1 ʼInega wese taha tovaleʼewa yaʼitea mahalega webuwebui mai. Tauna me ena luvine qiduana, ta wese ena simatalega bwaʼobwaʼo qabuna guvesimatalia. 2[a] Ta bonana qiduanega gaba vonaya,
“ʼAbaga qiduana Babiloni
niʼau luveifa otaqa!
Ta Seitani ena tofewayavo
be niboana luveifadi,
ta wese manu yubai ʼaliʼaligidi
adi toʼai niʼa iveʼabagea,
3 mana bwaʼobwaʼo ena diʼwe qabudi
ʼabaga nana ena ilivu luveifadi
be bwavubwavudi ana ʼoine ʼinega niʼa inuma.
Ta bwaʼobwaʼo ana toluvine qiduqiduadi
qabudi maega ivelamoʼeno kavokavovo,
mana ʼabaga nana kavona tokodada taha ʼidewani.
Ta ʼabaga nana ena vekaikaiwabu ʼinega
bwaʼobwaʼo ana tovegimwane qabudi
edi kaikaiwabu qiduadi niʼa ilobedi.”
4[b] ʼInega mahalega wese taha bona yanoqolia vonaya,
“Egu tomotauyavo,
omiʼa benaʼe ʼabaga nana ʼinega
ona ʼifoqe fole ena luveifana navaukamana ʼimia
be ana luvematasabu luveifa nana weaqina
wese omiʼa ona lobea.
5[c] Mana ʼabaga nana ena luveifana veagovi vaneqa
9[g] “Ta bwaʼobwaʼo ana toluvine qiduqiduadi taudi vavine nana maega niʼa ivelamoʼeno kavokavovo ta wese iqaiawa kavokavovo ena kaikaiwabu weaqidi, e taudi ʼabaga nana weaqina ina duvoyavoya be ina dou mana niʼa ʼalaʼalaia ta ʼauna vanevane iʼitea. 10 Ta toluvine diavona me edi mwaniniva tufwana luluvaia ina tovolo ina ʼitea, ta ina vonaya,
‘Aioi! Aioi!
ʼAbaga qiduana ta waiwaina
Babiloni ana luvine lukwayavonega niʼa lobea!’
11[h] “Ta wese bwaʼobwaʼo ana tovegimwaneavo ʼabaga nana weaqina ina nuavita ta ina dou, mana ge taha toga wese datoatoa be edi kulufa nagimwanedi, 12[i] ʼedewani goula be, siliba be, dabo kaikaiwabudi be, bagi be, mwali be, kaleko sulu wadawadaeadi be, kaleko sulu kaikaiwabudi qimwaqimwalidi ta bweabweala otaqidi be, ʼaiwe meiladi aqiaqina be, dona qiduqiduadi be, dabo wadawadaeadi be, ʼaiwe adi maisa ʼenaʼina be, kainumu kofa ta ʼaeani be wese vaina kainumu namanamalidi. 13 Ta wese vane ʼidewani kemwata be, dedemusi be, keninitu be, kedimona be, dedeʼwa meiladi aqiaqina ʼidewani inisenisi be mulo be, ʼau meilana aqiaqina be, dedeʼwa ʼaiwe olibe vuaqina ʼinega be, ʼoine be, falawa witi be, bulumakau be, sifi be, osi be, waga lihilihi, ta wese edi tofewa kavovo ge taha toga nagimwanedi. Vonahaqiaqi, tovegimwane diavona tomotau ikafidi ta ʼabibodanaya ivegimwaneyedi tovekaikaiwabu ʼidia.
14 “ʼInega tovegimwane diavona ina gaba ʼabaga nana ʼinaya ina vonaya, Yani qabuna adi ʼita aqiaqi otaqidi eu ʼebenuaʼewa niʼa iawala. Ta kulufa kaikaiwabudi uawatubo aqiaqiedi ge wese una ʼita ʼeviviedi. 15[j] Vonahaqiaqi, tovegimwane diavona edi kaikaiwabu qiduana ʼabaga nana ʼinega niʼa ilobedi, e taudi me edi mwaniniva ina tovolo luluvaiega ta ʼabaga nana ana luvematasabu waiwaina ina ʼitea. Ta me edi dou be wese me edi duvoyavoya ina vonaya,
17[l] ta lukwayavonega eu kaikaiwabu diavona iawala.’
“Ta wese toniwaga be, waga ana tofewayavo be, togelu ta wese tomeqabu edi toa weaqina mane ilobelobedi edi fewa ʼinega mwadeʼwaya, e baʼe qabu diavona luluvaiega ina tovolo, 18[m] ta ʼabaga nana ʼauna ina ʼitea ta ina ʼalabwau ina vonaya, ‘Lova ge taha ʼabaga ana ʼita aqiaqi otaqina omoʼe ʼabaga nana ʼidewani, ta baʼitagana maʼoda?’ 19 ʼInega edi nuavita ʼinega ʼunuʼunudi ʼinaya bwaʼobwaʼo fwayana ina aʼuya be ina dou qiduana ta ina vonaya,
