Ezekiel 19
1 Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Allah menyuruh aku menyanyikan ratapan ini untuk dua orang pangeran Israel:
2 and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps!
Ibumu bagaikan singa betina yang hebat dan luar biasa. Ia membesarkan anak-anaknya di antara singa-singa perkasa.
3 And she brought up one of her whelps, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.
Salah seekor anaknya dididiknya dan diajarinya mencari mangsa. Maka jadilah ia singa dewasa penerkam dan pemakan manusia.
4 Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
Bangsa-bangsa yang mendengar tentang dia berkumpul untuk menangkapnya. Ia dijebak dalam lubang dan ditawan, lalu diseret ke Mesir dengan kaitan.
5 Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Sia-sia si induk menunggu anaknya; lalu ia tahu bahwa hilanglah harapannya. Maka anaknya yang lain dilatihnya menjadi singa ganas dan perkasa.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.
Anak singa itu menjadi dewasa dan bergaul dengan singa-singa lainnya. Ia belajar mencari mangsa, dan menjadi pemakan orang juga.
7 And he knew their castles, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.
Benteng-benteng didobraknya, kota-kota dirusaknya. Seluruh penduduk negeri menjadi gentar mendengar aumnya yang bergelegar.
8 Then the nations cried out against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him, he was taken in their pit.
Tetapi bangsa-bangsa dari wilayah sekelilingnya menyergapnya dari mana-mana. Mereka tebarkan jala untuk menangkapnya, dan ia pun terjebak dalam perangkap mereka.
9 And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; that they might bring him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Ia dimasukkan ke dalam kurungan singa lalu dibawa ke negeri Babel, menghadap raja. Ia dijaga kuat supaya aumnya jangan kedengaran lagi di atas bukit-bukit Israel yang tinggi.
10 Thy mother was like a vine, in thy likeness, planted by the waters; she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Ibumu bagaikan pohon anggur permai yang tumbuh di kebun dekat anak sungai. Ia menjadi rindang dan berbuah sebab air di situ berlimpah-limpah.
11 And she had strong rods to be sceptres for them that bore rule; and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she was seen in her height with the multitude of her tendrils.
Cabangnya kuat, tak mudah dipatahkan layak dijadikan tongkat kerajaan. Puncaknya tinggi menjulang menjangkau awan-awan. Ia dikagumi semua orang sebab ia tinggi dan daunnya rindang.
12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit; her strong rods were broken off and withered, the fire consumed her.
Tetapi ia dicabut oleh tangan-tangan yang marah, kemudian dicampakkan ke tanah. Angin Timur bertiup, mengeringkan buahnya yang segar. Dahannya patah, menjadi kering lalu dibakar.
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
Kini ia ditanam di padang pasir, di tanah gersang dan tidak berair.
14 And fire is gone out of the rod of her branches, it hath devoured her fruit, so that there is in her no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule.' This is a lamentation, and it was for a lamentation.
Batang anggur itu dijilat api menjalar; cabang dan buahnya habis terbakar. Dahannya kini tanpa kekuatan; tak mungkin dijadikan tongkat kerajaan. Itulah ratapan yang berulang-ulang dinyanyikan oleh umat.
