1 Ya Liban, ma ni laabu meyey fiti, Zama danji ma ni sedre* nyaŋey ŋwa.
1Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
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.
2Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.
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.
3A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
4 Yaa no Rabbi ay Irikoyo ci: Wa wiyaŋ kalo kuru.
4Thus says Yahweh my God: “Feed the flock of slaughter.
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.
5Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;’ and their own shepherds don’t pity them.
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.
6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”
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.
7So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor,” and the other I called “Union,” and I fed the flock.
8 Ay na hawji hinza din halaci handu folloŋ ra, zama ay fundo farga nd'ey. Ngey mo, i fundey goono g'ay fanta.
8I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
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.»
9Then I said, “I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”
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.
10I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
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.
11It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.
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.
12I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
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.
13Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.
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.
14Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Rabbi ne ay se mo: Ma ye ka hawji saamo jinayyaŋ sambu koyne.
15Yahweh said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
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.
16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
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!
17Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”