1“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
1 Ma zuru ka bar-bare nangu kulu Urusalima fondey gaa. Ma guna, ma bay, ma ceeci a batamey ra, Ka di hal araŋ ga du boro folloŋ kaŋ ga cimi ciiti goy te, kaŋ ga cimi ceeci mo, Hal ay mo, ya Urusalima yaafa.
2Though they say, ‘As Yahweh lives;’ surely they swear falsely.”
2 I ga ne: «Iri ze da Rabbi fundikoono,» Amma sikka si tangari boŋ no i goono ga zeyaŋo din te.
3O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
3 Ya Rabbi, manti cimi no ni moy goono ga ceeci bo? Ni n'i kar, amma i mana maa doori. Ni n'i halaci, amma i wangu goojiyaŋo. I goono ga ngey hangey sandandi hal i bisa tondi sanday. I wangu ka tuubi.
4Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.
4 Saaya din gaa ay ne: Daahir borey wo boro buunoyaŋ no kaŋ sinda laakal. I si Rabbi fonda bay, kaŋ ga ti ngey Irikoyo farilla.
5I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
5 Kala ya koy i albeerey do haray, Ay ma salaŋ d'ey, Zama ngey wo ga Rabbi fonda bay, Kaŋ ga ti i Irikoyo farilla. Amma woodin yaŋ mo, care banda no i na calu* ceeri, I na hawyaŋ harey pati-pati.
6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
6 Woodin se no muusu beeri ga fun gumbi ra k'i kar ka zeeri. Taasi beero sakaley* mo g'i halaci. Mari g'i galley windi, Boro kulu kaŋ fun i ra, a g'i tooru-tooru, Zama i taaley ya iboobo no, I banda yeyaŋo mo go, a baa.
7“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
7 Mate no ay ga te ka ni yaafa? Ni izey n'ay furu, I ze da hay fo kaŋ manti irikoy no. Waato kaŋ ay n'i kuru hal i kungu, i na zina goy te. I margu ka te jama kaaruwa fu me gaa.
8They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
8 Sanda bari guyaŋ kaŋ ga kungu, I afo kulu goono ga bubuci ka nga gorokasin wande ceeci.
9Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh; “and shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9 Ay si bana hayey din se no? Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Wala ay si fansa sambu ay boŋ se dumo din dumi boŋ no?
10“Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh’s.
10 Wa kaaru a reyzin* kalo gaa ka halaciyaŋ te. Amma wa si halaciyaŋ toonante te bo. W'a kambey pati-pati, Zama manti Rabbi wane no.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says Yahweh.
11 Zama Yahuda dumo da Israyla dumo na amaana ŋwaari goy te ay se gumo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.
12They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
12 I na tangari ci Rabbi boŋ. I goono ga ne: «A si no. Bone mo si du iri. Iri si di takuba wala haray.»
13The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.”
13 Annabey si hima kala haw kaŋ ga faaru. Sanno si i do koyne. Yaadin mo no i ga te i se.
14Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
14 Woodin sabbay se, yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci: Za kaŋ araŋ na sanno din dumi te, A go, ay g'ay sanney ciya danji ni me ra, Jama wo mo ma ciya tuuriyaŋ. A g'i ŋwa ka ban mo.
15Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, neither understand what they say.
15 Yaa no Rabbi ci: Ya Israyla dumo, a go, Ay ga kande araŋ gaa dumi fo kaŋ ga fun nangu mooro, Dumi no kaŋ gay, dumi no kaŋ go no za doŋ, Dumi kaŋ ni s'a ciine bay, Ni si faham da sanni kaŋ i ga salaŋ mo.
16Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
16 I tongey ya saaray feerante yaŋ no, I kulu wongaariyaŋ mo no.
17They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
17 I ga ni heemaro nafa da ni ŋwaaro ŋwa. I ga ni ize arey da ni ize wayey ŋwa, I ga ni feejey da ni hawey ŋwa. I ga ni reyzin tiksey da ni jeejay* nyaŋey ŋwa. Ni gallu cinari-beeri-koyey kaŋ gaa ni de din, i g'i bagu-bagu nda takuba.
18“But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end with you.
18 Amma baa jirbi woodin yaŋ ra ay s'araŋ ban bo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.
19It will happen, when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
19 A ga ciya mo, d'araŋ ga ne: «Ifo se no Rabbi iri Irikoyo go ga hayey wo kulu te iri se?» kala ni ma ne i se: «Sanda mate kaŋ cine araŋ n'ay furu, araŋ may mebarawey de-koyey se mo araŋ laabo ra, yaadin cine no araŋ ga may yawey se d'a laabu fo kaŋ manti araŋ wano ra.»
20“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
20 Ma woone ci Yakuba dumo ra, Ma feyaŋ te Yahuda ra, ka ne:
21‘Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don’t see; who have ears, and don’t hear:
21 Ya araŋ borey kaŋ yaŋ si caram, Kaŋ sinda laakal mo, wa maa woone sohõ, Araŋ kaŋ gonda moyaŋ, amma araŋ si di. Araŋ kaŋ gonda hangayaŋ, amma araŋ si maa.
22Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’
22 Araŋ si humburu ay no? Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Araŋ gaahamey si jijiri ay jine no, Ay kaŋ ga naŋ taasi ma ciya teeko se hirri lordi kaŋ ga duumi boŋ, hal a si hin k'a daaru? Baa a bondayey ga follo, I day si hin ka te zaama, Baa i ga kosongu te, Kulu nda yaadin i si hin ka bisa hirro gaa.
23“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
23 Amma dumi woone wo, a gonda hanga sanday bine, Da tureyaŋ bine. I kamba ka bare ka ngey koyyaŋ te.
24Neither do they say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
24 I mana ne ngey bina ra mo: «Naŋ day iri ma humburu Rabbi iri Irikoyo, Nga kaŋ ga beena haro no nga alwaato ra, Sintinay wano da kokor banda wano, Nga kaŋ ga heemar alwaati soola ka jisi iri se tabbatante mo.»
25“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
25 Araŋ goy laaley na hayey din bare. Araŋ zunubey mo n'araŋ ganji gomni.
26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
26 Zama ay na boro laaloyaŋ gar ay jama ra. I goono ga batandi, Sanda mate kaŋ cine curayze diiko ga gum. I goono ga hirrimi dake deene, i goono ga borey di.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
27 Sanda mate kaŋ cine curayze fito ga to da curayzeyaŋ, Yaadin cine no i windey ga to da amaana ŋwaari. Woodin se no i je, i te arzaka.
28They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
28 I te burceriyaŋ, i ga nyaale mo. Oho, i ga koy da jina no laala goy ra. I si alatuumey sanni gaakasinay hal a ma te albarka. I si faasa alfukaarey se da mate kaŋ ga hagu nd'a.
29“Shall I not punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
29 Ay si hayey wo banayaŋ te no? Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Ay fundo si fansa bana dumo din dumi boŋ no, wala?
30“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
30 Haŋ kaŋ ga dambarandi nda fanta hari mo go, A te laabo wo ra:
31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
31 Annabey goono ga tangari annabitaray te. Alfagey goono ga may da ngey boŋ ibaay. Ay jama mo ga ba a ma ciya yaadin cine. Day, ifo no araŋ ga te a bananta?