Kwadwom 1
1 Sɛnea kuropɔn no adan amamfo ni, kuropɔn a anka nnipa ahyɛ no ma! Adɛn nti na wayɛ okunafobea a kan no na anka ɔyɛ ɔkɛse wɔ amanaman no mu? Nea na ɔyɛ ɔhemmea wɔ amantam no mu no abɛyɛ afenaa nnɛ.
how? to dwell isolation [the] city many people to be like/as widow (many *L(abh)*) in/on/with nation princess in/on/with province to be to/for taskworker
2 Osu yayaayaw anadwo, nusu sensan nʼafono so. Nʼadɔfo nyinaa mu no, obiara nni hɔ a ɔkyekyee ne werɛ. Ne nnamfonom nyinaa ayi no ama Wɔayɛ nʼatamfo.
to weep to weep in/on/with night and tears her upon jaw her nothing to/for her to be sorry: comfort from all to love: lover her all neighbor her to act treacherously in/on/with her to be to/for her to/for enemy
3 Amanehunu ne adwumaden akyi no, Yuda kɔ nnommum mu. Ɔte amanaman no mu na onni ahomegyebea. Wɔn a wɔtaa no nyinaa ato no wɔ nʼahokyere mu.
to reveal: remove Judah from affliction and from abundance service he/she/it to dwell in/on/with nation not to find resting all to pursue her to overtake her between: among [the] terror
4 Akwan a ɛkɔ Sion no resu, efisɛ obiara nkɔ nʼafahyɛ ase. Nʼapon nyinaa adeda mpan, na nʼasɔfo si apini, ne mmabaa di yaw, na ɔwɔ yawdi a mu yɛ den mu.
way: road Zion mourning from without to come (in): come meeting: festival all gate her be desolate: destroyed priest her to sigh virgin her to suffer and he/she/it to provoke to/for her
5 Nʼatamfo abɛyɛ ne wuranom; wɔn a wɔne no ayɛ adɔm ho adwo wɔn. Awurade ama awerɛhow aba ne so nʼamumɔyɛ bebrebe nti. Ne mma kɔ nnommum mu. Wɔayɛ nneduafo ama ɔtamfo.
to be enemy her to/for head: leader enemy her to prosper for LORD to suffer her upon abundance transgression her infant her to go: went captivity to/for face: before enemy
6 Anuonyam nyinaa atu afi Ɔbabea Sion so kɔ. Ne mmapɔmma ayɛ sɛ aforote a wonnya adidibea; na wɔde mmerɛwyɛ aguan wɔ wɔn ataafo anim.
and to come out: come (from from daughter *Q(K)*) Zion all glory her to be ruler her like/as deer not to find pasture and to go: went in/on/with not strength to/for face: before to pursue
7 Nʼamanehunu ne akyinkyinakyinkyin nna mu no, Yerusalem kae ademude nyinaa a na ɛwɔ no wɔ nna a atwa mu no mu. Ne nkurɔfo kɔtɔɔ ɔtamfo no nsa mu no, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛboa no. Nʼatamfo de wɔn ani hwɛɛ no na wɔserew ne sɛe.
to remember Jerusalem day affliction her and wandering her all desirable her which to be from day front: old in/on/with to fall: fall people her in/on/with hand: power enemy and nothing to help to/for her to see: see her enemy to laugh upon annihilation her
8 Yerusalem ayɛ bɔne kɛse enti ne ho agu fi. Wɔn a wodi no ni no sopa no, efisɛ wɔahu nʼadagyaw; ɔno ankasa gu ahome na ɔdan nʼani.
sin to sin Jerusalem upon so to/for filth to be all to honor: honour her to lavish/despise her for to see: see nakedness her also he/she/it to sigh and to return: repent back
9 Nʼafideyɛ atu aka ne ntade mu; wannwene ne daakye ho. Nʼasehwe yɛ nwonwa; obiara ankyekye ne werɛ. “Awurade, hwɛ mʼamanehunu, efisɛ ɔtamfo adi nkonim.”
uncleanness her in/on/with hem her not to remember end her and to go down wonder nothing to be sorry: comfort to/for her to see: see LORD [obj] affliction my for to magnify enemy
10 Ɔtamfo no de ne nsa too nʼademude nyinaa so; ohuu sɛ amanaman rehyɛn ne kronkronbea hɔ, nnipa a woabra sɛ wɔnnhyɛn wʼasafo mu no.
hand his to spread enemy upon all desire her for to see: see nation to come (in): come sanctuary her which to command not to come (in): come in/on/with assembly to/for you
11 Ne nkurɔfo nyinaa si apini bere a wɔrehwehwɛ aduan; wɔde wɔn ademude sesa aduan de nya ahoɔden. “Awurade, hwɛ na dwene me ho, efisɛ wobu me animtiaa.”
all people her to sigh to seek food: bread to give: give (desire their *Q(K)*) in/on/with food to/for to return: rescue soul: life to see: see LORD and to look [emph?] for to be be vile
12 “Ɛmfa mo ho ana, mo a mutwa mu wɔ hɔ nyinaa? Monhwɛ na munhu. Ɔyaw bi wɔ hɔ a ɛte sɛ me de a wɔma ɛbaa me so yi, nea Awurade de baa me so wɔ nʼabufuwhyew da no ana?
not to(wards) you all to pass way: journey to look and to see: see if there pain like/as pain my which to abuse to/for me which to suffer LORD in/on/with day burning anger face: anger his
13 “Ɔsomaa ogya fii ɔsoro, ma ɛbaa me nnompe mu. Osum afiri maa mʼanan na ɔsan me kɔɔ mʼakyi. Ɔyɛɛ me pasaa, metɔɔ beraw da mu nyinaa.
from height to send: depart fire in/on/with bone my and to rule her to spread net to/for foot my to return: return me back to give: make me devastated all [the] day sick
14 “Woakyekyere me bɔne ahyɛ konnua mu; ɔde ne nsa nwen bɔɔ mu. Wɔde asɛn me kɔn mu na Awurade atwe mʼahoɔden. Ɔde me ahyɛ wɔn a merentumi nnyina wɔn anim no nsa.
to bind yoke transgression my in/on/with hand his to intertwine to ascend: establish upon neck my to stumble strength my to give: give me Lord in/on/with hand: power not be able to arise: establish
15 “Awurade apo akofo a wɔwɔ me ntam nyinaa; wafrɛ asraafo atia me sɛ wɔmmɛdwerɛw me mmerante. Awurade atiatia Ɔbabea Ɔbabun Yuda so wɔ ne nsakyiamoa mu.
to reject all mighty: strong my Lord in/on/with entrails: among my to call: call to upon me meeting to/for to break youth my wine press to tread Lord to/for virgin daughter Judah
16 “Eyinom nti na misu na nusu aguare me. Obiara mmɛn a ɔbɛkyekye me werɛ, nea ɔbɛhyɛ me honhom den nni hɔ. Me mma agyigya efisɛ ɔtamfo no adi nkonim.”
upon these I to weep eye my eye my to go down water for to remove from me to be sorry: comfort to return: rescue soul my to be son: child my be desolate: destroyed for to prevail enemy
17 Sion trɛw ne nsa mu nanso obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛkyekye ne werɛ. Awurade ahyɛ ama Yakob se ne mfɛfo bɛyɛ nʼatamfo; Yerusalem abɛyɛ afide wɔ wɔn mu.
to spread Zion in/on/with hand her nothing to be sorry: comfort to/for her to command LORD to/for Jacob around: neighours him enemy his to be Jerusalem to/for impurity between them
18 “Awurade yɛ ɔtreneeni, nanso manni nʼahyɛde so. Muntie, mo amanaman nyinaa monhwɛ me yaw. Me mmerante ne mmabaa kɔ nnommum mu.
righteous he/she/it LORD for lip: word his to rebel to hear: hear please all ([the] people *Q(K)*) and to see: see pain my virgin my and youth my to go: went in/on/with captivity
19 “Mefrɛɛ mʼadɔfo nanso woyii me mae. Mʼasɔfo ne me mpanyimfo ase tɔree wɔ kuropɔn no mu, bere a wɔrehwehwɛ aduan adi na wɔanwuwu.
to call: call to to/for to love: lover me they(masc.) to deceive me priest my and old: elder my in/on/with city to die for to seek food to/for them and to return: rescue [obj] soul: life their
20 “Awurade, hwɛ me mmɔbɔ! Meredi yaw wɔ me mu, na me koma mu nso minni ahotɔ, efisɛ mayɛ otuatewfo kɛse. Afoa hyɛ me awerɛhow wɔ abɔnten so; ofie nso yɛ owu nko ara.
to see: see LORD for distress to/for me belly my to aggitate to overturn heart my in/on/with entrails: among my for to rebel to rebel from outside be bereaved sword in/on/with house: home like/as death
21 “Nnipa ate mʼapinisi, nanso obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛkyekye me werɛ. Mʼatamfo nyinaa ate mʼamanehunu wɔn ani gye nea woayɛ no ho. Ma nna a woahyɛ no mmra sɛnea wɔbɛyɛ sɛ me.
to hear: hear for to sigh I nothing to be sorry: comfort to/for me all enemy my to hear: hear distress: harm my to rejoice for you(m. s.) to make: do to come (in): bring day to call: call out and to be like me
22 “Fa wɔn atirimɔdensɛm nyinaa si wʼanim; na wo ne wɔn nni sɛnea wo ne me adi; esiane mʼamumɔyɛ no nti. Mʼapinisi dɔɔso na me koma abotow.”
to come (in): come all distress: evil their to/for face: before your and to abuse to/for them like/as as which to abuse to/for me upon all transgression my for many sighing my and heart my faint
