¹Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

¹ Ni jinda sambu, ma s'a zabu! Ni jinda tunandi, sanda hilli karyaŋ cine k'ay jama taalo ci i se, Ma Yakuba dumo zunubey ci i se mo.

²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:

² Daahir, i goono g'ay ceeci zaari kulu, Ka ne ngey ga ba ngey m'ay fondey bay, Danga dumi kaŋ goono ga adilitaray te, Kaŋ siino ga fay da ngey Irikoyo farilla. I goono ga cimi ciiti dumbuyaŋ ŋwaaray ay gaa ka ne ngey ga ba ngey ma maan Irikoy do.

³-- Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [you], and exact all your labours.

³ I go ga ne: «Ifo se no iri mehaw, ni mo, ni mana di a? Ifo se no iri n'iri boŋ kaynandi, ni mana saal mo?» A go, araŋ mehaw zaaro ra araŋ goono ga araŋ ndunnya kaaniyey ŋwa, Araŋ goono g'araŋ goy-teerey kulu kankam mo.

⁴Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.

⁴ A go, araŋ goono ga mehaw da kusuuma nda yanje, Araŋ ga kar mo da kambe kunkunante laalo. Sohõ binde, araŋ mana mehaw mate kaŋ ga naŋ i ma maa araŋ jindey beene.

⁵Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, -- that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?

⁵ Mate no, woone no ga ti mehawo kaŋ dumi ay suuban -- Zaari no kaŋ boro ga nga fundo taabandi? A ma boŋ sumbal sanda karra, A ma bufu zaara nda boosu daaru ngey cire no? Woodin se no ni ga ne mehaw? Zaari no kaŋ Rabbi ga yadda nd'a? Abada!

⁶Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?

⁶ Wala manti woone ga ti mehawo kaŋ dumi ay suuban? Araŋ ma laala sisirey ceeri, Wa calu hawyaŋ korfey feeri, Wa borey kaŋ yaŋ i kankam taŋ, wa calu kulu feeri.

⁷Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

⁷ Wala manti nga mo no: Ma ni ŋwaaro zaban harayzey se, Alfukaarey kaŋ sinda naŋ-kaniya, ma kand'ey ni windo ra, Da ni di boro kaŋ gonda banji, m'a bankaaray, Ni ma si tugu ni nya-izey se mo?

⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.

⁸ Saaya din no ni annura ga zorti sanda mo boyaŋ, Ni baani duure mo ga cahã ka kaa da waasi. Ni adilitara ga koy ni jine, Rabbi darza mo ga te ni se kosaray banda haray.

⁹Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger and the unjust speech,

⁹ Waato din gaa no ni ga ce, Rabbi mo ga tu. Ni ga jinde tunandi, nga mo ga ne: «Ay neeya!» Da ni na calu, da kambayze cabeyaŋ, Da laala sanni ciyaŋ hibandi ka kaa araŋ game ra.

¹⁰and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;

¹⁰ Da ni na ni bine feeri harayzey se, Ma boro kaŋ fundo taabi kungandi -- waato din gaa no ni annura ga fun kubay ra. Ni kuba mo ga ciya sanda wayno go zaari bindi.

¹¹and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not.

¹¹ Rabbi mo ga jine candi ni se duumi, A ma ni fundo kungandi mo nangu kogey ra, A ma ni biriyey gaabandi. Ni ga ciya sanda kali kaŋ i haŋandi, Sanda hari zuru mo kaŋ haro si koosu.

¹²And they [that come] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations [that have remained] from generation to generation; and thou shalt be called, Repairer of the breaches, restorer of frequented paths.

¹² Ni banda mo ga waato kurmu zeeney cina. Ni ga ye ka waato zamaney daba boobo cina, I ga ne ni se kortimi hanseko, Da fondey kaŋ ra borey ga goro hanseko.

¹³If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [idle] words;

¹³ Hala day ni na ce kaa ni boŋ ibaay ganayaŋ ra asibti hane, Kaŋ ga ti ay zaari hananta, Da ni na asibti ciya ni kaani maayaŋ hari, Da haŋ kaŋ Rabbi darza hanandi, Da ni na asibti beerandi mo, Ni mana ni boŋ muraadu goy te, Ni mana ni boŋ kaani ceeci, Ni mana ni boŋ ibaay sanni ci mo --

¹⁴then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

¹⁴ Waato din gaa no ni bina ga kaan Rabbi ra. Ay mo ga ni kaarandi ndunnya nangu beerey boŋ, Ay ga ni kuru mo da ni kaayo Yakuba tubo, Zama Rabbi meyo no ka woodin ci.