Lamentations 3
1 Èmi ni ọkùnrin tí ó rí ìpọ́njú pẹ̀lú ọ̀pá ìbínú rẹ.
I am a man who has seen misery under the rod of Yahweh's fury.
2 Ó ti lé mi jáde ó sì mú mi rìn nínú òkùnkùn ju ti ìmọ́lẹ̀.
He drove me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light.
3 Nítòótọ́, ó ti yí ọwọ́ rẹ̀ padà sí mi síwájú àti síwájú sí i ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
Surely he turned his hand against me again and again, the whole day long.
4 Ó jẹ́ kí àwọ̀ mi àti ẹran-ara mi gbó ó sì tún ṣẹ́ egungun mi.
He made my flesh and my skin waste away; he broke my bones.
5 Ó ti fi mí sí ìgbèkùn, ó sì ti yí mi ká pẹ̀lú ìkorò àti làálàá.
He built up siege works against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 Ó mú mi gbé nínú òkùnkùn, bí ti àwọn tó ti kú fún ìgbà pípẹ́.
He made me live in dark places, like those who died long ago.
7 Ó ti tì mí mọ́ ilé, nítorí náà n kò le è sálọ; ó ti fi ẹ̀wọ̀n mú mi mọ́lẹ̀.
He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains heavy
8 Pàápàá nígbà tí mo ké fún ìrànlọ́wọ́, ó kọ àdúrà mi.
and though I call out and cry for help, he shut out my prayer.
9 Ó fi ògiri òkúta dí ọ̀nà mi; ó sì mú ọ̀nà mi wọ́.
He blocked my path with a wall of hewn stone; he made my paths crooked.
10 Bí i beari tí ó dùbúlẹ̀, bí i kìnnìún tí ó sá pamọ́.
He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, a lion in hiding;
11 Ó wọ́ mi kúrò ní ọ̀nà, ó tẹ̀ mí mọ́lẹ̀ ó fi mi sílẹ̀ láìsí ìrànlọ́wọ́.
he turned aside my paths, he has made me desolate.
12 Ó fa ọfà rẹ̀ yọ ó sì fi mí ṣe ohun ìtafàsí.
He bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.
13 Ó fa ọkàn mí ya pẹ̀lú ọfà nínú àkọ̀ rẹ̀.
He pierced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver.
14 Mo di ẹni yẹ̀yẹ́ láàrín àwọn ènìyàn mi; wọn yẹ̀yẹ́ mi pẹ̀lú orin ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
I became a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunting all day long.
15 Ó ti kún mi pẹ̀lú ewé kíkorò àti ìdààmú bí omi.
He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood.
16 Ó ti fi òkúta kán eyín mi; ó ti tẹ̀ mí mọ́lẹ̀ nínú eruku.
He has made my teeth grind with gravel, and he made me cower in the ashes.
17 Mo ti jìnnà sí àlàáfíà; mo ti gbàgbé ohun tí àṣeyege ń ṣe.
My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
18 Nítorí náà mo wí pé, “Ògo mi ti lọ àti ìrètí mi nínú Olúwa.”
So I say, “My endurance has perished and so has my hope in Yahweh.”
19 Mo ṣe ìrántí ìpọ́njú àti ìdààmú mi, ìkorò àti ìbànújẹ́.
Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and bitterness.
20 Mo ṣèrántí wọn, ọkàn mi sì gbọgbẹ́ nínú mi.
I continually remember it and I am bowed down within me.
21 Síbẹ̀, èyí ni mo ní ní ọkàn àti nítorí náà ní mo nírètí.
But I call this to mind and therefore I have hope:
22 Nítorí ìfẹ́ Olúwa tí ó lágbára ni àwa kò fi ṣègbé, nítorí ti àánú rẹ kì í kùnà.
The steadfast love of Yahweh never ceases and his compassions never end,
23 Wọ́n jẹ́ ọ̀tún ní àárọ̀; títóbi ni òdodo rẹ̀.
they are new every morning; your faithfulness is great.
24 Mo wí fún ara mi, ìpín mi ni Olúwa; nítorí náà èmi yóò dúró dè ọ́.
“Yahweh is my inheritance,” I said, therefore I will hope in him.
25 Dídára ni Olúwa fún àwọn tí ó ní ìrètí nínú rẹ̀, sí àwọn tí ó ń wá a.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the one who seeks him.
26 Ó dára kí a ní sùúrù fún ìgbàlà Olúwa.
It is good to wait silently for the salvation of Yahweh.
27 Ó dára fún ènìyàn láti gbé àjàgà nígbà tí ó wà ní èwe.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 Jẹ́ kí ó jókòó ní ìdákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́, nítorí Olúwa ti fi fún un.
Let him sit alone in silence, when it is laid upon him.
29 Jẹ́ kí ó bo ojú rẹ̀ sínú eruku— ìrètí sì lè wà.
Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope.
30 Jẹ́ kí ó fi ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ fún àwọn tí yóò gbá a, sì jẹ́ kí ó wà ní ìdójútì.
Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled to the full with reproach.
31 Ènìyàn kò di ìtanù lọ́dọ̀ Olúwa títí láé.
For the Lord will not reject us forever,
32 Lóòtítọ́ ó mú ìbànújẹ́ wá, yóò fi àánú hàn, nítorí títóbi ni ìfẹ́ rẹ̀.
but though he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
33 Nítorí kò mọ̀ ọ́n mọ̀ mú ìpọ́njú wá tàbí ìrora wá fún ọmọ ènìyàn.
For he does not afflict from his heart or torment the children of mankind.
34 Láti tẹ mọ́lẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ gbogbo àwọn ẹlẹ́wọ̀n ní ilẹ̀ náà.
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 Láti ṣẹ́ ọmọ ènìyàn fún ẹ̀tọ́ rẹ̀ níwájú Ọ̀gá-ògo jùlọ,
to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,
36 láti yí ìdájọ́ ènìyàn padà, ǹjẹ́ Olúwa kò rí ohun bẹ́ẹ̀.
to deny justice to a person—the Lord would not approve such things!
37 Ta ni yóò sọ̀rọ̀ tí yóò rí bẹ́ẹ̀ tí Olúwa kò bá fi àṣẹ sí i.
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord decreed it?
38 Ǹjẹ́ kì í ṣe láti ẹnu Ọ̀gá-ògo jùlọ ni rere àti búburú tí ń wá?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and the good come?
39 Kí ló dé tí ẹ̀dá alààyè ṣe ń kùn nígbà tí ó bá ń jìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀?
How can any person alive complain? How can a person complain about the punishment for his sins?
40 Ẹ jẹ́ kí a yẹ ọ̀nà wa, kí a sì dán an wò, kí a sì tọ Olúwa lọ.
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to Yahweh.
41 Ẹ jẹ́ kí a gbé ọkàn àti ọwọ́ wa sókè sí Ọlọ́run ní ọ̀run, kí a wí pé,
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in the heavens:
42 “Àwa ti ṣẹ̀ a sì ti ṣọ̀tẹ̀ ìwọ kò sì fi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa jì wá.
“We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.
43 “Ìwọ fi ìbínú bo ara rẹ ìwọ sì ń lépa wa; ìwọ ń parun láìsí àánú.
You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us, you have killed and you have not spared.
44 Ìwọ ti fi àwọsánmọ̀ bo ara rẹ pé kí àdúrà wa má ba à dé ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ.
You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
45 Ó ti sọ wá di èérí àti ààtàn láàrín orílẹ̀-èdè gbogbo.
You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the nations.
46 “Gbogbo àwọn ọ̀tá wa ti la ẹnu wọn gbòòrò sí wa.
All our enemies curse us,
47 Àwa ti jìyà àti ìparun, nínú ìbẹ̀rù àti ewu.”
panic and pitfall have come upon us, ruin and destruction.
48 Omijé ń sàn ní ojú mi bí odò nítorí a pa àwọn ènìyàn mi run.
My eyes flow with streams of tears because my people are destroyed.
49 Ojú mi kò dá fún omijé, láì sinmi,
My eyes will shed tears without ceasing, without relief,
50 títí ìgbà tí Olúwa yóò síjú wolẹ̀ láti òkè ọ̀run tí yóò sì rí i.
until Yahweh from heaven looks down and sees.
51 Ohun tí mo rí mú ìbẹ̀rù wá ọkàn mi nítorí gbogbo àwọn obìnrin ìlú mi.
My eyes cause me grief because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Àwọn tí ó jẹ́ ọ̀tá mi láìnídìí dẹ mí bí ẹyẹ.
I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason.
53 Wọ́n gbìyànjú láti mú òpin dé bá ayé mi nínú ihò wọ́n sì ju òkúta lù mí.
They cast me into a pit and they threw a stone on me,
54 Orí mi kún fún omi, mo sì rò pé ìgbẹ̀yìn dé.
and they caused waters to overflow, covering my head. I said, 'I have been cut off!'
55 Mo pe orúkọ rẹ, Olúwa, láti ọ̀gbun ìsàlẹ̀ ihò.
I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit.
56 Ìwọ gbọ́ ẹ̀bẹ̀ mi, “Má ṣe di etí rẹ sí igbe ẹ̀bẹ̀ mi fún ìtura.”
You heard my voice when I said, 'Do not close your ear to my cry for help.'
57 O wá tòsí nígbà tí mo ké pè ọ́, o sì wí pé, “Má ṣe bẹ̀rù.”
You came near on the day I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear.'
58 Olúwa, ìwọ gba ẹjọ́ mi rò, o ra ẹ̀mí mi padà.
Lord, you defended my case, you saved my life!
59 O ti rí i, Olúwa, búburú tí a ṣe sí mi. Gba ẹjọ́ mi ró!
Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case.
60 Ìwọ ti rí ọ̀gbun ẹ̀san wọn, gbogbo ìmọ̀ wọn sí mi.
You have seen their insults, all their plots against me—
61 Olúwa ìwọ ti gbọ́ ẹ̀gàn wọn àti ìmọ̀ búburú wọn sí mi,
You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, and all their plans regarding me.
62 ohun tí àwọn ọ̀tá mi ń sọ sí mi ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
The lips and the accusations of my enemies come against me all the day.
63 Wò wọ́n! Ní jíjòkòó tàbí ní dídìde, wọ́n ń ṣẹlẹ́yà mi nínú orin wọn.
Look at how they sit and then rise up; they mock me with their songs.
64 Olúwa san wọ́n lẹ́san ohun tí ó tọ́ sí wọn fún ohun tí ọwọ́ wọn ti ṣe.
Pay back to them, Yahweh, according to what they have done.
65 Fi ìbòjú bò wọ́n ní ọkàn, kí o sì fi wọ́n ré.
You will let their hearts be shameless! May your condemnation be upon them!
66 Ni wọ́n lára kí o sì pa wọ́n run pẹ̀lú ìbínú, lábẹ́ ọ̀run Olúwa.
You pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens, Yahweh!”
