1 Bet tu dziedi raudu dziesmu par Israēla valdniekiem 2 un saki: "Tava māte tiešām bija kā īsta lauvas māte starp lauvām! Viņa dzīvoja lauvu starpā, jaunu lauvu vidū viņa uzaudzināja savus dēlus. 3 Vienu no saviem dēliem viņa uzaudzināja par īstu jaunu lauvu, tas mācījās iegūt laupījumu, aprija cilvēkus. 4 Un citas tautas to dzirdēja, sagūstīja viņu savās bedrēs un aizveda to važās uz Ēgiptes zemi. 5 Kad nu viņa māte redzēja, ka bija vīlusies, ka viņas cerības pagalam, tā ņēma vēl vienu no saviem dēliem un izaudzināja to par jaunu lauvu. 6 Tas staigāja lepni lauvu starpā, kļuva par īstu jaunu lauvu, mācījās iegūt laupījumu un aprija cilvēkus. 7 Tas vairoja atraitņu skaitu, postīja un padarīja bez ļaudīm viņu pilsētas, tā ka zeme un tās iedzīvotāji bija bailēs no viņa briesmīgās rūkoņas. 8 Tad sacēlās tautas no apkārtējām zemēm pret viņu, izstiepa pār viņu savu tīklu un sagūstīja viņu savā bedrē. 9 Tad tie lika viņu krātiņā važās un aizveda pie Bābeles ķēniņa, un novietoja kādā nocietinātā pilī, lai viņa rūkoņa nebūtu vairs dzirdama Israēla kalnos. 10 Tava māte bija kā vīnakoks, kas stādīts pie ūdens, tas bija auglīgs un pilns kuplu vijīgu stīgu no bagātīgā ūdens. 11 Tam bija viena spēcīga atvase, kas derēja valdnieka scepterim, un tā pacēlās augsti pār citām kuplo zaru vidū un bija tālu redzama ar savu augstumu un savu zaru daudzumu. 12 Bet tad šo vīnakoku dusmās kāds izrāva un nometa zemē, rīta vējš izkaltēja tā stīgas; tā spēcīgo atvasi norāva, un tā sakalta, uguns to aprija. 13 Tagad tas pārdēstīts tuksnesī, neauglīgā, izkaltušā zemē. 14 Un uguns ir izgājusi no viņa zariem un aprijusi tā augļus; tam nepalika pāri vairs nevienas stipras atvases valdnieka scepterim." Tā ir raudu dziesma un paliks par raudu dziesmu.
1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. 7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. 8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. 9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 ¶ Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. 14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
