¹The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

¹ Rabbi sanno kaŋ kaa annabi Irimiya do dumi cindey boŋ neeya:

¹The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

²Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

² Misira sanni: Misira bonkoono Firawna Neko wongu marga kaŋ go Ufratis isa meyo gaa Karkemis ra, wo kaŋ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar kar, Yahuda bonkoono Yehoyacim Yosiya izo koytara jiiri taacanta ra, a sanni neeya:

²Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

³Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

³ Wa koray kayna nda ibeeri soola te. Wa maan ka kaa tangamo do.

³Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

⁴Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

⁴ I ma bariyey jinayey daŋ i gaa, Wa soola, araŋ kaŋ yaŋ ga bari kaaru. Wa fatta taray batama ra d'araŋ wongu fuuley. Wa yaajey koosu, wa wongu kwaayey daŋ!

⁴Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

⁵Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don’t look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.

⁵ Ifo se no ay di kaŋ Misirancey humburu hal i na banda bare? Nebukadnezzar n'i gaabikooney kar ka zeeri, I zuru ka tuguyaŋ do ceeci, I siino ga baa zagu mo. Humburkumay go kuray kulu gaa. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁵Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

⁶Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

⁶ Boro kaŋ ga waasu zuray gaa, wa si ta a ma zuru. Boro gaabikooni mo, wa si ta a ma yana. Yongo azawa kambe Ufratis isa me gaa i kati ka kaŋ.

⁶Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

⁷Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

⁷ May no woone kaŋ ga hima Nil isa? A go ga furo, A haro ga koy-da-ye te sanda isa boobo yaŋ cine.

⁷Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

⁸Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.

⁸ To, Misira no goono ga furo sanda Nil isa cine, A haro ciya isa boobo yaŋ kaŋ ga koy-da-ye te. A goono ga ne mo: «Ay ga furo ka laabo kulu daabu, Ay ga gallu nda nga ra gorokoy kulu halaci, Ay kay a me mo.»

⁸Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

⁹Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.

⁹ Ya araŋ bariyey, wa taakama! Ya araŋ wongu torkey, wa soobay ka follo! Wongaarey ma fatta taray! Etiyopi da Libi borey kaŋ yaŋ ga waani koray kayniyaw, Da Lud izey mo, kaŋ yaŋ ga goni biraw candiyaŋ gaa.

⁹Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.

¹⁰For that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

¹⁰ Zama zaaro din ya Rabbi zaari no, Kaŋ ga ti Rabbi Kundeykoyo banayaŋ zaaro, A ma bana nga ibarey boŋ. Takuba ga haŋ hal a ma kungu ka yeeri, A m'i kurey haŋ ka bugu. Zama Rabbi Kundeykoyo gonda sargay azawa kambe haray laabo ra Ufratis isa me gaa.

¹⁰For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

¹¹Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.

¹¹ Ya nin Misira wandiya, ma koy Jileyad ka du safari! Yaamo no ni goono ga safari dumi boobo tuusu. Yayyaŋ si no ni se.

¹¹Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.

¹²The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

¹² Ndunnya dumey maa ni haawo baaru, Laabo kulu to da ni kaatiyaŋ jinde. Zama wongaarey karba care gaa, I kulu no ka kaŋ care banda.

¹²The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

¹³The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.

¹³ Sanno kaŋ Rabbi ci annabi Irimiya se neeya kaŋ a ne Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar ga kaa ka Misira laabo kar.

¹³The word that Jehovah spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

¹⁴Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand forth, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.

¹⁴ Ma baaru fe Misira ra, i ma maa r'a Migdol ra, I ma maa r'a Nof da Tafanes ra mo. Araŋ ma ne: Kay da gaabi ka soola ni boŋ se, Zama takuba ga nangu kulu kaŋ go ni windanta ŋwa ka ban.

¹⁴Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee.

¹⁵Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.

¹⁵ Ifo se no i na ni gaabikoono haabu ka kaa? To, a si kay zama Rabbi no g'a naan ganda.

¹⁵Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.

¹⁶He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.

¹⁶ A ga naŋ boro boobo ma kati, Oho, boro fo kulu ga fun ka kaŋ nga cala boŋ. I ne: «Iri ma tun ka ye iri bumbey dumo do, Iri ma koy laabo kaŋ ra i n'iri hay. Iri ma kankami takuba wo yana.»

¹⁶He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

¹⁷They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.

¹⁷ Noodin no i ga jinde sambu ka ne: «Misira bonkoono Firawna ya kosongu day no, A naŋ mo kala alwaati suubananta bisa.»

¹⁷They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.

¹⁸As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

¹⁸ Ay fundo no ay ze d'a, yaa no Koy Beero ci, Nga kaŋ maa ga ti Rabbi Kundeykoyo: Da Tabor go tondi kuukey ra, Da Karmel go teeko me gaa, Kulu Babila bonkoono mo si jaŋ ka kaa.

¹⁸As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

¹⁹You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

¹⁹ A ne: Ya ize wayo kaŋ goono ga goro Misira ra, Ma ni jinayey soola tamtaray koyyaŋ se, Zama Nof ga ciya kurmu, A kulu ga ton hala goroko kulu si cindi a ra.

¹⁹O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

²⁰Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come, it has come.

²⁰ Misira ya haw zan hanno no, Amma nyafa fo go ga kaa ka fun azawa kambe haray.

²⁰Egypt is a very fair heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

²¹Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn’t stand: for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.

²¹ Soojey kaŋ Firawna sufuray yaŋ go a bindo ra sanda silla gaa handayzeyaŋ cine, Amma ngey mo ga banda bare ka zuru care banda, i si kay. Zama i masiiba zaaro ga kaa i gaa, Banayaŋ alwaato nooya.

²¹Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

²²The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.

²² A yooja ga hima gondi wane, Zama wongu marga ga kaa da gaabi. I ga kaa a gaa da deesiyaŋ sanda tuuri beerikoyaŋ cine.

²²The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

²³They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

²³ I g'a tuuri zugey beeri, Baa kaŋ tuuri lunku-lunku no, Zama i bisa do kaŋ si kabu baayaŋ. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

²³They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

²⁴ Misira ize wayo ga haaw, Zama i g'a daŋ azawa kambe haray borey kambe ra.

²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

²⁵Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:

²⁵ Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ne: A go, ay ga ciiti nda No jama, da Firawna, da Misira, da Misira de-koyey, d'a bonkooney, sanda Firawna nda borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga de a gaa nooya.

²⁵Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him:

²⁶and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.

²⁶ Ngey mo, ay g'i daŋ i fundey ceecikoy kambe ra, kaŋ ga ti Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar kambe ra, d'a tamey kambe ra. Amma kokor banda, boroyaŋ ga goro Misira laabo ra, sanda za doŋ jirbey ra cine. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

²⁶and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

²⁷But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

²⁷ Amma, ya nin Yakuba ay tamo, ma si humburu. Ya Israyla, ni ma si jijiri, Zama a go, za nangu mooro no ay ga ni faaba, Ay ma ni banda mo faaba, K'i kaa i tamtaray laabo ra. Yakuba ga ye ka kaa, A ga goro baani ka fulanzam, a laakal ga kani mo, Boro kulu si no mo kaŋ g'a humburandi.

²⁷But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

²⁸Don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

²⁸ Ya nin, ay tamo Yakuba, ma si humburu, Yaa no Rabbi ci, zama ay go ni banda. Zama ndunnya dumey kulu naŋ kaŋ ay na ni gaaray ka konda nin, Ay g'i ban parkatak! Amma nin wo, ay si ni ban bo! Day ay ga ni gooji da mate kaŋ ga saba. Ay si ni naŋ goojiyaŋ si bo.

²⁸Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.