结31:1 十一年三月初一日，耶和华的话临到我说：
结31:1 Now in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
结31:2 “人子啊！你要对埃及王法老和他的众民说：‘论到你的伟大，谁能与你相比呢？
结31:2 Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people; Whom are you like in your great power?
结31:3 看哪！亚述曾是黎巴嫩的香柏树，枝条秀美，林影茂密，树身高大，树顶在茂密的枝叶之上。
结31:3 See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.
结31:4 众水使它长大，深渊使它长高；有江河从深渊流出环绕它栽种之地，又有支流延到田间的众树。
结31:4 It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field.
结31:5 因此，它树身高大，高过田间的众树；它发旺生长的时候，因为水源丰足，所以枝子繁多，枝条长长。
结31:5 In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters.
结31:6 空中的飞鸟都在枝上搭窝；田野的走兽都在枝条下生产；所有大国都在它的树荫下居住。
结31:6 In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.
结31:7 它树身高大，枝条长长而显得秀美，因为它的根扎在水多的地方。
结31:7 So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.
结31:8 神园中的香柏树不能与它相比，松树比不上它的枝子；枫树也不及它的枝条； 神园中所有的树木都比不上它的秀美。
结31:8 No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful.
结31:9 我使它因枝条繁多而显得秀美，以致在 神的园中，伊甸所有的树木都嫉妒它。
结31:9 I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.
结31:10 “‘因此，主耶和华这样说：因为它树身高大，树顶在茂密的枝叶之上，又因它高大而心骄气傲，
结31:10 For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,
结31:11 我就把它交在列国中为首的人手中，他必定对付它；因着它的罪恶，我就把它驱逐出去。
结31:11 I have given him up into the hands of a strong one of the nations; he will certainly give him the reward of his sin, driving him out.
结31:12 必有外族人，就是列国中最强暴的，把它砍下丢弃。它的枝叶落在山上和所有的谷中；它的枝子折断，落在地上所有的水沟里；地上的万族都必走离它的荫下，把它丢弃。
结31:12 And men from strange lands, who are to be feared among the nations, after cutting him off, have let him be: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have come down; his arms are broken by all the waterways of the land; all the peoples of the earth have gone from his shade, and have let him be.
结31:13 空中的飞鸟都住在倒下的树身上，田野的走兽都卧在它的枝条间。
结31:13 All the birds of heaven have come to rest on his broken stem where it is stretched on the earth, and all the beasts of the field will be on his branches:
结31:14 好使水旁所有的树木都不会因树身高大而自高，也不会使树顶长到茂密的枝叶上，又使一切有水滋润的树都不会高傲地屹立；因为他们在世人中，与那些下到阴府的人一起，都交与死亡、交与地的深处了。
结31:14 In order that no trees by the waters may be lifted up in their growth, putting their tops among the clouds; and that no trees which are watered may take their place on high: for they are all given up to death, to the lowest parts of the earth among the children of men, with those who go down to the underworld.
结31:15 “‘主耶和华这样说：它下阴间的日子，我就因它以悲哀遮盖深渊，阻塞深渊的江河，使大水停流；我要使黎巴嫩为它悲伤、田野所有的树木都因它枯干。
结31:15 This is what the Lord has said: The day when he goes down to the underworld, I will make the deep full of grief for him; I will keep back her streams and the great waters will be stopped: I will make Lebanon dark for him, and all the trees of the field will be feeble because of him.
结31:16 我把它扔下阴间，与那些下到阴府的人一起的时候，我就使列国因它坠落的响声而震惊。伊甸所有的树木，就是黎巴嫩有水滋润、最佳最美的树，都在地的深处得到安慰。
结31:16 I will send shaking on the nations at the sound of his fall, when I send him down to the underworld with those who go down into the deep: and on earth they will be comforting themselves, all the trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, even all the watered ones.
结31:17 这些树与它一同下到阴间，往那些被刀剑所杀的人那里去。他们作过它的膀臂，曾在列国中住在它的荫下。
结31:17 And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations
结31:18 在伊甸所有的树木中，有谁的荣美和高大能与你相比呢？然而你却要与伊甸的树木一同下到地的深处。你要在没有受割礼的人中，与被刀剑所杀的人一同躺卧。这树就是法老和他的众民。这是主耶和华说的。’”
结31:18 Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.