¹And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

¹ A ciya mo, handu woodin jirbi waranka cindi taacanta hane, Israyla izey kaa ka margu ka mehaw ka bufu zaara haw ngey gaa, ka laabu daŋ ngey boŋey ra.

²And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

² Israyla kunda na ngey boŋ fay waani ka fun yawey kulu game ra. I kay ka ngey taaley da ngey kaayey laalayaŋey mo ci.

³And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

³ I kay ngey nangey ra ka caw Rabbi ngey Irikoyo asariya* tira ra, danga zaari farsimi taacanta i goono ga kay. Sanda yaadin cine gayyaŋ koyne, i goono ga ngey taali ci ka sududu Rabbi ngey Irikoyo se.

⁴Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.

⁴ Yesuwa, da Bani, da Kadmiyel, da Sabaniya, da Bunni, da Serebiya, da Bani, da Kanani, i kay Lawi borey kaarimi harey boŋ, ka jinde tunandi nda gaabi Rabbi ngey Irikoyo gaa.

⁵And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let [men] bless the name of thy glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

⁵ Gaa no Lawi borey wo: Yesuwa, da Kadmiyel, da Bani, da Hasabneya, da Serebiya, da Hodiya, da Sabaniya, da Petahiya ne: «Wa tun ka kay ka Rabbi araŋ Irikoyo beerandi, nga kaŋ go no za doŋ-doŋ kaŋ sinda me ka koy hal abada abadin. Ni maa darzakoyo, i m'a sifa, ni maa kaŋ ga ti beeraykoy ka bisa albarka nda saabuyaŋ kulu.

⁶Thou art the Same, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickenest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

⁶ Nin no ga ti Rabbi, ni hinne. Nin no ka beene te, da beeney beena, d'i margey kulu, da ganda mo nda harey kulu kaŋ go a ra, da teekoy da harey kulu kaŋ go i ra; nin no mo g'i kulu hallasi. Beena ra marga mo goono ga sududu ni se.

⁷Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

⁷ Nin no ga ti Rabbi Irikoy kaŋ na Abram suuban. Ni kand'a ka fun Ur, Kaldancey laabo ra, k'a no nga maa Ibrahim.

⁸and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, -- to give it to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.

⁸ Ni n'a bina gar mo naanaykoy ni jine. Ni na alkawli te a se mo ka ne ni g'a no Kanaanancey laabo, da Hittancey, da Amorancey, da Perizancey, da Yebusancey, da Jirgasancey waney, a m'i laabo nooyandi nga banda se, hala mo ni na ni sanno toonandi, zama ni ya adilitaraykoy no.

⁹And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

⁹ Koyne, ni di iri kaayey kankamo Misira laabo ra, ni maa i hẽeno mo Teeku Cira me gaa.

¹⁰and didst shew signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and thou didst make thee a name, as it is this day.

¹⁰ Ni na alaamey da dambara hari yaŋ cabe Firawna* nda nga bannyey kulu boŋ, d'a laabo borey kulu boŋ mo, zama ni bay kaŋ i na boŋbeeray goy cabe ni se. Ni na ni maa beerandi mo, sanda mate kaŋ cine a bara hunkuna.

¹¹And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry [ground]; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

¹¹ Ni na teeko fay mo Israyla jine, hal a te mate kaŋ i ga hin ka bisa laabu kogo boŋ teeko bindi ra. I ce banda ganakoy mo, ni n'i furu guusuyaŋey ra, danga day tondi kaŋ i taŋ hari bambata ra.

¹²And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

¹² Woodin banda mo ni furo i jine zaari buru sari himandi ra, cin mo danji sari himandi ra, zama ni m'i no kaari fonda kaŋ i ga gana din ra.

¹³And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

¹³ Ni zumbu Sinayi tondo boŋ mo. Ni salaŋ d'ey mo, ni jinda fun beena ra. Ni n'i no adilitaray farilley da asariya cimikoyyaŋ, da hin sanney da lordi hanno yaŋ.

¹⁴And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.

¹⁴ Ni n'i bayrandi da ni asibti* hananta mo, k'i no lordiyaŋ da hin sanniyaŋ, da asariya mo ni tamo Musa kambe ra.

¹⁵And thou gavest them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst say to them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

¹⁵ Ni n'i no ŋwaaro mo kaŋ fun beene kaŋ g'i hara safar, i jawo se mo ni na hari kaa taray a ma fun tondo ra. Ni n'i lordi mo ka ne i ma furo ka laabo ŋwa, wo kaŋ ni jin ka ze d'a i se ka ne ni g'i no nd'a din.

¹⁶But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

¹⁶ Amma ngey, iri kaayey nooya, i na boŋbeeray goy te, i na ngey hangey sandandi, i mana hangan ni lordey se mo.

¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

¹⁷ I wangu ka gana, i mana fongu mo ni dambara goyey gaa, kaŋ ni goy i game ra din, amma i na ngey hangey sandandi. I murteyaŋo ra mo i na jine boro fo daŋ zama ngey ma ye tamtara ra. Amma ni ya Irikoy kaŋ soola yaafayaŋ se no, gomni nda suuji Koy mo no, kaŋ ga munye bine tunyaŋ gaa, kaŋ gonda baakasinay suuji yulwante, ni mana i furu mo.

¹⁸Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt! and they had wrought great provocation,

¹⁸ Oho, baa waato kaŋ i na sooguyaŋ handayze te ngey boŋ se ka ne: ‹Woone ni Irikoyo no kaŋ na ni kaa Misira laabo ra!› i na ni zokoti mo sorro boobo nda ngey goyey.

¹⁹yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them on the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

¹⁹ Kulu nda yaadin ni suuji booba sabbay se ni mana i furu saajo ra. Buru sari himandi mana tun i boŋ do ka fay d'ey zaari ra, amma a furo i jine fonda ra. Cin mo danji sari himandi ga kaari cabe i se, da fondo mo kaŋ i ga gana.

²⁰Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

²⁰ Ni n'i no ni Biya Hanna mo a m'i dondonandi. Ni mana ni Manna* ganji mo i meyey se, ni n'i no hari i jaw maayaŋo se mo.

²¹Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.

²¹ Oho, hala jiiri waytaaci no ni n'i laamey bana saajo ra, kaŋ i mana jaŋ hay kulu. I bankaarayey mana zeen, i cey mo mana fuusu.

²²And thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, and didst divide them by countries; and they possessed the land of Sihon, as well the land of the king of Heshbon, as the land of Og king of Bashan.

²² Ni n'i no mo mayray ndunnya dumi cindey boŋ. Ni fay-fay i se mo i ibaay boŋ. Yaadin no i na Sihon mayra ta d'a, danga Hesbon bonkoono laabo nooya, nga nda Basan bonkoono Og laabo.

²³And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

²³ Ni n'i izey baayaŋ labu-care mo sanda beene handariyayzey cine. Ni kand'ey laabu wo ra kaŋ ni ci i kaayey se ka ne i ga furo k'a ŋwa.

²⁴And the children went in and possessed the land; and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, both their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

²⁴ Yaadin cine no izey din furo nd'a ka laabo koytara ŋwa. Ni na laabo din borey daŋ i mayray cire mo, sanda Kanaanancey nooya. Ni n'i daŋ i kambe ra, ngey nda ngey koyey kulu, da laabo din dumey, zama i ma te i se hay kulu kaŋ i ga ba.

²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

²⁵ I na gallu birnikoyyaŋ da laabu kaŋ gonda albarka mo ŋwa. I na windi mayray ta kaŋ yaŋ gonda jinay hanno yaŋ dumi kulu, da dayyaŋ kaŋ i hanse hal i ma boori, da reyzin kaliyaŋ, da zeytun* fariyaŋ, da tuuri kaŋ gonda ize boobo yaŋ. I binde ŋwa ka kungu ka naasu. I na ndunnya kaani maayaŋ waate ŋwa ni gomni beero ra.

²⁶But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

²⁶ Kulu nda yaadin i wangu ka ni gana, i murte ni gaa, i na ni asariya furu ngey banda mo. Ni annabey kaŋ yaŋ na seeda te i boŋ ka miila ngey ma ye ka kand'ey ni do, i n'i wi. I na ni zokotiyaŋ goy boobo te.

²⁷And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.

²⁷ Woodin se no ni n'i daŋ i ibarey kambe ra, ngey mo n'i taabandi. I kankamo ra mo, waato kaŋ i hẽ ni gaa, ni maa i se beene. Ni suuji booba boŋ mo ni n'i no faabakoyaŋ kaŋ g'i faaba i ibarey kambey ra.

²⁸But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest [them] from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.

²⁸ Amma waato kaŋ i fulanzam din banda, kal i ye ka goy laalo te ni jine. Woodin se no ni n'i naŋ i ibarey kambey ra, hal i du i mayray k'i dabari. Kulu nda yaadin, waato kaŋ i ye ka kaa ka hẽ ni gaa, ni go beene, ni maa i se, sorro boobo mo no ni n'i faaba ni suujo boŋ.

²⁹And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them); and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

²⁹ Ni na seeda te mo i boŋ, zama ni ma ye ka kand'ey ni asariya do. Kulu nda yaadin, i na boŋbeeray goy te. I mana hangan ni lordey se, amma i na zunubi te ka ni farilley furu, (farilley kaŋ yaŋ da boro n'i goy, i ga naŋ bora ma funa). I na jase saku ka ngey hangey sandandi ka wangu ka maa.

³⁰And many years didst thou forbear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; but they would not give ear: and thou gavest them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

³⁰ Amma jiiri boobo ni go ga suuru i se, ni na seeda te i boŋ mo nda ni Biya ni annabey meyey ra. Hala hõ mo i wangu ka hanga jeeri. Woodin se no ni n'i daŋ laabu cindey dumey kambe ra.

³¹Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful ùGod.

³¹ Kulu nda yaadin ni mana i halaci ni suuji booba ra, ni mana i furu mo, zama nin, ya Irikoy, ni ya suuji nda gomnikoy no.

³²And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible ùGod, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

³² Sohõ binde, ya iri Irikoyo, Beeraykoy, Hinkoy, Irikoy kaŋ ga humburandi, kaŋ ga haggoy da alkawli nda baakasinay suuji, taabo wo kulu, ni ma s'a himandi hay fo kayna ni jine. Taabo wo kaa iri nd'iri bonkooney, d'iri laabukoyey, d'iri alfagey, d'iri annabey, d'iri kaayey, da ni jama kulu gaa, za Assiriya bonkooney zamana ra hala ka kaa hunkuna.

³³But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.

³³ Amma ni wo ga hanan hari kulu kaŋ du iri ra, zama nin no ka cimi goy te, amma iri wo, ilaalo no iri goy.

³⁴And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

³⁴ Zama iri bonkooney, d'iri laabukoyey, d'iri alfagey, d'iri kaayey mana ni asariya haggoy. I mana hanga jeeri ni lordey da ni kaseetey gaa mo, nango kaŋ ni kaseeti i gaa.

³⁵And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

³⁵ Zama i mana may ni se ngey mayray laabo ra, da ni gomni beero mo kaŋ ni no i se din ra da laabu beero kaŋ ni n'i no ra mo, laabu kaŋ gonda albarka. I mana bare mo ka fay da ngey goy laaley.

³⁶Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.

³⁶ Guna, hunkuna iri ya bannyayaŋ no. Laabo kaŋ ni n'iri kaayey no nd'a zama i m'a albarka nd'a nafa ŋwa se mo, a ciine ra iri ya bannyayaŋ no a ra.

³⁷And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

³⁷ A goono ga nafa boobo hay mo bonkooney se kaŋ ni dake iri boŋ iri zunubey sabbay se. I gonda hina mo iri d'iri almaney boŋ. I go ga te haŋ kaŋ kaan ngey se, iri mo, iri kayna gumo.

³⁸And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.

³⁸ Kulu nda yaadin iri ga naanay alkawli sambu, iri g'a hantum mo. Iri laabukoyey da Lawi borey d'iri alfagey ga kawaatimi kar a gaa.»