¹And thou, 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 lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

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; it 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.

⁴And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.

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

⁵And when she saw that she had waited [and] her hope was lost, 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 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 [desolate] palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by 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 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 nose-rings, 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 as a vine, in thy rest, 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 sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its 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 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 ground:

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

¹⁴and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. 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.