¹The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.

¹ Rabbi sanno kaa annabi Irimiya do Filistancey boŋ, za Firawna mana Gaza kar jina.

²Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

² Yaa no Rabbi ci: A go, hari boobo no ga tun azawa kambe haray, Kaŋ ga ciya gooru kaŋ gonda hari-yaa*. A ga bambari laabo da hay kulu kaŋ go a ra boŋ, Da gallo nda ngey kaŋ goono ga goro a ra boŋ. Alborey ga jinde tunandi, Laabo ra gorokoy kulu ga baray mo.

³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don’t look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

³ A gaabikooney haabayaŋo ce camsey yooja maayaŋ, D'a wongu torkey zura, D'a kangey kosongo sabbay se, Baabey si baa zagu ngey ma du ka ngey izey faaba se, Zama i kambey londey bu.

⁴because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

⁴ _Hayo ga te|_ zaaro kaŋ goono ga kaa sabbay se, Kaŋ ra i ga Filistancey kulu halaci. Ay ga Tir da Sidon gaako kulu kaŋ cindi kosu ka kaa i gaa, Zama Rabbi ga Filistancey halaci, Sanda jara cindo kaŋ go teeko me gaa, Kaftor wane nooya.

⁵Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

⁵ Boŋ kosu ka windi du Gaza, Askelon mo ciya kurmu. Ya gooro ra jara kaŋ cindi, Waati fo no ni ga fay da ni boŋo kortu-kortu yaŋo?

⁶You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.

⁶ Ya nin, Rabbi takuba, Waati fo no ni ga dangay? Ma ye ka furo ni nyaŋo ra ka fulanzam, ka dangay siw!

⁷How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.

⁷ Mate no ni ga dangay d'a binde, Za kaŋ Rabbi no ka ni lordi? A na takuba daŋ noodin zama a ma ciiti nda Askelon da teeku me gaa laabey mo.