¹The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

¹ Irimiya Hilciya izo ya alfaga* fo no kaŋ go Anatot kwaara alfagey ra Benyamin laabo ra.

²to whom the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

² A me ra no Rabbi Sanno kaa Yahuda koyo Yosiya Amon izo jirbey ra, ka sintin a mayra jiiri way cindi hinzanta ra.

³It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

³ Sanno ye ka kaa mo koyne Yahuda bonkoono Yehoyacim Yosiya izo jirbey ra, kal a koy ka to Yahuda bonkoono Zedeciya Yosiya izo jiiri way cindi fa bananta ra, ka koy alwaato kaŋ Urusalima* koy tamtaray, handu guwanta ra. A sanney neeya:

⁴Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁴ Rabbi sanno kaa ay do ka ne:

⁵“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

⁵ Za ay mana ni taka gunde ra no ay ga ni bay. Za ni mana fun gunde ra mo no ay na ni fay waani. Ay na ni daŋ annabi* ndunnya dumey se.

⁶Then I said, “Ah, Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

⁶ Alwaato din ay ne: «Hay! Rabbi Koy Beero! Ay go, ay si waani sanni, zama ay ya zanka no.»

⁷But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.

⁷ Amma Rabbi ne ay se: Ma si ne ni ya zanka no. Zama ni ga koy nangu kulu kaŋ ay na ni donton. Haŋ kaŋ me ay na ni lordi mo, ni g'a ci.

⁸Don’t be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you,” says Yahweh.

⁸ Ma si humbur'ey, zama ay go ni banda ay ma ni kaa kambe se. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁹Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

⁹ Kala Rabbi na nga kamba salle k'ay meyo ham. Rabbi ne ay se mo: A go, ay n'ay sanney daŋ ni meyo ra.

¹⁰Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

¹⁰ Guna, hunkuna ay na ni daŋ ndunnya dumey nda mayrayey boŋ, zama ni m'i zeeri, m'i bagu-bagu, m'i halaci, m'i hibandi, m'i cina, m'i tilam mo.

¹¹Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

¹¹ Rabbi sanno ye ka kaa ay do koyne ka ne: Irimiya, ifo no ni go ga di? Ay ne: «Ay goono ga di amand* tuuri goobu.»

¹²Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”

¹² Kala Rabbi ne ay se: A ga saba, haŋ kaŋ ni di din, zama ay g'ay sanno haggoy zama y'a toonandi.

¹³The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling caldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”

¹³ Rabbi sanno ye ka kaa ay do koyne sorro hinkanta, ka ne: Ifo no ni go ga di? Ay ne: «Ay go ga di kusu kaŋ goono ga zarga. A meyo mo go ga dandi kambe haray guna.»

¹⁴Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁴ Waato din gaa no Rabbi ne ay se: Azawa kambe haray no masiiba ga fun ka kaŋ laabo gorokoy kulu boŋ.

¹⁵For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh; “and they shall come, and they shall each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.

¹⁵ Zama a go, ay ga azawa kambe mayrayey dumey kulu ce. Yaadin no Rabbi ci. I ga kaa mo, i afo kulu ma nga karga sinji Urusalima meyey gaa, I ma gaaba nd'a cinari beerey kulu, Da Yahuda galley kulu mo.

¹⁶I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

¹⁶ Ay g'ay ciitey ci i se i goy laaley kulu boŋ, Za kaŋ i n'ay furu. I na dugu ton de-koy* waani fooyaŋ se, I sududu mo ngey kambe goyey se.

¹⁷“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.

¹⁷ Sohõ binde, ni ma tun ka guddu. Ma ci i se hay kulu kaŋ ay na ni lordi nd'a. Ma si humburu i jine, zama ay ma si ni humburandi i jine.

¹⁸For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

¹⁸ Zama a go, hunkuna ay na ni ciya gallu cinari beerikoy, guuru-bi cinari kuuku, da guuru-say cinari, kaŋ ga naŋ ni ma kay ka gaaba nda laabo kulu, da Yahuda bonkooney, d'a mayraykoyey, d'a alfagey da laabo jama.

¹⁹They will fight against you; but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you,” says Yahweh, “to deliver you.”

¹⁹ I ga yanje da nin, amma i si te ni boŋ zaama, zama ay go ni banda, hal ay ma ni kaa kambe. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.