Lamentations 4

1Yeka igolide eselilahlekelwe yikukhazimula kwalo,
igolide elicolekileyo selijujukile!
Amatshe aligugu angcwele aselahliwe
ekuqaliseni kwemigwaqo yonke.

2Yeka izinsizwa zaseZiyoni ezincomekayo,
ezake zaba lesisindo njengegolide,
okwamanje sezingathi zimbiza zebumba,
umsebenzi wezandla zombumbi!

3Ngitsho lamakhanka asemunyisa
abantwabawo emabeleni awo,
kodwa abantu bami kabaselazwelo
njengezintshe enkangala.

4Ngenxa yokoma, ulimi losane
lunamathele elwangeni lomlomo;
abantwana bancenga becela isinkwa
kodwa kakho obaphayo.

5Labo ababesidla izibiliboco
sebeyiziceli emigwaqweni.
Labo abondliwa ebutifitifini
sebelala esilotheni.

6Isijeziso sabantu bakithi
sikhulu kuleseSodoma,
yona eyabhujiswa ngomzuzwana,
akwaze kwaba lasandla esazama ukunceda.

7Amakhosana abo ayekhazimula kulongqwaqwane,
emhlophe nke kulochago,
imizimba yabo ibomvana njengamatshe ohlobo lwerubhi,
ukubukeka kwabo kunjengelitshe elikhazimulayo.

8Kodwa manje sebemnyama kulomsizi;
kabasananzwa langubani emigwaqweni.
Isikhumba sabo sesinamathele emathanjeni abo;
sesome okogodo.

9Bangcono labo ababulawa ngenkemba,
kulalabo abafa ngendlala;
bazaca baphele, bekhukhuzwa yindlala
ngoba kungelakudla okuvela emasimini.

10Ngezandla zabo abesifazane abalesihelo,
bapheke abantwababo,
babenza ukudla kwabo
ngesikhathi abantu bakithi bebulawa.

11 UThixo ubhodlisile intukuthelo yakhe;
uluthulule ulaka lwakhe olwesabekayo.
Uwulumathisile umlilo eZiyoni,
watshisa izisekelo zayo.

12Amakhosi omhlaba ayengakholwa,
labantu basemhlabeni babengakholwa
ukuthi izitha labahlaseli bangangena
emasangweni eJerusalema.

13Kodwa kwenzakala ngenxa yezono zabaphrofethi bakhona,
lamanyala abaphristi bakhona,
abachitha igazi labalungileyo
ngaphakathi kwalo iJerusalema.

14Manje sebephumputha emigwaqweni
njengabantu abayiziphofu.
Sebengcoliswe ligazi
kakuselamuntu ongathinta izembatho zabo.

15Abantu bayabaxotsha bathi, “Sukani! Lingcolile!
Sukani! Sukani! Lingasithinti!”
Nxa bebaleka bentula,
abantu bezizwe bathi,
“Ngeke bahlale lapha njalo.”

16 UThixo ngokwakhe ubahlakazile;
kasabalondolozi.
Abaphristi kabasahlonitshwa,
labadala kabasananzwa.

17Phezu kwalokho, amehlo ethu afiphala
elindele ize engaboni sizo;
siseziqongweni zethu zokulinda,
salinda silindele isizwe esasingelancedo kithi.

18Abantu babesicwathela indawo zonke,
ngakho sasesisesaba ukuhamba emigwaqweni yethu.
Sasesiphelelwe, insuku zethu sezibaliwe,
ngoba isiphetho sethu sesifikile.

19Abasixotshayo babelejubane
kulengqungqulu emkhathini;
baxotshana lathi ezintabeni
njalo basicathamela enkangala.

20Ogcotshiweyo kaThixo, oyikuphila kwethu uqobo,
wabanjwa emijibileni yabo.
Sakhumbula ukuthi ngaphansi kwesithunzi sakhe
sizahlala phakathi kwezizwe.

21Jabula uthokoze, wena Ndodakazi yase-Edomi,
wena ohlala elizweni lase-Uzi.
Kodwa lakuwe izafika inkezo le;
uzanatha udakwe, unqunulwe.

22Ndodakazi yaseZiyoni, isijeziso sakho sizaphela;
akayikwelula isikhathi sokuthunjwa kwakho.
Kodwa, maye kuwe Ndodakazi yase-Edomi, uzakujezisa ngesono sakho,
achaye obala ububi bakho.