¹Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

¹ Waato kaŋ i na hayey din ban, laabukoyey maan ka kaa ay do. I ne: «Israyla jama nda alfagey da Lawi borey mana ngey boŋ fay waani nda laabo borey, amma i goono ga goy i kazaamatarayey dumey boŋ, sanda Kanaanancey, da Hittancey, da Perizancey, da Yebusancey, da Amonancey, da Mowabancey, da Misirancey, da Amorancey waney nooya.

²For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”

² Zama i na dumey din ize wayey sambu ngey boŋ se, da ngey izey mo se. Yaadin gaa kunda hananta diibi nda laabu waani kundey dumey nooya. Oho, hala mo laabukoyey da yaarimey taalo baa ka bisa cindey kulu wane muraado wo ra.»

³When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

³ Waato kaŋ ay maa woodin, ay n'ay kwaayo nd'ay alkuba tooru-tooru*. Ay n'ay gaahamo d'ay kaabe hamney mo dagu-dagu, ay goro ganda nda boŋ haway.

⁴Then were assembled to me everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.

⁴ Alwaato din no borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ humburu Israyla Irikoyo sanno tamtaray izey taalo sabbay se margu ay do. Ay go ga goro nda boŋ haway kala wiciri kambu sargay teeyaŋ waate cine.

⁵At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;

⁵ Wiciri kambu sargay teeyaŋo waate, kal ay tun ay boŋ kaynandiyaŋ ra, ay kwaayo d'ay alkuba go tooranteyaŋ. Ay binde sombu ay kangey boŋ k'ay kambey salle Rabbi ay Irikoyo gaa.

⁶and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

⁶ Ay ne: «Ya ay Irikoyo! Haawi go g'ay di, ay moyduma mo go sarante, hal ay si hin ka baa ay moyduma sambu beene ni do haray, ya ay Irikoyo. Zama iri taaley tonton iri boŋ, iri alhakkey mo beeri ka koy hala beeney gaa.

⁷Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

⁷ Za iri kaayey gaa ka kaa iri gaa, iri gonda taali gumo-gumo. Iri taaley sabbay se mo no i n'iri nda iri bonkooney d'iri alfagey sambu k'iri daŋ laabu cindey bonkooney kambey ra, da takuba, da tamtaray, da kuyaŋ, da moyduma sarayaŋ gaa mo, danga mate kaŋ a go sohõ.

⁸Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

⁸ Sohõ mo, alwaati kayna fo no i na gomni cabe iri se kaŋ fun Rabbi iri Irikoyo do, ka naŋ i ma banda cindi iri se kaŋ yaŋ ga du ka faaba, i m'iri no sarkuyaŋ do a nangu hananta ra, zama iri Irikoyo m'iri moy no kaari, a m'iri funandi kayna iri tamtara wo ra.

⁹For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

⁹ Zama iri ya bannyayaŋ no. Kulu nda yaadin, iri Irikoyo day mana iri furu iri tamtara ra, amma a na suuji cabe iri se Persiya bonkooney jine, kaŋ ga naŋ i m'iri funandi, iri m'iri Irikoyo windo sinji, i m'a kurmutara hanse, i m'iri no mo kosaray Yahuda nda Urusalima ra.

¹⁰“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,

¹⁰ Sohõ binde, ya iri Irikoyo, ifo no iri ga ne koyne? Zama iri na ni lordey taŋ,

¹¹which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.

¹¹ ngey kaŋ ni n'iri lordi nd'ey ni tam annabey meyey ra, kaŋ yaŋ ne: ‹Laabo kaŋ ra araŋ ga koy zama araŋ m'a ŋwa se, laabu no kaŋ si hanan, laabo borey ziibo sabbay se, d'i fanta hayey kaŋ i na laabo toonandi nd'a se, hal a ga ziibi za laabo hirri woone me kal a ma koy ya-haray hirro me gaa.

¹²Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’

¹² Araŋ binde, araŋ ma si araŋ ize wayey hiijandi i ize arey se. Araŋ mo ma si i ize wayey sambu araŋ ize arey se. Araŋ ma si i baani wala i albarka ceeci, hal abada, zama araŋ ma te gaabi, araŋ ma laabo albarka ŋwa, araŋ m'a naŋ tubu araŋ izey se hal abada.›

¹³“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,

¹³ Hay kulu kaŋ du iri, iri goy laaley d'iri taali beero sabbay se no, kaŋ a ciya nin, iri Irikoyo, ciito kaŋ iri taaley ga hima nd'a ni n'a sambu ka dogonandi iri se, hala ni na banda cindi iri se yawo cine.

¹⁴shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

¹⁴ Hal iri ma ye ka ni asariya taamu koyne, wala? Iri ma hiiji care gaa, iri nda dumey kaŋ yaŋ ga fanta goyey te sanda woone cine? Manti ni ga futu iri se, hala ni m'iri halaci, hala ni si banda wala boro kaŋ ga du faaba cindi?

¹⁵Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.”

¹⁵ Ya Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo, ni ya adilitaraykoy no, zama ni n'iri naŋ banda kaŋ du faaba, sanda mate kaŋ a go hunkuna. A go, iri taaley ra no iri go sohõ ni jine, zama boro kulu si hin ka kay ni jine woodin sabbay se.»