Ezekiel 19
1 And thou, —do thou lift up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
| خداوند فرمود که برای رهبران اسرائیل این مرثیه را بخوانم: |
2 And say, What a noble lioness was thy mother! among lions did she lie down, in the midst of young lions did she raise her whelps!
| «مادر تو که بود؟ او ماده شیری بود که فرزندانش را میان شیران ژیان بزرگ می‌کرد! |
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to tear in pieces the prey; [even] men he devoured.
| او یکی از بچه‌های خود را تربیت کرد تا شیری ژیان گردد. آن شیربچه شکار کردن را آموخت و آدمخوار شد. |
4 And when nations heard of him, he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings unto the land of 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 Now when she saw that she had long waited, [that] her hope was lost, she took another one of her whelps, and made him 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 And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a young lion; and he learned to tear in pieces the prey; even men he devoured.
| وقتی او بزرگ شد، شکار کردن را آموخت و آدمخوار شد و رهبر شیران گردید. |
7 And he broke down their palaces, and their cities laid he in ruins: and then was terrified the land, with all that filled it, because of the noise of his 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 set themselves the nations against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread over him their net: in their pit was he caught.
| پس قومهای جهان از هر سو بر او هجوم آورده، او را به دام انداختند و اسیرش کردند. |
9 And they put him in a cage with nose-rings [in his nose], and they brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into strong-holds, in order that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
| 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 Thy mother was like a vine, if I compare thee to aught, planted by the waters: fruitful and full of boughs was she by reason of many waters.
| «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 And she had strong branches [fit] for the sceptres of rulers, and her stature grew up high between the thick-branched [trees], and she was seen through her height by means of the multitude of her tendrils.
| 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 she was plucked up in fury, to the ground was she cast down, and the east wind dried up her fruit: and torn off and dried up were her strong branches, a fire consumed them.
| 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 And now is she planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
| اکنون آن درخت در بیابان کاشته شده است، در زمینی خشک و بی‌آب! |
14 And fire is gone out of a branch of her boughs, and hath devoured her fruit, so that there is no more on her a strong branch for a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and it is become a lamentation.
| 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! |
