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Ẹkun Jeremiah 4
Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn
Ẹkun Jeremiah 4
Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn
4 Báwo ni wúrà ṣe sọ ògo dídán rẹ̀ nù,
wúrà dídára di àìdán!
Òkúta ibi mímọ́ wá túká
sí oríta gbogbo òpópó.
2 Báwo ni àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin Sioni tí ó ṣe iyebíye,
tí wọ́n fi wúrà dídára ṣe
wá dàbí ìkòkò amọ̀ lásán
iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ amọ̀kòkò!
3 Àwọn ajáko pèsè ọmú wọn
fún ìtọ́jú àwọn ọmọ wọn,
ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn mi wá láì lọ́kàn
bí ògòǹgò ní aginjù.
4 Nítorí òǹgbẹ, ahọ́n àwọn ọmọ ọwọ́
lẹ̀ mọ́ òkè ẹnu wọn;
àwọn ọmọdé bẹ̀bẹ̀ fún oúnjẹ
Ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹni tí ó fi fún wọn.
5 Àwọn tí ó ń jẹ ohun dáradára
di òtòṣì ní òpópó.
Àwọn tí a fi aṣọ dáradára wọ̀
ni wọ́n sùn ní orí òkìtì eérú.
6 Ìjìyà àwọn ènìyàn mi
tóbi ju ti Sodomu lọ,
tí a sí ní ipò ní òjijì
láìsí ọwọ́ láti ràn án lọ́wọ́.
7 Ọmọ ọba ọkùnrin wọn mọ́ ju òjò-dídì,
wọ́n sì funfun ju wàrà lọ
wọ́n ni ìtọ́jú bí iyùn pupa,
ìrísí wọn dàbí safire.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí wọ́n dúdú ju èédú;
wọn kò sì dá wọn mọ̀ ní òpópó.
Ara wọn hun mọ́ egungun;
ó sì gbẹ bí igi gbígbẹ.
9 Àwọn tí ó kù nípasẹ̀ idà sàn
ju àwọn tí ìyàn pa;
tí ó wọ àkísà ebi, tí ó ń ṣòfò
fún àìní oúnjẹ láti inú pápá.
10 Pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ àwọn obìnrin aláàánú
ni wọ́n ṣe ọmọ wọn jẹ
tí ó di oúnjẹ fún wọn
nígbà tí a pa àwọn ènìyàn mi run.
11 Olúwa ti fi ihò kíkún fún ìbínú rẹ̀;
ó sì tú ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀ jáde.
Ó da iná ní Sioni
tí ó jó ìpìlẹ̀ rẹ̀ run.
12 Àwọn ọba ayé kò gbàgbọ́,
tàbí àwọn ènìyàn ayé,
wí pé àwọn ọ̀tá àti aninilára le wọ
odi ìlú Jerusalẹmu.
13 Èyí ṣẹlẹ̀ nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àwọn wòlíì
àti àìṣedéédéé àwọn olórí àlùfáà,
tí ó ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ àwọn olódodo
sílẹ̀ láàrín rẹ̀.
14 Nísinsin yìí wọ́n ń rìn kiri ní òpópó
bí ọkùnrin tí ó fọ́jú.
Ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara wọn sọ wọ́n di àbàwọ́n
tí kò sẹ́ni tó láyà láti fọwọ́ kan aṣọ wọn.
15 “Lọ kúrò! Ẹ̀yin di aláìmọ́!” ni àwọn ènìyàn ń kígbe sí wọn.
“Ẹ lọ! Ẹ lọ! Ẹ má ṣe fọwọ́ kàn wá!”
Àwọn ènìyàn láàrín orílẹ̀-èdè wí pé,
“Wọn kì yóò tẹ̀dó síbí mọ́.”
16 Olúwa ti tú wọn ká fúnrarẹ̀;
kò sí bojútó wọn mọ́.
Kò sí ọ̀wọ̀ fún olórí àlùfáà mọ́,
àti àánú fún àwọn àgbàgbà.
17 Síwájú sí i, ojú wa kùnà
fún wíwo ìrànlọ́wọ́ asán;
láti orí ìṣọ́ wa ni à ń wò
fún orílẹ̀-èdè tí kò le gbà wá là.
18 Wọ́n ń ṣọ́ wa kiri,
àwa kò sì le rìn ní òpópó wa mọ́.
Òpin wa ti súnmọ́, ọjọ́ wa sì níye
nítorí òpin wa ti dé.
19 Àwọn tí ń lé wa yára
ju idì ojú ọ̀run lọ;
wọ́n lé wa ní gbogbo orí òkè
wọ́n sì gẹ̀gùn dè wá ní aginjù.
20 Ẹni ààmì òróró Olúwa, èémí ìyè wa,
ni wọ́n fi tàkúté wọn mú.
Àwa rò pé lábẹ́ òjìji rẹ̀
ni àwa yóò máa gbé láàrín orílẹ̀-èdè gbogbo.
21 Ẹ yọ̀ kí inú yín sì dùn, ẹ̀yin ọmọbìnrin Edomu,
ẹ̀yin tó ń gbé ní ilẹ̀ Usi.
Ṣùgbọ́n, a ó gbé ago náà kọjá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ pẹ̀lú;
ìwọ yóò yó bí ọ̀mùtí, ìwọ yóò sì rìn ní ìhòhò.
22 Ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Sioni, ìjìyà rẹ yóò dópin;
kò ní mú ìgbèkùn rẹ pẹ́ mọ́.
Ṣùgbọ́n, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Edomu, yóò jẹ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ní yà
yóò sì fi àìṣedéédéé rẹ hàn kedere.
Lamentations 4
New International Version
Lamentations 4
New International Version
4 [a]How the gold has lost its luster,
the fine gold become dull!
The sacred gems are scattered
at every street corner.(A)
2 How the precious children of Zion,(B)
once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
the work of a potter’s hands!
3 Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.(C)
4 Because of thirst(D) the infant’s tongue
sticks to the roof of its mouth;(E)
the children beg for bread,
but no one gives it to them.(F)
5 Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple(G)
now lie on ash heaps.(H)
6 The punishment of my people
is greater than that of Sodom,(I)
which was overthrown in a moment
without a hand turned to help her.
7 Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like lapis lazuli.
8 But now they are blacker(J) than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;(K)
it has become as dry as a stick.
9 Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of famine;(L)
racked with hunger, they waste away
for lack of food from the field.(M)
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(N)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath;(O)
he has poured out(P) his fierce anger.(Q)
He kindled a fire(R) in Zion
that consumed her foundations.(S)
12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
nor did any of the peoples of the world,
that enemies and foes could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.(T)
13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,(U)
who shed within her
the blood(V) of the righteous.
14 Now they grope through the streets
as if they were blind.(W)
They are so defiled with blood(X)
that no one dares to touch their garments.
15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
“Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander(Y) about,
people among the nations say,
“They can stay here no longer.”(Z)
16 The Lord himself has scattered them;
he no longer watches over them.(AA)
The priests are shown no honor,
the elders(AB) no favor.(AC)
17 Moreover, our eyes failed,
looking in vain(AD) for help;(AE)
from our towers we watched
for a nation(AF) that could not save us.
18 People stalked us at every step,
so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come.(AG)
19 Our pursuers were swifter
than eagles(AH) in the sky;
they chased us(AI) over the mountains
and lay in wait for us in the desert.(AJ)
20 The Lord’s anointed,(AK) our very life breath,
was caught in their traps.(AL)
We thought that under his shadow(AM)
we would live among the nations.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Lamentations 4
King James Version
Lamentations 4
King James Version
4 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
2 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 Even the sea monsters 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 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 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
8 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 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 For 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 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
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.
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