1“Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
1 Ya wandiya, Babila ize wayo, Ma zumbu ka goro laabu bulungo ra. Ya nin Kaldancey ize wayo, Ma goro ganda koytaray karga jaŋay ra. Zama i si ye ka ne ni se daamante wala arzakante ize way koyne.
2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
2 Ma fufuyaŋ tondi sambu ka hamni fufu. Ma ni bangumo kaa, Ma ni zaara willi ka kaa ni gaa. Ma ni mukuru sawar ka isey yaw ka bisa.
3Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.”
3 Ni gaa-koono ga fun taray, Oho, ni haawo ga bangay. Ay ga taaley bana, ay si jalla boro kulu gaa mo.»
4Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
4 Iri Fansakwa maa no ga ti Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla wane Hananyankoyo.
5“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
5 «Ya nin Kaldancey ize wayo, Ma goro siw, ma koy ka furo kubay ra, Zama i si ye ka ne ni se mayrayey wayboro bonkooni koyne.
6I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; on the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.
6 Ay futu ay borey se, ay n'ay wane jama ziibandi k'i daŋ ni kambe ra mo. Ni mana suuji cabe i se mo baa kayna. Ni na ni calo dake dottijo zeeney boŋ nda tiŋay laalo.
7You said, ‘I shall be a mistress forever;’ so that you did not lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the latter end of it.
7 Ni ne mo: ‹Ay ga ciya wayboro bonkooni hal abada!› Hala ni mana muraadey wo daŋ ni bina ra, Ni mana fongu mo mate kaŋ i ga kokor d'a.
8“Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:’
8 Sohõ binde, ma maa woone, Nin kaŋ ndunnya kaani no ni goono ga zal-zal d'a. Ni goono ga goro nda laakal kanay, Ni ga ne ni bina ra: ‹Ay neeya! Wayboro fo si no mo kal ay hinne. Ay si goborotaray goray te, Ay si ize mursay bay mo.›
9but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
9 Amma hari hinko wo ga ni jirsi zaari folloŋ ra: Ize mursay da goborotaray. Ce folloŋ no i ga kaŋ ni boŋ, Nin da ni moodabal booba da ni safari citila.
10For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
10 Ni de mo ni laala gaa. Ni ne: ‹Boro kulu si ga di ay.› Ni laakalo da ni bayra, ngey no ka ni halli. Ni ne mo ni bina ra: ‹Ay neeya! Afo kulu mo si no.›
11Therefore evil will come on you; you won’t know when it dawns: and mischief will fall on you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don’t know.
11 Amma laala ga kaŋ ni boŋ kaŋ ni si bay naŋ kaŋ a fun. Hasaraw ga du nin kaŋ ni si hin ka gaay, Halaciyaŋ kaŋ gaa ni mana bay mo ga ni jirsi.
12“Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
12 Sohõ binde, ma kay ni safaro da ni moodabal booba game ra, Wo kaŋ yaŋ ni na ni boŋ taabandi nd'a za ni zankatara waate, Ka di hala ni ga hin ka nafa d'ey, Hala ni ga hin ka borey jijirandi!
13You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
13 Ni farga nda ni wane saaware-saawarey. Sohõ kala borey kaŋ ga beena guna, Kaŋ ga annabitaray te da handariyayzey, Kaŋ yaŋ ga handu baaru no handu kulu, I ma tun ka kay ka ni faaba haya kaŋ ga ba ka du nin din gaa.
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
14 A go, i ga ciya sanda buunu cine, Danji g'i ŋwa, I si ngey fundey faaba danji beela hino gaa. Danjo din si ciya sanda danj'ize kaŋ gaa i ga caan bo, Wala mo danji kaŋ gande i ga goro.
15Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.
15 Borey kaŋ yaŋ ni taabi i banda. Borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ na day da neera te da nin za ni zankatara waate, Yaadin cine no i ga ciya ni se. I boro fo kulu ga daray nga boŋ fonda ra. Boro kulu si ni faaba.