¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

¹Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Cui junak cuînk naxjach rib riqßuin li rixakil ut li ixk nasumla riqßuin jalan chic cuînk, ¿ma tâsukßîk cuißchic li xbên cuînk riqßuin li ixk? Aßan nimla mâc chiruheb li tenamit. Abanan lâex aj Israel, chanchanex li ixk li nequeßxcßayi ribeb xban nak xelokßoniheb li jalanil dios. Ut anakcuan têraj cuißchic sukßîc cuiqßuin, chan.

²Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

²Ilomakeb li tzûl. ¿Ma cuan ta biß junak naßajej li incßaß xelokßoniheb cuiß li jalanil dios? Xecßojob êrib chire li be roybeninquileb li têlokßoniheb. Chanchanex laj árabe li naroybeni ani tixchap saß li chaki chßochß. Lâex xemux ru li naßajej xban nak xelokßoniheb li jalanil dios.

³Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

³Joßcan nak incßaß chic naxqßue li hab. Incßaß xtßaneß li hab saß xkßehil li âuc. Xban nak lâex yôquex chixlokßoninquil li jalanil dios, chanchanex li ixk li naxcßayi rib. Incßaß nequexxutânac.

⁴Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

⁴Lâex yôquex chixbânunquil li mâusilal ut nequeye cue, “Lâat li kayucuaß. Xoâra chalen saß kasâjilal.

⁵Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

⁵¿Ma junelic ta biß yôk âjoskßil saß kabên? ¿Ma chi tîc incßaß tânumekß âjoskßil?” chanquex. Lâex aj Israel, joßcan yôquex chixyebal. Abanan toj yôquex chixbânunquil chixjunil li mâusilal, chan li Dios.

⁶The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

⁶Quixye laj Jeremías: —Nak toj cuan chokß rey laj Josías, li Kâcuaß quixye cue chi joßcaßin: ¿Ma yôcat chixqßuebal retal cßaßru yôqueb laj Israel? Eb aßan yôqueb chintzßektânanquil. Chanchaneb chic li ixk li nequeßxcßayi rib xban nak nequeßtakeß saß eb li tzûl. Ut rubeleb li cheß li nînk xmu nequeßxlokßoni li jalanil dios.

⁷And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

⁷Lâin quincßoxla nak mâre teßsukßîk cuißchic cuiqßuin, usta ac xeßxbânu li mâc aßan. Abanan incßaß queßsukßi cuiqßuin. Eb laj Judá li rech tenamitil queßril li yôqueb chixbânunquil ut queßoc ajcuiß chixbânunquil joß yôqueb aßan.

⁸And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

⁸Laj Judá queßxqßue retal nak lâin quintzßektânaheb laj Israel. Chanchan nak naxjach rib riqßuin li rixakil junak cuînk xban nak xtau xmâc chiru. Abanan incßaß queßoc xxiuheb laj Judá, usta queßril li cßaßru queßxcßul laj Israel. Queßxkßaxtesi ban ribeb chixlokßoninquil li jalanil dios.

⁹And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

⁹Xban nak eb laj Israel queßxlokßoni li jalanil dios, joßcan nak eb laj Judá incßaß queßxcßoxla nak mâc li yôqueb chixbânunquil. Queßxmux ru lix chßochßeb riqßuin li queßxbânu. Ut quineßxtzßektâna nak queßxlokßoni li dios yîbanbil riqßuin pec ut cheß.

¹⁰And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

¹⁰Usta ac xeßxbânu li mâusilal aßin eb laj Judá, incßaß ajcuiß queßsukßi cuiqßuin chi anchal xchßôleb. Yal xcab rix xchßôleb nak niquineßxlokßoni, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹¹And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

¹¹Li Kâcuaß quixye cue: —Usta kßaxal yibru queßxbânu eb laj Israel nak quineßxtzßektâna, abanan kßaxal cuißchic numtajenak li mâc queßxbânu laj Judá.

¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

¹²Ayu ut tâye reheb li tenamit li cuanqueb saß li norte: Joßcaßin xye êre li Kâcuaß Dios. Sukßinkex cuiqßuin, lâex aj Israel, usta xinêtzßektâna. Incßaß chic tincßut lin joskßil chêru. Texincßul ban saß usilal xban nak lâin nin-uxtânan u ut nim lin cuyum.

¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

¹³Caßaj cuiß têqßue retal nak xexmâcob chicuu lâin li Kâcuaß lê Dios ut têpatzß êcuybal. Xekßet li cuâtin. Xelokßoniheb li jalanil dios rubeleb li nînki cheß. Ut incßaß xebânu li cßaßru xinye êre, chan li Dios.

¹⁴Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

¹⁴Jalomak êcßaßux, ex cualal incßajol, li xekßetkßeti êrib chicuu xban nak lâin lê Dios. Ut lâin tinsicß ru junak saß li junjûnk chi tenamit ut tinsicß ajcuiß ruheb cuibak saß li junjûnk xtêpaleb laj Israel re tincßameb aran Sión.

¹⁵And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

¹⁵Lâin tinxakabeb li ani teßilok êre. Eb aßan cuânkeb xnaßleb chi cßamoc be chêru joß li nacuaj lâin, chan li Dios.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

¹⁶Saß eb li cutan aßan nak acak xextam ut nak acak xeßtam lê ralal êcßajol incßaß chic tex-âtinak chirix lin Lokßlaj Câx, chi moco têcßoxla, chi moco tâcßanjelak chêru, chi moco têyîb jalan chic.

¹⁷At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

¹⁷Saß eb li cutan aßan li tenamit Jerusalén “Xcßojaribâl li Kâcuaß” chic tixcßabaßin. Ut chixjunileb li xnînkal ru tenamit teßxchßutub ribeb aran chixqßuebal inlokßal lâin li Kâcuaß. Ut incßaß chic teßxcacuubresi xchßôleb chixbânunquil li mâusilal li queßxrahi ru xbânunquil junxil.

¹⁸In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

¹⁸Saß eb li cutan aßan, eb laj Judá teßxjunaji ribeb riqßuineb laj Israel saß li naßajej li cuan saß li norte. Ut cuotz teßxic saß li naßajej li quinqßue reheb lê xeßtônil yucuaß.

¹⁹But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

¹⁹Lâex aj Israel, lâin xcuaj nak xexincßul chokß cualal incßajol. Xinqßue êre jun li châbil naßajej. Aßan li kßaxal châbil chiru chixjunil li naßajej li cuan saß ruchichßochß. Lâin xcuaj nak têye “At inyucuaß” cue. Incßaß xcuaj nak tinêtzßektâna.

²⁰Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

²⁰Abanan lâex xinêtzßektâna. Chanchanex li ixk li xtzßektâna xbêlom. Lâin li Kâcuaß yôquin chi yehoc re aßin.

²¹A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

²¹Qui-abîc xyâb cux saß eb li tzûl. Aßan xyâb xcuxeb laj Israel nak yôqueb chi yâbac ut yôqueb chixtzßâmanquil xtenkßanquileb chicuu. Xeßxbânu li mâusilal ut xineßxtzßektâna lâin li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb.

²²Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

²²Lâex cualal incßajol li xekßetkßeti êrib, jalomak êcßaßux. Lâin texinqßuirtesi, chan li Kâcuaß. Ut eb laj Israel queßxye: —Lâo tosukßîk âcuiqßuin xban nak lâat li Kâcuaß. Lâat li kaDios.

²³Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

²³Relic chi yâl nak mâcßaß na-oc cuiß li cßaßru xkabânu chak saß eb li tzûl. Junes chokînc xkabânu. Relic chi yâl nak caßaj cuiß lâat li Kâcuaß li kaDios naru nacatcoloc ke lâo aj Israel.

²⁴For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

²⁴Chalen saß kasâjilal xkacßut kaxutân xban xlokßoninquil li yîbanbil dios. Ut xban aßan xsach chiku li cßaßru queßxcanab ke li kaxeßtônil yucuaß. Xkasach li kaquetômk ut xkasach li kalal kacßajol.Xban kaxutân sachso kachßôl xocana. Takacubsi kib xban nak xutânal xo-el. Lâo joß eb ajcuiß li kaxeßtônil yucuaß, xomâcob châcuu, at Kâcuaß at kaDios. Chalen saß kasâjilal toj anakcuan xkatzßektâna li chakßrab li xaqßue ke ut incßaß xkabânu li cßaßru caye ke, chanqueb.

²⁵We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

²⁵Xban kaxutân sachso kachßôl xocana. Takacubsi kib xban nak xutânal xo-el. Lâo joß eb ajcuiß li kaxeßtônil yucuaß, xomâcob châcuu, at Kâcuaß at kaDios. Chalen saß kasâjilal toj anakcuan xkatzßektâna li chakßrab li xaqßue ke ut incßaß xkabânu li cßaßru caye ke, chanqueb.