Ezechiele 19
1 Intona ora un lamento sui capi d'Israele
“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 «Che cos'era tua madre? Una leonessa fra leoni. Accovacciata in mezzo ai leoni allevava i suoi cuccioli. dicendo:
and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 Essa innalzò uno dei cuccioli che divenne leone, imparò a sbranare la preda, a divorare gli uomini.
She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
4 Ma contro di lui le genti fecero lega, restò preso nella loro fossa e in catene fu condotto in Egitto.
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 Quando essa vide che era lunga l'attesa e delusa la sua speranza, prese un altro cucciolo e ne fece un leoncino.
“‘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 Egli se ne andava e veniva fra i leoni, divenuto leoncello, e imparò a sbranare la preda, a divorare gli uomini.
He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
7 Penetrò nei loro palazzi, devastò le loro città. Il paese e i suoi abitanti sbigottivano al rumore del suo ruggito.
He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
8 Lo assalirono le genti, le contrade all'intorno; tesero un laccio contro di lui e restò preso nella loro fossa.
Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
9 Lo chiusero in una gabbia, lo condussero in catene al re di Babilonia e lo misero in una prigione, perché non se ne sentisse la voce sui monti d'Israele.
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 Tua madre era come una vite piantata vicino alle acque. Era rigogliosa e frondosa per l'abbondanza dell'acqua;
“‘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 ebbe rami robusti buoni per scettri regali; il suo fusto si elevò in mezzo agli arbusti mirabile per la sua altezza e per l'abbondanza dei suoi rami.
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 Ma essa fu sradicata con furore e gettata a terra; il vento d'oriente la disseccò, disseccò i suoi frutti; il suo ramo robusto inaridì e il fuoco lo divorò.
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 Ora è trapiantata nel deserto, in una terra secca e riarsa;
Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
14 un fuoco uscì da un suo ramo, divorò tralci e frutti ed essa non ha più alcun ramo robusto, uno scettro per dominare». Questo è un lamento e come lamento è passato nell'uso.
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.”
