Lamentations 1
1 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people. She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations. She who was a princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer.
Mji ambao mwanzo ulikuwa na watu wengi sasa umekaa peke yake. Amekuwa kama mjane, japo alikuwa taifa kubwa. Alikuwa mtoto wa mfalme miongoni mwa mataifa, lakini sasa amelazimishwa utumwani.
2 She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
Analia na kuomboleza usiku, na machozi yake yanafunika mashavu yake. Hamna ata mpenzi wake anaye mliwaza. Marafiki wake wote wamemsaliti. wamekuwa maadui wake.
3 Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and harsh servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in the midst of her distress.
Baada ya umaskini na mateso, Yuda ameenda matekani. Anaishi miongoni mwa mataifa na hapati pumziko lolote. Wanao wakimbiza wamewapata katika upweke wake.
4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests groan: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
Barabara za Sayuni zinaomboleza kwasababu hakuna anaye kuja kwenye sherehe iliyo andaliwa. Malango yake yote ni ukiwa. Makuhani wake wote wana sononeka. Mabikra wake wana uzuni na yeye mwenyewe yupo katika ugumu.
5 Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for YHWH has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.
Maadui wake wamekuwa bwana zake; maadui wake wana fanikiwa. Yahweh amemuadhibu kwa dhambi zake nyingi. Watoto wake wadogo wanaenda matekani kwa maadui zake.
6 All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion: her leaders have become like deer that find no pasture, they fled exhausted before the pursuer.
Uzuri umemwacha binti wa Sayuni. Watoto wa mfalme wamekuwa kama ayala ambaye haoni malisho, na wanaenda bila uwezo kwa wanao wakimbiza.
7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and wandering all her precious things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, they mocked at her desolations.
Katika siku za mateso yake na kutokuwa na nyumba, Yerusalemu itakumbuka hazina zake za dhamani alizo kuwa nazo awali. Wakati watu wake walipo angukia mikononi mwa adui, hakuna aliye msaidia. Maadui waliwaona na kucheka maangamizo yake.
8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she groans, and turns away.
Yerusalemu ili tenda dhambi sana, hivyo basi, amedhalillika kama kitu kichafu. Wote walio mheshimu sasa wana mdharau kwa kuwa wameona uchi wake. Anasononeka na kujaribu kugeuka pembeni.
9 Her filthiness was in her skirts; she did not remember her latter end; therefore her fall was astonishing; she has no comforter. "Look, YHWH, on my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself."
Amekuwa mchafu chini ya sketi yake. Hakuwaza hatima yake. Anguko lake lilikuwa baya. Hakukuwa na wakumliwaza. Alilia, “Angalia mateso yangu, Yahweh, kwa kuwa adui amekuwa mkuu sana.”
10 The adversary has spread out his hand on all her precious things: for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.
Adui ameeka mkono wake kwenye hazina zetu za dhamani. Ameona mataifa yakiingia sehemu yake takatifu, japo uliamuru wasiingie katika sehemu yako ya kukusanyikia.
11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their precious things for food to refresh the soul. "Look, YHWH, and see, for I am despised."
Watu wote wana sononeka wanapo tafuta mkate. Wametoa hazina zao za dhamani kwa ajili ya chakula cha kurejesha uhai wao. Tazama, Yahweh, ni kumbuke mimi, kwa kuwa nimekuwa sina faida.
12 Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which YHWH has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Sio kitu kwako, wote mnao pita? Angalia na uone kama kuna mtu mwenye uzuni kama uzuni ninao teswa nao, tangu Yahweh amenitesa mimi katika siku ya hasira yake kali.
13 From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back. He has made me desolate and faint all the day.
Ni kutoka juu ndipo alipo tuma moto kwenye mifupa yangu na umenishinda. Ametanda nyavu kwa miguu yangu na kunigeuza. Amenifanya ukiwa na dhahifu.
14 My transgressions are bound into a yoke; by his hand they are fastened together, they are set upon my neck; he has made my strength to fail. YHWH has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Nira ya makosa yangu imefungwa na mikono yake. Zimesokotwa na kuekwa shingoni mwangu. Amefanya uweza wangu kushindwa. Bwana amenikabidhi mikononi mwa, na siwezi kusimama.
15 YHWH has rejected all my mighty men in my midst; he has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men. YHWH has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
Bwana ametupa pembeni wanaume wangu hodari walio niokoa. Ameitisha kusanyiko dhidi yangu kuponda wanaume wangu imara. Bwana amewakanyaga binti bikra wa Yuda kwenye chombo cha kusagia mvinyo.
16 For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
Kwa vitu hivi ninalia. Macho yangu, maji yanashuka chini ya macho yangu tangu mfariji aliye paswa kurejesha maisha yangu yuko mbali na mimi. Watoto wangu wamekuwa ukiwa kwasababu adui yangu ameshinda.
17 Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her. YHWH has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
Sayuni ametandaza mikono yake; hakuna wakuwa mliwaza. Yahweh ameamuru hao karibu na Yakobo wawemaadui wake. Yerusalemu ni kitu kichafu kwao.
18 YHWH is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please listen all you people, and see my suffering. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
Yahweh ni mwenye haki, kwa kuwa nimeasi dhidi ya amri zake. Sikia, ninyi watu, na muone uzuni wangu. Mabikra wangu na wanaume imara wameenda matekani.
19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city, while they searched for food to refresh their souls.
Niliita marafiki zangu, lakini walikuwa na hila kwangu. Makuhani wangu na wazee waliangamia kwenye mji, walipo kuwa wanatafuta chakula cha kurejesha uhai wao.
20 See, YHWH, for I am in distress; my stomach churns; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled. Outside the sword bereaves, in the house it is like death.
Tazama, Yahweh, kwa kuwa nipo kwenye ugumu; tumbo langu lina nguruma, moyo wangu umetibuka ndani yangu, kwa kuwa nimekuwa muasi sana. Nje, upanga umemliza mama, ndani ya nyumba kuna mauti tu.
21 They have heard that I groan; there is none to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day that you have proclaimed, so that they shall end up like me.
Wamesikia sononeko langu, lakini hakuna wakuni liwaza. Maadui zangu wote wamesikia shida zangu na wamefurahi umenifanyia hivi. Umeleta siku uliyo ahidi; sasa acha wawe kama mimi.
22 Let all their wickedness come before you. Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
Acha uovu wote uje mbele zako. Shughulika nao kama ulivyo shughulika na mimi kwasababu ya makosa yangu yote. Masononeko yangu ni mengi na moyo umezimia.
