1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,
1 Nehemiya Hakaliya izo baaro neeya: A ciya, Sisleb hando ra, jiiri warankanta ra, ay go Susan faada ra.
2that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
2 Kala Hanani, ay nya ize fo kaa, nga nda Yahuda boro fooyaŋ. Ay mo n'i hã Yahudancey baaru, borey kaŋ yaŋ jin ka du ka ye fu, kaŋ yaŋ cindi tamtaray izey ra. Ay na Urusalima* baaru mo hã.
3And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.
3 I ne ay se: «Borey kaŋ yaŋ cindi nda fundi tamtara waney ra noodin laabo ra goono ga taabi boobo nda wowi haŋ. Urusalima birni cinaro mo kaŋ, a meyey daabirjey mo, danji n'i ŋwa.»
4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,
4 Waato kaŋ ay maa sanney din binde, kal ay goro ganda ka soobay ka hẽ. Ay te jirbiyaŋ ay gonda bine saray. Ay na mehaw da adduwa te mo Irikoy kaŋ go beene jine.
5and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible ùGod, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.
5 Ay ne: «Ya Rabbi, beene Irikoyo, Irikoyo Beeraykoyo, kaŋ ga humburandi, nin kaŋ ga haggoy da alkawli nda suuji borey kaŋ ga ba nin yaŋ se, ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga haggoy da ni lordey, ay ga ni ŋwaaray no!
6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
6 Ma naŋ ni hangey ma hangan, ni moy mo ma goro feeranteyaŋ, zama ni ma hanga jeeri ni tamo adduwa se, kaŋ ay goono ga te ni gaa sohõ cin da zaari ni tamey Israyla* izey se. Ay goono mo ga Israyla izey zunubey ci, wo kaŋ yaŋ iri te ni se. Oho, in d'ay kaayey dumo, iri na zunubi te.
7We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
7 Iri na kazaamataray goy boobo te ni se. Iri mana ni lordey, wala ni hin sanney, wala ni farilley mo haggoy, wo kaŋ yaŋ ni na ni tamo Musa lordi* nd'ey.
8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;
8 Ay ga ni ŋwaaray no, ni ma fongu nda sanno kaŋ ni na ni tamo Musa lordi nd'a, ka ne: ‹D'araŋ na amaana ŋwa, kal ay m'araŋ say-say ndunnya dumey ra.
9but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
9 Amma d'araŋ ye ka kaa ay do, k'ay lordey haggoy mo zama araŋ m'i goy se, baa day ni wane furantey go beene batama me, kulu nda yaadin hala noodin kala ay ma ye k'i margu, ya kand'ey nango kaŋ ay suuban din k'ay maa daŋ a ma goro a ra.›
10And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand.
10 A binde, sohõ woone yaŋ wo, ni tamyaŋ da ni jama no, ngey kaŋ yaŋ ni fansa da ni hin beero, da ni kambe gaabikoono mo.
11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.
11 Ya ay Koyo, ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ ni hanga ma ay, ni tamo ŋwaarayyaŋo hangan sohõ, da ni tamey adduwey mo, borey kaŋ yaŋ ga maa kaani ngey ma humburu ni maa. Ay ga ni ŋwaaray mo ni ma ni tamo albarkandi hunkuna. Ma yadda mo k'ay no suuji boro wo do.» (Ay ya bonkoono haŋyaŋ gaasiya tabako no.)