Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach.
Wee Jehova-rĩ, ririkana maũndũ marĩa matũkorete; ta rora wone gũconoka gwitũ.
2 Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers:
Igai riitũ nĩrĩneanĩtwo kũrĩ ageni, nayo mĩciĩ iitũ ĩgakĩneanwo kũrĩ andũ a kũngĩ.
3 we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows.
Nĩtũtuĩkĩte ciana cia ngoriai na ciana itarĩ na maithe, nao manyina maitũ magatuĩka ta atumia a ndigwa.
4 We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us [for a burden] on our neck:
Maaĩ marĩa tũnyuuaga no tũgũrire; o na ngũ nĩkũgũra tũragũra.
5 we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest.
Arĩa matũingatithagia marĩ o magũrũ-inĩ maitũ; nĩtũnogete, na tũkaaga ũhurũko.
6 Egypt gave the hand [to us], Assur to their own satisfaction.
Twĩneanĩte kũrĩ andũ a Misiri na a Ashuri nĩgeetha tuone irio cia gũtũigana.
7 Our fathers sinned, [and] are not: we have borne their iniquities.
Maithe maitũ nĩmehirie na rĩu matirĩ ho, na ithuĩ nĩ ithuĩ tũraherithio handũ hao.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom [us] out of their hand.
Ngombo nĩcio itwathaga, na gũtirĩ mũndũ wa gũtũteithũra kuuma moko-inĩ ma cio.
9 We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
Tuonaga irio na ũndũ wa gũtwarĩrĩria mĩoyo iitũ ũgwati-inĩ, nĩ ũndũ wa rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ werũ-inĩ.
10 Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.
Gĩkonde giitũ kĩhiũhĩte o ta riiko rĩa kũruga mĩgate, tũkainaina nĩ ũndũ wa kũhũũta.
11 They humbled the women in Sion, the virgins in the cities of Juda.
Andũ-a-nja nĩmanyiitĩtwo na hinya gũkũ Zayuni, nao airĩtu gathirange makanyiitwo na hinya matũũra-inĩ ma Juda.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honored.
Anene akuo nĩ macuurĩtio na moko mao; athuuri nao matiheagwo gĩtĩĩo.
13 The chosen men lifted up [the voice in] weeping, and the youths fainted under the wood.
Aanake marutithagio wĩra wa hinya ithĩi-inĩ; tũmwana natuo tũtũgũũgaga nĩgũkuuithio mĩrigo ya ngũ.
14 And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music.
Athuuri nĩmatigĩte gũikara kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra inene; aanake nao nĩmatigĩte kũina nyĩmbo ciao.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Ngoro ciitũ nĩithirĩte gĩkeno; ndũrũhĩ ciitũ igarũrũkĩte igatuĩka macakaya.
16 The crown has fallen [from] our head: yes, woe to us! for we have sinned.
Thũmbĩ ya ũnene nĩĩgwĩte, ĩgatuuma mũtwe, kaĩ tũrĩ na haaro-ĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩtwĩhĩtie!
17 For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened.
Tondũ ũcio ngoro ciitũ nĩiringĩkĩte; na tondũ wa maũndũ macio maitho maitũ makaira,
18 Over the mountain of Sion, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein.
tondũ wa Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni, kĩrĩa gĩkirĩte ihooru, nacio mbwe rĩu nĩkuo iceeraga.
19 But you, O Lord, shall dwell for ever; your throne [shall endure] to generation and generation.
Wee Jehova-rĩ, wathanaga nginya tene; gĩtĩ gĩaku kĩa ũnene gĩtũũraga kuuma njiarwa nginya njiarwa.
20 Therefore will you utterly forget us, and abandon us a long time?
Ũriganagĩrwo nĩ ithuĩ hĩndĩ ciothe nĩkĩ? Ũtũtiganĩirie hĩndĩ ndaaya ũguo nĩkĩ?
21 Turn us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before.
Wee Jehova-rĩ, tũcookererie harĩwe, nĩguo tũhote gũgũcookerera; erũhia matukũ maitũ macooke o ta ũrĩa matariĩ tene,
22 For you have indeed rejected us; you have been very angry against us.
tiga ũkorirwo nĩũtũregeete biũ, ũgagĩtũrakarĩra o mũno makĩria.
