1 "Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel2 and say: "'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.4 The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.5 "'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.6 He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.7 He broke down "their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.8 Then the nations came against him, those from regions round about. They spread their net for him, and he was trapped in their pit.9 With hooks they pulled him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison, so his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.10 "'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard "planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.11 Its branches were strong, fit for a ruler's scepter. It towered high above the thick foliage, conspicuous for its height and for its many branches.12 But it was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them.13 Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.14 Fire spread from one of its main "branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler's scepter.' "This is a lament and is to be used as a lament."

1 Et tu assume planctum super principes Isral, 2 et dices : [Quare mater tua lena inter leones cubavit ?in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos ?3 Et eduxit unum de leunculis suis,et leo factus est :et didicit capere prdam,hominemque comedere.4 Et audierunt de eo gentes :et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum,et adduxerunt eum in catenis in terram gypti.5 Qu cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est,et periit exspectatio ejus,tulit unum de leunculis suis ;leonem constituit eum.6 Qui incedebat inter leones,et factus est leo :et didicit prdam capere,et homines devorare :7 didicit viduas facere,et civitates earum in desertum adducere :et desolata est terra et plenitudo ejus a voce rugitus illius.8 Et convenerunt adversus eum gentes undique de provinciis,et expanderunt super eum rete suum :in vulneribus earum captus est,9 et miserunt eum in caveam :in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis,miseruntque eum in carcerem,ne audiretur vox ejus ultra super montes Isral.10 Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est :fructus ejus et frondes ejus creverunt ex aquis multis.11 Et fact sunt ei virg solid in sceptra dominantium,et exaltata est statura ejus inter frondes,et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum.12 Et evulsa est in ira, in terramque projecta,et ventus urens siccavit fructum ejus :marcuerunt et arefact sunt virg roboris ejus :ignis comedit eam.13 Et nunc transplantata est in desertum,in terra invia et sitienti.14 Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum ejus,qui fructum ejus comedit :et non fuit in ea virga fortis,sceptrum dominantium.] Planctus est, et erit in planctum.