¹Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

¹[] Και συ αναλαβε θρηνον δια τους ηγεμονας του Ισραηλ,

²And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

²και ειπε, Τι ειναι η μητηρ σου; Λεαινα· κειται μεταξυ λεοντων, εθρεψε τα βρεφη αυτης εν μεσω σκυμνων.

³And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

³Και ανεθρεψεν εν εκ των βρεφων αυτης και εγεινε σκυμνος και εμαθε να αρπαζη το θηραμα· ανθρωπους ετρωγε.

⁴The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

⁴Και τα εθνη ηκουσαν περι αυτου· επιασθη εν τω λακκω αυτων, και εφεραν αυτον με αλυσεις εις την γην της Αιγυπτου.

⁵Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

⁵Και ιδουσα οτι η ελπις αυτης εματαιωθη και εχαθη, ελαβεν εν αλλο εκ των βρεφων αυτης και εκαμεν αυτο σκυμνον.

⁶And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

⁶Και αναστρεφομενον εν μεσω των λεοντων εγεινε σκυμνος και εμαθε να αρπαζη θηραμα· ανθρωπους ετρωγε.

⁷And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

⁷Και εγνωρισε τα παλατια αυτων και ερημονε τας πολεις αυτων· και ητο ηφανισμενη η γη και το πληρωμα αυτης απο του ηχου του βρυχηματος αυτου.

⁸Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

⁸Και τα εθνη παρεταχθησαν εναντιον αυτου κυκλοθεν εκ των επαρχιων και ηπλωσαν κατ' αυτου τα βροχια αυτων, και επιασθη εν τω λακκω αυτων.

⁹And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

⁹Και εβαλον αυτον με αλυσεις εις κλωβιον και εφεραν αυτον προς τον βασιλεα της Βαβυλωνος· εν δεσμωτηριω εισηγαγον αυτον, δια να μη ακουσθη πλεον φωνη αυτου επι τα ορη του Ισραηλ.

¹⁰Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

¹⁰[] Η μητηρ σου, καθ' ομοιωσιν σου, ητο ως αμπελος πεφυτευμενη πλησιον των υδατων· εγεινε καρποφορος και πληρης κλαδων δια τα πολλα υδατα.

¹¹And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

¹¹Και εγειναν εις αυτην ραβδοι ισχυραι δια σκηπτρα των κρατουντων· και ο κορμος αυτης υψωθη εν μεσω των πυκνων κλαδων, και εγεινε περιβλεπτος κατα το υψος αυτης μεταξυ του πληθους των βλαστων αυτης.

¹²But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

¹²Απεσπασθη ομως μετα θυμου, ερριφθη κατα γης, και ανατολικος ανεμος κατεξηρανε τον καρπον αυτης· αι ισχυραι αυτης ραβδοι συνεθλασθησαν και εξηρανθησαν· πυρ κατεφαγεν αυτας.

¹³And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

¹³Και τωρα ειναι πεφυτευμενη εν ερημω, εν ξηρα και ανυδρω γη.

¹⁴And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

¹⁴Και εξηλθε πυρ απο ραβδου τινος εκ των κλαδων αυτης και κατεφαγε τον καρπον αυτης, ωστε δεν υπηρχε πλεον εν αυτη ραβδος ισχυρα δια σκηπτρον ηγεμονιας· ουτος ειναι ο θρηνος και θελει εισθαι εις θρηνον.