¹You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

¹ Ya Rabbi, ni ya adilitaraykoy no. Woodin sabbay se no ay ga kande ay kalima ni do. Daahir ay ga ba ya ni hã ni ciitey sanni boŋ: Ifo se no boro laaley fondey ga te albarka? Ifo se no boro kulu kaŋ ga amaana ŋwaari goy te go yulwa goray ra?

²You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

² Ni n'i tilam hal i sinji mo. I te kaajiyaŋ, i goono ga beeri, I na baa nafa kaa taray. Maanay-maanay no ni go i meyey ra, Amma i biney ra ni ga mooru.

³But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

³ Amma nin, ya Rabbi, ni g'ay bay, ni di ay, Ni n'ay bina neesi mate kaŋ a go ni do haray. M'i fay waani sanda feejiyaŋ kaŋ i ga konda ka wi. M'i waadu mo wiyaŋ zaaro se.

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

⁴ Waati fo no laabo ga fay da bu baray, Fari fo kulu subey mo ma lakaw a ra gorokoy laala sabbay se? Baa almaney da beene curayzey halaci, Zama borey ne: «Irikoy si di iri kokoray bananta.»

⁵If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

⁵ Da ni zuru ce-koyey banda, hal i na ni fargandi, To, mate no ni ga te bariyey yona ra? Wala mo, da ni kati ka kaŋ baani samay laabo ra, Mate no ni ga te Urdun* tuuri lunku-lunkey ra?

⁶For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

⁶ Zama ni nya izey da ni baaba windo, Baa ngey na ni amaana ŋwa, Baa ngey mo na ni gana nda kaatiyaŋ. Ma s'i cimandi, Baa i na sanni hanno yaŋ te ni se.

⁷I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷ Ay ga wangu ay kunda, ay g'ay wane jama furu, Ay g'ay bine baakwa daŋ nga ibarey kambe ra.

⁸My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

⁸ Ay wane jama ciya ay se sanda muusu beeri kaŋ go saaji tuuri zugey ra. A na nga jinde tunandi ka gaaba nd'ay, Woodin se no ay konn'a.

⁹Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.

⁹ Ay wane jama go ay se sanda curo kaŋ gonda cangare-cangare, kaŋ curo cindey n'a daŋ game ka gaaba nd'a. Araŋ ma koy ka ganji ham kulu margu ka kand'ey zama i ma ham ŋwa.

¹⁰Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

¹⁰ Hawji boobo g'ay reyzin* kalo halaci, I g'ay faro taamu-taamu ngey ce taamey cire, I g'ay faro kaŋ ga kaan ay se ciya saaji kurmukoy mo.

¹¹They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.

¹¹ Boro fo n'a ciya kurmu, A goono ga bu baray te ay se, Zama laabo kulu ciya kurmu, Amma boro kulu ba si nda woodin.

¹²Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.

¹² Halacikoyaŋ kaaru tondey kulu boŋ saajey ra, Zama Rabbi takuba goono ga ŋwa za laabo me ne-hara kal a ma koy a me ya-hara gaa. Laakal kanay si no mo fundikooni kulu se.

¹³They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.

¹³ I na alkama duma, amma karji no i wi. I na ngey boŋ taabandi yaamo, Araŋ heemaro n'araŋ haawandi Rabbi futay korna sabbay se.

¹⁴Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴ Ay gorokasin laaley kulu kaŋ ga tubo kaŋ ay daŋ ay borey Israyla ma tubu din ham, yaa no Rabbi ci i boŋ: A go, ay g'i dagu ka kaa ngey laabo ra, ay ma Yahuda kunda mo dagu ka kaa i game ra.

¹⁵It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

¹⁵ A ga ciya mo, waati kaŋ ay n'i dagu ka ban, ay ga ye ka bakar i se koyne. Ay ga ye ka kand'ey, i boro fo kulu nga tubo do, i boro fo kulu nga laabo ra mo.

¹⁶It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

¹⁶ A ga ciya mo, da gorokasin laaley din n'ay borey muraadey dondon da anniya, d'i ze d'ay maa mo ka ne: «Ay ze da Rabbi fundikoono,» sanda mate kaŋ cine i n'ay borey dondonandi i ma ze da Baal -- yaadin gaa kulu i ga du nangu ay borey game ra.

¹⁷But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.

¹⁷ Amma d'i wangu ka maa, waati din gaa daahir ay ga ndunnya dumo din dagu k'a halaci. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.