Yehezkiel 19

¹Hai, ucapkanlah suatu ratapan mengenai raja Israel,

¹And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

²dan katakanlah begini: "Betapa ibumu menjadi seekor singa betina di antara singa-singa! Ia berbaring di antara singa-singa muda, dan menyusui anak-anaknya.

²and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.

³Ia membesarkan seekor dari anak-anaknya, sehingga menjadi singa muda; ia belajar menerkam, malah manusia ditelannya.

³And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

⁴Bangsa-bangsa menyerukan: Singa mengamuk! akhirnya ia terjebak dalam pelubang mereka; mereka mengelikir dia dan menggiringnya ke Mesir.

⁴The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

⁵Sesudah induk singa menyadari bahwa usahanya gagal dan pengharapannya hilang lenyap, ia mengambil anaknya yang lain dan membesarkannya menjadi singa muda.

⁵When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

⁶Anaknya ini berjalan-jalan di antara kawanan singa, ia menjadi seekor singa muda; ia belajar menerkam, malah manusia ditelannya.

⁶He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,

⁷Ia merusak puri-puri mereka dan menumpas kota-kotanya; bumi serta segala isinya diam ketakutan mendengar suara aumnya.

⁷and seized their widows. He laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.

⁸Maka bangsa-bangsa bangkit melawan dia dari daerah-daerah sekelilingnya, mereka memasang jaring untuk menangkapnya dan menjebaknya dalam pelubang.

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

⁹Ia dikurung dalam kandang, sambil dikelikir, dibawa ke hadapan raja Babel dan dimasukkan dalam penjara, supaya suaranya jangan kedengaran lagi di atas gunung-gunung Israel.

⁹With hooks they put him in a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

¹⁰Ibumu seperti pohon anggur dalam kebun anggur, yang tertanam dekat air, berbuah dan bercabang karena air yang berlimpah-limpah.

¹⁰Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.

¹¹Padanya tumbuh suatu cabang yang kuat yang menjadi tongkat kerajaan; ia menjulang tinggi di antara cabang-cabangnya yang rapat, dan menjadi kentara karena tingginya dan karena rantingnya yang banyak.

¹¹Its strong stems became rulers' scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

¹²Tetapi ia tercabut di dalam kemarahan dan dilemparkan ke bumi; angin timur membuatnya layu kering, buahnya disentakkan, cabang yang kuat menjadi layu kering; dan api menghabiskannya.

¹²But the vine was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried up its fruit; they were stripped off and withered. As for its strong stem, fire consumed it.

¹³Dan sekarang ia tertanam di padang gurun, di tanah yang kering dan haus akan air.

¹³Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

¹⁴Maka keluarlah api dari cabangnya yang memakan habis ranting dan buahnya, sehingga tiada lagi padanya cabang yang kuat dan tiada tongkat kerajaan." Ini adalah ratapan dan sudah menjadi ratapan.

¹⁴And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots, has consumed its fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling.This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.