Ezequiel 19
1 E tu, levanta uma lamentação sobre os príncipes de Israel.
“Now you, take up a lamentation against the leaders of Israel
2 E dize: Quem foi tua mãe? Uma leoa deitada entre os leões; entre os leõezinhos ela criou seus filhotes.
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 E fez crescer um de seus filhotes, que veio a ser um leãozinho; e ele aprendeu a caçar presa, e a devorar homens.
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 E as nações ouviram dele; ele foi preso na cova delas, e o trouxeram com ganchos à terra do Egito.
Then the nations heard about him. He was caught in their trap, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 E quando ela viu que havia esperado [muito], e que sua esperança era perdida, tomou outro de seus filhotes, e o pôs por leãozinho.
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 E ele andou entre os leões; tornou-se um leãozinho, aprendeu a caçar presa, e devorou homens.
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 E conheceu suas viúvas, e destruiu suas cidades; e a terra e tudo que ela continha foram devastadas à voz de seu bramido.
He seized their widows and ruined their cities. The land and its fullness were abandoned because of the sound of his roaring.
8 Então foram contra sobre ele as nações das províncias de seu ao redor; estenderam sobre ele sua rede, e ele foi preso na cova delas.
But the nations came against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their nets over him. He was caught in their trap.
9 E o puseram em cárcere com ganchos, e o levaram ao rei da Babilônia; meteram-no em fortalezas, para que sua voz não fosse mais ouvida nos montes de 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 Tua mãe era como uma videira em teu sangue, plantada junto às águas; que frutificava e era cheia de ramos, por causa das muitas águas.
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 E ela tinha varas fortes para cetros de senhores; e sua estatura se levantava por encima entre os ramos; e sua altura podia ser vista com a multidão de seus ramos.
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 Porém foi arrancada com furor, derrubada na terra, e vento oriental secou seu fruto; suas fortes varas foram quebradas, e se secaram; o fogo as consumiu.
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 E agora está plantada no deserto, em terra seca e sedenta.
So now it is planted in the wilderness, in a land of drought and thirst.
14 E saiu fogo da uma vara de seus ramos, que consumido seu fruto; de modo que nela não há mais vara forte, cetro para senhorear. Esta é a lamentação, e para lamentação servirá.
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.”
