¹If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

¹Li Kâcuaß quixye reheb: —Lâex aj Israel, cui têraj sukßîc cuiqßuin tento têcanab xlokßoninquil li yîbanbil dios li cßajoß xyîbal ru. Ut incßaß chic têcßoxla incanabanquil.—

²And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

²Cui têtzßektânaheb li yîbanbil dios naru têbânu li juramento saß incßabaß lâin li yoßyôquil Dios. Têbânu saß xyâlal ut saß tîquilal. Ut saß incßabaß lâin chixjunileb li tenamit teßosobtesîk ut tineßxlokßoni, chan li Dios.

³For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

³Li Kâcuaß quixye reheb laj Judá ut eb laj Jerusalén: —Checanabak chi oc li cuâtin saß lê cßaßux ut mêcacuubresi lê chßôl. Chanchan nak nayamtesîc li chßochß re nak li iyaj incßaß tâauhekß saß xyânk li qßuix.

⁴Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

⁴Lâex aj Judá ut lâex aj Jerusalén, isihomak li yibru naßleb li cuan saß lê chßôl ut kßaxtesihomak êrib chi tzßakal saß cuukß lâin li Kâcuaß lê Dios. Chanchan nak na-uxman li circuncisión. Cui incßaß têbânu li cßaßru ninye, lâin tinjoskßokß êriqßuin xban li mâusilal li nequebânu. Ut incßaß tânumekß lin joskßil saß êbên. Chanchanak li xam li incßaß nachup, chan li Kâcuaß.

⁵Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

⁵Laj Jeremías quixye: —Yâbasihomak li trompeta yalak bar saß li naßajej aßin. Japomak êre chi cau ut têye reheb li tenamit Judá ut Jerusalén nak teßxic saß eb li tenamit li ac cauresinbileb re teßxcol cuiß ribeb.

⁶Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

⁶Cßutumakeb li be li naxic Sión. Tex-êlelik chi junpât re têcol êrib xban nak saß li norte tâchâlk chak li raylal li tixqßue li Kâcuaß saß êbên. Tâsachekß ru chixjunil.

⁷The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

⁷Yô chi châlc li tâsachok re lê tenamit. Chanchan jun li cakcoj ac x-el saß xnaßaj. Laj sachonel tâchâlk chixsachbal li naßajej Judá. Eb li tenamit teßsachekß ruheb ut mâcßaß chic cristian tâcanâk chi saß.

⁸For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

⁸Qßuehomak kßes ru tßicr chêrix ut texyâbak chi cau xban nak yô xjoskßil li Dios saß xbêneb laj Judá.

⁹And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

⁹Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Saß eb li cutan aßan eb li rey ut eb li nequeßtenkßan re chi taklânc sicsotkeb xbaneb xxiu. Eb laj tij ut eb li profeta tâsachk xchßôleb, chan.

¹⁰Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

¹⁰Laj Jeremías quixye: —At Kâcuaß, at nimajcual Dios, relic chi yâl lâat xabalakßiheb li tenamit. Xaye nak tâcuânk li tuktûquil usilal, abanan câmc yô chi châlc saß kabên.

¹¹At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

¹¹Tâcuulak xkßehil nak tâyehekß reheb li tenamit aßin ut reheb laj Jerusalén chi joßcaßin: Chanchan jun li tikcual ikß li tâchâlk saß li chaki chßochß. Mâcuaß li kßunil ikß li narisi rix li trigo.

¹²Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

¹²Chanchanak jun li cacuil ikß li nasachoc. Joßcan tixbânu li Kâcuaß nak târakok âtin saß xbêneb li tenamit.

¹³Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

¹³Qßuehomak retal. Eb li xicß nequeßiloc re li tenamit chanchanakeb li chok nak teßchâlk. Eb li carruaje teßchâlk joß li câk-sut-ikß. Eb li cacuây kßaxal cau teßâlinak chiru li tßiu li narupupic chi junpât. Tokßob xak ku xban nak osocß ke.

¹⁴O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

¹⁴Lâex aj Jerusalén, canabomak xbânunquil li mâusilal re nak naru texcolekß. ¿Joß najtil chic toj yôkex xcßoxlanquil xbânunquil li mâusilal?

¹⁵For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

¹⁵Yô chi cuulac resil li raylal li tâcßulmânk toj saß lix naßajeb li ralal xcßajol laj Dan ut toj saß lix naßajeb li ralal xcßajol laj Efraín, li naßajej li tzûl ru.

¹⁶Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

¹⁶Yehomak resil reheb li xnînkal ru tenamit ut reheb laj Jerusalén nak yôqueb chak chi châlc saß najtil tenamit eb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb. Teßxjap reheb nak teßoc chi pletic saß eb li tenamit li cuanqueb Judá.

¹⁷As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Ut teßxsut rix li tenamit Jerusalén. Chanchanakeb li cuînk li nequeßcßacßalen re lix naßajeb li racuîmk. Jerusalén tâsutekß xban nak queßxkßetkßeti ribeb chiru li Kâcuaß.

¹⁸Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

¹⁸Lâex aj Judá, yôquex chixcßulbal li raylal aßin xban li mâusilal xebânu. Xban lê mâc nak yôquex chixcßulbal li raylal aßin ut nayotßeß êchßôl xban.

¹⁹My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

¹⁹Kßaxal ra cuanquin. Incßaß chic nincuy. Cau na-ecßan li cuâm. Chanchan êlc re saß xnaßaj. Incßaß naru tincanâk chi incßaß tinâtinak xban nak yôquin chirabinquil xyâb li trompetas retalil nak ticlâc re li plêt.

²⁰Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

²⁰Tojeß ajcuiß xkacßul jun li raylal ut xchal jun chic saß kabên. Xsacheß ru chixjunil li kanaßaj. Saß junpât xeßsacheß ruheb li kamuhebâl. Ut eb li tßicr xeßpejeß.

²¹How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

²¹¿Joß najtil chic tento nak tincuileb nak yôkeb chi pletic? ¿Joß najtil chic tincuabi li xyâbeb li trompeta?

²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

²²Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Mâcßaßeb xnaßleb lin tenamit. Incßaß nequeßxnau cuu. Chanchaneb li cocßal li mâcßaßeb xnaßleb. Chanchaneb li cocßal li incßaß nequeßxtau xyâlal. Cuanqueb xnaßleb chixbânunquil li mâusilal, abanan incßaß nequeßraj xbânunquil li us, chan.

²³I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

²³Laj Jeremías quixye: —Nak quicuil li ruchichßochß, mâcßaß chic cuan chiru. Quicuil li choxa ut mâcßaß chic lix cutan saken.

²⁴I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

²⁴Quin-iloc saß eb li tzûl ut quinqßue retal nak yôqueb chi ecßânc saß xnaßajeb. Eb li cocß bol yôqueb chi tßanecß.

²⁵I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

²⁵Ut quicuil ajcuiß nak mâcßaß chic cristian saß ruchichßochß ut chixjunileb li xul li nequeßrupupic ac xelajeßcôeb.

²⁶I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

²⁶Ut li châbil chßochß quisukßi chaki chßochß. Poßbileb chic li tenamit xban xjoskßil li Kâcuaß.

²⁷For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

²⁷Li Kâcuaß quixye nak tixsach ru lix chßochßeb. Abanan incßaß tixsach ruheb chi junaj cua.

²⁸For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

²⁸Târahokß xchßôl li ruchichßochß ut tâkßojyînokß ru li choxa. Li Kâcuaß quixye nak tâcßulmânk chi joßcan ut aßan incßaß tixjal xcßaßux.

²⁹The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

²⁹Chixjunileb li cuanqueb saß eb li tenamit teßêlelik nak teßrabi xyâb rokeb li cacuây ut eb li soldado li nequeßcutuc riqßuin tzimaj. Cuanqueb li teßxic saß qßuicheß ut cuanqueb li teßtakekß saß xyânkeb li pec. Mâcßaßak chic cristian saß eb li tenamit. Mâ ani teßcanâk aran.

³⁰And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

³⁰Lâex aj Jerusalén, raylal tâchâlk saß êbên. ¿Cßaßut nak nequetikib êrib riqßuin li caki akß? ¿Cßaßut nak nequerocsi li oro chokß xsahob êru? ¿Cßaßut nak nequebon li xnakß êru? Mâcßaß rajbal nak nequeyîb êrib chi chßinaßus. Eb li queßrahoc êre xextzßektâna ut teßraj êcamsinquil.Lâin xcuabi nak yôqueb chi yâbac laj Jerusalén. Chanchan nak naxjap re li ixk nak oc re chi qßuirâc riqßuin li xbên xcßulaßal. Incßaß chic nequeßxcuy musikßac. Nequeßxyeß li rukßeb nak yôqueb chixtzßâmanquil xtenkßanquileb. “Tokßob ku. Incßaß nakacuy saß rukßeb li nequeßraj kacamsinquil,” chanqueb.

³¹For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

³¹Lâin xcuabi nak yôqueb chi yâbac laj Jerusalén. Chanchan nak naxjap re li ixk nak oc re chi qßuirâc riqßuin li xbên xcßulaßal. Incßaß chic nequeßxcuy musikßac. Nequeßxyeß li rukßeb nak yôqueb chixtzßâmanquil xtenkßanquileb. “Tokßob ku. Incßaß nakacuy saß rukßeb li nequeßraj kacamsinquil,” chanqueb.