Ezekiel 19

1 Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say,

Intona ora un lamento sui capi d'Israele

2 What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.

«Che cos'era tua madre? Una leonessa fra leoni. Accovacciata in mezzo ai leoni allevava i suoi cuccioli. dicendo:

3 And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

Essa innalzò uno dei cuccioli che divenne leone, imparò a sbranare la preda, a divorare gli uomini.

4 And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.

Ma contro di lui le genti fecero lega, restò preso nella loro fossa e in catene fu condotto in Egitto.

5 Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.

Quando essa vide che era lunga l'attesa e delusa la sua speranza, prese un altro cucciolo e ne fece un leoncino.

6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

Egli se ne andava e veniva fra i leoni, divenuto leoncello, e imparò a sbranare la preda, a divorare gli uomini.

7 And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.

Penetrò nei loro palazzi, devastò le loro città. Il paese e i suoi abitanti sbigottivano al rumore del suo ruggito.

8 Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.

Lo assalirono le genti, le contrade all'intorno; tesero un laccio contro di lui e restò preso nella loro fossa.

9 They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Lo chiusero in una gabbia, lo condussero in catene al re di Babilonia e lo misero in una prigione, perché non se ne sentisse la voce sui monti d'Israele.

10 Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

Tua madre era come una vite piantata vicino alle acque. Era rigogliosa e frondosa per l'abbondanza dell'acqua;

11 And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches.

ebbe rami robusti buoni per scettri regali; il suo fusto si elevò in mezzo agli arbusti mirabile per la sua altezza e per l'abbondanza dei suoi rami.

12 But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.

Ma essa fu sradicata con furore e gettata a terra; il vento d'oriente la disseccò, disseccò i suoi frutti; il suo ramo robusto inaridì e il fuoco lo divorò.

13 And now she is planted in the waste land, in a dry and unwatered country.

Ora è trapiantata nel deserto, in una terra secca e riarsa;

14 And fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief.

un fuoco uscì da un suo ramo, divorò tralci e frutti ed essa non ha più alcun ramo robusto, uno scettro per dominare». Questo è un lamento e come lamento è passato nell'uso.