1How 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. 2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3Even 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.4.3 sea…: or, sea calves 4The 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. 5They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. 6For 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.4.6 punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity 7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: 8Their 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.4.8 blacker…: Heb. darker than blackness 9They 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.4.9 pine…: Heb. flow out 10The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 11The 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. 12The 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.
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, 14They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.4.14 so…: or, in that they could not but touch 15They 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.4.15 it…: or, ye polluted 16The 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.4.16 anger: or, face 17As 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. 18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. 19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. 20The 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.
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.
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.4.22 The…: or, Thine iniquity4.22 discover…: or, carry thee captive for thy sins
1Haa! Golide wathimbirira,
golide wosalala wasinthikiratu!
Amwazamwaza miyala yokongola ya kumalo opatulika
pamphambano ponse pa mzinda.
2Haa! Ana a Ziyoni amtengowapatali
amene kale anali ngati golide,
tsopano ali ngati miphika ya dothi,
ntchito ya owumba mbiya!
3Ngakhale nkhandwe zimapereka bere
kuyamwitsa ana ake,
koma anthu anga asanduka ankhanza
ngati nthiwatiwa mʼchipululu.
4Lilime la mwana lakangamira kukhosi
chifukwa cha ludzu,
ana akupempha chakudya,
koma palibe amene akuwapatsa.
5Iwo amene kale ankadya zonona
akupemphetsa mʼmisewu ya mu mzinda.
Iwo amene kale ankavala zokongola
tsopano akugona pa phulusa.
6Kuyipa kwa anthu anga kunali kwakukulu
kuposa anthu a ku Sodomu,
amene anawonongedwa mʼkamphindi kochepa
popanda owathandiza.
7Akalonga ake anali owala koposa chisanu chowundana
ndi oyera kuposa mkaka.
Matupi awo anali ofiira kuposa miyala ya rubi,
maonekedwe awo ngati miyala ya safiro.
8Koma tsopano maonekedwe awo ndi akuda kuposa mwaye;
palibe angawazindikire mʼmisewu ya mu mzinda.
Khungu lawo lachita makwinyamakwinya pa mafupa awo;
lawuma gwaa ngati nkhuni.
9Amene anaphedwa ndi lupanga aliko bwino kuposa
amene anafa ndi njala;
chifukwa chosowa chakudya cha mʼmunda
iwowa ankafowoka ndi njala mpaka kufa.
10Amayi achifundo afika
pophika ana awo enieni,
ndiwo anali chakudya chawo pamene anthu
anga anali kuwonongeka.
11Yehova wakwaniritsa ukali wake;
wagwetsa pansi mkwiyo wake woopsa.
Ndipo wayatsa moto mʼZiyoni
kuti uwononge maziko ake.
12Mafumu a pa dziko lapansi sanakhulupirire,
kapena wina aliyense wokhala pa dziko lonse,
kuti adani kapena ankhondo akhoza kulowa
pa zipata za Yerusalemu.
13Koma izi zinachitika chifukwa cha kuchimwa kwa aneneri ake
ndi mphulupulu za ansembe ake,
amene ankapha anthu osalakwa pakati pawo.
14Tsopano akungoyendayenda mʼmisewu ya mu mzinda
ngati anthu osaona.
Iwo ndi odetsedwa kwambiri ndi magazi
palibe yemwe angayerekeze nʼkukhudza komwe chovala chawo.
15Anthu akuwafuwulira kuti, “Chokani! Inu anthu odetsedwa!”
“Chokani! Chokani! Musatikhudze ife!”
Akamathawa ndi kumangoyendayenda,
pakati pa anthu a mitundu yonse amati,
“Asakhalenso ndi ife.”
16Yehova mwini wake wawabalalitsa;
Iye sakuwalabadiranso.
Ansembe sakulandira ulemu,
akuluakulu sakuwachitira chifundo.
17Ndiponso maso athu atopa nʼkuyangʼana,
chithandizo chosabwera nʼkomwe,
kuchokera pa nsanja zathu tinadikirira mtundu
wa anthu umene sukanatipulumutsa.
18Anthu ankalondola mapazi athu,
choncho sitikanayenda mʼmisewu yathu mu mzinda.
Chimaliziro chathu chinali pafupi, masiku athu anali owerengeka,
chifukwa chimaliziro chathu chinali chitafika.
19Otilondola akuthamanga kwambiri
kuposa ziwombankhanga mu mlengalenga;
anatithamangitsa mpaka ku mapiri
ndi kutibisalira mʼchipululu.
20Wodzozedwa wa Yehova, mpweya wathu wotipatsa moyo,
anakodwa mʼmisampha yawo.
Tinaganiza kuti tidzakhala pansi pa mthunzi wake
pakati pa mitundu ya anthu.
21Kondwera ndi kusangalala, mwana wamkazi wa Edomu.
Iwe amene umakhala mʼdziko la Uzi.
Koma iwenso chikho chidzakupeza;
udzaledzera mpaka kukhala maliseche.
22Iwe mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni, chilango chako chidzatha;
Iye sadzatalikitsa nthawi yako ya ukapolo.
Koma Yehova adzalanga machimo ako, iwe mwana wamkazi wa Edomu,
ndi kuyika poyera mphulupulu zako.
