Lamentations 3
1 I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Nyee nye ŋutsu si kpe fu le eƒe dziku ƒe ameƒoti te.
2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.
Enyam ɖe nu eye wòna mezɔ viviti me, menye kekeli me o;
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.
Vavã etrɔ eƒe asiwo ɖe ŋutinye atraɖii le ŋkeke blibo la me.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Ena be nye ŋutilã kple nye ŋutigbalẽ do xoxo eye wògbã ƒu ɖe lãme nam.
5 He hath built against me, and compassed [me] with gall and labor.
Eva dze dzinye eye wòtsɔ veve helĩhelĩ kple fukpekpe tɔ kpɔ ɖe ŋunye.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that are] dead of old.
Ena menɔ viviti me abe ame siwo ku gbe aɖe gbe ke ene.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Etɔ kpɔ ƒo xlãm ale be nyemate ŋu asi o, eɖom anyi kple gakɔsɔkɔsɔ.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Ne meyɔe alo do ɣli be wòaxɔ nam gɔ̃ hã la, edoa ʋɔ ɖe nye gbedodoɖa nu.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Etsɔ kpe gãwo xe mɔ me nam eye wòglɔ̃ nye mɔwo.
10 He [was] to me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
Abe sisiblisi si de xa ɖi kple dzata si le adeklo dzi ene la,
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
ehem ɖa le mɔ me eye wòvuvum, hegblẽm ɖi kpeɖeŋutɔmanɔsitɔe.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Evu eƒe da me eye wòdzidze eƒe dati ɖe dzinye.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Etsɔ aŋutrɔwo le eƒe daku me tsɔ ŋɔ nye dzi.
14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.
Mezu nu ɖikokoe le nye amewo katã dome, woɖua fewu le ŋunye to hadzidzi me ŋkeke blibo la katã.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Etsɔ ama veve ɖi ƒo nam eye wòkpe veve nam meno.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Etsɔ kpe ŋe aɖu nam eye wòfanyam ɖe kewɔ me.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Woxɔ ŋutifafa le asinye, meŋlɔ nu si dzɔgbenyui nye la be.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
Eya ta megblɔ be, “Nye atsyɔ̃nu yi eye nu siwo katã mele mɔ kpɔm na tso Yehowa gbɔ la hã nu va yi.”
19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Meɖo ŋku nye hiã, tsaglalãtsatsa, dzigbagbã kple vevesese dzi.
20 My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Meɖo ŋku wo katã dzi nyuie eye nye luʋɔ bɔbɔ eɖokui le menye.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
Ke esia dzi meɖo ŋkue eye mɔkpɔkpɔ ɖo asinye:
22 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Le Yehowa ƒe lɔlɔ̃ deto la ta wometsrɔ̃ mí o elabena eƒe nublanuikpɔkpɔ mevɔna o.
23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
Wozua yeye ŋdi sia ŋdi, wò nuteƒewɔwɔ lolo ŋutɔ.
24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Megblɔ na ɖokuinye be, “Yehowae nye nye gomekpɔkpɔ, eya ta manɔ esinu kpɔm.”
25 The LORD [is] good to them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
Yehowa ƒe dɔ me nyo na ame siwo tsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe edzi, kple ame siwo dinɛ vevie.
26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Enyo be woalala le ɖoɖoezizi me na Yehowa ƒe ɖeɖe.
27 [It is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
Enyo na ame be wòatsɔ kɔkuti le ɖekakpuime.
28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.
Nenɔ anyi le ɖoɖoezizi me elabena Yehowae tsɔ kɔkuti la da ɖe edzi.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
Netsɔ eƒe mo ƒo ɖe ke me, ɖewohĩ mɔkpɔkpɔ gali.
30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Neɖo to me anyi na ame si le eƒo ge eye ŋukpe neyɔe fũu.
31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
Elabena Aƒetɔ la metsɔa ame ƒua gbe ɖikaa o
32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Togbɔ be ehea nuxaxa vɛ hã la, egakpɔa nublanui na ame, eye eƒe lɔlɔ̃ si nu metsina gbeɖe o la de to ŋutɔ.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Elabena mehea fukpekpe kple nuxaxa vaa amegbetɔviwo dzi ɖe dzidzɔ teƒe o.
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Woafanya anyigbadzigamenɔlawo katã kple afɔ.
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Ne woagbe nu si nye ame tɔ la tsɔtsɔ nɛ le Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋkume,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
eye wotrɔ gbo ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe nya; ɖe Aƒetɔ la makpɔ esiawo oa?
37 Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the LORD commandeth [it] not?
Ame ka aƒo nu eye wòava eme, ne menye Aƒetɔ lae ɖe gbe o?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Ɖe menye Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ƒe nu mee dzɔgbevɔ̃enyawo kple dzidzɔnyawo siaa doa go tsona oa?
39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Nu ka ta amegbetɔ ahe nya ne wohe to nɛ ɖe eƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Mina míalé ŋku ɖe míaƒe zɔzɔme ŋu ne míado wo akpɔ eye mina míatrɔ ɖe Yehowa ŋu.
41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands to God in the heavens.
Mina míado míaƒe dziwo kple asiwo ɖe Mawu gbɔ le dziƒo ahagblɔ bena:
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
“Míewɔ nu vɔ̃ hedze aglã eye mètsɔe ke mi o.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
“Ètsɔ dziku tsyɔ ɖokuiwò dzi eye nèti mía yome hewu mí nublanuimakpɔmakpɔtɔe.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
Ètsɔ lilikpo tsyiɔ ɖokuiwò dzi ale be, gbedodoɖa aɖeke mate ŋu aɖo gbɔwò o.
45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
Ètsɔ mí wɔ ŋunyɔnu kple gbeɖuɖɔe le dukɔwo dome.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
“Míaƒe futɔwo katã ke nu baa ɖe mía ŋuti.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Ŋɔdzi lé mí; míedze ʋe me eye tsɔtsrɔ̃ kple gbegblẽ va mía dzi.”
48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Nye ŋkuwo le aɖatsi fam yoyoyo elabena wotsrɔ̃ nye amewo.
49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Nye ŋkuwo le aɖatsi fam ɖaa, enu gbe tsotso,
50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
va se ɖe esime Yehowa aɖo ŋku anyi tso dziƒo akpɔe.
51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Nu si mekpɔ la na nye luʋɔ xa nu ɖe nyɔnu siwo katã le nye dua me la ta.
52 My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.
Ame siwo nye nye futɔwo madzemadzee la ɖem ɖe nu abe xevi ene.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Wodze agbagba be woatso nye agbe nu le vudo me eye wofɔ kpe ƒum.
54 Waters flowed over my head; [then] I said, I am cut off.
Tsi fie le tanye eye mesusu be evɔ nam.
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
O Yehowa, wò ŋkɔe meyɔ le vudoa ƒe gogloƒe ke.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Èse nye kukuɖeɖe be, “Mègado toku nye ɣlidodo eye nàgbe akɔfafa nam o.”
57 Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
Ète va gbɔnye esi meyɔ wò eye nègblɔ be, “Mègavɔ̃ o.”
58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
O, Aƒetɔ, èxɔ nye nya ɖe akɔ eye nèɖe nye agbe.
59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Wò ŋutɔ èkpɔ, O Yehowa, vɔ̃ si wowɔ ɖe ŋutinye. Na nye nya nadzɔ!
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.
Èkpɔ woƒe hlɔ̃biabia ƒe kpekpeme kple nugbe siwo woɖo ɖe ŋunye.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;
O Yehowa, èse woƒe dzudzuwo kple nu siwo katã woɖo ɖe ŋunye
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
kple nye futɔwo ƒe dalĩdodo kple nuƒoƒo le ŋunye ŋkeke blibo la.
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their music.
Nye kɔ nàkpɔ wo ɖa! Wole anyinɔƒe o, wole tsitrenu o, woɖua fewu le ŋunye le woƒe hadzidziwo me.
64 Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
O Yehowa, xe fe si dze wo la na wo, ɖe nu siwo woƒe asiwo wɔ la ta.
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
Tsɔ nutsyɔnu tsyɔ woƒe dziwo dzi eye nàna be wò fiƒode nanɔ wo dzi!
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
Ti wo yome kple dziku eye nàtsrɔ̃ wo le Yehowa ƒe dziƒo te.
