Yehezkiel 19
1 Hai, ucapkanlah suatu ratapan mengenai raja Israel,
Moreover, take thou 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 thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
3 Ia membesarkan seekor dari anak-anaknya, sehingga menjadi singa muda; ia belajar menerkam, malah manusia ditelannya.
And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion: and 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 unto 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 whelps, 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.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion: and 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.
And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, 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 set against him on every side from the provinces: and 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.
And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strong holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Ibumu seperti pohon anggur dalam kebun anggur, yang tertanam dekat air, berbuah dan bercabang karena air yang berlimpah-limpah.
Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: she 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.
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and 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 she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods 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.
And now she 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.
And fire is gone out of the rods of her branches, it hath devoured her fruit, so that there is in her no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
