Yehezkiel 19
1 Hai, ucapkanlah suatu ratapan mengenai raja Israel,
“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 dan katakanlah begini: "Betapa ibumu menjadi seekor singa betina di antara singa-singa! Ia berbaring di antara singa-singa muda, dan menyusui anak-anaknya.
and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 Ia membesarkan seekor dari anak-anaknya, sehingga menjadi singa muda; ia belajar menerkam, malah manusia ditelannya.
She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
4 Bangsa-bangsa menyerukan: Singa mengamuk! akhirnya ia terjebak dalam pelubang mereka; mereka mengelikir dia dan menggiringnya ke Mesir.
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 Sesudah induk singa menyadari bahwa usahanya gagal dan pengharapannya hilang lenyap, ia mengambil anaknya yang lain dan membesarkannya menjadi singa muda.
“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
6 Anaknya ini berjalan-jalan di antara kawanan singa, ia menjadi seekor singa muda; ia belajar menerkam, malah manusia ditelannya.
He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
7 Ia merusak puri-puri mereka dan menumpas kota-kotanya; bumi serta segala isinya diam ketakutan mendengar suara aumnya.
He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
8 Maka bangsa-bangsa bangkit melawan dia dari daerah-daerah sekelilingnya, mereka memasang jaring untuk menangkapnya dan menjebaknya dalam pelubang.
Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
9 Ia dikurung dalam kandang, sambil dikelikir, dibawa ke hadapan raja Babel dan dimasukkan dalam penjara, supaya suaranya jangan kedengaran lagi di atas gunung-gunung Israel.
They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
10 Ibumu seperti pohon anggur dalam kebun anggur, yang tertanam dekat air, berbuah dan bercabang karena air yang berlimpah-limpah.
“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 Padanya tumbuh suatu cabang yang kuat yang menjadi tongkat kerajaan; ia menjulang tinggi di antara cabang-cabangnya yang rapat, dan menjadi kentara karena tingginya dan karena rantingnya yang banyak.
It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
12 Tetapi ia tercabut di dalam kemarahan dan dilemparkan ke bumi; angin timur membuatnya layu kering, buahnya disentakkan, cabang yang kuat menjadi layu kering; dan api menghabiskannya.
But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.
13 Dan sekarang ia tertanam di padang gurun, di tanah yang kering dan haus akan air.
Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Maka keluarlah api dari cabangnya yang memakan habis ranting dan buahnya, sehingga tiada lagi padanya cabang yang kuat dan tiada tongkat kerajaan." Ini adalah ratapan dan sudah menjadi ratapan.
Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”
