Lamentations 4
1 How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
NANI ka mae wale ana o ke gula! A me ke ano e ana o ke gula maikai! Ua hooleiia na pohaku o kahi hoano ma ke poo o na alanui a pau.
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
O na keiki nani o Ziona i kau pu ia me ke gula maikai, Nani ko lakou manao like ia me na ipu lepo, Ka hana a na lima o ka potera!
3 Even the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: the daughter of my people [is become] cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Unuhi ae no na ia nui i ka omaka waiu, A hanai waiu aku i ka lakou poe keiki: Aka, ua lokoino ke kaikamahine a ko'u poe kanaka, E like me na Iana o ka waonahele.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] to them.
Ua pipili ke alelo o ke keiki ai waiu i ke aluna o ka waha, no ka makewai; Nonoi aku na keiki i ka berena, Aohe mea nana e haawi aku na lakou.
5 They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
O ka poe i ai i ka ai maikai, Ua wailana lakou ma na alanui, O ka poe hoi i aahuia i ka lole ula, Ua apo iho lakou i na puu lepo.
6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
Ua hooiia'ku ka hewa o ke kaikamahine a ko'u poe kanaka, Mamua o ka hewa o ko Sodoma, Ka mea i hookahuliia ma ke amo aua o ka maka, Aohe lima ikaika maluna ona,
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire:
Oi aku ka maemae o kona poe laa, mamua o ko ka hau, Oi aku ko lakou keokeo mamua o ka waiu, Oi aku ka ula o ke kino, i ko na pohaku ula, A like ko lakou helehelena me ko ka sapeiro.
8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Ua oi aku ka eleelo o ko lakou helehelena i ko ka pouli, Aole lakou i ikeia ma na alanui; Ua pipili ko lakou ili i ko lakou mau iwi, Ua maloo, ua like hoi me ka laau.
9 [They that are] slain with the sword are better than [they that are] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field.
Ua oi ka pomaikai o ka poe i make i ka pahikaua, mamua o ko ka poe i make i ka pololi: Hokii ae la keia poe, ua houia no ka hua ole o ka mahinaai.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
O na lima o na wahine aloha, ua hoolapalapa lakou i ka lakou mau keiki iho; O lakou no ka lakou ai i ka make ana o ke kaikamahine a ko'u poe kanaka.
11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured her foundations.
Ua hooko mai o Iehova i kona huhu, Ua ninini mai oia i kona inaina nui; Ua hoa oia i ke ahi maloko o Ziona, A ua ai ia i kana mau kumu.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy would have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
Aole i hiki i na'lii o ka honua, a me ka poe a pau e noho la ma ke ao nei, ke manao, E komo mai ana ka enemi, a me ka mea huhu iloko o na pukapa o Ierusalema.
13 For the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
No ka hewa o kona mau kaula, ka hala hoi o kona mau kahuna, Ka poe i hookahe i ke koko o ka poe pono iwaenakonu ona,
14 They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Kuewa makapo aku lakou ma na alanui, Ua hoohaumia ia lakou iho i ko koko, Nolaila, aole hiki ke hoopa aku i ko lakou aahu.
15 They cried to them, Depart ye; [it is] unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn [there].
Kahea mai la na kanaka ia lakou, E hele aku, ua haumia; E hele aku, e hele aku, mai hoopa aku; Ia lakou i holo ai, a kuewa aku, i ae la lakou iwaena o ko na aina e, Aole lakou e noho hou.
16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.
Na ka maka o Iehova i hoopuehu lakou; Aole ia e manao hou mai ia lakou; Aole lakou i manao i na maka o na kahuna, Aole i aloha i na lunakahiko.
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].
A hiki mai i keia wa, ua maule ko makou mau maka, no ke kokua makehewa ia mai; I ko makou kakali ana, ua kakali makou i ka lahuikanaka hoola ole mai.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Hoohalua lakou i ko makou hele ana, I ole ai makou e hele ma na alanui; Ua kokoke ko makou hope, ua piha ko makou mau la, no ka mea, ua hiki mai ko makou hope.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Ua oi ka mama o ka poe alualu mai ia makou mamua o ko na aeto o ka lani; Ma na mauna lakou i hahai mai ai ia makou, Hoohalua lakou ia makou ma ka waonahele.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
O ka hanu o ko makou mau pukaihu, o ka Iehova mea i poniia, Ua hoopioia oia iloko o ko lakou mau lua, Olelo no makou nona, Ma kona malu makou e ola'i iwaena o ko na aina e.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through to thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
E olioli, a e hauoli hoi, e ke kaikamahine o Edoma, Ka mea e noho la ma ka aina o Uza; E hiki aku no ke kiaha iou la, E inu ana no hoi oe, a e hemo no kou lole.
22 The punishment of thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will disclose thy sins.
Ua pau kou hoopaiia, e ke kaikamahine o Ziona; Aole ia e lawe hou aku ia oe iloko o ke pio; E hoopai no oia i kou hewa, e ke kaikamahine o Edoma, E hoike aku no oia i kou mau hewa.
