Lamentations 5
1 Remember, LORD, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
Onyenwe anyị, biko, cheta ihe niile dakwasịrị anyị; leekwa anya ka ị hụrụ ọnọdụ ihere anyị.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over 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 must pay for water to drink. 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 pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, 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 our hands 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 sinned, and are no more. 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 rule over us. There is no one to 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 get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in 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 is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
Anụ ahụ anyị dị ọkụ dịka ite ọkụ, na-amakwa jijiji nʼihi agụụ.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins 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 up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honoured.
Akwụgbuola ụmụ eze site nʼikegide aka ha nʼelu; a dịghị enyekwa ndị okenye nsọpụrụ.
13 The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of 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, and 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 has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
Ọṅụ adịghịkwa nʼobi anyị; ite egwu anyị aghọọlara anyị ịnọ ọnọdụ iru ụjụ.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for 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 for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
Nʼihi ugwu Zayọn nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu, nke ghọrọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-akpagharị.
19 You, LORD, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
Gị, Onyenwe anyị, na-abụ eze ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ocheeze gị na-adịgide site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.
20 Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
Gịnị mere i ji na-echezọ anyị kpamkpam? Gịnị mere i ji gbakụta anyị azụ ogologo ụbọchị ndị a niile?
21 Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will 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 you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
ma ọ bụghị na ị jụla anyị kpamkpam na-eweso anyị iwe nke ukwu.
