Lamentations 1
1 Báwo ni ìlú ṣe jókòó nìkan, nígbà kan tí ó sì kún fún ènìyàn! Ó ti fìgbà kan jẹ́ ìlú olókìkí láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, tí ó wà ní ipò opó, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ ọmọ ọbabìnrin láàrín ìlú ni ó padà di ẹrú.
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
2 Ọ̀gànjọ́ òru ni ó fi máa ń sọkún kíkorò pẹ̀lú omijé ní ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀ tí ó dúró sí ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀. Nínú gbogbo àwọn olólùfẹ́ rẹ̀ kò sí ọ̀kan nínú wọn láti rẹ̀ ẹ́ lẹ́kún. Gbogbo àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀ ti jọ̀wọ́ rẹ̀ wọ́n ti di alátakò rẹ̀.
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
3 Lẹ́yìn ìjìyà àti ìpọ́njú nínú oko ẹrú, Juda lọ sí àjò Ó tẹ̀dó láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, ṣùgbọ́n kò rí ibi ìsinmi. Àwọn tí ó ń tẹ̀lé ká á mọ́ ibi tí kò ti le sá àsálà.
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
4 Gbogbo ọ̀nà tí ó wọ Sioni ń ṣọ̀fọ̀, nítorí ẹnìkan kò wá sí àjọ̀dún tí a yàn. Gbogbo ẹnu-bodè rẹ̀ dahoro, àwọn àlùfáà rẹ̀ kẹ́dùn, àwọn wúńdíá rẹ̀ sì ń káàánú, òun gan an wà ní ọkàn kíkorò.
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
5 Àwọn aninilára rẹ̀ gbogbo di olúwa rẹ̀, nǹkan sì rọrùn fún àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀, Olúwa ti fún un ní ìjìyà tó tọ́ nítorí àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀. Àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ wẹ́wẹ́ rẹ̀ lọ sí oko ẹrú, ìgbèkùn níwájú àwọn ọ̀tá.
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
6 Gbogbo ẹwà ti di ohun ìgbàgbé kúrò lọ́dọ̀ ọmọbìnrin Sioni. Àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀ dàbí i àgbọ̀nrín tí kò rí ewé tútù jẹ; nínú àárẹ̀ wọ́n sáré níwájú ẹni tí ó ń lé wọn.
All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.
7 Ní ọjọ́ ìpọ́njú àti àrìnká rẹ̀ ni Jerusalẹmu rántí àwọn ohun ìní dáradára rẹ̀ tí ó jẹ́ tirẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ pípẹ́. Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ ṣubú ṣọ́wọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá, kò sì ṣí olùrànlọ́wọ́ fún un. Àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ wò ó wọ́n sì ń fi ìparun rẹ̀ ṣẹlẹ́yà.
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
8 Jerusalẹmu sì ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ púpọ̀ ó sì ti di aláìmọ́. Àwọn tí ó ń tẹríba fún un sì kẹ́gàn rẹ̀, nítorí wọ́n ti rí ìhòhò rẹ̀; ó kérora fúnra rẹ̀, ó sì lọ kúrò.
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
9 Ìdọ̀tí wà ní etí aṣọ rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò wo ọjọ́ iwájú rẹ̀. Ìṣubú rẹ̀ ya ni lẹ́nu; olùtùnú kò sì ṣí fún un. “Wo ìpọ́njú mi, Olúwa, nítorí àwọn ọ̀tá ti borí.”
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
10 Ọ̀tá ti gbọ́wọ́ lé gbogbo ìní rẹ; o rí pé àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí wọ́n wọ ibi mímọ́ rẹ— àwọn tí o ti kọ̀sílẹ̀ láti wọ ìpéjọpọ̀ rẹ.
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
11 Àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ ń kérora bí wọ́n ti ń wá oúnjẹ; wọ́n fi ohun ìní wọn ṣe pàṣípàrọ̀ oúnjẹ láti mú wọn wà láààyè. “Wò ó, Olúwa, kí o sì rò ó, nítorí a kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀.”
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
12 “Kò ha jẹ́ nǹkan kan sí i yín? Gbogbo ẹ̀yin tí ń rékọjá. Ǹjẹ́ ẹnìkan ń jìyà bí èmi ti ń jìyà tí a fi fún mi, ti Olúwa mú wá fún mi ní ọjọ́ ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀.
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
13 “Ó rán iná láti òkè sọ̀kalẹ̀ sínú egungun ara mi. Ó dẹ àwọ̀n fún ẹsẹ̀ mi, ó sì yí mi padà. Ó ti pa mí lára mó ń kú lọ ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
14 “Ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi ti di sísopọ̀ sí àjàgà; ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ni a fi hun ún papọ̀. Wọ́n ti yí ọrùn mi ká Olúwa sì ti dín agbára mi kù. Ó sì ti fi mí lé àwọn tí n kò le dojúkọ lọ́wọ́.
My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
15 “Olúwa kọ àwọn akọni mi sílẹ̀, ó rán àwọn ológun lòdì sí mi kí wọn pa àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin mi run. Nínú ìfúntí wáìnì rẹ̀ Olúwa tẹ́ àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin Juda.
The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
16 “Ìdí nìyí tí mo fi ń sọkún tí omijé sì ń dà lójú mi. Olùtùnú àti ẹni tí ó le mú ọkàn mi sọjí jìnnà sí mi, kò sí ẹni tí yóò dá ẹ̀mí mi padà. Àwọn ọmọ mi di aláìní nítorí ọ̀tá ti borí.”
For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
17 Sioni na ọwọ́ jáde, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí olùtùnú fún un. Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún Jakọbu pé àwọn ará ilé rẹ̀ di ọ̀tá fún un Jerusalẹmu ti di ohun aláìmọ́ láàrín wọn.
Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
18 “Olóòtítọ́ ni Olúwa, ṣùgbọ́n mo ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí àṣẹ rẹ̀. Ẹ gbọ́, gbogbo ènìyàn; ẹ wò mí wò ìyà mi. Gbogbo ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin àti ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin mi ni a ti kó lọ sí ìgbèkùn.
The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
19 “Mo pe àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ mi ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n dà mí. Àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àgbàgbà mi ṣègbé sínú ìlú nígbà tí wọ́n ń wá oúnjẹ tí yóò mú wọn wà láààyè.
I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
20 “Olúwa, wò ó, bí mo ti wà nínú ìnira! Tí mo sì ń jẹ̀rora nínú mi, ìdààmú dé bá ọkàn mi nítorí pé a ti ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí mi gidigidi. Ní gbangba ni idà ń parun; ikú wà nínú ilé pẹ̀lú.
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
21 “Àwọn ènìyàn ti gbọ́ ìrora mi, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí olùtùnú fún mi. Àwọn ọ̀tá mi ti gbọ́ ìparun mi; wọ́n yọ̀ sí ohun tí o ṣe. Kí o mú ọjọ́ tí o ti kéde, kí wọ́n le dàbí tèmi.
People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.
22 “Jẹ́ kí ìwà ìkà wọn wá síwájú rẹ; jẹ wọ́n ní yà bí o ṣe jẹ mí ní yà nítorí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi. Ìrora mi pọ̀ ọkàn mi sì rẹ̀wẹ̀sì.”
Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
