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 "Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 and say,
‘What was your mother?
A lioness.
She couched among lions,
in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs.
He became a young lion.
He learned to catch the prey.
He devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him.
He was taken in their pit;
and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 "‘Now when she saw that she had waited,
and her hope was lost,
then she took another of her cubs,
and made him a young lion.
6 He went up and down among the lions.
He became a young lion.
He learned to catch the prey.
He devoured men.
7 He knew their palaces,
and laid waste their cities.
The land was desolate with its fullness,
because of the noise of his roaring.
8 Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces.
They spread their net over him.
He was taken in their pit.
9 They put him in a cage with hooks,
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They brought him into strongholds,
so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
10 "‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters.
It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled.
Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs.
They were seen in their height
with the multitude of their branches.
12 But it was plucked up in fury.
It was cast down to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were broken off and withered.
The fire consumed them.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire has gone out of its branches.
It has devoured its fruit,
so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’
This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation."