Ezechiel 19

Žalospěv nad judským lvem

1 „Zpívej žalozpěv nad izraelskými vládci, 2 zpívej:
Kdo byla tvá matka?
Lvice mezi lvy!
Léhala mezi šelmami
se svými lvíčaty. 3 Když odchovala jedno z nich,
dravý lev se z něho stal.
Trhat kořist se naučil,
i lidi požíral! 4 Když o něm uslyšeli mezi národy,
ulovili ho do pasti;
za háky ho do Egypta odvlekli. 5 Když lvice viděla, že se nedočká,
její naděje že zhynula,
vzala jiné ze svých lvíčat,
udělala z něj dravého lva. 6 Vykračoval si mezi šelmami,
dravý lev se z něho stal.
Trhat kořist se naučil,
i lidi požíral! 7 Jejich pevnosti bořil
a pustošil jejich města.
Země i všichni, kdo žili v ní,
se děsili, když řval. 8 Z národů se pak na něj vypravili,
ze zemí v celém okolí.
Roztáhli na něj svoji síť,
ulovili ho do pasti. 9 Za háky do klece ho dovlekli,
k babylonskému králi přivedli
a uvrhli do vězení,
aby už neznělo jeho řvaní
nad izraelskými horami. 10 Tvá matka jak réva na tvé vinici
zasazená byla u vody,
plodná a s množstvím ratolestí
dík dostatku vody. 11 Vyrostly na ní silné větve
vhodné pro žezla vladařů,
tyčila se vysoko nad porostem,
nápadná výškou a hustou korunou. 12 Zuřivě však byla vyvrácena,
k zemi sražena!
Východní vítr ji vysušil,
její plody byly servány,
její silné větve uschly
a pohltily je plameny. 13 Teď je přesazena do pouště,
do země suché a vyprahlé. 14 Z jejích větví vyšlehl oheň
a její plody pohltil.
Nezůstala jí žádná silná větev
vhodná pro žezlo vladaře.
Toto je žalozpěv a je určen k truchlení.“

Ezekiel 19

Lament for the Princes of Israel

1 “And you, singt a lament for the princes of Israel,

2 and say:
“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions!
She lay among young lions;s she reared her cubs.

3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.
He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.t

4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.
They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.s

5 “‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost.
She took another of her cubss and made him a young lion.

6 He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion.
He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

7 He broke downs their strongholdss and devastated their cities.
The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

8 The nations – the surrounding regions – attacked him.
They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

9 They put him in a collar with hooks;t
they brought him to the king of Babylon;
they brought him to prisons
so that his voice would not be heard
any longer on the mountains of Israel.

10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,s planted by water.
It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.

11 Its boughs were strong, fitt for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.
It stood out because of its height and its many branches.t

12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.
The east winds dried up its fruit;
its strong branches broke off and withered –
a fire consumed them.

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

14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit.t
No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’
This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”