¹Ti pa zapoj žalostinko nad knezi Izraelovimi

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

²in reci: Kaj je bila mati tvoja? Levinja; med levi je ležala, sredi levičev je redila mladino svojo.

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

³In vzredila je enega mladičev svojih, ta je postal mlad lev in se je navadil plen loviti, požiral je ljudi.

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

⁴In slišali so o njem narodi; ujet je bil v njih jami in peljali so ga z obroči v nosnicah v deželo Egiptovsko.

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

⁵In ko je videla, da zaman čaka, da je izginila nada njena, vzame drugega mladičev svojih in stori iz njega mladega leva.

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.

⁶Ta je hodil med levi in postal mlad lev in se je navadil plen loviti, požiral je ljudi.

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

⁷In podiral je njih palače in pustošil njih mesta; in opustošena je bila dežela in kar je bilo v njej od glasu njegovega rjovenja.

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

⁸Tedaj so se postavili zoper njega narodi iz sosednjih pokrajin in so razpeli mrežo nad njim, v njih jami je bil ujet.

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.

⁹In dejali so ga z obroči v nosnicah v kletko ter ga pripeljali h kralju babilonskemu; spravili so ga v trdnjavo, da bi se ne slišal več glas njegov na gorah Izraelovih.

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.

¹⁰Mati tvoja je bila kakor vinska trta, kakor ti pri vodi zasajena; rodovitna je bila in bogata z mladikami, ker je rasla ob obilih vodah.

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.

¹¹In je zaredila močne veje, pripravne za palice vladarjem, in nje rast se je visoko vzpenjala med košatimi mladicami, in daleč jo je bilo videti zaradi visokosti njene, zaradi mnogih mladik njenih.

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.

¹²A izruvana je bila v togoti, na tla vržena, in vzhodni veter je posušil njen sad: močne veje njene so se zlomile in usahnile, ogenj jih je požgal.

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.

¹³In sedaj je zasajena v puščavi, v suhi in žejni zemlji.In ogenj je švignil iz mladičja njenih vej in požrl nje sad, da ni na njej nobene močne veje, pripravne za palico vladarjem. To je žalostinka in bodi za žalostinko.

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

¹⁴In ogenj je švignil iz mladičja njenih vej in požrl nje sad, da ni na njej nobene močne veje, pripravne za palico vladarjem. To je žalostinka in bodi za žalostinko.

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.