Lamentations 5

Umkhuleko wokucela isihawu

1Khumbula a, Nkosi, ukuthi kwenzakaleni kithi; khangela b, ubone c ihlazo lethu d , e. 2Ilifa lethu f seliphendulelwe kwabezizwe, izindlu zethu kwabemzini. 3Siyizintandane, kungelababa; omama banjengabafelokazi. 4Amanzi ethu siwanathile ngemali; inkuni zethu ziza ngentengo. 5Sizingelwa ezintanyeni zethu, sidiniwe g, kasilakuphumula. 6Sinike h isandla sethu kwabeGibhithe i, labeAsiriya j, ukuze sisuthiswe ngesinkwa. 7Obaba bona k , l, kabasekho m , n, njalo thina o sithwele iziphambeko zabo. 8Izigqili p ziyasibusa, kakho ongasihluthuna q esandleni sazo. 9Sizuza isinkwa sethu ngengozi yempilo yethu, ngenxa yenkemba yenkangala. 10Ijwabu lethu r limnyama njengeziko ngenxa yokutshisa okukhulu s kwendlala. 11Badlova t abesifazana eZiyoni, izintombi ezimsulwa emizini yakoJuda. 12Iziphathamandla zaphanyekwa ngesandla sazo; ubuso babadala u kabuhlonitshwanga v. 13Amajaha athwala amatshe okuchola w, labafana bakhubeka x ngaphansi kwenkuni. 14Abadala y baphelile esangweni, amajaha ekuhlabeleleni z. 15Intokozo yenhliziyo yethu iphelile, ukugida aa kwethu kwaphenduka ab ukulila. 16Umqhele ac , ad wekhanda lethu uwile; hawu, maye kithi, ngoba sonile! 17Ngenxa yalokhu inhliziyo yethu ae iphela amandla; ngenxa yalezizinto amehlo ethu af afiphele. 18Ngenxa yentaba yeZiyoni elunxiwa ag, amakhanka ah ahamba phezu kwayo. 19Wena ai, Nkosi, uhlezi kuze kube nininini, isihlalo sakho aj sobukhosi sisuka esizukulwaneni sisiya esizukulwaneni. 20Usikhohlweleni ak njalonjalo, usidela okobude al bezinsuku? 21Siphendulele am kuwe, Nkosi, sizaphenduka; yenza an insuku zethu zibe zintsha njengasendulo. 22Kodwa ususilahlile ao isibili; usithukuthelele kakhulukazi.

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