¹And thou, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

¹ Kala ni ma bu baray sanni sambu Israyla mayraykoyey se

²and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

² ka ne: Ifo ga ti ni nya? Muusu way no! Za waato a naŋ-kaniya go muusu arey bindi ra. Muusu izey ra no a ga nga izey kuru.

³And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

³ A izey ra no a na afolloŋ biiri, Woodin ciya muusu beeri. A na ham ceeciyaŋ dondon, a go ga borey ŋwa.

⁴And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.

⁴ Kala ndunnya dumey maa a baaru, I n'a di ngey guusu hirrimo ra. Sisiriyaŋ gaa no i kand'a Misira laabu.

⁵And when she saw that she had waited [and] her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.

⁵ Muusu wayo mo, kaŋ a di nga gay, Hala mo a na laakal kaa, Kal a ye ka afo sambu nga izey ra k'a ciya muusu beeri.

⁶And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

⁶ Kala woodin mo bar-bare muusey ra, Hal a ciya muusu beeri. A na ham ceeciyaŋ dondon, a go ga borey ŋwa mo.

⁷And he knew their [desolate] palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.

⁷ A n'i faadey bay, a n'i galley ciya kurmu. Laabo nda nga tooyaŋo ciya kurmu a dunduyaŋey jinda sabbay se.

⁸Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

⁸ Waato din gaa ndunnya dumey tun ka murte a gaa. I fun kuray kulu ka kaa ka wufa daaru a boŋ, I n'a di ngey guusu hirrimo ra.

⁹And they put him in a cage with nose-rings, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

⁹ I n'a daŋ guuru sundurku ra da sisiriyaŋ ka kand'a Babila bonkoono do. I kand'a ka daŋ kasu fu gaabikooni ra, Zama borey ma si ye ka maa a jinde Israyla tondi kuukey boŋ koyne.

¹⁰Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

¹⁰ Waato ni nya ga hima sanda kali ra reyzin tikse, Reyzin tikse kaŋ i tilam hariyaŋ jabu gaa nooya. A te albarka, a to da kambeyaŋ hari boobey sabbay se.

¹¹And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.

¹¹ A gonda kambe gaabikooni yaŋ kaŋ ciya mayraykoyey sarjillayaŋ. A ku kal a koy ka bisa burey gaa, A kuuyaŋo sabbay se mo no i di a, Nga nda nga kambe booba.

¹²But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

¹² Amma i na tiksa din dagu nda futay korno k'a soote ganda. Wayna funay haw n'a izey faaru k'i koogandi. A kambe gaabikooney ceeri-ceeri, I lakaw, danji n'i ŋwa mo.

¹³And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground:

¹³ Sohõ mo i n'a tilam saajo ra, Laabu kogo kaŋ gonda jaw ra.

¹⁴and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

¹⁴ A kambey goobey ra no danji fatta k'a izey ŋwa, Hal a mana cindi a se kambe gaabikooni baa afolloŋ kaŋ ga te mayray sarjilla. Woodin wo bu baray no, bu baray mo no a ga ciya.