¹Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

¹ Yaa no araŋ Irikoyo ci: W'ay jama bine yeenandi, wa i bine yeenandi.

²Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of suffering is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.

² Wa laakal kanay sanni te Urusalima se. W'a ce ka ne a se kaŋ a wongo ban, A taalo du yaafayaŋ. Zama a du nga zunubey kulu alhakko labu-care hinka Rabbi kambe ra.

³The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!

³ Boro fo kaŋ goono ga kuuwa jinda ne: «Wa Rabbi fonda soola ganjo ra! Wa daba fondo sasabandi taasi beerey boŋ iri Irikoyo se!

⁴Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.

⁴ Gooru kulu ga tun, Tondi kuukey da tudu kulu mo ga ye ganda. Isiirey ga ye ka kay sap! Zulli-zulley mo ga ye ka te banda folloŋ.

⁵And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

⁵ Rabbi darza ga bangay, Borey kulu mo ga di a care banda, Zama Rabbi meyo no ka woodin ci.»

⁶A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? -- All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.

⁶ Jinde fo ne: «Ma fe!» A tu mo ka ne: «Ifo no ay ga fe ka ne? Adam-ize kulu ya subu no. A booro kulu mo danga saaji tuuri boosi cine no.»

⁷The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, for the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

⁷ Subu ga koogu, booso mo ga kaŋ waati kaŋ Rabbi funsuyaŋo gana ka funsu a boŋ. Daahir borey ya subuyaŋ no.

⁸The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.

⁸ Subu ga koogu, booso mo ga kaŋ, Amma Irikoy sann'ize fo kulu ga duumi hal abada.

⁹O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest glad tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

⁹ Ya nin, Sihiyona, kaŋ goono ga kande baaru hanna, Ma kaaru yongo tondi kuuko boŋ. Ya nin, Urusalima, kaŋ goono ga kande baaru hanna, Ma ni jinda sambu da gaabi. M'a sambu, ma si humburu, ma ci Yahuda galley se ka ne: «Guna, araŋ Irikoyo neeya!»

¹⁰Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.

¹⁰ Guna, Rabbi, Koy Beero ga kaa da hin, A kamba ga may nga boŋ se. A go, a alhakko go a banda, a banando mo g'a jin.

¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.

¹¹ A ga nga kuro kuru sanda hawji. A ga feej'izey margu-margu nda nga kamba, A g'i sambu mo nga ganda ra. Laakal gaa mo no a ga wo kaŋ yaŋ goono ga naanandi boy.

¹²Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with [his] span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?

¹² May no ka harey neesi nga kambe faata ra ka beena mo deedandi nda kambe gaaba? May no ka laabo margu zaka ra, ka tondi kuukey mo neesi tiŋay neesiyaŋ hari boŋ, ka tudey mo dake neesiyaŋ hari boŋ?

¹³Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and, [as] his counsellor, hath taught him?

¹³ May no ka faham da Rabbi Biya, Wala may no ka ciya a saawarekasina hala bora m'a dondonandi?

¹⁴With whom took he counsel, and [who] gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?

¹⁴ May gaa no a saaware, may mo no k'a bayrandi, K'a dondonandi cimi ciitey fonda ra, May no k'a dondonandi bayray, May mo no ka fahamay fonda cabe a se?

¹⁵Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.

¹⁵ A go, ndunnya dumey ga hima logo ra hari tolliyaŋ folloŋ, A g'i himandi mo sanda tiŋay neesiji boŋ kusa baano. A go, a ga gungey sambu danga hay fo kayna fo no.

¹⁶And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

¹⁶ Abada Liban bumbo si wasa tonyaŋ, A almaney mo si wasa sargay kaŋ i ga ton se.

¹⁷All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.

¹⁷ Ndunnya dumey kulu ga hima yaamo a jine, I si to hay kulu, furku mo no.

¹⁸To whom then will ye liken ùGod? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?

¹⁸ May gaa no araŋ ga Irikoy kar? Man himandi kaŋ gaa araŋ g'a deedandi?

¹⁹The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].

¹⁹ Tooru jabante wo, goy-teeri no k'a jabu. Wura zam g'a daabu nda wura, Nzarfu zam mo ga nzarfu sisiri soogu a se.

²⁰He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.

²⁰ Boro mo kaŋ talka no hala a si hin ka sargay woodin dumi te, A ga tuuri kaŋ si fumbu suuban. A ga boro ceeci kaŋ ga goni goy gaa kaŋ ga tooru jabante kaŋ si zinji soola a se.

²¹-- Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?

²¹ Araŋ mana bay bo? Araŋ mana maa mo? Wala boro kulu mana ci araŋ se za sintina no? Araŋ mana faham da ndunnya sinjiyaŋo?

²²[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

²² Rabbi no goono ga goro ndunnya hirro boŋ, Ndunnya gorokoy mo ga hima do-ize yaŋ. Nga no ka beeney salle sanda daabuley, A g'i daaru sanda kuuru-fu cine k'i ciya goray nangu.

²³that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

²³ Nga no ga koy beerey ciya yaamo, A ga ndunnya alkaaley mo ciya sanda i manti hay kulu.

²⁴Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

²⁴ Za i tilam, oho, za i duma, Oho, za i tikse mana te kaaji laabo ra, Kal a m'i funsu hal i ma lakaw. Alma haw mo m'i sambu sanda buunu cine.

²⁵To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

²⁵ May gaa no araŋ g'ay deedandi, kaŋ in d'a ga saba? Yaadin no Hananyankoyo ci.

²⁶Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth.

²⁶ W'araŋ moy sambu beene ka guna. May no ka woodin yaŋ taka? Bora kaŋ ga beene kundey kaa taray i lasaabo boŋ no. A g'i kulu ce mo da ngey maa, nga hino beera boŋ, Zama nga wo hin da gaabikoy no. Afo kulu si jaŋ, baa afolloŋ.

²⁷Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?

²⁷ Ya nin Yakuba, ifo se no ni ga ne: «Ay fonda go tugante Rabbi se. Ay Irikoyo n'ay cimi ciito muray mo»? Ya Israyla, ifo se no ni go ga salaŋ ya-cine?

²⁸Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.

²⁸ Manti ni jin ka bay? Manti ni maa mo? Irikoyo kaŋ ga duumi, Rabbi kaŋ na ndunnya meyey taka, Nga wo si yangala, a si farga mo, A fahama baa da fintalyaŋ.

²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

²⁹ A ga gaabi no borey kaŋ londi bu yaŋ se. Boro kaŋ sinda hina mo, a ga gaabi tonton a se.

³⁰Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;

³⁰ Baa arwasey ga farga, i ma yangala, Gaabikooney mo ga kati ka kaŋ.

³¹but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint.

³¹ Amma borey kaŋ yaŋ ga hangan Rabbi se gaabey ga ye ka taji. I ga tun da fatayaŋ ka deesi beene sanda zeeban cine, I ga zuru, i si farga mo, I ga soobay ka dira, i si yangala mo.