1The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
1 Rabbi sanno kaŋ kaa Irimiya do koogay boŋ neeya:
2Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
2 Yahuda goono ga bu baray te, A birni me daabirjey goono ga sooli. Borey go ganda ga goro nda bankaaray bi yaŋ. Urusalima hẽeno ziji.
3Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
3 I boro beerey n'i talkey donton i ma hari guru ka kande. I kaa dayey do, i mana du hari. I ye da ngey foobu kooney. Haawi n'i di, i kankam, i na ngey boŋey bangum.
4Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
4 Zama laabo waaru, kaŋ beene hari mana kaŋ laabo din ra. Alfarey mo, haawi n'i di, I na ngey boŋey bangum.
5Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
5 Oho, jeeri kaŋ go fari ra hay, A na nga izo furu, zama subu si no.
6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
6 Ganji farkay goono ga kay tondey boŋ ka haw ta sanda zoŋo cine. I moy ga kayna, zama subu kulu si no.
7Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
7 Ya Rabbi, baa kaŋ iri laala goono ga seeda iri boŋ, Kulu nda yaadin kala ni ma goy ni maa sabbay se! Zama daahir iri banda yeyaŋo ga baa gumo. Iri na zunubi te ni se.
8You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
8 Ya nin, Israyla beeja, Kaŋ g'a faaba taabi alwaato ra, Ifo se no ni ga ciya sanda yaw laabo ra, Sanda naaruko kaŋ ga nga bukka sinji cin folloŋ se?
9Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; don’t leave us.
9 Ifo se no ni ga ciya sanda boro kaŋ alyanga n'a di, Sanda boro gaabikooni kaŋ si hin ka faaba? Amma ni go iri game ra. I g'iri ce mo nda ni maa, Ya Rabbi, ma si iri furu!
10Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
10 Yaa no Rabbi ci dumi woone wo se: Yaadin cine no i ga ba ngey ma kamba. I mana ngey cey gaay. Woodin se no Rabbi si yadda i se. Sohõ binde a ga fongu i taaley gaa, A m'i zunubey banandi te i se.
11Yahweh said to me, Don’t pray for this people for their good.
11 Rabbi ne ay se: Ma si gomni adduwa te dumo wo se.
12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
12 D'i mehaw, ay si maa i hẽeno. D'i kande sargay kaŋ i ga ton, da ŋwaari sargayey, ay s'i ta. Amma ay g'i halaci nda takuba, da haray, da balaaw.
13Then I said, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
13 Kal ay ne: «Ay, ya Rabbi, Koy Beero! Guna, annabey go ga ne i se: ‹Araŋ si di takuba, araŋ si haray mo, amma ay g'araŋ no laakal kanay tabbatante nango wo ra.› »
14Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn’t send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
14 Kala Rabbi ne ay se: Annabey din goono ga tangari annabitaray te no d'ay maa. Ay man'i donton, ay man'i lordi mo, ay mana baa salaŋ i se. I goono ga annabitaray te araŋ se da tangari bangandi, da gunayaŋ yaamo, da ngey bine halliyaŋ mo.
15Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I didn’t send them, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
15 Woodin se no Rabbi salaŋ annabey boŋ kaŋ yaŋ goono ga annabitaray te da nga maa, a mana i donton mo -- kulu nda yaadin i goono ga ne kaŋ borey si di takuba wala haray laabo woone ra -- amma takuba nda haray no i ga annabey din halaci nd'a.
16The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.
16 Borey kaŋ yaŋ se i goono ga annabitaray te mo, i g'i furu Urusalima fondey gaa, borey kaŋ takuba nda haray ga wi. I si du fijiko, ngey nda ngey wandey d'i ize arey da ize wayey, zama ngey bumbey laala no ay ga gusam i boŋ.
17You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
17 Ni binde ma sanni woone ci i se: Ay moy ma mundi dooru cin da zaari, i ma si naŋ. Zama ay wane jama ize wandiya ceeri nda kortimi bambata, Da bi kaŋ ga dooru gumo-gumo.
18If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
18 D'ay fatta ka koy fari, Borey kaŋ takuba wi yaŋ din go noodin! D'ay furo kwaara ra mo, A go, wiiza haray taabi go no! Zama annabey da alfagey kulu dira ka koy laabu fo kaŋ i s'a bay do.
19Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
19 Ni wangu Yahuda no parkatak? Ni fundo ga Sihiyona fanta no? Ifo se no ni n'iri kar, Iri yayandiyaŋ mo si no? Iri na laakal kanay ceeci, amma gomni fo kulu mana kaa. Iri na yayandiyaŋ alwaati ceeci, Amma kala bine patiyaŋ kaŋ go no!
20We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
20 Ya Rabbi, iri g'iri laala bay, D'iri baabey taaley mo, Zama iri na zunubi te ni se.
21Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don’t break your covenant with us.
21 Ma si donda iri, ni maa sabbay se, Ma si ni darza karga kaynandi. Ma fongu, Ma si ni sappa kaŋ go in da nin game ra tunandi.
22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
22 Dumi cindey toorey ra, i gonda wo kaŋ ga hin ka naŋ beene hari ma kaŋ no, wala? Beena binde ga hin ka buru hari sarre nga boŋ se no? Wala manti nin no, ya Rabbi iri Irikoyo? Woodin sabbay se binde no iri ga hangan ni se, Zama nin no ka hayey din kulu te.