حِزْقِيَال 19

١ 1 «أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَٱرْفَعْ مَرْثَاةً عَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

[Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel], sing a sad funeral [a which will be a parable] [two of the] kings of Israel.

٢ 2 وَقُلْ: مَا هِيَ أُمُّكَ؟ لَبْوَةٌ رَبَضَتْ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُسُودِ، وَرَبَّتْ جِرَاءَهَا بَيْنَ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ.

Say [to the Israeli people], ‘[It is as though] [MET] your mother was a brave female lion who raised her cubs among [other] lions.

٣ 3 رَبَّتْ وَاحِدًا مِنْ جِرَائِهَا فَصَارَ شِبْلًا، وَتَعَلَّمَ ٱفْتِرَاسَ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ. أَكَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ.

She taught one of them to [for other animals to kill], and he [even] learned [kill and] eat people.

٤ 4 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِهِ ٱلْأُمَمُ أُخِذَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ، فَأَتَوْا بِهِ بِخَزَائِمَ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

[When people from other] nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.

٥ 5 فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدِ ٱنْتَظَرَتْ وَهَلَكَ رَجَاؤُهَا، أَخَذَتْ آخَرَ مِنْ جِرَائِهَا وَصَيَّرَتْهُ شِبْلًا.

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.

٦ 6 فَتَمَشَّى بَيْنَ ٱلْأُسُودِ. صَارَ شِبْلًا وَتَعَلَّمَ ٱفْتِرَاسَ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ. أَكَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ.

He hunted along with [other] [for animals to kill], and he even learned [kill and] eat people.

٧ 7 وَعَرَفَ قُصُورَهُمْ وَخَرَّبَ مُدُنَهُمْ، فَأَقْفَرَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِلْؤُهَا مِنْ صَوْتِ زَمْجَرَتِهِ.

He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared [loudly], everyone was terrified.

٨ 8 فَٱتَّفَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْأُمَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ، وَبَسَطُوا عَلَيْهِ شَبَكَتَهُمْ، فَأُخِذَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ،

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.

٩ 9 فَوَضَعُوهُ فِي قَفَصٍ بِخَزَائِمَ وَأَحْضَرُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَأَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْقِلَاعِ لِكَيْلَا يُسْمَعَ صَوْتُهُ بَعْدُ عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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, ]

١٠ 10 «أُمُّكَ كَكَرْمَةٍ، مِثْلِكَ غُرِسَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ. كَانَتْ مُثْمِرَةً مُفْرِخَةً مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ.

‘[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.

١١ 11 وَكَانَ لَهَا فُرُوعٌ قَوِيَّةٌ لِقُضْبَانِ ٱلْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ، وَٱرْتَفَعَ سَاقُهَا بَيْنَ ٱلْأَغْصَانِ ٱلْغَبْيَاءِ، وَظَهَرَتْ فِي ٱرْتِفَاعِهَا بِكَثْرَةِ زَرَاجِينِهَا.

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].

١٢ 12 لَكِنَّهَا ٱقْتُلِعَتْ بِغَيْظٍ وَطُرِحَتْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَقَدْ يَبَّسَتْ رِيحٌ شَرْقِيَّةٌ ثَمَرَهَا. قُصِفَتْ وَيَبِسَتْ فُرُوعُهَا ٱلْقَوِيَّةُ. أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ.

[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.

١٣ 13 وَٱلْآنَ غُرِسَتْ فِي ٱلْقَفْرِ فِي أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ عَطْشَانَةٍ.

Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert.

١٤ 14 وَخَرَجَتْ نَارٌ مِنْ فَرْعِ عِصِيِّهَا أَكَلَتْ ثَمَرَهَا. وَلَيْسَ لَهَا ٱلْآنَ فَرْعٌ قَوِيٌّ لِقَضِيبِ تَسَلُّطٍ. هِيَ رِثَاءٌ وَتَكُونُ لِمَرْثَاةٍ».

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.”