حِزْقِيال 19

١ 1 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَاتْلُ مَرْثَاةً عَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ:

“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

٢ 2 وَقُلْ: مَاذَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكَ؟ لَبْوَةً رَبَضَتْ بَيْنَ الأُسُودِ وَرَبَّتْ جِرَاءَهَا بَيْنَ الأَشْبَالِ.

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

٣ 3 حَتَّى إِذَا كَبُرَ أَحَدُ جِرَائِهَا وَصَارَ شِبْلاً، وَتَعَلَّمَ الصَّيْدَ، أَكَلَ النَّاسَ.

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

٤ 4 وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغَ أَمْرُهُ الأُمَمَ وَقَعَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ، فَأَخَذُوهُ مَسُوقاً بِخَزَائِمِهِ إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

٥ 5 وَعِنْدَمَا أَدْرَكَتْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ انْتِظَارِهَا أَنَّ رَجَاءَهَا قَدْ هَلَكَ، أَخَذَتْ جِرْواً آخَرَ وَجَعَلَتْهُ شِبْلاً.

When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

٦ 6 فَتَمَشَّى بَيْنَ الأُسُودِ وَصَارَ شِبْلاً وَتَعَلَّمَ الصَّيْدَ، وَأَكَلَ النَّاسَ،

He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

٧ 7 وَهَدَمَ قُصُورَهُمْ وَخَرَّبَ مُدُنَهُمْ، فَارْتَعَبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ زَمْجَرَةِ زَئِيرِهِ،

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

٨ 8 فَاجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ صَوْبٍ، وَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيْهِ شَبَكَتَهُمْ فَوَقَعَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ،

Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

٩ 9 فَسَاقُوهُ بِخَزَائِمَ وَزَجُّوهُ فِي قَفَصٍ وَأَحْضَرُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَاعْتَقَلُوهُ فِي قِلاعٍ لِكَيْلا تَتَرَدَّدَ أَصْدَاءُ صَوْتِهِ بَعْدُ فَوْقَ جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

١٠ 10 أُمُّكَ كَكَرْمَةٍ مِثْلَكَ غُرِسَتْ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمِيَاهِ، فَأَثْمَرَتْ وَأَفْرَخَتْ لِغَزَارَةِ الْمِيَاهِ.

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

١١ 11 فُرُوعُهَا مَتِينَةٌ تَصْلُحُ صَوْلَجَاناً لِلْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ، وَانْتَصَبَ سَاقُهَا عَالِياً بَيْنَ الأَغْصَانِ الْكَثِيفَةِ، فَبَدَتْ شَامِخَةً لِلْعَيَانِ بِفَضْلِ أَغصَانِهَا الْكَثِيرَةِ.

It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.

١٢ 12 لَكِنَّهَا اقْتُلِعَتْ بِحَنَقٍ وَطُرِحَتْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، فَيَبَّسَتِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ أَثْمَارَهَا، وَقَصَفَتْ فُرُوعَهَا الْقَوِيَّةَ حَتَّى جَفَّتْ فَالْتَهَمَتْهَا النِّيرَانُ.

But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

١٣ 13 وَهَا هِيَ الآنَ مَغْرُوسَةٌ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فِي أَرْضٍ جَدْبَاءَ ظَمْأَى.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

١٤ 14 وَانْدَلَعَتْ نَارٌ مِنْ فَرْعِهَا الْتَهَمَتْ أَغْصَانَهَا وَأَثْمَارَهَا، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا فَرْعٌ مَتِينٌ يَصْلُحُ لِصَوْلَجَانِ مُتَسَلِّطٍ. هَذِهِ مَرْثِيَّةٌ لِتَكُونَ قَصِيدَةَ رِثَاءٍ».

Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”