Ezekiel 19
1 And thou, sone of man, take weiling on the princes of Israel;
你當為以色列的王作起哀歌，
2 and thou schalt seie, Whi thi modir, a lionesse, lai among liouns? In the myddis of litle liouns sche nurschide hir whelpis,
說： 你的母親是甚麼呢？ 是個母獅子，蹲伏在獅子中間， 在少壯獅子中養育小獅子。
3 and ledde out oon of hir litle liouns; he was maad a lioun, and he lernyde to take prei, and to ete men.
在牠小獅子中養大一個， 成了少壯獅子， 學會抓食而吃人。
4 And hethene men herden of hym, and token hym not withouten her woundis; and thei brouyten hym in chaynes in to the lond of Egipt.
列國聽見了就把牠捉在他們的坑中， 用鉤子拉到埃及地去。
5 Which modir whanne sche hadde seyn, that sche was sijk, and the abiding of hym perischide, took oon of her litle liouns, and made hym a lioun.
母獅見自己等候失了指望， 就從牠小獅子中又將一個養為少壯獅子。
6 Which yede among liouns, and was maad a lioun;
牠在眾獅子中走來走去， 成了少壯獅子， 學會抓食而吃人。
7 and lernede to take prey, and to deuoure men. He lernyde to make widewis, and to brynge the citees of men in to desert; and the lond and the fulnesse therof was maad desolat, of the vois of his roryng.
牠知道列國的宮殿， 又使他們的城邑變為荒場； 因牠咆哮的聲音， 遍地和其中所有的就都荒廢。
8 And hethene men camen togidere ayens hym on ech side fro prouynces, and spredden on hym her net; he was takun in the woundis of tho hethene men.
於是四圍邦國各省的人來攻擊牠， 將網撒在牠身上， 捉在他們的坑中。
9 And thei senten hym in to a caue in chaines, and brouyten hym to the kyng of Babiloyne; and thei senten hym in to prisoun, that his vois were no more herd on the hillis of Israel.
他們用鉤子鉤住牠，將牠放在籠中， 帶到巴比倫王那裏， 將牠放入堅固之所， 使牠的聲音在以色列山上不再聽見。
10 Thi modir as a vyner in thi blood was plauntid on watre; the fruitis therof and the boowis therof encreessiden of many watris.
你的母親先前如葡萄樹， 極其茂盛，栽於水旁。 因為水多， 就多結果子，滿生枝子；
11 And sadde yerdis weren maad to it in to septris of lordis, and the stature therof was enhaunsid among boowis; and it siy his hiynesse in the multitude of hise siouns.
生出堅固的枝幹，可作掌權者的杖。 這枝幹高舉在茂密的枝中， 而且它生長高大，枝子繁多， 遠遠可見。
12 And it was drawun out in wraththe, and was cast forth in to erthe; and a brennynge wynd dryede the fruyt therof, and the yerdis of strengthe therof welewiden, and weren maad drie, and fier eet it.
但這葡萄樹因忿怒被拔出摔在地上； 東風吹乾其上的果子， 堅固的枝幹折斷枯乾， 被火燒毀了；
13 And now it is plauntid ouer in desert, in a lond with out weie, and thristi.
如今栽於曠野乾旱無水之地。
14 And fier yede out of the yerde of the braunchis therof, that eet the fruyt therof. And a stronge yerde, the ceptre of lordis, was not in it. It is weilyng, and it schal be in to weilyng.
火也從它枝幹中發出， 燒滅果子， 以致沒有堅固的枝幹可做掌權者的杖。 這是哀歌，也必用以作哀歌。
