Књига пророка Језекиља 19
1 А ти наричи за кнезовима Израиљевим;
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 И реци: Шта беше мати твоја? Лавица; међу лавовима лежаше, млад своју међу лавовима храњаше.
and say: —How lay thy mother at ease, a lioness among lions! Among young lions she nourished her whelps;
3 И отхрани једно младо своје, и поста лавић, и научив се ловити ждераше људе.
And she brought up one of her whelps; He became a young lion, And he learned to seize the prey; he devoured men.
4 И чуше народи за њ; ухвати се у јаму њихову, и одведоше га у веригама у земљу мисирску.
And when the nations heard of him, he was taken in their pit, And they brought him with nose-rings to the land of Egypt.
5 А она кад виде где се надала, али јој нада пропаде, узе једно младо своје, и учини од њега лавића.
And when she saw that she waited in vain, and that her hope was lost, She took another of her whelps, and she made him a young lion.
6 И он идући међу лавовима поста лавић, и научи се ловити и ждераше људе.
And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, And he learned to seize the prey; he devoured men.
7 И позна дворе њихове, и пустошаше градове њихове тако да опусте земља и шта је у њој од рике његове.
He knew their widows, and laid waste their cities, And the land was desolate, and all that was therein, before the voice of his roaring.
8 И усташе на њ народи из околних земаља, и разапеше му мрежу своју, и ухвати се у јаму њихову.
Then the nations set themselves against him on every side from the provinces, And spread their net over him; He was taken in their pit.
9 И метнуше га у крлетку у веригама, и одведоше га цару вавилонском, и метнуше га у град да му се више не чује глас по горама Израиљевим.
And they put him with nose rings into a cage, And carried him to the king of Babylon. And they carried him to a stronghold, That his voice might be heard no more Upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Док беше миран, мати твоја беше као винова лоза, посађена крај воде, родна и граната беше од многе воде.
Thy mother was like a vine planted like thyself by the waters; She was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters;
11 И беху на њој јаки прутови за палицу владалачку, и растом својим узвиси се изнад густих грана, и би наочита висином својом, мноштвом грана својих.
She had strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And her stature was high among the thick branches, So that she was conspicuous in her height, And the multitude of her branches.
12 Али би ишчупана у гневу и на земљу бачена, и устока осуши род њен; поломише се и посушише се јаки прутови њени; огањ их прождре.
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 and withered; The fire consumed them.
13 А сада је посађена у пустињи, у земљи сувој и безводној.
And now she is planted in the desert, In a dry and thirsty land.
14 И изађе огањ из прута грана њених и прождре род њен да нема на њој прута јаког за палицу владалачку. То је нарицање, и биће нарицање.
And a fire is gone forth out of a rod of her branches, Which hath devoured her fruit, So that she hath no strong rod for a ruler's sceptre. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.
