Lamentations 4
1 Báwo ni wúrà ṣe sọ ògo dídán rẹ̀ nù, wúrà dídára di àìdán! Òkúta ibi mímọ́ wá túká sí oríta gbogbo òpópó.
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! The hallowed stones are cast forth at the head of every street.
2 Báwo ni àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin Sioni tí ó ṣe iyebíye, tí wọ́n fi wúrà dídára ṣe wá dàbí ìkòkò amọ̀ lásán iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ amọ̀kòkò!
The noble sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Àwọn ajáko pèsè ọmú wọn fún ìtọ́jú àwọn ọmọ wọn, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn mi wá láì lọ́kàn bí ògòǹgò ní aginjù.
The very jackals reach forth the breast; they suckle their young; But the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches of the desert.
4 Nítorí òǹgbẹ, ahọ́n àwọn ọmọ ọwọ́ lẹ̀ mọ́ òkè ẹnu wọn; àwọn ọmọdé bẹ̀bẹ̀ fún oúnjẹ, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹni tí ó fi fún wọn.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; Young children ask for bread, and no man breaketh it for them.
5 Àwọn tí ó ń jẹ ohun dáradára di òtòṣì ní òpópó. Àwọn tí a fi aṣọ dáradára wọ̀ ni wọ́n sùn ní orí òkìtì eérú.
Those that fed on dainties are desolate in the streets; Those that have been brought up in scarlet embrace the dunghill.
6 Ìjìyà àwọn ènìyàn mi tóbi ju ti Sodomu lọ, tí a sí ní ipò ní òjijì láìsí ọwọ́ láti ràn án lọ́wọ́.
The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, though no hands came against her.
7 Ọmọ ọba ọkùnrin wọn mọ́ ju òjò-dídì, wọ́n sì funfun ju wàrà lọ wọ́n ni ìtọ́jú bí iyùn pupa, ìrísí wọn dàbí safire.
Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; More ruddy than coral was their body; Their visage was of sapphire.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí wọ́n dúdú ju èédú; wọn kò sì dá wọn mọ̀ ní òpópó. Ara wọn hun mọ́ egungun; ó sì gbẹ bí igi gbígbẹ.
Now darker than a coal is their countenance; they are not known in the streets. Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is become dry, like wood.
9 Àwọn tí ó kù nípasẹ̀ idà sàn ju àwọn tí ìyàn pa; tí ó wọ àkísà ebi, tí ó ń ṣòfò fún àìní oúnjẹ láti inú pápá.
More fortunate are the slain by the sword than the slain by famine; For these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 Pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ àwọn obìnrin aláàánú ni wọ́n ṣe ọmọ wọn jẹ tí ó di oúnjẹ fún wọn nígbà tí a pa àwọn ènìyàn mi run.
The hands of tender-hearted women cooked their own children; They were their food, in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Olúwa ti fi ihò kíkún fún ìbínú rẹ̀; ó sì tú ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀ jáde. Ó da iná ní Sioni tí ó jó ìpìlẹ̀ rẹ̀ run.
Jehovah hath spent upon them his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger; He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured its foundations.
12 Àwọn ọba ayé kò gbàgbọ́, tàbí àwọn ènìyàn ayé, wí pé àwọn ọ̀tá àti aninilára le wọ odi ìlú Jerusalẹmu.
The kings of the earth believed not, nor all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary would enter, and the enemy, within the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Èyí ṣẹlẹ̀ nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àwọn wòlíì àti àìṣedéédéé àwọn olórí àlùfáà, tí ó ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ àwọn olódodo sílẹ̀ láàrín rẹ̀.
It was on account of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
14 Nísinsin yìí wọ́n ń rìn kiri ní òpópó bí ọkùnrin tí ó fọ́jú. Ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara wọn sọ wọ́n di àbàwọ́n tí kò sẹ́ni tó láyà láti fọwọ́ kan aṣọ wọn.
They stumbled like blind men through the streets, polluted with blood, So that men could not touch their garments.
15 “Lọ kúrò! Ẹ̀yin di aláìmọ́!” ni àwọn ènìyàn ń kígbe sí wọn. “Ẹ lọ! Ẹ lọ! Ẹ má ṣe fọwọ́ kàn wá!” Àwọn ènìyàn láàrín orílẹ̀-èdè wí pé, “Wọn kì yóò tẹ̀dó síbí mọ́.”
“Depart! unclean!” men cried to them. “Depart, depart, touch not!” As they fled, they stumbled; men said among the nations, “They shall dwell there no more.”
16 Olúwa ti tú wọn ká fúnra rẹ̀; kò sí bojútó wọn mọ́. Kò sí ọ̀wọ̀ fún olórí àlùfáà mọ́, àti àánú fún àwọn àgbàgbà.
The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more care for them; They paid no regard to the priests, they had no compassion for the elders.
17 Síwájú sí i, ojú wa kùnà fún wíwo ìrànlọ́wọ́ asán; láti orí ìṣọ́ wa ni à ń wò fún orílẹ̀-èdè tí kò le gbà wá là.
Still did our eyes fail, looking for help in vain; On our watch-tower did we watch for a nation that could not save us.
18 Wọ́n ń ṣọ́ wa kiri, àwa kò sì le rìn ní òpópó wa mọ́. Òpin wa ti súnmọ́, ọjọ́ wa sì níye nítorí òpin wa ti dé.
They laid snares for our steps, so that we could not go in our streets; Our end is near; our days are accomplished, yea, our end is come!
19 Àwọn tí ń lé wa yára ju idì ojú ọ̀run lọ; wọ́n lé wa ní gbogbo orí òkè wọ́n sì gẹ̀gùn dè wá ní aginjù.
Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of heaven; They chased us upon the mountains; they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 Ẹni àmì òróró Olúwa, èémí ìyè wa, ni wọ́n fi tàkúté wọn mú. Àwa rò pé lábẹ́ òjìji rẹ̀ ni àwa yóò máa gbé láàrín orílẹ̀-èdè gbogbo.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits, Under whose shadow we said that we should live among the nations.
21 Ẹ yọ̀ kí inú yín sì dùn, ẹ̀yin ọmọbìnrin Edomu, ẹ̀yin tó ń gbé ní ilẹ̀ Usi. Ṣùgbọ́n, a ó gbé ago náà kọjá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ pẹ̀lú; ìwọ yóò yó bí ọ̀mùtí, ìwọ yóò sì rìn ní ìhòhò.
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz! Yet to thee also shall the cup come! thou shalt be drunken, and shalt expose thy nakedness.
22 Ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Sioni, ìjìyà rẹ yóò dópin; kò ní mú ìgbèkùn rẹ pẹ́ mọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Edomu, yóò jẹ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ní yà yóò sì fi àìṣedéédéé rẹ hàn kedere.
Thy punishment is at an end, O daughter of Zion! no more will he carry thee into captivity; But thine iniquity will he punish, O daughter of Edom! he will uncover thy sins.
