Konyifahawo 5
1 O, Yehowa, ɖo ŋku nu si dzɔ ɖe mía dzi la dzi, ɖo ŋku anyi eye nàkpɔ míaƒe ŋukpe ɖa.
Remember O Yahweh what? has it happened to us (look! *Q(K)*) and see reproach our.
2 Wotsɔ míaƒe domenyinu, na amedzrowo eye wotsɔ míaƒe aƒewo na du bubu me tɔwo.
Inheritance our it has been turned over to strangers houses our to foreigners.
3 Míezu tsyɔ̃eviwo kple tɔmanɔsitɔwo eye mía nɔwo zu ahosiwo.
Fatherless ones we have become (and there not *Q(K)*) [is] a father mothers our [are] like widows.
4 Ɖe míedzea tsi hafi nona eye ɖe míeƒlea míawo ŋutɔ ƒe nake.
Water our for money we have drunk wood our for a price they come.
5 Ame siwo ti mía yome la gogo, ɖeɖi te mía ŋu, ke gbɔɖeme meli o.
At neck our we have been pursued we have become weary (and not *Q(K)*) it has been given rest to us.
6 Míetsɔ mía ɖokui dzra na Egipte kple Asiria be míakpɔ abolo aɖu.
Egypt we have given a hand Assyria to be satisfied bread.
7 Mía fofowo wɔ nu vɔ̃ eye womegale agbe o gake woƒe tohehe va mía dzi.
Ancestors our they sinned (and not [are] they and we *Q(K)*) iniquities their we have borne.
8 Kluviwo ɖu amegã ɖe mía dzi eye ame aɖeke meli axɔ mí le woƒe asi me o.
Slaves they have ruled over us [is one who] rescues there not from hand their.
9 Míetsɔ míaƒe agbe ɖo anyi hafi kpɔa abolo ɖuna, le yi si le gbegbe la ta.
With life our we bring bread our because of [the] sword of the wilderness.
10 Míaƒe ŋutilã xɔ dzo abe kpodzo ene eye asrã lé mí le dɔwuame ta.
Skin our like an oven they have grown hot because of [the] burning heat of hunger.
11 Wogblẽ Zion nyɔnuwo kple ɖetugbi manyaŋutsuwo le Yuda duwo me.
Women in Zion men have humiliated virgins in [the] cities of Judah.
12 Wobla dumegãwo tsɔ ku ati eye womede bubu ame tsitsiwo ŋu o.
Princes by hand their they have been hanged [the] face of elders not they have been honored.
13 Ɖekakpuiwo le te tum atraɖii, eye ŋutsuviwo le ŋeŋem le nakegba te.
Young men a mill they have lifted and young men with wood they have staggered.
14 Ame tsitsiwo vɔ le agbonu eye ɖekakpuiwo ƒe hadzidzi nu tso.
Old [men] from [the] gate they have ceased young men from music their.
15 Dzidzɔ vavã dzo le míaƒe dziwo me eye míaƒe ɣeɖuɖu trɔ zu nuxaxa.
It has ceased [the] joy of heart our it has been changed into mourning dancing our.
16 Fiakuku ge le ta na mí. Baba na mí elabena míewɔ nu vɔ̃!
It has fallen [the] crown of head our woe! please to us for we have sinned.
17 Le esia ta míaƒe dziwo le nu xam, le nu siawo ta míaƒe ŋkuwo dzi tsyɔ,
On this it has become faint heart our on these [things] they have grown dim eyes our.
18 Elabena Zion to tsi ƒuƒlu eye amegaxiwo koe le fefem le afi ma.
On [the] mountain of Zion that [is] desolate foxes they have prowled on it.
19 O, Yehowa, èle fia ɖum tegbee, wò fiazikpui li ke tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
You O Yahweh for ever you will sit throne your [is] to a generation and a generation.
20 Nu ka ta nèŋlɔa mí be ɣe sia ɣi? Nu ka ta nègblẽ mi ɖi eteƒe didi alea?
Why? to perpetuity do you forget us do you abandon? us for length of days.
21 O Yehowa, trɔ mí ɖe ɖokuiwò ŋu be míate ŋu atrɔ agbɔ, wɔ míaƒe ŋkekewo yeye abe le blema ene.
Cause to return us O Yahweh - to yourself (so let us return *Q(K)*) renew days our like ancient time.
22 Ne menye ɖe nègbe mí keŋkeŋ, eye nèdo dziku ɖe mía ŋu wu ale si dze hã o.
That except certainly you have rejected us you are angry towards us up to muchness.
