¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

¹ Yahuda bonkoono Yehoyacim Yosiya izo koytara sintina ra no, sanni woone fun Rabbi do ka kaa Irimiya do kaŋ ne:

²Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;

² Yaa no Rabbi ci ay se: Ma sisiri da calu yaŋ te ni boŋ se k'i sarku ni jinda gaa.

³and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah.

³ M'i samba mo i ma koy Edom bonkoono do, da Mowab bonkoono do, da Amon izey bonkoono do, da Tir koyo do, da Zidon koyo mo do. Diyey kaŋ yaŋ kaa Urusalima Yahuda bonkoono Zedeciya do no ga kond'ey.

⁴And give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say unto your masters:

⁴ M'i lordi mo ka ne i ma koy ngey koyey do, i ma ne: Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Mate kaŋ araŋ ga ci araŋ koyey se neeya:

⁵I have made the earth, man and beast that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give them unto whom it seemeth right in mine eyes.

⁵ «Ay no ka ndunnya, da boro, da almaney kaŋ yaŋ go ndunnya ra te d'ay hin beero d'ay kambe sallanta mo. Ay g'a no mo bora kaŋ ay di ga hagu a se.

⁶And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

⁶ Sohõ mo ay na laabey wo kulu daŋ ay tamo Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar kambe ra. Ay n'a no ganji hamey mo zama i ma may a se.

⁷And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also come, when many nations and great kings shall reduce him to servitude.

⁷ Ndunnya dumey kulu mo ga may a se, nga nd'a izo, d'a haama mo se, hala Babila laabo alwaato ma kubay. Waato din gaa no ndunnya dumi boobo da bonkooni beeri yaŋ ga nga mo daŋ tamtaray.»

⁸And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

⁸ A ga ciya mo, laabo wala dumo kaŋ ga wangu ka may Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar se din, a mana yadda mo ka nga jinda daŋ Babila bonkoono calo ra, ay ga dumo din gooji nda takuba, da haray, da balaaw, kal ay m'i kulu halaci a kambe ra. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁹And ye, hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak unto you saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.

⁹ Araŋ binde ma si saal araŋ annabey din, d'araŋ gunakoy, d'araŋ hindirikoy, d'araŋ moodabal-teekoy, d'araŋ ziimey, kaŋ yaŋ ga salaŋ araŋ se ka ne: «Abada, araŋ si may Babila bonkoono se bo!»

¹⁰For they prophesy falsehood unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

¹⁰ Zama tangari annabitaray no i goono ga te araŋ se, kaŋ g'araŋ hibandi ka moorandi araŋ laabo. Ay mo g'araŋ gaaray, araŋ ga halaci mo.

¹¹But the nation that bringeth its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serveth him, will I let remain still in its own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

¹¹ Amma dumo kaŋ ga nga jinda daŋ Babila bonkoono calo cire, a ga may a se mo, dumo din kal ay ma fay d'ey i ma goro ngey laabo ra. I ga ngey laabo far ka goro a ra mo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹²And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

¹² Ay na sanni te Yahuda bonkoono Zedeciya se mo, kaŋ ga saba nda woodin yaŋ. Ay ne: W'araŋ jindey daŋ Babila bonkoono calo cire. Araŋ ma may a se d'a borey mo se, zama araŋ ma funa!

¹³Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

¹³ Ifo se no araŋ ga ba araŋ ma bu, nin da ni borey, takuba nda haray da balaaw se, haŋ kaŋ Rabbi n'a kaseetiyaŋ te dumi kaŋ wangu ka may Babila bonkoono se boŋ?

¹⁴And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy falsehood unto you.

¹⁴ Wa si saal annabey sanney kaŋ i goono ga ci araŋ se ka ne: «Abada, araŋ si may Babila bonkoono se bo!» -- zama tangari annabitaray no i goono ga te araŋ se.

¹⁵For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, yet they prophesy falsely in my name; in order that I should drive you out, and that ye should perish, ye, and the prophets who prophesy unto you.

¹⁵ Zama ay wo man'i donton, yaa no Rabbi ci, amma i goono ga tangari annabitaray te ay maa ra. Woodin sabbay se no ay g'araŋ gaaray araŋ ma halaci, araŋ da annabey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga annabitaray sanney din te araŋ se.

¹⁶And I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy falsehood unto you.

¹⁶ Ay salaŋ alfagey da jama kulu mo se ka ne: Yaa no Rabbi ci: Wa si hangan araŋ annabey sanney se, kaŋ yaŋ goono ga annabitaray te araŋ se ka ne: «A go, d'a tonton kayna, i ga ye ka kande Rabbi windo jinayey ka fun d'ey Babila.» Zama tangari no i goono ga annabitaray te d'a araŋ se.

¹⁷Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?

¹⁷ Wa si hangan i se bo! Wa soobay ka may Babila bonkoono se ka funa. Ifo se no gallo wo ga ciya kurmu?

¹⁸But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

¹⁸ To, da ngey wo annabiyaŋ no, hala mo Rabbi sanno go i banda, i ma ŋwaaray Rabbi Kundeykoyo gaa sohõ jinayey kaŋ cindi Rabbi windo ra boŋ, da Yahuda bonkoono windo ra, da Urusalima ra, hala ngey mo ma si koy Babila.

¹⁹For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

¹⁹ Zama Rabbi Kundeykoyo sanno neeya muuley*, da nyumayyaŋ bango, da taasa kanjekoyey, da jinayey kaŋ cindi gallo wo ra boŋ.

²⁰which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

²⁰ Woodin yaŋ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar man'i ku, waato kaŋ a na Yahuda bonkoono Yekoniya Yehoyacim izo di ka fun d'a Urusalima. A kond'a Babila k'a daŋ tamtaray ra, nga nda Yahuda mayraykoyey kulu da Urusalima waney mo.

²¹yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:

²¹ Oho, jinayey kaŋ cindi Rabbi windo ra, da Yahuda bonkoono windo ra, da Urusalima mo ra, yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci i boŋ:

²²They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day of my visiting them, saith Jehovah; then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.

²² Ngey mo, i ga kond'ey Babila. I ga goro noodin mo, hala waati kaŋ ay g'i kunfa. Waato din gaa no ay ga ye ka kand'ey k'i yeti neewo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.