Ezechiele 19

DIODATI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 OR tu prendi a far lamento dei principi d’Israele. E di’:	1 “And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,
2 Quale era tua madre? una leonessa; ella era giaciuta fra i leoni, ella avea allevati i suoi leoncini in mezzo de’ leoncelli.	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 Or ella avea allevato uno de’ suoi leoncini, che divenne leoncello, e imparò a rapir la preda, e divorava 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 nazioni, uditone il grido, vennero contro a lui; ed egli fu preso nella lor fossa; e lo menarono incatenato nel paese di 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 Ed ella, quando vide che si era assai trattenuta aspettando, e che la sua speranza era perduta, prese un altro dei suoi leoncini, 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 Ed egli, essendo divenuto leoncello, andava, e veniva fra i leoni, e imparò a rapir la preda, e divorava 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 Ed ebbe sol cura de’ suoi palazzi, e desertò le lor città; e il paese, e tutto ciò che è in esso fu desolato per la voce del suo ruggire.	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 le nazioni delle provincie d’ogn’intorno gli diedero addosso, e tesero contro a lui la lor rete, ed egli fu preso nella lor 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 Poi lo misero incatenato in una gabbia, e lo condussero al re di Babilonia; e lo misero in certe fortezze, acciocchè la sua voce non si udisse più ne’ 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 tua, quando tu ti fosti taciuto, divenne come una vite piantata presso alle acque; divenne fruttifera, e fronzuta, per la copia 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 Ed ebbe delle verghe forti, da scettri di signori; e divenne alta di ceppo, sopra gli alberi folti, fra i quali ella era, e fu ragguardevole per la sua altezza, per l’abbondanza 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 è stata sterpata con ira, è stata gettata in terra, e il vento orientale ha seccato il suo frutto; le sue verghe forti sono state rotte, e non seccate; il fuoco le ha consumate.	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 ora, ella è piantata nel deserto, in terra secca ed arida.	13 And now she has been transplanted into the desert, into a land impassable and dry.
14 E d’una verga de’ suoi rami è uscito un fuoco che ha consumato il frutto di essa, e non vi è più in lei verga forte, scettro da signoreggiare. Quest’è un lamento, e sarà per lamento	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.”