¹And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹Li Kâcuaß quiâtinac cuiqßuin ut quixye cue:

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

²—At ralal cuînk, tâserakßi jun li jaljôquil ru âtin reheb li ralal xcßajol laj Israel.

³And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

³Tâye reheb chi joßcaßin: aßan aßin li naxye li nimajcual Dios. Quicuulac Líbano jun li nimla xul tßiu xcßabaß. Najt rok lix xicß ut nabal pây ru lix color. Kßaxal cau narupupic. Quixchap lix kßunal saß li rußuj jun li nimla chacalteß.

⁴He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁴Quixtok li rußuj li cheß ut quixcßam toj saß lix chßochßeb laj yaconel ut aran quirau saß lix tenamiteb laj Babilonia.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

⁵Cô cuißchic Israel ut quixcßam ajcuiß li riyajil li cßam li cuan saß li tenamit Israel ut quirau saß li châbil chßochß chire li nimaß re nak tâqßuîk.

⁶And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁶Quimok li iyaj. Incßaß najt xteram quicuulac, abanan nabal li rukß qui-el. Eb li rukß queßxhel rib saß xjayal li tenamit li cuan cuiß li tßiu. Ut lix xeß cô saß li chßochß. Nabal li rukß ut nabal ajcuiß lix xak.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

⁷Ut cuan jun chic li xul tßiu li xchal saß jun chic tenamit li cuan saß li sur. Cô Israel. Nabal lix xicß ut cau narupupic. Lix xeß li acuîmk joß ajcuiß li rukß queßxhel rib saß xjayal li cuan cuiß li tßiu jun chic re nak li tßiu aßan tixtßakresi.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁸Li jun tôn chi acuîmk aßan ac aubil saß châbil chßochß chire li nimaß re nak chßinaßus tâqßuîk ut tixhel rib li rukß ut tixqßue li ru.

⁹Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

⁹Li Kâcuaß quixye cue: —Tâye reheb nak joßcaßin xye li Kâcuaß: ¿Ma tixchap ta biß chic xxeß? ¿Ma incßaß ta biß tâmichßekß lix xeß xban li tßiu li xchal saß li este ut tâsachekß li ru ut tâchakik? Chixjunil lix xak li toj rax ru teßchakik. Ut eb li teßmichßok re moco nabalakeb ta, chi moco cauhakeb ta xmetzßêuheb.

¹⁰Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

¹⁰¿Ma us ta biß tâêlk li acuîmk aßin? ¿Ma incßaß ta biß tâchakik chi junaj cua xban li tikcual ikß li tâchâlk saß li este? Usta rax raxak ru tâchakik saß xnaßaj.

¹¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹¹Ut li Kâcuaß quiâtinac cuißchic cuiqßuin ut quixye cue:

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

¹²—Patzß reheb laj Israel li kßaxal kßetkßeteb ma xeßxtau ru li jaljôquil ru âtin li xaye reheb. Ye reheb nak aßan aßin lix yâlal. Lix reyeb laj Babilonia quicuulac Jerusalén ut quixcßam toj Babilonia li rey rochbeneb li nequeßtenkßan re.

¹³And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

¹³Ut quixcßam ajcuiß jun reheb li ralal li rey li cuan xcuanquil ut quixbânu li contrato riqßuin. Quixpuersi ru chixbânunquil li juramento nak tixbânu li cßaßru quixye saß li contrato. Ut quixcßameb ajcuiß chirix li cuînk li cauheb rib li cuanqueb Jerusalén.

¹⁴That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

¹⁴Queßxbânu chi joßcan re xcubsinquil xcuanquileb li ralal xcßajol laj Judá re nak incßaß chic teßcuânk joß jun tenamit. Caßaj cuiß riqßuin xbânunquil li cßaßru queßxyechißi saß li contrato naru nequeßcuan.

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

¹⁵Abanan lix reyeb laj Judá quixkßetkßeti rib chiru lix reyeb laj Babilonia. Ut quixtaklaheb lix takl Egipto chixsicßbaleb li cacuây ut nabaleb li soldados. ¿Ma târûk ta biß tixbânu li cßaßru naxcßoxla xbânunquil lix reyeb laj Judá? ¿Ma târûk ta biß tixcol rib nak ac xkßet li cßaßru quixye saß li contrato?

¹⁶As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁶Lâin li yoßyôquil Dios ninye nak relic chi yâl lix reyeb laj Judá tâcâmk aran Babilonia xban nak incßaß quixbânu li quixye saß li contrato. Quixtzßektâna li juramento li quixbânu riqßuin lix reyeb laj Babilonia li quiqßuehoc re saß lix cuanquil.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

¹⁷Lix reyeb laj Egipto mâcßaß tixbânu re xtenkßanquileb usta tixtakla nabal li soldado chi pletic. Incßaß teßxcuy nak eb laj Babilonia teßxyîb lix taklebâl chixjun sutam li tenamit re teßoc Jerusalén chixcamsinquileb nabaleb laj Judá.

¹⁸Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

¹⁸Lix reyeb laj Judá quixtzßektâna li juramento li quixbânu ut quixkßet li contrato nak quixbânu chixjunil li cßaßak re ru aßin. Joßcan nak moco naru ta tixcol rib.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

¹⁹Lâin li yoßyôquil Dios ninye nak relic chi yâl lâin tinqßue chixtojbal lix mâc xban nak quixtzßektâna li contrato li quixbânu cuiqßuin riqßuin juramento.

²⁰And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

²⁰Lâin tinqßue chixtojbal lix mâc xban nak quinixtzßektâna. Chanchan nak tinchap aßan saß lin raßal nak tincanab chi cßamecß Babilonia.

²¹And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

²¹Chixjunileb li yôkeb chi êlelic rochbeneb lix soldado teßcamsîk. Eb li incßaß teßcamsîk teßjeqßuîk ruheb yalak bar. Ut riqßuin aßan têqßue retal nak lâin li Kâcuaß quinyehoc re aßin.

²²Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

²²Aßan aßin li naxye li nimajcual Dios: —Lâin tinchap li rußuj jun li chacalteß najt xteram. Tinchßot lix kßunal saß rußuj ut tincuau saß xbên jun li tzûl najt xteram.

²³In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

²³Tincuau aran Israel saß li tzûl li kßaxal najt xteram. Châbilak li chacalteß aßan ut nabalak li rukß ut tâûchînk ajcuiß. Qßuila pây ru li xul li nequeßrupupic teßxyîb lix soqueb saß li rukß li cheß ut teßxcol ribeb saß lix mu.Chixjunileb li cheß li cuanqueb saß li qßuicheß teßxnau nak lâin nintßaneb li cheß li najt xteram ut ninqßue chi qßuîc li cocß rokeb. Lâin ninchakihobresiheb li cheß li rax ru ut ninqßueheb chi raxocß li chaki. Lâin li Kâcuaß quinyehoc re aßin ut lâin ninbânu li cßaßru ninye.—

²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

²⁴Chixjunileb li cheß li cuanqueb saß li qßuicheß teßxnau nak lâin nintßaneb li cheß li najt xteram ut ninqßue chi qßuîc li cocß rokeb. Lâin ninchakihobresiheb li cheß li rax ru ut ninqßueheb chi raxocß li chaki. Lâin li Kâcuaß quinyehoc re aßin ut lâin ninbânu li cßaßru ninye.—