Ἰεζεκιήλ 19
1 Και συ ανάλαβε θρήνον διά τους ηγεμόνας του Ισραήλ,
“And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 και ειπέ, Τι είναι η μήτηρ σου; Λέαινα· κείται μεταξύ λεόντων, έθρεψε τα βρέφη αυτής εν μέσω σκύμνων.
and you shall say: Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions, and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?
3 Και ανέθρεψεν εν εκ των βρεφών αυτής και έγεινε σκύμνος και έμαθε να αρπάζη το θήραμα· ανθρώπους έτρωγε.
And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.
4 Και τα έθνη ήκουσαν περί αυτού· επιάσθη εν τω λάκκω αυτών, και έφεραν αυτόν με αλύσεις εις την γην της Αιγύπτου.
And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.
5 Και ιδούσα ότι η ελπίς αυτής εματαιώθη και εχάθη, έλαβεν εν άλλο εκ των βρεφών αυτής και έκαμεν αυτό σκύμνον.
Then, when she had seen that she was weakened, and that her hope had perished, she took one of her little ones, and appointed him as a lion.
6 Και αναστρεφόμενον εν μέσω των λεόντων έγεινε σκύμνος και έμαθε να αρπάζη θήραμα· ανθρώπους έτρωγε.
And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.
7 Και εγνώρισε τα παλάτια αυτών και ερήμονε τας πόλεις αυτών· και ήτο ηφανισμένη η γη και το πλήρωμα αυτής από του ήχου του βρυχήματος αυτού.
He learned to make widows, and to lead their citizens into the desert. And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.
8 Και τα έθνη παρετάχθησαν εναντίον αυτού κυκλόθεν εκ των επαρχιών και ήπλωσαν κατ' αυτού τα βρόχια αυτών, και επιάσθη εν τω λάκκω αυτών.
And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces, and they spread their net over him; by their wounds, he was captured.
9 Και έβαλον αυτόν με αλύσεις εις κλωβίον και έφεραν αυτόν προς τον βασιλέα της Βαβυλώνος· εν δεσμωτηρίω εισήγαγον αυτόν, διά να μη ακουσθή πλέον φωνή αυτού επί τα όρη του Ισραήλ.
And they put him into a cage; they led him in chains to the king of Babylon. And they cast him into a prison, so that his voice would no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Η μήτηρ σου, καθ' ομοίωσίν σου, ήτο ως άμπελος πεφυτευμένη πλησίον των υδάτων· έγεινε καρποφόρος και πλήρης κλάδων διά τα πολλά ύδατα.
Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water; her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.
11 Και έγειναν εις αυτήν ράβδοι ισχυραί διά σκήπτρα των κρατούντων· και ο κορμός αυτής υψώθη εν μέσω των πυκνών κλάδων, και έγεινε περίβλεπτος κατά το ύψος αυτής μεταξύ του πλήθους των βλαστών αυτής.
And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers, and her stature was exalted among the branches. And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.
12 Απεσπάσθη όμως μετά θυμού, ερρίφθη κατά γης, και ανατολικός άνεμος κατεξήρανε τον καρπόν αυτής· αι ισχυραί αυτής ράβδοι συνεθλάσθησαν και εξηράνθησαν· πυρ κατέφαγεν αυτάς.
But she was uprooted in wrath, and cast upon the ground. And the burning wind dried up her fruit. Her robust branches withered and were dried up. A fire consumed her.
13 Και τώρα είναι πεφυτευμένη εν ερήμω, εν ξηρά και ανύδρω γη.
And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
14 Και εξήλθε πυρ από ράβδου τινός εκ των κλάδων αυτής και κατέφαγε τον καρπόν αυτής, ώστε δεν υπήρχε πλέον εν αυτή ράβδος ισχυρά διά σκήπτρον ηγεμονίας· ούτος είναι ο θρήνος και θέλει είσθαι εις θρήνον.
And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation.”
