1 Apraudok Izraelio kunigaikščius,

2 sakydamas: "Tavo motina buvo liūtė, gulinti tarp liūtų! Ji tarp liūtų užaugino savo jauniklius.

3 Vienas jos jauniklis išaugo jaunu liūtu, kuris, išmokęs sugauti grobį, ėmė ryti žmones.

4 Tautos, išgirdusios apie jo darbus, pagavo jį ir sukaustytą grandinėmis išvedė į Egiptą.

5 Liūtė, pamačiusi, kad jos viltys žlugo, antrą savo jauniklį užaugino jaunu liūtu.

6 Jis, vaikščiodamas tarp liūtų, išmoko sugauti grobį ir ėmė ryti žmones.

7 Jis griovė tvirtoves ir naikino miestus. Visas kraštas drebėjo nuo jo riaumojimo.

8 Aplinkinių kraštų tautos sukilo prieš jį, ištiesė savo tinklą ir sugavo jį.

9 Jie sukaustė jį grandinėmis, uždarė narvan ir, nugabenę pas Babilono karalių, įmetė į kalėjimą, kad jo balsas nebebūtų girdimas Izraelio kalnuose.

10 Tavo motina buvo kaip vynmedis, pasodintas prie vandens, gausus šakelių ir vaisių.

11 Jo stiprus ūglis tapo valdovo skeptru, iškilo aukštai tarp šakelių; jis buvo toli matomas.

12 Bet rūstybėje jis buvo išrautas ir numestas žemėn. Rytų vėjas sudžiovino jo vaisius, šakos sudžiūvo ir ugnis prarijo jas.

13 Dabar jis pasodintas dykumoje, sausoje ir išdžiūvusioje žemėje.

14 Ugnis, išėjusi iš jo kamieno, sudegino šakas ir vaisius. Nebėra kamieno, kuris galėtų būti valdovo skeptras. Tai yra rauda ir ji liks rauda".

1 Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say,

2 What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.

3 And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

4 And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.

6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

7 And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.

8 Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.

9 They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.

10 Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

11 And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches.

12 But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.

13 And now she is planted in the waste land, in a dry and unwatered country.

14 And fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief.