Lamentations 4
1 ALEPH. How will the gold be tarnished, [and] the fine silver changed! the sacred stones have been poured forth at the top of all the streets.
A la briyans lò a vin bese! Lò pi a pa menm ankò! Wòch tanp yo vide deyò nan tout kwen lari.
2 BETH. The precious sons of Zion, who were equalled in value with gold, how are they counted as earthen vessels, the works 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 GIMEL. Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, they give suck to their young, the daughters of my people are incurably cruel, as an ostrich in a desert.
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 DALETH. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, [and] there is none to break [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 HE. They that feed on dainties are desolate in the streets: they that used to be nursed in scarlet have clothed themselves with dung.
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 VAU. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been increased beyond the iniquities of Sodoma, [the city] that was overthrown very suddenly, and none laboured against her [with their] hands.
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 ZAIN. Her Nazarites were made purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were purified [as] with fire, their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.
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 HETH. Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; they are not known in the streets: their skin has cleaved to their bones; they are withered, they are become as a stick.
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 TETH. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from [lack of] the fruits 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 JOD. The hands of tender-hearted women have sodden their own children: they became meat for them 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 CHAPH. The Lord has accomplished his wrath; he has poured out fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Sion, and it has devoured her foundations.
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 LAMED. The kings of the earth, [even] all that dwell in the world, believed not that an enemy and oppressor would enter through the gates 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 MEM. For the sins of her prophets, [and] iniquities of her priests, who shed righteous blood in the midst of 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 NUN. her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their raiment [with it].
Yo egare e avèg nan lari yo. Yo te vin souye ak san, jiskaske pèsòn pa t ka manyen abiman yo.
15 SAMECH. Depart you from the unclean ones: call you them: depart, depart, touch [them] not: for they are on fire, yes, they stagger: say you among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [there].
“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 AIN. The presence of the Lord [was] their portion; [but] he will not again look upon them: they regarded not the person of the priests, they pitied not the prophets.
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 PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. TSADE. We looked to a nation that could not save.
Malgre sa, zye nou febli. Chache sekou te vin initil. Nan chache, nou te chache pou yon nasyon ki pa t ka sove.
18 We have hunted [for] our little ones, that they should not walk in our streets. KOPH. Our time has drawn near, our days are fulfilled, our time is 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 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.
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 RECHS. The breath of our nostrils, [our] anointed Lord, was taken in their destructive snares, of whom we said, In his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.
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 CHSEN. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Idumea, that dwell in the land: yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to you: you shall be drunken, and pour forth.
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 THAU. O daughter of Sion, your iniquity has come to an end; he shall no more carry you captive: he has visited your iniquities, O daughter of Edom; he has discovered your sins.
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!
