¹The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

¹ Sanno kaŋ Rabbi ci Babila nda Kaldancey laabo boŋ annabi Irimiya me ra neeya:

²Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.

² Wa baaru ci ndunnya dumey ra, Wa fe, wa wongu liiliwal kayandi. Wa fe, wa s'a tugu! Wa ne: I ga Babila ŋwa, i ga Bel kaynandi, I ga Merodak bagu-bagu, I g'a jabuyaŋ himandey haawandi, I g'a toorey bagu-bagu.

³For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

³ Zama azawa kambe haray dumi fo no ga kand'a gaa wongu kaŋ g'a laabo ciya humburandiyaŋ hari, boro kulu si goro a ra mo. Boro nda alman kulu ga zuru k'a naŋ.

⁴In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.

⁴ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Waati kaŋ jirbi woodin yaŋ ga kaa, Da alwaati woodin to, Israyla izey da Yahuda izey ga kaa care banda, Ka konda ngey hẽeno ka Rabbi ngey Irikoyo ceeci.

⁵They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

⁵ I ga Sihiyona fondo hã, i moydumey ga ye a do haray. I ma ne: «Wa kaa, iri m'iri boŋ margu nda Rabbi, Sappa kaŋ ga duumi ra kaŋ i si diny'a gaa.»

⁶My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

⁶ Ay borey ciya feeji darante yaŋ. I hawjiyey n'i darandi fonda gaa, K'i taŋ tondi kuukey ra. Tondi kuuku woone ka koy yongo tudo gaa, I ga koy-da-ye te, i dinya ngey fulanzamyaŋ do.

⁷All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.

⁷ Borey kaŋ n'i gar kulu n'i ŋwa ka ban. I ibarey ne: «Iri sinda taali, zama ngey wo na zunubi te Rabbi se no, Nga kaŋ ti adilitaray nangora d'i kaayey beeja, Rabbi nooya.»

⁸Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

⁸ Wa zuru ka fun Babila bindo ra, Wa fun Kaldancey laabo ra, Wa ciya danga hincin jindi yaŋ ngey kuro jine.

⁹For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

⁹ Zama guna, ay ga ndunnya dumi beerey jama tunandi azawa kambe laabo ra kaŋ ga kande wongu Babila gaa. I ga wongu marga kayandi a se mo hal i m'a ŋwa. I hangawey ga hima sanda wongaari kaŋ ga goni hayyaŋ wane, Afo kulu si ye ka kaa kambe koonu.

¹⁰Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.

¹⁰ Kaldiya mo ga ciya wongu arzaka. Borey kaŋ n'a ku wongo ra ga ne a wasa ngey se. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹¹Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;

¹¹ Ya araŋ kaŋ yaŋ n'ay wane jama ku wongu ra, Za kaŋ araŋ te bine kaani, araŋ farhã. Araŋ soobay ka fooru sanda haw zan kaŋ go kuray do, Araŋ bubuci sanda bari gu cine,

¹²your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

¹² Woodin sabbay se no araŋ nyaŋo ga haaw gumo. Waybora kaŋ n'araŋ hay yalu ga bare. Guna, a ga ciya ndunnya dumey kulu bananta, A ga ciya saaji da gangani da batama falulle.

¹³Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

¹³ Rabbi dukuro sabbay se boro kulu si goro a ra, Amma a ga ciya kurmu. Boro kulu kaŋ ga bisa Babila gaa ga dambara hala manti moso, A ma cuusu a balaawey kulu sabbay se.

¹⁴Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.

¹⁴ Araŋ kulu kaŋ ga biraw candi, Wa wongu daaga sinji Babila gaa, W'a windi k'a daŋ game, W'a hay, wa si naŋ hangawey ma gogo, Zama a na zunubi te Rabbi se.

¹⁵Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

¹⁵ W'a windi ka kuuwa a gaa. A na nga boŋ nooyandi, a muuley kaŋ, I n'a birni cinaro zeeri, Zama Rabbi banayaŋo nooya, Wa banayaŋo toonandi a boŋ mo. Sanda mate kaŋ nga bumbo te, Wa te nga mo se yaadin.

¹⁶Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.

¹⁶ Wa dum'ize dumakoy kulu pati Babila ra, Da boro kaŋ ga kooma goy te heemar waate. Boro kulu ga bare ka ye nga bumbo dumey do haray. I boro fo kulu ga zuru ka koy nga laabo ra, I ma du ka kankamandikoy takuba yana.

¹⁷Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

¹⁷ Israyla ya feeji say-sayante yaŋ no, Muusu beerey n'a gaaray. Sintina Assiriya bonkoono no k'a ŋwa, Kokor banda Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar mo n'a biriyey kaama-kaama.

¹⁸Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

¹⁸ Woodin se binde, yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Guna, ay ga alhakku bana Babila bonkoono da nga laabo kulu gaa, Sanda mate kaŋ ay jin ka te Assiriya bonkoono se cine.

¹⁹I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

¹⁹ Ay ga ye ka kande Israyla nga kuray nango do. A ga kuru Karmel da Basan boŋ, A fundo mo ga kungu Ifraymu da Jileyad tondey ra.

²⁰In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

²⁰ Yaa no Rabbi ci: Jirbi woodin yaŋ ra, da alwaati woodin ra mo, I ga Israyla taali ceeci, amma a si bara. I ga Yahuda zunubey ceeci mo, Amma i si di ey, Zama jama cindo kaŋ ay naŋ din, ay g'i yaafa.

²¹Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

²¹ Ziji ka wongu nda laabo kaŋ na murteyaŋ labu-care, Nga nd'a gorokoy, ka bana i se. M'i gaaray k'i wi k'i leemun parkatak! Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Ma te hay kulu kaŋ ay na ni lordi nd'a boŋ.

²²A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

²² I ga maa wongu kosongu da halaciyaŋ bambata laabo ra.

²³How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

²³ Ndunnya kulu ndarka neeya! Guna dumbuyaŋ da baguyaŋ kaŋ dumi i te a se! Babila ciya humburandiyaŋ hari ndunnya dumey game ra!

²⁴I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.

²⁴ Ya Babila, ay na hirrimi te ni se kaŋ ni mana bay a gaa, a na ni di mo. I na ni gar ka ni di, Zama ni na canda-canda te da Rabbi.

²⁵Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

²⁵ Rabbi na nga wongu jinayey jisiro feeri, A na nga futa wongu jinayyaŋ fattandi. Zama Rabbi Kundeykoyo gonda muraadu kaŋ a ga te Kaldancey laabo ra.

²⁶Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

²⁶ Wa fun nangu mooro ka furo a ra. W'a barmey fiti, w'a ciya laabu guyaŋ, W'a halaci parkatak. A wane hay fo kulu ma si cindi.

²⁷Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day has come, the time of their visitation.

²⁷ W'a yeej'izey kulu no takuba se, i ma koy wiyaŋ do. Kaari ngey! Zama i zaaro kaa, i alhakko alwaato nooya.

²⁸The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.

²⁸ Wa maa borey kaŋ goono ga zuru ka Babila laabo yana yaŋ din jinde, Zama i ma Rabbi iri Irikoyo banando fe Sihiyona ra, A sududuyaŋ fuwo banando nooya.

²⁹Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

²⁹ Wa tongo farmey ce i ma margu Babila wonguyaŋ se, I kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga biraw candi nooya. Wa zumbu a gaa k'a daŋ game, A ra boro kulu ma si fatta ka yana. Wa bana a se a goyo boŋ. Hay kulu kaŋ a te, wa te a se, nga mo, Zama a na boŋbeeray cabe Rabbi Israyla wane Hananyankoyo se.

³⁰Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.

³⁰ Woodin sabbay se no a arwasey ga halaci a kwaara fondey ra. A wongaarey kulu mo ga dangay han din hane. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³¹Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

³¹ Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci: A go, ya nin boŋbeeraykoyo, ay ga gaaba nda nin, Zama ni zaaro kaa, Alwaato kaŋ ay ga ni alhakko bana nooya.

³²The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him.

³² Boŋbeeraykoyo din binde ga kati ka kaŋ. A sinda tunandiko. Ay ga danji daŋ a galley gaa kaŋ ga hay kulu kaŋ go a windanta ŋwa.

³³Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

³³ Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci: I na Israyla da Yahuda izey kulu kankam care banda. Borey kaŋ n'i di mo goono g'i gaay da gaabi, I wangu k'i taŋ.

³⁴Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

³⁴ Amma i Fansakwa gonda gaabi, Rabbi Kundeykoyo no ga ti a maa. A ga faasa i se da himma, Zama a ma fulanzamay no laabo se, A ma Babila gorokoy mo jijirandi.

³⁵A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.

³⁵ Takuba kaa Kaldancey gaa, da Babila ra gorokoy, D'a mayraykoyey d'a laakalkooney mo gaa. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³⁶A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

³⁶ Takuba goono ga tangarikomey ceeci, I ga ciya saamoyaŋ mo. Takuba goono g'a wane gaabikooni beerey ceeci, K'i sukurutandi mo.

³⁷A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

³⁷ A bariyey, d'a torkey, Da yawey kulu dumi-dumey kaŋ yaŋ go a bindo ra, Takuba goono g'i ceeci. I ga ciya sanda wayboroyaŋ mo. Takuba goono g'a arzaka ceeci, a g'a kom mo.

³⁸A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.

³⁸ Kwaari g'a isa haro di, a ga sundu mo, Zama laabo din ya tooru laabu no. I ga fooma mo da ngey toorey.

³⁹Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.

³⁹ Woodin se no ganji hamey da zoŋey no ga goro noodin. Taatagayyaŋ mo ga ngey goray te noodin, A ra gorokoy si cindi koyne hal abada. Zamana ka koy zamana boro kulu si goro a ra.

⁴⁰As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.

⁴⁰ A ga ciya sanda alwaato kaŋ Irikoy na Saduma nda Gomorata nd'i gorokasiney zeeri, Yaadin cine no boro si no kaŋ ga goro Babila ra. Adam-ize kulu si no kaŋ ga te jirbiyaŋ a ra mo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁴¹Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

⁴¹ Guna dumi fo neeya ga fun azawa kambe kaŋ kunda bambata no. Bonkooni boobo ga tun ka fun ndunnya nangu moorey do.

⁴²They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

⁴² I gonda biraw da yaaji ga gaay, Bine-bi-koy yaŋ no, i si bakar. I jindey ga yooje beeri te sanda teeku cine, Bari-kariyaŋ mo no. I boro fo kulu go wongu daaga me gaa soolante. Ya Babila ize wayo, i go kaa ni gaa no.

⁴³The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.

⁴³ Babila bonkoono maa i baaru, a kambey londey bu mo. Doori gurzugay da zaŋay n'a di, Sanda wayboro kaŋ ga ba ka hay.

⁴⁴Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

⁴⁴ Guna, dumo din ga tun sanda mate kaŋ muusu beeri ga fun Urdun* tuuri zugey ra, A ga wongu nda gaabikoono nangora, Amma ay g'a gartandi a ma zuru k'a naŋ, porot folloŋ! Man no suubananta kaŋ ay ga kayandi a boŋ? Zama man boro kaŋ in d'a ga saba, May mo no ga han kosu ay se? Wala man gaa hawjiyo kaŋ ga hin ka kay ay jine?

⁴⁵Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

⁴⁵ Kala binde, araŋ ma maa Rabbi saawara kaŋ a kunsum Babila boŋ, Da miila kaŋ a anniya Kaldancey laabo boŋ, ngey neeya: Daahir i ga kurey ra alman ize kayney kurru ka kond'ey. Daahir mo a g'i nangora ciya kurmu i sabbay se.

⁴⁶At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.

⁴⁶ D'a maa Babila ŋwaayaŋo yooja, laabo ga zinji. I ga maa kaatiyaŋ beeri mo ndunnya dumey ra.