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10 (A)Omulabe yagololera omukono
    ku bintu bya Yerusaalemi byonna eby’omuwendo;
yalaba amawanga amakaafiiri
    nga gayingira awatukuvu we,
beebo be wali ogaanye
    okuyingira mu kuŋŋaaniro lyo.

11 (B)Abantu be bonna basinda
    nga bwe banoonya ekyokulya;
eby’obugagga byabwe babiwanyisaamu emmere,
    okusobola okuba abalamu.
“Laba, Ayi Mukama Katonda, onziseeko omwoyo
    kubanga nnyoomebwa.”

12 (C)“Mmwe tekibakwatako, mmwe mwenna abayitawo?
    mwetegereze mulabe
obanga waliwo obuyinike obwenkana,
    obwantukako,
Mukama bwe yanteekako
    ku lunaku olw’obusungu bwe obungi.

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10 The enemy laid hands
    on all her treasures;(A)
she saw pagan nations
    enter her sanctuary(B)
those you had forbidden(C)
    to enter your assembly.

11 All her people groan(D)
    as they search for bread;(E)
they barter their treasures for food
    to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
    for I am despised.”

12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(F)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(G)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(H)

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