এজেকিয়েল 19
1 ঈশ্বর আমায় বললেন, “ইস্রায়েলের নেতাদের সম্বন্ধে তুমি অবশ্যই এই শোকের গান গাইবে|
2 “‘তোমার মা যেন সিংহদের মাঝে শুয়ে থাকা এক সিংহী| সে যুব সিংহদের মাঝে শুতে গেল আর অনেক শাবকের মা হল|
3 তার এক শাবক উঠে দাঁড়াল, সে হয়ে উঠল এক শক্ত সমর্থ যুব সিংহ| সে তার খাবার শিকার করতে শিখে গেল| সে একটি লোককে মারল এবং তাকে খেল|
4 লোকে তার গর্জন শুনল এবং তাকে একটি খাঁচায় ভরল| তারা যুব সিংহটির নাকে একটি আংটা পরাল এবং তাকে মিশরে নিয়ে গেল|
5 “‘মা সিংহীর আশা ছিল যে তার শাবক নেতা হয়ে উঠবে| কিন্তু এখন সে তার সব আশা হারিযে ফেলেছে| তাই সে তার শাবকগুলি থেকে আরেকটি শাবককে নিল| তাকে সিংহ হবার প্রশিক্ষণ দিল|
6 সে পূর্ণাঙ্গ সিংহদের সঙ্গে শিকারে গেল| সে একটি শক্তিশালী যুব সিংহ হয়ে উঠল| সে শিকার ধরতে শিখল এবং একটি লোককে খেল|
7 তারপর রাজবাটীগুলো আক্রমণ করল| সে শহরগুলি ধ্বংস করল| ঐ দেশের প্রত্যেকে কথা বলতে ভয় পেত, যখন তারা তার গর্জন শুনত|
8 তারপর তার চার ধারের লোকরা তার জন্য একটি ফাঁদ পাতল এবং তারা তাদের ফাঁদে তাকে ধরল|
9 তাকে আংটা পরাল এবং তালা বন্ধ করে রাখল| তারা তাকে তাদের ফাঁদে আটকাল| তাই তারা তাকে বাবিল রাজার কাছে নিয়ে গেল এবং তাকে সেখানে রেখে দিল যাতে ইস্রায়েলের কোন পর্বতে তার গর্জন শুনতে না পাওয়া যায়|
10 “‘তোমার মা একটি দ্রাক্ষালতার মতো, যা জলের কাছে রোপিত| তার কাছে ছিল অনেক জল| তাই সে অনেক সবল দ্রাক্ষালতা জন্মাতে পেরেছিল|
11 তারপর সে বড় বড় শাখাসমূহ জন্মালো| তারা ছিল চলার ছড়ির মত শক্ত| তারা ছিল রাজদণ্ডের মত| দ্রাক্ষালতা এমেই বেড়ে উঠতে লাগল| তার অনেক শাখা-প্রশাখা ছিল এবং তারা মেঘ পর্য়ন্ত পৌঁছে গেল|
12 কিন্তু রাগে দ্রাক্ষা-লতাটিকে শিকড় সমেত উপড়ে ফেলা হল| এবং মাটিতে ফেলে দেওয়া হল| পূর্বীয উষ্ণবাযু তার ওপর বয়ে গেল এবং তার ফল শুকিয়ে গেল| যখন সবল শাখাগুলো ভেঙ্গে গেলে তাদের আগুনে ফেলে দেওয়া হল|
13 এখন সেই দ্রাক্ষালতা রোপিত হয়েছে মরুভূমিতে| সেটি একটি অত্যন্ত শুষ্ক ও তৃষ্ণার্ত ভূমি|
14 বিরাট শাখাগুলিতে আগুন লাগল এবং তা ছড়িয়ে গেল এবং অন্যান্য শাখাগুলিকে ও ফলগুলিকে ধ্বংস করল| তাই সেখানে রইল না কোন শক্ত হাঁটার ছড়ি| সেখানে রইল না কোন রাজদণ্ড|’এটি ছিল মৃত্যু নিয়ে এক শোক গাথা আর তা শোকের মত করে গাওযা হল|”
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.
1 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.