Orin ọfọ̀ nítorí àwọn ọmọ-aládé Israẹli
1“Kọ orin ọ̀fọ̀ nítorí àwọn ọmọ-aládé Israẹli 2wí pé:
“ ‘Èwo nínú abo kìnnìún ni ìyá rẹ̀ ní àárín àwọn kìnnìún yòókù?
Ó sùn ní àárín àwọn ọ̀dọ́ kìnnìún ó sì ń tọ́jú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.
3Ó sì tọ́ ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ dàgbà, ó sì di kìnnìún tó ní agbára,
ó kọ́ ọ láti ṣọdẹ, ó sì ń pa àwọn ènìyàn jẹ.
4Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè gbọ́ nípa rẹ̀,
wọ́n sì fi ẹ̀wọ̀n mú un nínú iho wọn.
Wọn fi ẹ̀wọ̀n mu nu lọ sí ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
5“ ‘Nígbà tí abo kìnnìún yìí rí pé ìrètí rẹ̀ sì jásí asán,
ó mú ọmọ rẹ̀ mìíràn ó sì tún tọ́ ọ dàgbà di kìnnìún tó ní agbára.
6Ó sì ń rìn káàkiri láàrín àwọn kìnnìún nítorí pé ó ti lágbára,
o kọ ọdẹ ṣíṣe, ó sì pa àwọn ènìyàn.
7Ó sì wó odi wọn palẹ̀ ó sì sọ àwọn ìlú wọn di ahoro.
Ilẹ̀ náà àti àwọn olùgbé ibẹ̀ sì wà ní ìpayà nítorí bíbú ramúramù rẹ̀.
8Nígbà náà ni àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè dìde sí i,
àwọn tó yìí ká láti ìgbèríko wá.
Wọn dẹ àwọ̀n wọn fún un,
wọn sì mú nínú ihò wọn.
9Wọn fi ìwọ̀ gbé e sínú àgò, wọn mú un lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ ọba Babeli,
wọn fi sínú ìhámọ́, a kò sì gbọ́ bíbú rẹ̀ mọ́ lórí òkè Israẹli.
10“ ‘Ìyá rẹ dàbí àjàrà nínú ọgbà àjàrà rẹ̀;
tí á gbìn sí etí odò ó, kún fún èso,
ó sì kún fún ẹ̀ka nítorí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ omi,
11Àwọn ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ lágbára tó láti fi ṣe ọ̀pá àṣẹ ìjòyè,
ó ga sókè láàrín ewé rẹ̀,
gíga rẹ̀ hàn jáde láàrín ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹ̀ka rẹ̀.
12Ṣùgbọ́n ó fà á tu ní ìrunú,
á sì wọ́ ọ lulẹ̀,
afẹ́fẹ́ láti ìlà-oòrùn sì gbé èso rẹ̀,
ọ̀pá líle rẹ̀ ti ṣẹ́, ó sì rọ
iná sì jó wọn run.
13Báyìí, a tún ún gbìn sínú aṣálẹ̀
ni ilẹ̀ gbígbẹ àti ilẹ̀ tó ń pòǹgbẹ omi.
14Iná sì jáde láti ọ̀kan lára ẹ̀ka rẹ̀
ó sì pa ẹ̀ka àti èso rẹ̀ run,
dé bi pé kò sí ẹ̀ka tó lágbára lórí rẹ̀ mọ́;
èyí to ṣe fi ṣe ọ̀pá fún olórí mọ́.’
Èyí ni orin ọ̀fọ̀ a o sì máa lo bí orin ọ̀fọ̀.”
A Lament Over Israel’s Princes
1“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel 2and say:
“ ‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among them
and reared her cubs.
3She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
4The nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.
5“ ‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a strong lion.
6He prowled among the lions,
for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
and he became a man-eater.
7He broke down19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew their strongholds
and devastated their towns.
The land and all who were in it
were terrified by his roaring.
8Then the nations came against him,
those from regions round about.
They spread their net for him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
9With hooks they pulled him into a cage
and brought him to the king of Babylon.
They put him in prison,
so his roar was heard no longer
on the mountains of Israel.
10“ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of abundant water.
11Its branches were strong,
fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.
12But it was uprooted in fury
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and fire consumed them.
13Now it is planted in the desert,
in a dry and thirsty land.
14Fire spread from one of its main19:14 Or from under its branches
and consumed its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
fit for a ruler’s scepter.’
“This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”
