Maombolezo 1
1 Mji ambao mwanzo ulikuwa na watu wengi sasa umekaa peke yake. Amekuwa kama mjane, japo alikuwa taifa kubwa. Alikuwa mtoto wa mfalme miongoni mwa mataifa, lakini sasa amelazimishwa utumwani.
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, How is she become tributary!
2 Analia na kuomboleza usiku, na machozi yake yanafunika mashavu yake. Hamna ata mpenzi wake anaye mliwaza. Marafiki wake wote wamemsaliti. wamekuwa maadui wake.
She weepeth bitterly in the night; tears are upon her cheeks; Among all her lovers she hath no comforter; All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
3 Baada ya umaskini na mateso, Yuda ameenda matekani. Anaishi miongoni mwa mataifa na hapati pumziko lolote. Wanao wakimbiza wamewapata katika upweke wake.
Judah goeth into exile, because of affliction and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest; All her pursuers overtake her in the straits.
4 Barabara za Sayuni zinaomboleza kwasababu hakuna anaye kuja kwenye sherehe iliyo andaliwa. Malango yake yote ni ukiwa. Makuhani wake wote wana sononeka. Mabikra wake wana uzuni na yeye mwenyewe yupo katika ugumu.
The ways to Zion mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts; All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins wail, and she is in bitterness.
5 Maadui wake wamekuwa bwana zake; maadui wake wana fanikiwa. Yahweh amemuadhibu kwa dhambi zake nyingi. Watoto wake wadogo wanaenda matekani kwa maadui zake.
Her adversaries have become the head; her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; Her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6 Uzuri umemwacha binti wa Sayuni. Watoto wa mfalme wamekuwa kama ayala ambaye haoni malisho, na wanaenda bila uwezo kwa wanao wakimbiza.
From the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed; Her princes are become like harts, that find no pasture; Without strength, they flee before the pursuer.
7 Katika siku za mateso yake na kutokuwa na nyumba, Yerusalemu itakumbuka hazina zake za dhamani alizo kuwa nazo awali. Wakati watu wake walipo angukia mikononi mwa adui, hakuna aliye msaidia. Maadui waliwaona na kucheka maangamizo yake.
Jerusalem remembereth, in the days of her affliction and of her oppression, All her pleasant things, which she had in the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and she had no helper; Her adversaries saw her, and mocked at her destruction.
8 Yerusalemu ili tenda dhambi sana, hivyo basi, amedhalillika kama kitu kichafu. Wote walio mheshimu sasa wana mdharau kwa kuwa wameona uchi wake. Anasononeka na kujaribu kugeuka pembeni.
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore is she become vile; All that honored her despise her, because they have seen her shame; She sigheth, and turneth backward.
9 Amekuwa mchafu chini ya sketi yake. Hakuwaza hatima yake. Anguko lake lilikuwa baya. Hakukuwa na wakumliwaza. Alilia, “Angalia mateso yangu, Yahweh, kwa kuwa adui amekuwa mkuu sana.”
Her filthiness is upon her skirts; She thought not of her end, therefore is she brought down wonderfully; she hath no comforter. “Behold, O Jehovah, my affliction, for the enemy doth triumph!”
10 Adui ameeka mkono wake kwenye hazina zetu za dhamani. Ameona mataifa yakiingia sehemu yake takatifu, japo uliamuru wasiingie katika sehemu yako ya kukusanyikia.
The adversary spreadeth his hands over all her pleasant things; Yea, she seeth the nations enter into her sanctuary, Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into her congregation.
11 Watu wote wana sononeka wanapo tafuta mkate. Wametoa hazina zao za dhamani kwa ajili ya chakula cha kurejesha uhai wao. Tazama, Yahweh, ni kumbuke mimi, kwa kuwa nimekuwa sina faida.
All her people sigh; they seek bread; They give their precious things for bread to sustain life. “Behold, O Jehovah, and consider, how I am become vile!”
12 Sio kitu kwako, wote mnao pita? Angalia na uone kama kuna mtu mwenye uzuni kama uzuni ninao teswa nao, tangu Yahweh amenitesa mimi katika siku ya hasira yake kali.
“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow, which is brought upon me, With which Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger!
13 Ni kutoka juu ndipo alipo tuma moto kwenye mifupa yangu na umenishinda. Ametanda nyavu kwa miguu yangu na kunigeuza. Amenifanya ukiwa na dhahifu.
“From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them: He hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; He hath made me desolate, faint all the day long.
14 Nira ya makosa yangu imefungwa na mikono yake. Zimesokotwa na kuekwa shingoni mwangu. Amefanya uweza wangu kushindwa. Bwana amenikabidhi mikononi mwa, na siwezi kusimama.
“The yoke of my transgressions is fastened in his hand; they are twisted together; They are laid upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fall; The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I cannot stand.
15 Bwana ametupa pembeni wanaume wangu hodari walio niokoa. Ameitisha kusanyiko dhidi yangu kuponda wanaume wangu imara. Bwana amewakanyaga binti bikra wa Yuda kwenye chombo cha kusagia mvinyo.
“The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men; The Lord hath trodden down the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine-vat.
16 Kwa vitu hivi ninalia. Macho yangu, maji yanashuka chini ya macho yangu tangu mfariji aliye paswa kurejesha maisha yangu yuko mbali na mimi. Watoto wangu wamekuwa ukiwa kwasababu adui yangu ameshinda.
“For these things do I weep; mine eye runneth down with water; For far from me are they that should comfort me, that should restore my strength; My children have perished, because the enemy prevailed.”
17 Sayuni ametandaza mikono yake; hakuna wakuwa mliwaza. Yahweh ameamuru hao karibu na Yakobo wawemaadui wake. Yerusalemu ni kitu kichafu kwao.
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath given command against Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him; Jerusalem is become an abhorrence among them.
18 Yahweh ni mwenye haki, kwa kuwa nimeasi dhidi ya amri zake. Sikia, ninyi watu, na muone uzuni wangu. Mabikra wangu na wanaume imara wameenda matekani.
“Righteous is Jehovah, for I have disobeyed his commandment; Hear, I pray you, all ye nations, and behold my sorrow! My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 Niliita marafiki zangu, lakini walikuwa na hila kwangu. Makuhani wangu na wazee waliangamia kwenye mji, walipo kuwa wanatafuta chakula cha kurejesha uhai wao.
“I called upon my lovers, but they have proved false to me; My priests and my elders have expired in the city, While they sought for food to sustain their lives.
20 Tazama, Yahweh, kwa kuwa nipo kwenye ugumu; tumbo langu lina nguruma, moyo wangu umetibuka ndani yangu, kwa kuwa nimekuwa muasi sana. Nje, upanga umemliza mama, ndani ya nyumba kuna mauti tu.
“Behold, O Jehovah, how I am distressed! my bowels boil, My heart turneth itself within me; for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad the sword bereaveth; at home, Death.
21 Wamesikia sononeko langu, lakini hakuna wakuni liwaza. Maadui zangu wote wamesikia shida zangu na wamefurahi umenifanyia hivi. Umeleta siku uliyo ahidi; sasa acha wawe kama mimi.
“They hear how I sigh, yet none comforteth me; mine enemies have heard of my calamity; they rejoice that thou hast done it. O bring the day which thou hast appointed, that they shall be like me!
22 Acha uovu wote uje mbele zako. Shughulika nao kama ulivyo shughulika na mimi kwasababu ya makosa yangu yote. Masononeko yangu ni mengi na moyo umezimia.
“Let all their wickedness come before thee, deal thou with them as thou hast dealt with me for all my transgressions! For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.”
