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

¹Aga sina alusta nutulaulu Iisraeli vürstide pärast

²and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

²ja ütle: Missugune emalõvi oli küll sinu ema lõvide hulgas!? Ta lebas noorte lõvide keskel, ta kasvatas oma kutsikaid.

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

³Nõnda ta kasvatas üles ühe oma kutsikaist: sellest sai noor lõvi, kes õppis saaki murdma, kes sõi inimesi.

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

⁴Aga paganad kuulsid temast, ta püüti kinni nende augus ja viidi ninakonksudega Egiptusemaale.

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.

⁵Kui ema nägi, et ta oli asjata oodanud, et ta lootus oli kadunud, siis ta võttis oma kutsikaist veel ühe, kasvatas selle nooreks lõviks.

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

⁶Ja see käis lõvide keskel, kasvas nooreks lõviks, õppis saaki murdma, sõi inimesi.

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

⁷Ta rüüstas nende paleesid, laastas nende linnu; maa ja mis seda täitis, kohkus tema möirgamisest.

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

⁸Siis panid paganad tema ümber püüniseid ja laotasid tema üle oma võrgu, ta püüti kinni nende augus.

⁹And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

⁹Ta pandi ahelais puuri ja viidi Paabeli kuninga ette; ta viidi linnusesse, et ta häält enam ei kuuldaks Iisraeli mägedel.

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

¹⁰Su ema oli otsekui viinapuu su sarnane, vee äärde istutatud; ta oli viljakas ja täis oksi rohke vee tõttu.

¹¹And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

¹¹Ja tal oli tugev oks valitsuskepiks; see kasvas kõrgeks okste vahel ja paistis oma kõrguse tõttu tema paljude okste hulgast.

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

¹²Aga ta kisti üles tulises vihas, paisati maha ja idatuul kuivatas ta vilja; ta tugev oks murti ja kuivas ära - tuli sõi selle.

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

¹³Nüüd on ta istutatud kõrbe, kuivale ja põuasele maale.

¹⁴And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

¹⁴Ta oksast puhkes tuli, mis sõi ära ta võsud ja vilja. Nõnda ei olegi tal tugevat oksa, mis kõlbaks valitsuskepiks.' See on nutulaul ja on jäänud nutulauluks.