Ezekiel 19
1 “Isu a sika! Ikantam daytoy a panagunnoy a maibusor kadagiti mangidadaulo iti Israel
[Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel], sing a sad funeral [a which will be a parable] [two of the] kings of Israel.
2 ket kunaem, 'Siasino ti inam? Maysa a kabaian a leon a nagnaed kadagiti kalakian nga urbon ti maysa a leon; iti nagtetengngaan dagiti bumaro a leon, tinaraonanna dagiti urbonna.
Say [to the Israeli people], ‘[It is as though] [MET] your mother was a brave female lion who raised her cubs among [other] lions.
3 Ket pinadakkelna ti maysa kadagiti urbonna agingga a nagbalin a bumaro a leon a nakasursuro a mangrangkay kadagiti biktimana. Naglamut isuna kadagiti tattao.
She taught one of them to [for other animals to kill], and he [even] learned [kill and] eat people.
4 Ket nangngeg dagiti nasion ti maipanggep kenkuana. Natiliw isuna iti palab-ogda, ket impanda iti daga ti Egipto babaen kadagiti kallawit.
[When people from other] nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.
5 Ket nakitana nga uray no nagur-uray isuna iti panagsublina, napukawen ti namnamana, isu a nangala isuna iti maysa pay kadagiti urbonna ket pinadakkelna agingga a nagbalin a bumaro a leon.
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.
6 Nakipagdakiwas daytoy a bumaro a leon kadagiti padana a leon. Bumaro isuna a leon ket nasursurona ti mangrangkay kadagiti biktimana; naglamut isuna kadagiti tattao.
He hunted along with [other] [for animals to kill], and he even learned [kill and] eat people.
7 Ket rinamesna dagiti balo dagiti napapatayna ken dinadaelna dagiti siudadda. Ket nabaybay-an ti daga ken amin a linaonna gapu iti uni ti panagngerngerna!
He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared [loudly], everyone was terrified.
8 Ngem immay dagiti nasion a maibusor kenkuana manipud kadagiti kabangibang a probinsia; inwayatda dagiti iketda kenkuana. Natiliw isuna iti palab-ogda.
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.
9 Inkabilda isuna iti tangkal babaen iti kallawit ket impanda iti ari ti Babilonia. Impanda isuna kadagiti sarikedked dagiti bantay tapno saanen a mangngeg ti timekna kadagiti bantay ti Israel.
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, ]
10 Maiyarig ti inam iti ubas a naimula iti daram iti abay ti danum. Nabunga isuna ken adu ti sangana gapu iti kinawadwad ti danum.
‘[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.
11 Addaan isuna kadagiti natitibker a sanga nga agpaay a setro ti pangulo, ken maidaydayaw ti kinatayagna kadagiti sanga dagiti kaykayo nga adda iti aglawlawna.
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].
12 Ngem naparut ti ubas gapu iti pungtot ket naibelleng iti daga, ket pinagango ti angin manipud daya ti bungana. Nasip-ak dagiti natibker a sangana ket nalaylay; inuram ti apuy dagitoy.
[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.
13 Isu nga ita naimula isuna iti let-ang, iti daga a natikag ken namaga.
Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert.
14 Ta adda apuy a rimmuar manipud kadagiti dadakkel a sangana ket pinuoran daytoy dagiti bungana. Awanen ti natibker a sangana, awanen ti setro nga agturay.' Daytoy ket un-unnoy a maikantanto a kas panagunnoy.”
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.”
