1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
1 Babila boŋ sanno, bangando kaŋ Isaya Amoz ize di neeya:
2Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
2 Wa liiliwal tunandi tondi kuuku kogo boŋ, Wa jinde sambu wongu marga gaa, wa kambe cabe i se, I ma furo mayraykoyey windi meyey ra.
3I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
3 Ay n'ay hanantey lordi, Oho, ay n'ay wane soojey mo ce, Danga ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga fooma nd'ay maa nooya; Ay ne i se i m'ay futa goyo te.
4The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle.
4 Jama marga kosongo go no tondey ra, Danga day dumi bambata fo no! Ndunnya dumey mayrayey kaŋ yaŋ margu go ga kosongu. Rabbi Kundeykoyo ga kunda fo margu wongu se.
5They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
5 Za nangu mooro, za beena me gaa no i ga fun ka kaa zama ngey ma laabo kulu halaci se. Rabbi nda nga futa wongu jinayey no ga kaa.
6Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
6 Wa kaati! zama Rabbi zaaro maan! A ga kande halaciyaŋ kaŋ ga fun Hina-Kulu-Koyo do.
7Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.
7 Woodin sabbay se binde kambey kulu ga yay, Alboro fo kulu bina mo ga pati.
8They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.
8 I ga gartu, kuubiyaŋ da foyrayyaŋ no g'i di. I ga kunkuni danga wayboro kaŋ go hay-zaŋey ra. I ga care di dambara, I moydumey mo ga hima danji beela.
9Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.
9 Guna, Rabbi zaaro kaŋ sinda bakaraw neeya ga kaa, A ga kaa da futay da futay korno, Zama nga ma laabo ciya kurmu. A ma zunubikooney kaŋ go a ra mo halaci.
10For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
10 Zama beene handariyayzey d'i marga beerey si kaari koyne. Wayna ga te kubay za a fattanta. Hando kaaro mo si te koyne.
11I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible.
11 Ay ga ndunnya gurzugandi a laala sabbay se. Ay ga boro laaley mo gurzugandi i taaley sabbay se. Ay ga boŋbeeraykoyey boŋbeera ban. Ay ma jama taabandikoy mo boŋ jareyaŋo zumandi.
12I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
12 Ay ga naŋ borey ma ciya afolloŋ-folloŋ hal a duura ma sandi nda wura hanno wane. Oho, boro duura ma sandi nda Ofir wura kaŋ i hanse gumo wane.
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in the wrath of Yahweh of Armies, and in the day of his fierce anger.
13 Woodin se no ay ga naŋ beeney ma gasi, Ndunnya mo ga zinji-zinji ka sosoro nga nango ra Rabbi Kundeykoyo futa sabbay se, A futay korna zaaro ra.
14It will happen that like a hunted gazelle, and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.
14 A ga ciya mo, sanda jeeri kaŋ i goono ga koli, Sanda feejiyaŋ kaŋ sinda marguko, Yaadin cine no boro fo kulu ga koy nga dumo do haray, A ga zuru ka koy nga laabo ra.
15Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
15 Boro kulu kaŋ i gar, Noodin no i g'a gunda fun. Boro kaŋ i di mo kulu, i g'a wi nda takuba.
16Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
16 Ibarey g'i zankey sambu ka kar ganda, Hayrey moy go ga di. I m'i windey jinayey ku, i m'i wandey mo sara.
17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
17 A go, ay ga Medancey tunandi Babila gaa, Dumi no kaŋ si nzarfu saal, Wura mo, i si di a darza.
18Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.
18 I birawey ga arwasey zeeri ganda, I si bakar mo hay-taji se, I moy si jalla zankey gaa.
19Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
19 Babila ya mayrayey darza no, Kaldancey fooma taalam hari no, Amma Babila ga ye ka ciya sanda mate kaŋ cine Saduma nda Gomorata bara waato kaŋ Irikoy n'i zeeri.
20It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
20 A si goro nda boroyaŋ nga ra koyne hal abada, I si ye ka goro a ra koyne zamana ka koy zamana. Laarabu si nga kuuru tanda sinji noodin, Hawjiyey mo si ngey kurey kanandi noodin.
21But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
21 Amma saaji beeri ganji hamey no ga kani noodin. I windey ga to da kukuyaŋ, Taatagayyaŋ ga goro a ra, Saaji hinciney ga gaan a ra.
22Wolves will cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
22 Koorey ga hẽ i wongu fu beerey ra, Zoŋey mo ga hẽ i faada kaaney ra. A alwaato kaa ka maan, i s'a jirbey kuukandi mo.