حِزْقِيَال 19

١ 1 «أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَٱرْفَعْ مَرْثَاةً عَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Thou also, take vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

٢ 2 وَقُلْ: مَا هِيَ أُمُّكَ؟ لَبْوَةٌ رَبَضَتْ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُسُودِ، وَرَبَّتْ جِرَاءَهَا بَيْنَ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ.

And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,

٣ 3 رَبَّتْ وَاحِدًا مِنْ جِرَائِهَا فَصَارَ شِبْلًا، وَتَعَلَّمَ ٱفْتِرَاسَ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ. أَكَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ.

And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.

٤ 4 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِهِ ٱلْأُمَمُ أُخِذَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ، فَأَتَوْا بِهِ بِخَزَائِمَ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

The nations also heard of him, and he was taken in their nets, and they brought him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt.

٥ 5 فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدِ ٱنْتَظَرَتْ وَهَلَكَ رَجَاؤُهَا، أَخَذَتْ آخَرَ مِنْ جِرَائِهَا وَصَيَّرَتْهُ شِبْلًا.

Nowe when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope was lost, she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a lyon.

٦ 6 فَتَمَشَّى بَيْنَ ٱلْأُسُودِ. صَارَ شِبْلًا وَتَعَلَّمَ ٱفْتِرَاسَ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ. أَكَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ.

Which went among the lyons, and became a lyon, and learned to catch the praye, and he deuoured men.

٧ 7 وَعَرَفَ قُصُورَهُمْ وَخَرَّبَ مُدُنَهُمْ، فَأَقْفَرَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِلْؤُهَا مِنْ صَوْتِ زَمْجَرَتِهِ.

And he knew their widowes, and he destroyed their cities, and the land was wasted, and all that was therein by the noyse of his roaring.

٨ 8 فَٱتَّفَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْأُمَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ، وَبَسَطُوا عَلَيْهِ شَبَكَتَهُمْ، فَأُخِذَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ،

Then the nations set against him on euery side of the countreys, and laide their nets for him: so he was taken in their pit.

٩ 9 فَوَضَعُوهُ فِي قَفَصٍ بِخَزَائِمَ وَأَحْضَرُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَأَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْقِلَاعِ لِكَيْلَا يُسْمَعَ صَوْتُهُ بَعْدُ عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And they put him in prison and in chaines, and brought him to the King of Babel, and they put him in holdes, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.

١٠ 10 «أُمُّكَ كَكَرْمَةٍ، مِثْلِكَ غُرِسَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ. كَانَتْ مُثْمِرَةً مُفْرِخَةً مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ.

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she brought foorth fruite and branches by the abundant waters,

١١ 11 وَكَانَ لَهَا فُرُوعٌ قَوِيَّةٌ لِقُضْبَانِ ٱلْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ، وَٱرْتَفَعَ سَاقُهَا بَيْنَ ٱلْأَغْصَانِ ٱلْغَبْيَاءِ، وَظَهَرَتْ فِي ٱرْتِفَاعِهَا بِكَثْرَةِ زَرَاجِينِهَا.

And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

١٢ 12 لَكِنَّهَا ٱقْتُلِعَتْ بِغَيْظٍ وَطُرِحَتْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَقَدْ يَبَّسَتْ رِيحٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ ثَمَرَهَا. قُصِفَتْ وَيَبِسَتْ فُرُوعُهَا ٱلْقَوِيَّةُ. أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ.

But she was plucked vp in wrath: she was cast downe to the ground, and the East winde dried vp her fruite: her branches were broken, and withered: as for the rod of her strength, the fire consumed it.

١٣ 13 وَٱلْآنَ غُرِسَتْ فِي ٱلْقَفْرِ فِي أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ عَطْشَانَةٍ.

And now she is planted in the wildernes in a drie and thirstie ground.

١٤ 14 وَخَرَجَتْ نَارٌ مِنْ فَرْعِ عِصِيِّهَا أَكَلَتْ ثَمَرَهَا. وَلَيْسَ لَهَا ٱلْآنَ فَرْعٌ قَوِيٌّ لِقَضِيبِ تَسَلُّطٍ. هِيَ رِثَاءٌ وَتَكُونُ لِمَرْثَاةٍ».

And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath deuoured her fruite, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule: this is a lamentation and shalbe for a lamentation.