¹It happened in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

¹ Yahuda bonkoono Ahaz, kaŋ baaba maa Yotam, kaŋ kaayo maa Uzziya, a zamana ra no Suriya bonkoono Rezin da Israyla bonkoono Peka, kaŋ ti Remaliya ize, i kaaru ka koy Urusalima zama ngey m'a wongu, amma i mana hin ka te a boŋ zaama.

¹And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

²It was told the house of David, saying, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

² A binde, i ci Dawda banda se ka ne Suriya kaa ka zumbu Ifraymu gaa. Ahaz bina pati, nga nda nga jama biney kulu, sanda mate kaŋ cine saaji ra tuurey ga zinji haw ra.

²And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

³Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field.

³ Gaa no Rabbi ne Isaya se: « Ni ma fatta sohõ ka Ahaz kubay, nin da ni izo Seyar-Yasub. Ni g'a gar beene bango hari zuru meyo gaa haray, Kaaru-daŋ-koy batama fonda gaa haray.

³Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field;

⁴Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

⁴ Ma ne a se: Ma haggoy, ma naŋ ni laakal ma kani, ma si humburu, ni bine-gaabo mo ma si gaze yulbe sunfay hinka wo se kaŋ goono ga dullu, kaŋ yaŋ ga ti Rezin da Suriyancey da Remaliya izo futay korna.

⁴and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

⁵Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,

⁵ Zama Suriya na saaware laalo te ni boŋ, nga nda Ifraymu kulu, da Remaliya izo mo. I goono ga ne:

⁵Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,

⁶“Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, even the son of Tabeel.”

⁶ ‹Iri ma kaaru ka koy ka wongu nda Yahuda. Iri m'a humburandi, iri ma daarandi ka furo a ra, iri ma bonkooni fo sinji a bindo ra, kaŋ ga ti Tabeyal izo.›

⁶Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;

⁷This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”

⁷ Yaa no Rabbi, Koy Beero ci: Ciina din si kay bo, a si ciya mo.

⁷thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

⁸For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;

⁸ Zama Suriya laabo boŋo ga ti Damaskos kwaara, Damaskos mo, a boŋo ga ti Rezin. Hala jiiri waydu cindi gu, Kulu Ifraymu ga ceeri-ceeri hal a ma ciya manti jama no koyne.

⁸For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that is shall not be a people:

⁹and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”

⁹ Ifraymu laabo boŋ mo Samariya kwaara no, Samariya mo, a boŋo ga ti Remaliya izo. D'araŋ mana cimandi, daahir araŋ si sinji. »

⁹and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

¹⁰Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

¹⁰ Rabbi ye ka salaŋ Ahaz se ka ne:

¹⁰And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

¹¹“Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”

¹¹ «Ma alaama ŋwaaray ni boŋ se Rabbi ni Irikoyo do. A ma guusu danga Alaahara, wala a ma ziji sanda beene batama cine.»

¹¹Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.”

¹² Amma Ahaz ne: «Ay si ŋwaaray, ay si Rabbi si mo.»

¹²But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.

¹³He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?

¹³ Gaa no Isaya ne koyne: «Ya araŋ Dawda banda, wa maa! E! Hay fo kayna no araŋ ma borey fargandi, hala nda araŋ m'ay Irikoyo mo fargandi?

¹³And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. “Immanuel” means “God with us.”

¹⁴ To, Koy Beero bumbo g'araŋ no alaama: Guna, wandiya ga te gunde. A ga ize aru hay k'a maa daŋ Immanuwel.

¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

¹⁵He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

¹⁵ Waati kaŋ a ga waani nga ma wangu ilaalo ka ihanno suuban, wa da yu no a ga haŋ.

¹⁵Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

¹⁶For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

¹⁶ Amma hala zanka din ga waani nga ma wangu ilaalo ka ihanno suuban, to, kulu laabo kaŋ ni goono g'a bonkooni hinka din fanta, i g'a naŋ koonu.

¹⁶For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

¹⁷Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

¹⁷ Nin da ni jama da ni baabo dumo gaa, Rabbi ga kande jirbiyaŋ kaŋ i dumi mana bay ka te za han kaŋ hane Ifraymu fay da Yahuda. Assiriya bonkoono no ga kaa.

¹⁷Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah-[even] the king of Assyria.

¹⁸It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

¹⁸ Zaaro din ra binde a ga ciya, Rabbi ga falle a ma hamni biyo kaŋ go Misira isa me moorey gaa ce, nga da yu hamno mo kaŋ go Assiriya ra.

¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

¹⁹They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.

¹⁹ I ga kaa, i kulu mo ga zumbu goorey kaŋ guusu ra, da tondi kortimey ra, da karji nya kulu boŋ, da kuray nangu kulu ra mo.

¹⁹And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.

²⁰In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

²⁰ Zaaro din ra binde Koy Beero ga cabu da sufuray siini kaŋ i kande ka fun Ufratis isa ya-haray jabo gaa, kaŋ ga ti Assiriya bonkoono. A ma boŋ hamni da ce hamni da kaabe mo cabu ka kaa.

²⁰In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

²¹It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;

²¹ A ga ciya mo han din, boro ga haw zan folloŋ da feeji hinka kuru.

²¹And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;

²²and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.

²² Waa baayaŋo kaŋ a ga du se a ga waa mooru haŋ, zama borey kulu kaŋ ga cindi laabo bindi ra, waa da yu no i ga haŋ.

²²and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.

²³It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.

²³ A ga ciya mo han din hane, nangu kulu kaŋ waato gonda reyzin tikse zambar fo-fo, kaŋ nya fo kulu nzarfu tamma fo-fo i go, nango din ga te karji nyayaŋ da subu karjikoyyaŋ.

²³And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.

²⁴People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.

²⁴ Kala biraw da hangaw gaa no borey ga du ka koy i do, zama laabo kulu ga ciya karji nyayaŋ da subu karjikoyyaŋ.

²⁴With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

²⁵All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.”

²⁵ Gangarey kulu kaŋ doŋ i n'i far, ni si du ka maan ey karji nyayaŋ da subu karjikoyyaŋ humburkumay se, amma i ga ciya haw kuray do, da alman kayna taamuyaŋ do.»

²⁵And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.