Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Nyee nye ŋutsu si kpe fu le eƒe dziku ƒe ameƒoti te.
2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
Enyam ɖe nu eye wòna mezɔ viviti me, menye kekeli me o;
3 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
Vavã etrɔ eƒe asiwo ɖe ŋutinye atraɖii le ŋkeke blibo la me.
4 My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Ena be nye ŋutilã kple nye ŋutigbalẽ do xoxo eye wògbã ƒu ɖe lãme nam.
5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
Eva dze dzinye eye wòtsɔ veve helĩhelĩ kple fukpekpe tɔ kpɔ ɖe ŋunye.
6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.
Ena menɔ viviti me abe ame siwo ku gbe aɖe gbe ke ene.
7 He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains heavy.
Etɔ kpɔ ƒo xlãm ale be nyemate ŋu asi o, eɖom anyi kple gakɔsɔkɔsɔ.
8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Ne meyɔe alo do ɣli be wòaxɔ nam gɔ̃ hã la, edoa ʋɔ ɖe nye gbedodoɖa nu.
9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
Etsɔ kpe gãwo xe mɔ me nam eye wòglɔ̃ nye mɔwo.
10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
Abe sisiblisi si de xa ɖi kple dzata si le adeklo dzi ene la,
11 He has obstructed my path, and torn me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
ehem ɖa le mɔ me eye wòvuvum, hegblẽm ɖi kpeɖeŋutɔmanɔsitɔe.
12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Evu eƒe da me eye wòdzidze eƒe dati ɖe dzinye.
13 He has caused the arrows of his quiver to pierce my inward parts.
Etsɔ aŋutrɔwo le eƒe daku me tsɔ ŋɔ nye dzi.
14 I have become a laughingstock to all peoples, and their song all the day.
Mezu nu ɖikokoe le nye amewo katã dome, woɖua fewu le ŋunye to hadzidzi me ŋkeke blibo la katã.
15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has given me in full measure wormwood.
Etsɔ ama veve ɖi ƒo nam eye wòkpe veve nam meno.
16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel; he has pressed me down in the dust.
Etsɔ kpe ŋe aɖu nam eye wòfanyam ɖe kewɔ me.
17 You have removed my soul far away from peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
Woxɔ ŋutifafa le asinye, meŋlɔ nu si dzɔgbenyui nye la be.
18 And I said, "My strength and my hope has perished from Jehovah."
Eya ta megblɔ be, “Nye atsyɔ̃nu yi eye nu siwo katã mele mɔ kpɔm na tso Yehowa gbɔ la hã nu va yi.”
19 Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Meɖo ŋku nye hiã, tsaglalãtsatsa, dzigbagbã kple vevesese dzi.
20 My soul considers them, and is depressed.
Meɖo ŋku wo katã dzi nyuie eye nye luʋɔ bɔbɔ eɖokui le menye.
21 But this I call to my mind; therefore I have hope:
Ke esia dzi meɖo ŋkue eye mɔkpɔkpɔ ɖo asinye:
22 Jehovah's faithful love does not cease; his compassion does not fail.
Le Yehowa ƒe lɔlɔ̃ deto la ta wometsrɔ̃ mí o elabena eƒe nublanuikpɔkpɔ mevɔna o.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Wozua yeye ŋdi sia ŋdi, wò nuteƒewɔwɔ lolo ŋutɔ.
24 "Jehovah is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
Megblɔ na ɖokuinye be, “Yehowae nye nye gomekpɔkpɔ, eya ta manɔ esinu kpɔm.”
25 Jehovah is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
Yehowa ƒe dɔ me nyo na ame siwo tsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe edzi, kple ame siwo dinɛ vevie.
26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
Enyo be woalala le ɖoɖoezizi me na Yehowa ƒe ɖeɖe.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke while he is young.
Enyo na ame be wòatsɔ kɔkuti le ɖekakpuime.
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence when he is disciplining him.
Nenɔ anyi le ɖoɖoezizi me elabena Yehowae tsɔ kɔkuti la da ɖe edzi.
29 Let him put his mouth to the dust, there may yet be hope.
Netsɔ eƒe mo ƒo ɖe ke me, ɖewohĩ mɔkpɔkpɔ gali.
30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled with insults.
Neɖo to me anyi na ame si le eƒo ge eye ŋukpe neyɔe fũu.
31 For Jehovah will not reject forever.
Elabena Aƒetɔ la metsɔa ame ƒua gbe ɖikaa o
32 For though he may cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the abundance of his loving kindness.
Togbɔ be ehea nuxaxa vɛ hã la, egakpɔa nublanui na ame, eye eƒe lɔlɔ̃ si nu metsina gbeɖe o la de to ŋutɔ.
33 For he is not predisposed to bring affliction or suffering to human beings.
Elabena mehea fukpekpe kple nuxaxa vaa amegbetɔviwo dzi ɖe dzidzɔ teƒe o.
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth;
Woafanya anyigbadzigamenɔlawo katã kple afɔ.
35 to deprive a man of justice before the face of the Most High,
Ne woagbe nu si nye ame tɔ la tsɔtsɔ nɛ le Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋkume,
36 to subvert a man in his cause, Jehovah does not approve.
eye wotrɔ gbo ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe nya; ɖe Aƒetɔ la makpɔ esiawo oa?
37 Who can speak a thing and have it come to pass, unless Jehovah has commanded it?
Ame ka aƒo nu eye wòava eme, ne menye Aƒetɔ lae ɖe gbe o?
38 Doesn't both calamity and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
Ɖe menye Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ƒe nu mee dzɔgbevɔ̃enyawo kple dzidzɔnyawo siaa doa go tsona oa?
39 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Nu ka ta amegbetɔ ahe nya ne wohe to nɛ ɖe eƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta?
40 Let us examine and search our ways, and return to Jehovah.
Mina míalé ŋku ɖe míaƒe zɔzɔme ŋu ne míado wo akpɔ eye mina míatrɔ ɖe Yehowa ŋu.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
Mina míado míaƒe dziwo kple asiwo ɖe Mawu gbɔ le dziƒo ahagblɔ bena:
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled, and you have not forgiven.
“Míewɔ nu vɔ̃ hedze aglã eye mètsɔe ke mi o.
43 You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you killed without sparing.
“Ètsɔ dziku tsyɔ ɖokuiwò dzi eye nèti mía yome hewu mí nublanuimakpɔmakpɔtɔe.
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Ètsɔ lilikpo tsyiɔ ɖokuiwò dzi ale be, gbedodoɖa aɖeke mate ŋu aɖo gbɔwò o.
45 You have made us rubbish and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
Ètsɔ mí wɔ ŋunyɔnu kple gbeɖuɖɔe le dukɔwo dome.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
“Míaƒe futɔwo katã ke nu baa ɖe mía ŋuti.
47 Fear and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.
Ŋɔdzi lé mí; míedze ʋe me eye tsɔtsrɔ̃ kple gbegblẽ va mía dzi.”
48 Streams of tears run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Nye ŋkuwo le aɖatsi fam yoyoyo elabena wotsrɔ̃ nye amewo.
49 My tears flow and do not cease, without respite,
Nye ŋkuwo le aɖatsi fam ɖaa, enu gbe tsotso,
50 until Jehovah looks down and sees from heaven.
va se ɖe esime Yehowa aɖo ŋku anyi tso dziƒo akpɔe.
51 My eyes bring my soul grief, because of all the daughters of my city.
Nu si mekpɔ la na nye luʋɔ xa nu ɖe nyɔnu siwo katã le nye dua me la ta.
52 They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
Ame siwo nye nye futɔwo madzemadzee la ɖem ɖe nu abe xevi ene.
53 They have cut off my life in a pit, and have cast a stone on me.
Wodze agbagba be woatso nye agbe nu le vudo me eye wofɔ kpe ƒum.
54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am finished.'
Tsi fie le tanye eye mesusu be evɔ nam.
55 I called on your name, Jehovah, out of the depths of the pit.
O Yehowa, wò ŋkɔe meyɔ le vudoa ƒe gogloƒe ke.
56 You heard my voice; do not hide your ear at my sighs, to my cry.
Èse nye kukuɖeɖe be, “Mègado toku nye ɣlidodo eye nàgbe akɔfafa nam o.”
57 You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, "Do not be afraid."
Ète va gbɔnye esi meyɔ wò eye nègblɔ be, “Mègavɔ̃ o.”
58 Jehovah, you have taken up the case for my soul; you have redeemed my life.
O, Aƒetɔ, èxɔ nye nya ɖe akɔ eye nèɖe nye agbe.
59 You have seen, Jehovah, the wrong done to me; judge my case.
Wò ŋutɔ èkpɔ, O Yehowa, vɔ̃ si wowɔ ɖe ŋutinye. Na nye nya nadzɔ!
60 You have seen all their vengeance and all their plots against me.
Èkpɔ woƒe hlɔ̃biabia ƒe kpekpeme kple nugbe siwo woɖo ɖe ŋunye.
61 You have heard their insults, Jehovah, and all their plots against me.
O Yehowa, èse woƒe dzudzuwo kple nu siwo katã woɖo ɖe ŋunye
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
kple nye futɔwo ƒe dalĩdodo kple nuƒoƒo le ŋunye ŋkeke blibo la.
63 Look their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their mocking song.
Nye kɔ nàkpɔ wo ɖa! Wole anyinɔƒe o, wole tsitrenu o, woɖua fewu le ŋunye le woƒe hadzidziwo me.
64 You will render to them what they deserve, Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
O Yehowa, xe fe si dze wo la na wo, ɖe nu siwo woƒe asiwo wɔ la ta.
65 You will give them hardness of heart as your curse to them.
Tsɔ nutsyɔnu tsyɔ woƒe dziwo dzi eye nàna be wò fiƒode nanɔ wo dzi!
66 You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Ti wo yome kple dziku eye nàtsrɔ̃ wo le Yehowa ƒe dziƒo te.
