The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
New International Version NIV
1 et tu adsume planctum super principes Israhel
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“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel
2 et dices quare mater tua leaena inter leones cubavit in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos
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and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs.
3 et eduxit unum de leunculis suis leo factus est et didicit capere praedam hominemque comedere
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She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
4 et audierunt de eo gentes et non absque vulneribus suis ceperunt eum et adduxerunt eum in catenis in terram Aegypti
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The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 quae cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est et periit expectatio eius tulit unum de leunculis suis leonem constituit eum
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“ ‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
6 qui incedebat inter leones et factus est leo didicit praedam capere et homines devorare
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He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
7 didicit viduas facere et civitates eorum in desertum adducere et desolata est terra et plenitudo eius a voce rugitus illius
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He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.
8 et convenerunt adversum eum gentes undique de provinciis et expanderunt super eum rete suum in vulneribus earum captus est
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Then the nations came against him, those from regions round about. They spread their net for him, and he was trapped in their pit.
9 et miserunt eum in caveam in catenis adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis miseruntque eum in carcerem ne audiretur vox eius ultra super montes Israhel
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With 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 mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata fructus eius et frondes eius creverunt ex aquis multis
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“ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyardplanted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
11 et factae sunt ei virgae solidae in sceptra dominantium et exaltata est statura eius inter frondes et vidit altitudinem suam in multitudine palmitum suorum
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Its 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.
12 et evulsa est in ira in terramque proiecta et ventus urens siccavit fructum eius marcuerunt et arefactae sunt virgae roboris eius ignis comedit eam
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But 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.
13 et nunc transplantata est in desertum in terra invia et sitienti
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Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.
14 et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum eius qui fructum eius comedit et non fuit in ea virga fortis sceptrum dominantium planctus est et erit in planctum
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Fire spread from one of its main 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.”
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