Ezekiel 19
1 Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say,
OR tu prendi a far lamento dei principi d'Israele. E di':
2 What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
Quale [era] tua madre? una leonessa; ella era giaciuta fra i leoni, ella avea allevati i suoi leoncini in mezzo de' leoncelli.
3 And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
Or ella avea allevato uno de' suoi leoncini, che divenne leoncello, e imparò a rapir la preda, [e] divorava gli uomini.
4 And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.
E le nazioni, uditone [il grido, vennero] contro a lui; [ed] egli fu preso nella lor fossa; e lo menarono incatenato nel paese di Egitto.
5 Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.
Ed ella, quando vide che si era [assai] trattenuta aspettando, [e che] la sua speranza era perduta, prese un [altro] dei suoi leoncini, e ne fece un leoncello.
6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
Ed egli, essendo divenuto leoncello, andava, e veniva fra i leoni, e imparò a rapir la preda, [e] divorava gli uomini.
7 And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.
Ed ebbe [sol] cura de' suoi palazzi, e desertò le lor città; e il paese, e tutto ciò che è in esso fu desolato per la voce del suo ruggire.
8 Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.
E le nazioni delle provincie d'ogn'intorno gli diedero addosso, e tesero contro a lui la lor rete, [ed] egli fu preso nella lor fossa.
9 They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.
Poi lo misero incatenato in una gabbia, e lo condussero al re di Babilonia; [e] lo misero in certe fortezze, acciocchè la sua voce non si udisse più ne' monti d'Israele.
10 Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.
La madre tua, quando tu ti fosti taciuto, [divenne] come una vite piantata presso alle acque; divenne fruttifera, e fronzuta, per la copia dell'acqua.
11 And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches.
Ed ebbe delle verghe forti, da scettri di signori; e divenne alta di ceppo, sopra gli alberi folti, fra i quali [ella era], e fu ragguardevole per la sua altezza, per l'abbondanza de' suoi tralci.
12 But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.
Ma è stata sterpata con ira, è stata gettata in terra, e il vento orientale ha seccato il suo frutto; le sue verghe forti sono state rotte, e non seccate; il fuoco le ha consumate.
13 And now she is planted in the waste land, in a dry and unwatered country.
Ed ora, ella è piantata nel deserto, in terra secca ed arida.
14 And fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief.
E d'una verga de' suoi rami è uscito un fuoco che ha consumato il frutto di essa, e non vi è [più] in lei verga forte, scettro da signoreggiare. Quest'[è] un lamento, e sarà per lamento.
