Ezekiel 19
1 [Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel], sing a sad funeral [a which will be a parable] [two of the] kings of Israel.
Entona tú una elegía sobre los príncipes de Israel.
2 Say [to the Israeli people], ‘[It is as though] [MET] your mother was a brave female lion who raised her cubs among [other] lions.
Dirás: ¿Qué es tu madre? Una leona que se echó entre leones; en medio de leoncillos crió sus cachorros.
3 She taught one of them to [for other animals to kill], and he [even] learned [kill and] eat people.
Y ensalzó a uno de sus cachorros, el cual llegó a ser leoncillo; aprendió a hacer presa y devoró hombres.
4 [When people from other] nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.
Oyeron de él las gentes, y quedó preso en su hoyo; y le llevaron con ganchos a la tierra de Egipto.
5 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.
Viendo ella que esperaba (en vano) y que era infructuosa su esperanza, tomó otro de sus cachorros y le puso por leoncillo.
6 He hunted along with [other] [for animals to kill], and he even learned [kill and] eat people.
Andaba este entre los leones, e se hizo leoncillo; aprendió a hacer presa y devoró hombres;
7 He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared [loudly], everyone was terrified.
aprendió a hacer viudas y devastar ciudades; y al oír su rugido se espantaba el país y cuanto en él había.
8 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.
Pero se echaron sobre él las gentes de las comarcas circunvecinas; extendieron sobre él su red, y quedó preso en su hoyo.
9 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, ]
Le pusieron en una jaula, con un gancho (en la nariz), y le llevaron al rey de Babel; y le metieron en la cárcel, para que no se oyese más su voz sobre los montes de Israel.
10 ‘[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.
Durante el tiempo de tu prosperidad tu madre era como una vid, plantada junto a las aguas, fecunda y frondosa por las muchas aguas.
11 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].
Había en ella ramas fuertes para cetros de reyes, se elevaba su tronco por encima de los arbustos, y sorprendía por su altura y la multitud de sus sarmientos.
12 [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.
Mas fue arrancada con furor y echada a tierra, y el viento solano secó sus frutos; se quebraron y se marchitaron sus robustas ramas y las devoró el fuego.
13 Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert.
Plantada está ahora en el desierto, en una tierra seca y sedienta;
14 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.”
más salió fuego de una vara de sus ramas, y devoró su fruto; y no le queda rama fuerte para cetro de rey. Elegía es esta, y de elegía servirá.
