Ezekiel 17

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

The word of GOD came to me:

ben-adam khud khidah umeshol mashal el-bet yisra'el

O mortal, propound a riddle and relate an allegory to the House of Israel.

ve'amarta koh-amar adonay Elohim hannesher haggadol gedol hakkenafayim erekh ha'ever male hannotsah asher-lo hariqmah ba el-hallevanon vayyiqqakh et-tsammeret ha'arez

Say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: The great eagle with the great wings and the long pinions, with the full plumage and the brilliant colors, came to the Lebanon range and seized the top of the cedar.

et rosh yeniqotayw qataf vayevi'ehu el-erets kena'an be'ir rokhelim samo

He plucked off its topmost bough and carried it off to the land of traders and set it in a city of merchants.

vayyiqqakh mizzera ha'arets vayyittenehu bisdeh-zara qakh al-mayim rabbim tsaftsafah samo

He then took some of the seed of the land and planted it in a fertile field; he planted and set it like a willow beside abundant waters.

vayyitsmakh vayehi legefen sorakhat shiflat qomah lifnot daliyyotayw elayw veshorashayw takhtayw yihyu vattehi legefen vatta'as baddim vatteshallakh porovt

It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature; it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out boughs. [He had intended] that its twigs should turn to him, and that its roots should stay under him.

vayehi nesher-ekhad gadol gedol kenafayim verav-notsah vehinneh haggefen hazzot kafenah shorasheha alayw vedaliyyotayw shilkhah-llo lehashqot otah me'arugot matta'ah

But there was another great eagle with great wings and full plumage; and this vine now bent its roots in his direction and sent out its twigs toward him, that he might water it more than the bed where it was planted—

el-sadeh tov el-mayim rabbim hi shetulah la'asot anaf velaset peri lihyot legefen addaret

though it was planted in rich soil beside abundant water—so that it might grow branches and produce boughs and be a noble vine.

emor koh amar adonay Elohim titslakh halo et-shorasheha yenatteq ve'et-piryah yeqoses veyavesh kol-tarpe tsimkhah tivash velo-vizroa gedolah uve'am-rav lemasot otah mishorasheha

Say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Will it thrive? Will he not tear out its roots and rip off its crown, so that its entire foliage withers? It shall wither, despite any strong arm or mighty army [that may come] to remove it from its roots.

vehinneh shetulah hatitslakh halo khega'at bah ruakh haqqadim tivash yavosh al-arugot tsimkhah tivash

And suppose it is transplanted, will it thrive? When the east wind strikes it, it shall wither—wither upon the bed where it is growing.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

Then the word of GOD came to me:

emor-na levet hammeri halo yedatem mah-elleh emor hinneh-va melekh-bavel yerushalai͏m vayyiqqakh et-malkah ve'et-sareha vayyave otam elayw bavelah

Say to the rebellious breed: Do you not know what these things mean? Say: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and carried away its king and its officers and brought them back with him to Babylon.

vayyiqqakh mizzera hammelukhah vayyikhrot itto berit vayyave oto be'alah ve'et-ele ha'arets laqakh

He took one of the seed royal and made a covenant with him and imposed an oath on him, and he carried away the nobles of the land—

lihyot mamlakhah shefalah levilti hitnasse lishmor et-berito le'omdah

so that it might be a humble kingdom and not exalt itself, but keep his covenant and so endure.

vayyimrod-bo lishloakh malakhayw mitsrayim latet-lo susim ve'am-rav hayitslakh hayimmalet ha'oseh elleh vehefer berit venimlat

But [that prince] rebelled against him and sent his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Shall he break a covenant and escape?

khay-ani ne'um adonay Elohim im-lo bimqom hammelekh hammamlikh oto asher bazah et-alato va'asher hefer et-berito itto vetokh-bavel yamut

As I live—declares the Sovereign GOD—in the very homeland of the king who made him king, whose oath he flouted and whose covenant he broke—right there, in Babylon, he shall die.

velo vekhayil gadol uveqahal rav ya'aseh oto faroh bammilkhamah bishpokh solelah uvivnot dayeq lehakhrit nefashot rabbot

Pharaoh will not fight at his side with a great army and with numerous troops in the war, when mounds are thrown up and siege towers erected to destroy many lives.

uvazah alah lehafer berit vehinneh natan yado vekhol-elleh asah lo yimmalet

He flouted a pact and broke a covenant; he gave his promise and did all these things—he shall not escape.

lakhen koh-amar adonay Elohim khay-ani im-lo alati asher bazah uveriti asher hefir unetattiv berosho

Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD: As I live, I will pay him back for flouting My pact and breaking My covenant.

ufarasti alayw rishti venitpas bimtsudati vahavi'otihu vavelah venishpatti itto sham ma'alo asher ma'al-bi

I will spread My net over him and he shall be caught in My snare; I will carry him to Babylon and enter with him into judgment there for the trespass that he committed against Me.

ve'et kol-mivrakhav bekhol-agappayw bakherev yippolu vehannisharim lekhol-ruakh yipparesu vidatem ki ani Adonai dibbarti

And all the fugitives of all his battalions shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall scatter in every direction; then you will know that I, GOD, have spoken.

koh amar adonay Elohim velaqakhti ani mitsammeret ha'erez haramah venatatti merosh yoneqotayw rakh eqtof veshatalti ani al har-gavoah vetalul

Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Then I in turn will take and set [in the ground a slip] from the lofty top of the cedar; I will pluck a tender twig from the tip of its crown, and I will plant it on a tall, towering mountain.

behar merom yisra'el eshtolennu venasa anaf ve'asah feri vehayah le'erez addir veshakhenu takhtayw kol tsippor kol-kanaf betsel daliyyotayw tishkonnah

I will plant it in Israel’s lofty highlands, and it shall bring forth boughs and produce branches and grow into a noble cedar. Every bird of every feather shall take shelter under it, shelter in the shade of its boughs.

veyade'u kol-atse hassadeh ki ani Adonai hishpalti ets gavoah higbahti ets shafal hovashti ets lakh vehifrakhti ets yavesh ani Adonai dibbarti ve'asiti

Then shall all the trees of the field know that it is I, GOD, who have abased the lofty tree and exalted the lowly tree, who have dried up the green tree and made the withered tree bud. I, GOD, have spoken, and I will act.