حِزْقِيال 19

١ 1 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَاتْلُ مَرْثَاةً عَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ:

Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel

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

with these words: “What was your mother? She was a lioness among the lions! She lay down in her place among the young lions and reared her cubs.

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

She raised one of her cubs, and he grew up to be young lion. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

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

But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.

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

When she realized that the hope she had been waiting for was gone, she made another of her cubs into a young lion.

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

He went around with the other lions, and became strong. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

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

He tore down their fortresses and destroyed their towns. All the people living in the country were appalled when they heard him roaring.

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

Then the people of the countries all around attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their trap.

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

They used hooks to put him in a cage and took him to the king of Babylon. They led him away and imprisoned him so his roar wasn't heard any more in Israel's mountains.

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

Your mother was like a vine planted in your vineyard at the waterside. It produced a lot of fruit and had many branches because it had plenty of water.

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

Its branches were strong like rulers' scepters. It grew high above the tree canopy. People could see how tall and full of leaves it was.

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

But it was uprooted in anger and thrown down on the ground. The east wind blew and dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped of leaves and they withered. Then they were burned up in the fire.

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

Now the vine has been replanted in the desert, in a dry and waterless land.

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

A fire blazed out from its main trunk and burned up its fruit. None of its branches that were once like a ruler's scepter are strong any more.” This is a funeral song and is to be used for mourning.