¹And these are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon

¹ Irimiya na tira hantum k'a samba a ma fun Urusalima ka koy tamtaray izey arkusu cindey do, da alfagey, da annabey, da jama kulu kaŋ Nebukadnezzar sambu Urusalima ka kond'ey Babila.

²(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem);

² A na tira din samba waato kaŋ bonkoono Yekoniya, da nga nyaŋo, da faadancey kaŋ i manta, da Yahuda nda Urusalima mayraykoyey, da kambe goy-teerey, da zamey dira ka fun Urusalima.

³by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkijah (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,

³ A na tira samba Eleyasa Safan izo da Gemariya Hilciya izo kambe ra, borey kaŋ yaŋ Yahuda bonkoono Zedeciya donton Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar se, i ma koy Babila. Tira ne:

⁴Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon:

⁴ Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci tamtaray izey jama kulu se kaŋ yaŋ ay naŋ i ma fun d'ey Urusalima ka kond'ey tamtaray Babila, sanno neeya:

⁵Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

⁵ Wa fuyaŋ cina araŋ boŋ se ka goro i ra. Araŋ ma kaliyaŋ tilam k'i nafa ŋwa.

⁶Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and be not diminished.

⁶ Araŋ ma wandeyaŋ hiiji, ka ize aru nda ize way yaŋ hay. Araŋ ma hiijay wandeyaŋ ceeci ka kande araŋ ize arey se, wa araŋ ize wayey mo no hiijay kurnyeyaŋ se, zama i ma ize aru nda ize way yaŋ hay. Araŋ ma baa ka labu-care noodin, araŋ ma si zabu ka ciya kunda kayna.

⁷And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

⁷ Araŋ ma gallo kaŋ ra ay konda araŋ ka daŋ tamtaray din baani ceeci, araŋ ma adduwa te Rabbi gaa a se, zama a baano ra no araŋ ga du araŋ wano.

⁸For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye like to dream.

⁸ Zama yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Wa si ta araŋ annabey da gunakoy kaŋ yaŋ go araŋ game ra m'araŋ halli. Wa si hangan araŋ hindirey se kaŋ araŋ goono ga te mo.

⁹For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.

⁹ Zama i goono ga annabitaray te araŋ se da tangari ay maa ra. Amma ay wo, Rabbi, ay ne ay man'i donton.

¹⁰For thus saith Jehovah: When seventy years shall be accomplished for Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in bringing you back to this place.

¹⁰ Zama, yaa no Rabbi ci: Waati kaŋ jiiri wayya kaŋ ay ci Babila boŋ kubay, ay g'araŋ kunfa, ay m'ay gomni sanno toonandi araŋ se. Ay ga ye ka kande araŋ nango wo ra.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.

¹¹ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Zama ay ga bay miiley kaŋ ay goono ga miila araŋ boŋ. Baani miilayaŋ no, manti masiiba wane bo, zama ay m'araŋ no kokoro hanno nda beeje.

¹²And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;

¹² Waato din gaa araŋ g'ay ce, araŋ ma koy ka adduwa te ay gaa, ay mo ga maa araŋ se.

¹³and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart,

¹³ Araŋ g'ay ceeci mo ka du ay, waati kaŋ araŋ g'ay ceeci nda bine kulu.

¹⁴and I will be found of you, saith Jehovah. And I will turn your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again into the place whence I have caused you to be carried away captive.

¹⁴ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Ay ga naŋ araŋ ma du ay, ya ye ka kande araŋ ka fun d'araŋ tamtara do, ya araŋ margu k'araŋ kaa ndunnya dumey kulu ra, nangey kulu mo kaŋ ay n'araŋ gaaray ka konda araŋ. Ay ga ye ka kande araŋ nango wo ra, naŋ kaŋ ay naŋ i m'araŋ sambu ka konda tamtaray. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹⁵If ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

¹⁵ Zama araŋ ne: «Rabbi na annabiyaŋ tunandi iri se Babila ra» --

¹⁶yea, thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

¹⁶ Guna, sanno neeya kaŋ Rabbi goono ga ci bonkoono boŋ kaŋ goono ga goro Dawda karga boŋ, da jama kulu boŋ kaŋ goono ga goro gallu woone ra, araŋ nya-izey nooya kaŋ yaŋ mana fatta ka koy tamtaray araŋ banda. --

¹⁷thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like the vile figs, that cannot be eaten for badness.

¹⁷ Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci: A go, ay go ga takuba nda haray da balaaw samba i gaa, ay m'i ciya sanda jeejay laalo, kaŋ si ŋwa a fumbo se.

¹⁸And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I will drive them:

¹⁸ Ay g'i gaaray da takuba, da haray, da balaaw, ay m'i ciya haŋ kaŋ ga laakal tunandi ndunnya mayray kulu ra. I ga ciya laaliyaŋ hari, da dambara hari, da donda-caray hari, da wowi hari ndunnya dumey kulu ra, nangey kaŋ yaŋ ay n'i gaaray ka kond'ey.

¹⁹because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, saith Jehovah.

¹⁹ Zama i mana hanga jeeri ay sanney se, yaa no Rabbi ci, sanney kaŋ ay doona ka samba i gaa ay tam annabey meyey ra, ay ga soobay k'i samba. Amma araŋ wangu ka hangan. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

²⁰But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of Jehovah.

²⁰ Wa maa Rabbi sanno fa, araŋ tamtaray izey kulu, araŋ kaŋ ay sallama Urusalima ra araŋ ma koy tamtaray Babila.

²¹Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsehood unto you in my name: Behold, I will give them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall smite them before your eyes.

²¹ Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci Ahab Kolaya izo, da Zedeciya Maaseya izo boŋ, ngey kaŋ goono ga tangari annabitaray te araŋ se ay maa ra: A go, ay g'i daŋ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar kambe ra, a g'i wi araŋ jine mo.

²²And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

²² I maayey mo no Yahuda tamtaray borey kulu kaŋ go Babila ra ga laaliyaŋ te d'a, i ma ne: «Rabbi ma ni ciya sanda Zedeciya nda Ahab cine, ngey kaŋ Babila bonkoono n'i tandara danji ra.»

²³because they have committed infamy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words of falsehood in my name, which I had not commanded them: and I [am] he that knoweth, and [am] witness, saith Jehovah.

²³ Zama i na saamotaray goy te Israyla ra za kaŋ i zina da ngey gorokasiney wandey. I salaŋ mo ay maa ra da tangari sanni kaŋ ay man'i lordi nd'a. Ay no ka bay i gaa, ay mo no ga ti seeda. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

²⁴And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

²⁴ Ni ga salaŋ Semaya Nehelami bora se ka ne:

²⁵Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

²⁵ Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Ni na tirayaŋ samba jama kulu kaŋ go Urusalima ra se ni bumbo din maa ra, i koy mo Alfa Zafaniya Maaseya izo da alfagey kulu do. I ra ni ne:

²⁶Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers [in] the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.

²⁶ «Rabbi na ni ciya alfaga Alfa Yehoyda nango ra hala ni ma ciya jine boro Rabbi windo ra. Follokom kulu kaŋ goono ga annabitaray te, kala ni m'a daŋ baka* nda calu* ra.

²⁷And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?

²⁷ Sohõ binde, sabaabu woofo se no ni mana kaseeti Irimiya Anatot bora gaa, nga kaŋ goono ga annabitaray te araŋ se?

²⁸Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, It will be long; build houses, and dwell [in them], and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

²⁸ Zama a donton iri gaa neewo Babila ra ka ne, way: ‹Tamtara wo ga gay. Wa fuyaŋ cina ka goro i ra. Wa kaliyaŋ tilam k'i nafa ŋwa.› »

²⁹-- And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of the prophet Jeremiah.

²⁹ Alfa Zafaniya mo na tira caw annabi Irimiya hangey ra.

³⁰And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,

³⁰ Waato din binde Rabbi sanno kaa Irimiya do ka ne:

³¹Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood;

³¹ Kala ni ma donton tamtaray borey kulu gaa ka ne: Yaa no Rabbi ci Semaya Nehelami bora boŋ: Za kaŋ Semaya na annabitaray te araŋ se, ay man'a donton mo, hal a naŋ araŋ ma tangari cimandi,

³²therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah.

³² woodin sabbay se yaa no Rabbi ci: A go, ay ga Semaya Nehelami bora gooji, nga nda nga banda kulu. Baa alboro fo si cindi a se da fundi dumo din ra. A si di gomno kaŋ ay ga te ay borey se din mo, zama a na murteyaŋ sanni te Rabbi gaa. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.