Abụ Akwa 5
1 Onyenwe anyị, biko, cheta ihe niile dakwasịrị anyị; leekwa anya ka ị hụrụ ọnọdụ ihere anyị.
Lord, please remember what's happened to us. Look at us and see how we've been humiliated!
2 E werela ihe nketa anyị nyefee ndị ọbịa nʼaka, werekwa ebe obibi anyị nyefee nʼaka ndị mba ọzọ.
The land we used to own has been handed over to strangers, our houses have been given to foreigners.
3 Anyị aghọọla ụmụ mgbei, na ndị na-enweghị nna. Nne anyị ha dị ka ndị inyom di ha nwụrụ.
We have lost our fathers, and our mothers are widows.
4 Anyị na-akwụ ụgwọ nʼihi mmiri anyị na-aṅụ. Ọ bụkwa ego ka anyị ji azụ nkụ.
The water we drink we have to pay for; our firewood comes at a price.
5 Agbanyeghị na anyị nya yoku nʼolu, anyị bụ ndị a na-adọgbu nʼọrụ, ike agwụla anyị, enyeghị anyị izuike.
Like animals we're driven along with harnesses around our necks; we're worn out but don't find any rest.
6 Anyị weere onwe anyị nyefee ndị Ijipt na ndị Asịrịa nʼaka nʼihi inweta nri ga-ezuru anyị.
We allied ourselves with Egypt and Assyria so we could have plenty of food.
7 Nna anyị ha mehiere, ma ha anwụọla. Ma ọ bụ anyị na-anata ntaramahụhụ kwesiri ịbụ nke ha.
Our forefathers sinned and they're gone, but we're being punished for their sins.
8 Ndị bụ ohu na-achị anyị. Ọ dịghị onye anyị nwere nke ga-anapụta anyị site nʼaka ha.
Servants of our conqueror rule over us; no one can save us from their power.
9 Anyị ji ndụ anyị nʼaka mgbe anyị na-achọ inweta ihe anyị ga-eri, nʼihi mma agha nke dị nʼọzara.
We take our lives in our hands when we look for food, because of the armed raiders in the desert.
10 Anụ ahụ anyị dị ọkụ dịka ite ọkụ, na-amakwa jijiji nʼihi agụụ.
Our skin is hot like an oven because of the fever caused by hunger.
11 Emerụọla ndị inyom dị na Zayọn, ha na ụmụ agbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke niile dị nʼobodo dị iche iche nke Juda.
They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Akwụgbuola ụmụ eze site nʼikegide aka ha nʼelu; a dịghị enyekwa ndị okenye nsọpụrụ.
Princes have been hung up by their hands; they show elders no respect.
13 Ụmụ okorobịa na-adọgbu onwe ha nʼọrụ na nkume ịkwọ nri, ụmụntakịrị ndị nwoke na-asụkwa ngọngọ nʼokpuru ọtụtụ nkụ.
Young men are forced to work at hand-mills; boys stagger under bundles of wood.
14 Ndị okenye adịghịkwa anọ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ụmụ okorobịa akwụsịkwala ịkpọ ụbọ akwara ha.
The elders have abandoned their places at the city gate; the young men have given up playing their music.
15 Ọṅụ adịghịkwa nʼobi anyị; ite egwu anyị aghọọlara anyị ịnọ ọnọdụ iru ụjụ.
There's no more happiness for us; our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 Okpueze esitela nʼisi anyị dapụ. Ahụhụ dịrị anyị nʼihi na anyị emehiela.
The crown has fallen from our head. What a disaster has come upon us because we have sinned!
17 Nʼihi nke a, obi anyị na-ada mba, nʼihi ihe ndị a ka anya anyị na-agba ọchịchịrị.
Because of all this, we're sick at heart; because of all these things, we can hardly look;
18 Nʼihi ugwu Zayọn nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu, nke ghọrọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-akpagharị.
Because of Mount Zion, which has been abandoned, and where only foxes roam.
19 Gị, Onyenwe anyị, na-abụ eze ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ocheeze gị na-adịgide site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.
But you, Lord, live forever! You rule for all generations!
20 Gịnị mere i ji na-echezọ anyị kpamkpam? Gịnị mere i ji gbakụta anyị azụ ogologo ụbọchị ndị a niile?
So why have you forgotten us for such a long time? Why have you abandoned us for so many years?
21 Mee ka anyị lọghachikwute gị, Onyenwe anyị, ka anyị si otu a lọtakwa; gbanwee ụbọchị anyị ka ọ dị ọhụrụ dịka na mgbe ochie,
Bring us back to you, Lord, so we can be with you again. Please remake our lives like they used to be.
22 ma ọ bụghị na ị jụla anyị kpamkpam na-eweso anyị iwe nke ukwu.
Or have you have completely rejected us? Are you still really furious with us?
