19 — Ezechiele

1Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,Ma tu mena duolo per i principi d'Israele,AND thou take vp lamentation vpon the princes of Israel, and thou shalt say:Et tu assume planctum super principes Israël, 2And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?E dirai: Per qual ragione la madre vostra, la lionessa si pose a giacere tra' leoni, e in mezzo ai lioncelli allevò i suoi parti?Why lay thy mother a lionesse among the lions, in the middes of young lions brought vp her whelpes?et dices: Quare mater tua leæna inter leones cubavit ? / in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos ? 3And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.E de' suoi lioncini uno ne innalzò, e divenne lione, e apparò a rapire la preda, e mangiare gli uomini.And she brought out one of her young lions, he became a lion: and he lerned to catch prayes, and to eate man.Et eduxit unum de leunculis suis, / et leo factus est: / et didicit capere prædam, / hominemque comedere. 4And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.E se ne sparse la fama tralle nazioni, e queste non senza rilevarne delle ferite lo presero, e in catene il condussero nella terra d'Egitto.And the Gentils heard of him, and not without their woundes they tooke him: and they brought him in cheynes into the Land of Aegypt.Et audierunt de eo gentes: / et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum, / et adduxerunt eum in catenis in terram Ægypti. 5But she seeing herself weakened, and that her hope was lost, took one of her young lions, and set him up for a lion.Ma ella vedendosi priva del suo sostegno, e che era perita la sua speranza, si diè a rilevare un altro de' suoi lioncini, e ne fece un lione.Who when she saw that she was weakened, and her expectation was lost, she tooke one of her young lions, she made him a lion.Quæ cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est, / et periit exspectatio ejus, / tulit unum de leunculis suis; / leonem constituit eum. 6And he went up and down among the lions, and became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.Ed egli andava insieme co' leoni, e diventò lione, e imparò a rapir la preda, e a divorare gli uomini:Who went among the lions, and became a lion: and he lerned to take praye, and to deuoure men.Qui incedebat inter leones, / et factus est leo: / et didicit prædam capere, / et homines devorare:

7He learned to make widows, and to lay waste their cities: and the land became desolate, and the fulness thereof by the noise of his roaring.Imparò a far delle vedove, e a disertar le città, e al tuono de' suoi ruggiti restò la terra vuota de' suoi abitatori.He lerned to make widowes, and to bring their cities into a desert: and the land was made desolate, and the fulnes therof by the voice of his roaring.didicit viduas facere, / et civitates earum in desertum adducere: / et desolata est terra et plenitudo ejus a voce rugitus illius. 8And the nations came together against him on every side out of the provinces, and they spread their net over him, in their wounds he was taken.E si adunarono le genti da tutte le provincie contro di lui, e gli tesero agguati, e con iscambievoli ferite lo pigliarono.And the Gentils came together against him on euerie side out of the prouinces, & they spred their nette vpon him, in their wounds he was taken.Et convenerunt adversus eum gentes undique de provinciis, / et expanderunt super eum rete suum: / in vulneribus earum captus est, 9And they put him into a cage, they brought him in chains to the king of Babylon: and they cast him into prison, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.E lo misero in una gabbia, e lo condussero incatenato al re di Babilonia, e lo rinchiusero in una prigione, affinchè non si udisse più la sua voce sui monti d'Israele.And they put him into a caue, in cheynes they brought him to the king of Babylon: and they cast him into prison, that his voice might no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.et miserunt eum in caveam: / in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis, / miseruntque eum in carcerem, / ne audiretur vox ejus ultra super montes Israël. 10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood planted by the water: her fruit and her branches have grown out of many waters.La madre vostra come una vite nel sangue vostro fu piantata lungo le acque: sulle molte acque sono cresciuti i suoi frutti, e le frondi.Thy mother as it were a vine in thy bloud is planted vpon the water: her fruit and her branches haue growen out of manie waters.Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est: / fructus ejus et frondes ejus creverunt ex aquis multis. 11And she hath strong rods to make sceptres for them that bear rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches: and she saw her height in the multitude of her branches.E le sue solide verghe diventarono scettri di sovrani, e il suo fusto si innalzò in mezzo alle frondi, ed ella si vide esaltata nel gran numero de' suoi tralci.And there were made to her strong roddes for the scepters of them that rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches: and she saw her height in the multitude of her branches.Et factæ sunt ei virgæ solidæ in sceptra dominantium, / et exaltata est statura ejus inter frondes, / et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum.

12But she was plucked up in wrath, and cast on the ground, and the burning wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods are withered, and dried up: the fire hath devoured her.Ma ella è stata schiantata dall'ira, e gettata per terra, e un vento ardente fe' seccare i suoi frutti, marcirono, e inaridirono i rigogliosi suoi tralci, e il fuoco la divorò.And she was plucked vp in wrath, and cast on the ground: and the burning winde hath dried vp her fruite: the roddes of her strength are withered, and dried vp: fire hath eaten her.Et evulsa est in ira, in terramque projecta, / et ventus urens siccavit fructum ejus: / marcuerunt et arefactæ sunt virgæ roboris ejus: / ignis comedit eam. 13And now she is transplanted into the desert, in a land not passable, and dry.Ed ella è ora trapiantata in un deserto, in una terra arida, e disabitata.And now she is transplanted into the desert, in a land not passable, and drie.Et nunc transplantata est in desertum, / in terra invia et sitienti. 14And a fire is gone out from a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that she now hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre of rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.E usci da una verga de' suoi rami un fuoco, che mangiò un suo frutto, e non rimase di lei una verga forte da servir di scettro a' sovrani. Questo è carme di duolo, e servirà pel duolo.And there came forth fire from the rod of her boughes, which hath eaten her fruite: and there was not in her a strong rod, the scepter of rulers. Lamentation it is, and it shal be into lamentation.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.