¹Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

¹Abihomak li âtin aßin li oc cue xyebal anakcuan. Tinbicha jun li bich re rahil chßôlej xban li raylal li châlc re saß êbên, lâex laj Israel.

²The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

²Xeßtßaneß laj Israel li tîqueb xchßôl nak queßcuan xban nak queßxlokßoni li jalanil dios. Ut incßaß chic teßcuaclîk. Saß ajcuiß lix chßochßeb teßcanâk chi tßantßo. Ut mâ ani chic tâcuaclesînk reheb.

³For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

³Li Kâcuaß Dios quixye reheb laj Israel chi joßcaßin: —Cui junak tenamit tixtakla jun mil chi cuînk chi pletic, jun ciento aj chic li teßcolekß. Ut cui jun ciento teßtaklâk, lajêb aj chic li teßsukßîk, chan.

⁴For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

⁴Ut quixye ajcuiß li Kâcuaß reheb laj Israel: —Sicßomakin lâin ut tâcuânk êyußam chi tzßakal.

⁵But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

⁵Mexxic chic aran Bet-el chi lokßonînc chi moco texxic chic Gilgal. Ut mexnumeß chic aran Beerseba xban nak eb laj Gilgal teßchapekß ut eb laj Bet-el teßosokß, chan li Kâcuaß.

⁶Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

⁶—Sicßomakin ban lâin, chan li Kâcuaß, ut tâcuânk lê yußam chi tzßakal, xban nak cui incßaß tinêsicß, tinrakok âtin saß êbên. Chanchan xam tintakla chak nak tinrakok âtin saß êbên lâex laj Israel. Chixjunileb teßcßatekß xban li xam ut mâ ani junak saß xyânkeb laj Bet-el târûk tâchupuk re li xam, chan li Dios.

⁷Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

⁷Raylal tâchâlk saß êbên lâex li nequesukßisi li tîquilal chokß mâusilal ut nequesach xcuanquil li us.

⁸Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

⁸Li Kâcuaß, aßan li quiyîban re li qßuila chahim joß li chahim Pléyades ut li chahim Orión. Aßan naxsukßisi li kßojyîn chokß cutan ut naxsukßisi ajcuiß li cutan chokß kßojyîn. Aßan naxchßutub li haß li cuan saß eb li palau ut naxqßue li hab saß xbên li ruchichßochß. Aßan Kâcuaß lix cßabaß.

⁹That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

⁹Aßan tixsach xcuanquil li nînkeb xcuanquil. Ut tâsachekß ajcuiß li rochocheb li teßxcol cuiß raj ribeb laj Israel.

¹⁰They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

¹⁰Lâex aj Israel xicß nequeril li ani naxcol rix li tîquilal. Ut xicß nequeril li ani nayehoc re li yâl nak cuanqueb chiru laj rakol âtin.

¹¹Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

¹¹Querahobtesiheb li nebaß ut querelkßa li ruheb lix trigo. Joßcan nak incßaß texcuânk saß lê rochoch li xeyîb chi châbil riqßuin pec. Ut incßaß chic têrucß li vino yîbanbil riqßuin li ru li châbil uvas li xerau.

¹²For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

¹²Lâin ninnau nak nequekßetkßeti êrib. Ninnau nak numtajenak lê mâusilal. Nequerahobtesi li tîqueb xchßôl. Nacuulac chêru nak natuminâc êru ut incßaß nequexrakoc âtin chi tzßakal saß xbêneb li nebaß.

¹³Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

¹³Joßcan nak li ani cuan xnaßleb, cui x-ux raylal re, incßaß tâxic chi jitoc xban nak saß eb li cutan aßin incßaß nequeßrakoc âtin saß xyâlal.

¹⁴Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

¹⁴Joßcan nak qßuehomak êchßôl chixbânunquil li tîquilal ut mêbânu chic li mâusilal re nak tâcuânk êyußam chi tzßakal. Lâex nequeye nak li Kâcuaß cuan êriqßuin. Cui têbânu li tîquilal relic chi yâl li Kâcuaß, li nimajcual Dios tâcuânk êriqßuin joß nequeye.

¹⁵Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

¹⁵Chetzßektâna li mâusilal ut chera li tîquilal. Ut qßuehomak êchßôl chi rakoc âtin saß xyâlal. Mâre chi joßcan li Kâcuaß, li nimajcual Dios târuxtâna êru lâex laj Israel, li joß qßuialex chic texcolekß.

¹⁶Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

¹⁶Joßcaßin quixye li Kâcuaß, li nimajcual Dios: —Saß eb li be japjôk êre chi yâbac xban li raylal li yôkex chixcßulbal. Têbokeb li cuanqueb saß cßalebâl chi yâbac êriqßuin ut têbokeb ajcuiß li tojbileb chi yâbac.

¹⁷And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Ut saß chixjunil lix naßajeb li acuîmk uvas tâcuânk li yâbac xban nak tinnumekß lâin saß êyânk chi rakoc âtin, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹⁸Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

¹⁸Tokßob xak êru lâex li yôquex chiroybeninquil li cutan nak tâchâlk chi rakoc âtin li Kâcuaß. ¿Cßaßut nak yôquex chiroybeninquil li cutan aßan? ¿Ma incßaß ta biß nequenau cßaßru têcßul? Mâcuaß sahil chßôlejil têcßul. Rahil chßôlej ban têcßul.

¹⁹As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

¹⁹Chanchanakex li naêlelic chiru li cakcoj ut nak yô chi êlelic naxcßul li joskß aj xul oso xcßabaß. Chanchanakex li cuînk li nasukßi saß rochoch ut nak naxqßue li rukß chiru li tzßac natißeß xban cßantiß.

²⁰Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²⁰Nak târakok âtin li Kâcuaß, junes rahil chßôlej tâcuânk. Mâcßaßak sahil chßôlejil. Junes yâbac tâcuânk saß eb li cutan aßan ut mâcßaßak sahil chßôlej.

²¹I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

²¹Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Xicß nacuil lê ninkße ut nintzßektâna chixjunil li cßaßru nequebânu nak nequexninkßeîc. Incßaß nacuulac chicuu nak nequechßutub êrib chinlokßoninquil.

²²Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

²²Usta nequemayeja li cßatbil xul re xqßuebal inlokßal ut nequemayeja li ru lê trigo, abanan incßaß nacuulac chicuu. Usta têmayeja li ral li cuacax, li nim xtibel re xcßambal cuißchic êrib saß usilal cuiqßuin, abanan lâin incßaß tincßul.

²³Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

²³Canabomak bichânc. Xintitzß rabinquil. Incßaß chic nacuaj rabinquil xyâb lê arpa nak yôquex xchßeßbal.

²⁴But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

²⁴Chebânuhak ban li tîquilal ut li châbilal chi mâcßaßak rosoßjic. Chanchanak li rok haß ut li yußam haß li incßaß nachakic.

²⁵Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

²⁵Ex aj Israel, ¿ma xexmayejac ta biß cßatbil xul nak cuanquex chak saß li chaki chßochß caßcßâl chihab? ¿Ma xeqßue ta biß lê mayej re xqßuebal inlokßal?

²⁶But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

²⁶¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß lê yîbanbil dios Moloc ut Quiún li xeqßue xlokßal?Xban lê mâusilal, lâin texincanab chi chapecß ut têpako lê yîbanbil dios nak texcßamekß toj jun pacßal li tenamit Damasco, chan li Kâcuaß, li nimajcual Dios.

²⁷Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

²⁷Xban lê mâusilal, lâin texincanab chi chapecß ut têpako lê yîbanbil dios nak texcßamekß toj jun pacßal li tenamit Damasco, chan li Kâcuaß, li nimajcual Dios.