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Lamentations

Chapter 1

KJV · Textus Receptus

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

Asante Twi

1Hwɛ sɛdeɛ kuropɔn no te ase ne nko, deɛ na nkurɔfoɔ ahyɛ no ma! hwɛ sɛdeɛ wayɛ sɛ opremfoɔ baa! ɔno a na ɔyɛ kɛseɛ wɔ amanaman mu, na ɔyɛ ɔhemmaa wɔ amantam mu, hwɛ sɛdeɛ wayɛ deɛ ɔtua toɔ!Under pastoral review
2Ɔsu yaayaaya anadwo, na ne nisuo wɔ n'afono ho: n'adɔfoɔ nyinaa mu, ɔnni obi a ɔbɛkyekye ne werɛ: ne nnamfonom nyinaa adi no hwammɔ, wɔabɛyɛ n'atamfoɔ.Under pastoral review
3Yuda akɔ nnommum mu, amanehunu ne nkoasom kɛseɛ enti: ɔte amanamanmufoɔ mu, ɔnnya ahomegyeɛ: wɔn a wɔtaa no nyinaa too no wɔ mmeaeɛ a ɛhihia mu.Under pastoral review
4Sion akwan di awerɛhoɔ, ɛfiri sɛ obiara mma afahyɛ kɛseɛ mu: n'apono nyinaa ada mpan: n'asɔfoɔ si apinie, ne mmaabunu wɔ ahohia mu, na ɔwɔ nwononwono mu.Under pastoral review
5N'atamfoɔ ayɛ atitire, wɔn a wɔtan no di yie; ɛfiri sɛ AWURADE ama amane ato no ne mmarato dodoɔ enti: ne mma akɔ nnommum mu ɔtamfoɔ anim.Under pastoral review
6Na Sion babaa ahoɔfɛ nyinaa afiri ne so kɔ: ne mmapɔmma ayɛ sɛ adabɔ a wɔnnya adidibea, na wɔkɔ a wɔnni ahoɔden wɔ ɔtaafoɔ anim.Under pastoral review
7Yerusalem kaee n'amanehunu ne n'ahohia nna mu, n'anigyedeɛ nyinaa a na ɔwɔ tete nna mu, ɛberɛ a ne nkurɔfoɔ hwee ɔtamfoɔ nsam, na obiara ammoa no: atamfoɔ hunuu no, na wɔdii ne homeda ho fɛw.Under pastoral review
8Yerusalem ayɛ bɔne kɛseɛ; ɛno enti wayɛ adeɛ a wɔtu kɔ: wɔn a na wɔdi no ni nyinaa bu no animtiaa, ɛfiri sɛ wɔahunu n'adagya: aane, ɔsi apinie, na ɔdane n'akyi.Under pastoral review
9Ne fĩ wɔ n'atadeɛ ano; wankae n'awieeɛ; ɛno enti ɔsiane baa fam anwanwakwan so: na ɔnni ɔwerɛkyekyefoɔ. Ao AWURADE, hwɛ m'amanehunu: ɛfiri sɛ ɔtamfoɔ ama ne ho so.Under pastoral review
10Ɔtamfoɔ atrɛ ne nsa mu wɔ n'anigyedeɛ nyinaa so: ɛfiri sɛ wahunu sɛ amanamanmufoɔ ahyɛn ne kronkronbea mu, wɔn a wohyɛɛ sɛ wɔnnhyɛn w'asafo mu.Under pastoral review
11Ne nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa si apinie, wɔhwehwɛ burodo; wɔde wɔn anigyedeɛ ama aduane sɛ wɔnnya kra no bio: hwɛ, Ao AWURADE, na dwene ho; ɛfiri sɛ mayɛ deɛ wɔbu no abomfiaa.Under pastoral review
12Ɛnyɛ hwee mma mo anaa, mo a motwam nyinaa? monhwɛ, na monhunu sɛ awerɛhoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a ɛte sɛ m'awerɛhoɔ, deɛ wɔayɛ me, deɛ AWURADE de ama amane ato me n'abufuhyeɛ da no mu.Under pastoral review
13Ɔsoro na wasoma ogya aba me nnompe mu, na adi wɔn so nkonim: watrɛ asau mu ama me nan, wadane me m'akyi: wama mayɛ amamfo na mabrɛ da mu nyinaa.Under pastoral review
14Me mmarato kɔnnua no, ne nsa na akyekyere: wɔakyinkyim, na wɔforo aba me kɔn mu: wama m'ahoɔden ahwe ase, Awurade de me ahyɛ wɔn nsa, wɔn a merentumi nsɔre.Under pastoral review
15Awurade atiatia m'ahoɔdenfoɔ nyinaa so wɔ me mfimfini: wafrɛ nhyiamu atia me sɛ ɔmmubu me mmeranteɛ: Awurade atiatia ɔbaabunu, Yuda babaa so, sɛdeɛ ɛyɛ nsakyimena mu.Under pastoral review
16Yeinom enti mesu; m'ani, m'ani taataa nsuo, ɛfiri sɛ ɔwerɛkyekyefoɔ a anka ɔbɛgye me kra no wɔ akyiri firi me ho: me mma ayɛ amamfo, ɛfiri sɛ ɔtamfoɔ adi nkonim.Under pastoral review
17Sion trɛ ne nsa mu, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛkyekye ne werɛ: AWURADE ahyɛ afa Yakob ho, sɛ n'atamfoɔ ntwa ne ho nhyia: Yerusalem ayɛ sɛ ɔbaa a ɔwɔ ne bra mu wɔ wɔn mu.Under pastoral review
18AWURADE tene; ɛfiri sɛ mate ne mmaransɛm so atua: montie, mesrɛ mo, nnipa nyinaa, na monhwɛ m'awerɛhoɔ: me mmaabunu ne me mmeranteɛ akɔ nnommum mu.Under pastoral review
19Mefrɛɛ m'adɔfoɔ, nanso wɔdaadaa me: m'asɔfoɔ ne me mpanyimfoɔ gyaee mu wɔ kuropɔn no mu, ɛberɛ a wɔhwehwɛ wɔn aduane sɛ wɔnnya wɔn akra bio.Under pastoral review
20Hwɛ, Ao AWURADE; ɛfiri sɛ mewɔ ahohia mu: me nsono ho yeraw me; m'akoma adane wɔ me mu; ɛfiri sɛ mate so atua kɛseɛ: abɔntene so akofena hwere mma, efie deɛ ɛte sɛ owuo.Under pastoral review
21Wɔate sɛ mesi apinie: obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛkyekye me werɛ: m'atamfoɔ nyinaa ate m'ɔhaw no; wɔn ani agye sɛ woayɛ: wobɛma da a woafrɛ no aba, na wɔbɛyɛ sɛ me.Under pastoral review
22Ma wɔn amumuyɛ nyinaa mmra w'anim; na yɛ wɔn, sɛdeɛ woayɛ me me mmarato nyinaa enti: ɛfiri sɛ m'apinisie dɔɔso, na m'akoma abrɛ.Under pastoral review

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