The Bible

1

Shoh myr ta'n Chiarn Jee er hoilshaghey dooys, as cur-my-ner, baskad dy vessyn-souree.

Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

2

As dooyrt eh, Amos, cre t'ou fakin? As dooyrt mee, Baskad dy vessyn-souree. Eisht dooyrt y Chiarn rhym's, Ta'n jerrey er jeet er my phobble Israel, cha lhiggym shaghey ny-sodjey.

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

3

As bee kiaulleeaght y chiamble er ny hyndaa gys yllaghey, 'sy laa shen, ta'n Chiarn Jee dy ghra; bee ymmodee kirp marroo ayns dy chooilley voayl, tilgee ad magh ad dy follit.

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

4

Eaisht-jee rish shoh, O shiuish ta sluggey seose ny ymmyrchee, as dy feer cur naardey boghtyn y thallooin,

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

5

Gra, Cuin vees [feailley] yn eayst-noa harrish, dy vod mayd arroo y chreck? as y doonaght ec kione, dy gholl dy vargey lesh curnaght, jannoo yn ephah beg, as yn shekel mooar, as caghlaa ny meihaghyn ayns molteyrys?

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

6

Dy vod mayd kionnaghey ny boghtyn son argid, as ny ymmyrchee son piyr vraag; dy jarroo as creck jerrey yn churnaght?

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

7

Ta'n Chiarn er vreearrey liorish ooashley Yacob, Son shickyrys cha jarrood-ym dy bragh veg jeh ny obbraghyn oc.

The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

8

Nagh bee yn thalloo er-creau son shoh as dy chooilley unnane dobberan ta cummal ayn? as nee eh gatt seose dy slane myr thooilley; as bee eh lhieent harrish, as er ny vaih myr liorish awin Egypt.

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

9

As hig eh gy-kione 'sy laa shen, ta'n Chiarn Jee dy ghra, dy der-ym er y ghrian dy lhie ec y vun-laa, as nee'm y thalloo dorraghey 'sy laa hollys.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

10

As chyndaa-ym ny feaillaghyn eu gys dobberan, as ooilley ny arraneyn eu gys keayney, as ver-ym aanrit-sack er dy chooilley ghreeym, as meaylid er dy chooilley chione: as ver-ym er dy ve myr yn dobberan son ynrycan mac, as yn jerrey echey myr laa doogh.

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

11

Cur-my-ner, ta ny laghyn cheet, ta'n Chiarn Jee dy ghra, dy der-ym genney 'sy cheer, cha nee genney arran ny laccal ushtey, agh genney clashtyn goan y Chiarn.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:

12

As nee ad rouail veih keayn gy keayn, as veih yn twoaie eer gys y shiar, roie-ee ad noon as noal dy hirrey goo yn Chiarn, as cha vow ad eh.

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

13

Sy laa shen nee ny moidynyn aalin, as ny deiney aegey goll neeal lesh paays.

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

14

Adsyn ta breearrey liorish peccah Samaria, as gra, Ta dty Yee's bio, O Dan, as ta bioys ayns jee-jalloo Veer-sheba; dy feer, nee ad tuittym, as cha n'irree ad dy bragh arragh.

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.