Plenn 5
1 Sonje, O SENYÈ, sa ki te rive nou an. Gade pou wè repwòch nou.
to remember LORD what? to be to/for us (to look [emph?] *Q(K)*) and to see: see [obj] reproach our
2 Eritaj nou te bay kon don a etranje yo, kay nou yo a moun nou pa konnen.
inheritance our to overturn to/for be a stranger house: home our to/for foreign
3 Nou te devni òfelen san papa. Manman nou yo tankou vèv.
orphan to be (and nothing *Q(K)*) father mother our like/as widow
4 Nou oblije achte dlo pou nou bwè. Bwa nou se pou vann, yo vann nou li.
water our in/on/with silver: price to drink tree: wood our in/on/with price to come (in): bring
5 Sila k ap kouri dèyè nou yo rive sou kou nou. Nou vin bouke nèt. Nanpwen repo pou nou.
upon neck our to pursue be weary/toil (and not *Q(K)*) to rest to/for us
6 Nou te vin soumèt devan Egypte ak Assyrie pou nou jwenn ase pen.
Egypt to give: give hand: power Assyria to/for to satisfy food: bread
7 Papa zansèt nou yo te peche, men yo pa la ankò; se nou menm ki te pote inikite pa yo.
father our to sin (and nothing they and we *Q(K)*) iniquity: crime their to bear
8 Se esklav yo k ap domine sou nou; nanpwen moun ki pou delivre nou nan men yo.
servant/slave to rule in/on/with us to tear nothing from hand: power their
9 Nou riske lavi nou pou jwenn pen akoz nepe nan dezè a.
in/on/with soul: life our to come (in): bring food: bread our from face: because sword [the] wilderness
10 Po nou vin kwit tankou yon fou, akoz gwo chalè grangou a.
skin our like/as oven to grow warm from face: because scorching famine
11 Yo te ravaje tout fanm Sion yo; vyèj lavil a Juda yo.
woman in/on/with Zion to afflict virgin in/on/with city Judah
12 Prens yo te pann pa men yo; ansyen yo te vin pa respekte.
ruler in/on/with hand their to hang face: kindness old: elder not to honor
13 Jennonm yo te fòse travay devan moulen an e timoun yo te kilbite anba gwo chaj bwa yo.
youth grinding to lift: raise and youth in/on/with tree: wood to stumble
14 Ansyen yo ale kite pòtay la; jennonm yo ale kite mizik yo.
old from gate to cease youth from music their
15 Jwa nan kè nou vin sispann; danse vin ranplase pa fè dèy.
to cease rejoicing heart our to overturn to/for mourning dance our
16 Kouwòn nan soti sou tèt nou; malè a nou menm, paske nou te peche!
to fall: fall crown head our woe! please to/for us for to sin
17 Akoz sa, kè nou febli; akoz bagay sa yo, zye nou pa wè klè.
upon this to be sick heart our upon these to darken eye our
18 Akoz Mòn Sion ki kouche dezole nèt, rena yo fè patwouj ladann.
upon mountain: mount Zion which/that be desolate: destroyed fox to go: walk in/on/with him
19 Ou menm, O SENYÈ, Ou renye jis pou tout tan; twòn Ou se de jenerasyon an jenerasyon.
you(m. s.) LORD to/for forever: enduring to dwell throne your to/for generation and generation
20 Poukisa Ou bliye nou jis pou tout tan? Poukisa Ou abandone nou jis rive tout tan sa a?
to/for what? to/for perpetuity to forget us to leave: forsake us to/for length day
21 Restore nou a Ou menm O SENYÈ, pou nou ka vin restore. Fè jou nou yo vin jan yo te ye nan tan pase yo.
to return: rescue us LORD to(wards) you (and to return: rescue *Q(K)*) to renew day our like/as front: old
22 Men Ou deja fin rejte nou nèt. Ou rete byen fache nèt ak nou.
that if: except if: except to reject to reject us be angry upon us till much
