Lamentations 55LamentationsThe siege remembered and a final prayerThe Holy Bible in the Dawuro language of Ethiopia, Latin script

The Holy Bible in the Dawuro language of Ethiopia, Latin scriptBerean Standard Bible

1. 1DWRLAbeet Med'inaa Godaw, nu bolla gakkeeddawaa ubbaa hassaya; nuuna s'eella; nu kawushshaakka be'a!BSBBSB: Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
2. 2DWRLNu laata biittay allagatoo, nu golliikka betetoo imetteedda.BSBBSB: Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3. 3DWRLNuuni aawuu hayk'k'eedda naanatuwaa gideeddo; nu aayetuukka am"e mac'c'a asaa gideeddino.BSBBSB: We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4. 4DWRLNu ushiyaa haatsaw miishshaa c'iggeeto; eetsiyaa mitsaakka shammi akkeetto.BSBBSB: We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5. 5DWRLNuuna yederssiyaawanttu nu ginddiyaa s'ap'uwaa gakkeeddino. Nuuni daabureeddo, shin shemppanaw danddayibeykko.BSBBSB: We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6. 6DWRLNuuni k'uma kallana giide, Gibs'e asatoonne Asoore asatoo kushiyaa immeeddo.BSBBSB: We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7. 7DWRLNagaraa ootseeddawanttu nu mayzza aawotuwaa; shin unttunttu ha"i de'ikkino. Unttunttu akkanaw bessiyaa muruwaa akkiyaawanttu nuuna.BSBBSB: Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8. 8DWRLAyiletuu nuuna mooddiyaawantta gideeddino; unttunttu kushiyaappekka nuuna wotsi akkiyaawe ittuunne baawa.BSBBSB: Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9. 9DWRLMashshaan wod'iyaawanttu bazzuwaan de'iyaa diraw, nuuni nu shemppuwaa sheneko giide, nu k'umaa demmeeddo.BSBBSB: We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10. 10DWRLKoshay suulleedda gaasuwaan harggina, nu galbbay tamaa c'ooc'iyaadan michchee.BSBBSB: Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11. 11DWRLS'iyoonen mac'c'a asatuwaa, Yihudaa katamatuwaankka wodorotuwaa wolk'k'an oyk'k'iide bayzzeeddino.BSBBSB: Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12. 12DWRLKaappatuwaa afiide kak'k'eeddino; c'imatuukka bonchchettibeykkino.BSBBSB: Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13. 13DWRLYalaga attuma asatuu wos'aan gaac'c'eeddino; attuma naanatuukka dees'o mitsaa tookkiide ganddigaareeddino.BSBBSB: Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14. 14DWRLC'ima asatuu katamaa penggen pirddanaw uttiyaawaa aggeeddino; yalaga attuma asatuu yetsaa yes's'iyaawaa aggeeddino.BSBBSB: The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15. 15DWRLNu wozanaappe nashechchay bi kichcheedda; nu durussaykka yeekoo laametteedda;BSBBSB: Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16. 16DWRLkallachchay nu huup'iyaappe kunddi kichcheedda. Nuuni nagaraa ootseedda diraw, nuw aayye ana!BSBBSB: The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17. 17DWRLHewaa diraw, nu wozanay daabureedda; nu ayifiikka galjjeedda.BSBBSB: Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18. 18DWRLAyaw gooppe, S'iyoone Derii mela gideedda; worakanatuukka an simeretiino.BSBBSB: because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19. 19DWRLShin abeet Med'inaa Godaw, neeni med'inaw kawutaasa; ne kawutetsaa araataykka yeletaa ubbaa gakkanaw de'ee.BSBBSB: You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20. 20DWRLNeeni nuuna ayaw ubbaa wode dogay? K'ay hawaa keeshshaa adussa wodiyaa nuuna ayaw aggay?BSBBSB: Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
21. 21DWRLAbeet Med'inaa Godaw, nuuna neekko zaara; nuunikka simmana! Nu wodiyaakka beniwaadan zaaraadde ooratsa!BSBBSB: Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
22. 22DWRLNeeni nuuna ubbaa mule aggaadiiyye? Ne hank'k'ookka zaway baaweeyye?BSBBSB: unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

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