Ezekiel 19

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1 As for you, son of man, raise a lamentation over the prince of Israel:	1 Y tú entona una elegía sobre los príncipes de Israel.
2 What a lioness was your mother, a lion of lions! Among young lions she couched to rear her whelps.	2 Dirás: ¿Qué era tu madre? Una leona entre leones. Echada entre los leoncillos, criaba a sus cachorros.
3 One whelp she raised up, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured.	3 Exaltó a uno de sus cachorros, que se hizo un león joven; y aprendió a desgarrar su presa, devoró hombres.
4 Then nations raised cries against him, in their pit he was caught; They took him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.	4 Oyeron hablar de él las naciones, en su fosa quedó preso; con garfios le llevaron al país de Egipto.
5 Then she saw that in vain she had waited, her hope was destroyed. She took another of her whelps, him she made a young lion.	5 Vio ella que su espera era fallida, fallida su esperanza; y tomo otro de sus cachorros, le hizo un león joven.
6 He prowled among the lions, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured;	6 Andaba éste entre los leones, se hizo un león joven, aprendió a desgarrar su presa, devoró hombres;
7 He ravaged their strongholds, their cities he wasted. The land and all in it were appalled at the noise of his roar.	7 derribó sus palacios, devastó sus ciudades; la tierra y sus habitantes estaban aterrados por la voz de su rugido.
8 Nations laid out against him snares all about him; They spread their net to take him, in their pit he was caught.	8 Se alzaron contra él las naciones, las provincias circundantes; tendieron sobre él su red y en su fosa quedó preso.
9 They put him in a cage and took him away to the king of Babylon, So that his voice would not be heard on the mountains of Israel.	9 Con garfios le cerraron en jaula, le llevaron al rey de Babilonia en calabozos le metieron, para que no se oyese más su voz por los montes de Israel.
10 Your mother was like a vine planted by the water; Fruitful and branchy was she because of the abundant water.	10 Tu madre se parecía a una vid plantada a orillas de las aguas. Era fecunda, exuberante, por la abundancia de agua.
11 One strong branch she put out as a royal scepter. Stately was her height amid the dense foliage; Notably tall was she with her many clusters.	11 Tenía ramas fuertes para ser cetros reales; su talla se elevó hasta dentro de las nubes. Era imponente por su altura, por su abundancia de ramaje.
12 But she was torn up in fury and flung to the ground; The east wind withered her up, her fruit was torn off; Then her strong branch withered up, fire devoured it.	12 Pero ha sido arrancada con furor, tirada por tierra; el viento del este ha agostado su fruto; ha sido rota, su rama fuerte se ha secado, la ha devorado el fuego.
13 So now she is planted in the desert, in a land dry and parched,	13 Y ahora está plantada en el desierto, en tierra de sequía y de sed.
14 For fire came out of the branch and devoured her shoots; She is now without a strong branch, a ruler's scepter. This is a lamentation and serves as a lamentation.	14 Ha salido fuego de su rama, ha devorado sus sarmientos y su fruto. No volverá a tener su rama fuerte, su cetro real. Esto es una elegía; y de elegía sirvió.