Ezekiel 19
1 “And you, lift up a lamentation to princes of Israel,
你應為以色列的君王唱一篇哀歌，
2 and you have said: What [is] your mother? A lioness, She has crouched down among lions, She has multiplied her whelps in the midst of young lions.
說：「你的母親原像什麼﹖她像群獅中的一隻牝獅，臥在壯獅中養大了幼獅。
3 And she brings up one of her whelps, He has been a young lion, And he learns to tear prey, He has devoured man.
牠養大了一隻幼小的。牠就長成了壯獅，學會了撕裂獵物，吞噬人類。
4 And nations hear of him, He has been caught in their pit, And they bring him to the land of Egypt in chains.
列國於是下令追捕牠，牠遂在她們所設的陷阱中被捕，人便用鼻環把牠牽到埃及地。
5 And as she waited she sees that her hope has perished, And she takes one of her whelps, She has made him a young lion.
母獅見自己所等待的，所希望的落了空，就另取了一隻幼獅，使牠成為壯獅。
6 And he goes up and down in the midst of lions, He has been a young lion, And he learns to tear prey, He has devoured man.
牠在群獅中徘徊，成了壯獅，學會了撕裂獵物，吞噬人類。
7 And he knows his forsaken habitations, And he has laid waste [to] their cities, And the land and its fullness is desolate, Because of the voice of his roaring.
牠把裂物帶到自己的穴中，恐嚇羊群，那地方和居民對牠的吼聲，無不驚懼。
8 And surrounding nations set against him from the provinces. And they spread out their net for him, He has been caught in their pit.
於是各國由四周各地追蹤牠，設下羅網捕捉牠，終於在她們的陷阱中被捕。
9 And they put him in prison—in chains, And they bring him to the king of Babylon, They bring him into bulwarks, So that his voice is not heard On mountains of Israel anymore.
然後給牠帶上鼻環，把牠裝在籠中，將他解送到巴比倫王那裏，將牠囚禁在獄中，免得在以色列的山上再聽到牠的吼聲。
10 Your mother, like the vine in your blood, Is being planted by waters, She was bearing fruit and full of boughs, Because of many waters.
你的母親像園中的一棵葡萄樹，栽植在水旁，因為水多，果實纍纍，枝葉繁茂。
11 And she has strong rods for scepters of rulers, And she is high in stature above—between thick branches, And it appears in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.
她生出一根粗壯的枝條，可作統治者的權杖，它的軀幹高大，超過其他的枝葉。因它身量高大，在密茂的枝葉中，也可以見到。
12 And she is plucked up in fury, She has been cast to the earth, And the east wind has dried up her fruit, [The] rod of her strength has been broken and withered, Fire has consumed it.
但是在狂怒中，它竟被拔出，拋棄在地上，東風吹乾了它的果實，它粗壯的枝幹被折斷而乾枯，為火所焚燒。
13 And now she is planted in a wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.
現今它被栽植在沙漠中，在那枯燥乾旱的地方。
14 And fire goes forth from a rod of her boughs, It has devoured her fruit, And she has no rod of strength—a scepter to rule, A lamentation—and she has become for a lamentation!”
由枝梢上冒出一團火，焚燒了它的枝葉和果實，沒有給它留下一根粗壯的枝條，作統治者的權杖。」這是一篇哀歌，可為追悼之用。
