Lamentations 5
1 Remember, Jehovah, what has come on us. Look, and see our disgrace.
Seyè, gade sa ki te rive nou non! Voye je gade nou. Wè nan ki mizè nou ye!
2 Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
Peyi nou an nan men moun lòt nasyon! Yo pran kay nou pou yo.
3 We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are like widows.
Nou se timoun san papa. Manman nou tankou fanm ki pèdi mari yo.
4 We have to pay for a drink of water; our wood is sold to us.
Se achte pou n' achte dlo pou nou bwè. Si nou pa gen lajan, nou pa jwenn bwa pou nou boule.
5 Our pursuers are on our necks; we are weary, and have no rest.
N'ap travay di tankou bourik, tankou bèf kabwa. Nou bouke, nou pa ka pran kanpo.
6 We have submitted to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, to get enough bread.
Pou nou ka jwenn manje pou nou manje nou blije ap lonje men bay peyi Lejip ak peyi Lasiri.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; but we have borne their iniquities.
Zansèt nou yo fè peche. Yo pa la ankò! Se nou menm k'ap peye pou sa yo te fè.
8 Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
Moun k'ap gouvènen nou yo se esklav yo ye. Pesonn pa ka delivre nou anba men yo.
9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
Se gwo danje lè nou soti al dèyè manje. Ansasen toupatou nan peyi a.
10 Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
Grangou ban nou lafyèb. Kò nou cho kou dife.
11 They raped the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
Yo fè kadejak sou madanm nou sou mòn Siyon an. Nan tout ti bouk peyi Jida yo yo kenbe pitit fi nou yo.
12 Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.
Yo pran chèf nou yo, yo pann yo. Yo derespekte granmoun nou yo.
13 The young men grind at the mill; the boys stagger under loads of wood.
Yo fòse jenn gason nou yo rale moulen. Ti gason nou yo ap titibe anba gwo chay bwa.
14 The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.
Granmoun yo pa chita nan pòtay lavil la ankò. Jennmoun nou yo pa chante ankò.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.
Pa gen kè kontan lakay nou. Nou pa danse ankò! Lapenn plen kè nou!
16 The crown is fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned.
Tou sa ki te konn ban nou kè kontan disparèt. Nou te peche, malè tonbe sou nou.
17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes grow dim.
Nou malad nan fon kè nou, nou pa ka wè tèlman n'ap kriye,
18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk on it.
paske mòn Siyon an tounen savann. Se bèt nan bwa ase ki rete la.
19 But you, Jehovah, abide forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
Men ou menm, Seyè, ou wa pou tou tan. W'ap gouvènen jouk sa kaba.
20 Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
Poukisa ou lage nou pou tout tan sa a? Gen lè ou p'ap janm chonje nou ankò!
21 Restore us to you, Jehovah, and we shall be restored; renew our days as in former times,
Seyè, fè nou tounen vin jwenn ou non! Fè nou tounen vin jwenn ou! Fè nou viv jan nou te konn viv nan tan lontan an non!
22 unless you have completely rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
Eske ou voye nou jete pou tout bon? Pou di ou p'ap janm sispann fache sou nou?
