1Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.
1 Kaari birni kurikoyo! Kaŋ go toonante da tangari da toonye kulu, A si fay da komyaŋ mo.
2The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!
2 Barzu yooje go no, da torko kangey kosongo, Da bariyey kaŋ ga taakama, da torkey kaŋ ga sar!
3The horseman springing up, and the glitter of the sword, and the flash of the spear, and a multitude of slain, and a mass of carcases, and no end of corpses: they stumble over their corpses.
3 Bari-karey go ga zurandi, takuba go ga nyalaw, Yaaji go ga nyalaw ka te sansariyaŋ mo. Borey kaŋ yaŋ i wi, jama bambata no. Buukoy te gusam beeri, I sinda me, kala kwaara borey go ga kati buukoy gaa.
4-- Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,
4 Woodin ga te kaaruwa sogo wo kaaruwatara baayaŋ sabbay se, Nga kaŋ ga ti ziimataray nya, Nga kaŋ ga ndunnya dumey neera nga zina do, Da kundey mo a ziimatara do haray.
5behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts; and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
5 Guna, ay ga gaaba da nin, Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci. Ay ga ni gunde daabiro feeri mo hala ni moyduma jine. Ay ga ni gaa-koono cabe dumey se, Ni haawi mo, ay g'a bangandi mayrayey se.
6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
6 Ay ga ziibi kaŋ ga ciya fanta hari gusam ni boŋ, Ay ma ni ciya hari laalo, Ay ma ni sinji mo ka te gomdo hari.
7And it shall come to pass, [that] all they that see thee shall flee from thee, and shall say, Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
7 Ay ga naŋ mo boro kulu kaŋ na ni guna ma sosoro ka fun ni do, i ma ne: «Ninawiya ciya kurmu! May no ga hẽ a sabbay se? Kuray woofo haray no ay ga kunfakoyaŋ ceeci ni se?»
8Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, [and] of the sea was her wall?
8 Mate no, ni bisa No-Amon, Nga kaŋ goro Nil harey do haray? Harey go g'a windi, a wongu fu beero ga ti teeko, A birni cinarey mo teeku no.
9Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.
9 Etiyopi da Misira, dumey kaŋ sinda me, Ngey no ga ti a gaabo. Libi nda Lud, ngey mo a gaakoyaŋ no.
10She too was carried away, she went into captivity: her infants also were dashed in pieces, at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound with chains.
10 Kulu nda yaadin, i n'a kaa nga laabo ra. A koy ka furo tamtaray ra, I n'a izey kulu soote-soote ganda fondey kulu boŋ. I na kurne catu a jine borey boŋ, I n'a boro beerey kulu haw da sisiriyaŋ.
11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a refuge from the enemy.
11 Ni mo, ni ga bugu, ni ga goro tugante, Ni ga tuguyaŋ do ceeci mo ibarey sabbay se.
12All thy strongholds are [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.
12 Ni wongu fuwey kulu ga ciya sanda jeejay* nya nda nga hayyaŋ sintina. D'i n'i kokobe, kala izey ma kaŋ ngey ŋwaakoy me ra.
13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are [as] women: the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire devoureth thy bars.
13 Guna, ni borey kaŋ go ni bindo ra ya wayboroyaŋ no. Ni kwaara meyey feeri gumo ni ibarey se, Danji n'i karangaley ŋwa mo.
14Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.
14 Ma hari guru jirbey kaŋ wongu ga ni koli ka windi sabbay se. Ma ni wongu fuwey gaabandi. Ma furo laabu diibanta ra, Ma botoga taamu, ma fareeje gombo di.
15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.
15 Noodin no danji ga ni ŋwa ka ban, Takuba ga ni beeri ka zeeri, A ma ni ŋwa mo sanda do. Kala ni ma naŋ ni ma baa sanda maram-fanda cine, Ni ma baa sanda do ciray cine mo.
16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.
16 Ni na ni dillaŋey tonton ka bisa beene handariyayzey baayaŋ cine -- sanda maram-fanda kaŋ ga ŋwa ka ban, A ma deesi ka dira.
17Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
17 Ni batukoy ga hima sanda do cine, Ni wongu jine borey mo ga hima sanda do-ize zugulu, Kaŋ yaŋ ga naagu-naagu windi casey gaa waati kaŋ cine hargu go no. Amma saaya kaŋ wayna fun ka koy beene, I ga tun ka deesi, Boro kulu si bay mo nangu kaŋ i koy.
18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
18 Ya Assiriya koyo, ni hawjiyey goono ga jirbi. Ni boro beerey goono ga kani, Ni jama go say-sayante tondi kuukey boŋ, I sinda marguko mo.
19There is no healing of thy breach; thy wound is grievous; all that hear the report of thee clap the hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
19 A si du ka te i ma ni dooro safar, Ni marayyaŋo si yay. Boro kulu kaŋ maa ni baaru ga kobi ni sabbay se, Zama may boŋ no ni laalayaŋo mana gana han kulu?