¹And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

¹ Rabbi sanno kaa ay do koyne ka ne:

²Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

² Ma koy ka fe Urusalima hangey ra ka ne: Yaa no Rabbi ci: Ay fongu ni zankataray naanayo, Da ni hiija jirbi iyya baakasina, Mate kaŋ cine ni n'ay gana ka koy hala saajo ra, Nangu kaŋ i mana duma ce fo.

³Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

³ Doŋ Israyla* wo hanante no Rabbi se, A nafa boŋ-jina no. Borey kulu kaŋ n'a ŋwa, woodin ciya a se taali, Masiiba kaŋ i boŋ. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁴Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

⁴ Ya Yakuba dumo kaŋ ga ti Israyla dumo almayaaley kulu, Wa maa Rabbi sanno,

⁵Thus saith Jehovah: What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and become vain?

⁵ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Adilitaray-jaŋay woofo dumi no araŋ kaayey gar ay do, Kaŋ ga naŋ i ma mooru ay, ka goy yaamo gana, Hala ngey bumbey mo ciya yaamo?

⁶And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?

⁶ I mana ne mo: «Man Rabbi kaŋ n'iri kaa Misira laabo ra. Nga kaŋ n'iri candi saajo ra, laabo kaŋ gonda taasi beerey ra, Kaŋ gonda laabu guusey, koogay laabu, Kaŋ gonda kubay bi tik! Kaŋ ra boro kulu si gana, Boro kulu siino ga goro a ra mo?»

⁷And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

⁷ Ay kande araŋ laabu albarkante fo ra, Zama araŋ m'a nafa nd'a izey ŋwa. Amma waato kaŋ cine araŋ furo, araŋ n'ay laabo ziibandi, Araŋ n'ay wane laabo ciya fanta hari.

⁸The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.

⁸ Alfagey mana ne: «Man no Rabbi go?» Asariya goy teekoy man'ay bay, Mayraykoyey n'ay asariya taamu, Annabey* mo na annabitaray te Baal* maa gaa, I na muraaduyaŋ kaŋ sinda nafa gana.

⁹Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.

⁹ A binde, hala sohõ ay ga kakaw d'araŋ. Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Ay ga kakaw d'araŋ haamey mo.

¹⁰For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.

¹⁰ Wa daaru ka koy Cittim gungo do, Araŋ ma guna ka di ka donton Kedar gaa. Araŋ ma fintal hal a ma boori ka di hal i na hayo wo dumi te ce fo.

¹¹Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; -- but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

¹¹ Mate no? Ndunnya dumi fo go no kaŋ bay ka nga de-koyey barmay? Baa kaŋ manti irikoyyaŋ no! Amma ay borey na ngey darza barmay ka ta haŋ kaŋ si hay kulu hanse.

¹²Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.

¹² Ya beeney, wa dambara nda woodin, Araŋ ma humburu gumo, araŋ ma jijiri gumo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹³For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.

¹³ Zama ay borey na goy laalo hinka te: I n'ay furu, ay kaŋ ci hari-mo fundikooni. I na gullayaŋ cina ngey boŋ se, Gulla funo yaŋ kaŋ yaŋ si hari gaay.

¹⁴Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born [slave]? Why is he become a spoil?

¹⁴ Israyla ya bannya no, Wala tam kaŋ i hay windi ra no? Ifo se no a ciya diire hari?

¹⁵The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

¹⁵ Muusu izey dundu a gaa, i na jinde sambu. I n'a laabo ciya saaji, I n'a galley ton hal i sinda goroko mo.

¹⁶Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

¹⁶ Nof da Tafanes izey na ni boŋ bindo cabu.

¹⁷Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?

¹⁷ Manti nin no ka woodin candi ka kande ni boŋ gaa, Za kaŋ ni fay nda Rabbi ni Irikoyo, Waati kaŋ a go ga ni candi fonda ra?

¹⁸And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

¹⁸ Ifo binde ka nin da Misira fonda margu, Hala ni ma Nil haro haŋ? Ifo ka nin da Assiriya fonda margu, Hala ni ma Ufratis haro haŋ?

¹⁹Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

¹⁹ Ni bumbo laalayaŋo ga ni gooji. Ni banda yeyaŋo ga kaseeti ni gaa. Sohõ binde, ni ma bay, Ni ma di kaŋ hari laalo kaŋ ga fottu no za kaŋ ni fay da Rabbi ni Irikoyo. Ay humburkuma si no ni do mo. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.

²⁰For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.

²⁰ Ni na ni calo* ceeri za gayyaŋ, Ni na ni sisirey pati-pati. Ni ne mo: «Ay si may ni se.» Zama tudu kuuku kulu boŋ, Da tuuri-nya kulu kaŋ gonda bi, a cire no ni goono ga kani ka kaaruwataray* goy te.

²¹And I, -- I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?

²¹ Amma ay na ni tilam sanda reyzin* nya tikse suubanante, Dumi kaŋ ga boori gumo. Mate binde no kaŋ ni bare ka te ay se sanda tikse laalo, Saaji ra wane?

²²For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²² Baa ni na ni boŋ nyumay nda soso hari, Ma sambu safun boobo, Kulu nda yaadin ni laalayaŋo taray kwaaray no a go ay jine. Yaadin no Rabbi, Koy Beero ci.

²³How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done -- a swift dromedary traversing her ways!

²³ Mate no ni ga te ka ne: «Ay mana ziibi me, ay mana Baaley gana?» Guna, ni fonda neeya gooro ra, Ni bay haŋ kaŋ ni te, Ni ya yo no kaŋ ga waasu, a ga mulay mo.

²⁴-- a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

²⁴ Ganji farka way doona saajo ra goray, Nga kaŋ ga haw ta nda nga bine anniya, D'a tun, may no ga hin k'a bare? Aru kulu kaŋ g'a ceeci si farga nd'a ceeciyaŋ, A kubayyaŋ handu no i ga du a.

²⁵Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go.

²⁵ Ma si ta ni ce ma jaŋ taamu, Ma si ta mo ni karra ma koogu nda jaw. Amma ni ne: «Daama si no. Abada! Ay wo kay, yawey day no ay ga ba, Ay g'i gana mo.»

²⁶As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed -- they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --

²⁶ Sanda mate kaŋ cine zay ga haaw d'i du a ka di, Yaadin cine no Israyla dumo ga haaw, Ngey nda ngey bonkooney, d'i mayraykoyey, D'i alfagey, d'i annabey mo.

²⁷saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!

²⁷ Ngey no go ga ne bundu se: «Ni ya ay baaba no.» I ma ne tondi mo se: «Nin no ga ti nyaŋo kaŋ n'ay hay.» I na banda bare ay gaa, manti i moydumey. Amma i masiiba jirbey ra i ga ne ay se: «Ma tun k'iri faaba!»

²⁸Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.

²⁸ Amma man gaa no ni toorey kaŋ ni te go? I ma tun me, d'i ga hin, Ka ni faaba masiiba alwaati ra. Zama ni galley baayaŋo me cine no ga ti ni toorey mo baayaŋ me, ya nin Yahuda.

²⁹Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

²⁹ Ifo se no araŋ go g'ay kakaw? Araŋ kulu murte ay gaa. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³⁰In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

³⁰ Yaamo boŋ no ay n'araŋ izey kar, I mana goojiyaŋ ta. Araŋ bumbo takuba n'araŋ annabey ŋwa, Sanda muusu beeri kaŋ ga halaci.

³¹O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?

³¹ Ya araŋ zamana wo borey, wa maa Rabbi sanno. Ay ciya saaji nooya Israyla se? Wala laabu kaŋ gonda kubay bi tik? Ifo se binde no kaŋ ay jama goono ga ne: «Taŋante no iri go, iri si ye ka koy ni do koyne?»

³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.

³² A ga hin ka te wandiyo ma dinya nga taalam jinay, Wayhiiji mo ma dinya nga zaarey? Kulu nda yaadin, Ay borey dinya ay gaa jirbiyaŋ kaŋ sinda me.

³³How dost thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore hast thou also accustomed thy ways to wickedness.

³³ Mate kaŋ ni na ni fonda hanse nd'a neeya Baakasinay ceeciyaŋ se! Haciika baa kaaruwey, ni n'i dondonandi nda ni daa.

³⁴Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but [it is found] upon all these.

³⁴ Ni bankaarayey gaa gonda kuri, Boro kaŋ sinda taali yaŋ wane, kaŋ yaŋ ga talka. Baa kaŋ ni man'i gar i go ga fuwo fun. Amma woodin yaŋ baa si,

³⁵And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

³⁵ Kulu nda yaadin ni go ga ne: «Ay wo sinda taali, Daahir Rabbi futa ga bare ka fay da ay.» A go, ay ga konda nin ciiti do, Zama ni ne ni mana zunubi te.

³⁶Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria.

³⁶ Ifo se no ni goono ga bar-bare yaawo cine ka ni fonda barmay? Ni ga haaw Misira sabbay se, Sanda mate kaŋ cine ni haaw Assiriya sabbay se.

³⁷Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them.

³⁷ Baa neewo mo no ni ga fatta, Ni kambey ga bara ni boŋo ra, Zama Rabbi wangu ngey kaŋ yaŋ gaa ni goono ga de, I si hay kulu hanse ni se.