¹Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

¹ Amma nin wo, Baytlahami Efrata, Baa kaŋ ni ya ikayna no Yahuda kwaarey game ra, Ni ra no boro fo ga fatta ay se, Kaŋ ga ciya mayraykoy Israyla ra, Kaŋ a kaajo, za doŋ zamaney ra no a go no, Za doŋ-doŋ kaŋ sinda me.

¹Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

²But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

² Woodin se no a g'i nooyandi, Hala waato kaŋ waybora kaŋ go hay-zaŋay ra ma ize hay. Waato din gaa no a nya-izey kaŋ cindi ga ye ka kaa Israyla izey do.

²But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

³Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.

³ Nga mo ga kay ka nga kuro kuru Rabbi hino ra, Rabbi a Irikoyo maa darzanta ra nooya. I ga tondo mo, zama sohõ a ga ciya beeraykoy hala ndunnya kulu me.

³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

⁴He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.

⁴ Bora din mo ga ciya iri laakal kana. Waati kaŋ Assiriya bora ga furo iri laabo ra, Hal a taamu mo iri faadey ra, Waati din gaa no iri mo ga hawji iyye da jine boro ahakku tunandi a gaa.

⁴And he shall stand, and shall feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

⁵He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.

⁵ I ga Assiriya laabo halaci nda takuba, Nimrudu laabo mo ga halaci a hirro gaa. A g'iri faaba mo Assiriya bora kambe ra, Waati kaŋ a ga kaa iri laabo gaa, Saaya kaŋ cine a ga taamu iri hirro gaa.

⁵And this [man] shall be [our] peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

⁶They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.

⁶ Yakuba wane cindo mo ga goro dumi boobo game ra sanda harandaŋ kaŋ fun Rabbi do, Sanda mate kaŋ cine beene hari ga kaŋ subu boŋ, Kaŋ si boro batu, a si Adam-izey hangan mo.

⁶And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

⁷The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

⁷ Yakuba wane cindo mo ga goro dumi cindey game ra, Kunda boobo game ra nooya, Sanda muusu beeri go ganji hamey game ra, Da muus'ize feeji kuruyaŋ game ra. Nga mo, d'a ga bisa, kal a ma taamu-taamu, Kal a ma tooru-tooru, faabako kulu si no mo.

⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

⁸The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

⁸ Ni ga ni kamba zinji ni ibarey boŋ, Ni ga borey kaŋ yaŋ wongu nin kulu mo ban.

⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

⁹Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.

⁹ Rabbi ne: Zaaro din ra, Ay ga ni bariyey ban ni bindo ra, Ay ma ni torkey mo halaci.

⁹Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.

¹⁰“It will happen in that day,” says Yahweh, “That I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and will destroy your chariots.

¹⁰ Ay ga ni laabo birney halaci, Ay ma ni wongu fuwey kulu zeeri mo.

¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

¹¹I will cut off the cities of your land, and will tear down all your strongholds.

¹¹ Ya ziimataray ban ka kaa ni kambe ra, Gunako mo si cindi ni do.

¹¹and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

¹²I will destroy witchcraft from your hand; and you shall have no soothsayers.

¹² Ay ga tooru jabantey ban, Da ni cinari kuukey ni bindo ra, Hala ni ma si ye ka sududu ni kambe goyey se koyne.

¹²And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:

¹³I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.

¹³ Ay ga ni wayboro himandi bundu toorey dagu ka kaa ni bindo ra, Ay ga ni kwaarey halaci mo.

¹³and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;

¹⁴I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; and I will destroy your cities.

¹⁴ Dukuri nda futay ra ay ga alhakku bana dumi cindey gaa kaŋ yaŋ mana hanga jeeri ay se.

¹⁴and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

¹⁵I will execute vengeance in anger, and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.”

¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.