¹Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

¹Li Dios quixye: —Chinêrabi lâex li nequeqßue êchßôl chixbânunquil li tîquilal ut nequesicß li Kâcuaß. Cßoxlahomak aniheb lê xeßtônil yucuaß. Eb aßan chanchaneb li pec li isinbil chak saß junak li sakônac.

²Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

²Chijulticokß êre lê xeßtônil yucuaß laj Abraham ut lix Sara. Saß xcßabaß aßan nak cuanquex lâex. Nak lâin xinsicß ru laj Abraham, aßan jun ajcuiß. Abanan lâin quicuosobtesi ut queßnabaloß li ralal xcßajol.

³For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

³Li Kâcuaß tixcßojob xchßôleb li tenamit Sión ut târil xtokßobâl ruheb xban nak poßbil chixjunil li tenamit. Tixsukßisi li chaki chßochß chokß châbil naßajej chanchan li Edén. Li chßochß li mâcßaß na-oc cuiß tixsukßisi chokß xnaßaj li acuîmk. Saß li naßajej aßan tâcuânk li sahil chßôlejil ut li bichânc ut li bantioxînc.

⁴Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

⁴Chinêrabi, ex intenamit. Cheqßuehak retal li oc cue chixyebal. Lâin tinqßue lin chakßrab reheb li xnînkal ru tenamit. Ut lin tîquilal tâcutanobresînk reheb li tenamit.

⁵My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

⁵Chi sêb tinbânu li cßaßru xinye. Chi sêb tincoleb lin tenamit. Lâin tinrakok âtin saß xbêneb li tenamit. Eb li xnînkal ru tenamit yôqueb chicuoybeninquil. Teßxqßue retal lin cuanquil ut cuiqßuin teßyoßonînk.

⁶Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

⁶Ilonkex saß choxa ut ilonkex saß ruchichßochß. Li choxa tâsachk joß nak nasach li sib. Li ruchichßochß tâosokß joß nak na-osoß junak li tßicr. Ut eb li cristian telajeßcâmk. Abanan li colba-ib li ninqßue incßaß tâosokß. Tâcuânk ban chi junelic ut lin tîquilal incßaß tâpaltok.

⁷Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

⁷Cherabihak li cßaßru ninye, lâex li nequenau li us, lâex li nequecßûla lin chakßrab saß lê chßôl. Mexxucuac nak eb li tenamit nequexseße ut michßinan êchßôl nak nequexhobeß.

⁸For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

⁸Mexcßoxlac xban nak eb aßan teßosokß lix tibeleb joß nak li xul nequeßxcux li tßicr. Ut li motzoß tixtiu lix tibeleb joß nak li cocß xul nequeßxcux li lana. Abanan lin tîquilal incßaß tâosokß. Tâcuânk ban chi junelic. Ut tâcuânk ajcuiß chi junelic li colba-ib li ninqßue, chan li Dios.

⁹Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

⁹Choâcuabi, at Kâcuaß, ut choâtenkßa. Riqßuin lix nimal âcuanquil choâcol joß nak cacoleb lâ tenamit najter. ¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß lâat catcamsin re li nimla xul Rahab xcßabaß li cuan saß li palau ut pedasinbil cacanab?

¹⁰Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

¹⁰Ut, ¿ma mâcuaß ta biß lâat catqßuehoc re chi chakic li palau re nak lâ tenamit teßbêk saß chaki chßochß nak queßnumeß jun pacßal? ¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß lâat catcoloc reheb chiruheb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb?

¹¹Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

¹¹Eb li colbileb âban teßsukßîk cuißchic Sión chi sa saß xchßôleb. Yôkeb chi bichânc ut yôkeb chixjapbal reheb xban xsahileb xchßôl. Sahak saß xchßôleb chi junelic. Incßaß chic târahokß saß xchßôleb. Chi moco teßyâbak chic.

¹²I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

¹²Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Lâin li Kâcuaß ninqßuehoc xcacuilal âchßôl. ¿Cßaßut nak nacaxucua ruheb li cuînk li nequeßcam? Eb aßan teßosokß joß li pim.

¹³And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

¹³¿Cßaßut nak ninsach saß âchßôl lâin li Kâcuaß li quinyoßobtesin âcue? Lâin li quinyîban re li choxa ut chixjunil li cuan chiru ut lâin ajcuiß li quinyîban re li ruchichßochß ut quinqßue saß xnaßaj. ¿Cßaßut nak junelic yô âxiu xbaneb li nequeßrahobtesin âcue? ¿Cßaßut nak nacaxucuaheb li nequeßraj âsachbal? Eb aßan mâcßaß naru teßxbânu âcue.

¹⁴The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

¹⁴Eb li cuanqueb chi prêxil chi sêb teßachßabâk. Incßaß teßcâmk saß li naßajej li cuanqueb cuiß chi prêxil. Ut junelic tâcuânk xcua rucßaheb.

¹⁵But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

¹⁵Lâin li Kâcuaß lâ Dios. Lâin ninqßue chi ecßânc li palau re nak tâecßânk ru. “Nimajcual Dios” incßabaß.

¹⁶And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

¹⁶Lâin xinqßue âcue li cuâtin, ut xatincol riqßuin lin cuanquil. Lâin quinyîban re li choxa joß ajcuiß li ruchichßochß ut quinqßue saß xnaßaj. Ut quinye reheb li cuanqueb Sión “Lâex intenamit”, chan li Dios.

¹⁷Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

¹⁷Chi-ajk êru lâex aj Jerusalén ut cheqßuehak retal. Lâex xecßul li raylal xban li mâc xebânu nak xeqßue xjoskßil li Dios. Chanchan nak xerucß xsaß li secß toj retal xechoy ut chanchan nak xexcaltesîc xban.

¹⁸There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

¹⁸Mâ jun cuan saß xyânkeb lê ralal êcßajol li tâberesînk êre. Mâ jun saß xyânkeb li xeqßuiresi naru tâcßamok be chêru.

¹⁹These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

¹⁹Cuib li raylal xecßul. Xsacheß ru lê tenamit. Mâcßaß chic xeßcana. Cuan li xeßcamsîc ut cuan li teßtzßocâk. ¿Ma cuan ta biß junak li ra târecßa li cßaßru xecßul? Ut, ¿ma cuan ta biß junak tâcßojobânk êchßôl?

²⁰Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

²⁰Xeßsach xnaßleb lê ralal êcßajol. Yalak bar tßantßôqueb saß be. Chanchaneb li quej li queßchapeß saß jun li raßal. Li Dios quirisi xjoskßil saß xbêneb nak quixkßuseb.

²¹Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

²¹Abihomak lâex li rahobtesinbilex. Qßuehomak retal lâex li chanchan texcalâk, abanan moco xban ta li vino.

²²Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

²²Aßan aßin li naxye li Kâcuaß lê Dios, li Kâcuaß li nacoloc reheb lix tenamit: —Lâin xexcuisi saß li raylal li cuanquex cuiß. Xnumeß lin joskßil. Incßaß chic têcßul li raylal.Tintakla ban li raylal aßin saß xbêneb li nequeßrahobtesin êre, eb li xeßxye êre, “Yoclankex re nak tonumekß saß êbên”. Ut lâex xeyocob êrib re teßnumekß saß êbên. Chanchanex chic li chßochß.—

²³But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

²³Tintakla ban li raylal aßin saß xbêneb li nequeßrahobtesin êre, eb li xeßxye êre, “Yoclankex re nak tonumekß saß êbên”. Ut lâex xeyocob êrib re teßnumekß saß êbên. Chanchanex chic li chßochß.—