Ezekiel 19
1 Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel
E tu, levanta uma lamentação sobre os príncipes de Israel.
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.
E dize: Quem foi tua mãe? Uma leoa deitada entre os leões; entre os leõezinhos ela criou seus filhotes.
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.
E fez crescer um de seus filhotes, que veio a ser um leãozinho; e ele aprendeu a caçar presa, e a devorar homens.
4 But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.
E as nações ouviram dele; ele foi preso na cova delas, e o trouxeram com ganchos à terra do Egito.
5 When she realized that the hope she had been waiting for was gone, she made another of her cubs into a young lion.
E quando ela viu que havia esperado [muito], e que sua esperança era perdida, tomou outro de seus filhotes, e o pôs por leãozinho.
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.
E ele andou entre os leões; tornou-se um leãozinho, aprendeu a caçar presa, e devorou homens.
7 He tore down their fortresses and destroyed their towns. All the people living in the country were appalled when they heard him roaring.
E conheceu suas viúvas, e destruiu suas cidades; e a terra e tudo que ela continha foram devastadas à voz de seu bramido.
8 Then the people of the countries all around attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their trap.
Então foram contra sobre ele as nações das províncias de seu ao redor; estenderam sobre ele sua rede, e ele foi preso na cova delas.
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.
E o puseram em cárcere com ganchos, e o levaram ao rei da Babilônia; meteram-no em fortalezas, para que sua voz não fosse mais ouvida nos montes de Israel.
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.
Tua mãe era como uma videira em teu sangue, plantada junto às águas; que frutificava e era cheia de ramos, por causa das muitas águas.
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.
E ela tinha varas fortes para cetros de senhores; e sua estatura se levantava por encima entre os ramos; e sua altura podia ser vista com a multidão de seus ramos.
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.
Porém foi arrancada com furor, derrubada na terra, e vento oriental secou seu fruto; suas fortes varas foram quebradas, e se secaram; o fogo as consumiu.
13 Now the vine has been replanted in the desert, in a dry and waterless land.
E agora está plantada no deserto, em terra seca e sedenta.
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.
E saiu fogo da uma vara de seus ramos, que consumido seu fruto; de modo que nela não há mais vara forte, cetro para senhorear. Esta é a lamentação, e para lamentação servirá.
