Lamentations 2
1 Báwo ni Olúwa ṣe bo ọmọbìnrin Sioni pẹ̀lú àwọsánmọ̀ ìbínú rẹ̀! Ó sọ ògo Israẹli kalẹ̀, láti ọ̀run sí ayé; kò rántí àpótí ìtìsẹ̀ rẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ ìbínú rẹ̀.
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! he hath cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
2 Láìní àánú ni Olúwa gbé ibùgbé Jakọbu mì; nínú ìrunú rẹ̀, ni ó wó ibi gíga ọmọbìnrin Juda lulẹ̀. Ó ti mú ìjọba àti àwọn ọmọ-aládé ọkùnrin lọ sínú ilẹ̀ ní àìlọ́wọ̀.
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 Ní ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀ ni ó ké gbogbo ìwo Israẹli. Ó ti mú ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ̀ kúrò nígbà tí àwọn ọ̀tá dé. Ó run ní Jakọbu bí ọ̀wọ́-iná ní àgọ́ àwọn ọmọbìnrin Sioni.
He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 Ó na ọfà rẹ̀ bí ọ̀tá; ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ̀ sì múra. Bí ti ọ̀tá tí ó ti parun ó tú ìbínú rẹ̀ jáde bí iná sórí àgọ́ ọmọbìnrin Sioni.
He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his fury like fire.
5 Olúwa dàbí ọ̀tá; ó gbé Israẹli mì. Ó ti gbé gbogbo ààfin rẹ̀ mì ó pa ibi gíga rẹ̀ run. Ó sọ ìmí ẹ̀dùn àti ìbànújẹ́ di púpọ̀ fún àwọn ọmọbìnrin Juda.
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strong holds: and he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 Ó mú ìparun bá ibi mímọ́, ó pa ibi ìpàdé rẹ̀ run. Olúwa ti mú Sioni gbàgbé àjọ̀dún tí a yàn àti ọ̀sẹ̀ tí ó yàn; nínú ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀ ni ó run ọba àti olórí àlùfáà.
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: the LORD hath caused solemn assembly and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7 Olúwa ti kọ̀ pẹpẹ rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ó sì ti kọ̀ ibi mímọ́ rẹ̀. Ó sì fi lé ọ̀tá lọ́wọ́ àwọn odi ààfin rẹ̀; wọ́n sì kígbe ní ilé Olúwa gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọjọ́ àpèjẹ tí a yàn.
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
8 Olúwa pinnu láti fa ògiri tí ó yí ọmọbìnrin Sioni ya. Ó gbé wọn sórí òsùwọ̀n, kò sì fa ọwọ́ rẹ̀ padà kúrò nínú ìparun wọn. Ó mú kí ilé ìṣọ́ àti odi rẹ̀ ṣọ̀fọ̀ wọ́n ṣòfò papọ̀.
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: but he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
9 Ẹnu-ọ̀nà rẹ̀ ti wọ inú ilẹ̀; òpó rẹ̀ ni ó wó tí ó sì ti bàjẹ́. Ọba àti ọmọ ọbakùnrin rẹ̀ wà ní ìgbèkùn láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, kò sí òfin mọ́, àwọn wòlíì rẹ̀ kò rí ìran láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa mọ́.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; yea, her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
10 Àwọn àgbàgbà ọmọbìnrin Sioni jókòó sílẹ̀ ní ìdákẹ́rọ́rọ́; wọ́n da eruku sí orí wọn wọ́n sì wọ aṣọ àkísà. Àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu ti tẹrí wọn ba sí ilẹ̀.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Ojú mi kọ̀ láti sọkún, mo ń jẹ ìrora nínú mi, mo tú ọkàn mi jáde sí ilẹ̀ nítorí a pa àwọn ènìyàn mí run, nítorí àwọn ọmọdé àti ọmọ ọwọ́ ń kú ní òpópó ìlú.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12 Wọ́n wí fún àwọn ìyá wọn, “Níbo ni ọkà àti wáìnì wà?” Wò ó bí wọ́n ṣe ń kú lọ bí àwọn ọkùnrin tí a ṣe léṣe ní àwọn òpópónà ìlú, bí ayé wọn ṣe ń ṣòfò láti ọwọ́ ìyá wọn.
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
13 Kí ni mo le sọ fún ọ? Pẹ̀lú kí ni mo lè fi ọ́ wé, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu? Kí sì ni mo lè fi ọ́ wé, kí n lè tù ọ́ nínú, ìwọ wúńdíá obìnrin Sioni? Ọgbẹ́ rẹ jì bí Òkun. Ta ni yóò wò ọ́ sàn?
What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Ìran àwọn wòlíì rẹ jẹ́ kìkì ẹ̀tàn láìní ìwọ̀n; wọn kò sì fi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ hàn tí yóò mú ìgbèkùn kúrò fún ọ. Àwọn òrìṣà tí wọ́n fún ọ jẹ́ èké àti ìmúniṣìnà.
Thy prophets have seen visions for thee of vanity and foolishness; and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to bring again thy captivity: but have seen for thee burdens of vanity and causes of banishment.
15 Àwọn tí ó gba ọ̀nà ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ pàtẹ́wọ́ lé ọ lórí; wọ́n kẹ́gàn wọ́n ju orí wọn sí ọmọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu: “Èyí ha ni ìlú tí à ń pè ní àṣepé ẹwà, ìdùnnú gbogbo ayé?”
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying]: Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
16 Gbogbo àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ la ẹnu wọn gbòòrò sí ọ; wọ́n kẹ́gàn, wọ́n sì payínkeke wọ́n wí pé, “A ti gbé e mì tán. Èyí ni ọjọ́ tí a ti ń retí; tí a sì wá láti rí.”
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17 Olúwa ti ṣe ohun tí ó pinnu; ó ti mú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ ṣẹ, tí ó sì pàṣẹ ní ọjọ́ pípẹ́. Ó ti ṣí ọ ní ipò láì láàánú, ó fún ọ̀tá ní ìṣẹ́gun lórí rẹ, ó ti gbé ìwo àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ ga.
The LORD hath done that which he devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Ọkàn àwọn ènìyàn kígbe jáde sí Olúwa. Odi ọmọbìnrin Sioni, jẹ́ kí ẹkún rẹ̀ sàn bí odò ní ọ̀sán àti òru; má ṣe fi ara rẹ fún ìtura, ojú rẹ fún ìsinmi.
Their heart cried unto the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Dìde, kígbe sókè ní àṣálẹ́, bí ìṣọ́ òru ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ tú ọkàn rẹ̀ jáde bí omi níwájú Olúwa. Gbé ọwọ́ yín sókè sí i nítorí ẹ̀mí àwọn èwe rẹ̀ tí ó ń kú lọ nítorí ebi ní gbogbo oríta òpópó.
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the top of every street.
20 “Wò ó, Olúwa, kí o sì rò ó. Ta ni ìwọ ti fìyà jẹ bí èyí. Ǹjẹ́ àwọn obìnrin yóò ha jẹ ọmọ wọn, àwọn ọmọ tí wọn ń ṣe ìtọ́jú fún? Ǹjẹ́ kí a pa olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn wòlíì ní ibi mímọ́ Olúwa?
See, O LORD, and behold, to whom thou hast done thus! shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 “Ọmọdé àti àgbà ń sùn papọ̀ sínú eruku àwọn òpópó; àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin àti ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin mi ti ṣègbé nípa idà. Ìwọ pa wọ́n run ní ọjọ́ ìbínú rẹ, Ìwọ pa wọ́n láìní àánú.
The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, [and] not pitied.
22 “Bí ó ti ṣe ní ọjọ́ àsè, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó ṣe fi ẹ̀rù sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ mi. Ní ọjọ́ ìbínú Olúwa kò sí ẹni tí ó sálà tí ó sì yè; àwọn tí mo ti tọ́jú tí mo sì fẹ́ràn, ni ọ̀tá mi parun.”
Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side, and there was none that escaped or remained in the day of the LORD’S anger: those that I have dandled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
