1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. 7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.*19.7 their desolate…: or, their widows*19.7 the fulness…: or, all it containeth 8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. 9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.*19.9 in chains: or, in hooks

10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.*19.10 in…: or, in thy quietness, or, in thy likeness 11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. 14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

1 "你当为以色列的众领袖作一首哀歌，2 说：

‘你的母亲是甚么？

是狮子群中的母狮，

牠卧在少壮狮子群中，

养育牠的小狮子。

3 牠养大其中一只小狮子，

这幼狮成了一只少壮的狮子，

学会了撕碎猎物，

把人吃掉。

4 列国听见了，

就把牠困在他们的坑中；

他们用钩子

把牠带到埃及地去。

5 母狮见自己所等候的落空了，

所希望的幻灭了，

就从牠的小狮子中另取出一只，

使牠成为少壮的狮子。

6 牠在狮子群中行走；

牠已成了一只少壮的狮子，

牠学会了撕碎猎物，

把人吃掉。

7 牠拆毁了他们的城堡，

使他们的城市荒凉；

因牠吼叫的声音，

地和其中所充满的都惊恐。

8 于是四围的列国

从各地来攻击牠，

把他们的网撒在牠身上，

把牠困在他们的坑中。

9 他们把牠放进笼里，

用钩子带到巴比伦王那里，

囚在狱中，

使牠的声音在以色列众山上不再听见。

10 "‘你的母亲像葡萄园里*按照《马索拉文本》，"葡萄园里"作"在你血中"；现参照其他抄本和《七十士译本》翻译的一棵葡萄树，

栽种在水边；

因为水源充足，

结果累累、枝叶茂盛。

11 它有粗壮的树枝可作掌权者的杖；

它树身高大，超乎其他茂密枝叶之上；

因为它树身高大，枝子众多，远远就可以看见。

12 但这葡萄树因　神的烈怒被拔起，

摔在地上；

东风使它的果子枯干散掉，

粗壮的树枝枯槁，

被火吞灭。

13 现在它被栽种在旷野，

在干旱无水之地。

14 有火从树枝中的一根发出，

吞灭树的果子，

以致树上再没有粗壮的树枝，

可以作掌权者的杖。’

这是一首哀歌，是一首流行的哀歌。"