Ezekiel 19
1 [Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel], sing a sad funeral [a which will be a parable] [two of the] kings of Israel.
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَاتْلُ مَرْثَاةً عَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: | ١ |
2 Say [to the Israeli people], ‘[It is as though] [MET] your mother was a brave female lion who raised her cubs among [other] lions.
| وَقُلْ: مَاذَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكَ؟ لَبْوَةً رَبَضَتْ بَيْنَ الأُسُودِ وَرَبَّتْ جِرَاءَهَا بَيْنَ الأَشْبَالِ. | ٢ |
3 She taught one of them to [for other animals to kill], and he [even] learned [kill and] eat people.
| حَتَّى إِذَا كَبُرَ أَحَدُ جِرَائِهَا وَصَارَ شِبْلاً، وَتَعَلَّمَ الصَّيْدَ، أَكَلَ النَّاسَ. | ٣ |
4 [When people from other] nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.
| وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغَ أَمْرُهُ الأُمَمَ وَقَعَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ، فَأَخَذُوهُ مَسُوقاً بِخَزَائِمِهِ إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ. | ٤ |
5 His mother waited for him [to return], but [soon] she stopped hoping/expecting [that he would return]. So she raised another cub who [also] became very fierce.
| وَعِنْدَمَا أَدْرَكَتْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ انْتِظَارِهَا أَنَّ رَجَاءَهَا قَدْ هَلَكَ، أَخَذَتْ جِرْواً آخَرَ وَجَعَلَتْهُ شِبْلاً. | ٥ |
6 He hunted along with [other] [for animals to kill], and he even learned [kill and] eat people.
| فَتَمَشَّى بَيْنَ الأُسُودِ وَصَارَ شِبْلاً وَتَعَلَّمَ الصَّيْدَ، وَأَكَلَ النَّاسَ، | ٦ |
7 He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared [loudly], everyone was terrified.
| وَهَدَمَ قُصُورَهُمْ وَخَرَّبَ مُدُنَهُمْ، فَارْتَعَبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ زَمْجَرَةِ زَئِيرِهِ، | ٧ |
8 So [people of other] nations planned to kill him, and men came from many places to spread out a net for him, and they caught him in a trap.
| فَاجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ صَوْبٍ، وَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيْهِ شَبَكَتَهُمْ فَوَقَعَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ، | ٨ |
9 They tied him with chains and took him to Babylonia. And [there] he was locked in a prison, with the result that [no one on] the hills of Israel ever heard him roar again.’ [Also, say to the Israeli people, ]
| فَسَاقُوهُ بِخَزَائِمَ وَزَجُّوهُ فِي قَفَصٍ وَأَحْضَرُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَاعْتَقَلُوهُ فِي قِلاعٍ لِكَيْلا تَتَرَدَّدَ أَصْدَاءُ صَوْتِهِ بَعْدُ فَوْقَ جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٩ |
10 ‘[It is as though] [SIM] your mother was a grapevine that was planted along a stream. There was plenty of water, so it had lots of branches and produced [a lot of] grapes.
| أُمُّكَ كَكَرْمَةٍ مِثْلَكَ غُرِسَتْ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمِيَاهِ، فَأَثْمَرَتْ وَأَفْرَخَتْ لِغَزَارَةِ الْمِيَاهِ. | ١٠ |
11 That grapevine grew and became taller than all the nearby trees; [everyone could] see that it was very strong and healthy. And those branches were good for making scepters that symbolize the power/ [of a king].
| فُرُوعُهَا مَتِينَةٌ تَصْلُحُ صَوْلَجَاناً لِلْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ، وَانْتَصَبَ سَاقُهَا عَالِياً بَيْنَ الأَغْصَانِ الْكَثِيفَةِ، فَبَدَتْ شَامِخَةً لِلْعَيَانِ بِفَضْلِ أَغصَانِهَا الْكَثِيرَةِ. | ١١ |
12 [Yahweh] became very angry, so he pulled up the vine by its roots and threw it on the ground, where the [very hot] winds from the desert dried up all its fruit. The strong branches wilted and were burned in a fire.
| لَكِنَّهَا اقْتُلِعَتْ بِحَنَقٍ وَطُرِحَتْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، فَيَبَّسَتِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ أَثْمَارَهَا، وَقَصَفَتْ فُرُوعَهَا الْقَوِيَّةَ حَتَّى جَفَّتْ فَالْتَهَمَتْهَا النِّيرَانُ. | ١٢ |
13 Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert.
| وَهَا هِيَ الآنَ مَغْرُوسَةٌ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فِي أَرْضٍ جَدْبَاءَ ظَمْأَى. | ١٣ |
14 A fire started to burn its stem, and then started to burn the branches and burned all the grapes. [Now] not [even] one strong branch remains; they will never become scepters for a king.’ That funeral song must be sung very sadly.”
| وَانْدَلَعَتْ نَارٌ مِنْ فَرْعِهَا الْتَهَمَتْ أَغْصَانَهَا وَأَثْمَارَهَا، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا فَرْعٌ مَتِينٌ يَصْلُحُ لِصَوْلَجَانِ مُتَسَلِّطٍ. هَذِهِ مَرْثِيَّةٌ لِتَكُونَ قَصِيدَةَ رِثَاءٍ». | ١٤ |
