¹Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock [whence] ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye were digged.

¹ Ya araŋ kaŋ ga adilitaray gana, Ya araŋ, Rabbi ceecikoy, wa hanga jeeri ay se. Wa tondo guna, naŋ kaŋ a n'araŋ jabu ka kaa, Laabo guusuyaŋo mo kaŋ ra a n'araŋ fansi ka kaa.

²Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.

² Wa guna araŋ kaayo Ibrahim da Saharatu kaŋ n'araŋ hay. Zama saaya kaŋ Ibrahim go nga hinne ay n'a ce, Ay n'a albarkandi ka naŋ a ma baa mo.

³For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.

³ Haciika Rabbi ga Sihiyona bina yeenandi, A g'a kurmey kulu kunfa. A g'a saajo ciya sanda Eden cine, A g'a taasi beerey mo ciya sanda Rabbi kalo cine. Farhã da bine kaani no i ga gar a ra, Da saabuyaŋ da sifaw dooni jinde.

⁴Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will establish my judgment for a light of the peoples.

⁴ Ya ay jama, wa hangan ka maa ay se. Ya nin ay kunda, ma hanga jeeri ay se, Zama asariya ga fun ay do, Ay g'ay cimi ciito sinji a ma ciya kaari dumey se.

⁵My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and in mine arm shall they trust.

⁵ Ay adilitara ga maan, ay faaba fatta, Ay kambey mo ga ciiti jamayaŋ se. Teeku me gaa laabey g'ay batu, Ay kamba gaa no i ga beeje sinji.

⁶Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

⁶ W'araŋ boŋ sambu ka beena guna, Araŋ ma ndunnya mo guna ganda. Zama beeney ga say ka daray sanda dullu cine, Ganda mo ga zeen sanda kwaay cine, A ra gorokoy mo ga bu yaadin cine. Amma ay faaba ga tabbat hal abada, Ay adilitara mo si barmay.

⁷Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings.

⁷ Ya araŋ adilitaray baykoy, Araŋ kaŋ biney ra ay asariya go, Wa hanga jeeri ay se. Wa si humburu borey wowo, Wa si naŋ mo i alaasiray booba ma hin araŋ.

⁸For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

⁸ Zama naana-baano g'i ŋwa sanda kwaay cine, Nooni g'i ŋwa mo sanda feeji hamni silli. Amma ay adilitara ga duumi hal abada, Ay faaba mo ga duumi hala zamaney kulu me.

⁹Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, [as in] the generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, [and] pierced the monster?

⁹ Ya Rabbi kamba, ma mo hay, ma mo hay, Ma gaabi daŋ sanda bankaaray cine. Ma mo hay sanda doŋ jirbey ra cine, Doŋ borey zamaney wano. Wala manti nin no ka Rahab beeri-beeri ka teeku ham beero gooru-gooru mo?

¹⁰Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

¹⁰ Wala manti nin no ka teeko koogandi, Kaŋ ga ti guusuyaŋ bambata harey, Ni na teeku guusuyaŋey ciya fondo mo hala fansantey ma daŋandi?

¹¹So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

¹¹ Rabbi wane fansantey mo ga ye ka kaa. Dooni no i ga kaa d'a Sihiyona, Bine kaani kaŋ ga duumi ga goro i boŋ. I ga du bine kaani da farhã, Bine jisiyaŋ da durayyaŋ mo ga zuru.

¹²I, [even] I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;

¹² Ay no, ay bumbo no g'araŋ bine yeenandi. Nin no may kaŋ ga humburu Adam-ize kaŋ ga bu? Ni ga humburu boro ize kaŋ ga ciya sanda subu cine no?

¹³and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

¹³ Hala ni ma dinya Rabbi ni Takakwa, Nga kaŋ na beeney salle ka ndunnya tiksey mo sinji. Zaari me-a-me ni goono ga humburu kankamandikwa futa duumi, Waati kaŋ a ga soola nga ma halaciyaŋ te. Man gaa binde no kankamandikwa futa go?

¹⁴He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.

¹⁴ Boro kaŋ go tamtaray ra ga fun kambe nda waasi. A si bu kasu ra, a si jaŋ ŋwaari mo.

¹⁵And I am Jehovah thy God, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

¹⁵ Zama ay no, Rabbi ni Irikoyo, Kaŋ ga teeku tunandi hal a bonday beerey ma kosongu, Rabbi Kundeykoyo no ga ti ay maa.

¹⁶And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

¹⁶ Ay n'ay sanney daŋ ni meyo ra, Ay na ni tugu mo ay kambe faata biyo ra, Zama ay ma beeney tabbatandi, Ay ma ndunnya tiksey mo sinji. Ay ma ne Sihiyona mo se: «Nin no ga ti ay jama.»

¹⁷Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment:

¹⁷ Ma mo hay, ma mo hay! Ya nin Urusalima, ma tun ka kay. Nin kaŋ na Rabbi futay gaasiya haŋ a kambe ra, Ni na teeniyaŋ gaasiya haŋ ka to hala zambo gaa.

¹⁸-- there is none to guide her among all the children that she hath brought forth; neither is there any to take her by the hand of all the children that she hath brought up.

¹⁸ Urusalima sinda candiko ize arey kulu kaŋ yaŋ a hay ra. Ize arey kulu kaŋ yaŋ a biiri ra mo, A jaŋ boro kaŋ g'a kambe candi.

¹⁹These two [things] are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee? -- desolation and destruction, and famine and sword: how shall I comfort thee?

¹⁹ Hari hinka woone yaŋ wo du nin, May no ga baray ni se? Alandaaba nda halaciyaŋ da haray da takuba no du nin. May mo no ga ni kunfa da manti ay?

²⁰Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.

²⁰ Ni ize arey yangala, I go ga kani kwaara fondey kulu ra sanda jeeri kaŋ gata di. I kungu nda Rabbi dukuro kaŋ ga ti ni Irikoyo kaseetiyaŋo.

²¹Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

²¹ Woodin sabbay se, ya nin waybora kaŋ taabi, Nin kaŋ bugu manti da duvan, ma maa woone.

²²thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, and thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment, the goblet-cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

²² Yaa no Rabbi ni Koyo ci, Ni Irikoyo nooya, nga kaŋ ga nga jama fansa sambu. A ne: «A go, ay na ni teeniyaŋ gaasiya ta ni kamba ra, Kaŋ ga ti ay futay gaaso. Ni si ye k'a haŋ koyne.

²³and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to them that went over.

²³ Amma ay g'a daŋ borey kaŋ goono ga ni taabandi yaŋ din kambe ra, ngey kaŋ yaŋ ne ni fundo se: ‹Ma kani ganda zama iri ma taamu ka bisa.› Hala ni na ni banda daaro ciya sanda laabu, Ni n'a ciya sanda fondo mo borey kaŋ g'a daaru se.»