11:1 Alaw 26:43; Isa 47:8Hĩ! Kaĩ itũũra rĩu inene nĩrĩikarĩte rĩtiganĩirio,
o rĩu rĩratũire rĩiyũrĩte andũ-ĩ!
Kaĩ rĩĩkũhaana o ta mũtumia wa ndigwa,
ũcio ũraarĩ mũnene gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ-ĩ!
O we ũratũire arĩ mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja ngʼongo-inĩ cia bũrũri-rĩ,
rĩu atuĩkĩte ngombo.
2Ũtukũ araaraga akĩrĩra na ruo,
maithori makanyũrũrũkĩra makai-inĩ make.
Arĩa othe marendanĩte nake-rĩ,
hatirĩ o na ũmwe wa kũmũhooreria.
Arata ake othe nĩmamũkunyanĩire;
othe matuĩkĩte thũ ciake.
31:3 Jer 13:19; Thaam 15:9Thuutha wa thĩĩna na mawĩra maritũ,
Juda nĩatwarĩtwo ithaamĩrio.
Atũũraga gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ;
agakĩaga handũ ha kũhurũka.
Arĩa othe mamũingatithagia nĩmamũkinyĩrĩire
arĩ hatĩka-inĩ ciake.
41:4 Thab 137:1; Joel 1:8-13Njĩra cia gũthiĩ Zayuni no macakaya,
nĩ ũndũ gũtirĩ andũ mookaga ciathĩ ciake iria njathane.
Matoonyero make mothe makirĩte ihooru,
athĩnjĩri-Ngai ake no gũcaaya maracaaya,
airĩtu ake no kũgirĩka,
nake arĩ na ruo rũnene.
51:5 Isa 22:5; Jer 10:20Amuku ake matuĩkĩte nĩo mamwathaga;
thũ ciake nĩcio igaacĩire.
Jehova nĩamũrehithĩirie kĩeha
nĩ ũndũ wa mehia make maingĩ.
Ciana ciake itahĩtwo igatwarwo bũrũri ũngĩ,
igatuĩka mĩgwate ya thũ.
61:6 Jer 13:18; Alaw 26:36Mwarĩ wa Zayuni nĩehereirwo nĩ riiri wake.
Anene ake mahaanĩte ta thwariga ciagĩte ũrĩithio;
moorĩte matarĩ na hinya,
moimĩtwo thuutha nĩ arĩa mamaingatithĩtie.
71:7 2Ath 14:26; Jer 37:7Matukũ-inĩ ma thĩĩna na kũũrũũra gwake-rĩ,
Jerusalemu aririkanaga igĩĩna ciothe
iria ciarĩ ciake matukũ ma tene.
Rĩrĩa andũ ake maagũire moko-inĩ ma thũ-rĩ,
gũtiarĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa kũmũteithia.
Thũ ciake ikĩmũrora,
igĩthekerera mwanangĩko wake.
81:8 Jer 13:22, 26; Thab 6:6Jerusalemu nĩehĩtie mũno,
na nĩ ũndũ ũcio akanyiitwo nĩ thaahu.
Arĩa othe maamũtĩĩte-rĩ, rĩu nĩmamũnyararĩte,
nĩ ũndũ nĩmonete njaga yake;
we mwene no gũcaaya aracaaya,
na akamahutatĩra.
91:9 Gũcook 32:28-29; Koh 4:11Gĩko gĩake nĩkĩnyiitĩte nguo ciake;
nake ndaigana gwĩcũũrania mũtũũrĩre wake wa thuutha.
Kũgũa gwake kwarĩ gwa kũmakania;
gũtiarĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa kũmũhooreria.
“Wee Jehova, ta kĩone mathĩĩna makwa,
nĩgũkorwo thũ yakwa nĩhootanĩte.”
101:10 Isa 64:11; Gũcook 23:3Thũ ĩyo nĩyegwatĩire
igĩĩna-inĩ ciake ciothe;
nake akĩĩonera ndũrĩrĩ iria itooĩ Ngai
igĩtoonya handũ harĩa hake haamũre:
o arĩa wee wathanĩte
matikanatoonye kĩũngano-inĩ gĩaku.1:10 Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ matietĩkĩrĩtio gũtoonya hekarũ matikamĩthaahie (Ezek 44:7-9).
111:11 Jer 52:6Andũ ake othe nĩgũcaaya maracaaya
magĩetha gĩa kũrĩa;
magagĩkũũrania igĩĩna ciao
na irio nĩguo matũũre muoyo.
“Wee Jehova, ta cũrania wone,
nĩgũkorwo ndĩ mũmeneku.”
121:12 Jer 30:24“Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrahĩtũka,
anga mũkuona ũndũ ũyũ ta ũtamũkoniĩ?
Ta rorai muone.
Nĩ kũrĩ thĩĩna ũiganaine na thĩĩna ũyũ wakwa,
thĩĩna ũrĩa njigĩrĩirwo,
o ũcio Jehova aandehithĩirie
mũthenya wa marakara make mahiũ?
131:13 Ayub 30:30; Jer 44:6; Ahib 3:16“We aandũmĩire mwaki uumĩte igũrũ,
akĩũikũrũkia, ũgĩtoonya nginya mahĩndĩ-inĩ makwa.
Aambĩire magũrũ makwa wabu wa kũmatega, akĩĩhũndũra.
Nake agĩtũma nyiitwo nĩ ihooru, ngĩkĩringĩka mũthenya wothe.
141:14 Gũcook 28:48; Jer 32:5“Mehia makwa mohanĩtio, magatuĩka icooki.
Moko make mamogothanĩtie hamwe.
Magagĩĩkĩrwo ngingo-inĩ yakwa,
nake Mwathani agakĩĩniina hinya.
Akaaneana moko-inĩ ma arĩa itangĩhota gwĩtiiria.
151:15 Isa 41:2; Atiir 6:11“Mwathani nĩaregete
njamba ciothe cia ita iria ndĩ nacio,
akanjĩtĩra ita nĩguo rĩnjũkĩrĩre,
rĩmemende aanake akwa.
Kĩhihĩro-inĩ gĩake kĩa ndibei-rĩ,
Mwathani nĩarangĩrĩirie
Mwarĩ Gathirange wa Juda.
161:16 Maca 2:11, 18; Koh 4:11“Maũndũ macio nĩmo maratũma ndĩre,
namo maitho makwa makanyũrũrũkia maithori.
Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hakuhĩ wa kũũhooreria,
gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũnyũmĩrĩria ngoro.
Ciana ciakwa ituĩkĩte cia kũnyamarĩka
tondũ thũ nĩyo ĩhootanĩte.”
171:17 Jer 4:31; Alaw 18:25-28Zayuni atambũrũkĩtie moko,
no gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũmũhooreria.
Jehova nĩathanĩte ũhoro wa Jakubu
atĩ arĩa mariganĩtie nake matuĩke thũ ciake;
Jerusalemu nĩatuĩkĩte
kĩndũ kĩrĩ thaahu gatagatĩ-inĩ kao.
181:18 1Sam 12:14; Gũcook 28:32, 41“Jehova nĩ mũthingu,
no rĩrĩ, nĩndaremeire watho wake.
Thikĩrĩriai, inyuĩ andũ othe,
na mũrore gũthĩĩnĩka gwakwa.
Aanake akwa na airĩtu akwa
nĩmatahĩtwo magatwarwo thĩ ngʼeni.
191:19 Jer 14:15; Maca 2:20“Ndaatũmanĩire arĩa twarĩ ngwatanĩro,
no-o makĩngunyanĩra.
Athĩnjĩri-Ngai akwa, na athuuri akwa
marakuĩrĩire itũũra-inĩ rĩu inene,
o magĩcaragia irio cia kũmatũũria muoyo.
201:20 Ezek 7:15; Jer 4:19“Wee Jehova, ta rora wone ũrĩa ndĩ hatĩka-inĩ!
Nĩndĩratangĩka thĩinĩ wakwa,
na ngathĩĩnĩka thĩinĩ wa ngoro yakwa,
nĩ ũndũ ngoretwo ndĩ mũremi mũno.
Na kũu nja, hiũ cia njora nĩirooraga andũ,
nakuo thĩinĩ no gĩkuũ kũrĩ.
211:21 Maca 2:15; Jer 30:16“Andũ nĩmaiguĩte mũcaayo wakwa,
no gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa kũũhooreria.
Thũ ciakwa ciothe nĩciguĩte ũhoro wa hatĩka ciakwa,
nacio igakena nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo wĩkĩte.
Nawe gĩkinyie mũthenya ũrĩa wanĩrĩire
nĩguo nao mahaane ta niĩ.
22“Waganu wao wothe nĩũgĩkinye mbere yaku,
nawe ũmeke o ta ũrĩa ũnjĩkĩte
nĩ ũndũ wa mehia makwa mothe.
Mĩcaayo yakwa nĩ mĩingĩ,
nayo ngoro yakwa nĩĩringĩkĩte.”
1The city of Jerusalem is so empty!
She used to be full of people.
But now she’s like a woman whose husband has died.
She used to be great among the nations.
She was like a queen among the kingdoms.
But now she is a slave.
2Jerusalem weeps bitterly at night.
Tears run down her cheeks.
None of her friends comforts her.
All those who were going to help her
have turned against her.
They have become her enemies.
3After Judah’s people had suffered greatly,
they were taken away as prisoners.
Now they live among the nations.
They can’t find any place to rest.
All those who were chasing them have caught up with them.
And they can’t get away.
4The roads to Zion are empty.
No one travels to her appointed feasts.
All the public places near her gates are deserted.
Her priests groan.
Her young women are sad.
And Zion herself weeps bitterly.
5Her enemies have become her masters.
They have an easy life.
The Lord has brought suffering to Jerusalem
because her people have committed so many sins.
Her children have been taken away as prisoners.
Her enemies have forced her people to leave their homes.
6The city of Zion used to be full of glory.
But now her glory has faded away.
Her princes are like deer.
They can’t find anything to eat.
They are almost too weak to get away
from those who hunt them down.
7Jerusalem’s people are suffering and wandering.
They remember all the treasures
they used to have.
But they fell into the hands of their enemies.
And no one was there to help them.
Their enemies looked at them.
They laughed because Jerusalem had been destroyed.
8Her people have committed many sins.
They have become impure.
All those who honored Jerusalem now look down on her.
They all look at her as if she were a naked woman.
The city groans and turns away in shame.
9Her skirts are dirty.
She didn’t think about how things might turn out.
Her fall from power amazed everyone.
And no one was there to comfort her.
She said, “Lord, please pay attention to how much I’m suffering.
My enemies have won the battle over me.”
10Jerusalem’s enemies took away
all her treasures.
Her people saw outsiders
enter her temple.
The Lord had commanded them
not to do that.
11All Jerusalem’s people groan
as they search for bread.
They trade their treasures for food
just to stay alive.
Jerusalem says, “Lord, look at me.
Think about my condition.
Everyone looks down on me.”
12Jerusalem also says, “All you who are passing by,
don’t you care about what has happened to me?
Just look at my condition.
Has anyone suffered the way I have?
The Lord has brought all this on me.
He has made me suffer.
His anger has burned against me.
13“He sent down fire from heaven.
It went deep down into my bones.
He spread a net to catch me by the feet.
He stopped me right where I was.
He made me empty.
I am sick all the time.
14“My sins have been made into a heavy yoke.
They were woven together by his hands.
They have been placed on my neck.
The Lord has taken away my strength.
He has handed me over to my enemies.
I can’t win the battle over them.
15“The Lord has refused to accept
any of my soldiers.
He has sent for an army
to crush my young men.
I am like grapes in the Lord’s winepress.
He has stomped on me,
even though I am his very own.
16“That’s why I am weeping.
Tears are flowing from my eyes.
No one is near to comfort me.
No one can heal my spirit.
My children don’t have anything.
My enemies are much too strong for me.”
17Zion reaches out her hands.
But no one is there to comfort her people.
The Lord has ordered that
the neighbors of Jacob’s people would become their enemies.
Jerusalem has become impure among them.
18Jerusalem says, “The Lord always does what is right.
But I refused to obey his commands.
Listen, all you nations.
Pay attention to how much I’m suffering.
My young men and women
have been taken away as prisoners.
19“I called out to those who were going to help me.
But they turned against me.
My priests and elders
died in the city.
They were searching for food
just to stay alive.
20“Lord, see how upset I am!
I am suffering deep down inside.
My heart is troubled.
Again and again I have refused to obey you.
Outside the city, people are being killed by swords.
Inside, there is nothing but death.
21“People have heard me groan.
But no one is here to comfort me.
My enemies have heard about all my troubles.
What you have done makes them happy.
So please judge them, just as you said you would.
Let them become like me.
22“Please pay attention to all their sinful ways.
Punish them as you have punished me.
You judged me because I had committed so many sins.
I groan all the time.
And my heart is weak.”
