Macakaya 2
1 Hĩ! Kaĩ Mwathani nĩakĩhumbĩrĩte Mwarĩ wa Zayuni na itu rĩa marakara make-ĩ! Nĩatungumanĩtie riiri wa Isiraeli, akaũharũrũkia kuuma igũrũ nginya thĩ; ndaaririkanire gaturwa ka magũrũ make, mũthenya ũrĩa aarakarire.
Aleph. How hath the Lord covered with obscurity the daughter of Sion in his wrath! how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the glorious one of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger!
2 Mwathani-rĩ, nĩameretie itũũro ciothe cia Jakubu atarĩ na tha; nĩamomorete ciĩhitho iria nũmu cia Mwarĩ wa Juda arĩ na marakara. Nĩagũithĩtie ũthamaki wa Mwarĩ wa Juda, na akagũithia anene ake, akamaconorithia.
Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof.
3 Rũhĩa rwa Isiraeli ruothe arũrengete arĩ na marakara mahiũ. Nĩeheretie guoko gwake kwa ũrĩo, gũkameeherera o rĩrĩa thũ ciamakuhĩrĩria. Nĩgũcina acinĩte Jakubu ta mwaki ũkũrĩrĩmbũka, ũrĩa ũcinaga kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩrĩ hakuhĩ naguo.
Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath kindled in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about.
4 Ageetete ũta wake o ta thũ; guoko gwake kwa ũrĩo nĩ kwĩhaarĩirie. Arĩa othe maatũire makenagia maitho-rĩ, amooragĩte o ta marĩ thũ; hema ya Mwarĩ wa Zayuni amĩitĩrĩirie mangʼũrĩ make mahaana ta mwaki.
Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his indignation like fire.
5 Mwathani-rĩ, atuĩkĩte ta thũ; nĩameretie Isiraeli. Nĩameretie nyũmba ciake ciothe cia ũthamaki, na akaananga ciĩhitho ciake iria nũmu. Nĩaingĩhĩirie Mwarĩ wa Juda gũcakaya na kũgirĩka.
He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the afflicted, both men and women.
6 Nĩonũhĩte gĩikaro gĩake ta mũgũnda; nĩanangĩte handũ hake ha gũtũnganĩrwo. Jehova nĩatũmĩte Zayuni ariganĩrwo nĩ ciathĩ ciake iria njathane, o hamwe na Thabatũ ciake; nĩ ũndũ wa marakara make mahiũ-rĩ, akanyarara mũthamaki, o hamwe na mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai.
Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden, he hath thrown down his tabernacle: the Lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Sion: and hath delivered up king and priest to reproach, and to the indignation of his wrath.
7 Mwathani nĩaregete kĩgongona gĩake, na agatiganĩria handũ hake harĩa haamũre. Nĩaneanĩte thingo cia nyũmba ciake cia ũthamaki kũrĩ thũ; iraanĩrĩra irĩ thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Jehova, o taarĩ mũthenya wa gĩathĩ kĩrĩa gĩathane.
Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath cursed his sanctuary: he hath delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the hand of the enemy: they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 Jehova nĩatuire itua rĩa kũmomora rũthingo rũrĩa rũthiũrũrũkĩirie Mwarĩ wa Zayuni. Nĩatambũrũkirie rũrigi rwa gũthima, na ndaagiririe guoko gwake gũtige kũrwananga. Nĩatũmire njirigo na thingo icakaye; o cierĩ igĩgĩtuĩka cia kwanangĩka.
Heth. The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Sion: he hath stretched out his line, and hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: and the bulwark hath mourned, and the wall hath been destroyed together.
9 Ihingo ciakuo nĩihorokeire na thĩ; mĩgĩĩko yacio nĩamiunangĩte, akamĩananga. Mũthamaki na anene akuo nĩmatahĩtwo magatwarwo ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, watho rĩu ndũrutanagwo, na anabii akuo nĩmatigire kuona cioneki ciumĩte kũrĩ Jehova.
Teth. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he hath destroyed, and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more, and her prophets have found no vision from the Lord.
10 Athuuri a kũu kwa Mwarĩ wa Zayuni maikarĩte thĩ makirĩte ki; nao nĩmehurĩirie rũkũngũ mĩtwe, na makehumba nguo cia makũnia. Airĩtu a Jerusalemu mainamĩrĩire maturumithĩtie mĩtwe yao thĩ.
Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Maitho makwa nĩmaroora nĩ kũrĩra, ngatangĩka thĩinĩ wakwa, naguo roho wakwa nĩũitũrũrĩirwo thĩ nĩ ũndũ wa andũ akwa kwanangwo, nĩgũkorwo twana na tũkenge tũraringĩkĩra njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra rĩrĩa inene.
Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the streets of the city.
12 Tũrooria manyina atĩrĩ, “Irio na ndibei irĩ ha?” o tũkĩringĩkaga ta andũ matiihĩirio njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra rĩrĩa inene, o mĩoyo yatuo ĩgĩthiragĩra moko-inĩ ma manyina.
Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers.
13 Ingĩkiuga atĩa nĩ ũndũ waku? Ingĩkũgerekania nakĩ, wee Mwarĩ ũyũ wa Jerusalemu? Ingĩkũhaanania nakĩ, nĩguo ngũhoorerie, wee Mwarĩ ũyũ Gathirange wa Zayuni? Kĩronda gĩaku kĩrikĩte o ta iria. Nũũ ũngĩhota gũkũhonia?
Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?
14 Cioneki iria anabii aku moonaga ciarĩ cia tũhũ na cia maheeni; matiigana kũmũguũrĩria mehia manyu nĩguo magirĩrĩrie gũtahwo kwanyu. Ndũmĩrĩri iria maamũheire ciarĩ cia maheeni, na cia kũmũhĩtithia.
Nun. Thy prophets have seen false and foolish things for thee: and they have not laid open thy iniquity, to excite thee to penance: but they have seen for thee false revelations and banishments.
15 Ehĩtũkĩri othe mahũũraga hĩ; mathekaga makĩinainagĩria Mwarĩ ũyũ wa Jerusalemu mĩtwe, makĩũragia atĩrĩ: “Ĩĩ rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩetagwo ũthaka ũrĩa mũkinyanĩru biũ, na rĩgeetwo gĩkeno gĩa thĩ yothe?”
Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth?
16 Thũ ciaku ciothe ciathamagia tũnua igũũkĩrĩre; igũthekagĩrĩra na ikahagarania magego, ikoiga atĩrĩ, “Ithuĩ nĩtũmũmeretie. Ũyũ nĩguo mũthenya ũrĩa tũtũire twetereire, na rĩu nĩtũwonete.”
Phe. All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they have hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and have said: We will swallow her up: lo, this is the day which we looked for: we have found it, we have seen it.
17 Jehova nĩarĩkĩtie gwĩka ũrĩa aathugundĩte; we nĩahingĩtie kiugo gĩake, kĩrĩa aathanire o matukũ ma tene. Akũngʼaũranĩtie ategũkũiguĩra tha, atũmĩte thũ igũkenerere, rũhĩa rwa amuku aku nĩruo atũgĩrĩtie.
Ain. The Lord hath done that which he purposed, he hath fulfilled his word, which he commanded in the days of old: he hath destroyed, and hath not spared, and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, and hath set up the horn of thy adversaries.
18 Ngoro cia andũ nĩirakaĩra Mwathani. Atĩrĩrĩ, wee rũthingo rũrũ rwa Mwarĩ wa Zayuni, reke maithori maku manyũrũrũke ta rũũĩ mũthenya na ũtukũ; ndũkahurũke, kana ũreke maitho maku mahurũke.
Sade. Their heart cried to the Lord upon the walls of the daughter of Sion: Let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself no rest, and let not the apple of thy eye cease.
19 Arahũka, ũkayũrũrũke ũtukũ, rĩrĩa ũrangĩri wa ũtukũ wambagĩrĩria; itũrũraga ngoro yaku ta maaĩ mbere ya Mwathani. Ambararia moko maku na igũrũ kũrĩ we nĩ ũndũ wa mĩoyo ya ciana ciaku, o icio iraringĩka nĩ ngʼaragu magomano-inĩ ma njĩra ciothe.
Coph. Arise, give praise in the night, in the beginning of the watches: pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy little children, that have fainted for hunger at the top of all the streets.
20 “Wee Jehova, ta rora, na ũcũũranie: Nũũ ũngĩ wee ũrĩ weka ũguo? Andũ-a-nja nĩmagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũrĩa maciaro mao, o ciana iria marerete? Mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na mũnabii nĩmagĩrĩire kũũragagĩrwo handũ-harĩa-haamũre ha Mwathani?
Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with: shall women then eat their own fruit, their children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 “Andũ ethĩ o na arĩa akũrũ makomete hamwe rũkũngũ-inĩ rwa njĩra, aanake akwa na airĩtu moragĩtwo na rũhiũ rwa njora. Ũmoragĩte mũthenya ũrĩa ũrakarĩte; ũmoragĩte ũtekũmaiguĩra tha.
Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity.
22 “O ta ũrĩa wĩtanaga mũthenya wa gĩathĩ-rĩ, noguo ũnjĩtĩire maũndũ ma kũnguoyohia, makandigiicĩria mĩena yothe o taarĩ mũthenya wa gĩathĩ. Mũthenya wa marakara ma Jehova-rĩ, gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wahonokire kana agĩtigara; arĩa ndarũmbũirie na ngĩrera-rĩ, thũ yakwa nĩĩmanangĩte.”
Thau. Thou hast called as to a festival, those that should terrify me round about, and there was none in the day of the wrath of the Lord that escaped and was left: those that I brought up, and nourished, my enemy hath consumed them.
