Lamentations 4
1 How is the gold become dim, Changed the best — the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
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, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a 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 dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a 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 Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.
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 Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced 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 And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were 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 Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
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 Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered — it hath been as wood.
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 Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase 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 merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, 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 Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth 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 Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy 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 Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
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 naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,
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 'Turn aside — unclean,' they called to them, 'Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled — yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: 'They do not add to sojourn.'
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 face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.
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 While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
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 have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.
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 Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
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 Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: 'In his shadow we do live among nations.'
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 Joy and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even unto thee pass over doth a cup, Thou art drunk, and makest 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 Completed [is] thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed [thee] because of 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.
