Ezekiel 19
1 “Now you, take up a lamentation against the leaders of Israel
E tu levanta uma lamentação sobre os príncipes de Israel.
2 and say, 'Who was your mother? A lioness, she lived with a lion's son; in the midst of young lions, she nurtured her cubs.
E dize: Quem foi tua mãe? uma leoa entre leões deitada criou os seus cachorros no meio dos leãozinhos.
3 She is the one who raised up one of her cubs to become a young lion, a lion who learned to tear apart his victims, and then he devoured men.
E fez crescer um dos seus cachorrinhos, e veio a ser leãozinho e aprendeu a apanhar a preza; e devorou os homens,
4 Then the nations heard about him. He was caught in their trap, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
E, ouvindo falar dele as nações, foi apanhado na cova delas, e o trouxeram com ganchos à terra do Egito.
5 Then she saw that although she had waited for his return, her expectation was now gone, so she took another of her cubs and raised him to become a young lion.
Vendo pois ela que havia esperado muito, e que a sua expectação era perdida, tomou outro dos seus cachorros, e fez dele um leãozinho.
6 This young lion roamed about in the midst of lions. He was a young lion and learned to tear his victims; he devoured men.
Este pois, andando continuamente no meio dos leões, veio a ser leãozinho, e aprendeu a apanhar a preza: e devorou homens.
7 He seized their widows and ruined their cities. The land and its fullness were abandoned because of the sound of his roaring.
E conheceu os seus palácios, e destruiu as suas cidades; e assolou-se a terra, e a sua plenitude, ao ouvir o seu rugido.
8 But the nations came against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their nets over him. He was caught in their trap.
Então se ajuntavam contra ele as gentes das províncias em roda, e estenderam sobre ele a rede, e foi apanhado na cova delas.
9 With hooks they put him in a cage and then they brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him to the strongholds so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
E meteram-no em cárcere com ganchos, e o levaram ao rei de Babilônia; fizeram-no entrar nos lugares fortes, para que se não ouvisse mais a sua voz nos montes de Israel.
10 Your mother was like a vine planted in your blood beside the water. it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundance of water.
Tua mãe era como uma videira na tua quietação, plantada à borda das águas, frutificando, e foi cheia de ramos, por causa das muitas águas.
11 It had strong branches that were used for rulers' scepters, and its size was exalted above the branches, and its height was seen by the greatness of its foliage.
E tinha varas fortes para cetros de dominadores, e elevou-se a sua estatura entre os espessos ramos; e foi vista na sua altura com a multidão dos seus ramos.
12 But the vine was uprooted in fury and thrown down to the earth, and an eastern wind dried out its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered and fire consumed them.
Porém foi arrancada com furor, foi abatida até à terra, e o vento oriental secou o seu fruto; quebraram-se e secaram-se as suas fortes varas, o fogo as consumiu,
13 So now it is planted in the wilderness, in a land of drought and thirst.
E agora está plantada no deserto, numa terra seca e sedenta.
14 For fire went out from her large branches and consumed its fruit. There is no strong branch on it, no scepter to rule.' This is a lamentation and will be sung as a lamentation.”
E de uma vara dos seus ramos saiu fogo que consumiu o seu fruto de maneira que nela não há mais vara forte, cetro para dominar. Esta é a lamentação, e servirá de lamentação.
