Lamentations 4
1 How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!
Haa! Golide wathimbirira, golide wosalala wasinthikiratu! Amwazamwaza miyala yokongola ya kumalo opatulika pamphambano ponse pa mzinda.
2 The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Haa! Ana a Ziyoni amtengowapatali amene kale anali ngati golide, tsopano ali ngati miphika ya dothi, ntchito ya owumba mbiya!
3 Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ngakhale nkhandwe zimapereka bere kuyamwitsa ana ake, koma anthu anga asanduka ankhanza ngati nthiwatiwa mʼchipululu.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.
Lilime la mwana lakangamira kukhosi chifukwa cha ludzu, ana akupempha chakudya, koma palibe amene akuwapatsa.
5 They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Iwo amene kale ankadya zonona akupemphetsa mʼmisewu ya mu mzinda. Iwo amene kale ankavala zokongola tsopano akugona pa phulusa.
6 And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.
Kuyipa kwa anthu anga kunali kwakukulu kuposa anthu a ku Sodomu, amene anawonongedwa mʼkamphindi kochepa popanda owathandiza.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire.
Akalonga ake anali owala koposa chisanu chowundana ndi oyera kuposa mkaka. Matupi awo anali ofiira kuposa miyala ya rubi, maonekedwe awo ngati miyala ya safiro.
8 Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Koma tsopano maonekedwe awo ndi akuda kuposa mwaye; palibe angawazindikire mʼmisewu ya mu mzinda. Khungu lawo lachita makwinyamakwinya pa mafupa awo; lawuma gwaa ngati nkhuni.
9 The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Amene anaphedwa ndi lupanga aliko bwino kuposa amene anafa ndi njala; chifukwa chosowa chakudya cha mʼmunda iwowa ankafowoka ndi njala mpaka kufa.
10 The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.
Amayi achifundo afika pophika ana awo enieni, ndiwo anali chakudya chawo pamene anthu anga anali kuwonongeka.
11 Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof.
Yehova wakwaniritsa ukali wake; wagwetsa pansi mkwiyo wake woopsa. Ndipo wayatsa moto mʼZiyoni kuti uwononge maziko ake.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
Mafumu a pa dziko lapansi sanakhulupirire, kapena wina aliyense wokhala pa dziko lonse, kuti adani kapena ankhondo akhoza kulowa pa zipata za Yerusalemu.
13 [It is] for the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.
Koma izi zinachitika chifukwa cha kuchimwa kwa aneneri ake ndi mphulupulu za ansembe ake, amene ankapha anthu osalakwa pakati pawo.
14 They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Tsopano akungoyendayenda mʼmisewu ya mu mzinda ngati anthu osaona. Iwo ndi odetsedwa kwambiri ndi magazi palibe yemwe angayerekeze nʼkukhudza komwe chovala chawo.
15 They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [there].
Anthu akuwafuwulira kuti, “Chokani! Inu anthu odetsedwa!” “Chokani! Chokani! Musatikhudze ife!” Akamathawa ndi kumangoyendayenda, pakati pa anthu a mitundu yonse amati, “Asakhalenso ndi ife.”
16 The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.
Yehova mwini wake wawabalalitsa; Iye sakuwalabadiranso. Ansembe sakulandira ulemu, akuluakulu sakuwachitira chifundo.
17 Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.
Ndiponso maso athu atopa nʼkuyangʼana, chithandizo chosabwera nʼkomwe, kuchokera pa nsanja zathu tinadikirira mtundu wa anthu umene sukanatipulumutsa.
18 They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Anthu ankalondola mapazi athu, choncho sitikanayenda mʼmisewu yathu mu mzinda. Chimaliziro chathu chinali pafupi, masiku athu anali owerengeka, chifukwa chimaliziro chathu chinali chitafika.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Otilondola akuthamanga kwambiri kuposa ziwombankhanga mu mlengalenga; anatithamangitsa mpaka ku mapiri ndi kutibisalira mʼchipululu.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
Wodzozedwa wa Yehova, mpweya wathu wotipatsa moyo, anakodwa mʼmisampha yawo. Tinaganiza kuti tidzakhala pansi pa mthunzi wake pakati pa mitundu ya anthu.
21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
Kondwera ndi kusangalala, mwana wamkazi wa Edomu. Iwe amene umakhala mʼdziko la Uzi. Koma iwenso chikho chidzakupeza; udzaledzera mpaka kukhala maliseche.
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.
Iwe 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.
