Ezekiel 19

1 And thou, —do thou lift up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

E tu levanta uma lamentação sobre os príncipes de Israel.

2 And say, What a noble lioness was thy mother! among lions did she lie down, in the midst of young lions did she raise her whelps!

E dize: Quem foi tua mãe? uma leoa entre leões deitada criou os seus cachorros no meio dos leãozinhos.

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to tear in pieces the prey; [even] men he devoured.

E fez crescer um dos seus cachorrinhos, e veio a ser leãozinho e aprendeu a apanhar a preza; e devorou os homens,

4 And when nations heard of him, he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings unto the land of Egypt.

E, ouvindo falar dele as nações, foi apanhado na cova delas, e o trouxeram com ganchos à terra do Egito.

5 Now when she saw that she had long waited, [that] her hope was lost, she took another one of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Vendo pois ela que havia esperado muito, e que a sua expectação era perdida, tomou outro dos seus cachorros, e fez dele um leãozinho.

6 And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a young lion; and he learned to tear in pieces the prey; even men he devoured.

Este pois, andando continuamente no meio dos leões, veio a ser leãozinho, e aprendeu a apanhar a preza: e devorou homens.

7 And he broke down their palaces, and their cities laid he in ruins: and then was terrified the land, with all that filled it, because of the noise of his roaring.

E conheceu os seus palácios, e destruiu as suas cidades; e assolou-se a terra, e a sua plenitude, ao ouvir o seu rugido.

8 Then set themselves the nations against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread over him their net: in their pit was he caught.

Então se ajuntavam contra ele as gentes das províncias em roda, e estenderam sobre ele a rede, e foi apanhado na cova delas.

9 And they put him in a cage with nose-rings [in his nose], and they brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into strong-holds, in order that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

E meteram-no em cárcere com ganchos, e o levaram ao rei de Babilônia; fizeram-no entrar nos lugares fortes, para que se não ouvisse mais a sua voz nos montes de Israel.

10 Thy mother was like a vine, if I compare thee to aught, planted by the waters: fruitful and full of boughs was she by reason of many waters.

Tua mãe era como uma videira na tua quietação, plantada à borda das águas, frutificando, e foi cheia de ramos, por causa das muitas águas.

11 And she had strong branches [fit] for the sceptres of rulers, and her stature grew up high between the thick-branched [trees], and she was seen through her height by means of the multitude of her tendrils.

E tinha varas fortes para cetros de dominadores, e elevou-se a sua estatura entre os espessos ramos; e foi vista na sua altura com a multidão dos seus ramos.

12 But she was plucked up in fury, to the ground was she cast down, and the east wind dried up her fruit: and torn off and dried up were her strong branches, a fire consumed them.

Porém foi arrancada com furor, foi abatida até à terra, e o vento oriental secou o seu fruto; quebraram-se e secaram-se as suas fortes varas, o fogo as consumiu,

13 And now is she planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

E agora está plantada no deserto, numa terra seca e sedenta.

14 And fire is gone out of a branch of her boughs, and hath devoured her fruit, so that there is no more on her a strong branch for a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and it is become a lamentation.

E de uma vara dos seus ramos saiu fogo que consumiu o seu fruto de maneira que nela não há mais vara forte, cetro para dominar. Esta é a lamentação, e servirá de lamentação.