¹Et tu assume planctum super principes Israël,“And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,

¹Et tu assume planctum super principes Israël,“And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,

²et dices:and you shall say:Quare mater tua leæna inter leones cubavit?Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions,in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos?and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?

²et dices:and you shall say:Quare mater tua leæna inter leones cubavit?Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions,in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos?and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?

³Et eduxit unum de leunculis suis,And she led away one of her little ones,et leo factus est:and he became a lion.et didicit capere prædam,And he learned to seize preyhominemque comedere.and to consume men.

³Et eduxit unum de leunculis suis,And she led away one of her little ones,et leo factus est:and he became a lion.et didicit capere prædam,And he learned to seize preyhominemque comedere.and to consume men.

⁴Et audierunt de eo gentes:And the Gentiles heard about him,et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum,and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds.et adduxerunt eum in catenis in terram Ægypti.And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.

⁴Et audierunt de eo gentes:And the Gentiles heard about him,et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum,and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds.et adduxerunt eum in catenis in terram Ægypti.And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.

⁵Quæ cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est,Then, when she had seen that she was weakened,et periit exspectatio ejus,and that her hope had perished,tulit unum de leunculis suis;she took one of her little ones,leonem constituit eum.and appointed him as a lion.

⁵Quæ cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est,Then, when she had seen that she was weakened,et periit exspectatio ejus,and that her hope had perished,tulit unum de leunculis suis;she took one of her little ones,leonem constituit eum.and appointed him as a lion.

⁶Qui incedebat inter leones,And he advanced among the lions,et factus est leo:and he became a lion.et didicit prædam capere,And he learned to seize preyet homines devorare:and to devour men.

⁶Qui incedebat inter leones,And he advanced among the lions,et factus est leo:and he became a lion.et didicit prædam capere,And he learned to seize preyet homines devorare:and to devour men.

⁷didicit viduas facere,He learned to make widows,et civitates earum in desertum adducere:and to lead their citizens into the desert.et desolata est terra et plenitudo ejus a voce rugitus illius.And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.

⁷didicit viduas facere,He learned to make widows,et civitates earum in desertum adducere:and to lead their citizens into the desert.et desolata est terra et plenitudo ejus a voce rugitus illius.And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.

⁸Et convenerunt adversus eum gentes undique de provinciis,And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces,et expanderunt super eum rete suum:and they spread their net over him;in vulneribus earum captus est,by their wounds, he was captured.

⁸Et convenerunt adversus eum gentes undique de provinciis,And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces,et expanderunt super eum rete suum:and they spread their net over him;in vulneribus earum captus est,by their wounds, he was captured.

⁹et miserunt eum in caveam:And they put him into a cage;in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis,they led him in chains to the king of Babylon.miseruntque eum in carcerem,And they cast him into a prison,ne audiretur vox ejus ultra super montes Israël.so that his voice would no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

⁹et miserunt eum in caveam:And they put him into a cage;in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis,they led him in chains to the king of Babylon.miseruntque eum in carcerem,And they cast him into a prison,ne audiretur vox ejus ultra super montes Israël.so that his voice would no longer be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

¹⁰Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est:Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water;fructus ejus et frondes ejus creverunt ex aquis multis.her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.

¹⁰Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est:Your mother is like a vine, in your blood, planted by the water;fructus ejus et frondes ejus creverunt ex aquis multis.her fruit and her branches have increased because of many waters.

¹¹Et factæ sunt ei virgæ solidæ in sceptra dominantium,And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers,et exaltata est statura ejus inter frondes,and her stature was exalted among the branches.et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum.And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.

¹¹Et factæ sunt ei virgæ solidæ in sceptra dominantium,And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers,et exaltata est statura ejus inter frondes,and her stature was exalted among the branches.et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum.And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.

¹²Et evulsa est in ira,But she was uprooted in wrath,in terramque projecta,and cast upon the ground.et ventus urens siccavit fructum ejus:And the burning wind dried up her fruit.marcuerunt et arefactæ sunt virgæ roboris ejus:Her robust branches withered and were dried up.ignis comedit eam.A fire consumed her.

¹²Et evulsa est in ira,But she was uprooted in wrath,in terramque projecta,and cast upon the ground.et ventus urens siccavit fructum ejus:And the burning wind dried up her fruit.marcuerunt et arefactæ sunt virgæ roboris ejus:Her robust branches withered and were dried up.ignis comedit eam.A fire consumed her.

¹³Et nunc transplantata est in desertum,And now she has been transplanted into the desert,in terra invia et sitienti.into a land impassable and dry.

¹³Et nunc transplantata est in desertum,And now she has been transplanted into the desert,in terra invia et sitienti.into a land impassable and dry.

¹⁴Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum ejus,And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches,qui fructum ejus comedit:which has consumed her fruit.et non fuit in ea virga fortis, sceptrum dominantium.And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers.Planctus est,This is a lamentation,et erit in planctum.and it shall be a lamentation.”

¹⁴Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum ejus,And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches,qui fructum ejus comedit:which has consumed her fruit.et non fuit in ea virga fortis, sceptrum dominantium.And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers.Planctus est,This is a lamentation,et erit in planctum.and it shall be a lamentation.”