< विलाप 5 >

1 हे परमप्रभु, हामीमाथि जे भएको छ, सो सम्झनुहोस् । हाम्रो अपमान हेर्नुहोस्, र विचार गर्नुहोस् ।
Remember, Yahweh, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace.
2 हाम्रो उत्तराधिकार पराईहरू र हाम्रा घरहरू विदेशीहरूलाई दिइए ।
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our houses to foreigners.
3 हामी अनाथ, पितृहीन भएका छौँ, र हाम्रा आमाहरू विधवाजस्ता छन् ।
We have become orphans, the fatherless, and our mothers are like widows.
4 हामीले पिउने पानीको लागि र हाम्रै दाउरा किन्‍न हामीले चाँदीको दाम तिर्नुपर्छ ।
We must pay silver for the water we drink, and we must pay silver to get our own wood.
5 हामीलाई पछ्याउनेहरू हाम्रो छेउमा छन् । हामी थाकेका छौँ, र हामीलाई चैन छैन ।
Those who are coming after us are close behind us; we are weary and we can find no rest.
6 पर्याप्‍त खानाको लागि हामीले आफैलाई मिश्र र अश्शूरमा सुम्पिदिएका छौँ ।
We have given ourselves to Egypt and to Assyria to get enough food.
7 हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरूलेपाप गरे, र अब तिनीहरू छैनन्, र हामीले तिनीहरूका अधर्मको फल भोग्दछौँ ।
Our fathers sinned, and they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
8 कमाराहरूले हामीमाथि शासन गर्छन्, र हामीलाई तिनीहरूको हातबाट छुटकारा दिने कोही छैन ।
Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
9 उजाड-स्थानमा भएको तरवारको कारण हाम्रा जीवन जोखिममा पारेर मात्रै हामी रोटी पाउँछौँ ।
We get our bread only by risking our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 भोकको रापले गर्दा हाम्रो छाला चुलोझैँ तातिएको छ ।
Our skin has grown as hot as an oven because of the burning heat of hunger.
11 सियोनमा स्‍त्रीहरू र यहूदाका सहरहरूमा कन्याहरू बलत्कार गरिएका छन् ।
Women are raped in Zion, and virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 राजकुमारहरू तिनीहरूका आफ्नै हातद्वारा झुण्ड्याइएका छन्, र धर्म-गुरुहरूलाई कुनै आदर देखाइएको छैन ।
Princes are hung up by their own hands, and no honor is shown to the elders.
13 युवाहरू जाँतोमा अन्‍न पिँध्‍न बाध्य पारिएका छन्, र ठिटाहरू दाउराको भारीले थिचिएर लडबडाउँदै हिँड्छन् ।
Young men are forced to grind grain with a millstone, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
14 धर्म-गुरुहरूले सहरको मूल ढोका छोडेका छन्, र युवाहरूले तिनीहरूको सङ्गीत छोडिदिएका छन् ।
The elders have left the city gate, and the young men have left their music.
15 हाम्रो हृदयको आनन्द हटेको छ, र हाम्रो नाच शोकमा परिणत भएको छ ।
The joy of our heart has ceased and our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 मुकुट हाम्रो शिरबाट खसेको छ । हामीलाई धिक्‍कार छ! किनकि हामीले पाप गरेका छौँ ।
The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 हाम्रो यो हृदय दुर्बल भएको छ, र यिनै कुराको कारण हाम्रो आँखा धमिलिएका छन् ।
For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes grow dim
18 सियोन पर्वत उजाड छ, जहाँ स्यालहरू घुमिहिँड्छन् ।
for Mount Zion lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
19 तर हे परमप्रभु, तपाईंले सदासर्वदा शासन गर्नुहुन्छ, र तपाईं पुस्तादेखि पुस्तासम्म आफ्नो सिंहासनमा विराजमान हुनुहुने छ ।
But you, Yahweh, reign forever, and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation.
20 तपाईंले हामीलाई किन सदाको निम्ति बिर्सनुहुन्छ? तपाईंले हामीलाई यति धेरै दिनसम्म किन त्याग्‍नुहुन्छ?
Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so many days?
21 हे परमप्रभु, हामीलाई पुनर्स्थापना गर्नुहोस्, र हामी पुनर्स्थापित हुने छौँ ।
Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. Renew our days as they were long ago—
22 तपाईंले हामीलाई बिलकुलै इन्कार गर्नुभएको छैन, र सम्झनै नसक्‍ने गरी तपाईं हामीसित रिसाउनुभएको छैन भने धेरै पहिले भएजस्तै हाम्रा दिन नवीकरण गरिदिनुहोस् ।
unless you have utterly rejected us and you are angry with us beyond measure.

< विलाप 5 >