¹Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn’t depart.

¹ Kaari birni kurikoyo! Kaŋ go toonante da tangari da toonye kulu, A si fay da komyaŋ mo.

¹Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

²The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

² Barzu yooje go no, da torko kangey kosongo, Da bariyey kaŋ ga taakama, da torkey kaŋ ga sar!

²The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

³the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

³ Bari-karey go ga zurandi, takuba go ga nyalaw, Yaaji go ga nyalaw ka te sansariyaŋ mo. Borey kaŋ yaŋ i wi, jama bambata no. Buukoy te gusam beeri, I sinda me, kala kwaara borey go ga kati buukoy gaa.

³the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;-

⁴because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.

⁴ Woodin ga te kaaruwa sogo wo kaaruwatara baayaŋ sabbay se, Nga kaŋ ga ti ziimataray nya, Nga kaŋ ga ndunnya dumey neera nga zina do, Da kundey mo a ziimatara do haray.

⁴because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

⁵“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

⁵ Guna, ay ga gaaba da nin, Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci. Ay ga ni gunde daabiro feeri mo hala ni moyduma jine. Ay ga ni gaa-koono cabe dumey se, Ni haawi mo, ay g'a bangandi mayrayey se.

⁵Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

⁶I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.

⁶ Ay ga ziibi kaŋ ga ciya fanta hari gusam ni boŋ, Ay ma ni ciya hari laalo, Ay ma ni sinji mo ka te gomdo hari.

⁶And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.

⁷It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”

⁷ Ay ga naŋ mo boro kulu kaŋ na ni guna ma sosoro ka fun ni do, i ma ne: «Ninawiya ciya kurmu! May no ga hẽ a sabbay se? Kuray woofo haray no ay ga kunfakoyaŋ ceeci ni se?»

⁷And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

⁸Are you better than No-Amon, or, Thebes who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

⁸ Mate no, ni bisa No-Amon, Nga kaŋ goro Nil harey do haray? Harey go g'a windi, a wongu fu beero ga ti teeko, A birni cinarey mo teeku no.

⁸Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, [and] her wall was of the sea?

⁹Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

⁹ Etiyopi da Misira, dumey kaŋ sinda me, Ngey no ga ti a gaabo. Libi nda Lud, ngey mo a gaakoyaŋ no.

⁹Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

¹⁰Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

¹⁰ Kulu nda yaadin, i n'a kaa nga laabo ra. A koy ka furo tamtaray ra, I n'a izey kulu soote-soote ganda fondey kulu boŋ. I na kurne catu a jine borey boŋ, I n'a boro beerey kulu haw da sisiriyaŋ.

¹⁰Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

¹¹You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

¹¹ Ni mo, ni ga bugu, ni ga goro tugante, Ni ga tuguyaŋ do ceeci mo ibarey sabbay se.

¹¹Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

¹²All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

¹² Ni wongu fuwey kulu ga ciya sanda jeejay* nya nda nga hayyaŋ sintina. D'i n'i kokobe, kala izey ma kaŋ ngey ŋwaakoy me ra.

¹²All thy fortresses shall be [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

¹³Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

¹³ Guna, ni borey kaŋ go ni bindo ra ya wayboroyaŋ no. Ni kwaara meyey feeri gumo ni ibarey se, Danji n'i karangaley ŋwa mo.

¹³Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.

¹⁴Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

¹⁴ Ma hari guru jirbey kaŋ wongu ga ni koli ka windi sabbay se. Ma ni wongu fuwey gaabandi. Ma furo laabu diibanta ra, Ma botoga taamu, ma fareeje gombo di.

¹⁴Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

¹⁵There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

¹⁵ Noodin no danji ga ni ŋwa ka ban, Takuba ga ni beeri ka zeeri, A ma ni ŋwa mo sanda do. Kala ni ma naŋ ni ma baa sanda maram-fanda cine, Ni ma baa sanda do ciray cine mo.

¹⁵There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.

¹⁶You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.

¹⁶ Ni na ni dillaŋey tonton ka bisa beene handariyayzey baayaŋ cine -- sanda maram-fanda kaŋ ga ŋwa ka ban, A ma deesi ka dira.

¹⁶Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

¹⁷Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

¹⁷ Ni batukoy ga hima sanda do cine, Ni wongu jine borey mo ga hima sanda do-ize zugulu, Kaŋ yaŋ ga naagu-naagu windi casey gaa waati kaŋ cine hargu go no. Amma saaya kaŋ wayna fun ka koy beene, I ga tun ka deesi, Boro kulu si bay mo nangu kaŋ i koy.

¹⁷Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

¹⁸Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.

¹⁸ Ya Assiriya koyo, ni hawjiyey goono ga jirbi. Ni boro beerey goono ga kani, Ni jama go say-sayante tondi kuukey boŋ, I sinda marguko mo.

¹⁸Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

¹⁹There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?

¹⁹ A si du ka te i ma ni dooro safar, Ni marayyaŋo si yay. Boro kulu kaŋ maa ni baaru ga kobi ni sabbay se, Zama may boŋ no ni laalayaŋo mana gana han kulu?

¹⁹There is no assuaging of thy hurt: thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?