Lamentations 1
1 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!
Hĩ! Kaĩ itũũra rĩu inene nĩrĩikarĩte rĩtiganĩirio, o rĩu rĩratũire rĩiyũrĩte andũ-ĩ! Kaĩ rĩĩkũhaana o ta mũtumia wa ndigwa, ũcio ũraarĩ mũnene gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ-ĩ! O we ũratũire arĩ mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja ngʼongo-inĩ cia bũrũri-rĩ, rĩu atuĩkĩte ngombo.
2 She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies.
Ũtukũ araaraga akĩrĩra na ruo, maithori makanyũrũrũkĩra makai-inĩ make. Arĩa othe marendanĩte nake-rĩ, hatirĩ o na ũmwe wa kũmũhooreria. Arata ake othe nĩmamũkunyanĩire; othe matuĩkĩte thũ ciake.
3 Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction and because of great servitude. She dwells among the nations. She finds no rest. All her persecutors overtook her in her distress.
Thuutha wa thĩĩna na mawĩra maritũ, Juda nĩatwarĩtwo ithaamĩrio. Atũũraga gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ; agakĩaga handũ ha kũhurũka. Arĩa othe mamũingatithagia nĩmamũkinyĩrĩire arĩ hatĩka-inĩ ciake.
4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
Njĩra cia gũthiĩ Zayuni no macakaya, nĩ ũndũ gũtirĩ andũ mookaga ciathĩ ciake iria njathane. Matoonyero make mothe makirĩte ihooru, athĩnjĩri-Ngai ake no gũcaaya maracaaya, airĩtu ake no kũgirĩka, nake arĩ na ruo rũnene.
5 Her adversaries have become the head. Her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions. Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.
Amuku ake matuĩkĩte nĩo mamwathaga; thũ ciake nĩcio igaacĩire. Jehova nĩamũrehithĩirie kĩeha nĩ ũndũ wa mehia make maingĩ. Ciana ciake itahĩtwo igatwarwo bũrũri ũngĩ, igatuĩka mĩgwate ya thũ.
6 All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture. They have gone without strength before the pursuer.
Mwarĩ wa Zayuni nĩehereirwo nĩ riiri wake. Anene ake mahaanĩte ta thwariga ciagĩte ũrĩithio; moorĩte matarĩ na hinya, moimĩtwo thuutha nĩ arĩa mamaingatithĩtie.
7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old; when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and no one helped her. The adversaries saw her. They mocked at her desolations.
Matukũ-inĩ ma thĩĩna na kũũrũũra gwake-rĩ, Jerusalemu aririkanaga igĩĩna ciothe iria ciarĩ ciake matukũ ma tene. Rĩrĩa andũ ake maagũire moko-inĩ ma thũ-rĩ, gũtiarĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa kũmũteithia. Thũ ciake ikĩmũrora, igĩthekerera mwanangĩko wake.
8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned. Therefore she has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness. Yes, she sighs and turns backward.
Jerusalemu nĩehĩtie mũno, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio akanyiitwo nĩ thaahu. Arĩa othe maamũtĩĩte-rĩ, rĩu nĩmamũnyararĩte, nĩ ũndũ nĩmonete njaga yake; we mwene no gũcaaya aracaaya, na akamahutatĩra.
9 Her filthiness was in her skirts. She didn’t remember her latter end. Therefore she has come down astoundingly. She has no comforter. “See, LORD, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.”
Gĩko gĩake nĩkĩnyiitĩte nguo ciake; nake ndaigana gwĩcũũrania mũtũũrĩre wake wa thuutha. Kũgũa gwake kwarĩ gwa kũmakania; gũtiarĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa kũmũhooreria. “Wee Jehova, ta kĩone mathĩĩna makwa, nĩgũkorwo thũ yakwa nĩhootanĩte.”
10 The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things; for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.
Thũ ĩyo nĩyegwatĩire igĩĩna-inĩ ciake ciothe; nake akĩĩonera ndũrĩrĩ iria itooĩ Ngai igĩtoonya handũ harĩa hake haamũre: o arĩa wee wathanĩte matikanatoonye kĩũngano-inĩ gĩaku.
11 All her people sigh. They seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. “Look, LORD, and see, for I have become despised.”
Andũ ake othe nĩgũcaaya maracaaya magĩetha gĩa kũrĩa; magagĩkũũrania igĩĩna ciao na irio nĩguo matũũre muoyo. “Wee Jehova, ta cũrania wone, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ mũmeneku.”
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
“Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrahĩtũka, anga mũkuona ũndũ ũyũ ta ũtamũkoniĩ? Ta rorai muone. Nĩ kũrĩ thĩĩna ũiganaine na thĩĩna ũyũ wakwa, thĩĩna ũrĩa njigĩrĩirwo, o ũcio Jehova aandehithĩirie mũthenya wa marakara make mahiũ?
13 “From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long.
“We aandũmĩire mwaki uumĩte igũrũ, akĩũikũrũkia, ũgĩtoonya nginya mahĩndĩ-inĩ makwa. Aambĩire magũrũ makwa wabu wa kũmatega, akĩĩhũndũra. Nake agĩtũma nyiitwo nĩ ihooru, ngĩkĩringĩka mũthenya wothe.
14 “The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand. They are knit together. They have come up on my neck. He made my strength fail. The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
“Mehia makwa mohanĩtio, magatuĩka icooki. Moko make mamogothanĩtie hamwe. Magagĩĩkĩrwo ngingo-inĩ yakwa, nake Mwathani agakĩĩniina hinya. Akaaneana moko-inĩ ma arĩa itangĩhota gwĩtiiria.
15 “The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me. He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press.
“Mwathani nĩaregete njamba ciothe cia ita iria ndĩ nacio, akanjĩtĩra ita nĩguo rĩnjũkĩrĩre, rĩmemende aanake akwa. Kĩhihĩro-inĩ gĩake kĩa ndibei-rĩ, Mwathani nĩarangĩrĩirie Mwarĩ Gathirange wa Juda.
16 “For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.”
“Maũndũ macio nĩmo maratũma ndĩre, namo maitho makwa makanyũrũrũkia maithori. Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hakuhĩ wa kũũhooreria, gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũnyũmĩrĩria ngoro. Ciana ciakwa ituĩkĩte cia kũnyamarĩka tondũ thũ nĩyo ĩhootanĩte.”
17 Zion spreads out her hands. There is no one to comfort her. The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
Zayuni atambũrũkĩtie moko, no gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũmũhooreria. Jehova nĩathanĩte ũhoro wa Jakubu atĩ arĩa mariganĩtie nake matuĩke thũ ciake; Jerusalemu nĩatuĩkĩte kĩndũ kĩrĩ thaahu gatagatĩ-inĩ kao.
18 “The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
“Jehova nĩ mũthingu, no rĩrĩ, nĩndaremeire watho wake. Thikĩrĩriai, inyuĩ andũ othe, na mũrore gũthĩĩnĩka gwakwa. Aanake akwa na airĩtu akwa nĩmatahĩtwo magatwarwo thĩ ngʼeni.
19 “I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls.
“Ndaatũmanĩire arĩa twarĩ ngwatanĩro, no-o makĩngunyanĩra. Athĩnjĩri-Ngai akwa, na athuuri akwa marakuĩrĩire itũũra-inĩ rĩu inene, o magĩcaragia irio cia kũmatũũria muoyo.
20 “Look, LORD; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. My heart turns over within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad, the sword bereaves. At home, it is like death.
“Wee Jehova, ta rora wone ũrĩa ndĩ hatĩka-inĩ! Nĩndĩratangĩka thĩinĩ wakwa, na ngathĩĩnĩka thĩinĩ wa ngoro yakwa, nĩ ũndũ ngoretwo ndĩ mũremi mũno. Na kũu nja, hiũ cia njora nĩirooraga andũ, nakuo thĩinĩ no gĩkuũ kũrĩ.
21 “They have heard that I sigh. There is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble. They are glad that you have done it. You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they will be like me.
“Andũ nĩmaiguĩte mũcaayo wakwa, no gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa kũũhooreria. Thũ ciakwa ciothe nĩciguĩte ũhoro wa hatĩka ciakwa, nacio igakena nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo wĩkĩte. Nawe gĩkinyie mũthenya ũrĩa wanĩrĩire nĩguo nao mahaane ta niĩ.
22 “Let all their wickedness come before you. Do to them as you have done to me for all my transgressions. For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
“Waganu wao wothe nĩũgĩkinye mbere yaku, nawe ũmeke o ta ũrĩa ũnjĩkĩte nĩ ũndũ wa mehia makwa mothe. Mĩcaayo yakwa nĩ mĩingĩ, nayo ngoro yakwa nĩĩringĩkĩte.”
