Ezekiel 19
1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
Et tu assume planctum super principes Israel,
2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
et dices: Quare mater tua leæna inter leones cubavit, in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos?
3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
Et eduxit unum de leunculis suis, et leo factus est: et didicit capere prædam, hominemque comedere.
4 When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
Et audierunt de eo Gentes, et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum: et adduxerunt eum in catenis in Terram Ægypti.
5 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.
Quæ cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est, et periit expectatio eius: tulit unum de leunculis suis, leonem constituit eum.
6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
Qui incedebat inter leones, et factus est leo: et didicit prædam capere, et homines devorare:
7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
Didicit viduas facere, et civitates earum in desertum adducere: et desolata est terra, et plenitudo eius a voce rugitus illius.
8 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.
Et convenerunt adversus eum Gentes undique de provinciis, et expanderunt super eum rete suum, in vulneribus earum captus est.
9 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.
Et miserunt eum in caveam, in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis: miseruntque eum in carcerem, ne audiretur vox eius ultra super montes Israel.
10 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.
Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est: fructus eius, et frondes eius creverunt ex aquis multis.
11 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.
Et factæ sunt ei virgæ solidæ in sceptra dominantium, et exaltata est statura eius inter frondes: et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum.
12 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.
Et evulsa est in ira, in terramque proiecta, et ventus urens siccavit fructum eius: marcuerunt, et arefactæ sunt virgæ roboris eius: ignis comedit eam.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
Et nunc transplantata est in desertum, in terra invia, et sitienti.
14 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.”
Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum eius, qui fructum eius comedit: et non fuit in ea virga fortis, sceptrum dominantium. Planctus est, et erit in planctum.
