¹狮子被捕捉的比喻

¹And thou, lift up a lamentation unto princes of Israel,

²说：‘你的母亲是什么？是狮子群中的母狮，它卧在少壮狮子群中，养育它的小狮子。

²and thou hast said: What [is] thy mother? — a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

³它养大其中一只小狮子，这幼狮成了一只少壮的狮子，学会了撕碎猎物，把人吃掉。

³And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

⁴列国听见了，就把它困在他们的坑中；他们用钩子把它带到埃及地去。

⁴And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

⁵母狮见自己所等候的落空了，所希望的幻灭了，就从它的小狮子中另取出一只，使它成为少壮的狮子。

⁵And she seeth, that stayed — perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

⁶它在狮子群中行走；它已成了一只少壮的狮子，它学会了撕碎猎物，把人吃掉。

⁶And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

⁷它拆毁了他们的城堡，使他们的城市荒凉；因它吼叫的声音，地和其中所充满的都惊恐。

⁷And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

⁸于是四围的列国从各地来攻击它，把他们的网撒在它身上，把它困在他们的坑中。

⁸And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.

⁹他们把它放进笼里，用钩子带到巴比伦王那里，囚在狱中，使它的声音在以色列众山上不再听见。

⁹And they put it in prison — in chains, And they bring it unto the king of Babylon, They bring it in unto bulwarks, So that its voice is not heard any more On mountains of Israel.

¹⁰葡萄树被拔出的比喻“‘你的母亲像葡萄园里的一棵葡萄树，栽种在水边；因为水源充足，结果累累、枝叶茂盛。

¹⁰Thy mother [is] as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.

¹¹它有粗壮的树枝可作掌权者的杖；它树身高大，超乎其他茂密枝叶之上；因为它树身高大，枝子众多，远远就可以看见。

¹¹And it hath strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And high is its stature above thick branches, And it appeareth in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.

¹²但这葡萄树因　神的烈怒被拔起，摔在地上；东风使它的果子枯干散掉，粗壮的树枝枯槁，被火吞灭。

¹²And it is plucked up in fury, To the earth it hath been cast, And the east wind hath dried up its fruit, Broken and withered hath been the rod of its strength, Fire hath consumed it.

¹³现在它被栽种在旷野，在干旱无水之地。

¹³And now — it is planted in a wilderness, In a land dry and thirsty.

¹⁴有火从树枝中的一根发出，吞灭树的果子，以致树上再没有粗壮的树枝，可以作掌权者的杖。’这是一首哀歌，是一首流行的哀歌。”

¹⁴And go forth doth fire from a rod of its boughs, Its fruit it hath devoured, And it hath no rod of strength — a sceptre to rule, Lamentation it [is] — and it is for a lamentation!`