Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Onyenwe anyị, biko, cheta ihe niile dakwasịrị anyị; leekwa anya ka ị hụrụ ọnọdụ ihere anyị.
2 Our inheritance is turned 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 and fatherless, 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 We have drank our water 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 Our necks [are] under persecution: we labor, [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 have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Nna anyị ha mehiere, ma ha anwụọla. Ma ọ bụ anyị na-anata ntaramahụhụ kwesiri ịbụ nke ha.
8 Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
Ndị bụ ohu na-achị anyị. Ọ dịghị onye anyị nwere nke ga-anapụta anyị site nʼaka ha.
9 We procured our bread with [the peril of] our lives, 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 was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Anụ ahụ anyị dị ọkụ dịka ite ọkụ, na-amakwa jijiji nʼihi agụụ.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids 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 by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
Akwụgbuola ụmụ eze site nʼikegide aka ha nʼelu; a dịghị enyekwa ndị okenye nsọpụrụ.
13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
Ụmụ okorobịa na-adọgbu onwe ha nʼọrụ na nkume ịkwọ nri, ụmụntakịrị ndị nwoke na-asụkwa ngọngọ nʼokpuru ọtụtụ nkụ.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
Ndị okenye adịghịkwa anọ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ụmụ okorobịa akwụsịkwala ịkpọ ụbọ akwara ha.
15 The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance 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 to us, that we have sinned!
Okpueze esitela nʼisi anyị dapụ. Ahụhụ dịrị anyị nʼihi na anyị emehiela.
17 For this our heart is 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 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Nʼihi ugwu Zayọn nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu, nke ghọrọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-akpagharị.
19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Gị, Onyenwe anyị, na-abụ eze ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ocheeze gị na-adịgide site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.
20 Why dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?
Gịnị mere i ji na-echezọ anyị kpamkpam? Gịnị mere i ji gbakụta anyị azụ ogologo ụbọchị ndị a niile?
21 Turn thou us to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; 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 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
ma ọ bụghị na ị jụla anyị kpamkpam na-eweso anyị iwe nke ukwu.
