Ezekiel 19
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Ezéchiel 19
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| Take up now a song of grief for the ruler of Israel, and say, | Et toi, prononce une complainte sur les princes d`Israël, |
| What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones. | et dis: Ta mère, qu`était-ce? Une lionne. Elle était couchée parmi les lions; C`est au milieu des lionceaux Qu`elle a élevé ses petits. |
| And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat. | Elle éleva l`un de ses petits, Qui devint un jeune lion, Et qui apprit à déchirer sa proie; Il dévora des hommes. |
| And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt. | Les nations entendirent parler de lui, Et il fut pris dans leur fosse; Elles mirent une boucle à ses narines et l`emmenèrent Dans le pays d`Égypte. |
| Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion. | Quand la lionne vit qu`elle attendait en vain, Qu`elle était trompée dans son espérance, Elle prit un autre de ses petits, Et en fit un jeune lion. |
| And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat. | Il marcha parmi les lions, Il devint un jeune lion, Et il apprit à déchirer sa proie; Il dévora des hommes. |
| And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice. | Il força leurs palais, Et détruisit leurs villes; Le pays, tout ce qui s`y trouvait, fut ravagé, Au bruit de ses rugissements. |
| Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made. | Contre lui se rangèrent les nations D`alentour, des provinces; Elles tendirent sur lui leur rets, Et il fut pris dans leur fosse. |
| They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel. | Elles mirent une boucle à ses narines, le placèrent dans une cage, Et l`emmenèrent auprès du roi de Babylone; Puis elles le conduisirent dans une forteresse, Afin qu`on n`entende plus sa voix sur les montagnes d`Israël. |
| Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters. | Ta mère était, comme toi, semblable à une vigne, Plantée près des eaux. Elle était féconde et chargée de branches, A cause de l`abondance des eaux. |
| And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches. | Elle avait de vigoureux rameaux pour des sceptres de souverains; Par son élévation elle dominait les branches touffues; Elle attirait les regards par sa hauteur, Et par la multitude de ses rameaux. |
| But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it. | Mais elle a été arrachée avec fureur et jetée par terre; Le vent d`orient a desséché son fruit; Ses rameaux vigoureux ont été rompus et desséchés; Le feu les a dévorés. |
| And now she is planted in the waste land, in a dry and unwatered country. | Et maintenant elle est plantée dans le désert, Dans une terre sèche et aride. |
| And fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief. | Le feu est sorti de ses branches, Et a dévoré son fruit; Elle n`a plus de rameau vigoureux Pour un sceptre de souverain. C`est là une complainte, et cela servira de complainte. |
