1Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
1 Kala ni ma bu baray sanni sambu Israyla mayraykoyey se
1Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
2 ka ne: Ifo ga ti ni nya? Muusu way no! Za waato a naŋ-kaniya go muusu arey bindi ra. Muusu izey ra no a ga nga izey kuru.
2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
3She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
3 A izey ra no a na afolloŋ biiri, Woodin ciya muusu beeri. A na ham ceeciyaŋ dondon, a go ga borey ŋwa.
3And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
4 Kala ndunnya dumey maa a baaru, I n'a di ngey guusu hirrimo ra. Sisiriyaŋ gaa no i kand'a Misira laabu.
4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
5 Muusu wayo mo, kaŋ a di nga gay, Hala mo a na laakal kaa, Kal a ye ka afo sambu nga izey ra k'a ciya muusu beeri.
5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
6 Kala woodin mo bar-bare muusey ra, Hal a ciya muusu beeri. A na ham ceeciyaŋ dondon, a go ga borey ŋwa mo.
6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
7He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
7 A n'i faadey bay, a n'i galley ciya kurmu. Laabo nda nga tooyaŋo ciya kurmu a dunduyaŋey jinda sabbay se.
7And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.
8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
8 Waato din gaa ndunnya dumey tun ka murte a gaa. I fun kuray kulu ka kaa ka wufa daaru a boŋ, I n'a di ngey guusu hirrimo ra.
8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
9They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
9 I n'a daŋ guuru sundurku ra da sisiriyaŋ ka kand'a Babila bonkoono do. I kand'a ka daŋ kasu fu gaabikooni ra, Zama borey ma si ye ka maa a jinde Israyla tondi kuukey boŋ koyne.
9And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
10 Waato ni nya ga hima sanda kali ra reyzin tikse, Reyzin tikse kaŋ i tilam hariyaŋ jabu gaa nooya. A te albarka, a to da kambeyaŋ hari boobey sabbay se.
10Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
11 A gonda kambe gaabikooni yaŋ kaŋ ciya mayraykoyey sarjillayaŋ. A ku kal a koy ka bisa burey gaa, A kuuyaŋo sabbay se mo no i di a, Nga nda nga kambe booba.
11And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
12But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
12 Amma i na tiksa din dagu nda futay korno k'a soote ganda. Wayna funay haw n'a izey faaru k'i koogandi. A kambe gaabikooney ceeri-ceeri, I lakaw, danji n'i ŋwa mo.
12But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
13 Sohõ mo i n'a tilam saajo ra, Laabu kogo kaŋ gonda jaw ra.
13And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
14Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
14 A kambey goobey ra no danji fatta k'a izey ŋwa, Hal a mana cindi a se kambe gaabikooni baa afolloŋ kaŋ ga te mayray sarjilla. Woodin wo bu baray no, bu baray mo no a ga ciya.
14And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.