Hiezechielis Prophetæ 19

1 et tu adsume planctum super principes Israhel

Moreover, 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: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps!

3 et eduxit unum de leunculis suis leo factus est et didicit capere praedam hominemque comedere

And she brought up one of her whelps, he 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

Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

5 quae cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est et periit expectatio eius tulit unum de leunculis suis leonem constituit eum

Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then 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 he 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 castles, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of 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 cried out against him on every side from the provinces; and they 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 hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; that they might bring him into strongholds, so 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 like a vine, in thy likeness, planted by the waters; she 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 she had strong rods to be sceptres for them that bore rule; and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she was seen in her height with the multitude of her tendrils.

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 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 her.

13 et nunc transplantata est in desertum in terra invia et sitienti

And now she 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 fire is gone out of the rod 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 it was for a lamentation.