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 has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasn’t 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 has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
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 has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
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 has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath 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 has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
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.
He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised 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 has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house, 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.
Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall 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 have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.
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 on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed 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.
My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My bile is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants 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 ask their mothers, “Where is grain 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 to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?
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.
Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. They have not uncovered your iniquity, to reverse your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations 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 you. 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 your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. 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.
Yahweh has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your 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 to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest.
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 your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head 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?
“Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed 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 have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have 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.”
“You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
