Lamentations 5
International Children’s Bible
A Prayer to the Lord
5 Remember, Lord, what happened to us.
Look and see our disgrace.
2 Our land has been turned over to strangers.
Our houses have been given to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans with no father.
Our mothers have become like widows.
4 We have to buy the water we drink.
We must pay for the wood for our fires.
5 They work us hard as if we were animals with a yoke on our necks.
We get tired and have no rest.
6 We made an agreement with Egypt
and with Assyria to get enough food.
7 Our ancestors sinned against you. But they are gone.
Now we must suffer because of their sins.
8 Slaves have become our rulers.
There is no one who can save us from them.
9 We risk our lives to get our food
because there are men with swords in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot like an oven.
We burn with fever because of the terrible hunger.
11 The enemy raped the women of Jerusalem
and the girls in the cities of Judah.
12 The enemy hung our princes by the hands.
They do not honor our elders.
13 The young men grind grain at the mill.
Boys stumble while carrying loads of wood.
14 The elders no longer sit at the city gates.
The young men no longer make music.
15 We have no more joy in our hearts.
Our dancing has turned into sadness.
16 The glory has gone from Jerusalem.
How terrible it is for us because we have sinned.
17 Because of this we are afraid.
Because of these things our eyes are dim.
18 Mount Zion is empty.
Now wild dogs wander around it.
19 But you rule forever, Lord.
You will be King from now on.
20 Why have you forgotten us for so long?
Why have you left us for so long?
21 Bring us back to you, Lord. We will return.
Make our days as they were before.
22 Or have you completely rejected us?
Will your anger never end?
Panaghoy 5
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
5 Panginoon, alalahanin nʼyo po ang nangyari sa amin. Masdan nʼyo ang dinanas naming kahihiyan. 2 Kinuha ng mga dayuhan ang mga lupaʼt bahay namin. 3 Naulila kami sa ama, kaya nabiyuda ang aming mga ina. 4 Kinakailangang bayaran pa namin ang tubig na aming iniinom at ang kahoy na aming ipinanggagatong. 5 Pinagtatrabaho kaming parang mga hayop at hindi man lang pinagpapahinga. 6 Nagpasakop kami sa mga taga-Egipto at Asiria para magkaroon ng pagkain. 7 Ang mga ninuno naming patay na ang nagkasala pero kami ngayon ang nagdurusa dahil sa kanilang kasalanan. 8 Napailalim kami sa mga alipin at walang makapagligtas sa amin mula sa kanilang mga kamay. 9 Sa paghahanap namin ng pagkain, nanganib ang aming mga buhay sa mga armadong tao sa disyerto. 10 Nilalagnat kami dahil sa matinding gutom, at ang aming katawan ay kasing init ng pugon. 11 Pinagsamantalahan ang mga asawa namin sa Jerusalem at ang mga anak naming babae sa mga bayan ng Juda. 12 Ibinitin sa pamamagitan ng pagtali sa kamay ang aming mga tagapamahala at hindi iginalang ang aming matatanda. 13 Ang aming mga kabataang lalaki ay parang aliping sapilitang pinagtrabaho sa mga gilingan at ang mga batang lalaki ay nagkandasuray-suray sa pagpasan ng mabibigat na kahoy. 14 Ang matatanda ay hindi na umuupo sa mga pintuan ng lungsod para magbigay ng payo at ang mga kabataang lalaki ay hindi na tumutugtog ng musika. 15 Wala na kaming kagalakan. Sa halip na magsayaw, nagdadalamhati kami. 16 Wala na rin kaming karangalan. Nakakaawa kami dahil kami ay nagkasala. 17 Dahil dito, nasasaktan ang aming damdamin at nagdidilim ang aming paningin. 18 Dahil napakalungkot na ng Jerusalem at mga asong-gubat na lamang ang gumagala rito.
19 O Panginoon, maghahari kayo magpakailanman. Ang inyong paghahari ay magpapatuloy sa lahat ng salinlahi. 20 Bakit palagi nʼyo kaming kinakalimutan? Bakit kay tagal nʼyo kaming pinabayaan? 21 Ibalik nʼyo kami sa inyo, at kami ay babalik. Ibalik nʼyo kami sa dati naming kalagayan. 22 Talaga bang sobra na ang galit nʼyo sa amin kaya itinakwil nʼyo na kami?
Lamentations 5
New King James Version
Prayer for Restoration
5 Remember, (A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold (B)our reproach!
2 (C)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (D)widows.
4 We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
5 (E)They pursue at our [a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.
6 (F)We have given our hand (G)to the Egyptians
And the (H)Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 (I)Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
11 They (J)ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
13 Young men (K)ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their (L)music.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into (M)mourning.
16 (N)The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint;
(O)Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
18 Because of Mount Zion which is (P)desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.
19 You, O Lord, (Q)remain forever;
(R)Your throne from generation to generation.
20 (S)Why do You forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?
21 (T)Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be [b]restored;
Renew our days as of old,
22 Unless You have utterly rejected us,
And are very angry with us!
Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks
- Lamentations 5:21 returned
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