12:1 Thab 99:5; Jer 12:7Hĩ! Kaĩ Mwathani nĩakĩhumbĩrĩte Mwarĩ wa Zayuni
na itu rĩa marakara make-ĩ!
Nĩatungumanĩtie riiri wa Isiraeli,
akaũharũrũkia kuuma igũrũ nginya thĩ;
ndaaririkanire gaturwa ka magũrũ make,
mũthenya ũrĩa aarakarire.
22:2 Thab 89:39-40; Isa 25:12Mwathani-rĩ, nĩameretie
itũũro ciothe cia Jakubu atarĩ na tha;
nĩamomorete ciĩhitho iria nũmu
cia Mwarĩ wa Juda arĩ na marakara.
Nĩagũithĩtie ũthamaki wa Mwarĩ wa Juda,
na akagũithia anene ake, akamaconorithia.
32:3 Thab 74:11; Isa 42:25Rũhĩa rwa Isiraeli ruothe
arũrengete arĩ na marakara mahiũ.
Nĩeheretie guoko gwake kwa ũrĩo,
gũkameeherera o rĩrĩa thũ ciamakuhĩrĩria.
Nĩgũcina acinĩte Jakubu ta mwaki ũkũrĩrĩmbũka,
ũrĩa ũcinaga kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩrĩ hakuhĩ naguo.
42:4 Ayub 3:23; Ezek 20:34; Jer 4:20Ageetete ũta wake o ta thũ;
guoko gwake kwa ũrĩo nĩ kwĩhaarĩirie.
Arĩa othe maatũire makenagia maitho-rĩ,
amooragĩte o ta marĩ thũ;
hema ya Mwarĩ wa Zayuni
amĩitĩrĩirie mangʼũrĩ make mahaana ta mwaki.
52:5 Jer 9:17-20Mwathani-rĩ, atuĩkĩte ta thũ;
nĩameretie Isiraeli.
Nĩameretie nyũmba ciake ciothe cia ũthamaki,
na akaananga ciĩhitho ciake iria nũmu.
Nĩaingĩhĩirie Mwarĩ wa Juda
gũcakaya na kũgirĩka.
62:6 2Maũ 36:19; Zef 3:18Nĩonũhĩte gĩikaro gĩake ta mũgũnda;
nĩanangĩte handũ hake ha gũtũnganĩrwo.
Jehova nĩatũmĩte Zayuni ariganĩrwo
nĩ ciathĩ ciake iria njathane, o hamwe na Thabatũ ciake;
nĩ ũndũ wa marakara make mahiũ-rĩ,
akanyarara mũthamaki, o hamwe na mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai.
72:7 Jer 33:4-5; Thab 74:7-8Mwathani nĩaregete kĩgongona gĩake,
na agatiganĩria handũ hake harĩa haamũre.
Nĩaneanĩte thingo cia nyũmba ciake cia ũthamaki kũrĩ thũ;
iraanĩrĩra irĩ thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Jehova,
o taarĩ mũthenya wa gĩathĩ kĩrĩa gĩathane.
82:8 2Ath 21:13; Isa 3:26Jehova nĩatuire itua rĩa kũmomora
rũthingo rũrĩa rũthiũrũrũkĩirie Mwarĩ wa Zayuni.
Nĩatambũrũkirie rũrigi rwa gũthima,
na ndaagiririe guoko gwake gũtige kũrwananga.
Nĩatũmire njirigo na thingo icakaye;
o cierĩ igĩgĩtuĩka cia kwanangĩka.
92:9 Gũcook 28:36; 2Maũ 15:3Ihingo ciakuo nĩihorokeire na thĩ;
mĩgĩĩko yacio nĩamiunangĩte, akamĩananga.
Mũthamaki na anene akuo nĩmatahĩtwo magatwarwo ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ,
watho rĩu ndũrutanagwo,
na anabii akuo nĩmatigire kuona cioneki
ciumĩte kũrĩ Jehova.
102:10 Ayub 2:12Athuuri a kũu kwa Mwarĩ wa Zayuni
maikarĩte thĩ makirĩte ki;
nao nĩmehurĩirie rũkũngũ mĩtwe,
na makehumba nguo cia makũnia.
Airĩtu a Jerusalemu
mainamĩrĩire maturumithĩtie mĩtwe yao thĩ.
112:11 Thab 119:82; Isa 1:5Maitho makwa nĩmaroora nĩ kũrĩra,
ngatangĩka thĩinĩ wakwa,
naguo roho wakwa nĩũitũrũrĩirwo thĩ
nĩ ũndũ wa andũ akwa kwanangwo,
nĩgũkorwo twana na tũkenge
tũraringĩkĩra njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra rĩrĩa inene.
12Tũrooria manyina atĩrĩ,
“Irio na ndibei irĩ ha?”
o tũkĩringĩkaga ta andũ matiihĩirio
njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra rĩrĩa inene,
o mĩoyo yatuo ĩgĩthiragĩra
moko-inĩ ma manyina.
132:13 Isa 37:22Ingĩkiuga atĩa nĩ ũndũ waku?
Ingĩkũgerekania nakĩ,
wee Mwarĩ ũyũ wa Jerusalemu?
Ingĩkũhaanania nakĩ,
nĩguo ngũhoorerie,
wee Mwarĩ ũyũ Gathirange wa Zayuni?
Kĩronda gĩaku kĩrikĩte o ta iria.
Nũũ ũngĩhota gũkũhonia?
14Cioneki iria anabii aku moonaga
ciarĩ cia tũhũ na cia maheeni;
matiigana kũmũguũrĩria mehia manyu
nĩguo magirĩrĩrie gũtahwo kwanyu.
Ndũmĩrĩri iria maamũheire
ciarĩ cia maheeni, na cia kũmũhĩtithia.
152:15 Ndar 24:10; Ayub 16:4Ehĩtũkĩri othe mahũũraga hĩ;
mathekaga makĩinainagĩria Mwarĩ ũyũ wa Jerusalemu mĩtwe,
makĩũragia atĩrĩ:
“Ĩĩ rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩetagwo
ũthaka ũrĩa mũkinyanĩru biũ,
na rĩgeetwo gĩkeno gĩa thĩ yothe?”
162:16 Maca 3:46; Mik 4:11Thũ ciaku ciothe
ciathamagia tũnua igũũkĩrĩre;
igũthekagĩrĩra na ikahagarania magego,
ikoiga atĩrĩ, “Ithuĩ nĩtũmũmeretie.
Ũyũ nĩguo mũthenya ũrĩa tũtũire twetereire,
na rĩu nĩtũwonete.”
172:17 Gũcook 28:15-45; Thab 89:42Jehova nĩarĩkĩtie gwĩka ũrĩa aathugundĩte;
we nĩahingĩtie kiugo gĩake,
kĩrĩa aathanire o matukũ ma tene.
Akũngʼaũranĩtie ategũkũiguĩra tha,
atũmĩte thũ igũkenerere,
rũhĩa rwa amuku aku nĩruo atũgĩrĩtie.
182:18 Maca 1:16; Jer 9:1Ngoro cia andũ nĩirakaĩra Mwathani.
Atĩrĩrĩ, wee rũthingo rũrũ rwa Mwarĩ wa Zayuni,
reke maithori maku manyũrũrũke ta rũũĩ
mũthenya na ũtukũ;
ndũkahurũke,
kana ũreke maitho maku mahurũke.
19Arahũka, ũkayũrũrũke ũtukũ,
rĩrĩa ũrangĩri wa ũtukũ wambagĩrĩria;
itũrũraga ngoro yaku ta maaĩ
mbere ya Mwathani.
Ambararia moko maku na igũrũ kũrĩ we
nĩ ũndũ wa mĩoyo ya ciana ciaku,
o icio iraringĩka nĩ ngʼaragu
magomano-inĩ ma njĩra ciothe.
202:20 Jer 19:9“Wee Jehova, ta rora, na ũcũũranie:
Nũũ ũngĩ wee ũrĩ weka ũguo?
Andũ-a-nja nĩmagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũrĩa maciaro mao,
o ciana iria marerete?
Mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na mũnabii nĩmagĩrĩire
kũũragagĩrwo handũ-harĩa-haamũre ha Mwathani?
212:21 2Maũ 36:17; Zek 11:6“Andũ ethĩ o na arĩa akũrũ
makomete hamwe rũkũngũ-inĩ rwa njĩra,
aanake akwa na airĩtu
moragĩtwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
Ũmoragĩte mũthenya ũrĩa ũrakarĩte;
ũmoragĩte ũtekũmaiguĩra tha.
222:22 Thab 31:13; Hos 9:13“O ta ũrĩa wĩtanaga mũthenya wa gĩathĩ-rĩ,
noguo ũnjĩtĩire maũndũ ma kũnguoyohia,
makandigiicĩria mĩena yothe
o taarĩ mũthenya wa gĩathĩ.
Mũthenya wa marakara ma Jehova-rĩ,
gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wahonokire kana agĩtigara;
arĩa ndarũmbũirie na ngĩrera-rĩ,
thũ yakwa nĩĩmanangĩte.”
1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.2.2 brought…: Heb. made to touch 3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. 4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.2.4 all…: Heb. all the desirable of the eye 5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. 6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.2.6 tabernacle: or, hedge 7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.2.7 given up: Heb. shut up 8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.2.8 destroying: Heb. swallowing up 9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. 11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.2.11 swoon: or, faint 12They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom. 13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? 14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. 15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?2.15 by: Heb. by the way 16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 17The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. 18Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20¶ Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?2.20 of a span…: or, swaddled with their hands? 21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. 22Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
