A Lamentation
1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Tena uwaombolezee wakuu wa Israeli,
2 and say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
useme, Mama yako alikuwa nini? Simba mke; alijilaza kati ya simba, kati ya wana-simba aliwalisha watoto wake.
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Akamlea mtoto mmoja katika watoto wake, akawa mwana-simba, akajifunza kuwinda mawindo, akala watu.
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
Mataifa nao wakapata habari zake, akanaswa katika rima lao, wakamchukua kwa kulabu mpaka nchi ya Misri.
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Basi mamaye alipoona kwamba amemngoja, na tumaini lake limepotea, akatwaa mtoto mwingine katika watoto wake, akamfanya mwana-simba.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Naye akaenda huko na huko kati ya simba, akawa mwana-simba, akajifunza kuwinda mawindo, akala watu.
7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Akayajua majumba yao, akaiharibu miji yao; nchi ikawa ukiwa, navyo vitu vilivyoijaza, kwa sababu ya mshindo wa kunguruma kwake.
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ndipo mataifa wakajipanga juu yake pande zote toka nchi zote; wakaunda wavu wao juu yake; akanaswa katika rima lao.
9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Wakamtia katika tundu kwa kulabu, wakamleta kwa mfalme wa Babeli wakamtia ndani ya ngome, sauti yake isisikiwe tena juu ya milima ya Israeli.
10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Mama yako alikuwa kama mzabibu, katika damu yako, uliopandwa karibu na maji; akazaa sana na kujaa matawi, kwa sababu ya maji mengi.
11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
Naye alikuwa na vijiti vya nguvu, kwa fimbo za enzi zao watawalao, na kimo chao kiliinuka kati ya matawi manene, wakaonekana kwa urefu wao, pamoja na wingi wa matawi yao.
12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Lakini aling'olewa kwa ghadhabu, akaangushwa chini, upepo wa mashariki ukakausha matunda yake; vijiti vyake vya nguvu vikavunjika, vikakauka; moto ulivila.
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
Na sasa umepandwa jangwani, katika nchi kavu, ya ukame.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Na moto umetoka katika vijiti vya matawi yake, umekula matunda yake, hata hana tena kijiti cha nguvu kifaacho kwa fimbo ya enzi ya kutawala. Na hayo ni maombolezo, nayo yatakuwa maombolezo.
