¹The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

¹ Sanno wo fun Rabbi do ka kaa Irimiya do, waato kaŋ bonkoono Zedeciya na Pasur Malciya izo, da Alfa Zafaniya Maaseya izo donton a gaa ka ne:

²Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that Jehovah will deal with us according to all his marvellous works, that he may go up from us.

² «Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma saaware ceeci ay se Rabbi gaa, zama Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar kande iri gaa wongu. Hambara Rabbi ga te iri se nga dambara goyey dumo boŋ, zama bora din ma tun ka fay da iri.»

³And Jeremiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

³ Kala Irimiya ne i se: Haŋ kaŋ araŋ ga ci Zedeciya se neeya:

⁴Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, outside the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

⁴ Yaa no Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Wa guna, wongu jinayey kaŋ go araŋ kambey ra, kaŋ yaŋ araŋ ga Babila bonkoono wongu nd'a, ngey nda Kaldancey kaŋ yaŋ n'araŋ daŋ game gallo banda, wongu jinay din, kal ay m'i bare, m'i margu-margu ka kand'ey hala gallo wo bindo ra.

⁵And I myself will fight against you with a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, and in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

⁵ Ay bumbo mo no ga wongu nd'araŋ, ay kambe go sallante nda jase gaabikooni, da dukuri, da futay. Oho, futay korno no ay g'a te d'a.

⁶And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

⁶ Ay ga gallo wo gorokoy kar, boro nda alman, i ga bu da balaaw bambata.

⁷And afterwards, saith Jehovah, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life, and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

⁷ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Woodin banda mo koyne, ay ga Yahuda bonkoono Zedeciya daŋ, nga nda nga tamey, d'a jama, da borey kaŋ yaŋ du ka balaawo da takuba da hara yana gallo ra. Ay g'i daŋ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar kambe ra, kaŋ ga ti i ibarey kambe ra, ngey kaŋ yaŋ goono g'i fundey ceeci. A g'i kar da takuba. A si jalla i gaa, a si bakar i se, a si suuji te i se mo.

⁸And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

⁸ Ni ga ne borey wo se koyne: Yaa no Rabbi goono ga ci: A go, ay na fundi fondo da buuyaŋ fondo daŋ araŋ jine.

⁹He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and deserteth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

⁹ Boro kaŋ goro gallo wo ra, takuba, da haray, da balaaw no g'a wi. Amma boro kaŋ fatta ka koy ka kaŋ Kaldancey kambe ra, kaŋ yaŋ n'araŋ koli ka windi nda wongu, bora din ga funa, a ga yana nda nga fundo.

¹⁰For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

¹⁰ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Zama ay n'ay moyduma sinji gallo wo boŋ da masiiba miila, kaŋ manti gomni wane no. Ay g'a daŋ Babila bonkoono kambe ra, nga mo g'a ton da danji.

¹¹And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah.

¹¹ Ni ma ne Yahuda bonkoono banda se mo: Wa maa Rabbi sanno.

¹²House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

¹² Ya Dawda dumo, yaa no Rabbi ci: Wa cimi ciiti te susubay kulu. Wa borey kaŋ yaŋ i goono ga kom faaba ngey komkoy kambe ra, Zama ay futa ma si fatta sanda danji cine ka ton hala boro si no kaŋ ga hin k'a wi, Araŋ goyey laalayaŋo sabbay se.

¹³Behold, I am against thee, inhabitress of the valley, the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; ye that say, Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter into our dwellings?

¹³ Ya nin gooro ra gorokwa, da tondi batama wano mo, Ay ga gaaba nda nin. Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Araŋ kaŋ goono ga ne: «May no ga hin ka zumbu ka kaa iri gaa? May no ga hin ka furo iri nangorayey ra?»

¹⁴And I will visit you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

¹⁴ Amma ay ga ciiti araŋ se araŋ goyey boŋ. Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Ya danji tusu araŋ saajo gaa, Kaŋ ga hay kulu kaŋ go a windanta ŋwa ka ban.