¹A bolo jedenásteho roku, tretieho mesiaca, prvého dňa toho mesiaca, že stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:

²Synu človeka, povedz faraonovi, egyptskému kráľovi, i jeho množstvu: Komuže sa ty podobáš vo svojej veľkosti?

²`Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and unto his multitude: To whom hast thou been like in thy greatness?

³Hľa, Assúr bol cedrou na Libanone, krásneho konára, a zatôňujúcou húšťavou a vysokého vzrastu, a jeho listnatý vrchol bol až hore medzi oblakmi.

³Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.

⁴Vody mu dodávaly vzrastu, hlbina ho vyvýšila; s jej riekami chodil vôkol jej výsady, a svoje prietoky vypúšťala ku všetkým stromom poľným.

⁴Waters have made it great, The deep hath exalted him with its flowings, Going round about its planting, And its conduits it hath sent forth unto all trees of the field.

⁵Preto bol jeho vzrast vyšší nad všetky stromy na poli, a rozmohly sa jeho haluzi, a jeho vetvi sa roztiahly od mnohých vôd, keď vyhnal.

⁵Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,

⁶Na jeho letorastoch robili si všelijakí vtáci nebeskí hniezda, pod jeho vetvami rodily sa všelijaké poľné zvieratá, a v jeho tôni sedely všeliktoré veľké národy.

⁶In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.

⁷A bol krásny vo svojej veľkosti, v dlhokosti svojich konárov, lebo jeho koreň bol pri mnohých vodách.

⁷And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.

⁸Cedry v zahrade Božej ho nezatienily; jedle sa nevyrovnaly jeho letorastom, a gaštany neboly jako jeho vetvi; niktorý strom v zahrade Božej nevyrovnal sa mu vo svojej kráse.

⁸Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,

⁹Krásneho som ho bol učinil množstvom jeho konárov, takže mu závidely všetky stromy Édena, ktoré boly v zahrade Božej.

⁹Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that [are] in the garden of God.

¹⁰Preto takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Preto, že si taký vysoký vzrastom -, a dal svoj vrchol až hore medzi oblaky, a jeho srdce sa povýšilo v jeho výši,

¹⁰Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because that thou hast been high in stature, And he yieldeth his foliage between thickets, And high is his heart in his haughtiness,

¹¹vydal som ho do ruky silného z národov; učinil mu, jako zaslúžil; zahnal som ho pre jeho bezbožnosť.

¹¹I give him into the hand of a god of nations, He dealeth sorely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out.

¹²A vyťali ho cudzinci, ukrutní zpomedzi národov, a pohodili ho. Po vrchoch a po všetkých dolinách popadaly jeho konáre, a jeho vetvi boly polámané po všetkých potokoch zeme, a sostúpily preč z jeho tône všetky národy zeme a pohodiac ho nechaly ho ležať.

¹²And cut him off do strangers, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, On the mountains and in all valleys have his thin shoots fallen, And broken are his boughs at all streams of the land, And go down from his shade do all peoples of the land, and they leave him.

¹³Na jeho padlom telese bývajú všelijakí nebeskí vtáci, a po jeho vetviach sú všelijaké zvieratá poľné,

¹³On his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,

¹⁴aby sa nepovyšovaly vo svojom vzraste niktoré stromy, majúce hojnosť vody, a nedávaly svojho vrchola hore medzi oblaky, ani aby sa nepostavovali ich silní vo svojej vysokosti, niktorí pijúci vodu, lebo všetci sú vydaní smrti do spodku zeme, medzi synov človeka, k tým, ktorí sostupujú do jamy.

¹⁴In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth — the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit.

¹⁵Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Toho dňa, ktorého sostúpil do pekla, spôsobil som smútok a prikryl som ho priepasťou a odňal som jej rieky, a zadržané boly mnohé vody, a spôsobil som to, aby sa pre neho obliekol Libanon v čierno, a omdlievaly pre neho všetky stromy na poli.

¹⁵Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him.

¹⁶Dal som, aby sa od hrmotu jeho pádu triasly národy, keď som ho svrhol do pekla s tými, ktorí sostupujú do jamy. A tak sa potešily na spodku v zemi všetky stromy Édena, to čo je najvýbornejšie a najpeknejšie Libanona, všetci, ktorí pijú vodu.

¹⁶From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth — the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.

¹⁷Aj tí sostúpili s ním do pekla k pobitým od meča, i jeho rameno, tí, ktorí sedeli v jeho tôni medzi národami. -

¹⁷Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And — his arm — they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations.

¹⁸Ktorému sa ty takto podobáš v sláve a vo veľkosti medzi stromami Édena? A tak si svrhnutý so stromami Édena do spodku zeme, ležať budeš medzi neobrezanými, s pobitými od meča. To je i faraon a všetko jeho množstvo, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹⁸Unto whom hast thou been thus like, In honour and in greatness among the trees of Eden, And thou hast been brought down with the trees of Eden, Unto the earth — the lower part, In the midst of the uncircumcised thou liest, With the pierced of the sword? It [is] Pharaoh, and all his multitude, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!`