1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. 2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
4 ¶ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say , to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: 15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, 17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. 20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it . 24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. 36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant , and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it .
Moolu la tuubiseyoo
1 Wo kari kiliŋo tili muwaŋ niŋ naaninjaŋo la, Banisirayilankoolu benta ñoo kaŋ. Ì sunta, ì ye booto funtoolu duŋ, aniŋ ka buutoo ke ì faŋ kaŋ, ka ì la sunoo yitandi. 2 Mennu mu Banisirayila diŋolu ti, ye ì faŋolu jamfandi luntaŋolu bee la le. Ì loota le ka ì la junube kuwolu fo aniŋ ì mumuñolu la kuu jawu kewo. 3 Ì be daameŋ, ì loota wo le to ka karaŋo ke ka bo Yaawe*, ì la Alla la Luwaa Kitaaboo* kono. Ì ye tiloo waati saba le ke karaŋo la, bituŋ waati saba doo, ì ye wo ke ì la junuboolu yitandoo le ti, aniŋ ka Yaawe, ì la Alla batu. 4 Tintiŋo le tarata Lewi lasiloo ye jee, aduŋ ñiŋ kewolu le loota a kaŋ: Yesuwa, Bani, Kadimiyeli, Sebaniya, Bunni, Serebiya, Bani, aniŋ Kenani. Ì duwaata santo le ka Yaawe daani, ì la Alla. 5 Bituŋ Lewi lasiloo moolu mennu keta Yesuwa ti, Kadimiyeli, Bani, Hasabuneya, Serebiya, Hodiya, Sebaniya, aniŋ Petahiya ko:
“Ali wuli ka Yaawe, ali la Alla tentu, badaa-badaa Alla.
Ali tentoo dii a too buuñaariŋo la,
tenturoo niŋ jayiroo te a la waroo daŋo fo noo la ñaa-wo-ñaa.”
Duwaa
6 “Ite Yaawe, ite doroŋ ne mu Maariyo ti,
Daamansoo meŋ ye saŋ fatoolu daa,
hani fo saŋ fata labaŋolu to,
aniŋ ì kono malafeŋolu bee.
I ye bankoo daa, aniŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ be baluuriŋ a kaŋ,
i ye fankaasoolu daa, aniŋ daafeŋolu mennu bee be ì kono.
Feŋo bee balundilaa mu ite le ti,
aduŋ saŋo santo feŋo bee ka ite le batu.
7 “Ite le mu Yaawe Alla ti, meŋ ye Iburama tomboŋ,
i ye a bondi Uri, Kalideyankoolu la saatewo, ka a too ke Iburayima ti.
8 I ye a je le ko, a sonta i ma le ka bo a sondomoo kono,
i ye kambeŋo siti i niŋ a teema,
ka bankoo dii a koomalankoolu la,
meŋ keta Kanaaninkoolu taa ti, Hitinkoolu, Amorinkoolu, Perisinkoolu, Yebusinkoolu, aniŋ Kirikasinkoolu.
I ye i la laahidoo muta le,
kaatu i tilinta le.
9 “I ye m̀ mumuñolu la bataa je
Misira kono le,
i ye ì kumboo kaŋo moyi
Kulunjumbe Baa to.
10 I ye taamanseeroolu niŋ kaawakuwolu le taamandi
Firawoona niŋ a la dookuulaalu kaŋ,
ka taa a la bankoo moolu bee,
kaatu i ye a je le ko, ì ye m̀ mumuñolu tilimbaliyaa jawuke le.
I ye i too darajandi le,
fo ka naa bula bii la.
11 I ye baa baa fara i la moolu ye le,
ka ì teyindi a kono, banku jaaroo kaŋ.
I ye ì bayindilaalu fayi diinoŋñaa kono le,
komeŋ berediŋo baajii saŋaroo kono.
12 I ka tawali samasimmaa le tambindi
ì ñaato tiloo la,
aniŋ dimbaa samasimmaa suutoo la,
ka maloo dii ì la ì taaraŋ siloo kaŋ.
13 “I jiita naŋ Sinayi Konkoo kaŋ ne ka diyaamu ì ye,
ka bo saŋ fatoolu kono.
I ye kuma kendoolu dii ì la aniŋ luwaa tooñaalu,
ka taa karandiri betoolu niŋ yaamaroolu.
14 I ye ì kalamutandi i la Loobula Luŋ senuŋo la le,
ka yaamaroolu dii ì la, karandiroolu, aniŋ luwaalu,
ka bo niŋ ì la dookuulaa Musa la.
15 I ye mbuuroo jindi ì ye naŋ santo le, ì konkoriŋo,
i ye jiyo bondi ì ye naŋ beroo kono,
ì mindootoo.
I ko ì si taa ka bankoo taa, i kalita meŋ na ko, i be a dii la ì la le.
16 “Bari itolu mennu mu m̀ mumuñolu ti,
ì ye ì faŋ wara jawuke le.
Ì kaŋo jaata le, ì balanta i la yaamaroolu la.
17 Ì balanta le,
ì ñinata i ye kaawakuwolu mennu ke ì ye.
Ì la kanjaa kaŋ,
ì ye ñaatonkoo tomboŋ,
ka ì murundi ì la joŋyaa kono Misira.
Bari ite mu Alla le ti,
meŋ ka tu yamfa la,
i hiinanteeyaata, i balafaa warata,
i buka kamfaa juuna,
aduŋ dandulaa te i la kanu bambaloo la.
Wo kamma la i maŋ i koo dii ì la,
18 hani biriŋ ì ye ninsituuraa muluŋo dadaa ì faŋ ye,
ì ko, wo le mu ì la Alla ti,
meŋ ye ì ñaatonkayaa,
ka ì bondi Misira,
aduŋ ì ye i sooki baake le.
19 “Ite balafaa warata le, i maŋ i koo dii ì la keñewuloo* kono.
Tawali samasimmaa le tuta tambi la ì ñaato tiloo la,
dimbaa samasimmaa ye ì dandaŋ suutoo la,
ka maloo dii ì la ì taaraŋ siloo kaŋ.
20 I ye i la Noora betoo dii ì la le ka ì karandi,
i ye manna* dii ì la ka a domo,
aniŋ jiyo ka mindoo bo ì la.
21 I ye ì balundi keñewuloo kono le fo sanji taŋ naani,
feŋ maŋ ì dasa,
ì la duŋ feŋolu maŋ fara,
sako ì siŋolu si fuunuu.
22 “I ye mansamarali bankoo dii ì la,
aniŋ banku koteŋolu moolu,
aduŋ i ye tonkoŋ-wo-tonkoŋ talaŋ-talaŋ ì teema le.
Ì ye Sihoni la bankoo taa le, Hesiboni saatewo mansakewo,
aniŋ Oki la bankoo, Basani tundoo mansakewo.
23 I ye ì koomalankoolu siyandi le ko looloolu,
aduŋ i ye ì samba naŋ bankoo kaŋ ne,
i ko ì mumuñolu si duŋ daameŋ ka a taa.
24 Bituŋ ì koomalankoolu dunta bankoo kaŋ, ì ye a taa.
Kanaaninkoolu le tarata siiriŋ nuŋ jee,
bari i ye ì kele m̀ mumuñolu ye le.
I ye Kanaaninkoolu duŋ ì bulu le,
ka taa ì la mansoolu,
aniŋ bankoo moo koteŋolu,
ka ì sawoo bo ì to,
ko a diyaata ì ye ñaameŋ.
25 Ì ye saatee baa tatariŋolu muta le, aniŋ senebanku kendoolu,
ka taa buŋolu mennu be faariŋ feŋ kendoo siifaa bee la,
koloŋolu, wayini* yiri kankaŋolu, olifu* yiri kankaŋolu,
aniŋ yiri dinnaa fuumariŋo.
Ì ye domoroo ke le fo ì konoo faata, aduŋ ì nunkuta,
ì ŋaañaata i la beteyaa baa la.
26 “Bari ì balanta, aduŋ ì ye i soosoo le,
ì ye ì koo dii i la luwaa la.
Ì ye i la annabiyomoolu faa le,
mennu ye ì dandalaa, fo ì si muru i kaŋ,
aduŋ ì ye sookiri baalu le ke.
27 Wo kamma la i ye ì duŋ ì jawoolu bulu, wolu ye ì toorandi.
Bituŋ ì la tooroo waatoo kono,
ì kumboota i ye,
aduŋ i ye ì moyi le, ka bo Arijana kono.
Ka bo niŋ i la balafaa baa la,
i ye deemaarilaalu dii ì la,
mennu ye ì bondi ì jawoolu bulu.
28 “Bari kabiriŋ ì tarata dahaa kono doroŋ,
ì baarata kuu jawoolu la i ñaa koto tukuŋ.
Bituŋ i ye ì fili ì jawoolu bulu, ì marata ì ma.
Wo ñaa-wo-ñaa biriŋ ì muruta ka kumboo i ye,
i ye ì moyi le ka bo Arijana kono,
aduŋ i ye ì tankandi le siiñaa jamaa, ka bo niŋ i la balafaa baa la.
29 “I ye ì dandalaa le ka ì murundi i la luwaa kaŋ kotenke,
bari ì ye ì faŋ wara le,
ì maŋ soŋ i la yaamaroolu muta la.
Ì ye junuboo le ke i la kumoolu kunnatoo la,
aduŋ ka i la kumoolu kanta,
ka baara ì la,
wo le ka moo balundi.
Ì ye ì sañoo wulindi le, ka ì kaŋo jandi,
aduŋ ì balanta le.
30 I la kanu bambaloo kaŋ, i tarata muñariŋ ì ye le fo sanji jamaa,
aduŋ i ye ì dandalaa niŋ i la Nooroo la le,
ka bo niŋ i la annabiyomoolu la,
bari ì maŋ i lamoyi fereŋ.
Bituŋ i ye ì duŋ ì dandanna bankoo moolu bulu.
31 “Bari i la balafaa baa kamma la, i maŋ ì turutumbuŋ,
waraŋ ka i koo dii ì la,
kaatu Alla meŋ mu i ti, i hiinanteeyaata,
aduŋ i balafaa warata le.
32 “Wo to, m̀ Maarii Alla, ite le warata, i semboo warata,
aduŋ i ñaasilaŋo warata le.
Ite meŋ ka i la kambeŋo muta niŋ kanu bambaloo la,
bataa kuwo kana dooyaa i ñaa koto, meŋ laata ǹ kaŋ,
ǹ niŋ ǹ na mansoolu, maralilaalu, piriisoolu*, annabiyomoolu, m̀ mumuñolu,
ka taa i la moo toomaalu bee,
ka bo Asiriya mansoolu la waatoo la, ka naa bula bii la.
33 Kuu-wo-kuu keta ǹ na, ite le boloota.
Ite taamata tiliŋo le la,
bari ntolu taamata jenkoo le la.
34 Ǹ na mansoolu, maralilaalu, piriisoolu, aniŋ m̀ mumuñolu,
maŋ i la luwaa muta.
Ì maŋ i lamoyi i la yaamaroolu la, aniŋ dandalaaroolu, i ye mennu dii ì la.
35 Hani kabiriŋ m̀ mumuñolu be ì fansuŋ mansamarali bankoo kaŋ,
ì be i la neema baa kono,
banku kene fanuriŋo kaŋ,
aniŋ banku kendiŋo, i ye meŋ dii ì la,
ì maŋ i batu,
sako ì si bo ì la sila jawoolu kaŋ.
36 “Bari a fele baŋ, m̀ mu joŋolu le ti bii.
Ǹ keta joŋolu ti bankoo kaŋ, i ye meŋ dii m̀ mumuñolu la,
ñiŋ kamma la ì si a tinewo domo,
aniŋ a ka feŋ kendoolu mennu wuluu.
37 Ǹ na junuboolu le ye a tinna bankoo senefeŋo jamaa bee ka taa mansoolu yaa,
i ye mennu marandi m̀ ma.
Itolu le marata ǹ jaatoolu ma,
aniŋ ǹ na beeyaŋolu,
ko a diyaata ì ye ñaameŋ. M̀ be niitoora baa le kono.”
Moolu mennu ye kambeŋo tampu
38 “Ñiŋ kuwo bee kamma la, ntolu Banisirayilankoolu ye kambeŋ bambandiŋo le siti niŋ safeeroo la, aduŋ ǹ na maralilaalu, Lewi lasiloo, aniŋ piriisoolu le ye a tampu ì tooyaa la.”
