Plenn 4
1 Gade jan bon lò pa klere ankò! Li chanje, li pèdi kalite li! Gade jan wòch Tanp yo gaye nan tout lari!
How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
2 Nan tan lontan nou pa ta bay moun peyi Siyon yo pou pi bon lò ki genyen. Gade! Koulye a, yo pa vo pase krich tè moun fè ak men.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Ata manman chat mawon bay pitit yo tete. Men, pèp mwen an mechan tankou otrich k'ap viv nan dezè. Yo pa pran swen pitit yo.
Even the jackals 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 Lang ti bebe yo kole nan fon bouch yo sitèlman yo swaf dlo. Timoun yo ap rele mande manje. Pa gen pesonn pou ba yo anyen!
The 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.
5 Moun ki te konn manje bon manje gou ap tonbe faya nan lari. Moun ki te elve nan gran kay ap chache manje nan fatra.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 Peche lavil Jerizalèm pi gwo pase peche lavil Sodòm, ki te rete konsa Bondye disparèt li.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.
7 Nazirit nou yo te san repwòch. Pi bon pase yo pa t' genyen. Yo te anfòm, yo te gwonèg. Yon bèl san wouj t'ap koule nan venn yo!
Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.
8 Koulye a, se lonbraj yo ase ki la. Yo fini. Pesonn pa rekonèt yo nan lari. Po yo chèch tankou kòs bwa, yo tounen zo ak po.
Their 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.
9 Moun ki mouri nan lagè pi bon pase moun ki mouri grangou. Y'ap depafini jouk yo mouri. Yo pa jwenn anyen pou yo manje.
They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
10 Manman ki te renmen pitit yo anpil, koulye a, yo kwit yo pou yo manje. Lè malè a tonbe sou pèp mwen an, se sa yo fè pou yo pa mouri grangou.
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Seyè a fache nèt. Li limen yon sèl kalite dife nan lavil Siyon. Li boule l' ratè.
Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 Pesonn sou latè, pa menm wa peyi sou latè yo, pa t' vle kwè yon jou, moun ki pa vle wè pèp Bondye a ta antre nan pòtay lavil Jerizalèm!
The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Men, tou sa rive paske pwofèt li yo ak prèt li yo te peche. Yo te lakòz anpil moun ki mache dwat pèdi lavi yo mal.
[It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
14 Y'ap mache nan lari tankou moun avèg. Yo bade ak san. Pesonn pa gen dwa manyen rad yo.
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
15 Kote yo pase moun ap rele: Wete kò nou la! Nou pa pwòp! Pa pwoche! Pa manyen m'! Se konsa y'ap plede kouri sot nan yon peyi al nan yon lòt. Pesonn pa vle resevwa yo.
Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [here].
16 Seyè a pa vle wè yo ankò, se li menm ki gaye yo konsa. Li pa gen konsiderasyon ni pou pè yo ni pou chèf yo.
The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.
17 Je nou wouj afòs nou kriye. N'ap tann yon sekou ki pa janm vini. M'ap veye tann yon nasyon ki pa ka fè anyen pou delivre nou.
Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
18 Lènmi ap veye kote nou prale. Nou pa menm gen dwa soti nan lari. Jou lanmò nou rive. Sa ki rete pou nou mouri a pa anyen.
They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Moun ki t'ap kouri dèyè nou yo te pi rapid pase malfini k'ap plonje dèyè poul. Y'ap kouri dèyè nou nan tout mòn yo. Yo tann pèlen pou nou nan tout dezè a.
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 Moun Seyè a te chwazi a, li menm ki tout souf lavi nou, li menm nou te konprann ki ta ka toujou pwoteje nou pou lòt nasyon pa anvayi nou, yo pran l', yo mete l' nan prizon!
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.
21 Nou menm, moun peyi Edon ki rete lavil Ouz, nou mèt fè kè nou kontan, nou mèt fè fèt! Tou pa nou dèyè, tande! Jou sa a, nou pral titibe toutouni nan tout lari.
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
22 Nou menm, moun lavil Siyon, nou fin peye pou peche nou yo. Bondye ap sispann pini nou! Men, nou menm moun Edon, Seyè a pral pini nou pou peche nou yo. L'ap denonse tou sa nou fè ki mal.
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 uncover thy sins.
