1 Nawu Yawey benyingkihyolyolmeng kukadje Damascus, wanjh yimeng, “Ngurrina! kunred kunkimuk Damascus wanjh kabolkyakmen, karurrkwarrhwarrhme rowk. 2 Mak kunredbubuyika kore kubolkkimuk Syria, wanjh bininj nawu kabirrihni kumekbe, bedda kabirridjalyakmen. Kaluk mayh kamirndewernmerren kumekbe dja kelebuk bu bininj yak. 3 Bininj nawu Ephraim* Nawu Israel bikebmawahmeng Ephraim. Ngurrina Genesis 48 benkebmawahmeng, wanjh kabirrikele, dja minj nangale kabenbidyikarrme. Dja nawu king bedberre bininj nawu kukadje Damascus kabirrihni, nakka kayakmen. Birriwern bininj nawu kabirridjaldi Syria wanjh kabirriyakmen, dja birridjalkudji kabirridjaldarrkiddi, wanjh kabirriyimerran kabirrirohrok bininj nawu Israel benkebmawahmeng.” Kuhni rowk yimeng Yawey nawu narrulkarrekimuk duninjh. Jeremiah 49:23-27, Amos 1:3-5, Zechariah 9:1

4 Dja mak nawu Yawey yimeng, “Bu kunmekbe kunbarnangarra kamre, wanjh bininj nawu Jacob† Jacob wanjh kunngeybuyika nuye Israel. Ngurrina Genesis 32:28 benkebmawahmeng kabirriwarrhke namakmak bedberre, dja kabirridjalyimerran yiman birrimarladj. 5 Bedda kabirriyimerran yiman kayime manbu corn karrulkdi bu bininj kabirridulkdadjke dja kabirrimoyhmang. Dja bedda yiman kayime bu bininj kabirrimang rowk nawu manme mandjoleng kore kabbal kanjdji kabolkngeyyo Rephaim, dja kabirriyakwon rowk. 6 Djal yikahwi bedberre bininj wanjh kabirridjaldarrkiddi. Dja mak bininj nawu Israel benkebmawahmeng wanjh yiman kayime kundulk manbu olives kabarnemdangen bu bininj kabirrimangahmang olives rowk. Wardi nahni bininj kabawon djal mandjalkudji olives kore kundulk. Kuhni ngayimeng, ngaye Yawey, nawu God bedberre bininj nawu Israel benkebmawahmeng.”

7 “Kaluk bu kumekbe kunbarnangarra, bininj wanjh kabirrikangeborledkerren kore God nawu benmarnbom, nungka nadjalkudji nadjalkukdjamun bedberre nawu Israel benkebmawahmeng, dja bedda kabirridjawan bu kabenbidyikarrmekenh. 8 Minj mak kabirriyawoyhboddan kore altars manbu bedda birriwelengmarnbom bu kunbidwi bedberre. Minj kabirriyawoyhburlumerren kore bedda kabirrimarnbun kore birrimarneboddangeni ngalbuyika god ngalbu Asherah, bu birrimarnekinjeyi mankalkkidmanjmak kore altars ngalengngarre manbu bedda birriwelengmarnbom kunbidwi bedberre. 9 Bu kumekbe kunbarnangarra kamre, wanjh bininj nawu kabirrihni kore kubolkkimuk wanjh kabirrikelerlobme dja kabirridjalbawon kunrurrk manbu manmurrngrayek bedberre. Dja kunbolk rowk bedberre kabolkwarremen kore djal manngarre manwarre kawernmerren.‡ Yikahwi djurra kabimbuyindi, “Karohrok bu kunkareni bininj nawu Hivite dja Amorite birrikelerlobmeng bu nawu Israel bininj bindibuyi.” Ngurrina Joshua 11:3, 24:11

10 Yoh, ngudda ngurribengmidjdanj God nawu ngunngehkeng, ngudda minj ngurriyawoyhburrbun God nawu ngunmarnekukdjurruddi, nungka nawu yiman kayime kuwarddekimuk ngudberre. Kunmekbekenh kunu ngurridudji manngarrebubuyika manbu manmak ba bu ngurrimarneboddangen nawu birribubuyika gods. Ngurrina Isaiah 1:29 11 Ngurriyimerren bu kuhni ngunmarnedjolengwernmen, dja bonj, bu mannguy kamnguybebme, wanjh minj manme ngurrimang, dja djolengyak. Dja kunbuyika ngunmarnekurduyimerran, manbu kunyid dja kundjak kawernmerren ngudberre munguyh.”

12 Bininj birridjalwern nawu kubolkwarlahkenhbeh, wanjh kabirriyiddung dja kabirridjarrkkayhme kunwok kunkimuk bedberre yiman kayime kurrula kawernhwokdi. Bedda kabirrikayhme kunwokkimuk duninjh! Wanjh kawarre bedberre! 13 Bedda kabirrimre ba kabindibun, werrkwerrk kabirrimre yiman kundjurrh kunkimuk. Dja God kabendung dja kabendurndiwe, yiman kayime kunmayorrkkimuk kadjalwe kundalkdarleh dja kunmalaworrdarleh. 14 Bu kunkodjkebubuyika kabolkbulerran, bedda kabirridjare ngad yimankek karrbenkelemen bedberre. Dja bonj, bu malamalaywi kamre, wanjh karribolknan dja bedda birriyakminj rowk. Kunmekbe kabenmarneyimerran bedberre nawu kabirridjare kandiwarrewon dja kabirridjirdmang kadberrekenh.