厄則克耳:Chapter 19

厄則克耳:Chapter 19

厄則克耳	Ezekiel
¹你應為以色列的君王唱一篇哀歌，	¹As for you, son of man, raise a lamentation over the prince of Israel:
²說：「你的母親原像什麼？她像群獅中的一隻牝獅，臥在壯獅中養大了幼獅。	² What a lioness was your mother, a lion of lions! Among young lions she couched to rear her whelps.
³牠養大了一隻幼小的。牠就長成了壯獅，學會了撕裂獵物，吞噬人類。	³One whelp she raised up, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured.
⁴列國於是下令追捕牠，牠遂在她們所設的陷阱中被捕，人便用鼻環把牠牽到埃及地。	⁴Then nations raised cries against him, in their pit he was caught; They took him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.
⁵母獅見自己所等待的，所希望的落了空，就另取了一隻幼獅，使牠成為壯獅。	⁵Then she saw that in vain she had waited, her hope was destroyed. She took another of her whelps, him she made a young lion.
⁶牠在群獅中徘徊，成了壯獅，學會了撕裂獵物，吞噬人類。	⁶He prowled among the lions, a young lion he became; He learned to seize prey, men he devoured;
⁷牠把獵物帶到自己的穴中，恐嚇羊群，那地方和居民對牠的吼聲，無不驚懼。	⁷He ravaged their strongholds, their cities he wasted. The land and all in it were appalled at the noise of his roar.
⁸於是各國由四周各地追蹤牠，設下羅網捕捉牠，終於在她們的陷阱中被捕。	⁸Nations laid out against him snares all about him; They spread their net to take him, in their pit he was caught.
⁹然後給牠帶上鼻環，把牠裝在籠中，將他解送到巴比倫王那裏，將牠囚禁在獄中，免得在以色列的山上再聽到牠的吼聲。	⁹They put him in a cage and took him away to the king of Babylon, So that his voice would not be heard on the mountains of Israel.
¹⁰你的母親像園中的一棵葡萄樹，栽植在水旁，因為水多，果實纍纍，枝葉繁茂。	¹⁰ Your mother was like a vine planted by the water; Fruitful and branchy was she because of the abundant water.
¹¹她生出一根粗壯的枝條，可作統治者的權杖，它的軀幹高大，超過其他的枝葉。因它身量高大，在密茂的枝葉中，也可以見到。	¹¹One strong branch she put out as a royal scepter. Stately was her height amid the dense foliage; Notably tall was she with her many clusters.
¹²但是在狂怒中，它竟被拔出，拋棄在地上，東風吹乾了它的果實，它粗壯的枝幹被折斷而乾枯，為火所焚燒。	¹²But she was torn up in fury and flung to the ground; The east wind withered her up, her fruit was torn off; Then her strong branch withered up, fire devoured it.
¹³現今它被栽植在沙漠中，在那枯橾乾旱的地方。	¹³So now she is planted in the desert, in a land dry and parched,
¹⁴由枝梢上冒出一團火，焚燒了它的枝葉和果實，沒有給它留下一根粗壯的枝條，作統治者的權杖。」這是一篇哀歌，可為追悼之用。	¹⁴For fire came out of the branch and devoured her shoots; She is now without a strong branch, a ruler's scepter. This is a lamentation and serves as a lamentation.