Ezekiel 19

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Biblia Sagrada
1 “And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,	1 «Entona una elegía por los príncipes de Israel.
2 and you shall say: Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions, and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?	2 Dirás: “Tu madre era una leona entre los leones; tumbada en medio de los leoncillos amamantaba a sus cachorros.
3 And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.	3 Crió con esmero a uno de sus cachorros, que se hizo un joven león, aprendió a desgarrar a su presa, a devorar hombres.
4 And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.	4 Pero reclutaron gente contra él, lo atraparon en una fosa y con ganchos se lo llevaron a Egipto.
5 Then, when she had seen that she was weakened, and that her hope had perished, she took one of her little ones, and appointed him as a lion.	5 Viendo que lo esperaba en vano, la leona perdió su esperanza, escogió otro de sus cachorros y lo hizo un joven león.
6 And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.	6 Viviendo entre los leones se hizo todo un león: aprendió a desgarrar a su presa y a devorar hombres.
7 He learned to make widows, and to lead their citizens into the desert. And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.	7 Hacía estragos en sus palacios, asolaba sus ciudades; el país y sus habitantes estaban horrorizados por el rumor de su rugido.
8 And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces, and they spread their net over him; by their wounds, he was captured.	8 Las gentes de los alrededores y comarcas vecinas se organizaron contra él, le tendieron sus redes y quedó atrapado en una fosa.
9 And they put him into a cage; they led him in chains to the king of Babylon. And they cast him into a prison, so that his voice would no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.	9 Lo encerraron en una jaula y con ganchos lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia. Lo pusieron en un lugar seguro, para que no se oyera más su rugido sobre los montes de Israel”.
10 Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water; her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.	10 “Tu madre era como una vid, plantada junto a las aguas, fecunda y rica en sarmientos por la abundancia de agua.
11 And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers, and her stature was exalted among the branches. And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.	11 Tenía vástagos robustos, buenos para cetro de gobernantes. Su altura sobresalía entre los arbustos. Se distinguía por la altura y la abundancia de las ramas.
12 But she was uprooted in wrath, and cast upon the ground. And the burning wind dried up her fruit. Her robust branches withered and were dried up. A fire consumed her.	12 Pero fue arrancada con furor y arrojada por tierra. El viento del este secó sus frutos; ya separados, se secaron; y el fuego devoró el vástago robusto.
13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.	13 Ahora está plantada en el desierto, en una tierra árida y sedienta.
14 And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation.”	14 Brotó fuego del tronco y devoró sus brotes y sus frutos. No ha quedado en ella ni un vástago robusto, bastón para gobernar”». (Es una elegía, se canta como tal).