1 How doth the city sit solitary,
That was full of people!
How is she become as a widow!
She that was great among the nations,
And princess among the provinces,
How is she become tributary!
Jinsi mji huu ukaavyo ukiwa, Huo uliokuwa umejaa watu! Jinsi alivyokuwa kama mjane, Yeye aliyekuwa mkuu kati ya mataifa! Binti mfalme kati ya majimbo, Jinsi alivyoshikwa shokoa!
2 She weepeth sore in the night,
And her tears are on her cheeks:
Among all her lovers
She hath none to comfort her:
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her,
They are become her enemies.
Hulia sana wakati wa usiku, Na machozi yake yapo mashavuni; Miongoni mwa wote waliompenda Hakuna hata mmoja amfarijiye; Rafiki zake wote wamemtenda hila, Wamekuwa adui zake.
3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction,
And because of great servitude:
She dwelleth among the heathen,
She findeth no rest:
All her persecutors overtook her
Between the straits.
Yuda amehamishwa kwa sababu ya kuonewa, Na kwa sababu ya utumwa mkuu; Anakaa kati ya makafiri, Haoni raha iwayo yote; Wote waliomfuata wamempata Katika dhiki yake.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn,
Because none come to the solemn feasts:
All her gates are desolate:
Her priests sigh,
Her virgins are afflicted,
And she is in bitterness.
Njia za Sayuni zaomboleza, Kwa kuwa hakuna ajaye kwa sikukuu; Malango yake yote yamekuwa ukiwa, Makuhani wake hupiga kite; Wanawali wake wanahuzunika; Na yeye mwenyewe huona uchungu.
5 Her adversaries are the chief,
Her enemies prosper;
For the LORD hath afflicted her
For the multitude of her transgressions:
Her children are gone
Into captivity before the enemy.
Watesi wake wamekuwa kichwa, Adui zake hufanikiwa; Kwa kuwa Bwana amemtesa Kwa sababu ya wingi wa makosa yake; Watoto wake wadogo wamechukuliwa mateka Mbele yake huyo mtesi.
6 And from the daughter of Zion
All her beauty is departed:
Her princes are become like harts
That find no pasture,
And they are gone without strength
Before the pursuer.
Naye huyo binti Sayuni Enzi yake yote imemwacha; Wakuu wake wamekuwa kama ayala Wasioona malisho; Nao wamekwenda zao hawana nguvu Mbele yake anayewafuatia.
7 Jerusalem remembered
In the days of her affliction and of her miseries
All her pleasant things
That she had in the days of old,
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
And none did help her:
The adversaries saw her,
And did mock at her sabbaths.
Siku za mateso na misiba yake, Yerusalemu huyakumbuka matamaniko yake yote Yaliyokuwa tangu siku za kale; Hapo watu wake walipoanguka mikononi mwa mtesi, Wala hakuna hata mmoja wa kumsaidia; Hao watesi wake walimwona, Wakafanya sabato zake kuwa mzaha.
8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned;
Therefore she is removed:
All that honoured her despise her,
Because they have seen her nakedness:
Yea, she sigheth,
And turneth backward.
Yerusalemu amefanya dhambi sana; Kwa hiyo amekuwa kama kitu kichafu; Wote waliomheshimu wanamdharau, Kwa sababu wameuona uchi wake; Naam, yeye anaugua, Na kujigeuza aende nyuma.
9 Her filthiness is in her skirts;
She remembereth not her last end;
Therefore she came down wonderfully:
She had no comforter.
O LORD, behold my affliction:
For the enemy hath magnified himself .
Uchafu wake ulikuwa katika marinda yake; Hakukumbuka mwisho wake; Kwa hiyo ameshuka kwa ajabu; Yeye hana mtu wa kumfariji; Tazama, Bwana, teso langu; Maana huyo adui amejitukuza.
10 The adversary hath spread out his hand
Upon all her pleasant things:
For she hath seen that the heathen
Entered into her sanctuary,
Whom thou didst command
That they should not enter into thy congregation.
Huyo mtesi amenyosha mkono wake Juu ya matamaniko yake yote; Maana ameona ya kuwa makafiri wameingia Ndani ya patakatifu pake; Ambao kwa habari zao wewe uliamuru Wasiingie katika kusanyiko lako.
11 All her people sigh,
They seek bread;
They have given their pleasant things
For meat to relieve the soul:
See, O LORD, and consider;
For I am become vile.
Watu wake wote hupiga kite, Wanatafuta chakula; Wameyatoa matamaniko yao wapate chakula Cha kuihuisha nafsi; Ee Bwana, tazama, uangalie; Kwa maana mimi nimekuwa mnyonge.
12 Is it nothing to you,
All ye that pass by?
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
Like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,
Wherewith the LORD hath afflicted
Me in the day of his fierce anger.
Je! Si kitu kwenu, enyi nyote mpitao njia, Angalieni, mtazame Kama kuna majonzi yo yote mfano wa majonzi yangu, Niliyotendwa mimi, Ambayo Bwana amenihuzunisha kwa hayo Siku ya hasira yake iwakayo.
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones,
And it prevaileth against them:
He hath spread a net for my feet,
He hath turned me back:
He hath made me desolate
And faint all the day.
Toka juu amepeleka moto mifupani mwangu, Nao umeishinda; Ametandika wavu aninase miguu, Amenirudisha nyuma; Amenifanya kuwa mtu wa pekee, Na mgonjwa mchana kutwa.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound
By his hand:
They are wreathed, and come up upon my neck:
He hath made my strength to fall,
The Lord hath delivered me into their hands,
From whom I am not able to rise up.
Kongwa la makosa yangu limefungwa na mkono wake; Hayo yameshikamana; Yamepanda juu shingoni mwangu; Amezikomesha nguvu zangu;
15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men
In the midst of me:
He hath called an assembly against me
To crush my young men:
The Lord hath trodden the virgin,
The daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
Bwana amenitia mikononi mwao, Ambao siwezi kupingamana nao. Bwana amewafanya mashujaa wangu wote Kuwa si kitu kati yangu; Ameita mkutano mkuu kinyume changu Ili kuwaponda vijana wangu; Bwana amemkanyaga kama shinikizoni Huyo bikira binti Yuda.
16 For these things I weep;
Mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water,
Because the comforter that should relieve my
Soul is far from me:
My children are desolate,
Because the enemy prevailed.
Mimi ninayalilia mambo hayo; Jicho langu, jicho langu linachuruzika maji; Kwa kuwa mfariji yu mbali nami, Ambaye ilimpasa kunihuisha nafsi; Watoto wangu wameachwa peke yao, Kwa sababu huyo adui ameshinda.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands,
And there is none to comfort her:
The LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob,
That his adversaries should be round about him:
Jerusalem is as
A menstruous woman among them.
Sayuni huinyosha mikono yake; Hakuna hata mmoja wa kumfariji; Bwana ametoa amri juu ya Yakobo, Kwamba wamzungukao wawe watesi wake; Yerusalemu amekuwa kati yao Kama kitu kichafu.
18 The LORD is righteous;
For I have rebelled against his commandment:
Hear, I pray you, all people,
And behold my sorrow:
My virgins and my young men
Are gone into captivity.
Bwana ndiye mwenye haki; Maana nimeiasi amri yake; Sikieni, nawasihi, enyi watu wote, Mkayatazame majonzi yangu; Wasichana wangu na wavulana wangu Wamechukuliwa mateka.
19 I called for my lovers,
But they deceived me:
My priests and mine elders
Gave up the ghost in the city,
While they sought their meat
To relieve their souls.
Naliwaita hao walionipenda Lakini walinidanganya; Makuhani wangu na wazee wangu Walifariki mjini; Hapo walipokuwa wakitafuta chakula ili kuzihuisha nafsi zao.
20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress:
My bowels are troubled;
Mine heart is turned within me;
For I have grievously rebelled:
Abroad the sword bereaveth,
At home there is as death.
Angalia, Ee Bwana; maana mimi ni katika dhiki; Mtima wangu umetaabika; Moyo wangu umegeuka ndani yangu; Maana nimeasi vibaya sana; Huko nje upanga hufisha watu; Nyumbani mna kama mauti.
21 They have heard that I sigh:
There is none to comfort me:
All mine enemies have heard of my trouble;
They are glad that thou hast done it:
Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called,
And they shall be like unto me.
Wamesikia kwamba napiga kite; Hakuna hata mmoja wa kunifariji; Adui zangu wote wamesikia habari ya mashaka yaliyonipata; Hufurahi kwa kuwa umeyafanya hayo; Utaileta siku ile uliyoitangaza, Nao watakuwa kama mimi.
22 Let all their wickedness come before thee;
And do unto them,
As thou hast done unto me
For all my transgressions:
For my sighs are many,
And my heart is faint.
Huo uovu wao wote Na uje mbele zako wewe; Ukawatende wao kama ulivyonitenda mimi Kwa dhambi zangu zote; Kwa maana mauguzi yangu ni mengi sana, Na moyo wangu umezimia.
