1Rántí, Olúwa, ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wa;
wò ó, kí o sì rí ìtìjú wa.
2Àwọn ohun ìní wa ti di ti àlejò,
ilé wa ti di ti àjèjì.
3Àwa ti di aláìní òbí àti aláìní baba,
àwọn ìyá wa ti di opó.
4A gbọdọ̀ ra omi tí à ń mu;
igi wa di títà fún wa.
5Àwọn tí ó ń lé wa súnmọ́ wa;
àárẹ̀ mú wa àwa kò sì rí ìsinmi.
6Àwa jọ̀wọ́ ara wa fún Ejibiti àti Asiria
láti rí oúnjẹ tó tó jẹ.
7Àwọn baba wa ti ṣẹ̀, wọn kò sì ṣí mọ́,
àwa sì ń ru ìjìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.
8Àwọn ẹrú ń jẹ ọba lórí wa,
kò sì ṣí ẹni tí yóò gbà wá lọ́wọ́ wọn.
9Àwa ń rí oúnjẹ wa nínú ewu ẹ̀mí wa
nítorí idà tí ó wà ní aginjù.
10Ẹran-ara wa gbóná bí ààrò,
ebi sì yó wa bí àárẹ̀.
11Wọ́n ti fipá bá àwọn obìnrin wa lòpọ̀ ní Sioni,
àti àwọn wúńdíá ti o wa ní ìlú Juda.
12Àwọn ọmọ ọbakùnrin ti di síso sókè ní ọwọ́ wọn;
kò sí ìbọ̀wọ̀ fún àgbàgbà mọ́.
13Àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin wa ru òkúta;
àwọn ọmọkùnrin sì ń ṣàárẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹrù igi.
14Àwọn àgbàgbà ti lọ kúrò ní ẹnu-bodè ìlú;
àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin sì dákẹ́ orin wọn
15Ayọ̀ ti ṣáko ní ọkàn wa;
ọ̀fọ̀ sì ti dúró bí ijó fún wa.
16Adé ti ṣí kúrò ní orí wa
ègbé ni fún wa, nítorí a ti ṣẹ̀.
17Nítorí èyí, àárẹ̀ mú ọkàn wa,
nítorí èyí, ojú wa sì ṣú.
18Fún òkè Sioni tí ó ti di ahoro
lórí rẹ̀ àwọn kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ sì ń rìn kiri.
19Ìwọ, Olúwa, jẹ ọba títí láé;
ìjọba rẹ dúró láti ìran kan dé ìran mìíràn.
20Kí ló dé tí o ń gbàgbé wa ní gbogbo ìgbà?
Kí ló dé tí o fi kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ fún ọjọ́ pípẹ́?
21Mú wa padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, Olúwa, kí àwa kí ó le padà;
mú ọjọ́ wa di tuntun bí ìgbàanì
22Àyàfi tí o bá ti kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ pátápátá
tí ìbínú rẹ sí wa sì kọjá ìwọ̀n.
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5.4 is…: Heb. cometh for price 5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.5.5 Our…: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted 6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. 8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. 9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.5.10 terrible: or, terrors, or, storms 11They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. 12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. 13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. 14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. 15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. 16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!5.16 The…: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen
17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?5.20 so…: Heb. for length of days? 21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.5.22 But…: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?
