Lamentations 1
1 How doth the city sit solitary, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become tributary.
Mji ambao mwanzo ulikuwa na watu wengi sasa umekaa peke yake. Amekuwa kama mjane, japo alikuwa taifa kubwa. Alikuwa mtoto wa mfalme miongoni mwa mataifa, lakini sasa amelazimishwa utumwani.
2 She weepeth bitterly in the night, and her tears [are] on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort [her]: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Analia na kuomboleza usiku, na machozi yake yanafunika mashavu yake. Hamna ata mpenzi wake anaye mliwaza. Marafiki wake wote wamemsaliti. wamekuwa maadui wake.
3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Baada ya umaskini na mateso, Yuda ameenda matekani. Anaishi miongoni mwa mataifa na hapati pumziko lolote. Wanao wakimbiza wamewapata katika upweke wake.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.
Barabara za Sayuni zinaomboleza kwasababu hakuna anaye kuja kwenye sherehe iliyo andaliwa. Malango yake yote ni ukiwa. Makuhani wake wote wana sononeka. Mabikra wake wana uzuni na yeye mwenyewe yupo katika ugumu.
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
Maadui wake wamekuwa bwana zake; maadui wake wana fanikiwa. Yahweh amemuadhibu kwa dhambi zake nyingi. Watoto wake wadogo wanaenda matekani kwa maadui zake.
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty hath departed: her princes are become like harts [that] find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
Uzuri umemwacha binti wa Sayuni. Watoto wa mfalme wamekuwa kama ayala ambaye haoni malisho, na wanaenda bila uwezo kwa wanao wakimbiza.
7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her, [and] mocked at her sabbaths.
Katika siku za mateso yake na kutokuwa na nyumba, Yerusalemu itakumbuka hazina zake za dhamani alizo kuwa nazo awali. Wakati watu wake walipo angukia mikononi mwa adui, hakuna aliye msaidia. Maadui waliwaona na kucheka maangamizo yake.
8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sigheth and turneth backward.
Yerusalemu ili tenda dhambi sana, hivyo basi, amedhalillika kama kitu kichafu. Wote walio mheshimu sasa wana mdharau kwa kuwa wameona uchi wake. Anasononeka na kujaribu kugeuka pembeni.
9 Her filthiness [is] in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she hath been wonderfully abased: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified [himself].
Amekuwa mchafu chini ya sketi yake. Hakuwaza hatima yake. Anguko lake lilikuwa baya. Hakukuwa na wakumliwaza. Alilia, “Angalia mateso yangu, Yahweh, kwa kuwa adui amekuwa mkuu sana.”
10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.
Adui ameeka mkono wake kwenye hazina zetu za dhamani. Ameona mataifa yakiingia sehemu yake takatifu, japo uliamuru wasiingie katika sehemu yako ya kukusanyikia.
11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Watu wote wana sononeka wanapo tafuta mkate. Wametoa hazina zao za dhamani kwa ajili ya chakula cha kurejesha uhai wao. Tazama, Yahweh, ni kumbuke mimi, kwa kuwa nimekuwa sina faida.
12 [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which hath fallen upon me, with which the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
Sio kitu kwako, wote mnao pita? Angalia na uone kama kuna mtu mwenye uzuni kama uzuni ninao teswa nao, tangu Yahweh amenitesa mimi katika siku ya hasira yake kali.
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.
Ni kutoka juu ndipo alipo tuma moto kwenye mifupa yangu na umenishinda. Ametanda nyavu kwa miguu yangu na kunigeuza. Amenifanya ukiwa na dhahifu.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise.
Nira ya makosa yangu imefungwa na mikono yake. Zimesokotwa na kuekwa shingoni mwangu. Amefanya uweza wangu kushindwa. Bwana amenikabidhi mikononi mwa, na siwezi kusimama.
15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a wine-press.
Bwana ametupa pembeni wanaume wangu hodari walio niokoa. Ameitisha kusanyiko dhidi yangu kuponda wanaume wangu imara. Bwana amewakanyaga binti bikra wa Yuda kwenye chombo cha kusagia mvinyo.
16 For these [things] I weep; my eye, my eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Kwa vitu hivi ninalia. Macho yangu, maji yanashuka chini ya macho yangu tangu mfariji aliye paswa kurejesha maisha yangu yuko mbali na mimi. Watoto wangu wamekuwa ukiwa kwasababu adui yangu ameshinda.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, [and there is] none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] around him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
Sayuni ametandaza mikono yake; hakuna wakuwa mliwaza. Yahweh ameamuru hao karibu na Yakobo wawemaadui wake. Yerusalemu ni kitu kichafu kwao.
18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Yahweh ni mwenye haki, kwa kuwa nimeasi dhidi ya amri zake. Sikia, ninyi watu, na muone uzuni wangu. Mabikra wangu na wanaume imara wameenda matekani.
19 I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: my priests and my elders resigned their breath in the city, while they sought their food to relieve their souls.
Niliita marafiki zangu, lakini walikuwa na hila kwangu. Makuhani wangu na wazee waliangamia kwenye mji, walipo kuwa wanatafuta chakula cha kurejesha uhai wao.
20 Behold, O LORD; for I [am] in distress: my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home [there is] as death.
Tazama, Yahweh, kwa kuwa nipo kwenye ugumu; tumbo langu lina nguruma, moyo wangu umetibuka ndani yangu, kwa kuwa nimekuwa muasi sana. Nje, upanga umemliza mama, ndani ya nyumba kuna mauti tu.
21 They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like me.
Wamesikia sononeko langu, lakini hakuna wakuni liwaza. Maadui zangu wote wamesikia shida zangu na wamefurahi umenifanyia hivi. Umeleta siku uliyo ahidi; sasa acha wawe kama mimi.
22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do to them, as thou hast done to me for all my transgressions: for my sighs [are] many, and my heart [is] faint.
Acha uovu wote uje mbele zako. Shughulika nao kama ulivyo shughulika na mimi kwasababu ya makosa yangu yote. Masononeko yangu ni mengi na moyo umezimia.
