¹Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.

¹ Ya araŋ, dumi cindey, Wa maan zama araŋ ma maa. Ya dumey, wa hanga jeeri. Laabey nda haŋ kaŋ go i ra kulu ma maa, Ndunnya da hay kulu kaŋ ga fun a gaa mo ma maa.

²For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and [his] fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

² Zama Rabbi dukur ndunnya dumey kulu se, A futu mo i kundey kulu se. A g'i halaci parkatak, a g'i nooyandi wiyaŋ se.

³And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

³ Borey g'i buukoy furu taray, i buukoy fumbo ga tun, Tondi kuukey mo ga tay d'i kurey.

⁴And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree.

⁴ Beene kundey kulu ga manne. Beene batama mo ga kunkuni sanda tira cine, I kundey kulu mo ga suugu sanda mate kaŋ cine reyzin kobto ga lakaw d'a fun nya gaa ka kaŋ, Sanda mate kaŋ cine jeejay kobto kogo ga kokobe ka fun jeejay nya gaa.

⁵For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.

⁵ Zama ay, Rabbi, ay takuba haŋ beena ra kal a kungu. A go mo, a ga kaŋ Edom boŋ, Ay jama kaŋ ay laali din boŋ.

⁶The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

⁶ Rabbi gonda takuba kaŋ kungu nda kuri, A naasu mo nda maani kaŋ a ŋwa. Feej'izey nda hincin izey kurey, Feeji gaarey dumayzey maano no a kungu nd'a, Zama Rabbi gonda sargay Bozra ra, Da wiyaŋ boobo mo Edom laabo ra.

⁷And the buffaloes shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

⁷ Haw-biyey ga zulli ka zumbu Edomancey banda, Ngey nda yeejey da daasey. Yaadin cine no i laabo ga kungu nda kuri, i bulungo mo ga maani koonu yeeri.

⁸For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

⁸ Zama Rabbi gonda banayaŋ zaari, Banandi jiiri no Sihiyona sanno sabbay se.

⁹And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:

⁹ Edom goorey ga bare ka ciya sanda deeli cine, A kusa ga ciya sufar*, A laabo mo ga ciya deeli kaŋ go ga di da danji.

¹⁰it shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

¹⁰ Danjo si bu mo cin da zaari, A dullo ga soobay ka ciciri duumi. Zamana ka koy zamana a ga ciya koonu, Boro kulu si gana a ra hal abada abadin.

¹¹And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.

¹¹ Amma bangu farka nda kuunu ga nango ŋwa, Kuku nda gaaruyaŋ mo ga goro a ra. Rabbi ga halaciyaŋ korfo nda yaamo deedandiyaŋ tondi salle a boŋ.

¹²Of her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.

¹² I g'a boro beerey ce ka kond'ey mayra do, Amma baa afolloŋ si noodin. A wane mayraykoyey kulu mo ga ciya yaamo.

¹³And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.

¹³ Karji nyayaŋ ga fatta a faadey ra, Yo karji nda ngarfu ga te a gallu birnikoyey ra. A ga ciya zoŋoyaŋ nangoray, taatagayyaŋ windi mo no.

¹⁴And there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilith also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.

¹⁴ Ganji hamey ga kubay da sakali noodin, Saaji hinciney mo ga ngey caley ce noodin. Oho, kuku beeri ga goro noodin ka du nga boŋ se fulanzamyaŋ do.

¹⁵There shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.

¹⁵ Noodin no gondi mo ga nga fiti cina ka gunguri dam, A ma fambu, a ma nga izey margu nga biyo ra. Oho, noodin no gabu wayey ga margu, Afo kulu nda nga cale.

¹⁶Search ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.

¹⁶ Wa ceeci Rabbi tira ra ka caw: Hayey din, baa afo si gaze i ra. I afo kulu mo si jaŋ nga cale, Zama Rabbi meyo no ka lordi te, A Biya mo no k'i margu.

¹⁷For he himself hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them with the line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

¹⁷ A na kurne te ganji hamey din se, A kamba mo no ka laabo fay-fay i se da deedandiyaŋ korfo. I g'a mayra ŋwa hal abada, Zamana ka koy zamana no i ga goro a ra.