1 E tu levanta uma lamentação sobre os príncipes de Israel,

“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel

2 e dize: Que de leoa foi tua mãe entre os leões! Deitou-se no meio dos leõezinhos, criou os seus cachorros.

and say, ‘ What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.

3 A ssim criou um dos seus cachorrinhos, o qual, fazendo-se leão novo, aprendeu a apanhar a presa; e devorou homens.

‘When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.

4 O ra as nações ouviram falar dele; foi apanhado na cova delas; e o trouxeram com ganchos ã terra do Egito.

‘Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

5 V endo, pois, ela que havia esperado, e que a sua esperança era perdida, tomou outro dos seus cachorros, e fê-lo leão novo.

‘When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.

6 E este, rondando no meio dos leões, veio a ser leão novo, e aprendeu a apanhar a presa; e devorou homens.

‘And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.

7 E devastou os seus palácios, e destruiu as suas cidades; e assolou-se a terra, e a sua plenitude, por causa do som do seu rugido.

‘He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.

8 E ntão se ajuntaram contra ele as gentes das províncias ao redor; estenderam sobre ele a rede; e ele foi apanhado na cova delas.

‘Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.

9 E com ganchos meteram-no numa jaula, e o levaram ao rei de Babilônia; fizeram-no entrar nos lugares fortes, para que se não ouvisse mais a sua voz sobre os montes de Israel.

‘ They put him in a cage with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would be heard no more On the mountains of Israel.

10 T ua mãe era como uma videira plantada junto

‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters.

11 E tinha uma vara forte para cetro de governador, e elevou-se a sua estatura entre os espessos ramos, e foi vista na sua altura com a multidão dos seus ramos.

‘And it had strong branches fit for scepters of rulers, And its height was raised above the clouds So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

12 M as foi arrancada com furor, e lançada por terra; o vento oriental secou o seu fruto; quebrou-se e secou-se a sua forte vara; o fogo a consumiu.

‘But it was plucked up in fury; It was cast down to the ground; And the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branch was torn off So that it withered; The fire consumed it.

13 E agora está plantada no deserto, numa terra seca e sedenta.

‘And now it is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.

14 E duma vara dos seus ramos saiu fogo que consumiu o seu fruto, de maneira que não há mais nela nenhuma vara forte para servir de cetro para governar. Essa é a lamentação, e servirá de lamentação.

‘And fire has gone out from its branch; It has consumed its shoots and fruit, So that there is not in it a strong branch, A scepter to rule.’” This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.