Ezekiel 19
1 And thou, lift up a lamentation unto princes of Israel,
你當為以色列的王作起哀歌，
2 and thou hast said: What [is] thy mother? — a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.
說： 你的母親是甚麼呢？ 是個母獅子，蹲伏在獅子中間， 在少壯獅子中養育小獅子。
3 And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.
在牠小獅子中養大一個， 成了少壯獅子， 學會抓食而吃人。
4 And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.
列國聽見了就把牠捉在他們的坑中， 用鉤子拉到埃及地去。
5 And she seeth, that stayed — perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.
母獅見自己等候失了指望， 就從牠小獅子中又將一個養為少壯獅子。
6 And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.
牠在眾獅子中走來走去， 成了少壯獅子， 學會抓食而吃人。
7 And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.
牠知道列國的宮殿， 又使他們的城邑變為荒場； 因牠咆哮的聲音， 遍地和其中所有的就都荒廢。
8 And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.
於是四圍邦國各省的人來攻擊牠， 將網撒在牠身上， 捉在他們的坑中。
9 And they put it in prison — in chains, And they bring it unto the king of Babylon, They bring it in unto bulwarks, So that its voice is not heard any more On mountains of Israel.
他們用鉤子鉤住牠，將牠放在籠中， 帶到巴比倫王那裏， 將牠放入堅固之所， 使牠的聲音在以色列山上不再聽見。
10 Thy mother [is] as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.
你的母親先前如葡萄樹， 極其茂盛，栽於水旁。 因為水多， 就多結果子，滿生枝子；
11 And it hath strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And high is its stature above thick branches, And it appeareth in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.
生出堅固的枝幹，可作掌權者的杖。 這枝幹高舉在茂密的枝中， 而且它生長高大，枝子繁多， 遠遠可見。
12 And it is plucked up in fury, To the earth it hath been cast, And the east wind hath dried up its fruit, Broken and withered hath been the rod of its strength, Fire hath consumed it.
但這葡萄樹因忿怒被拔出摔在地上； 東風吹乾其上的果子， 堅固的枝幹折斷枯乾， 被火燒毀了；
13 And now — it is planted in a wilderness, In a land dry and thirsty.
如今栽於曠野乾旱無水之地。
14 And go forth doth fire from a rod of its boughs, Its fruit it hath devoured, And it hath no rod of strength — a sceptre to rule, Lamentation it [is] — and it is for a lamentation!'
火也從它枝幹中發出， 燒滅果子， 以致沒有堅固的枝幹可做掌權者的杖。 這是哀歌，也必用以作哀歌。
