Ezequiel 19
1 “Además, levanta un lamento por los príncipes de Israel,
Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say,
2 y di, ‘¿Qué era tu madre? Una leona. Se acurrucó entre leones, en medio de los jóvenes leones alimentó a sus cachorros.
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
3 Ha criado a uno de sus cachorros. Se convirtió en un joven león. Aprendió a atrapar la presa. Devoró a los hombres.
And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
4 También las naciones oyeron hablar de él. Fue tomado en su fosa; y lo llevaron con garfios a la tierra de Egipto.
And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.
5 “‘Cuando vio que había esperado, y su esperanza se perdió, luego se llevó a otro de sus cachorros, y lo convirtió en un joven león.
Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.
6 Subió y bajó entre los leones. Se convirtió en un joven león. Aprendió a atrapar la presa. Devoró a los hombres.
And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
7 Él conocía sus palacios, y asolaron sus ciudades. La tierra estaba desolada con su plenitud, por el ruido de sus rugidos.
And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.
8 Entonces las naciones lo atacaron por todos lados desde las provincias. Extendieron su red sobre él. Fue tomado en su fosa.
Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.
9 Lo pusieron en una jaula con ganchos, y lo llevaron ante el rey de Babilonia. Lo llevaron a las fortalezas, para que su voz no se oiga más en los montes de Israel.
They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.
10 “‘Tu madre fue como una vid en tu sangre, plantada junto a las aguas. Era fructífera y llena de ramas a causa de las muchas aguas.
Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.
11 Tenía fuertes ramas para los cetros de los gobernantes. Su estatura era exaltada entre las gruesas ramas. Se vieron en su altura con la multitud de sus ramas.
And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches.
12 Pero fue arrancado con furia. Fue arrojado al suelo, y el viento del este secó sus frutos. Sus fuertes ramas se rompieron y se marchitaron. El fuego los consumió.
But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.
13 Ahora está plantada en el desierto, en una tierra seca y sedienta.
And now she is planted in the waste land, in a dry and unwatered country.
14 El fuego ha salido de sus ramas. Ha devorado su fruto, para que no haya en ella ninguna rama fuerte que sea cetro para gobernar”. Esto es un lamento, y será un lamento”.
And fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief.
