¹The burden of the word of Jehovah, in the land of Hadrach, and [on] Damascus shall it rest; (for Jehovah hath an eye upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel;)

¹ Rabbi sanno neeya kaŋ ga gaaba nda Hadrak laabo, A ga zumbu Damaskos boŋ mo. (Zama borey moy da Israyla kundey kulu waney go Rabbi gaa.)

²and also [on] Hamath [which] bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.

² A ga gaaba nda Hamat mo kaŋ go a hirro boŋ, Da Tir da Zidon mo, baa kaŋ i gonda carmay boobo.

³And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

³ Tir na wongu fu cina nga boŋ se. A na nzarfu margu-margu ka gusam sanda laabu cine, Wura hanante mo go no danga day fondo gaa potor-potor cine.

⁴Behold, the Lord will take possession of her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

⁴ A go, Koy Beero g'a duura ta a gaa. A g'a hino kar mo ka zeeri teeko ra. A g'a ŋwa da danji.

⁵Ashkelon shall see [it], and fear; Gazah also, and she shall be greatly pained; Ekron also, for her expectation shall be put to shame: and the king shall perish from Gazah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

⁵ Askelon ga di woodin, a ga humburu mo. Gaza mo ga bimbilko da foyray. Ekron mo ga haaw a beeja sabbay se. Koyo ga bu Gaza ra. Askelon mo ga jaŋ boro kaŋ ga goro a ra.

⁶And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines;

⁶ Zina ize dumi fo mo ga goro Asdod ra ka koytaray ŋwa noodin. Yaadin cine no ay ga Filistancey boŋbeera zeeri nd'a.

⁷and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

⁷ Ay g'a kuro hibandi ka kaa a meyo ra, ka kazaamatara mo kaa a hinjey game ra. Nga mo ga ciya dumi kaŋ cindi iri Irikoyo se. A ga ciya sanda Yahuda jine boro fo cine. Ekron mo ga ciya sanda Yebus boro fo.

⁸And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of those that pass by and that return; and the exactor shall not pass through them any more: for now have I seen [it] with mine eyes.

⁸ Ay ga zumbu ay windo windanta wongu marga sabbay se, Da boro kulu kaŋ ga bisa ka koy, Wala kaŋ ga bisa ka ye mo sabbay se. Taabandikoy si ye ka gana i ra koyne, Zama sohõ ay di d'ay moy.

⁹Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and rIding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

⁹ Ya nin Sihiyona ize wayo, ma farhã gumo. Ya nin Urusalima ize wayo, ma jinde sambu ka cilili! Guna, ni Bonkoono go kaa ni do, Nga wo adilitaraykoy no, zaama teeko mo no, Boŋ baanaykoy no. A go ga goro farkay boŋ, Farkay binj'izo boŋ.

¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle-bow shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

¹⁰ Ay ga Ifraymu ganji wongu torkoyaŋ, Bariyey mo, ya i fay da Urusalima. I ga wongu biraw mo beeri ka pati. A ga laakal kanay sanni te mo dumi cindey se. A mayra mo ga to za teeko gaa kala teeku fa gaa koyne, Za isa gaa mo kala ndunnya me.

¹¹As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

¹¹ Ize wayo, nin mo, ni alkawli kuro sabbay se ay na ni wane hawantey taŋ i ma fun guusey kaŋ sinda hari ra.

¹²Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.

¹² Ya araŋ hawantey kaŋ yaŋ gonda beeje, Wa bare ka ye wongu fuwo do, Ize wayo, baa hunkuna ay go ga seeda ni se ka ne ay ga bana ni se hala labu-care hinka.

¹³For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee like the sword of a mighty man.

¹³ Zama ay na Yahuda naan ka siirandi ay boŋ se. Ay na Ifraymu mo daŋ ay birawo gaa. Ya Sihiyona, ay ga naŋ ni izey ma gaaba nda ni izey, ya Gares laabu. Ay ma ni ciya sanda yaarukom takuba.

¹⁴And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will march with whirlwinds of the south.

¹⁴ Rabbi mo ga bangay i boŋey se beene, A hangawo mo ga fatta sanda maliyaŋ cine. Rabbi, Koy Beero ga hilli kar, A ga fatta mo, nga nda dandi kambe hari haw beero.

¹⁵Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.

¹⁵ Rabbi Kundeykoyo ga faasa i se han din hane. I ga ŋwa mo, i ma finga-fingakoyey tondey taamu-taamu. I ga haŋ mo ka soobay ka kaati danga duvan* hankoyaŋ. I ga to sanda gaasiyayaŋ, sanda feema lokotey.

¹⁶And Jehovah their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up upon his land.

¹⁶ Rabbi i Irikoyo g'i faaba han din hane sanda a borey kuru cine. I ga nyaale a laabo ra sanda koytaray fuula taalamyaŋ tondiyaŋ cine.

¹⁷For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

¹⁷ Zama man i albarka beero misa! Man i darza misa mo! Ntaasu ga naŋ arwasey ma zaada, Reyzin* hari mo ga te yaadin wandiyey se.