Lamentations 5
1 Rántí, Olúwa, ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wa; wò ó, kí o sì rí ìtìjú wa.
Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
2 Àwọn ohun ìní wa ti di ti àlejò, ilé wa ti di ti àjèjì.
Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
3 Àwa ti di aláìní òbí àti aláìní baba, àwọn ìyá wa ti di opó.
Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
4 A gbọdọ̀ ra omi tí à ń mu; igi wa di títà fún wa.
Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
5 Àwọn tí ó ń lé wa súnmọ́ wa; àárẹ̀ mú wa àwa kò sì rí ìsinmi.
For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.
6 Àwa jọ̀wọ́ ara wa fún Ejibiti àti Asiria láti rí oúnjẹ tó tó jẹ.
[To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Àwọn baba wa ti ṣẹ̀, wọn kò sì ṣí mọ́, àwa sì ń ru ìjìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.
Our fathers have sinned — they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
8 Àwọn ẹrú ń jẹ ọba lórí wa, kò sì ṣí ẹni tí yóò gbà wá lọ́wọ́ wọn.
Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
9 Àwa ń rí oúnjẹ wa nínú ewu ẹ̀mí wa nítorí idà tí ó wà ní aginjù.
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Ẹran-ara wa gbóná bí ààrò, ebi sì yó wa bí àárẹ̀.
Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
11 Wọ́n ti fipá bá àwọn obìnrin wa lòpọ̀ ní Sioni, àti àwọn wúńdíá ti o wa ní ìlú Juda.
Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.
12 Àwọn ọmọ ọbakùnrin ti di síso sókè ní ọwọ́ wọn; kò sí ìbọ̀wọ̀ fún àgbàgbà mọ́.
Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
13 Àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin wa ru òkúta; àwọn ọmọkùnrin sì ń ṣàárẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹrù igi.
Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
14 Àwọn àgbàgbà ti lọ kúrò ní ẹnu-bodè ìlú; àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin sì dákẹ́ orin wọn.
The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
15 Ayọ̀ ti ṣáko ní ọkàn wa; ọ̀fọ̀ sì ti dúró bí ijó fún wa.
Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
16 Adé ti ṣí kúrò ní orí wa ègbé ni fún wa, nítorí a ti ṣẹ̀.
Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
17 Nítorí èyí, àárẹ̀ mú ọkàn wa, nítorí èyí, ojú wa sì ṣú.
For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
18 Fún òkè Sioni tí ó ti di ahoro lórí rẹ̀ àwọn kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ sì ń rìn kiri.
For the mount of Zion — that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
19 Ìwọ, Olúwa, jẹ ọba títí láé; ìjọba rẹ dúró láti ìran kan dé ìran mìíràn.
Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and 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 for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest 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,
Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
22 àyàfi tí o bá ti kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ pátápátá tí ìbínú rẹ sí wa sì kọjá ìwọ̀n.
For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us — exceedingly?
