Lamentations 5
1 to remember LORD what? to be to/for us (to look [emph?] *Q(K)*) and to see: see [obj] reproach our
Oh Thixo, khumbula okusehleleyo khangela ubone ukuyangeka kwethu.
2 inheritance our to overturn to/for be a stranger house: home our to/for foreign
Ilifa lethu seliphiwe abezizweni, imizi yethu yathathwa ngabemzini.
3 orphan to be (and nothing *Q(K)*) father mother our like/as widow
Sesizintandane ezingelaboyise, omama sebenjengabafelokazi.
4 water our in/on/with silver: price to drink tree: wood our in/on/with price to come (in): bring
Amanzi okunatha siyawathenga; inkuni zethu zikhutshelwa imali.
5 upon neck our to pursue be weary/toil (and not *Q(K)*) to rest to/for us
Labo abasixotshayo basihlezi ezithende; sikhathele asilakuphumula.
6 Egypt to give: give hand: power Assyria to/for to satisfy food: bread
Sazinikela kwabeGibhithe labe-Asiriya ukuze sizuze isinkwa.
7 father our to sin (and nothing they and we *Q(K)*) iniquity: crime their to bear
Okhokho benza isono kodwa kabasekho, thina yithi esesijeziswa.
8 servant/slave to rule in/on/with us to tear nothing from hand: power their
Sibuswa yizigqili, kakho osikhululayo ezandleni zazo.
9 in/on/with soul: life our to come (in): bring food: bread our from face: because sword [the] wilderness
Isinkwa sisithola ngendlela eyingozi ngenxa yenkemba ekhona enkangala.
10 skin our like/as oven to grow warm from face: because scorching famine
Isikhumba sethu sitshisa njengeziko, silomkhuhlane wendlala.
11 woman in/on/with Zion to afflict virgin in/on/with city Judah
Abesifazane bayahlukuluzwa eZiyoni kanye lezintombi ezigcweleyo emadolobheni akoJuda.
12 ruler in/on/with hand their to hang face: kindness old: elder not to honor
Amakhosi alengisiwe ngezandla zawo; abadala abasahlonitshwa.
13 youth grinding to lift: raise and youth in/on/with tree: wood to stumble
Izinsizwa ziyahoqiswa ematsheni okuchola; abafana babhensiswa yimithwalo yenkuni.
14 old from gate to cease youth from music their
Abadala sebesukile esangweni lomuzi; izinsizwa sezithule ukuhlabelela.
15 to cease rejoicing heart our to overturn to/for mourning dance our
Ukuthokoza akusekho ezinhliziyweni zethu; ukugida kwethu sekuphenduke ukukhala.
16 to fall: fall crown head our woe! please to/for us for to sin
Umqhele usuwile ekhanda lethu. Maye thina, ngoba sonile!
17 upon this to be sick heart our upon these to darken eye our
Ngenxa yalokhu inhliziyo zethu zibuthakathaka; ngenxa yalezizinto amehlo ethu ayafiphala,
18 upon mountain: mount Zion which/that be desolate: destroyed fox to go: walk in/on/with him
ngoba intaba iZiyoni silugwadule, sekucathama amakhanka kuyo.
19 you(m. s.) LORD to/for forever: enduring to dwell throne your to/for generation and generation
Wena, Oh Thixo, busa nini lanini; ubukhosi bakho buhlezi kuzozonke izizukulwane.
20 to/for what? to/for perpetuity to forget us to leave: forsake us to/for length day
Kungani uhlezi usikhohlwa? Usifulathelelani isikhathi eside kangaka na?
21 to return: rescue us LORD to(wards) you (and to return: rescue *Q(K)*) to renew day our like/as front: old
Sibuyisele kuwe, Oh Thixo, ukuze siphenduke; buyisa kabutsha insuku zethu njengezakudala,
22 that if: except if: except to reject to reject us be angry upon us till much
ngaphandle kokuba nxa ususilahle kokuphela wasizondela ngokungalinganisekiyo.
