Ezechiele 19

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ma tu mena duolo per i principi d'Israele,	1 “And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 E dirai: Per qual ragione la madre vostra, la lionessa si pose a giacere tra' leoni, e in mezzo ai lioncelli allevò 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 E de' suoi lioncini uno ne innalzò,e divenne lione, e apparò a rapire la preda, e mangiare 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 se ne sparse la fama tralle nazioni, e queste non senza rilevarne delle ferite lo presero, e in catene il condussero nella terra 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 Ma ella vedendosi priva del suo sostegno, e che era perita la sua speranza, si die a rilevare un altro de' suoi lioncini, e ne fece un lione.	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 Ed egli andava insieme co' leoni, e diventò lione, e imparò a rapir la preda, 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 disertar le città, e al tuono de' suoi ruggiti restò la terra vuota de' suoi abitatori.	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 adunarono le genti da tutte le provincie contro di lui, e gli tesero agguati, e con iscambievoli ferite lo pigliarono.	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 misero in una gabbia, e lo condussero incatenato al re di Babilonia, e lo rinchiusero in una prigione, affinchè non si udisse più la sua 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 La madre vostra come una vite nel sangue vostro fu piantata lungo le acque: sulle molte acque sono cresciuti i suoi frutti, e le frondi.	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 le sue solide verghe diventarono scettri di sovrani, e il suo fusto si innalzò in mezzo alle frondi, ed ella si vide esaltata nel gran numero de' suoi tralci.	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 ella è stata schiantata dall'ira, e gettata per terra, e un vento ardente fé seccare i suoi frutti, marcirono, e inaridirono i rigogliosi suoi tralci, e il fuoco la 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 Ed ella è ora trapiantata in un deserto, in una terra arida, e disabitata.	13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
14 E usci da una verga de' suoi rami un fuoco, che mangiò un suo frutto, e non rimase di lei una verga forte da servir di scettro a' sovrani. Questo è carme di duolo, e servirà pel duolo.	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.”