1Look at how the gold has lost its brightness!
See how dull the fine gold has become!
The sacred jewels are scattered
at every street corner.
2The priceless children of Zion
were worth their weight in gold.
But now they are thought of as clay pots
made by the hands of a potter.
3Even wild dogs
nurse their young pups.
But my people are as mean
as ostriches in the desert.
4When the babies get thirsty,
their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths.
When the children beg for bread,
no one gives them any.
5Those who once ate fine food
are dying in the streets.
Those who wore royal clothes
are now lying on piles of trash.
6My people have been punished
more than Sodom was.
It was destroyed in a moment.
No one offered it a helping hand.
7Jerusalem’s princes were brighter than snow.
They were whiter than milk.
Their bodies were redder than rubies.
They looked like lapis lazuli.
8But now they are blacker than coal.
No one even recognizes them in the streets.
Their skin is wrinkled on their bones.
It has become as dry as a stick.
9Those killed by swords are better off
than those who die of hunger.
Those who are hungry waste away to nothing.
They don’t have any food from the fields.
10With their own hands, loving mothers
have had to cook even their own children.
They ate their children
when my people were destroyed.
11The Lord has become very angry.
He has poured out his burning anger.
He started a fire in Zion.
It burned its foundations.
12The kings of the earth couldn’t believe what was happening.
Neither could any of the peoples of the world.
Enemies actually attacked and entered
the gates of Jerusalem.
13It happened because Jerusalem’s prophets had sinned.
Her priests had done evil things.
All of them spilled the blood
of those who did what was right.
14Now those prophets and priests
have to feel their way along the streets
as if they were blind.
The blood of those they killed has made them “unclean.”
So no one dares to touch their clothes.
15“Go away! You are ‘unclean’!”
people cry out to them.
“Go away! Get out of here!
Don’t touch us!”
So they run away and wander around.
Then people among the nations say,
“They can’t stay here anymore.”
16The Lord himself has scattered them.
He doesn’t watch over them anymore.
No one shows the priests any respect.
No one honors the elders.
17And that’s not all. Our eyes grew tired.
We looked for help that never came.
We watched from our towers.
We kept looking for a nation that couldn’t save us.
18People hunted us down no matter where we went.
We couldn’t even walk in our streets.
Our end was near, so we only had a few days to live.
Our end had come.
19Those who were hunting us down were faster
than eagles in the sky.
They chased us over the mountains.
They hid and waited for us in the desert.
20Zedekiah, the Lord’s anointed king, was our last hope.
But he was caught in their traps.
We thought he would keep us safe.
We expected to continue living among the nations.
21People of Edom, be joyful.
You who live in the land of Uz, be glad.
But the cup of the Lord’s anger will also be passed to you.
Then you will become drunk.
Your clothes will be stripped off.
22People of Zion, the time for you to be punished
will come to an end.
The Lord won’t keep you away from your land any longer.
But he will punish your sin, people of Edom.
He will show everyone the evil things you have done.
4 Sura hii imetungwa kila beti likianzia, na pia kila mstari katika lile beti, na herufi ya alfabeti ya Kiebrania zikifuatana tangu Aleph (A) hadi Taw (T); zote ni 22. 14:1 Eze 7:19Jinsi dhahabu ilivyopoteza mngʼao wake,
dhahabu iliyo safi haingʼai!
Vito vya thamani vimetawanywa
kwenye mwanzo wa kila barabara.
24:2 Isa 51:18; 2Kor 4:7Wana wa Sayuni wenye thamani,
ambao mwanzo uzito wa thamani yao
ulikuwa wa dhahabu,
sasa wanaangaliwa kama vyungu vya udongo,
kazi ya mikono ya mfinyanzi!
34:3 Ay 39:14-16Hata mbweha hutoa matiti yao
kunyonyesha watoto wao,
lakini watu wangu wamekuwa wasio na huruma
kama mbuni jangwani.
44:4 Mao 2:11-12; Za 22:15; 2Fal 18:31; Kum 28:48Kwa sababu ya kiu ulimi wa mtoto mchanga
umegandamana na kaakaa la kinywa chake,
watoto huomba mkate,
lakini hakuna yeyote awapaye.
54:5 Yer 6:2; Isa 3:26; Amo 6:3-7; Ay 24:8; Lk 15:16Wale waliokula vyakula vya kifahari
ni maskini barabarani.
Wale waliokuzwa wakivaa nguo za zambarau
sasa wanalalia majivu.
64:6 Mwa 19:25Adhabu ya watu wangu
ni kubwa kuliko ile ya Sodoma,
ambayo ilipinduliwa ghafula
bila kuwepo mkono wa msaada.
7Wakuu wao walikuwa wamengʼaa kuliko theluji
na weupe kuliko maziwa,
miili yao ilikuwa myekundu kuliko marijani,
kuonekana kwao kama yakuti samawi.
84:8 Ay 30:28; Za 102:3-5; Mao 3:4Lakini sasa ni weusi kuliko masizi;
hawatambulikani barabarani.
Ngozi yao imeshikamana juu ya mifupa yao,
imekuwa mikavu kama fimbo.
94:9 Yer 15:2; 16:4; 2Fal 25:3; Mao 5:10Wale waliouawa kwa upanga ni bora
kuliko wale wanaokufa njaa;
wanateseka kwa njaa, wanatokomea
kwa kukosa chakula kutoka shambani.
104:10 Mao 2:20; Law 26:29; Kum 28:53-57; Eze 5:10; Yer 19:9Kwa mikono yao wenyewe wanawake wenye huruma
wanapika watoto wao wenyewe,
waliokuwa chakula chao
watu wangu walipoangamizwa.
114:11 Yer 17:27; Kum 32:22; Yer 7:20; Ay 20:23; 2Nya 34:21; Eze 22:31Bwana ametoa nafasi kamilifu ya ghadhabu yake;
ameimwaga hasira yake kali.
Amewasha moto katika Sayuni
ambao umeteketeza misingi yake.
124:12 1Fal 9:9; Yer 21:13; Kum 29:24Wafalme wa dunia hawakuamini,
wala mtu yeyote wa duniani,
kwamba adui na watesi wangeweza kuingia
kwenye malango ya Yerusalemu.
134:13 Yer 5:31; Eze 22:28; Mik 3:11; 2Fal 21:16; Mt 23:31Lakini hili lilitokea kwa sababu ya dhambi za manabii wake,
na maovu ya makuhani wake,
waliomwaga ndani yake
damu ya wenye haki.
144:14 Isa 59:10; Yer 2:34; 19:4Sasa wanapapasa papasa barabarani
kama watu ambao ni vipofu.
Wamenajisiwa kabisa kwa damu,
hata hakuna anayethubutu kugusa mavazi yao.
154:15 Yer 44:14; Law 13:46; Mik 2:10Watu wanawapigia kelele, “Ondokeni! Ninyi ni najisi!
Ondokeni! Ondokeni! Msituguse!”
Wanapokimbia na kutangatanga huku na huko,
watu miongoni mwa mataifa wanasema,
“Hawawezi kukaa hapa zaidi.”
164:16 Isa 9:14-16; Mao 5:12Bwana mwenyewe amewatawanya;
hawaangalii tena.
Makuhani hawaonyeshwi heshima,
wazee hawakubaliki.
174:17 Mwa 15:18; Eze 29:16; Yer 37:7; Isa 20:5-6; 2Fal 24:7Zaidi ya hayo, macho yetu yalichoka,
kwa kutazamia bure msaada;
tuliangalia kutoka minara yetu
kwa taifa lisiloweza kutuokoa.
184:18 Eze 7:2-12; Amo 8:2; Yer 51:33; 2Fal 25:4; Yer 51:33Watu walituvizia katika kila hatua
hata hatukuweza kutembea katika barabara zetu.
Mwisho wetu ulikuwa karibu, siku zetu zilikuwa zimetimia,
kwa maana mwisho wetu ulikuwa umefika.
194:19 Kum 28:49; Law 26:36; Isa 5:26-28; Yer 52:7Waliotufuatia walikuwa wepesi
kuliko tai angani;
walitusaka juu milimani
na kutuvizia jangwani.
204:20 1Sam 26:9; 2Sam 19:21; Yer 39:5; Eze 19:4-8; 12:12-13; Mwa 2:7; Yer 52:9Mpakwa mafuta wa Bwana, pumzi ya uhai wetu hasa,
alinaswa katika mitego yao.
Tulifikiri kwamba chini ya kivuli chake
tungeliweza kuishi miongoni mwa mataifa.
214:21 Za 16:5; Yer 25:15; Eze 35:15; Hab 2:16; Mwa 10:23; Isa 34:6-10; Amu 1:11Shangilia na ufurahi, ee Binti Edomu,
wewe unayeishi nchi ya Usi.
Lakini kwako pia kikombe kitapitishwa,
Utalewa na kuvuliwa nguo ubaki uchi.
224:22 Isa 40:2; Yer 33:8; Eze 25:12-14; Mal 1:4; Za 137:7Ee Binti Sayuni, adhabu yako itaisha,
hatarefusha muda wako wa kukaa uhamishoni.
Lakini, ee Binti Edomu, ataadhibu dhambi yako,
na atafunua uovu wako.
