¹The burden of Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

¹ Damaskos boŋ sanni neeya: «A go, Damaskos ga ba ka fay da nga gallutara ka ciya kurmu gusamyaŋ.

¹The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

²The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

² Arower kawyey ga ciya kurmu. I ga ciya alman kuru kuray do. Kurey ga kani noodin, Boro kulu mo si i humburandi.

²The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

³The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” says Yahweh of Armies.

³ Ifraymu wongu fuwey ga ban, Mayray mo ga ban Damaskos da Suriya cindo ra. I ga ye ka ciya sanda Israyla izey darza cine.» Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.

³And the fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁴“It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

⁴ «A ga ciya mo han din hane Yakuba darza ga zabu. A naasuyaŋo mo ga faabu.

⁴And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

⁵It will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will be like when one gleans grain in the valley of Rephaim.

⁵ A ga ciya mo, sanda mate kaŋ cine ntaasu wiiko ga fari albarka margu, A kambey mo ga ntaasu jeeney dumbu, Oho, a ga ciya sanda mate kaŋ cine boro ga ntaasu jeeniyaŋ koobu Refayim* gooro ra.

⁵And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing grain, and his arm reapeth the ears; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

⁶Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel.

⁶ Kulu nda yaadin koobuyaŋ hari ga cindi Damaskos ra, Sanda zeytun* tuuri-nya kokobeyaŋ cine. Ize hinka wala ihinza ga cindi hala beene kamba gaa, Tuuro kaŋ hay gumo mo, Ize taaci wala igu ga cindi a kambey casey gaa.» Yaadin no Rabbi Israyla Irikoyo ci.

⁶Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

⁷In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

⁷ Han din hane binde boro ga nga Takakwa guna, A moy mo ga Israyla wane Hananyankoyo do haray guna.

⁷In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

⁸They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the incense altars.

⁸ A si sargay feemey kaŋ ci a kambe goyey guna, Haya kaŋ a kambayzey te mo, a si ye k'a guna koyne, Baa wayboro himandi bundu toorey, Wala wayno himandi waney.

⁸And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.

⁹In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.

⁹ Zaaro din ra Israyla gallu birnikoyey ga ciya sanda hay fo kaŋ i furu tuuri zugay ra, da tuuri kambe kaŋ Israyla izey dira ka naŋ. Laabo mo ga ciya kurmu.

⁹In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.

¹⁰For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.

¹⁰ Zama ni dinya Irikoy kaŋ ti ni faaba, Ni na saalay kaa mo ni gaabi tondo gaa. Woodin se no ni goono ga tilamyaŋ te ni ibaay boŋ, Ni goono ga tikse waani yaŋ sinji.

¹⁰For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.

¹¹In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

¹¹ Zaaro din kaŋ ra ni n'a tilam mo, ni g'a kali, Susubay ni ga daŋ ni dumi izo ma te boosi. Amma han kaŋ hane ni ga kalo wi, a ga te gusam, Bine saray da doori kaŋ sinda safari wane no.

¹¹In the day of thy planting thou hedgest it in, and in the morning thou makest thy seed to blossom; but the harvest fleeth away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

¹²Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

¹² Wass! Ndunnya dumi boobo kosongo neeya! I goono ga kosongu sanda teekoy dunduyaŋ. Wayyo! Ndunnya dumey dunduyaŋ neeya! I goono ga dundu sanda hari beerey wane cine.

¹²Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

¹³The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

¹³ Ndunnya dumey ga dundu sanda hari boobo dunduyaŋ cine, Amma Rabbi ga deeni i gaa. I ga zuru ka mooru mo, Sanda mate kaŋ cine tondi beeri ra haw ga du gaaray d'a, Wala mo sanda tuuri kunkunante kaŋ go hari haw bambata jine.

¹³The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

¹⁴At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

¹⁴ Wiciri kambu haray humburkumay beeri go no, Hala mo ga bo, boro kulu si no. Borey kaŋ yaŋ goono g'iri kom baa nooya, Borey kaŋ yaŋ goono g'iri ku mo baa nooya.

¹⁴At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.