Lamentations 5
1 Remember, YHWH, what has come on us. Look, and see our disgrace.
Yaa Waaqayyo, waan nurra gaʼe yaadadhu; ilaali; salphina keenyas argi.
2 Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
Handhuuraan keenya alagootaaf, manneen keenyas Namoota Ormaatiif dabarfamanii kennamaniiru.
3 We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are like widows.
Nu ijoollee abbaa hin qabne taane; haadhonni keenya immoo haadhota hiyyeessaa taʼaniiru.
4 We have to pay for a drink of water; our wood is sold to us.
Nu bishaan dhugnuuf kaffaluu qabna turre; qoraan illee bittaa qofaan arganna.
5 Our pursuers are on our necks; we are weary, and have no rest.
Warri nu ariʼan koomee keenya bira jiru; nu dadhabneerra; boqonnaas hin qabnu.
6 We have submitted to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, to get enough bread.
Nu buddeena gaʼaa argachuuf jennee warra Gibxittii fi warra Asooritti harka kennine;
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; but we have borne their iniquities.
Abbootiin keenya cubbuu hojjetanii darban; nu immoo adabbii isaanii baanne.
8 Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
Garbootatu nu bulcha; namni harka isaaniitii bilisa nu baasu tokko iyyuu hin jiru.
9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
Sababii goraadee gammoojjii jiruutiin lubbuu keenya balaaf saaxillee buddeena arganna.
10 Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
Gogaan keenya sababii beelaatiin akkuma badaa ibiddaa hoʼa.
11 They raped the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
Xiyoon keessatti dubartoonni, magaalaawwan Yihuudaa keessattis dubarran qulqulluun humnaan gudeedaman.
12 Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.
Ilmaan moototaa harka isaaniitiin fannifamaniiru; maanguddoonni ulfina hin arganne.
13 The young men grind at the mill; the boys stagger under loads of wood.
Gaʼeessonni akka midhaan daakan dirqisiifaman; ijoolleen dhiiraa muka baachuun gatantaran.
14 The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.
Maanguddoonni karra magaalaa duraa deemaniiru; dargaggoonnis weedduu isaanii dhiisaniiru.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.
Gammachuun garaa keenya keessaa badeera; shuubbisuun keenyas booʼichatti geeddarameera.
16 The crown is fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned.
Gonfoon mataa keenya irraa buʼeera. Nuuf wayyoo; nu cubbuu hojjenneerraatii!
17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes grow dim.
Sababii waan kanaatiif onneen keenya ni gaggabe; sababii waan kanaatiif immoo iji keenya dadhabe;
18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk on it.
Tulluun Xiyoon kan onee hafe sun lafa waangoonni irra burraaqan taʼeeraatii.
19 But you, YHWH, abide forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
Yaa Waaqayyo, ati bara baraan bulchi; teessoon kees dhalootaa gara dhalootaatti itti fufa.
20 Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
Ati maaliif guutumaan guutuutti nu irraanfatta? Maaliif bara dheeraas nu dhiifta?
21 Restore us to you, YHWH, and we shall be restored; renew our days as in former times,
Yaa Waaqayyo, akka nu deebinuuf ofitti nu deebisi; bara keenya illee akkuma duriitti haaromsi.
22 unless you have completely rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
Ati yoo guutumaan guutuutti nu gatuu baatte, yoo akka malees nutti dheekkamuu baatte waan kana godhi.
