Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon
1In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:
“ ‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?
3Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,
with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
its top above the thick foliage.
4The waters 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.
5So it towered higher
than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
and its branches grew long,
spreading because of abundant waters.
6All the birds of the sky
nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
gave birth under its branches;
all the great nations
lived in its shade.
7It was majestic in beauty,
with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
to abundant waters.
8The cedars in the garden of God
could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees
compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
could match its beauty.
9I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden
in the garden of God.
10“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height, 11I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside, 12and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; 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. 13All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches. 14Therefore 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 for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.
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. 16I made the nations tremble 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 of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. 17They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, 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, with those killed by the sword.
“ ‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
Ntweneduro Bi A Ɛwɔ Lebanon
1Mfeɛ dubaako mu bosome a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa no ɛda a ɛdi ɛkan no, Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ: 2“Onipa ba, ka kyerɛ Misraimhene Farao ne ne nipadɔm sɛ:
“ ‘Hwan ho na yɛde wo kɛseyɛ bɛtoto?
3Dwene Asiria ho, ntweneduro bi a berɛ bi na ɛwɔ Lebanon,
Ɔde mman a ɛyɛ fɛ, na ɛhyɛ kwaeɛ so
nyini kɔɔ ɔsoro yie,
ma ne nkɔn mu boro nhahan a ayɛ kusuu no so.
4Nsuo no maa no aduane,
nsuwa nsuwa a emu dɔ ma ɛnyini kɔɔ ɔsoro;
wɔn asutene fofaa nʼase nyinaa
de kɔɔ mfuo no so nnua nyinaa ho.
5Enti ɛkɔɔ ɔsorosoro
senee mfuo no so nnua nyinaa;
ne dubaa dɔɔso
ne mman nyini yɛɛ atentene,
na nsuo dodoɔ a ɛnyaa no enti ɛdendaneeɛ.
6Ewiem nnomaa nyinaa
yɛɛ wɔn pirebuo wɔ ne dubaa no mu,
wiram mmoa nyinaa
wowoo mma wɔ ne mman no ase
aman akɛseɛ nyinaa
tenaa ne nwunu ase.
7Na ne kɛseyɛ no yɛ fɛ,
ne dubaa a adendan no enti,
na ne nhini nyini kɔɔ fam
kɔduruu nsuo bebree mu.
8Ntweneduro a ɛwɔ Onyankopɔn turo mu
nto no,
na pepeaa nnua nso
dubaa ne no nyɛ pɛ,
na wɔntumi mfa ɔkyɛnkyɛn nnua nso
ntoto ne mman ho,
dua biara nni Onyankopɔn turo
no mu a nʼahoɔfɛ te sɛ no.
9Mebɔɔ no ahoɔfɛ
maa no mman bebree,
na nnua a ɛwɔ Eden nyinaa
Onyankopɔn turo no mu no
ani beree no.
10“ ‘Ɛno enti, sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Esiane sɛ ɛnyini kɔɔ soro, maa ne nkɔn mu hyɛɛ nhahan a abunkam soɔ, na afei ɔyɛɛ ahantan wɔ ne tentenyɛ ho enti, 11mede no hyɛɛ amanaman sodifoɔ nsa, sɛ ɔne no nni no sɛdeɛ nʼamumuyɛ teɛ. Mepoo no, 12na ananafoɔ aman no mu tutugyagu twaa no hwee fam na ɔgyaa no hɔ. Ne dubaa no hwehwee mmepɔ ne mmɔnhwa mu; ne mman mu bubuiɛ wɔ subɔnhwa mu. Asase so aman nyinaa firii ne nwunu ase, na wɔgyaa no hɔ. 13Ewiem nnomaa nyinaa sisii dua a abu no so, na wiram mmoa kɔhyehyɛɛ ne mman mu. 14Ɛno enti, nnua a ɛwɔ nsuo ho no mu biara renyɛ ahantan, nnyini nkɔ sorosoro, mmoro nhahan a abunkam so. Nnua foforɔ biara a ɛnya nsuo bebree no rennyini nkɔ soro saa bio. Wɔahyɛ sɛ wɔn nyinaa bɛwu akɔ asase ase, wɔ nnipa mma a wɔsiane kɔ amena mu no nkyɛn.
15“ ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Ɛda a wɔde no too damena mu no, mede awerɛhoɔ kataa nsuwansuwa a emu dɔ no so maa no, ma amma ne asutene no antene, na mesii ne nsuo dodoɔ no ɛkwan. Ne enti mede kusuuyɛ firaa Lebanon, na nnua a ɛwɔ ɛserɛ no so nyinaa botooɛ. 16Memaa aman no ho popoeɛ wɔ nʼahweaseɛ nnyegyeeɛ no ho, ɛberɛ a mede no baa damena mu ɛne wɔn a wɔasiane kɔ amena mu no. Afei Eden nnua nyinaa, deɛ ɛte apɔ na ɛyɛ papa wɔ Lebanon, nnua a ɛnya nsuo yie nyinaa nyaa awerɛkyekyerɛ wɔ asase ase. 17Wɔn a wɔtenaa ne nwunu ase, ne ne mpamfoɔ a wɔwɔ amanaman no mu nso ne no kɔ damena mu, akɔka wɔn a wɔtotɔɔ wɔ akofena ano no ho.
18“ ‘Nnua a ɛwɔ Eden no mu deɛ ɛwɔ he na ɛbɛtumi de ne ho atoto wo ho wɔ animuonyam ne kɛseyɛ mu? Nanso, wo nso wɔbɛsiane wo akɔ fam, wo ne Eden nnua no. Wobɛfra momonotofoɔ mu, wɔn a wɔatotɔ wɔ akofena ano no.
“ ‘Yei yɛ Farao ne ne nipadɔm no, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.’ ”
