¹I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

¹ Ay ga kay ay batuyaŋ nango do, Ay ma kay cinari kuuko boŋ, Ay ma guna ka di haŋ kaŋ no a ga ci ay se, Da haŋ kaŋ ay ga tu d'a a se ay ŋwaara boŋ.»

¹I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

²Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

² Rabbi tu ay se ka ne: «Ma bangando hantum a ma fatta taray walhẽy gaa, Zama cawkwa ma du k'a caw ka zuru _ka konda baaro|_.

²And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

³For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

³ Zama bangando gonda alwaati jisante. A goono ga cahã mo k'a toonandi, A si tangari mo. Baa a gay kayna, hangan a se, Zama daahir a ga kaa, a si gay.

³For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

⁴Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

⁴ Guna a gonda boŋbeeray, Manti haŋ kaŋ ga saba no ka bare a bina ra. Amma boro kaŋ ciya adilante* _Irikoy jine|_, Nga cimbeero ra no a ga funa.

⁴Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

⁵Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , and he is like death, and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

⁵ Oho, duvan* wo ga boŋbeeraykoy daŋ kambe hal a si goro nangu fo. A na nga laakal-zaara tafandi sanda buuyaŋ cine, A ga hima Alaahara mo, kaŋ si kungu. A ga dumey kulu margu nga bumbo do, A ma borey kundey dumi kulu gusam-gusam nga boŋ se.

⁵Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

⁶Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

⁶ Woodin yaŋ kulu, i si misa fo te a boŋ, i si donda-caray yaasay te a boŋ, wala? I ma ne: ‹Kaari bora din kaŋ ga haŋ kaŋ manti a wane margu-margu! A ga nga boŋ arzakandi da tolmeyaŋ! Waati fo no a ga ban?›

⁶Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

⁷Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

⁷ Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga ni gana garaw, Manti i ga tun fap folloŋ? Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga ni ŋwa mo, Manti i ga tun jirbi, Ni ma ciya mo i se wongu arzaka fo?

⁷Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?

⁸Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

⁸ Za kaŋ ni na dumi boobo ku gumo, Borey dumi cindey mo ga ni ku borey kuro sabbay se, Da toonya kaŋ ni te laabo, Da birno, d'a ra gorokoy kulu se.

⁸Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

⁹Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

⁹ Kaari boro kaŋ ga riiba laalo ŋwa nga windo se, Zama nga ma du ka nga fito daŋ beene, Zama nga ma faaba masiiba laalo kambe ra!

⁹Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

¹⁰You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

¹⁰ Ni na haawi candi ka kande ni windo se, Za kaŋ ni na dumi boobo pati, Ni na zunubi te mo ni fundo se.

¹⁰Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

¹¹For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

¹¹ Zama cinaro ra no tondi ga jinde tunandi, Kataaku mo ga tu a se bundey ra.

¹¹For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

¹²Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

¹² Kaari nga kaŋ ga kwaara cina nda kuri ka birni sinji nda taali beeri!

¹²Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

¹³Behold, isn’t it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

¹³ Guna, manti Rabbi Kundeykoyo miila no kaŋ dumey goono ga taabi danji se, kaŋ dumey mo goono ga ngey boŋ fargandi hay fo yaamo sabbay se?

¹³Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

¹⁴For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁴ Zama ndunnya ga aniya ka to da Rabbi darza bayray, Sanda mate kaŋ cine harey go ga teeko daabu.

¹⁴For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

¹⁵ Kaari nga kaŋ goono ga nga gorokasin no baji. Ni goono ga ni humburo dooru a se, a ma haŋ ka bugu zama ni ma du k'a gaa-koono guna se!

¹⁵Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

¹⁶You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

¹⁶ Manti darza no ni ga to d'a bo, amma haawi. Kala ni mo ma haŋ ka ni gaa-koono cabe. Rabbi kambe ŋwaari gaasiya ga bare ka ye ni do, Haawi kaŋ ga ziibi mo ga goro ni darza boŋ.

¹⁶Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

¹⁷For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.

¹⁷ Zama toonya kaŋ ni te Liban se din ga ni daabu. Ganji hamey kaŋ ni halaci mo ga ni humburandi borey kuro sabbay se, da toonya kaŋ ni te laabo, da birno, d'a ra gorokoy kulu se.

¹⁷For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

¹⁸“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

¹⁸ Man gaa himandi jabante nafa, Waato kaŋ a jabukwa n'a te? Sooguyaŋ tooru mo, tangari dondonandiko no, Man gaa a nafa kaŋ ga naŋ a goy-teero ma de a gaa, Hala nd'a ma tooruyaŋ kaŋ si salaŋ te?

¹⁸What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

¹⁹Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.

¹⁹ Kaari nga kaŋ ga ne bundu se: ‹Ma mo hay!› A ma ne tondi beebe mo se: ‹Tun!› Woodin ga dondonandi no? Guna, i n'a taalam da wura nda nzarfu, Amma fulanzamyaŋ si no a ra, baa kayna.

¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

²⁰But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”

²⁰ Amma Rabbi go nga fu hananta ra. Ndunnya kulu ma dangay a jine!»

²⁰But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.