¹ Ni jinda sambu, ma s'a zabu! Ni jinda tunandi, sanda hilli karyaŋ cine k'ay jama taalo ci i se, Ma Yakuba dumo zunubey ci i se mo.

¹Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

² Daahir, i goono g'ay ceeci zaari kulu, Ka ne ngey ga ba ngey m'ay fondey bay, Danga dumi kaŋ goono ga adilitaray te, Kaŋ siino ga fay da ngey Irikoyo farilla. I goono ga cimi ciiti dumbuyaŋ ŋwaaray ay gaa ka ne ngey ga ba ngey ma maan Irikoy do.

²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

³‘Why have we fasted,’ say they, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.

³ I go ga ne: «Ifo se no iri mehaw, ni mo, ni mana di a? Ifo se no iri n'iri boŋ kaynandi, ni mana saal mo?» A go, araŋ mehaw zaaro ra araŋ goono ga araŋ ndunnya kaaniyey ŋwa, Araŋ goono g'araŋ goy-teerey kulu kankam mo.

³Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

⁴ A go, araŋ goono ga mehaw da kusuuma nda yanje, Araŋ ga kar mo da kambe kunkunante laalo. Sohõ binde, araŋ mana mehaw mate kaŋ ga naŋ i ma maa araŋ jindey beene.

⁴Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

⁵ Mate no, woone no ga ti mehawo kaŋ dumi ay suuban -- Zaari no kaŋ boro ga nga fundo taabandi? A ma boŋ sumbal sanda karra, A ma bufu zaara nda boosu daaru ngey cire no? Woodin se no ni ga ne mehaw? Zaari no kaŋ Rabbi ga yadda nd'a? Abada!

⁵Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

⁶ Wala manti woone ga ti mehawo kaŋ dumi ay suuban? Araŋ ma laala sisirey ceeri, Wa calu hawyaŋ korfey feeri, Wa borey kaŋ yaŋ i kankam taŋ, wa calu kulu feeri.

⁶Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

⁷ Wala manti nga mo no: Ma ni ŋwaaro zaban harayzey se, Alfukaarey kaŋ sinda naŋ-kaniya, ma kand'ey ni windo ra, Da ni di boro kaŋ gonda banji, m'a bankaaray, Ni ma si tugu ni nya-izey se mo?

⁷Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

⁸ Saaya din no ni annura ga zorti sanda mo boyaŋ, Ni baani duure mo ga cahã ka kaa da waasi. Ni adilitara ga koy ni jine, Rabbi darza mo ga te ni se kosaray banda haray.

⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.

⁹Then you shall call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

⁹ Waato din gaa no ni ga ce, Rabbi mo ga tu. Ni ga jinde tunandi, nga mo ga ne: «Ay neeya!» Da ni na calu, da kambayze cabeyaŋ, Da laala sanni ciyaŋ hibandi ka kaa araŋ game ra.

⁹Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

¹⁰ Da ni na ni bine feeri harayzey se, Ma boro kaŋ fundo taabi kungandi -- waato din gaa no ni annura ga fun kubay ra. Ni kuba mo ga ciya sanda wayno go zaari bindi.

¹⁰and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

¹¹ Rabbi mo ga jine candi ni se duumi, A ma ni fundo kungandi mo nangu kogey ra, A ma ni biriyey gaabandi. Ni ga ciya sanda kali kaŋ i haŋandi, Sanda hari zuru mo kaŋ haro si koosu.

¹¹and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

¹² Ni banda mo ga waato kurmu zeeney cina. Ni ga ye ka waato zamaney daba boobo cina, I ga ne ni se kortimi hanseko, Da fondey kaŋ ra borey ga goro hanseko.

¹²And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

¹³ Hala day ni na ce kaa ni boŋ ibaay ganayaŋ ra asibti hane, Kaŋ ga ti ay zaari hananta, Da ni na asibti ciya ni kaani maayaŋ hari, Da haŋ kaŋ Rabbi darza hanandi, Da ni na asibti beerandi mo, Ni mana ni boŋ muraadu goy te, Ni mana ni boŋ kaani ceeci, Ni mana ni boŋ ibaay sanni ci mo --

¹³If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

¹⁴then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:” for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.

¹⁴ Waato din gaa no ni bina ga kaan Rabbi ra. Ay mo ga ni kaarandi ndunnya nangu beerey boŋ, Ay ga ni kuru mo da ni kaayo Yakuba tubo, Zama Rabbi meyo no ka woodin ci.

¹⁴then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.