Lamentations 4
1 How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.
A la briyans lò a vin bese! Lò pi a pa menm ankò! Wòch tanp yo vide deyò nan tout kwen lari.
2 The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!
Pyè presye a fis a Sion yo; ki gen valè kon lò fen, gade kijan yo konsidere kon veso tè, travay a potye a!
3 Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.
Menm chen mawon yo konn bay tete; yo kite pitit yo souse yo. Men fi a pèp mwen an te vin mechan kon yon otrich nan dezè.
4 The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
Lang a ti bebe a kole nan fon bouch yo, tèlman yo swaf; ti piti yo mande pen, men pèsòn pa kase bay yo.
5 Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Sila ki te konn manje ti manje delika yo, vin abandone nan lari. Sila ki te leve nan abiman an mov yo ap degaje yo chèche kaka bèf.
6 For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.
Paske inikite a fi a pèp mwen an pi gwo ke peche Sodome, ki te boulvèse nan yon moman, san pa t gen men ki boulvèse l.
7 Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:
Prens li yo te pi pwòp ke lanèj. Yo te pi blan ke lèt. Yo te pi wouj pase koray. Yo te poli tankou pyè safì.
8 Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.
Aparans yo koulye a pi nwa ke poud chabon. Yo pa menm rekonèt yo nan lari. Chè yo vin kole sou zo yo. Li fennen nèt. Li vin tankou bwa.
9 Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
Pi bon se sila ki te touye ak nepe yo, ke sila ki touye ak grangou yo; paske yo vin chagren e epwize akoz mank fwi chan an.
10 The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Men a fanm ki te konn plen konpasyon yo te bouyi pwòp pitit yo. Yo te devni manje pou yo, akoz destriksyon a fi a pèp mwen an.
11 The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.
SENYÈ a te acheve gwo kòlè Li a. Li te vide gwo kòlè Li a. Li te limen yon dife nan Sion, ki te manje tout fondasyon Li yo.
12 To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.
Wa latè yo pa t kwè, ni okenn abitan nan mond lan, ke advèsè ak ènmi an ta ka antre nan pòtay Jérusalem nan.
13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.
Akoz peche a pwofèt li yo ak inikite a prèt li yo, ki te vèse nan mitan li san a moun ladwati yo.
14 They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
Yo egare e avèg nan lari yo. Yo te vin souye ak san, jiskaske pèsòn pa t ka manyen abiman yo.
15 Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.
“Sòti! Pa pwòp!” Yo te kriye a yo menm. “Sòti, sòti, pa touche!” Konsa yo te sove ale, e te mache toupatou. Pami nasyon yo, yo te di: “Yo p ap ka kontinye rete pami nou”.
16 The face of the Lord has sent them in all directions; he will no longer take care of them: they had no respect for the priests, they gave no honour to the old men.
Prezans a SENYÈ a te gaye yo. Li p ap kontinye bay yo swen. Yo pa t onore prèt yo, Yo pa t respekte ansyen yo.
17 Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
Malgre sa, zye nou febli. Chache sekou te vin initil. Nan chache, nou te chache pou yon nasyon ki pa t ka sove.
18 They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.
Konsa, yo te fè lachas dèyè nou jiskaske nou pa t ka mache nan lari nou yo. Lafen nou vin pwòch. Jou nou yo fin ranpli, paske dènye moman nou vin rive.
19 Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.
Sila ki te kouri dèyè nou yo te pi vit pase èg k ap volè anlè. Yo te fè lachas sou nou nan mòn yo. Yo te kache tann anbiskad pou nou nan savann nan.
20 Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.
Souf lè ki nan nen nou, nou menm ki onksyone de SENYÈ a, te vin kaptire nan twou fòs yo, de sila nou te konn di: “Anba lonbraj li, nou va viv pami nasyon yo”.
21 Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
Rejwi e fè kè kontan, O fi a Edom nan, ki rete nan peyi Uts la. Tas la va fè wonn vin jwenn ou tou. Ou va vin sou. Ou va vin toutouni.
22 The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.
Pinisyon pou inikite nou yo fin konplete, O fi a Sion an. Li p ap ekzile nou ankò. Li va pini inikite nou an, O fi Edom an. Li va fè parèt tout peche ou yo!
