¹Collect yourselves and gather together, O nation without shame,

¹ Ya dumo kaŋ si haawi bay, wa margu, Oho, wa margu,

²before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass away as chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.

² Za alwaato kaŋ i waadu mana kaa, Hala zaaro ma bisa sanda du kaŋ haw goono ga faaru cine, Za Rabbi futay korna mana kaŋ araŋ boŋ, Za Rabbi futay zaaro mana kaŋ araŋ boŋ.

³Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.

³ Ya araŋ laabo lalabukoyey kulu, wa Rabbi ceeci. Araŋ kaŋ n'a farilley haggoy, Wa adilitaray ceeci, wa lalabu ceeci, Ka di hal i g'araŋ tugu Rabbi futay zaaro ra.

⁴For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

⁴ Zama i ga Gaza naŋ kurmu, Askelon mo koonu. I ga Asdod gaaray zaari sance, I ga Ekron mo dagu.

⁵Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant;

⁵ Kaari araŋ, teeko me gaa gorokoy, Keratancey dumi no! Zama Rabbi sanno ga gaaba nda nin, Ya nin Kanaana, Filistancey laabo. Ay ga ni halaci, baa laab'ize fo si cindi mo.

⁶and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

⁶ Teeko me gaa batamey mo ga ciya kuray do, Da hawjiyey da kaliyaŋ nangoray.

⁷And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for Jehovah their God shall visit them, and turn again their captivity.

⁷ Teeko me gaa ga ciya Yahuda kunda kaŋ cindi din baa, Noodin no i ga ngey alman kurey kuru. Askelon windey ga ciya i naŋ-kaniya cin haray, Zama Rabbi i Irikoyo g'i kunfa, A ga ye ka kand'ey mo i ma fun tamtaray.

⁸I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

⁸ Ay maa Mowab toonya, da Amon izey wowey, Mate kaŋ cine i n'ay borey wow d'a, I na ngey boŋ beerandi mo ka gaaba nda i laabo.»

⁹Therefore, [as] I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall certainly be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation; the remnant of my people shall spoil them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.

⁹ Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla* Irikoyo ne: «Woodin se binde ay ze d'ay fundo, Haciika Mowab ga ciya sanda Saduma* cine. Amon izey mo sanda Gomorata* cine, Subu karjikoyey, da ciiri guusuyaŋ nangorayey, Koonu mo no hal abada. Ay borey kaŋ cindi g'i ku, Ay wane dumo kaŋ cindi no g'i tubu.

¹⁰This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.

¹⁰ Woodin ga kaŋ i boŋ i boŋbeera sabbay se, Za kaŋ i na Rabbi Kundeykoyo jama jance, I na ngey boŋ beerandi mo ka gaaba nd'ey.

¹¹Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place.

¹¹ Rabbi ga ciya i se humburandiko, Zama a ga ndunnya toorey kulu halaci. Dumi cindey mo ga sududu Rabbi se, Boro fo kulu nga nango ra, Hala nda teeku me gaa laabey dumi cindey kulu.

¹²Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword.

¹² Araŋ mo, Etiyopi borey, Araŋ bumbey i g'araŋ wi d'ay takuba.

¹³And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a place of drought like the wilderness.

¹³ A ga nga kambe salle azawa kamba gaa ka Assiriya halaci. A ga Ninawiya ciya koonu, ikogo sanda saaji cine.

¹⁴And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.

¹⁴ Haw kuruyaŋ ga kani a bindo ra da alman dumi kulu. Kuku-bi da kuku-kwaaray ga ngey goray te a faadey ganjey boŋey gaa, I jindey ga hẽ finetarey gaa mo. I ga gar kaŋ faada cinarey fun ka kaŋ a windi meyey gaa, Zama sedre* bundey bangay.

¹⁵This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become a desolation, a couching-place for beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, shall wave his hand.

¹⁵ Birni nooya kaŋ gonda bine kaani doŋ, Kaŋ gonda laakal kanay goray, nga kaŋ ne nga bina ra: ‹Ay no! Boro fo kulu si no kala ay hinne!› Guna mate kaŋ a ciya kurmu, Naŋ kaŋ ganji hamey ga kani. Bisako kulu ga cuusu ka ngey kambey kobi.