Macakaya 5
1 Wee Jehova-rĩ, ririkana maũndũ marĩa matũkorete; ta rora wone gũconoka gwitũ.
Remember, O Yahweh, what hath befallen us, Look around, and see our reproach:
2 Igai riitũ nĩrĩneanĩtwo kũrĩ ageni, nayo mĩciĩ iitũ ĩgakĩneanwo kũrĩ andũ a kũngĩ.
Our inheritance, turned over to foreigners, our houses, to aliens.
3 Nĩtũtuĩkĩte ciana cia ngoriai na ciana itarĩ na maithe, nao manyina maitũ magatuĩka ta atumia a ndigwa.
Orphans, have we become, and fatherless, our mothers, are widows indeed.
4 Maaĩ marĩa tũnyuuaga no tũgũrire; o na ngũ nĩkũgũra tũragũra.
Our water—for silver, have we drunk, our wood—for a price, cometh in.
5 Arĩa matũingatithagia marĩ o magũrũ-inĩ maitũ; nĩtũnogete, na tũkaaga ũhurũko.
Upon our necks, are our pursuers, We labour, and there is allowed us no rest.
6 Twĩneanĩte kũrĩ andũ a Misiri na a Ashuri nĩgeetha tuone irio cia gũtũigana.
To Egypt, have we stretched out our hand, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Maithe maitũ nĩmehirie na rĩu matirĩ ho, na ithuĩ nĩ ithuĩ tũraherithio handũ hao.
Our fathers, sinned, and are not, and, we, their iniquities, have borne.
8 Ngombo nĩcio itwathaga, na gũtirĩ mũndũ wa gũtũteithũra kuuma moko-inĩ ma cio.
Slaves, have ruled over us, There is none to set free from their hand.
9 Tuonaga irio na ũndũ wa gũtwarĩrĩria mĩoyo iitũ ũgwati-inĩ, nĩ ũndũ wa rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ werũ-inĩ.
At the risk of our life, do we bring in our bread, because of the sword of the desert.
10 Gĩkonde giitũ kĩhiũhĩte o ta riiko rĩa kũruga mĩgate, tũkainaina nĩ ũndũ wa kũhũũta.
Our skin, as with a furnace, is scorched, because of the hot winds of famine.
11 Andũ-a-nja nĩmanyiitĩtwo na hinya gũkũ Zayuni, nao airĩtu gathirange makanyiitwo na hinya matũũra-inĩ ma Juda.
Women—in Zion, were ravished, virgins, in the cities of Judah!
12 Anene akuo nĩ macuurĩtio na moko mao; athuuri nao matiheagwo gĩtĩĩo.
Princes, by their hand, have been hanged, The faces of elders, not honoured.
13 Aanake marutithagio wĩra wa hinya ithĩi-inĩ; tũmwana natuo tũtũgũũgaga nĩgũkuuithio mĩrigo ya ngũ.
Young men, a millstone, have lifted, and, youths, under wood, have staggered.
14 Athuuri nĩmatigĩte gũikara kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra inene; aanake nao nĩmatigĩte kũina nyĩmbo ciao.
Elders, from the gates, have ceased. Young men, from their music.
15 Ngoro ciitũ nĩithirĩte gĩkeno; ndũrũhĩ ciitũ igarũrũkĩte igatuĩka macakaya.
Ceased hath the joy of our hearts, Changed to mourning, our dance.
16 Thũmbĩ ya ũnene nĩĩgwĩte, ĩgatuuma mũtwe, kaĩ tũrĩ na haaro-ĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩtwĩhĩtie!
Fallen is the crown of our head. Surely woe to us, for we have sinned.
17 Tondũ ũcio ngoro ciitũ nĩiringĩkĩte; na tondũ wa maũndũ macio maitho maitũ makaira,
For this cause, faint is our heart, For these things, dimmed are our eyes:
18 tondũ wa Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni, kĩrĩa gĩkirĩte ihooru, nacio mbwe rĩu nĩkuo iceeraga.
Because of Mount Zion, which is desolate, jackals, have gone prowling therein.
19 Wee Jehova-rĩ, wathanaga nginya tene; gĩtĩ gĩaku kĩa ũnene gĩtũũraga kuuma njiarwa nginya njiarwa.
Thou, O Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, dost remain, Thy throne, from generation to generation:
20 Ũriganagĩrwo nĩ ithuĩ hĩndĩ ciothe nĩkĩ? Ũtũtiganĩirie hĩndĩ ndaaya ũguo nĩkĩ?
Wherefore shouldst thou perpetually forget us? forsake us, to length of days?
21 Wee Jehova-rĩ, tũcookererie harĩwe, nĩguo tũhote gũgũcookerera; erũhia matukũ maitũ macooke o ta ũrĩa matariĩ tene,
Bring us back, O Yahweh, unto thyself, and we will come back! Renew our days, as of old;
22 tiga ũkorirwo nĩũtũregeete biũ, ũgagĩtũrakarĩra o mũno makĩria.
For though thou hast not, utterly rejected, us, thou art wroth with us—exceedingly!
