1How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!
1 Kaari! Wura ciya ibi. Wura kaŋ hanan d'i kulu barmay. I na nangu hananta tondey gusam fondey gaarey kulu ra.
2The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
2 Sihiyona ize darzantey kaŋ waato i darza ga saba nda wura hansante, A go, i n'i himandi sanda botogo foobuyaŋ, Kusu cinako kambe goy.
3Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
3 Baa zoŋey ga ngey fafa no, I ga ngey izey naanandi, Amma ay jama ize wayo te bine-bi sanda saajo ra taatagayey cine.
4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.
4 Attaciriya kaŋ go ga naan, A deena go ga naagu a daana gaa jaw maayaŋ sabbay se. Zankey go ga ŋwaari ŋwaaray, Amma boro kulu si zaban i se.
5They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
5 Borey kaŋ waato i ga ndunnya kaani maayaŋ ŋwaari ŋwa, Sohõ i go ga halaci fondey boŋ. Ngey mo kaŋ i biiri sanda bonkooni izeyaŋ, Sohõ i go ga fisi begunu ganday.
6And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.
6 Zama ay jama ize wayo taalo alhakko bisa Saduma* zunubo alhakko, Kwaara kaŋ i zeeri fap! folloŋ! Baa kaŋ boro kulu mana kambe dake a gaa.
7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire.
7 A boro beerey bisa neezu* hanan yaŋ, I bisa wa gani kwaaray yaŋ mo. I gaahamey bisa koral* ciray yaŋ caw, I n'i ziiri sanda safir* tondiyaŋ.
8Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.
8 Amma sohõ i alhaaley bi da kusu banda, Boro si baa i bay fondey gaa. I kuurey sukum ka naagu i biriyey gaa, A koogu sanda bundu cine.
9The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
9 Boro ma bu nda takuba baa a ma bu da haray. Hara g'a kombandi, a ga komso mo fari nafa-jaŋay sabbay se.
10The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.
10 Wayborey kaŋ biney ga baan, I kambey no ka ngey izey hina. I ciya i se ŋwaari ay jama ize wayo halaciyaŋo ra.
11Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof.
11 Rabbi na nga dukuro toonandi, A na nga futay korna gusam. A na danji daŋ Sihiyona gaa kaŋ n'a ton kal a tiksa gaa.
12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
12 Ndunnya bonkooney da ndunnya gorokoy kulu mo, doŋ i si ta hal a ga hin ka te yanjekaari nda ibare ma furo Urusalima* meyey ra.
13[It is] for the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.
13 Amma woodin te a annabey zunubey sabbay se, D'a alfagey goy laaley sabbay se, Ngey kaŋ na adilanteyaŋ kuri mun gallo ra.
14They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
14 Sohõ i goono ga dira ka tatanji kwaara fondey ra sanda danawyaŋ. Kuri n'i ziibandi hal a to naŋ kaŋ boro kulu s'i bankaarayey ham.
15They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [there].
15 Borey wurru i gaa ka ne i se: «Ya araŋ ziibikoyey, wa tun, wa koy! Wa tun ka koy, wa si lamba iri gaa!» Ngey mo zuru, i soobay ka dira ka tatanji. Dumi cindey ra borey goono ga ne: «I si ye ka goro noodin koyne.»
16The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.
16 Rabbi futa n'i say-say, A si ye k'i saal koyne. Borey baa si da alfagey beera, I mana gomni te arkusey se mo.
17Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.
17 Iri wo, iri moy gaze, Zama gaakasinay kaŋ iri hangan ya yaamo no. Iri na mo daaru ka guna hala ndunnya dumi go no -- amma a si hin ka faaba te.
18They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
18 I goono ga iri ce daarey gana, Kal iri si hin ka baa furo iri kwaarey fondey ra. Iri bananta maan, iri jirbey kubay, iri kokora kaa.
19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
19 Iri gaaraykoy waasu nda zeeban kaŋ ga deesi beene. I n'iri kankam da gaarayyaŋ tondi kuukey boŋ, I na gumandiyaŋ te iri se mo saajey ra.
20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
20 Iri niiney ra funsuyaŋo, Kaŋ ga ti Rabbi wane suubananta, Nga kaŋ iri ne a biyo cire no iri ga goro dumi cindey ra, I n'a di ngey guusu hirrimo ra.
21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
21 Ya nin, Edom ize wayo, ni ma farhã. Nin kaŋ goono ga goro Uz laabo ra, ma te bine kaani. Amma haŋ-gaasiya din ga bisa kal a ma koy ni do. Ni mo ga haŋ ka bugu, ka ni boŋ kaa koonu.
22The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
22 Ya nin, Sihiyona ize wayo, ni laalayaŋo alhakko kubay. Rabbi si ye ka konda nin tamtaray koyne. Ya nin, Edom ize wayo, a ga ni laala alhakko bana ni gaa, A ma ni zunubey gundo fisi ka kaa taray mo.