Ezekiel 19
1 Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say,
Tú, levanta una lamentación por los gobernantes de Israel:
2 What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
¡Qué madre la tuya! Era una leona entre leones. Crió sus cachorros tendida entre los leoncillos.
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.
Crió a uno de sus cachorros hasta que fue leoncillo que aprendió a agarrar la presa y devoraba hombres.
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.
Las naciones oyeron con respecto a él. Lo atraparon en la fosa y con grillos lo llevaron a la tierra de Egipto.
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.
Cuando vio que después de mucha espera había perdido su esperanza, tomó otro de sus cachorros, y lo desarrolló como leoncillo.
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.
Merodeaba entre los leones, y se desarrolló hasta ser un león joven. Él aprendió también a desgarrar la presa y devoraba hombres.
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.
Hizo estragos en palacios y asoló ciudades. Quedó desolada la tierra y cuanto había en ella a causa del estruendo de sus rugidos.
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.
Las gentes que se reunieron de todos lados arremetieron contra él. Tendieron sus redes sobre él, y fue atrapado en la fosa de ellas.
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.
En una jaula y con grilletes lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia y lo metieron en una prisión, para que su rugido no se oyera más en las montañas de Israel.
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.
Tu madre era como una vid en tu viña, plantada junto a las aguas. Era metida en una prisión llena de ramas a causa de la abundancia de aguas.
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.
Ella produjo varas fuertes para cetros de soberanos. Se elevó su estatura entre las nubes. Era vista desde lejos por su altura y por sus numerosas ramas.
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.
Pero fue arrancada con furia y derribada a tierra. El viento de oriente secó su fruto. Sus fuertes ramas fueron quebradas. Se secaron y el fuego las consumió.
13 And now she is planted in the waste land, in a dry and unwatered country.
Y ahora está plantada en el desierto, en tierra seca y sedienta.
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.
Una de sus ramas produjo el fuego que consumió su fruto. No queda en ella vara fuerte para cetros de soberanos. Ésta es una lamentación y se convirtió en una lamentación.
