1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin-daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground, -- [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
1 Ya wandiya, Babila ize wayo, Ma zumbu ka goro laabu bulungo ra. Ya nin Kaldancey ize wayo, Ma goro ganda koytaray karga jaŋay ra. Zama i si ye ka ne ni se daamante wala arzakante ize way koyne.
2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers:
2 Ma fufuyaŋ tondi sambu ka hamni fufu. Ma ni bangumo kaa, Ma ni zaara willi ka kaa ni gaa. Ma ni mukuru sawar ka isey yaw ka bisa.
3thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet none [to stay me]. ...
3 Ni gaa-koono ga fun taray, Oho, ni haawo ga bangay. Ay ga taaley bana, ay si jalla boro kulu gaa mo.»
4Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. ...
4 Iri Fansakwa maa no ga ti Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla wane Hananyankoyo.
5Sit silent, and get thee into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Mistress of kingdoms.
5 «Ya nin Kaldancey ize wayo, Ma goro siw, ma koy ka furo kubay ra, Zama i si ye ka ne ni se mayrayey wayboro bonkooni koyne.
6I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke;
6 Ay futu ay borey se, ay n'ay wane jama ziibandi k'i daŋ ni kambe ra mo. Ni mana suuji cabe i se mo baa kayna. Ni na ni calo dake dottijo zeeney boŋ nda tiŋay laalo.
7and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.
7 Ni ne mo: ‹Ay ga ciya wayboro bonkooni hal abada!› Hala ni mana muraadey wo daŋ ni bina ra, Ni mana fongu mo mate kaŋ i ga kokor d'a.
8And now hear this, thou voluptuous one, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know loss of children:
8 Sohõ binde, ma maa woone, Nin kaŋ ndunnya kaani no ni goono ga zal-zal d'a. Ni goono ga goro nda laakal kanay, Ni ga ne ni bina ra: ‹Ay neeya! Wayboro fo si no mo kal ay hinne. Ay si goborotaray goray te, Ay si ize mursay bay mo.›
9yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
9 Amma hari hinko wo ga ni jirsi zaari folloŋ ra: Ize mursay da goborotaray. Ce folloŋ no i ga kaŋ ni boŋ, Nin da ni moodabal booba da ni safari citila.
10For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.
10 Ni de mo ni laala gaa. Ni ne: ‹Boro kulu si ga di ay.› Ni laakalo da ni bayra, ngey no ka ni halli. Ni ne mo ni bina ra: ‹Ay neeya! Afo kulu mo si no.›
11But evil shall come upon thee -- thou shalt not know from whence it riseth; and mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to ward off; and desolation that thou suspectest not shall come upon thee suddenly.
11 Amma laala ga kaŋ ni boŋ kaŋ ni si bay naŋ kaŋ a fun. Hasaraw ga du nin kaŋ ni si hin ka gaay, Halaciyaŋ kaŋ gaa ni mana bay mo ga ni jirsi.
12Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to turn them to profit, if so be thou mayest cause terror.
12 Sohõ binde, ma kay ni safaro da ni moodabal booba game ra, Wo kaŋ yaŋ ni na ni boŋ taabandi nd'a za ni zankatara waate, Ka di hala ni ga hin ka nafa d'ey, Hala ni ga hin ka borey jijirandi!
13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the interpreters of the heavens, the observers of the stars, who predict according to the new moons what shall come upon thee, stand up, and save thee.
13 Ni farga nda ni wane saaware-saawarey. Sohõ kala borey kaŋ ga beena guna, Kaŋ ga annabitaray te da handariyayzey, Kaŋ yaŋ ga handu baaru no handu kulu, I ma tun ka kay ka ni faaba haya kaŋ ga ba ka du nin din gaa.
14Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it.
14 A go, i ga ciya sanda buunu cine, Danji g'i ŋwa, I si ngey fundey faaba danji beela hino gaa. Danjo din si ciya sanda danj'ize kaŋ gaa i ga caan bo, Wala mo danji kaŋ gande i ga goro.
15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, they that trafficked with thee from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his own quarter; there is none to save thee.
15 Borey kaŋ yaŋ ni taabi i banda. Borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ na day da neera te da nin za ni zankatara waate, Yaadin cine no i ga ciya ni se. I boro fo kulu ga daray nga boŋ fonda ra. Boro kulu si ni faaba.