¹Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

¹ Yaa no Rabbi ci: «Mowab taali hinza sabbay se, Oho, hala baa itaaci sabbay se, Ay s'a ciiti sanno bare. Zama a na Edom koyo biriyey ton k'i ciya kaaru.

¹Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

²but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

² Amma ay ga goobara daŋ Mowab gaa, Danjo mo ga Kariyoti faadey ŋwa. Mowab ga bu kosongu nda kuuwa da hilli kaatiyaŋ ra.

²but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

³and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

³ Ay ga alkaali ban a bindo ra, Ay m'a laabukoyey kulu wi a banda.» Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

³and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

⁴Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

⁴ Yaa no Rabbi ci: «Yahuda taali hinza sabbay se, Oho, hala baa itaaci sabbay se, Ay s'a ciiti sanno bare. Zama i wangu Rabbi asariya*, I mana a farilley haggoy mo. I tangarey kaŋ i kaayey gana naŋ i ma daray.

⁴Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:

⁵But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

⁵ Amma ay ga goobara daŋ Yahuda gaa, Danjo mo ga Urusalima* faadey ŋwa.»

⁵but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

⁶Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

⁶ Yaa no Rabbi ci: «Israyla taali hinza sabbay se, Oho, hala baa itaaci sabbay se, Ay s'a ciiti sanno bare. Zama i na adilante* neera ka ta nzarfu. Alfukaaru mo, i n'a neera taamu ce fo hay.

⁶Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes-

⁷They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

⁷ Ngey kaŋ ga talka taamu sanda ganda laabu cine, I ga lalabukoy fonda siirandi nga nango ra. Ize nda nga baaba ga margu wandiyo folloŋ gaa, K'ay maa hanna ziibandi.

⁷they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:

⁸and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁸ I ga kani sargay feemey kulu jarga tolme bankaaray yaŋ boŋ, I toorey windo ra mo i ga duvan* haŋ, Kaŋ i ta jukkeyaŋ gaa.

⁸and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

⁹ Kulu nda yaadin, ay na Amorancey gaaray i jine, Borey kaŋ i kuuyaŋ ga hima sedre* tuuri-nya kuuyaŋ, I gonda gaabi mo sanda shen* nya cine. Kulu nda yaadin, ay n'a izey halaci beene, A kaajey mo ganda.

⁹Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

¹⁰ Ay n'araŋ fattandi mo Misira laabo ra. Ay goono g'araŋ candi saajo ra jiiri waytaaci, Zama araŋ ma Amorancey laabo mayra ŋwa.

¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

¹¹I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.

¹¹ Ay n'araŋ ize fooyaŋ tunandi i ma ciya annabiyaŋ*, Araŋ gaabikooni fooyaŋ mo ma ciya naziri* fonda ganakoyaŋ. Wala manti yaadin no, ya araŋ Israyla izey?» Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹¹And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

¹²“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

¹² «Amma araŋ na naziri fonda ganakoy no duvan i ma haŋ, Araŋ na annabey mo lordi ka ne i ma si annabitaray te.

¹²But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

¹³Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

¹³ A go, ay g'araŋ naan, Sanda mate kaŋ cine i ga torko naan, Waati kaŋ i n'a toonandi nda bokoyaŋ.

¹³Behold, I will press [you] in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

¹⁴Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁴ Zuray ga mongo boro kaŋ ga waasu zuray gaa se, Gaabikooni si hin ka kay nga gaabo hinne boŋ, Hinkoy mo si du ka nga fundo faaba.

¹⁴And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁵neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won’t escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

¹⁵ Nga mo kaŋ goono ga biraw haw daŋ, A si ye ka kay. Ce waasaykoy si nga boŋ faaba, Bari-kari mo si nga fundo faaba.

¹⁵neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

¹⁶and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.

¹⁶ Wongaarey ra bine-gaabi-koy ga zuru gaa-koonu zaari woodin ra.» Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

¹⁶and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.