Macakaya 5
1 Wee Jehova-rĩ, ririkana maũndũ marĩa matũkorete; ta rora wone gũconoka gwitũ.
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
2 Igai riitũ nĩrĩneanĩtwo kũrĩ ageni, nayo mĩciĩ iitũ ĩgakĩneanwo kũrĩ andũ a kũngĩ.
Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
3 Nĩtũtuĩkĩte ciana cia ngoriai na ciana itarĩ na maithe, nao manyina maitũ magatuĩka ta atumia a ndigwa.
We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
4 Maaĩ marĩa tũnyuuaga no tũgũrire; o na ngũ nĩkũgũra tũragũra.
We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
5 Arĩa matũingatithagia marĩ o magũrũ-inĩ maitũ; nĩtũnogete, na tũkaaga ũhurũko.
We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
6 Twĩneanĩte kũrĩ andũ a Misiri na a Ashuri nĩgeetha tuone irio cia gũtũigana.
We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
7 Maithe maitũ nĩmehirie na rĩu matirĩ ho, na ithuĩ nĩ ithuĩ tũraherithio handũ hao.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Ngombo nĩcio itwathaga, na gũtirĩ mũndũ wa gũtũteithũra kuuma moko-inĩ ma cio.
Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.
9 Tuonaga irio na ũndũ wa gũtwarĩrĩria mĩoyo iitũ ũgwati-inĩ, nĩ ũndũ wa rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ werũ-inĩ.
We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.
10 Gĩkonde giitũ kĩhiũhĩte o ta riiko rĩa kũruga mĩgate, tũkainaina nĩ ũndũ wa kũhũũta.
Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.
11 Andũ-a-nja nĩmanyiitĩtwo na hinya gũkũ Zayuni, nao airĩtu gathirange makanyiitwo na hinya matũũra-inĩ ma Juda.
They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
12 Anene akuo nĩ macuurĩtio na moko mao; athuuri nao matiheagwo gĩtĩĩo.
The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.
13 Aanake marutithagio wĩra wa hinya ithĩi-inĩ; tũmwana natuo tũtũgũũgaga nĩgũkuuithio mĩrigo ya ngũ.
They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.
14 Athuuri nĩmatigĩte gũikara kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra inene; aanake nao nĩmatigĩte kũina nyĩmbo ciao.
The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.
15 Ngoro ciitũ nĩithirĩte gĩkeno; ndũrũhĩ ciitũ igarũrũkĩte igatuĩka macakaya.
The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.
16 Thũmbĩ ya ũnene nĩĩgwĩte, ĩgatuuma mũtwe, kaĩ tũrĩ na haaro-ĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩtwĩhĩtie!
The crown is fallen from our head woe to us, because we have sinned.
17 Tondũ ũcio ngoro ciitũ nĩiringĩkĩte; na tondũ wa maũndũ macio maitho maitũ makaira,
Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,
18 tondũ wa Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni, kĩrĩa gĩkirĩte ihooru, nacio mbwe rĩu nĩkuo iceeraga.
For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.
19 Wee Jehova-rĩ, wathanaga nginya tene; gĩtĩ gĩaku kĩa ũnene gĩtũũraga kuuma njiarwa nginya njiarwa.
But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Ũriganagĩrwo nĩ ithuĩ hĩndĩ ciothe nĩkĩ? Ũtũtiganĩirie hĩndĩ ndaaya ũguo nĩkĩ?
Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?
21 Wee Jehova-rĩ, tũcookererie harĩwe, nĩguo tũhote gũgũcookerera; erũhia matukũ maitũ macooke o ta ũrĩa matariĩ tene,
Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
22 tiga ũkorirwo nĩũtũregeete biũ, ũgagĩtũrakarĩra o mũno makĩria.
But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry against us.
