“‘ The mother lion looked and waited. But all her hope was gone. So she got another one of her cubs. She made him into a strong lion.

母狮见自己等候失了指望，就从它小狮子中又将一个养为少壮狮子。

母狮见自己等候，期望落空，就从小狮子中取一只，养为少壮狮子；

母狮见自己等候，期望落空，就从小狮子中取一只，养为少壮狮子；

母狮盼着它回来，眼见指望落空，便又养育一头幼狮，使它成为雄壮的狮子。

母狮见自己所等候的落空了，所希望的幻灭了，就从它的小狮子中另取出一只，使它成为少壮的狮子。

母獅見自己等候失了指望，就從牠小獅子中又將一個養為少壯獅子。

母獅見自己等候，期望落空，就從小獅子中取一隻，養為少壯獅子；

母獅見自己等候，期望落空，就從小獅子中取一隻，養為少壯獅子；

母獅盼著牠回來，眼見指望落空，便又養育一頭幼獅，使牠成為雄壯的獅子。

母獅見自己所等候的落空了，所希望的幻滅了，就從牠的小獅子中另取出一隻，使牠成為少壯的獅子。

母獅見她只是白等候，指望也滅沒了，便將她的另一隻小獅子立為少壯獅子。

牝獅久俟、知失所望、復取一子、養成壯獅、

牝獅望子不回、復撫一子、日漸長大、往來於眾獅間、能搏物噬人、

牝獅久俟、見己失望、則又取其子之一、養之為壯獅、

“‘ When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.

When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

“ When the lioness saw that her hopes for him were gone, she took another of her cubs and taught him to be a strong young lion.

When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.

‘ When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

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.

When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

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.

“‘ When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

“‘ Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.

Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim king in place of his father Josiah. Necho changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz with him to Egypt. And that’s where Jehoahaz died.Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he required. To get the money, Jehoiakim taxed the land. He forced the people to give him the silver and gold. He made each one pay him what he required.Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother’s name was Zebidah. She was the daughter of Pedaiah. She was from Rumah.Jehoiakim did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did just as the kings who had ruled before him had done.