Ezekiel 19
1 [Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel], sing a sad funeral [a which will be a parable] [two of the] kings of Israel.
你應為以色列的君王唱一篇哀歌，
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.
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 She taught one of them to [for other animals to kill], and he [even] learned [kill and] eat people.
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 [When people from other] nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.
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 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.
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 He hunted along with [other] [for animals to kill], and he even learned [kill and] eat people.
牠在群獅中徘徊，成了壯獅，學會了撕裂獵物，吞噬人類。
7 He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared [loudly], everyone was terrified.
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 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.
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 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, ]
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 ‘[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.
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 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].
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 [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.
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 Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert.
現今它被栽植在沙漠中，在那枯燥乾旱的地方。
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.”
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。
