¹A ty pozdvihni trúchlospev na kniežatá Izraelove

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

²a povieš: Čo tvoja mater ľvica? Odpočívajúc líhala medzi ľvami, medzi mladými ľvami vychovávala svoje ľvíčatá.

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.

³A vychovala jedno zo svojich ľvíčat; bol to mladý lev a naučil sa lúpežiť; žrával ľudí.

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

⁴A počuly o ňom národy; lapený bol do ich jamy, a doviedli ho za obrúčky do Egyptskej zeme.

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.

⁵A keď videla ľvica, že darmo čaká, a že zahynula jej nádej, vzala jedno zo svojich ľvíčat, urobila ho mladým ľvom.

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

⁶A chodil si medzi ľvami a stal sa z neho mladý lev; ale sa naučil lúpežiť a žrával ľudí;

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.

⁷poznal svoje vdovy a spustošil ich mestá, takže spustla zem i jej náplň od hlasu jeho revu.

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.

⁸Preto nastavily na neho národy naokolo z krajín a rozostrely na neho svoju sieť; lapený bol do ich jamy.

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.

⁹Dali ho do klietky na obrúčky a doviedli ho k babylonskému kráľovi, odviedli ho do pevností, aby nebolo viacej počuť jeho hlasu na vrchoch Izraelových.

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.

¹⁰Tvoja mater bola jako vinič za tvojho pokoja, zasadený nad vodami; úrodný a haluznatý bol pre mnohé vody.

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

¹¹A mal silné prúty na berly panovníkov, a jeho postava sa vypäla vysoko medzi oblaky, a bolo ho vidieť pre jeho vysokosť, pre množstvo jeho vetiev.

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.

¹²Ale bol vytrhnutý v prchlivosti a hodený na zem, a východný vietor usušil jeho ovocie; jeho silné prúty sa vylámaly a uschly; oheň to strávil.

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.

¹³A teraz je zasadený na púšti, vo vypráhlej zemi žíznivej.

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

¹⁴Krome toho vyšiel oheň z prúta jeho konárov; strávil jeho ovocie, a nie je už na ňom silného prúta na berlu panovať. Je to trúchlospev a bude na trúchlospev.

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!`