¹Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

¹Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Lâex aj Jerusalén, sicßomak saß eb li be ut saß eb li cßayil. Qßuehomak retal chanru lix naßlebeb li tenamit. Cui cuan junak li târaj cuânc saß xyâlal ut saß tîquilal, lâin tincuy xmâqueb li tenamit aßin.

²And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

²Cuanqueb li nequeßxbânu li juramento saß incßabaß lâin li yoßyôquil Dios. Abanan moco yâl ta li nequeßxye xban nak moco nequeßxbânu ta chi anchaleb xchßôl, chan li Dios.

³O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

³At Kâcuaß, lâat nacara li tîquilal. Lâat xaqßue li raylal saß xbêneb, abanan incßaß xyotßeß xchßôleb. Xaqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb, abanan incßaß xeßraj xcßulbal lix kßusbaleb. Xeßxcacuubresi ban xchßôleb joß li pec ut incßaß xeßraj xpatzßbal xcuybal xmâqueb.

⁴Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

⁴Lâin quinye nak aßaneb li nebaß li incßaß queßxtzol ribeb. Incßaß nequeßxtau ru li cßaßru naraj li Dios, chi moco nequeßxnau nak tento teßxbânu li cßaßru quixye.

⁵I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

⁵Joßcan nak lâin tinxic riqßuineb li cuanqueb xcuanquil ut tinâtinak riqßuineb. Eb aßan nequeßxnau cßaßru naraj li Dios. Eb aßan nequeßxnau cßaßru quixye li Dios nak tento teßxbânu, chanquin. Abanan chixjunileb aßan queßxtzßektâna li Kâcuaß ut incßaß queßxbânu li cßaßru quixye.

⁶Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

⁶Joßcan nak eb laj Jerusalén teßxcßul li raylal xbaneb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb. Li cakcoj li cuanqueb saß qßuicheß teßchâlk chixcamsinquileb. Laj xoj li cuanqueb saß li chaki chßochß teßxpedasiheb. Li hix tixbeni rib saß lix tenamiteb. Cui nequeßel saß be teßchapekß ut teßperasîk xbaneb li hix. Joßcan teßxcßul xban nak xnumta lix mâqueb. Qßuila sut xeßxtzßektâna li Kâcuaß.

⁷How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

⁷Li Kâcuaß quixye: —¿Chanru nak tincuy tinsach lê mâc? Eb lê ralal êcßajol xineßxtzßektâna ut xeßxbânu li juramento saß xcßabaßeb li jalanil dios li moco dioseb ta. Lâin quinqßuehoc re li cßaßru queßraj. Abanan eb aßan xeßxlokßoniheb li jalanil dios. Chanchan nak queßxmux ru lix sumlajiqueb ut queßcôeb riqßuineb li ixk li nequeßxcßayi ribeb.

⁸They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

⁸Chanchaneb li cacuây li yôqueb ru ut yôqueb chixjapbal reheb. Teßraj ru xic chixchapbal rixakileb li ras rîtzßin.

⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

⁹¿Ma incßaß ta biß tinqßueheb chixtojbal lix mâqueb li tenamit aßin xban li mâusilal li nequeßxbânu?

¹⁰Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.

¹⁰Châlkeb li xicß nequeßiloc re lin tenamit ut cheßxsachak ru lin tenamit li chanchan li acuîmk uvas. Abanan incßaß teßxsach ru chi junaj cua. Caßaj cuiß li incßaß useb xnaßleb teßrisiheb saß xyânkeb xban nak eb aßan mâcuaß cueheb.

¹¹For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

¹¹Eb laj Israel ut eb laj Judá xineßxtzßektâna, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹²They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

¹²Eb aßan queßxye: —Moco yâl ta nak li Dios quixye aßan. Li Kâcuaß mâcßaß tixbânu ke. Lâo mâcßaß takacßul, chi moco li câmc chi moco li cueßej.

¹³And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

¹³Eb li profeta junes âtinac nequeßxbânu. Chanchan nak na-ecßan li ikß. Mâcßaß râtin li Dios riqßuineb. Cheßxcßulak ta eb aßan li cßaßru xeßxye, chanqueb.

¹⁴Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

¹⁴Joßcan nak li Kâcuaß quixye chi joßcaßin: —Xban nak queßxye chi joßcan, joßcan nak lâin tinbânu re nak li tâye chanchanak li xam ut eb li tenamit aßin chanchanakeb li siß li tâcßatekß xban li xam.

¹⁵Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

¹⁵Li Kâcuaß quixye ajcuiß reheb: —Lâin tintaklaheb li najtil tenamit chi pletic êriqßuin lâex li ralal xcßajol laj Israel. Aßaneb kßaxal cauheb rib chalen najter. Lâex incßaß nequenau li râtinobâleb chi moco têtau ru li cßaßru teßxye.

¹⁶Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

¹⁶Chixjunileb li soldado aßan kßaxal cauheb rib ut nequeßxcamsiheb li nequeßxcut riqßuineb lix tzimaj.

¹⁷And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

¹⁷Aßaneb chic teßyalok xsahil ru lê racuîmk. Ut aßaneb chic li teßtzacânk re lê tzacaêmk. Teßxcamsiheb lê ralal êcßajol. Ut teßxcamsi lê carner re teßxtiu joß ajcuiß lê cuacax. Ut teßxtzaca li ru lê uvas joß ajcuiß li ru lê higo. Teßsachekß ruheb li tenamit li cauresinbil chi us re têcol cuiß êrib, li cßojcßo cuiß êchßôl.

¹⁸Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.

¹⁸Abanan saß eb li cutan aßan lâin incßaß tinsach êru chi junaj cua.

¹⁹And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.

¹⁹At Jeremías, nak eb li tenamit teßxpatzß cßaßut nak lâin li Kâcuaß xinbânu chi joßcaßin, lâat tâye reheb chi joßcaßin, “Joß nak lâex xetzßektâna li Kâcuaß ut xelokßoniheb li jalanil dios saß lê naßaj, joßcan ajcuiß nak li Kâcuaß texqßue chi cßanjelac chiruheb li jalaneb xtenamit saß jun li naßajej li moco êre ta.”

²⁰Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

²⁰Li Kâcuaß quixye ajcuiß cue: —Ye aßin reheb li ralal xcßajol laj Judá. Ye resil reheb li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob nak joßcaßin ninye reheb:

²¹Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

²¹Abihomak lâex li mâcßaß ênaßleb, lâex li cau êchßôl. Lâex li cuan xnakß êru ut incßaß nequex-iloc, lâex li cuan êxic ut incßaß nequex-abin.

²²Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

²²¿Ma incßaß têxucua cuu? Ut, ¿ma incßaß sicsotkex xban êxiu chicuu? Lâin xinqßuehoc re li samaib re xrambal li palau chi junelic. Usta nasaqßueß xban li rok haß, abanan li haß incßaß tânumekß jun pacßal li samaib li quinqßue saß xnaßaj.

²³But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

²³Abanan eb li tenamit aßin cauheb xchßôl ut kßetkßeteb. Xineßxtzßektâna ut nequeßxbânu li cßaßru nequeßraj.

²⁴Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

²⁴Incßaß nequeßxye, “Chikaxucua ru li Kâcuaß li kaDios li naqßuehoc re li hab saß habalkße joß ajcuiß saß sakßehil ut naqßuehoc re ru li kacuîmk saß xkßehil li kßoloc.”

²⁵Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

²⁵Xban lê mâusilal nak incßaß chic xqßue li hab ut mâcßaß chic lê kßolom. Xban li mâc xebânu nak incßaß chic xecßul li us.

²⁶For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

²⁶Saß xyânkeb lin tenamit cuanqueb li incßaß useb xnaßleb. Yôqueb chixsicßbal chanru nak teßxbânu mâusilal reheb li ras rîtzßin. Chanchaneb laj yo li nequeßxqßue li raßal re xchapbaleb li cocß xul.

²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

²⁷Nequeßxnujobresi li rochocheb riqßuin li cßaßru queßxmakß chiruheb li ras rîtzßin. Chanchaneb li cuînk li nequeßxchap li cocß xul li nequeßrupupic ut nequeßxtzßap saß junak naßajej. Joßcan nak xeßbiomoß ut cuanqueb xcuanquil.

²⁸They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

²⁸Nînkeb xtibel xban nak sa nequeßtzacan. Kßaxal cuißchic numtajenak li mâusilal nequeßxbânu. Incßaß nequeßrakoc âtin saß tîquilal saß xbêneb li mâcßaß xnaß xyucuaßeb, chi moco nequeßoquen chirixeb li nebaß.

²⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

²⁹¿Ma tincanab ta biß yâl chi joßcan li mâusilal nequeßxbânu? ¿Ma incßaß ta biß tinqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb?

³⁰A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

³⁰Kßaxal xiu xiu ut kßaxal yibru li yô chi cßulmânc saß li tenamit aßin.Eb li profeta ticßtiß nequeßxye. Ut eb laj tij nequeßxbânu joß nequeßraj eb li profeta. Ut eb lin tenamit joßcan queßcuulac chiru. Abanan ¿cßaßru teßxbânu nak tâcuulak xkßehil li rakba âtin? chan li Kâcuaß.

³¹The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

³¹Eb li profeta ticßtiß nequeßxye. Ut eb laj tij nequeßxbânu joß nequeßraj eb li profeta. Ut eb lin tenamit joßcan queßcuulac chiru. Abanan ¿cßaßru teßxbânu nak tâcuulak xkßehil li rakba âtin? chan li Kâcuaß.