¹Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

¹ Kaari hawjiyey kaŋ yaŋ goono g'ay kuray nangey feejey halaci k'i say-say! Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

²Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

² Woodin sabbay se binde, yaa no Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ci hawjiyey boŋ kaŋ yaŋ goono g'ay jama kuru: Araŋ n'ay alman kuro say, araŋ n'i gaaray, araŋ man'i kunfa mo. A go, ay g'araŋ goyey laalayaŋo candi ka kande araŋ boŋ. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their pastures; and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply.

³ Gaa no ay bumbo, ay ga ye k'ay alman kuro kaŋ cindi din margu-margu ka fun d'ey laabey kulu ra, nangey kaŋ ay n'i gaaray ka kond'ey. Ay ga ye ka kand'ey ngey kalo ra. I ga ize boobo hay, i ga zaada mo.

⁴And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.

⁴ Ay ga hawjiyaŋ daŋ i se mo kaŋ yaŋ g'i kuru. Kuro si ye ka humburu koyne, i si joote, baa afo si jaŋ i ra mo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁵Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

⁵ Yaa no Rabbi ci: A go, jirbiyaŋ goono ga kaa, Kaŋ ay ga Tuuri Kambe fo tunandi Dawda se kaŋ gonda adilitaray. A ga may, a ga ciya bonkooni, A ga goy da laakal, A ga cimi ciiti nda adilitaray te laabo ra.

⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.

⁶ A jirbey ra Yahuda ga du faaba, Israyla mo ga baani goray te. Maa kaŋ i g'a ce d'a neeya: Rabbi iri Adilitara.

⁷Therefore behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, [As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

⁷ Woodin sabbay se guna, jirbiyaŋ goono ga kaa, yaa no Rabbi ci, kaŋ boro si ye ka ne: «Ay ga ze da Rabbi fundikoono, nga kaŋ fun da Israyla izey Misira laabo ra.»

⁸but, [As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led back the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

⁸ Amma boro ga ne: «Ay ga ze da Rabbi fundikoono, nga kaŋ fun da Israyla banda azawa kambe nda laabey kulu ra,» nangey kaŋ yaŋ ay n'i gaaray ka kond'ey. I ga goro mo ngey laabo ra.

⁹Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of Jehovah, and because of the words of his holiness.

⁹ Annabey boŋ sanni no, Ay bina dooru. Ay biriyey kulu go ga jijiri, Ay ciya sanda boro kaŋ bugu, Sanda boro kaŋ duvan* hin a, Rabbi nda nga sanni hanantey sabbay se.

¹⁰For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.

¹⁰ Zama laabo to da zina-teeriyaŋ. Laaliyaŋ sabbay se no laabo goono ga te bine saray. Saajo ra kurey nangey koogu, Borey daa ga laala no, i hino mo, cimi si no a ra.

¹¹For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

¹¹ Zama annabey da alfagey, I sata hinka kulu sinda Irikoy ganayaŋ. Oho, baa ay windo ra ay n'i laalayaŋo gar. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹²Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

¹² Woodin sabbay se no i fonda ga ciya i se tansi nanguyaŋ kubay ra, Ay g'i gaaray hal i ma kaŋ a ra. Zama ay ga masiiba candi ka kande i boŋ, Jiiro kaŋ ay ga bana i gaa din ra. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹³And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

¹³ Ay di saamotaray Samariya annabey mo ra. I na annabitaray te da Baal maa k'ay jama Israyla darandi.

¹⁴And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

¹⁴ Urusalima annabey ra mo ay di fanta hari: I goono ga zina goy te, i ma tangari fondoyaŋ gana, I goono ga laala goy-teekoy kambey gaabandi, Hala boro fo si no kaŋ goono ga bare ka fun nga fondo laala ra. I kulu ciya ay se sanda Saduma* cine, A ra gorokoy mo ga hima Gomorata* cine.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

¹⁵ Woodin se binde, yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci annabey boŋ: A go, ay g'i ŋwaayandi nda kobto forto, Ay m'i tilasandi i ma tay hari haŋ, Zama Urusalima annabey do no Irikoy wangay fun ka koy laabo hirrey kulu me.

¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

¹⁶ Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci: Wa si hanga jeeri annabey din sanney se kaŋ goono ga annabitaray te araŋ se, Zama sanni yaamoyaŋ no i goono g'araŋ dondonandi nd'a. I goono ga bangayyaŋ ci kaŋ i biney ra no a fun, Manti Rabbi me ra wane no bo.

¹⁷They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you.

¹⁷ Duumi i goono ga ne borey kaŋ yaŋ donda ay se: Rabbi ne: «Araŋ ga du laakal kanay!» Boro kulu mo kaŋ ga nga hanga sanda gana, I ga ne a se: «Masiiba kulu si du araŋ.»

¹⁸For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?

¹⁸ Amma may no ka kay Rabbi saaware marga ra ce fo, Hal a koy ma du ka bay, a ma maa a sanney mo? May no ka hangan a sanno se hal a maa r'a mo?

¹⁹Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.

¹⁹ A go, Rabbi hari haw bambata, kaŋ ga ti a futa, a fatta. Oho, alma haw beeri no. A ga kaŋ boro laaley boŋ.

²⁰The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.

²⁰ Rabbi futa si bare bo, kala nd'a goy ka ban, A ma nga bine miila kulu toonandi. Jirbey bananta ra araŋ ga faham parkatak.

²¹I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

²¹ Ay mana annabey din donton bo, Kulu nda yaadin i zuru. Ay mana salaŋ i se bo, Kulu nda yaadin i na annabitaray te.

²²But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.

²² Amma d'a ciya i kay ay saaware marga ra, Doŋ i g'ay borey daŋ i ma maa ay sanney, Doŋ i g'i bare k'i kaa ngey fondo laalo ra d'i goyey laalayaŋo mo gaa.

²³Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

²³ Ay wo Irikoy kaŋ ga maan no. Ay ya Irikoy kaŋ ga mooru mo no. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

²⁴Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.

²⁴ Boro fo ga hin ka tugu lokotoyaŋ ra kaŋ ay si di a no? Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Manti ay no ga beena nda ganda toonandi? Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

²⁵I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

²⁵ Ay maa haŋ kaŋ annabey ne, kaŋ yaŋ goono ga tangari annabitaray te d'ay maa. I goono ga ne: «Ay hindiri, ay hindiri!»

²⁶How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

²⁶ Waatifo no woodin ga ban annabey kaŋ ga tangari annabitaray te biney ra, da annabey mo kaŋ yaŋ ga ngey biney ra halliyaŋ ci?

²⁷who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

²⁷ I go ga tammahã ngey ga hin ka naŋ ay borey ma dinya ay maa gaa ngey hindirey kaŋ i goono ga ci care se din sabbay se, sanda mate kaŋ cine i kaayey dinya ay maa gaa Baal sabbay se.

²⁸The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

²⁸ Annabo kaŋ gonda hindiri, a ma nga hindiro dede. Amma boro kaŋ gonda ay sanno, a m'ay sanno ci da mate kaŋ ga saba. I ga subu baano kar alkama gaa no, wala? Yaa no Rabbi ci.

²⁹Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

²⁹ Ay sanno, manti sanda danji cine no, wala mo ndarka kaŋ ga tondiyaŋ bagu no? Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³⁰Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

³⁰ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Ay binde ga gaaba nda annabey din kaŋ goono g'ay sanno zay ngey nda care gaa.

³¹Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.

³¹ Ay ga gaaba nda annabey, ngey kaŋ goono ga ngey meyey fiti ka ne: «Yaa no Rabbi ci...» Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³²Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and that tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their boasting; and I have not sent them, nor commanded them; and they profit not this people at all, saith Jehovah.

³² A go mo, ay ga gaaba nda ngey kaŋ ga annabitaray te da tangari hindiriyaŋ k'i dede mo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci. I goono g'ay jama kambandi ka kaa fonda gaa da ngey tangarey, da ngey boŋ sifayaŋ yaamo. Amma ay wo, ay man'i donton, ay man'i lordi, i si nafa kulu te mo jama wo se. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³³And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even cast you off, saith Jehovah.

³³ Koyne, da jama wo, wala annabi, wala alfaga na ni hã ka ne: «Ifo no ga ti Rabbi jaraw?» kala ni ma ne i se: Araŋ no ga ti jaraw, ay g'araŋ furu mo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³⁴And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

³⁴ Zama annabo din, wala alfaga din, wala bora din, kaŋ ga ne: «Rabbi jarawo neeya» -- kal ay ma bora din da nga windo kulu gooji.

³⁵Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

³⁵ Yaadin no araŋ boro fo kulu ga ci nga gorokasin se, da nga nya-izo se mo, a ga ne: «Ifo no Rabbi tu d'a?» Wala a ma ne: «Ifo no Rabbi ci?»

³⁶And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts, our God.

³⁶ Araŋ si ye ka fongu Rabbi jarawo gaa koyne, zama boro fo kulu sanni ga ciya nga boŋ se jaraw. Zama Irikoy fundikoono, Rabbi Kundeykoyo, iri Irikoyo nooya, araŋ n'a sanney barmay.

³⁷Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

³⁷ Yaa no ni ga ci annabo se: «Ifo no Rabbi tu d'a ni se? Ifo mo no Rabbi ci ni se?»

³⁸But since ye say, The burden of Jehovah, therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;

³⁸ Amma d'araŋ ne: «Rabbi jaraw» -- yaa no Rabbi ci: Za kaŋ araŋ na sanno din ci -- «Rabbi jaraw» -- kaŋ ay wo jin ka donton araŋ gaa ka ne: Araŋ ma si ne Rabbi jaraw --

³⁹therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.

³⁹ woodin sabbay se, a go, haciika ay ga dinya araŋ gaa! Ya araŋ da gallo kaŋ ay n'araŋ d'araŋ kaayey no furu ka kaa ay jine.

⁴⁰And I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.

⁴⁰ Koyne, ay ga wowi hari kaŋ ga duumi candi ka kande araŋ boŋ, haawi kaŋ sinda me, kaŋ borey si dinya a gaa.