Lamentations 5
1 Rántí, Olúwa, ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wa; wò ó, kí o sì rí ìtìjú wa.
Remember O Yahweh what? has it happened to us (look! *Q(K)*) and see reproach our.
2 Àwọn ohun ìní wa ti di ti àlejò, ilé wa ti di ti àjèjì.
Inheritance our it has been turned over to strangers houses our to foreigners.
3 Àwa ti di aláìní òbí àti aláìní baba, àwọn ìyá wa ti di opó.
Fatherless ones we have become (and there not *Q(K)*) [is] a father mothers our [are] like widows.
4 A gbọdọ̀ ra omi tí à ń mu; igi wa di títà fún wa.
Water our for money we have drunk wood our for a price they come.
5 Àwọn tí ó ń lé wa súnmọ́ wa; àárẹ̀ mú wa àwa kò sì rí ìsinmi.
At neck our we have been pursued we have become weary (and not *Q(K)*) it has been given rest to us.
6 Àwa jọ̀wọ́ ara wa fún Ejibiti àti Asiria láti rí oúnjẹ tó tó jẹ.
Egypt we have given a hand Assyria to be satisfied bread.
7 Àwọn baba wa ti ṣẹ̀, wọn kò sì ṣí mọ́, àwa sì ń ru ìjìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.
Ancestors our they sinned (and not [are] they and we *Q(K)*) iniquities their we have borne.
8 Àwọn ẹrú ń jẹ ọba lórí wa, kò sì ṣí ẹni tí yóò gbà wá lọ́wọ́ wọn.
Slaves they have ruled over us [is one who] rescues there not from hand their.
9 Àwa ń rí oúnjẹ wa nínú ewu ẹ̀mí wa nítorí idà tí ó wà ní aginjù.
With life our we bring bread our because of [the] sword of the wilderness.
10 Ẹran-ara wa gbóná bí ààrò, ebi sì yó wa bí àárẹ̀.
Skin our like an oven they have grown hot because of [the] burning heat of hunger.
11 Wọ́n ti fipá bá àwọn obìnrin wa lòpọ̀ ní Sioni, àti àwọn wúńdíá ti o wa ní ìlú Juda.
Women in Zion men have humiliated virgins in [the] cities of Judah.
12 Àwọn ọmọ ọbakùnrin ti di síso sókè ní ọwọ́ wọn; kò sí ìbọ̀wọ̀ fún àgbàgbà mọ́.
Princes by hand their they have been hanged [the] face of elders not they have been honored.
13 Àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin wa ru òkúta; àwọn ọmọkùnrin sì ń ṣàárẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹrù igi.
Young men a mill they have lifted and young men with wood they have staggered.
14 Àwọn àgbàgbà ti lọ kúrò ní ẹnu-bodè ìlú; àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin sì dákẹ́ orin wọn.
Old [men] from [the] gate they have ceased young men from music their.
15 Ayọ̀ ti ṣáko ní ọkàn wa; ọ̀fọ̀ sì ti dúró bí ijó fún wa.
It has ceased [the] joy of heart our it has been changed into mourning dancing our.
16 Adé ti ṣí kúrò ní orí wa ègbé ni fún wa, nítorí a ti ṣẹ̀.
It has fallen [the] crown of head our woe! please to us for we have sinned.
17 Nítorí èyí, àárẹ̀ mú ọkàn wa, nítorí èyí, ojú wa sì ṣú.
On this it has become faint heart our on these [things] they have grown dim eyes our.
18 Fún òkè Sioni tí ó ti di ahoro lórí rẹ̀ àwọn kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ sì ń rìn kiri.
On [the] mountain of Zion that [is] desolate foxes they have prowled on it.
19 Ìwọ, Olúwa, jẹ ọba títí láé; ìjọba rẹ dúró láti ìran kan dé ìran mìíràn.
You O Yahweh for ever you will sit throne your [is] to a generation and a generation.
20 Kí ló dé tí o ń gbàgbé wa ní gbogbo ìgbà? Kí ló dé tí o fi kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ fún ọjọ́ pípẹ́?
Why? to perpetuity do you forget us do you abandon? us for length of days.
21 Mú wa padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, Olúwa, kí àwa kí ó le padà; mú ọjọ́ wa di tuntun bí ìgbàanì,
Cause to return us O Yahweh - to yourself (so let us return *Q(K)*) renew days our like ancient time.
22 àyàfi tí o bá ti kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ pátápátá tí ìbínú rẹ sí wa sì kọjá ìwọ̀n.
That except certainly you have rejected us you are angry towards us up to muchness.
