Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
Onyenwe anyị, biko, cheta ihe niile dakwasịrị anyị; leekwa anya ka ị hụrụ ọnọdụ ihere anyị.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
E werela ihe nketa anyị nyefee ndị ọbịa nʼaka, werekwa ebe obibi anyị nyefee nʼaka ndị mba ọzọ.
3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
Anyị aghọọla ụmụ mgbei, na ndị na-enweghị nna. Nne anyị ha dị ka ndị inyom di ha nwụrụ.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
Anyị na-akwụ ụgwọ nʼihi mmiri anyị na-aṅụ. Ọ bụkwa ego ka anyị ji azụ nkụ.
5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
Agbanyeghị na anyị nya yoku nʼolu, anyị bụ ndị a na-adọgbu nʼọrụ, ike agwụla anyị, enyeghị anyị izuike.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Anyị weere onwe anyị nyefee ndị Ijipt na ndị Asịrịa nʼaka nʼihi inweta nri ga-ezuru anyị.
7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
Nna anyị ha mehiere, ma ha anwụọla. Ma ọ bụ anyị na-anata ntaramahụhụ kwesiri ịbụ nke ha.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
Ndị bụ ohu na-achị anyị. Ọ dịghị onye anyị nwere nke ga-anapụta anyị site nʼaka ha.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
Anyị ji ndụ anyị nʼaka mgbe anyị na-achọ inweta ihe anyị ga-eri, nʼihi mma agha nke dị nʼọzara.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
Anụ ahụ anyị dị ọkụ dịka ite ọkụ, na-amakwa jijiji nʼihi agụụ.
11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
Emerụọla ndị inyom dị na Zayọn, ha na ụmụ agbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke niile dị nʼobodo dị iche iche nke Juda.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
Akwụgbuola ụmụ eze site nʼikegide aka ha nʼelu; a dịghị enyekwa ndị okenye nsọpụrụ.
13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Ụmụ okorobịa na-adọgbu onwe ha nʼọrụ na nkume ịkwọ nri, ụmụntakịrị ndị nwoke na-asụkwa ngọngọ nʼokpuru ọtụtụ nkụ.
14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
Ndị okenye adịghịkwa anọ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ụmụ okorobịa akwụsịkwala ịkpọ ụbọ akwara ha.
15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
Ọṅụ adịghịkwa nʼobi anyị; ite egwu anyị aghọọlara anyị ịnọ ọnọdụ iru ụjụ.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Okpueze esitela nʼisi anyị dapụ. Ahụhụ dịrị anyị nʼihi na anyị emehiela.
17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
Nʼihi nke a, obi anyị na-ada mba, nʼihi ihe ndị a ka anya anyị na-agba ọchịchịrị.
18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
Nʼihi ugwu Zayọn nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu, nke ghọrọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-akpagharị.
19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
Gị, Onyenwe anyị, na-abụ eze ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ocheeze gị na-adịgide site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.
20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
Gịnị mere i ji na-echezọ anyị kpamkpam? Gịnị mere i ji gbakụta anyị azụ ogologo ụbọchị ndị a niile?
21 Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
Mee ka anyị lọghachikwute gị, Onyenwe anyị, ka anyị si otu a lọtakwa; gbanwee ụbọchị anyị ka ọ dị ọhụrụ dịka na mgbe ochie,
22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
ma ọ bụghị na ị jụla anyị kpamkpam na-eweso anyị iwe nke ukwu.
