Ezekiel 19
1 And thou, —do thou lift up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Entona tú una elegía sobre los príncipes de Israel.
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!
Dirás: ¿Qué es tu madre? Una leona que se echó entre leones; en medio de leoncillos crió sus cachorros.
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.
Y ensalzó a uno de sus cachorros, el cual llegó a ser leoncillo; aprendió a hacer presa y devoró hombres.
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.
Oyeron de él las gentes, y quedó preso en su hoyo; y le llevaron con ganchos a la tierra de Egipto.
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.
Viendo ella que esperaba (en vano) y que era infructuosa su esperanza, tomó otro de sus cachorros y le puso por leoncillo.
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.
Andaba este entre los leones, e se hizo leoncillo; aprendió a hacer presa y devoró hombres;
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.
aprendió a hacer viudas y devastar ciudades; y al oír su rugido se espantaba el país y cuanto en él había.
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.
Pero se echaron sobre él las gentes de las comarcas circunvecinas; extendieron sobre él su red, y quedó preso en su hoyo.
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.
Le pusieron en una jaula, con un gancho (en la nariz), y le llevaron al rey de Babel; y le metieron en la cárcel, para que no se oyese más su voz sobre los montes de Israel.
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.
Durante el tiempo de tu prosperidad tu madre era como una vid, plantada junto a las aguas, fecunda y frondosa por las muchas aguas.
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.
Había en ella ramas fuertes para cetros de reyes, se elevaba su tronco por encima de los arbustos, y sorprendía por su altura y la multitud de sus sarmientos.
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.
Mas fue arrancada con furor y echada a tierra, y el viento solano secó sus frutos; se quebraron y se marchitaron sus robustas ramas y las devoró el fuego.
13 And now is she planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
Plantada está ahora en el desierto, en una tierra seca y sedienta;
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.
más salió fuego de una vara de sus ramas, y devoró su fruto; y no le queda rama fuerte para cetro de rey. Elegía es esta, y de elegía servirá.
