Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Lord, what is come vpon vs: consider, and behold our reproche.
ʻE Sihova, ke ke manatu ki he meʻa kuo hoko kiate kimautolu: tokanga pea ke ʻafio ki homau taukae.
2 Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.
Kuo liliu homau tofiʻa ki he kau muli, ʻa homau ngaahi fale ki he ʻāuhē.
3 We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.
Ko e kau faʻē mate mo tamai mate ʻakimautolu, ko ʻemau ngaahi faʻē kuo hangē kuo mate ʻa honau ngaahi husepāniti.
4 Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.
Kuo mau inu vai ʻi he totongi paʻanga, ko ʻemau fefie ʻoku fakatau kiate kimautolu.
5 Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
ʻOku māʻulalo ʻa homau kia ki he fakatanga: ʻoku mau ngāue pea ʻoku ʻikai ha mālōlō.
6 We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
Kuo mau fekuku nima mo e kau ʻIsipite, pea mo e kau ʻAsilia, ke mau mākona ʻi he mā.
7 Our fathers haue sinned, and are not, and we haue borne their iniquities.
Naʻe fai angahala ʻa ʻemau ngaahi tamai, pea ʻoku ʻikai, pea kuo mau fua ʻenau ngaahi hia.
8 Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.
Kuo pule ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki kiate kimautolu, ʻoku ʻikai ha niʻihi ʻoku fakahaofi ʻakimautolu mei honau nima.
9 Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.
Naʻa mau maʻu meʻakai ʻi he tuʻutāmaki ʻo ʻemau moʻui, koeʻuhi ko e heletā ʻi he toafa.
10 Our skinne was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.
Naʻe ʻuliʻuli ʻa homau kili ʻo hangē ko e ngotoʻumu, ko e meʻa ʻi he honge fakamanavahē.
11 They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.
Naʻa nau tohotoho ʻae kau fefine ʻi Saione, ʻae kau tāupoʻou ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta.
12 The princes are hanged vp by their hande: the faces of the elders were not had in honour.
ʻOku tautau ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki mei honau nima, naʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻae mata ʻoe kau mātuʻa.
13 They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
Naʻa nau ʻave ʻae kau talavou ke momosi, pea naʻe tō hifo ʻae tamaiki ʻi he lalo ʻakau.
14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.
Kuo ʻosi ʻae kau mātuʻa mei he matapā, ʻae kau talavou mei he fasi hiva.
15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.
Kuo ʻosi ʻae fiefia ʻa homau loto; kuo liliu ʻa ʻemau meʻe ko e mamahi.
16 The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.
Kuo tō ʻae tatā fakatuʻi mei homau ʻulu. ʻOiauē ʻakimautolu! He kuo mau fai angahala.
17 Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,
Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni ʻoku vaivai homau loto; koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa ni ʻoku nenefu homau mata.
18 Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.
Koeʻuhi ko e moʻunga ʻo Saione, ʻaia ʻoku lala pē, ʻoku ʻaʻeva ai ʻae fanga fokisi.
19 But thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne is from generation to generation.
ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi ʻo taʻengata, ko ho ʻafioʻanga ʻoku mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.
20 Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?
Ko e hā ʻoku ke fakangaloʻi ʻakimautolu ʻo taʻengata, pea mahuʻi meiate kimautolu ʻo fuoloa?
21 Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde.
Fakatafokiʻi ʻakimautolu kiate koe, ʻE Sihova, pea te mau liliu moʻoni; fakafoʻou homau ngaahi ʻaho ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi muʻa.
22 But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.
Ka kuo ke mātuʻaki liʻaki ʻakimautolu; ʻoku ke houhau ʻaupito kiate kimautolu.
