Lamentations 1
1 Báwo ni ìlú ṣe jókòó nìkan, nígbà kan tí ó sì kún fún ènìyàn! Ó ti fìgbà kan jẹ́ ìlú olókìkí láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, tí ó wà ní ipò opó, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ ọmọ ọbabìnrin láàrín ìlú ni ó padà di ẹrú.
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 Ọ̀gànjọ́ òru ni ó fi máa ń sọkún kíkorò pẹ̀lú omijé ní ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀ tí ó dúró sí ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀. Nínú gbogbo àwọn olólùfẹ́ rẹ̀ kò sí ọ̀kan nínú wọn láti rẹ̀ ẹ́ lẹ́kún. Gbogbo àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀ ti jọ̀wọ́ rẹ̀ wọ́n ti di alátakò rẹ̀.
She weepeth bitterly in the night, and her tears [are] on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort [her]: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
3 Lẹ́yìn ìjìyà àti ìpọ́njú nínú oko ẹrú, Juda lọ sí àjò Ó tẹ̀dó láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, ṣùgbọ́n kò rí ibi ìsinmi. Àwọn tí ó ń tẹ̀lé ká á mọ́ ibi tí kò ti le sá àsálà.
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
4 Gbogbo ọ̀nà tí ó wọ Sioni ń ṣọ̀fọ̀, nítorí ẹnìkan kò wá sí àjọ̀dún tí a yàn. Gbogbo ẹnu-bodè rẹ̀ dahoro, àwọn àlùfáà rẹ̀ kẹ́dùn, àwọn wúńdíá rẹ̀ sì ń káàánú, òun gan an wà ní ọkàn kíkorò.
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.
5 Àwọn aninilára rẹ̀ gbogbo di olúwa rẹ̀, nǹkan sì rọrùn fún àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀, Olúwa ti fún un ní ìjìyà tó tọ́ nítorí àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀. Àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ wẹ́wẹ́ rẹ̀ lọ sí oko ẹrú, ìgbèkùn níwájú àwọn ọ̀tá.
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6 Gbogbo ẹwà ti di ohun ìgbàgbé kúrò lọ́dọ̀ ọmọbìnrin Sioni. Àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀ dàbí i àgbọ̀nrín tí kò rí ewé tútù jẹ; nínú àárẹ̀ wọ́n sáré níwájú ẹni tí ó ń lé wọn.
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty hath departed: her princes are become like harts [that] find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
7 Ní ọjọ́ ìpọ́njú àti àrìnká rẹ̀ ni Jerusalẹmu rántí àwọn ohun ìní dáradára rẹ̀ tí ó jẹ́ tirẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ pípẹ́. Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ ṣubú ṣọ́wọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá, kò sì ṣí olùrànlọ́wọ́ fún un. Àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ wò ó wọ́n sì ń fi ìparun rẹ̀ ṣẹlẹ́yà.
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her, [and] mocked at her sabbaths.
8 Jerusalẹmu sì ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ púpọ̀ ó sì ti di aláìmọ́. Àwọn tí ó ń tẹríba fún un sì kẹ́gàn rẹ̀, nítorí wọ́n ti rí ìhòhò rẹ̀; ó kérora fúnra rẹ̀, ó sì lọ kúrò.
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sigheth and turneth backward.
9 Ìdọ̀tí wà ní etí aṣọ rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò wo ọjọ́ iwájú rẹ̀. Ìṣubú rẹ̀ ya ni lẹ́nu; olùtùnú kò sì ṣí fún un. “Wo ìpọ́njú mi, Olúwa, nítorí àwọn ọ̀tá ti borí.”
Her filthiness [is] in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she hath been wonderfully abased: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified [himself].
10 Ọ̀tá ti gbọ́wọ́ lé gbogbo ìní rẹ; o rí pé àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí wọ́n wọ ibi mímọ́ rẹ— àwọn tí o ti kọ̀sílẹ̀ láti wọ ìpéjọpọ̀ rẹ.
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.
11 Àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ ń kérora bí wọ́n ti ń wá oúnjẹ; wọ́n fi ohun ìní wọn ṣe pàṣípàrọ̀ oúnjẹ láti mú wọn wà láààyè. “Wò ó, Olúwa, kí o sì rò ó, nítorí a kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀.”
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
12 “Kò ha jẹ́ nǹkan kan sí i yín? Gbogbo ẹ̀yin tí ń rékọjá. Ǹjẹ́ ẹnìkan ń jìyà bí èmi ti ń jìyà tí a fi fún mi, ti Olúwa mú wá fún mi ní ọjọ́ ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀.
[Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which hath fallen upon me, with which the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
13 “Ó rán iná láti òkè sọ̀kalẹ̀ sínú egungun ara mi. Ó dẹ àwọ̀n fún ẹsẹ̀ mi, ó sì yí mi padà. Ó ti pa mí lára mó ń kú lọ ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.
14 “Ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi ti di sísopọ̀ sí àjàgà; ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ni a fi hun ún papọ̀. Wọ́n ti yí ọrùn mi ká Olúwa sì ti dín agbára mi kù. Ó sì ti fi mí lé àwọn tí n kò le dojúkọ lọ́wọ́.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise.
15 “Olúwa kọ àwọn akọni mi sílẹ̀, ó rán àwọn ológun lòdì sí mi kí wọn pa àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin mi run. Nínú ìfúntí wáìnì rẹ̀ Olúwa tẹ́ àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin Juda.
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 the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a wine-press.
16 “Ìdí nìyí tí mo fi ń sọkún tí omijé sì ń dà lójú mi. Olùtùnú àti ẹni tí ó le mú ọkàn mi sọjí jìnnà sí mi, kò sí ẹni tí yóò dá ẹ̀mí mi padà. Àwọn ọmọ mi di aláìní nítorí ọ̀tá ti borí.”
For these [things] I weep; my eye, my eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
17 Sioni na ọwọ́ jáde, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí olùtùnú fún un. Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún Jakọbu pé àwọn ará ilé rẹ̀ di ọ̀tá fún un Jerusalẹmu ti di ohun aláìmọ́ láàrín wọn.
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, [and there is] none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] around him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
18 “Olóòtítọ́ ni Olúwa, ṣùgbọ́n mo ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ̀. Ẹ gbọ́, gbogbo ènìyàn; ẹ wò mí wò ìyà mi. Gbogbo ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin àti ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin mi ni a ti kó lọ sí ìgbèkùn.
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 “Mo pe àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ mi ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n dà mí. Àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àgbàgbà mi ṣègbé sínú ìlú nígbà tí wọ́n ń wá oúnjẹ tí yóò mú wọn wà láààyè.
I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: my priests and my elders resigned their breath in the city, while they sought their food to relieve their souls.
20 “Olúwa, wò ó, bí mo ti wà nínú ìnira! Tí mo sì ń jẹ̀rora nínú mi, ìdààmú dé bá ọkàn mi nítorí pé a ti ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí mi gidigidi. Ní gbangba ni idà ń parun; ikú wà nínú ilé pẹ̀lú.
Behold, O LORD; for I [am] in distress: my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home [there is] as death.
21 “Àwọn ènìyàn ti gbọ́ ìrora mi, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí olùtùnú fún mi. Àwọn ọ̀tá mi ti gbọ́ ìparun mi; wọ́n yọ̀ sí ohun tí o ṣe. Kí o mú ọjọ́ tí o ti kéde, kí wọ́n le dàbí tèmi.
They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like me.
22 “Jẹ́ kí ìwà ìkà wọn wá síwájú rẹ; jẹ wọ́n ní yà bí o ṣe jẹ mí ní yà nítorí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi. Ìrora mi pọ̀ ọkàn mi sì rẹ̀wẹ̀sì.”
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do to them, as thou hast done to me for all my transgressions: for my sighs [are] many, and my heart [is] faint.
