Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
Rántí, Olúwa, ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wa; wò ó, kí o sì rí ìtìjú wa.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
Àwọn ohun ìní wa ti di ti àlejò, ilé wa ti di ti àjèjì.
3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
Àwa ti di aláìní òbí àti aláìní baba, àwọn ìyá wa ti di opó.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
A gbọdọ̀ ra omi tí à ń mu; igi wa di títà fún wa.
5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
Àwọn tí ó ń lé wa súnmọ́ wa; àárẹ̀ mú wa àwa kò sì rí ìsinmi.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Àwa jọ̀wọ́ ara wa fún Ejibiti àti Asiria láti rí oúnjẹ tó tó jẹ.
7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
Àwọn baba wa ti ṣẹ̀, wọn kò sì ṣí mọ́, àwa sì ń ru ìjìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
Àwọn ẹrú ń jẹ ọba lórí wa, kò sì ṣí ẹni tí yóò gbà wá lọ́wọ́ wọn.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
Àwa ń rí oúnjẹ wa nínú ewu ẹ̀mí wa nítorí idà tí ó wà ní aginjù.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
Ẹran-ara wa gbóná bí ààrò, ebi sì yó wa bí àárẹ̀.
11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
Wọ́n ti fipá bá àwọn obìnrin wa lòpọ̀ ní Sioni, àti àwọn wúńdíá ti o wa ní ìlú Juda.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
Àwọn ọmọ ọbakùnrin ti di síso sókè ní ọwọ́ wọn; kò sí ìbọ̀wọ̀ fún àgbàgbà mọ́.
13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin wa ru òkúta; àwọn ọmọkùnrin sì ń ṣàárẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹrù igi.
14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
Àwọn àgbàgbà ti lọ kúrò ní ẹnu-bodè ìlú; àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin sì dákẹ́ orin wọn.
15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
Ayọ̀ ti ṣáko ní ọkàn wa; ọ̀fọ̀ sì ti dúró bí ijó fún wa.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Adé ti ṣí kúrò ní orí wa ègbé ni fún wa, nítorí a ti ṣẹ̀.
17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
Nítorí èyí, àárẹ̀ mú ọkàn wa, nítorí èyí, ojú wa sì ṣú.
18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
Fún òkè Sioni tí ó ti di ahoro lórí rẹ̀ àwọn kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ sì ń rìn kiri.
19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
Ìwọ, Olúwa, jẹ ọba títí láé; ìjọba rẹ dúró láti ìran kan dé ìran mìíràn.
20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
Kí ló dé tí o ń gbàgbé wa ní gbogbo ìgbà? Kí ló dé tí o fi kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ fún ọjọ́ pípẹ́?
21 Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
Mú wa padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, Olúwa, kí àwa kí ó le padà; mú ọjọ́ wa di tuntun bí ìgbàanì,
22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
àyàfi tí o bá ti kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ pátápátá tí ìbínú rẹ sí wa sì kọjá ìwọ̀n.
