branches fell on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs were splintered in every watercourse of the earth; and all the peoples of the earth departed from its shade and abandoned it.
vai-yikh-ru-TU za-REEM a-ri-TZEI go-YIM va-yi-t'-SHU-hu el he-ha-REEM u-v'-KOL ge-a-YOT na-f'-LU da-li-YO-tav va-ti-sha-VA-r'-NA fo-ro-TAV b'-KOL a-fi-KEI ha-A-retz va-yer-DU mit-ZI-LO kol a-MAY ha-A-retz va-yi-t'-SHU-hu
יבוַיִּכְרְתֻ֧הוּ זָרִ֛ים עָרִיצֵ֥י גוֹיִ֖ם וַֽיִּטְּשֻׁ֑הוּ אֶל־הֶ֠הָרִ֠ים וּבְכׇל־גֵּ֨אָי֜וֹת נָפְל֣וּ דָלִיּוֹתָ֗יו וַתִּשָּׁבַ֤רְנָה פֹֽרֹאתָיו֙ בְּכֹל֙ אֲפִיקֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיֵּרְד֧וּ מִצִּלּ֛וֹ כׇּל־עַמֵּ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ וַֽיִּטְּשֻֽׁהוּ׃
13Upon its fallen trunk all the birds of the sky nest, and all the beasts of the field lodge among its boughs—
al-ma-pal-TO yi-sh'-K'-nu kol-of ha-sha-MA-yim v'-el po-ro-TAV ha-YU kol khai-YAT ha-sa-DEH
יגעַל־מַפַּלְתּ֥וֹ יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ כׇּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְאֶל־פֹּרֹאתָ֣יו הָי֔וּ כֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃
14so that no trees by water should exalt themselves in stature or set their tops among the leafy trees, and that no well-watered tree may reach up to them in height. For they are all consigned to death, to the lowest part of the netherworld, together with human beings who descend into the Pit.
l'-ma-AN a-SHER lo yi-g'-BE-hu v'-ko-MA-tam kol a-tzay ma-YIM v'-lo yi-t'-NU et tza-mar-TAM el BAYN a-vo-TEEM v'-lo ya-a-M'-DU e-LAY-hem b'-go-v'-HAM kol sho-TAY ma-YIM, kee-KUL-lam ni-t'-NU la-ma-VET el e-RETZ takh-TEET b'-TOCH b'-NAY a-DAM el yo-r'-DAY BOR.
ידלְמַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ לֹא־יִגְבְּה֨וּ בְקוֹמָתָ֜ם כׇּל־עֲצֵי־מַ֗יִם וְלֹֽא־יִתְּנ֤וּ אֶת־צַמַּרְתָּם֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים וְלֹֽא־יַעַמְד֧וּ אֵלֵיהֶ֛ם בְּגׇבְהָ֖ם כׇּל־שֹׁ֣תֵי מָ֑יִם כִּֽי־כֻלָּם֩ נִתְּנ֨וּ לַמָּ֜וֶת אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ תַּחְתִּ֗ית בְּת֛וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י אָדָ֖ם אֶל־י֥וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃
15Thus said Hashem: On the day it went down to Sheol, I closed the deep over it and covered it; I held back its streams, and the great waters were checked. I made Lebanon mourn deeply for it, and all the trees of the field languished on its account.
KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI y'-ho-VEE b'-YOM rid-TO she-O-LAH he-e-VAL-tee ki-SE-tee a-LA-yu et t'-HOM va-eM-NA na-ha-ro-TE-ha va-yi-KA-lu MA-yim ra-BEEM va-a-KDIRE a-LA-yu l'-va-NO, v'-KOL a-tzay ha-sa-DEH a-LA-yu ul-PEH
טוכֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה בְּי֨וֹם רִדְתּ֤וֹ שְׁא֙וֹלָה֙ הֶאֱבַ֜לְתִּי כִּסֵּ֤תִי עָלָיו֙ אֶת־תְּה֔וֹם וָֽאֶמְנַע֙ נַהֲרוֹתֶ֔יהָ וַיִּכָּלְא֖וּ מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים וָאַקְדִּ֤ר עָלָיו֙ לְבָנ֔וֹן וְכׇל־עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה עָלָ֥יו עֻלְפֶּֽה׃
16I made nations quake at the crash of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend into the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all that were well watered, were consoled in the lowest part of the netherworld.
mi-KOL ma-pal-TO hi-ra-a-SH'-ti go-YIM b'-ho-ri-DO o-TO she-o-LAH et-YOR-dei BOR va-yi-na-KHA-mu b'-E-retz tach-TIT kol-a-tzei-E-den mi-v'-KHAHR v'-TOV l'-va-NOHN kol-sho-TEI ma-YIM
טזמִקּ֤וֹל מַפַּלְתּוֹ֙ הִרְעַ֣שְׁתִּי גוֹיִ֔ם בְּהוֹרִדִ֥י אֹת֛וֹ שְׁא֖וֹלָה אֶת־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר וַיִּנָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ תַּחְתִּית֙ כׇּל־עֲצֵי־עֵ֔דֶן מִבְחַ֥ר וְטוֹב־לְבָנ֖וֹן כׇּל־שֹׁ֥תֵי מָֽיִם׃
17They also descended with it into Sheol, to those slain by the sword, together with its supporters, they who had lived under its shadow among the nations.
gam-HEM i-TO ya-r'-DU she-o-LAH el khal-lay-kha-REV u-ze-RO ya-sh'-VU b'-tzi-LO b'-TOCH go-YIM
יזגַּם־הֵ֗ם אִתּ֛וֹ יָרְד֥וּ שְׁא֖וֹלָה אֶל־חַלְלֵי־חָ֑רֶב וּזְרֹע֛וֹ יָשְׁב֥וּ בְצִלּ֖וֹ בְּת֥וֹךְ גּוֹיִֽם׃
18[Now you know] who is comparable to you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden. And you too shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lowest part of the netherworld; you shall lie among the uncircumcised and those slain by the sword. Such shall be [the fate of] Pharaoh and all his hordes—declares Hashem.
el-mi da-MEE-ta ka-KA b'-ka-VOD u-v'-go-DEL ba-a-TZEY-e-DEN v'-hu-ra-D'-TA et-a-TZEY-e-DEN el-e-RETZ ta-KH'-TIT b'-TOCH a-RE-leem tish-KAV et-khal-l'-khe-REB, hu par-OH v'-kol-ha-MO-nah, ne-UM a-do-NAI y'-ho-VAH.
יחאֶל־מִ֨י דָמִ֥יתָ כָּ֛כָה בְּכָב֥וֹד וּבְגֹ֖דֶל בַּעֲצֵי־עֵ֑דֶן וְהוּרַדְתָּ֨ אֶת־עֲצֵי־עֵ֜דֶן אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ תַּחְתִּ֗ית בְּת֨וֹךְ עֲרֵלִ֤ים תִּשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב ה֤וּא פַרְעֹה֙ וְכׇל־הֲמוֹנֹ֔ה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃
