Ezekiel 19
1 Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel
| خداوند فرمود که برای رهبران اسرائیل این مرثیه را بخوانم: |
2 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.
| «مادر تو که بود؟ او ماده شیری بود که فرزندانش را میان شیران ژیان بزرگ می‌کرد! |
3 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.
| او یکی از بچه‌های خود را تربیت کرد تا شیری ژیان گردد. آن شیربچه شکار کردن را آموخت و آدمخوار شد. |
4 But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.
| وقتی خبر او به گوش قومها رسید، آنها شکارچیان خود را فرستادند و او را در دام انداختند و به زنجیر کشیده، به مصر بردند. |
5 When she realized that the hope she had been waiting for was gone, she made another of her cubs into a young lion.
| «وقتی مادرش از او قطع امید کرد، یکی دیگر از بچه‌های خود را گرفت و او را تربیت نمود تا شیری نیرومند گردد. |
6 He went around with the other lions, and became strong. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.
| وقتی او بزرگ شد، شکار کردن را آموخت و آدمخوار شد و رهبر شیران گردید. |
7 He tore down their fortresses and destroyed their towns. All the people living in the country were appalled when they heard him roaring.
| او کاخها را خراب و شهرها را ویران کرد. مزرعه‌ها را بایر نمود و محصولاتشان را از بین برد. مردم همه از شنیدن غرش او، به خود می‌لرزیدند! |
8 Then the people of the countries all around attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their trap.
| پس قومهای جهان از هر سو بر او هجوم آورده، او را به دام انداختند و اسیرش کردند. |
9 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.
| سپس او را به زنجیر کشیدند و در قفس گذاشتند و به حضور پادشاه بابِل بردند. در آنجا او را تحت مراقبت نگه داشتند تا بار دیگر غرشش در کوههای اسرائیل شنیده نشود. |
10 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.
| «مادر تو همچون درخت انگوری بود که در کنار نهر آب، در اثر آب فراوان، همیشه تر و تازه و پر شاخ و برگ بود. |
11 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.
| شاخه‌های قوی و محکم آن برای عصای سلاطین مناسب بود. آن درخت از درختان دیگر بلندتر گردید به حدی که از دور جلب توجه می‌کرد. |
12 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.
| اما دستانی خشمگین، آن درخت را ریشه‌کن کرده، بر زمین انداخت. باد شرقی شاخه‌های نیرومندش را شکست و خشک کرد و آتش، آنها را سوزاند. |
13 Now the vine has been replanted in the desert, in a dry and waterless land.
| اکنون آن درخت در بیابان کاشته شده است، در زمینی خشک و بی‌آب! |
14 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.
| از درون می‌پوسد و میوه‌اش از بین می‌رود، و از آن یک شاخه محکم نیز برای عصای سلاطین باقی نمی‌ماند.» این یک مرثیه است و بارها سروده شده است! |
