Hiezechielis Prophetæ 19
1 et tu adsume planctum super principes Israhel
And thou, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 et dices quare mater tua leaena inter leones cubavit in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
3 et eduxit unum de leunculis suis leo factus est et didicit capere praedam hominemque comedere
And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
4 et audierunt de eo gentes et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum et adduxerunt eum in catenis in terram Aegypti
And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.
5 quae cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est et periit expectatio eius tulit unum de leunculis suis leonem constituit eum
And when she saw that she had waited [and] her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.
6 qui incedebat inter leones et factus est leo didicit praedam capere et homines devorare
And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
7 didicit viduas facere et civitates eorum in desertum adducere et desolata est terra et plenitudo eius a voce rugitus illius
And he knew their [desolate] palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.
8 et convenerunt adversum eum gentes undique de provinciis et expanderunt super eum rete suum in vulneribus earum captus est
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
9 et miserunt eum in caveam in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis miseruntque eum in carcerem ne audiretur vox eius ultra super montes Israhel
And they put him in a cage with nose-rings, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata fructus eius et frondes eius creverunt ex aquis multis
Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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
And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.
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 it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13 et nunc transplantata est in desertum in terra invia et sitienti
And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground:
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
and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
