Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
Wee Jehova-rĩ, ririkana maũndũ marĩa matũkorete; ta rora wone gũconoka gwitũ.
2 Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
Igai riitũ nĩrĩneanĩtwo kũrĩ ageni, nayo mĩciĩ iitũ ĩgakĩneanwo kũrĩ andũ a kũngĩ.
3 Orphans we have been—without a 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 comes for a price.
Maaĩ marĩa tũnyuuaga no tũgũrire; o na ngũ nĩkũgũra tũragũra.
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
Arĩa matũingatithagia marĩ o magũrũ-inĩ maitũ; nĩtũnogete, na tũkaaga ũhurũko.
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
Twĩneanĩte kũrĩ andũ a Misiri na a Ashuri nĩgeetha tuone irio cia gũtũigana.
7 Our fathers have sinned—they 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 no deliverer from their hand.
Ngombo nĩcio itwathaga, na gũtirĩ mũndũ wa gũtũteithũra kuuma moko-inĩ ma cio.
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, 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 as an oven has been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
Gĩkonde giitũ kĩhiũhĩte o ta riiko rĩa kũruga mĩgate, tũkainaina nĩ ũndũ wa kũhũũta.
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins—in cities of Judah.
Andũ-a-nja nĩmanyiitĩtwo na hinya gũkũ Zayuni, nao airĩtu gathirange makanyiitwo na hinya matũũra-inĩ ma Juda.
12 Princes have been hanged by their hand, Elderly faces have not been honored.
Anene akuo nĩ macuurĩtio na moko mao; athuuri nao matiheagwo gĩtĩĩo.
13 They have taken young men to grind, And youths have stumbled with wood.
Aanake marutithagio wĩra wa hinya ithĩi-inĩ; tũmwana natuo tũtũgũũgaga nĩgũkuuithio mĩrigo ya ngũ.
14 Elderly have ceased from the gate, Young men from their song.
Athuuri nĩmatigĩte gũikara kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra inene; aanake nao nĩmatigĩte kũina nyĩmbo ciao.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased, Our dancing has been turned to mourning.
Ngoro ciitũ nĩithirĩte gĩkeno; ndũrũhĩ ciitũ igarũrũkĩte igatuĩka macakaya.
16 The crown has fallen [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
Thũmbĩ ya ũnene nĩĩgwĩte, ĩgatuuma mũtwe, kaĩ tũrĩ na haaro-ĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩtwĩhĩtie!
17 Our heart has been sick for this, Our eyes have been dim for these.
Tondũ ũcio ngoro ciitũ nĩiringĩkĩte; na tondũ wa maũndũ macio maitho maitũ makaira,
18 For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
tondũ wa Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni, kĩrĩa gĩkirĩte ihooru, nacio mbwe rĩu nĩkuo iceeraga.
19 You, O YHWH, remain for all time, Your throne to generation and generation.
Wee Jehova-rĩ, wathanaga nginya tene; gĩtĩ gĩaku kĩa ũnene gĩtũũraga kuuma njiarwa nginya njiarwa.
20 Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!
Ũriganagĩrwo nĩ ithuĩ hĩndĩ ciothe nĩkĩ? Ũtũtiganĩirie hĩndĩ ndaaya ũguo nĩkĩ?
21 Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
Wee Jehova-rĩ, tũcookererie harĩwe, nĩguo tũhote gũgũcookerera; erũhia matukũ maitũ macooke o ta ũrĩa matariĩ tene,
22 For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
tiga ũkorirwo nĩũtũregeete biũ, ũgagĩtũrakarĩra o mũno makĩria.
