Haya, shuka, keti mavumbini, Ewe bikira, binti Babeli; Keti chini pasipo kiti cha enzi, Ewe binti wa Wakaldayo; Maana hutaitwa tena mwororo, mpenda anasa.
Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Twaa mawe ya kusagia, usage unga; Vua utaji wako, ondoa mavazi yako, Funua mguu wako, pita katika mito ya maji.
Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
Uchi wako utafunuliwa, Naam, aibu yako itaonekana. Nitalipa kisasi; simkubali mtu ye yote.
Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
Mkombozi wetu, Bwana wa majeshi ndilo jina lake, Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Kaa kimya, ingia gizani, Ee binti wa Wakaldayo; Maana hutaitwa tena Malkia wa falme.
Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
Nalikuwa nimekasirika na watu wangu, naliutia unajisi urithi wangu, nikawatia mkononi mwako; wewe hukuwatendea rehema; uliwatia wazee nira yako, nayo nzito sana.
I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you did show them no mercy; on the aged have you very heavily laid your yoke.
Ukasema, Mimi nitakuwa bibi milele; hata hukuyatia hayo moyoni mwako, wala hukukumbuka mwisho wa mambo hayo.
You said, I shall be mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.
Sasa, basi, sikia haya, wewe upendaye anasa, ukaaye na kujiona salama, wewe usemaye moyoni mwako, Mimi ndiye, wala hapana mwingine zaidi yangu mimi; sitaketi mfano wa mjane, wala sitajua kufiwa na watoto;
Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
lakini mambo haya mawili yatakupata katika dakika moja siku moja, kufiwa na watoto, na ujane; yatakupata kiasi kitimilifu, uchawi wako ujapokuwa mwingi, na uganga wako mwingi mno.
but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
Maana umeutumainia ubaya wako; umesema, Hapana anionaye; hekima yako, na maarifa yako yamekupotosha, nawe umesema moyoni mwako, Mimi ndiye, wala hapana mwingine zaidi yangu mimi.
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Kwa sababu hiyo ubaya utakupata; wala hutajua kutopoa kwake; na msiba utakuangukia; hutaweza kuuondoa; na ukiwa utakupata kwa ghafula, usioujua.
Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know the dawning of it: and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
Simama sasa na uganga wako, na wingi wa uchawi wako, uliojitaabisha nao tangu ujana wako; labda utaweza kupata faida, labda utaweza kushinda.
Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
Umechoka kwa wingi wa mashauri yako; basi, na wasimame hao wajuao falaki, wazitazamao nyota, watabirio kila mwezi mambo ya mwezi huo, wakakuokoe na mambo yatakayokupata.
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
Tazama, watakuwa kama mabua makavu; moto utawateketeza; hawatajiokoa na nguvu za mwali wa moto; hautakuwa kaa la kukota moto, wala moto wa kukaa karibu nao.
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
Ndivyo yatakavyokuwa mambo hayo uliyojitaabisha nayo; wale waliofanya biashara nawe tangu ujana wako watatanga-tanga mbali nawe, kila mtu akienda zake; hapatakuwa na mtu wa kukuokoa.
Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.