Prophetia Ezechielis, 19

1. Et tu, assume planctum super principes Israel

1. And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2. et dices: Qualis erat mater tua leaena inter leones! Cubavit in medio leunculorum, enutrivit catulos suos.

2. and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.

3. Et educavit unum de leunculis suis; leo factus est et didicit capere praedam, homines devoravit.

3. And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

4. Et convocaverunt contra eum gentes, in fovea earum captus est; et adduxerunt eum in circulis in terram Aegypti.

4. The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5. Quae cum vidisset quoniam exspectaverat, et perierat spes eius, tulit alium de leunculis suis, leonem constituit eum.

5. When she saw that she was baffled, that her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion.

6. Qui incedebat inter leones, factus est leo et didicit praedam capere, homines devoravit;

6. He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

7. et fregit arces eorum et civitates eorum vastavit. Et obstupuit terra et plenitudo eius a voce rugitus illius.

7. And he ravaged their strongholds, and laid waste their cities; and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.

8. Et convenerunt adversum eum gentes undique de provinciis et expanderunt super eum rete suum, in fovea earum captus est.

8. Then the nations set against him snares on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

9. Et miserunt eum in caveam in circulis et adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis; qui misit eum in carcerem, ne audiretur vox eius ultra super montes Israel.

9. With hooks they put him in a cage, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10. Mater tua vineae assimilabatur super aquam plantata. Fructus eius et frondes eius creverunt ex aquis multis;

10. Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.

11. et factae sunt ei virgae solidae in sceptra dominantium, et exaltata est statura eius usque in nubes, et apparuit in altitudine sua, in multitudine palmitum suorum.

11. Its strongest stem became a ruler's scepter; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

12. Et evulsa est in ira in terramque proiecta, et ventus urens siccavit fructum eius; abrepta et arefacta est virga roboris eius, ignis comedit eam.

12. But the vine was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried it up; its fruit was stripped off, its strong stem was withered; the fire consumed it.

13. Et nunc transplantata est in desertum, in terra invia et sitienti.

13. Now it is transplanted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

14. Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum eius, qui fructum eius comedit; et non fuit in ea virga fortis, sceptrum regni”. Planctus est, et erit in planctum.

14. And fire has gone out from its stem, has consumed its branches and fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for a ruler. This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.