حِزِقیال 19
| خداوند فرمود که برای رهبران اسرائیل این مرثیه را بخوانم: | 1 |
“And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
| «مادر تو که بود؟ او ماده شیری بود که فرزندانش را میان شیران ژیان بزرگ می‌کرد! | 2 |
and you shall say: Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions, and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?
| او یکی از بچه‌های خود را تربیت کرد تا شیری ژیان گردد. آن شیربچه شکار کردن را آموخت و آدمخوار شد. | 3 |
And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.
| وقتی خبر او به گوش قومها رسید، آنها شکارچیان خود را فرستادند و او را در دام انداختند و به زنجیر کشیده، به مصر بردند. | 4 |
And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.
| «وقتی مادرش از او قطع امید کرد، یکی دیگر از بچه‌های خود را گرفت و او را تربیت نمود تا شیری نیرومند گردد. | 5 |
Then, when she had seen that she was weakened, and that her hope had perished, she took one of her little ones, and appointed him as a lion.
| وقتی او بزرگ شد، شکار کردن را آموخت و آدمخوار شد و رهبر شیران گردید. | 6 |
And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.
| او کاخها را خراب و شهرها را ویران کرد. مزرعه‌ها را بایر نمود و محصولاتشان را از بین برد. مردم همه از شنیدن غرش او، به خود می‌لرزیدند! | 7 |
He learned to make widows, and to lead their citizens into the desert. And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.
| پس قومهای جهان از هر سو بر او هجوم آورده، او را به دام انداختند و اسیرش کردند. | 8 |
And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces, and they spread their net over him; by their wounds, he was captured.
| سپس او را به زنجیر کشیدند و در قفس گذاشتند و به حضور پادشاه بابِل بردند. در آنجا او را تحت مراقبت نگه داشتند تا بار دیگر غرشش در کوههای اسرائیل شنیده نشود. | 9 |
And they put him into a cage; they led him in chains to the king of Babylon. And they cast him into a prison, so that his voice would no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
| «مادر تو همچون درخت انگوری بود که در کنار نهر آب، در اثر آب فراوان، همیشه تر و تازه و پر شاخ و برگ بود. | 10 |
Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water; her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.
| شاخه‌های قوی و محکم آن برای عصای سلاطین مناسب بود. آن درخت از درختان دیگر بلندتر گردید به حدی که از دور جلب توجه می‌کرد. | 11 |
And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers, and her stature was exalted among the branches. And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.
| اما دستانی خشمگین، آن درخت را ریشه‌کن کرده، بر زمین انداخت. باد شرقی شاخه‌های نیرومندش را شکست و خشک کرد و آتش، آنها را سوزاند. | 12 |
But she was uprooted in wrath, and cast upon the ground. And the burning wind dried up her fruit. Her robust branches withered and were dried up. A fire consumed her.
| اکنون آن درخت در بیابان کاشته شده است، در زمینی خشک و بی‌آب! | 13 |
And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
| از درون می‌پوسد و میوه‌اش از بین می‌رود، و از آن یک شاخه محکم نیز برای عصای سلاطین باقی نمی‌ماند.» این یک مرثیه است و بارها سروده شده است! | 14 |
And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation.”
