Macakaya 5
1 Wee Jehova-rĩ, ririkana maũndũ marĩa matũkorete; ta rora wone gũconoka gwitũ.
Remember, O Lord, what is come vpon vs: consider, and behold our reproche.
2 Igai riitũ nĩrĩneanĩtwo kũrĩ ageni, nayo mĩciĩ iitũ ĩgakĩneanwo kũrĩ andũ a kũngĩ.
Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.
3 Nĩtũtuĩkĩte ciana cia ngoriai na ciana itarĩ na maithe, nao manyina maitũ magatuĩka ta atumia a ndigwa.
We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.
4 Maaĩ marĩa tũnyuuaga no tũgũrire; o na ngũ nĩkũgũra tũragũra.
Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.
5 Arĩa matũingatithagia marĩ o magũrũ-inĩ maitũ; nĩtũnogete, na tũkaaga ũhurũko.
Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
6 Twĩneanĩte kũrĩ andũ a Misiri na a Ashuri nĩgeetha tuone irio cia gũtũigana.
We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Maithe maitũ nĩmehirie na rĩu matirĩ ho, na ithuĩ nĩ ithuĩ tũraherithio handũ hao.
Our fathers haue sinned, and are not, and we haue borne their iniquities.
8 Ngombo nĩcio itwathaga, na gũtirĩ mũndũ wa gũtũteithũra kuuma moko-inĩ ma cio.
Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.
9 Tuonaga irio na ũndũ wa gũtwarĩrĩria mĩoyo iitũ ũgwati-inĩ, nĩ ũndũ wa rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ werũ-inĩ.
Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.
10 Gĩkonde giitũ kĩhiũhĩte o ta riiko rĩa kũruga mĩgate, tũkainaina nĩ ũndũ wa kũhũũta.
Our skinne was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.
11 Andũ-a-nja nĩmanyiitĩtwo na hinya gũkũ Zayuni, nao airĩtu gathirange makanyiitwo na hinya matũũra-inĩ ma Juda.
They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.
12 Anene akuo nĩ macuurĩtio na moko mao; athuuri nao matiheagwo gĩtĩĩo.
The princes are hanged vp by their hande: the faces of the elders were not had in honour.
13 Aanake marutithagio wĩra wa hinya ithĩi-inĩ; tũmwana natuo tũtũgũũgaga nĩgũkuuithio mĩrigo ya ngũ.
They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
14 Athuuri nĩmatigĩte gũikara kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra inene; aanake nao nĩmatigĩte kũina nyĩmbo ciao.
The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.
15 Ngoro ciitũ nĩithirĩte gĩkeno; ndũrũhĩ ciitũ igarũrũkĩte igatuĩka macakaya.
The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.
16 Thũmbĩ ya ũnene nĩĩgwĩte, ĩgatuuma mũtwe, kaĩ tũrĩ na haaro-ĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩtwĩhĩtie!
The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.
17 Tondũ ũcio ngoro ciitũ nĩiringĩkĩte; na tondũ wa maũndũ macio maitho maitũ makaira,
Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,
18 tondũ wa Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni, kĩrĩa gĩkirĩte ihooru, nacio mbwe rĩu nĩkuo iceeraga.
Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.
19 Wee Jehova-rĩ, wathanaga nginya tene; gĩtĩ gĩaku kĩa ũnene gĩtũũraga kuuma njiarwa nginya njiarwa.
But thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Ũriganagĩrwo nĩ ithuĩ hĩndĩ ciothe nĩkĩ? Ũtũtiganĩirie hĩndĩ ndaaya ũguo nĩkĩ?
Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?
21 Wee Jehova-rĩ, tũcookererie harĩwe, nĩguo tũhote gũgũcookerera; erũhia matukũ maitũ macooke o ta ũrĩa matariĩ tene,
Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde.
22 tiga ũkorirwo nĩũtũregeete biũ, ũgagĩtũrakarĩra o mũno makĩria.
But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.
