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Jinsi mji huu ukaavyo ukiwa, Huo uliokuwa umejaa watu! Jinsi alivyokuwa kama mjane, Yeye aliyekuwa mkuu kati ya mataifa! Binti mfalme kati ya majimbo, Jinsi alivyoshikwa shokoa!
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
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Hulia sana wakati wa usiku, Na machozi yake yapo mashavuni; Miongoni mwa wote waliompenda Hakuna hata mmoja amfarijiye; Rafiki zake wote wamemtenda hila, Wamekuwa adui zake.
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
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Yuda amehamishwa kwa sababu ya kuonewa, Na kwa sababu ya utumwa mkuu; Anakaa kati ya makafiri, Haoni raha iwayo yote; Wote waliomfuata wamempata Katika dhiki yake.
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
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Njia za Sayuni zaomboleza, Kwa kuwa hakuna ajaye kwa sikukuu; Malango yake yote yamekuwa ukiwa, Makuhani wake hupiga kite; Wanawali wake wanahuzunika; Na yeye mwenyewe huona uchungu.
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
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Watesi wake wamekuwa kichwa, Adui zake hufanikiwa; Kwa kuwa Bwana amemtesa Kwa sababu ya wingi wa makosa yake; Watoto wake wadogo wamechukuliwa mateka Mbele yake huyo mtesi.
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
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Naye huyo binti Sayuni Enzi yake yote imemwacha; Wakuu wake wamekuwa kama ayala Wasioona malisho; Nao wamekwenda zao hawana nguvu Mbele yake anayewafuatia.
All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.
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Siku za mateso na misiba yake, Yerusalemu huyakumbuka matamaniko yake yote Yaliyokuwa tangu siku za kale; Hapo watu wake walipoanguka mikononi mwa mtesi, Wala hakuna hata mmoja wa kumsaidia; Hao watesi wake walimwona, Wakafanya sabato zake kuwa mzaha.
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
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Yerusalemu amefanya dhambi sana; Kwa hiyo amekuwa kama kitu kichafu; Wote waliomheshimu wanamdharau, Kwa sababu wameuona uchi wake; Naam, yeye anaugua, Na kujigeuza aende nyuma.
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
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Uchafu wake ulikuwa katika marinda yake; Hakukumbuka mwisho wake; Kwa hiyo ameshuka kwa ajabu; Yeye hana mtu wa kumfariji; Tazama, Bwana, teso langu; Maana huyo adui amejitukuza.
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
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Huyo mtesi amenyosha mkono wake Juu ya matamaniko yake yote; Maana ameona ya kuwa makafiri wameingia Ndani ya patakatifu pake; Ambao kwa habari zao wewe uliamuru Wasiingie katika kusanyiko lako.
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
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Watu wake wote hupiga kite, Wanatafuta chakula; Wameyatoa matamaniko yao wapate chakula Cha kuihuisha nafsi; Ee Bwana, tazama, uangalie; Kwa maana mimi nimekuwa mnyonge.
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
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Je! Si kitu kwenu, enyi nyote mpitao njia, Angalieni, mtazame Kama kuna majonzi yo yote mfano wa majonzi yangu, Niliyotendwa mimi, Ambayo Bwana amenihuzunisha kwa hayo Siku ya hasira yake iwakayo.
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
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Toka juu amepeleka moto mifupani mwangu, Nao umeishinda; Ametandika wavu aninase miguu, Amenirudisha nyuma; Amenifanya kuwa mtu wa pekee, Na mgonjwa mchana kutwa.
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
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Kongwa la makosa yangu limefungwa na mkono wake; Hayo yameshikamana; Yamepanda juu shingoni mwangu; Amezikomesha nguvu zangu;
My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
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Bwana amenitia mikononi mwao, Ambao siwezi kupingamana nao. Bwana amewafanya mashujaa wangu wote Kuwa si kitu kati yangu; Ameita mkutano mkuu kinyume changu Ili kuwaponda vijana wangu; Bwana amemkanyaga kama shinikizoni Huyo bikira binti Yuda.
The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
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Mimi ninayalilia mambo hayo; Jicho langu, jicho langu linachuruzika maji; Kwa kuwa mfariji yu mbali nami, Ambaye ilimpasa kunihuisha nafsi; Watoto wangu wameachwa peke yao, Kwa sababu huyo adui ameshinda.
For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
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Sayuni huinyosha mikono yake; Hakuna hata mmoja wa kumfariji; Bwana ametoa amri juu ya Yakobo, Kwamba wamzungukao wawe watesi wake; Yerusalemu amekuwa kati yao Kama kitu kichafu.
Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
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Bwana ndiye mwenye haki; Maana nimeiasi amri yake; Sikieni, nawasihi, enyi watu wote, Mkayatazame majonzi yangu; Wasichana wangu na wavulana wangu Wamechukuliwa mateka.
The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
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Naliwaita hao walionipenda Lakini walinidanganya; Makuhani wangu na wazee wangu Walifariki mjini; Hapo walipokuwa wakitafuta chakula ili kuzihuisha nafsi zao.
I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
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Angalia, Ee Bwana; maana mimi ni katika dhiki; Mtima wangu umetaabika; Moyo wangu umegeuka ndani yangu; Maana nimeasi vibaya sana; Huko nje upanga hufisha watu; Nyumbani mna kama mauti.
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
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Wamesikia kwamba napiga kite; Hakuna hata mmoja wa kunifariji; Adui zangu wote wamesikia habari ya mashaka yaliyonipata; Hufurahi kwa kuwa umeyafanya hayo; Utaileta siku ile uliyoitangaza, Nao watakuwa kama mimi.
People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.
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Huo uovu wao wote Na uje mbele zako wewe; Ukawatende wao kama ulivyonitenda mimi Kwa dhambi zangu zote; Kwa maana mauguzi yangu ni mengi sana, Na moyo wangu umezimia.
Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.