Hiezechielis Prophetæ 19

1 Et tu fili hominis assume planctum super principes Israel,

“Now you, take up a lamentation against the leaders of Israel

2 et dices: Quare mater tua leaena inter leones cubavit, in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos?

and say, 'Who was your mother? A lioness, she lived with a lion's son; in the midst of young lions, she nurtured her cubs.

3 Et eduxit unum de leunculis suis, et leo factus est: et didicit capere praedam, hominemque comedere.

She is the one who raised up one of her cubs to become a young lion, a lion who learned to tear apart his victims, and then he devoured men.

4 Et audierunt de eo Gentes, et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum: et adduxerunt eum in catenis in Terram Aegypti.

Then the nations heard about him. He was caught in their trap, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5 Quae cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est, et periit expectatio eius: tulit unum de leunculis suis, leonem constituit eum.

Then she saw that although she had waited for his return, her expectation was now gone, so she took another of her cubs and raised him to become a young lion.

6 Qui incedebat inter leones, et factus est leo: et didicit praedam capere, et homines devorare:

This young lion roamed about in the midst of lions. He was a young lion and learned to tear his victims; he devoured men.

7 Didicit viduas facere, et civitates earum in desertum adducere: et desolata est terra, et plenitudo eius a voce rugitus illius.

He seized their widows and ruined their cities. The land and its fullness were abandoned because of the sound of his roaring.

8 Et convenerunt adversus eum Gentes undique de provinciis, et expanderunt super eum rete suum, in vulneribus earum captus est.

But the nations came against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their nets over him. He was caught in their trap.

9 Et miserunt eum in caveam, in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis: miseruntque eum in carcerem, ne audiretur vox eius ultra super montes Israel.

With hooks they put him in a cage and then they brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him to the strongholds so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.

10 Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est: fructus eius, et frondes eius creverunt ex aquis multis.

Your mother was like a vine planted in your blood beside the water. it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundance of water.

11 Et factae sunt ei virgae solidae in sceptra dominantium, et exaltata est statura eius inter frondes: et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum.

It had strong branches that were used for rulers' scepters, and its size was exalted above the branches, and its height was seen by the greatness of its foliage.

12 Et evulsa est in ira, in terramque proiecta, et ventus urens siccavit fructum eius: marcuerunt, et arefactae sunt virgae roboris eius: ignis comedit eam.

But the vine was uprooted in fury and thrown down to the earth, and an eastern wind dried out its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered and fire consumed them.

13 Et nunc transplantata est in desertum, in terra invia, et sitienti.

So now it is planted in the wilderness, in a land of drought and thirst.

14 Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum eius, qui fructum eius comedit: et non fuit in ea virga fortis, sceptrum dominantium. Planctus est, et erit in planctum.

For fire went out from her large branches and consumed its fruit. There is no strong branch on it, no scepter to rule.' This is a lamentation and will be sung as a lamentation.”