1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
1 Ya Israyla, ma ye ka kaa Rabbi ni Irikoyo do, Zama ni kaŋ ni goy laaley sabbay se.
2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
2 Wa sanniyaŋ sambu araŋ banda ka ye ka kaa Rabbi do. Wa ne a se: «Ni m'iri goy laaley kulu sambu iri se, M'iri ta da gomni mo. Yaadin gaa no iri ga kande iri sanney ka sarga, day manti yeejiyaŋ.
3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
3 Assiriya si iri faaba, iri si kaaru bariyaŋ, Iri si ye ka ne mo iri kambe goyey se: ‹Araŋ ya iri de-koyyaŋ* no.› Zama ni do no alatuumi ga du suuji.»
4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
4 Ay g'i murteyaŋo ciya yaddayaŋ, Ay ga ba r'ey gumo-gumo, Zama ay futa bare ka fay d'ey.
5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
5 Ay ga ciya Israyla se danga harandaŋ cine. A ga te boosi danga waaliya boko, A kaajey mo ga sinji danga Liban tuuri-nyayaŋ.
6His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
6 A kambey ga zay, A booriyaŋo ga ciya danga zeytun* nya cine, A hawo mo danga Liban cine.
7They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
7 Borey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga goro a biyo ra ga ye ka kaa ka ntaasu far. I ga te boosi danga reyzin* nya, I maa beera mo ga hima Liban duvaŋo.
8Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. -- From me is thy fruit found.
8 Ifraymu ga ne: «Ifo k'ay zaa da tooru koyne ne jine?» Ay no ga tu ni se, ay ga haggoy da nin. Ay go danga sipres* nya biikoy, Ay do no ni ga du ni nafa.
9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.
9 Laakalkooni kulu ma faham da hayey din, Boro kaŋ gonda fayanka mo a ma bay i gaa. Zama Rabbi fondey ga saba, Adilantey mo ga dira i ra. Amma borey kaŋ yaŋ ga lordo harta ga kaŋ i ra.