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BIBBIA RICCIOTTI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 - E tu intona una lamentazione sui principi d'Israele, e dirai:	1 “And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 - Perchè tua madre come leonessasi accovacciò tra i leoni, in mezzo ai lioncelliallevò i suoi parti?	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 Trasse fuori uno dei suoi lioncellie diventò leone e imparò a predare e 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 E le genti udirono parlare di lui, e non senza riportarne ferite lo catturarono, e stretto in catene, lo trascinarono sul suolo d'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 Vedendosi allora senza sostegnoe che la sua speranza era perduta, prese un altro dei suoi lioncellie lo pose a far da leone.	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 Egli incedeva tra i leonie diventò leone e imparò a predare e 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 Imparò a far delle vedove e a disertare le città, e la terra coi suoi abitatori fu in desolazioneal suono 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 E si radunarono contro di lui le gentida tutte in giro le province, e gettarono sopra di lui la loro rete, e dopo vicendevoli ferite, fu catturato.	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 E lo chiusero in una gabbiae incatenato lo condussero al re di Babiloniae lo misero in carcere, affinchè la sua voce più non risonassesopra i 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 vigna piena di linfaera stata piantata sul margine dell'acqua: i suoi frutti e le sue fronde erano cresciutiper l'abbondanza di acque.	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 E i virgulti le si fecero solidida poter essere scettri di dominatorie il suo fusto si elevò d'in tra le fronde e vide la sua elevatezzanella gran copia che aveva di pampini.	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 poi fu svelta furiosamente e sbattuta al suolo, e il vento infocato seccò il suo prodotto, avvizzirono e si seccarono i suoi rampolli rigogliosi, il fuoco li consumò.	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 E ora fu trapiantata in un desertoin un terreno incolto e riarso.	13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
14 Un fuoco è uscito da un virgulto de' suoi ramie le consumò il prodotto, e in essa più non rimase ramo forteda scettro di dominatori. Questa è una lamentazione e servirà da lamentazione -».	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.”