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.
How hath the Lord in his anger covered with a cloud the daughter of Zion! He hath cast down from heaven to earth the glory 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.
Lord hath swallowed up without pity all the habitations of Jacob; He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought down to the ground, he hath profaned the kingdom and its princes.
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.
He hath cut off, in his fierce anger, every horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from the face of the enemy, And hath burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth 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.
He bent his bow like an enemy; He stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that was pleasant to the eye; Upon the tent of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury 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.
The Lord is become as an enemy; he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all his palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds; And hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
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.
He hath violently torn away his hedge, like the hedge of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of congregation; Jehovah hath caused the solemn feast and the sabbath to be forgotten in Zion; He hath despised, in his fierce anger, the king and the priest.
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.
The Lord hath cast off his altar; he hath abhorred his holy place; He hath given up into the hands of the enemy the walls of Zion's palaces; They have lifted up the voice in the house of Jehovah, 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.
Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He hath made the rampart and the wall to lament; They languish 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.
Her gates are sunk into the earth; he hath destroyed and broken her bars; Her king and her princes are among the nations; The law is no more; Her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah.
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.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground in silence; They have cast dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; 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.
Mine eyes do fail with tears; my bowels boil; My liver is poured out upon the ground on account of the destruction of the daughter of my people; For the children and sucklings faint 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.
They say to their mothers, “Where is corn and wine?” While they faint, as one wounded, in the streets of the city; While their life is poured out into their mother's bosom.
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?
How shall I address thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? With what shall I compare thee, so as to comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? Surely thy breach is wide, like the sea; who can 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.
Thy prophets declare to thee that which is vain and false; They lay not open to thee thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity; They pronounce to thee prophecies of falsehood and seduction.
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?”
All that that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss, and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. “Is this the city that men called the perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole 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.”
All thine enemies open their mouths against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; They say: “We have swallowed her up; Yea, this is the day that we looked for; we have found, 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.
Jehovah hath accomplished that which he had devised; He hath fulfilled his word, which he had commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down and hath not pitied; He hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath exalted the horn of thine 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.
Their heart crieth out to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let thy tears run down like a river day and night! Give thyself no rest! let not the apple of thine 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.
Arise, cry aloud in the night at the beginning of the watches! Pour out thy heart like water before the face of Jehovah! Lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy young children, That faint for hunger at the head 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?
“Behold, O Jehovah, and consider! With whom hast thou dealt thus? Shall women eat the fruit of the womb, children borne in the arms? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the holy place 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.
“The boy and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; Thou hast killed, and hast shown no mercy.
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.”
“Thou hast called, as on a festal day, my terrors around me; There was not one, in the day of Jehovah's anger, that escaped or was left; Those whom I have borne in my arms and brought up hath my enemy consumed.”
