Yehezkiel 19
1 Allah menyuruh aku menyanyikan ratapan ini untuk dua orang pangeran Israel:
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 Ibumu bagaikan singa betina yang hebat dan luar biasa. Ia membesarkan anak-anaknya di antara singa-singa perkasa.
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3 Salah seekor anaknya dididiknya dan diajarinya mencari mangsa. Maka jadilah ia singa dewasa penerkam dan pemakan manusia.
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 Bangsa-bangsa yang mendengar tentang dia berkumpul untuk menangkapnya. Ia dijebak dalam lubang dan ditawan, lalu diseret ke Mesir dengan kaitan.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
5 Sia-sia si induk menunggu anaknya; lalu ia tahu bahwa hilanglah harapannya. Maka anaknya yang lain dilatihnya menjadi singa ganas dan perkasa.
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6 Anak singa itu menjadi dewasa dan bergaul dengan singa-singa lainnya. Ia belajar mencari mangsa, dan menjadi pemakan orang juga.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
7 Benteng-benteng didobraknya, kota-kota dirusaknya. Seluruh penduduk negeri menjadi gentar mendengar aumnya yang bergelegar.
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and all it containeth, by the noise of his roaring.
8 Tetapi bangsa-bangsa dari wilayah sekelilingnya menyergapnya dari mana-mana. Mereka tebarkan jala untuk menangkapnya, dan ia pun terjebak dalam perangkap mereka.
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9 Ia dimasukkan ke dalam kurungan singa lalu dibawa ke negeri Babel, menghadap raja. Ia dijaga kuat supaya aumnya jangan kedengaran lagi di atas bukit-bukit Israel yang tinggi.
And they put him in custody in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into strong holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Ibumu bagaikan pohon anggur permai yang tumbuh di kebun dekat anak sungai. Ia menjadi rindang dan berbuah sebab air di situ berlimpah-limpah.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 Cabangnya kuat, tak mudah dipatahkan layak dijadikan tongkat kerajaan. Puncaknya tinggi menjulang menjangkau awan-awan. Ia dikagumi semua orang sebab ia tinggi dan daunnya rindang.
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bore rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12 Tetapi ia dicabut oleh tangan-tangan yang marah, kemudian dicampakkan ke tanah. Angin Timur bertiup, mengeringkan buahnya yang segar. Dahannya patah, menjadi kering lalu dibakar.
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13 Kini ia ditanam di padang pasir, di tanah gersang dan tidak berair.
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14 Batang anggur itu dijilat api menjalar; cabang dan buahnya habis terbakar. Dahannya kini tanpa kekuatan; tak mungkin dijadikan tongkat kerajaan. Itulah ratapan yang berulang-ulang dinyanyikan oleh umat.
And fire hath gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
