حزقیال 19

۱ 1 «پس تو این مرثیه را برای سروران اسرائیل بخوان

Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel

۲ 2 و بگو: مادر تو چه بود. او در میان شیران شیر ماده می‌خوابید وبچه های خود را در میان شیران ژیان می‌پرورد.

with these words: “What was your mother? She was a lioness among the lions! She lay down in her place among the young lions and reared her cubs.

۳ 3 و یکی از بچه های خود را تربیت نمود که شیرژیان گردید و به دریدن شکار آموخته شد ومردمان را خورد.

She raised one of her cubs, and he grew up to be young lion. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

۴ 4 و چون امت‌ها خبر او راشنیدند، در حفره ایشان گرفتار گردید و او را درغلها به زمین مصر بردند.

But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.

۵ 5 و چون مادرش دید که بعد از انتظار کشیدن امیدش بریده شد، پس ازبچه هایش دیگری را گرفته، او را شیری ژیان ساخت.

When she realized that the hope she had been waiting for was gone, she made another of her cubs into a young lion.

۶ 6 و او در میان شیران گردش کرده، شیرژیان گردید و به دریدن شکار آموخته شده، مردمان را خورد.

He went around with the other lions, and became strong. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

۷ 7 و قصرهای ایشان را ویران وشهرهای ایشان را خراب نمود و زمین و هرچه درآن بود از آواز غرش او تهی گردید.

He tore down their fortresses and destroyed their towns. All the people living in the country were appalled when they heard him roaring.

۸ 8 و امت‌ها ازکشورها از هر طرف بر او هجوم آورده، دام خودرا بر او گسترانیدند که به حفره ایشان گرفتار شد.

Then the people of the countries all around attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their trap.

۹ 9 و او را در غلها کشیده، در قفس گذاشتند و نزدپادشاه بابل بردند واو را در قلعه‌ای نهادند تا آوازاو دیگر بر کوههای اسرائیل مسموع نشود.

They used hooks to put him in a cage and took him to the king of Babylon. They led him away and imprisoned him so his roar wasn't heard any more in Israel's mountains.

۱۰ 10 «مادر تو مثل درخت مو مانند خودت نزدآبها غرس شده، به‌سبب آبهای بسیار میوه آورد و شاخه بسیار داشت.

Your mother was like a vine planted in your vineyard at the waterside. It produced a lot of fruit and had many branches because it had plenty of water.

۱۱ 11 و شاخه های قوی برای عصاهای سلاطین داشت. و قد آن در میان شاخه های پر برگ به حدی بلند شد که از کثرت اغصانش ارتفاعش نمایان گردید.

Its branches were strong like rulers' scepters. It grew high above the tree canopy. People could see how tall and full of leaves it was.

۱۲ 12 اما به غضب کنده و به زمین انداخته شد. و باد شرقی میوه‌اش را خشک ساخت و شاخه های قویش شکسته وخشک گردیده، آتش آنها را سوزانید.

But it was uprooted in anger and thrown down on the ground. The east wind blew and dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped of leaves and they withered. Then they were burned up in the fire.

۱۳ 13 و الان در بیابان در زمین خشک و تشنه مغروس است.

Now the vine has been replanted in the desert, in a dry and waterless land.

۱۴ 14 و آتش از عصاهای شاخه هایش بیرون آمده، میوه‌اش را سوزانید. به نوعی که یک شاخه قوی برای عصای سلاطین نمانده است. این مرثیه است و مرثیه خواهد بود.»

A fire blazed out from its main trunk and burned up its fruit. None of its branches that were once like a ruler's scepter are strong any more.” This is a funeral song and is to be used for mourning.