¹Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.

¹ Ya Israyla dumo, wa maa sanni woone kaŋ ay tunandi araŋ gaa bakaraw hẽeni sabbay se.

²The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

² Israyla wandiya kaŋ, a si ye ka tun koyne. A go ganda ga furu nga laabo ra, a sinda mo tunandiko.

³For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, for the house of Israel.

³ Zama yaa no Rabbi, Koy Beero ci: «Birno kaŋ alboro zambar fatta a ra, Boro zangu no ga cindi a se, Birno kaŋ alboro zangu fatta a ra mo, Iway no ga cindi Israyla dumo se.»

⁴For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

⁴ Zama haŋ kaŋ Rabbi ci Israyla dumo se neeya: «Wa ay ceeci, araŋ ga funa mo.

⁵And seek not Bethel, neither go to Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

⁵ Amma araŋ ma si Betel ceeci, Araŋ ma si furo Jilgal ra, Araŋ ma si bisa mo ka koy Beyer-Seba. Zama daahir Jilgal ga koy tamtaray ra, Betel mo ga ciya kurmu.

⁶Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and there be none to quench [it] in Bethel.

⁶ Wa Rabbi ceeci, araŋ ga funa mo, Zama a ma si bagu ka say Yusufu kunda ra sanda danji cine k'a ŋwa. Faabako si a se mo Betel ra.»

⁷Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

⁷ Araŋ kaŋ ga ciiti bare a ma ciya forti hari, Araŋ go ga adilitaray soote ganda.

⁸[seek him] that made the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name.

⁸ Handariyayzey kaŋ se i ga ne Dibi, Da handariyayzey kaŋ se i ga ne Aliyo, Wa nga kaŋ n'i te din ceeci, Nga kaŋ ga buuyaŋ biyo bare a ma ciya susubay, A ga zaari mo bare a ma ciya cin kubay, Nga kaŋ ga teeko haro ce k'a gusam laabo batama boŋ, (Rabbi no ga ti a maa).

⁹He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.

⁹ Nga no ga kande halaciyaŋ gaabikooney boŋ da jirsi, Hala halaciyaŋ ma kaŋ wongu fuwo boŋ.

¹⁰They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

¹⁰ I go ga wangu bora kaŋ goono ga kaseetiyaŋ te faada meyey gaa. I go ga cimi ciiko fanta.

¹¹Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.

¹¹ Za kaŋ araŋ goono ga talka taamu, Araŋ goono g'a alkama ta a gaa da hin, Araŋ na tondi jabante windiyaŋ cina, Amma araŋ si goro i ra bo. Araŋ na reyzin* kaliyaŋ tilam kaŋ ga kaan bine se, Amma araŋ si i duvaŋo* haŋ.

¹²For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside [the right of] the needy in the gate.

¹² Zama ay n'araŋ taaley baayaŋ d'araŋ zunubey beera mo bay. Araŋ kaŋ ga adilante gurzugandi, Kaŋ ga me-daabu ta, Kaŋ ga alfukaarey bare ka ye faada meyo do zama i ma si du cimi ciiti.

¹³Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.

¹³ Woodin se binde, boro kaŋ gonda laakal ga dangay zamana woone dumi ra, Zama zamana laalo no.

¹⁴Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

¹⁴ Wa booriyaŋ ceeci, manti ilaalo bo, Zama araŋ ma funa. Yaadin gaa no Rabbi Irikoy, Kundeykoyo ga goro araŋ banda, Sanda mate kaŋ cine araŋ goono ga ci.

¹⁵Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

¹⁵ Wa konna goy laalo, wa ba goy hanno, Wa cimi ciiti sinji faada meyey ra, Hala hambara Rabbi Irikoy, Kundeykoyo ga suuji te Yusufu banda kaŋ cindi din se.

¹⁶Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

¹⁶ Woodin se binde, yaa no Rabbi ci, Kundeykoyo, Koy Beero nooya: «Hẽeni go ga te fondo beerey kulu ra, Fondayze kulu gaa mo i go ga ne: ‹Kaari! Kaari!› I go ga alfari ce a ma kaa ka bu baray te, Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga waani hẽeni se mo, I go ga ne i ma kaa hẽeni do.

¹⁷And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

¹⁷ Reyzin kaley kulu ra mo i ga hẽ, Zama ay ga gana ni bindo ra.» Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹⁸Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

¹⁸ Kaari araŋ kaŋ ga muraadu nda Rabbi zaaro! Ifo se no araŋ ga ba araŋ ma di Rabbi zaaro? Kubay no fa, manti kaari no.

¹⁹as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

¹⁹ Sanda boro kaŋ zuru muusu beeri se, A ma koy ka kubay da urs*. Wala mo a ma furo windi ra ka cinaro naan da nga kambe, Hala gondi m'a kar.

²⁰Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²⁰ Rabbi zaaro ga ciya kubay, manti kaari no bo, Wala manti yaadin no? E! Manti kubay bi tik no gumo, Kaŋ sinda kaari baa kayna nga ra, wala?

²¹I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.

²¹ «Araŋ batey, wala? Ay wang'ey, ay dond'ey! Araŋ marga gaakurantey, ay si maa i kaani.

²²For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept [them]; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.

²² Oho, baa kaŋ araŋ g'araŋ sargayey kaŋ i ga ton, Da ŋwaari sargayey mo te, ay si i ta. Ay si baa araŋ saabuyaŋ sargayey saal mo, Kaŋ yaŋ araŋ ga te da almaney kaŋ i biiri.

²³Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;

²³ Dooni kosongey, m'i hibandi ay se, Zama ay wangu ya maa ni mooley jindey.

²⁴but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

²⁴ Amma araŋ ma naŋ cimi ciiti ma zulli sanda hari cine, Adilitaray mo ma hima sanda isa beeri.

²⁵Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

²⁵ Ya Israyla dumo, jiiri waytaaci ganjo ra, Manti ay se no araŋ goono ga kande sargayyaŋ da nooyaŋey bo.

²⁶Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;

²⁶ Araŋ n'araŋ de-koyo* hukumo sambu, Araŋ himandi-himandey, Sanda araŋ tooro handariya nooya, Kaŋ araŋ te araŋ boŋ se.

²⁷and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

²⁷ Woodin se no ay ga naŋ araŋ ma koy tamtaray ra Damaskos jine.» Yaadin no Rabbi ci, Nga kaŋ maa ga ti Irikoy Kundeykoyo.