1 How is the gold become dim!
How is the most fine gold changed!
The stones of the sanctuary are poured out
In the top of every street.
Jinsi dhahabu ilivyoacha kung'aa, Na dhahabu iliyo safi ilivyobadilika! Mawe ya patakatifu yametupwa Mwanzo wa kila njia.
2 The precious sons of Zion,
Comparable to fine gold,
How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers,
The work of the hands of the potter!
Wana wa Sayuni wenye thamani, Walinganao na dhahabu safi, Jinsi wanavyodhaniwa kuwa vyombo vya udongo, Kazi ya mikono ya mfinyanzi!
3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast,
They give suck to their young ones:
The daughter of my people is become cruel,
Like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Hata mbwa-mwitu hutoa matiti, Huwanyonyesha watoto wao; Binti ya watu wangu amekuwa mkali, Mfano wa mbuni jangwani.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth
To the roof of his mouth for thirst:
The young children ask bread,
And no man breaketh it unto them.
Ulimi wa mtoto anyonyaye Wagandamana na kaakaa lake kwa kiu; Watoto wachanga waomba chakula, Wala hakuna hata mmoja awamegeaye.
5 They that did feed delicately
Are desolate in the streets:
They that were brought up
In scarlet embrace dunghills.
Wale waliokula vitu vya anasa Wameachwa peke yao njiani; Wale waliokuzwa kuvaa nguo nyekundu Wakumbatia jaa.
6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater
Than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,
That was overthrown as in a moment,
And no hands stayed on her.
Maana uovu wa binti ya watu wangu ni mkubwa Kuliko dhambi ya Sodoma, Uliopinduliwa kama katika dakika moja, Wala mikono haikuwekwa juu yake.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow,
They were whiter than milk,
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Their polishing was of sapphire:
Wakuu wake walikuwa safi kuliko theluji, Walikuwa weupe kuliko maziwa; Miili yao, walikuwa wekundu kuliko marijani, Na umbo lao kama yakuti samawi.
8 Their visage is blacker than a coal;
They are not known in the streets:
Their skin cleaveth to their bones;
It is withered, it is become like a stick.
Nyuso zao ni nyeusi kuliko makaa; Hawajulikani katika njia kuu; Ngozi yao yagandamana na mifupa yao Imekauka, imekuwa kama mti.
9 They that be slain with the sword
Are better than they that be slain with hunger:
For these pine away, stricken
Through for want of the fruits of the field.
Heri wale waliouawa kwa upanga Kuliko wao waliouawa kwa njaa; Maana hao husinyaa, wakichomwa Kwa kukosa matunda ya mashamba.
10 The hands of the pitiful women
Have sodden their own children:
They were their meat
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mikono ya wanawake wenye huruma Imewatokosa watoto wao wenyewe; Walikuwa ndio chakula chao Katika uharibifu wa binti ya watu wangu.
11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury;
He hath poured out his fierce anger,
And hath kindled a fire in Zion,
And it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Bwana ameitimiza kani yake, Ameimimina hasira yake kali; Naye amewasha moto katika Sayuni Ulioiteketeza misingi yake.
12 The kings of the earth,
And all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed
That the adversary and the enemy should have entered
Into the gates of Jerusalem.
Wafalme wa dunia hawakusadiki, Wala wote wakaao duniani, Ya kwamba mtesi na adui wangeingia Katika malango ya Yerusalemu.
13 For the sins of her prophets,
And the iniquities of her priests,
That have shed the blood
Of the just in the midst of her,
Ni kwa sababu ya dhambi za manabii wake Na maovu ya makuhani wake, Walioimwaga damu ya wenye haki Katikati yake.
14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets,
They have polluted themselves with blood,
So that men could not touch
Their garments.
Hutanga-tanga njiani kama vipofu, Wametiwa unajisi kwa damu; Hata ikawa watu wasiweze Kuyagusa mavazi yao.
15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean;
Depart, depart, touch not:
When they fled away and wandered,
They said among the heathen,
They shall no more sojourn there .
Watu waliwapigia kelele, Ondokeni, Uchafu, Ondokeni, ondokeni, msiguse; Walipokimbia na kutanga-tanga, watu walisema kati ya mataifa, Hawatakaa hapa tena.
16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them;
He will no more regard them:
They respected not the persons of the priests,
They favoured not the elders.
Hasira ya Bwana imewatenga, Yeye hatawaangalia tena; Hawakujali nafsi za wale makuhani, Hawakuwaheshimu wazee wao.
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed
For our vain help:
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save us .
Macho yetu yamechoka Kwa kuutazamia bure msaada wetu; Katika kungoja kwetu tumengojea taifa Lisiloweza kutuokoa.
18 They hunt our steps,
That we cannot go in our streets:
Our end is near, our days are fulfilled;
For our end is come.
Wanatuvizia hatua zetu, Hata hatuwezi kwenda katika njia zetu; Mwisho wetu umekaribia, siku zetu zimetimia; Maana mwisho wetu umefika.
19 Our persecutors are swifter
Than the eagles of the heaven:
They pursued us upon the mountains,
They laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Waliotufuatia ni wepesi Kuliko tai za mbinguni; Hao walitufuatia milimani, Nao walituotea jangwani.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD,
Was taken in their pits,
Of whom we said, Under his shadow
We shall live among the heathen.
Pumzi ya mianzi ya pua zetu, masihi wa BWANA, Alikamatwa katika marima yao; Ambaye kwa habari zake tulisema, Chini ya kivuli chake tukakaa kati ya mataifa.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
That dwellest in the land of Uz;
The cup also shall pass through unto thee:
Thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Furahi, ushangilie, Ee binti Edomu, Ukaaye katika nchi ya Usi; Hata kwako kikombe kitapita, Utalewa, na kujifanya uchi.
22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion;
He will no more carry thee away into captivity:
He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom;
He will discover thy sins.
Uovu wako umetimia, Ee binti Sayuni; Hatakuhamisha tena; Atapatiliza uovu wako, Ee binti Edomu; Atazivumbua dhambi zako.
