¹Aga sina alusta nutulaulu Iisraeli vürstide pärast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁷He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.

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

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.

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

⁹They 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 on the mountains of Israel.

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

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

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

¹¹It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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