Ezechiel 19

1Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

3And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

4And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.

5But she seeing herself weakened, and that her hope was lost, took one of her young lions, and set him up for a lion.

6And he went up and down among the lions, and became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

7He learned to make widows, and to lay waste their cities: and the land became desolate, and the fulness thereof by the noise of his roaring.

8And the nations Game together against him on every side out of the provinces, and they spread their net over him, in their wounds he was taken.

9And they put him into a cage, they brought him in chains to the king of Babylon: and they cast him into prison, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood planted by the water: her fruit and her branches have grown out of many waters.

11And she hath strong rods to make sceptres for them that bear rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches: and she saw her height in the multitude of her branches.

12But she was plucked up in wrath, and cast on the ground, and the burning wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods are withered, and dried up: the fire hath devoured her.

13And now she is transplanted into the desert, in a land not passable, and dry.

14And a fire is gone out from a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that she now hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre of rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.

1Et tu assume planctum super principes Israël,

2et dices: [Quare mater tua leæna inter leones cubavit? in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos?

3Et eduxit unum de leunculis suis, et leo factus est: et didicit capere prædam, hominemque comedere.

4Et audierunt de eo gentes: et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum, et adduxerunt eum in catenis in terram Ægypti.

5Quæ cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est, et periit exspectatio ejus, tulit unum de leunculis suis; leonem constituit eum.

6Qui incedebat inter leones, et factus est leo: et didicit prædam capere, et homines devorare:

7didicit viduas facere, et civitates earum in desertum adducere: et desolata est terra et plenitudo ejus a voce rugitus illius.

8Et convenerunt adversus eum gentes undique de provinciis, et expanderunt super eum rete suum: in vulneribus earum captus est,

9et miserunt eum in caveam: in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis, miseruntque eum in carcerem, ne audiretur vox ejus ultra super montes Israël.

10Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est: fructus ejus et frondes ejus creverunt ex aquis multis.

11Et factæ sunt ei virgæ solidæ in sceptra dominantium, et exaltata est statura ejus inter frondes, et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum.

12Et evulsa est in ira, in terramque projecta, et ventus urens siccavit fructum ejus: marcuerunt et arefactæ sunt virgæ roboris ejus: ignis comedit eam.

13Et nunc transplantata est in desertum, in terra invia et sitienti.

14Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum ejus, qui fructum ejus comedit: et non fuit in ea virga fortis, sceptrum dominantium.] Planctus est, et erit in planctum.

1“And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,

2and you shall say: Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions, and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?

3And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.

4And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.

5Then, when she had seen that she was weakened, and that her hope had perished, she took one of her little ones, and appointed him as a lion.

6And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.

7He learned to make widows, and to lead their citizens into the desert. And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.

8And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces, and they spread their net over him; by their wounds, he was captured.

9And they put him into a cage; they led him in chains to the king of Babylon. And they cast him into a prison, so that his voice would no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water; her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.

11And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers, and her stature was exalted among the branches. And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.

12But she was uprooted in wrath, and cast upon the ground. And the burning wind dried up her fruit. Her robust branches withered and were dried up. A fire consumed her.

13And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.

14And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation.”