¹I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

¹Yôkin chi oybenînc ut yôkin chirilbal. Chanchanakin laj qßuehol etal li naxakabâc saß li cab li nequeßxcol cuiß rib li tenamit. Cßaß na ru tixye li Kâcuaß ut cßaß na ru tixsume cuiß li cßaßru xinye re, chan laj Habacuc.

²And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

²Li Kâcuaß quichakßoc ut quixye cue: —Tzßîba chiru jun perêlak tzßalam cheß li cßaßru tincßutbesi châcuu. Tzßîba chi tzßakal re ru re nak li ani tâilok re tâxic saß junpât xyebal resil li cßaßru târil.

³For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

³Li cßaßru tinye âcue saß li visión, tâcßulmânk. Abanan, toj mâjiß nacuulac xkßehil nak tâosokß lâ tenamit. Usta tâbâyk caßchßinak, abanan tâcuoybeni xban nak relic chi yâl nak tâcßulmânk li cßaßru tincßutbesi châcuu.

⁴Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

⁴Aßan aßin li tâtzßîba. Li incßaß useb xnaßleb nequeßxnimobresi rib. Abanan li tîqueb xchßôl tâcuânk xyußameb xban lix pâbâleb.

⁵Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

⁵Eb laj Caldea kßaxal kßetkßeteb ut xban li calâc nequeßxbânu, nequeßxbalakßi rib xjuneseb. Nequeßxnimobresi ribeb, abanan eb aßan teßosokß. Incßaß cßojcßôqueb xchßôl riqßuin li joß qßuial nequeßxmakß chiruheb li tenamit. Chanchaneb lix julel camenak ac yô chiroybeninquil li camenak ut chanchaneb li câmc. Ac xeßrêchani nabal li tenamit ut toj incßaß ajcuiß natzßakloc reheb. Nabal cuißchic teßraj teßrêchani.

⁶Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

⁶Tâcuulak xkßehil nak teßseßêk laj Caldea xbaneb li tenamit li ac xeßrêchani. Teßbichânk ut teßxye: —Ra châlc re saß xbêneb li xeßbiomoß riqßuin li mâcuaß reheb. ¿Jokße teßxcanab biomocß riqßuin li prendas li nequeßxcßul? chaßkeb.

⁷Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

⁷Mâcßaßak saß êchßôl lâex aj Caldea nak teßcuulak êriqßuin laj êchal reheb li prendas li xecßul. Sicsotkex xban êxiu nak teßxmakß chêru chixjunil li cßaßru cuan êre.

⁸Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

⁸Joß nak xemakß lâex li cßaßru eb re li nabal chi tenamit, joßcan ajcuiß nak teßxmakß chêru li cßaßru êre lâex, xban nak nabaleb li cristian xecamsi ut xban nak nabal li naßajej xerelkßa, joß eb li tenamit ut joß ajcuiß chixjunileb li cuanqueb aran.

⁹Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

⁹Ra xchal saß êbên lâex li nequerahi ru ut nequemakß li biomal jalan aj e. Ut chiru li tumin aßan nequeyîb lê rochoch chi us re nak mâcßaß têcßul.

¹⁰Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

¹⁰Riqßuin chixjunil li xebânu, xexutânobresi lê jun cablal. Nabaleb li tenamit xesacheb ut riqßuin aßan yôquex chixsachbal êrib êjunes.

¹¹For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

¹¹Cui ta nequeßâtinac li tzßamba ut li pec li yîbanbil cuiß li tzßac, teßxye ajcuiß raj nak lâex cuan êmâc.

¹²Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

¹²Ra xchal saß êbên lâex li nequexcamsin ut nequebânu li mâusilal. Ut riqßuin li cßaßru nequemakß chiruheb, nequeyîb chi châbil lê tenamit.

¹³Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

¹³¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß li nimajcual Dios xyehoc re aßin? Li tenamit teßcßanjelak yal re tâcßatekß. Usta teßlubk riqßuin li cßaßru teßxbânu, abanan mâcßaß tâoc cuiß.

¹⁴For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁴Tâcuulak xkßehil nak tânaßekß lix nimal xlokßal li Kâcuaß jun sut rubel choxa joß nak nanujac li palau riqßuin li haß.

¹⁵Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

¹⁵Ra xchal saß êbên lâex li xerahobtesiheb lê ras êrîtzßin. Chanchan xecaltesiheb nak xemakß chiruheb li cßaßru reheb. Chanchan tßustßu xecanabeb nak xemakß chiruheb chixjunil li cßaßru cuan reheb.

¹⁶Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

¹⁶Cuulac re xkßehil nak tâisîk lê lokßal ut tâcßutekß êxutân. Chanru xebânu lâex, joßcan ajcuiß tâuxk êre xban li Kâcuaß. Chanchan ajcuiß texcalâk nak tâmakßekß chêru chixjunil li cßaßru êre. Ut chanchan tßustßu texcanâk xban nak mâcßaßak chic cßaßru êre.

¹⁷For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

¹⁷Li mâusilal li xebânu reheb li cuanqueb saß li naßajej Líbano tâsukßîk saß êbên lâex, joß ajcuiß li raylal xebânu nak xesacheb li xul li cuanqueb aran. Aßan tâtßanekß saß êbên lâex xban nak nabaleb li cristian xecamsi ut nabal li naßajej xerelkßa. Xepoßi li tenamit joß ajcuiß chixjunileb li cuanqueb aran.

¹⁸What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

¹⁸¿Cßaßru tâoc cuiß êre li pechßbil dios li nequeyîb lâex riqßuin lê rukß? ¿Ma cuan ta biß xcuanquil li dios yîbanbil riqßuin chßîchß? Yal nequebalakßi êrib riqßuineb. Li yîbanbil dios incßaß nequeßâtinac. ¿Chan ta cuiß ru nak cauhak êchßôl riqßuin li cßaßru yal têyîb riqßuin êrukß?

¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

¹⁹Ra xchal saß êbên lâex li nequeye re junak cheß, “Cuaclin ut choâtenkßa”, malaj ut junak pec incßaß naâtinac. ¿Ma târûk ta biß tixqßue ênaßleb? Usta yîbanbil riqßuin oro ut plata, aßan mâcßaß xmusikß re texsume.Li tzßakal Dios, aßan cuan saß lix santil templo. Chixjunileb taxak li cuanqueb saß ruchichßochß teßxxucua ru.

²⁰But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

²⁰Li tzßakal Dios, aßan cuan saß lix santil templo. Chixjunileb taxak li cuanqueb saß ruchichßochß teßxxucua ru.