Ezechiele 19

BIBBIA CEI 2008	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Intona ora un lamento sui prìncipi d’Israele	1 “And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 dicendo: Che cos’era tua madre? Una leonessa fra leoni. Accovacciata in mezzo ai leoni nutriva i suoi cuccioli.	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?
3 Essa allevò uno dei cuccioli che divenne un leoncello, imparò a sbranare la preda, a divorare gli uomini.	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.
4 Ma contro di lui le genti fecero lega, restò preso nella loro fossa e in catene fu condotto in Egitto.	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.
5 Quando essa vide che era lunga l’attesa e delusa la sua speranza, prese un altro cucciolo e ne fece un leoncello.	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.
6 Divenuto leoncello, se ne andava e veniva fra i leoni, e imparò a sbranare la preda, a divorare gli uomini.	6 And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.
7 Penetrò nei loro palazzi, devastò le loro città. Il paese e i suoi abitanti sbigottivano al rumore del suo ruggito.	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.
8 Lo assalirono le genti, le contrade all’intorno; tesero un laccio contro di lui e restò preso nella loro fossa.	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.
9 Lo chiusero in una gabbia, lo condussero in catene al re di Babilonia e lo misero in una prigione, perché non se ne sentisse la voce sui monti d’Israele.	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.
10 Tua madre era come una vite piantata vicino alle acque. Era rigogliosa e frondosa per l’abbondanza dell’acqua.	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.
11 Ebbe rami robusti, buoni per scettri regali; il suo fusto si elevò in mezzo agli arbusti, mirabile per la sua altezza e per l’abbondanza dei suoi rami.	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.
12 Ma essa fu sradicata con furore e gettata a terra; il vento d’oriente seccò i suoi frutti e li fece cadere; il suo ramo robusto inaridì e il fuoco lo divorò.	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.
13 Ora è trapiantata nel deserto, in una terra secca e riarsa;	13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
14 un fuoco uscì da un suo ramo, divorò tralci e frutti ed essa non ha più alcun ramo robusto, uno scettro per regnare». Questo è un lamento e come lamento viene usato.	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.”