Књига пророка Језекиља 19
1 А ти наричи за кнезовима Израиљевим;
[Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel], sing a sad funeral [a which will be a parable] [two of the] kings of Israel.
2 И реци: Шта беше мати твоја? Лавица; међу лавовима лежаше, млад своју међу лавовима храњаше.
Say [to the Israeli people], ‘[It is as though] [MET] your mother was a brave female lion who raised her cubs among [other] lions.
3 И отхрани једно младо своје, и поста лавић, и научив се ловити ждераше људе.
She taught one of them to [for other animals to kill], and he [even] learned [kill and] eat people.
4 И чуше народи за њ; ухвати се у јаму њихову, и одведоше га у веригама у земљу мисирску.
[When people from other] nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.
5 А она кад виде где се надала, али јој нада пропаде, узе једно младо своје, и учини од њега лавића.
His mother waited for him [to return], but [soon] she stopped hoping/expecting [that he would return]. So she raised another cub who [also] became very fierce.
6 И он идући међу лавовима поста лавић, и научи се ловити и ждераше људе.
He hunted along with [other] [for animals to kill], and he even learned [kill and] eat people.
7 И позна дворе њихове, и пустошаше градове њихове тако да опусте земља и шта је у њој од рике његове.
He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared [loudly], everyone was terrified.
8 И усташе на њ народи из околних земаља, и разапеше му мрежу своју, и ухвати се у јаму њихову.
So [people of other] nations planned to kill him, and men came from many places to spread out a net for him, and they caught him in a trap.
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.
They tied him with chains and took him to Babylonia. And [there] he was locked in a prison, with the result that [no one on] the hills of Israel ever heard him roar again.’ [Also, say to the Israeli people, ]
10 Док беше миран, мати твоја беше као винова лоза, посађена крај воде, родна и граната беше од многе воде.
‘[It is as though] [SIM] your mother was a grapevine that was planted along a stream. There was plenty of water, so it had lots of branches and produced [a lot of] grapes.
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.
That grapevine grew and became taller than all the nearby trees; [everyone could] see that it was very strong and healthy. And those branches were good for making scepters that symbolize the power/ [of a king].
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.
[Yahweh] became very angry, so he pulled up the vine by its roots and threw it on the ground, where the [very hot] winds from the desert dried up all its fruit. The strong branches wilted and were burned in a fire.
13 А сада је посађена у пустињи, у земљи сувој и безводној.
Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert.
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.
A fire started to burn its stem, and then started to burn the branches and burned all the grapes. [Now] not [even] one strong branch remains; they will never become scepters for a king.’ That funeral song must be sung very sadly.”
