Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us! Look down and behold our reproach!
Onyenwe anyị, biko, cheta ihe niile dakwasịrị anyị; leekwa anya ka ị hụrụ ọnọdụ ihere anyị.
2 Our inheritance is fallen to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
E werela ihe nketa anyị nyefee ndị ọbịa nʼaka, werekwa ebe obibi anyị nyefee nʼaka ndị mba ọzọ.
3 We are orphans; we are without a father; Our mothers are as widows.
Anyị aghọọla ụmụ mgbei, na ndị na-enweghị nna. Nne anyị ha dị ka ndị inyom di ha nwụrụ.
4 Our water we drink for money; Our wood is sold to us.
Anyị na-akwụ ụgwọ nʼihi mmiri anyị na-aṅụ. Ọ bụkwa ego ka anyị ji azụ nkụ.
5 With the yoke upon our necks, we are driven; We are wearied, and have no rest.
Agbanyeghị na anyị nya yoku nʼolu, anyị bụ ndị a na-adọgbu nʼọrụ, ike agwụla anyị, enyeghị anyị izuike.
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Anyị weere onwe anyị nyefee ndị Ijipt na ndị Asịrịa nʼaka nʼihi inweta nri ga-ezuru anyị.
7 Our fathers sinned; they are no more, And we bear their iniquities.
Nna anyị ha mehiere, ma ha anwụọla. Ma ọ bụ anyị na-anata ntaramahụhụ kwesiri ịbụ nke ha.
8 Servants rule over us; There is none that delivereth out of their hand.
Ndị bụ ohu na-achị anyị. Ọ dịghị onye anyị nwere nke ga-anapụta anyị site nʼaka ha.
9 With the peril of our lives we get our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
Anyị ji ndụ anyị nʼaka mgbe anyị na-achọ inweta ihe anyị ga-eri, nʼihi mma agha nke dị nʼọzara.
10 Our skin is parched like an oven Because of the burnings of hunger.
Anụ ahụ anyị dị ọkụ dịka ite ọkụ, na-amakwa jijiji nʼihi agụụ.
11 Matrons in Zion have they ravished, And maidens in the cities of Judah.
Emerụọla ndị inyom dị na Zayọn, ha na ụmụ agbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke niile dị nʼobodo dị iche iche nke Juda.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand; The faces of the elders were not honored.
Akwụgbuola ụmụ eze site nʼikegide aka ha nʼelu; a dịghị enyekwa ndị okenye nsọpụrụ.
13 Young men carried millstones, And boys fell under burdens of wood.
Ụmụ okorobịa na-adọgbu onwe ha nʼọrụ na nkume ịkwọ nri, ụmụntakịrị ndị nwoke na-asụkwa ngọngọ nʼokpuru ọtụtụ nkụ.
14 The elders sit no more at the gate; The young men have ceased from their music.
Ndị okenye adịghịkwa anọ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ụmụ okorobịa akwụsịkwala ịkpọ ụbọ akwara ha.
15 The joy of our heart is at an end; Our dancing is turned into mourning.
Ọṅụ adịghịkwa nʼobi anyị; ite egwu anyị aghọọlara anyị ịnọ ọnọdụ iru ụjụ.
16 The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Okpueze esitela nʼisi anyị dapụ. Ahụhụ dịrị anyị nʼihi na anyị emehiela.
17 For this is our heart faint, For these things our eyes are dim;
Nʼihi nke a, obi anyị na-ada mba, nʼihi ihe ndị a ka anya anyị na-agba ọchịchịrị.
18 On account of mount Zion, which is desolate; Foxes roam over it.
Nʼihi ugwu Zayọn nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu, nke ghọrọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-akpagharị.
19 But thou, O Jehovah, sittest as king forever; Thy throne endureth from generation to generation.
Gị, Onyenwe anyị, na-abụ eze ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ocheeze gị na-adịgide site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.
20 Wherefore dost thou wholly forget us, And abandon us, for so long a time?
Gịnị mere i ji na-echezọ anyị kpamkpam? Gịnị mere i ji gbakụta anyị azụ ogologo ụbọchị ndị a niile?
21 Turn us again to thee, O Jehovah, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old!
Mee ka anyị lọghachikwute gị, Onyenwe anyị, ka anyị si otu a lọtakwa; gbanwee ụbọchị anyị ka ọ dị ọhụrụ dịka na mgbe ochie,
22 For shouldst thou utterly reject us? Shouldst thou be so exceedingly wroth against us?
ma ọ bụghị na ị jụla anyị kpamkpam na-eweso anyị iwe nke ukwu.
