The Bible

1

O Israel, chyndaa gys y Chiarn dty Yee; son t'ou er duittym liorish dty vee-chairys hene.

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

2

Gow-jee meriu goan [arryssagh] as chyndaa-jee gys y Chiarn: abbyr-jee rish, Gow ersooyl dy chooilley vee-chairys, as jean soiaghey graysoil j'in: myr shen chebbee mayd dhyt oural nyn meillyn.

Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

3

Cha jean Ashur sauail shin, cha jean mayd markiaght er cabbil, chamoo jir mayd arragh rish obbyr ny laueyn ain hene, Shiuish ny jeeghyn ain: son aynyd's ta'n chloan gyn-ayr geddyn myghin.

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

4

Neem's lhiasaghey nyn loghtyn, verym graih daue dy arryltagh: son ta my chorree er ny hyndaa ersooyl voish.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

5

Bee'm myr y druight da Israel: nee eh gaase myr y lilee, as skeaylee eh magh e fraueyn myr Lebanon.

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

6

Nee ny banglaneyn echey skeayley, as bee yn aalid echey myr y billey-olive, as soar millish jeh myr Lebanon.

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

7

Nee adsyn ta cummal fo yn scadoo echey chyndaa reesht, hig ad er-ash myr yn arroo, as blaaghey myr y billey-feeyney: bee yn bree echey myr feeyn Lebanon.

They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

8

Nee Ephraim gra, Cre t'aym dy yannoo arragh rish jallooyn? cheayll mee eh, as ghow mee tastey jeh: ta mee myr billey-juys glass, voym's ta dty vess ry-gheddyn.

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

9

Quoi ta creeney, as nee eh toiggal ny reddyn shoh? toiggalagh, as yiow eh fys orroo? son ta raaidyn y Chiarn jeeragh, as nee'n vooinjer ynrick gimmeeaght ayndoo: agh nee ny mee-viallee cherraghtyn lioroo.

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.