¹Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

¹ Ya Liban, ma ni laabu meyey fiti, Zama danji ma ni sedre* nyaŋey ŋwa.

²Howl, cypress, for the cedar is fallen; because the noble ones are spoiled. Howl, ye oaks of Bashan; for the strong forest is come down.

² Ya sipres* nya, ma kaati zama sedre nyaŋo kaŋ, Zama i na ibeerey ku. Ya araŋ Basan shen* nyaŋey, wa kaati, Zama tuuri lunku-lunku gaabikoono kaŋ.

³A voice of howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

³ Hawjiyey kaatiyaŋ jinde go no! Zama i n'i darza halaci. Muusu daŋ futay dunduyaŋ jinde mo go no! Zama i na Urdun* tuuri zugey halaci.

⁴Thus saith Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,

⁴ Yaa no Rabbi ay Irikoyo ci: Wa wiyaŋ kalo kuru.

⁵whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

⁵ I daykoy g'i wi, amma i si ngey boŋ himandi sanda i to alhakku. I neerakoy mo ga ne: «Ay ga Rabbi sifa, zama ay te arzakante!» Baa i hawjiyey si ga bakar i se mo.

⁶For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah, and behold, I will deliver men, every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.

⁶ Zama ay si ye ka bakar laabo wo borey se koyne. Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Amma a go, ay ga boro fo kulu daŋ nga gorokasin kambe ra, d'a bonkoono kambe ra mo. I ga laabo kar, ay s'i faaba mo ngey karkoy kambe ra.

⁷So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

⁷ Woodin se no ay na wiyaŋ kalo kuru, haciika mo feejiyaŋ kaŋ ga bakarandi no gumo. Kal ay na goobu hinka sambu. Ay n'afa maa daŋ Gomni, afa mo ay ne a se Hawyaŋ Hari. Ay mo na kalo kuru.

⁸And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.

⁸ Ay na hawji hinza din halaci handu folloŋ ra, zama ay fundo farga nd'ey. Ngey mo, i fundey goono g'ay fanta.

⁹And I said, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which perisheth let it perish; and let them which are left eat every one the flesh of another.

⁹ Gaa no ay ne kuro se: «Ay s'araŋ kuru. Haŋ kaŋ ga bu, a ma bu. Haŋ kaŋ ga daray, a ma daray. Ngey kaŋ ga cindi mo, i kulu ma care ham ŋwa.»

¹⁰And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

¹⁰ Ay binde na Gomni goobo sambu k'a pati-pati, zama ay m'ay sappa kaŋ ay te dumi cindey kulu se din tunandi.

¹¹And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

¹¹ Za han din i n'a tunandi, woodin se no kalo feejey kaŋ ga bakarandi yaŋ din na laakal ye ay gaa, i bay kaŋ Rabbi sanni no.

¹²And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my hire; and if not, forbear. And they weighed for my hire thirty silver-pieces.

¹² Ay ne i se koyne: «D'araŋ di daama, araŋ m'ay no ay sufuray nooro. D'araŋ mana di daama mo, w'ay ganj'a.» I na nzarfu noor'ize waranza neesi ay se, sufura wane me nooya.

¹³And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.

¹³ Kala Rabbi ne ay se: I jindaw kusu cinakwa se, darza nooru hanno nooya, kaŋ i n'a ciya ay nooro. Ay mo na nzarfu noor'ize waranza din sambu k'i jindaw kusu cinakwa se Rabbi windo ra.

¹⁴And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

¹⁴ Waato din gaa no ay n'ay goobu fa pati-pati, kaŋ ga ti Hawyaŋ Haro wane, zama ay ma nya-izetara kaŋ go Yahuda da Israyla game ra din feeri.

¹⁵And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

¹⁵ Rabbi ne ay se mo: Ma ye ka hawji saamo jinayyaŋ sambu koyne.

¹⁶For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are about to perish, neither shall seek that which is strayed away, nor heal that which is wounded, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces.

¹⁶ Zama guna, ay ga hawji fo tunandi laabo ra kaŋ baa si nda darantey, a si wo kaŋ yaŋ say-say mo ceeci. A si ngey kaŋ ceeri saajaw hal i ma yay, a si baanikooney kuru mo, amma a ga inaasey hamey ŋwa. A m'i ce camsey dagu ka kaa.

¹⁷Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye utterly darkened.

¹⁷ Kaari hawji yaamo wo, kaŋ ga kalo naŋ! Takuba ma du a jase gaa, d'a kambe ŋwaari mwa gaa haray mo. A kamba ma suugu parkatak. A kambe ŋwaari mwa mo ma te kubay lip!