¹O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

¹Lâex, li ralal xcßajol laj Benjamín, elenkex saß li tenamit Jerusalén re xcolbal êrib. Yâbasihomak lê trompeta aran Tecoa. Cßûbumak junak li xam saß li naßajej Bet-haquerem chokß retalil li nimla raylal ut li sachecß li yô chak chi châlc saß li norte.

²I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

²Lâin tinsach ru li tenamit Sión li cßajoß xchakßal ru.

³The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

³Eb li rey teßxyîb lix muhebâleb aran rochbeneb lix soldado chixjun sutam li tenamit Sión ut teßoc yalak bar teßraj.

⁴Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

⁴Teßxye chi ribileb rib, “Cauresihomak êrib chi pletic riqßuineb laj Jerusalén. Sêbahomak êrib xban nak cuaßleb raj xo-oc chi pletic saß li tenamit. Abanan anakcuan ac yô chi ecuûc. Oc re kßojyîn.

⁵Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

⁵Joßcan nak toxic chi pletic chiru kßojyîn ut takasach ruheb lix palacios,” chaßkeb.

⁶For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

⁶Aßan aßin li naxye li Kâcuaß li nimajcual Dios reheb li teßchâlk chi pletic: —Yocßomak li cheß ut yîbomak jun li taklebâl re tex-oc chi pletic saß li tenamit Jerusalén. Tento nak li cuanqueb Jerusalén teßqßuehekß chixtojbal lix mâqueb xban nak li tenamit aßan junes raylal nequeßxbânu.

⁷As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

⁷Incßaß nequeßxcanab xbânunquil li mâusilal. Chanchaneb jun li jul haß li incßaß nachakic. Caßaj cuiß li rahobtesînc ut li elkßâc na-abîc resil. Junes raylal ut yajel nacuan saß li tenamit aßan.

⁸Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

⁸Qßuehomak êchßôl chi cuânc saß tîquilal lâex aj Jerusalén re nak lâin incßaß texincanab êjunes, ut re ajcuiß nak incßaß tinsukßisi lê naßaj chokß chaki chßochß ut incßaß chic teßcuânk cristian aran.

⁹Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

⁹Ut quixye cuißchic li Kâcuaß: —Tâsachekß ruheb chixjunileb laj Israel. Teßsiqßuekß chi us toj retal mâ jun chic tâcanâk joß nak laj êchal re li uvas naxsicß li ru xcaß sut. Mâcßaß chic naxcanab.—

¹⁰To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

¹⁰Lâin quinye re li Kâcuaß: —¿Aniheb li tincuâtinaheb? ¿Aniheb li tinqßueheb xnaßleb? ¿Ma teßraj ta biß rabinquil li cßaßru tinye reheb? Eb aßan chanchan tzßaptzßôqueb xxic. Incßaß nequeßraj rabinquil lâ cuâtin. Xutânal chokß reheb nak nequeßrabi.

¹¹Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

¹¹Cßajoß lin joskßil saß xbêneb joß lâ joskßil lâat, at Kâcuaß. Incßaß chic nincuy, chanquin re. Ut li Kâcuaß quixye cue: —Isi lâ joskßil saß xbêneb li cocßal li cuanqueb saß be ut saß xbêneb li sâj al li nequeßxchßutub ribeb. Eb li bêlomej teßcßamekß chi prêxil rochbeneb li rixakil joß eb ajcuiß li tîxeb.

¹²And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.

¹²Eb li rochoch tâcanâk chokß reheb jalan chic, joß ajcuiß lix chßochßeb ut eb li rixakil. Joßcaßin teßxcßul xban nak lâin tinqßueheb chixtojbal lix mâqueb li cuanqueb saß li naßajej aßin.

¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

¹³Chixjunileb nequeßxrahi ru li biomal, joß eb li toj sâjeb, joß ajcuiß li ac chêqueb. Eb li profeta ut eb laj tij aj balakßeb.

¹⁴They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

¹⁴Chiruheb aßan moco nim ta li raylal li yô chixcßulbal lin tenamit. Eb aßan nequeßxye nak mâcßaß raylal. Nequeßxye nak cuan li tuktûquil usilal. Abanan mâcßaß tuktûquil usilal.

¹⁵Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

¹⁵¿Ma nequeßxutânâc ta biß xban li mâusilal li nequeßxbânu? Incßaß. Incßaß nequeßxnau xutânac. Joßcan nak lâin tinqßueheb chixtojbal lix mâqueb joß nak quinqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb li jun chßôl chic, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹⁶Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

¹⁶Li Kâcuaß quixye reheb lix tenamit: —Xaklinkex saß xâla be ut qßuehomak retal. Patzßomak bar cuan li be re najter ut bar cuan li châbil be. Texxic saß li châbil be ut têtau li tuktûquil usilal, chan li Dios. Abanan eb aßan queßxye: —Incßaß nakaj xsicßbal li be aßan, chanqueb.

¹⁷Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

¹⁷Joßcan nak lâin quinxakabeb laj ilol êre ut quinye êre: —¡Qßuehomak retal nak tâyâbasîk li trompeta!— Abanan lâex queye: —Incßaß nakaj rabinquil, chanquex.

¹⁸Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

¹⁸Joßcan nak li Kâcuaß quixye: —Abihomak lâex li xnînkal tenamit, ut qßuehomak retal li cßaßru teßxcßul lin tenamit.

¹⁹Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

¹⁹Abihomak lâex li cuanquex saß ruchichßochß. Lâin tinqßue li raylal saß xbêneb lin tenamit xban li mâusilal queßxbânu. Incßaß queßabin chicuu, ut queßxkßet li chakßrab quinqßue reheb.

²⁰To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

²⁰¿Cßaßru aj e nak teßxcßam chak li pom toj saß li tenamit Sabá? ¿Cßaßru rajbal nak teßxic chi najt chixsicßbal li sununquil ban? Lâin incßaß nacuulac chicuu lix mayej chi moco tincßuleb ta lix cßatbil mayej.

²¹Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

²¹Joßcan nak lâin tintakla li raylal saß xbêneb. Tebinqßue chi tßanecß eb li naßbej yucuaßbej joßqueb ajcuiß li ralal xcßajol, joßqueb ajcuiß li rech cabal ut eb li ramîg. Junxiquic nak teßosokß chixjunileb, chan li Dios.

²²Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

²²Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Cuan jun li nimla tenamit cau rib saß li norte ut yô chak chi cauresinquil rib re tâchâlk chi pletic.

²³They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

²³Ac cuan chak lix chßîchßeb saß rukßeb ut lix tzimaj. Kßaxal joskßeb. Mâ ani nequeßril xtokßobâl ruheb. Yôqueb chi châlc chirix cacuây chi pletic riqßuineb laj Jerusalén. Nak nequeßxjap re chanchan nak na-ecßan ru li palau.—

²⁴We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

²⁴Eb li cuanqueb Jerusalén nequeßxye: —Xkabi resil nak kßaxal ra nequeßxbânu li yôqueb chi châlc. Yô kaxiu ut mâcßaß chic kametzßêu. Kßaxal ra cuanco joß jun li ixk oc re chi qßuirâc.

²⁵Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

²⁵Mexxic saß be chi moco texxic saß xnaßaj lê racuîmk xban nak xiu xiu yalak bar. Eb li xicß nequeßiloc ke cuanqueb xchßîchß saß rukßeb, chanqueb.

²⁶O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

²⁶Li Kâcuaß quixye reheb: —Ex intenamit, qßuehomak li kßes ru tßicr chêrix ut qßuehomak li cha chêrix. Texyâbak chi cau joß nak nayâbac junak li xcam ralal li jun ajcuiß chiru. Texyâbak xban nak ac châlqueb re li ani teßsachok êre.

²⁷I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

²⁷At Jeremías, xatinxakab chirilbaleb lin tenamit re nak tâqßue retal chanru cuanqueb ut chanru lix naßlebeb.

²⁸They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

²⁸Kßaxal cauheb xchßôl. Chanchan xcauhil li chßîchß bronce ut hierro. Kßetkßeteb ut junes ticßtißic nequeßxbânu. Chixjunileb incßaß useb xnaßleb.

²⁹The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

²⁹Usta kßaxal ra xeßxcßul, abanan incßaß nequeßraj xcanabanquil li mâusilal. Chanchaneb li chßîchß. Usta kßaxal tik li xam re risinquil lix tzßajnil li chßîchß, abanan mâcßaß rajbal li xam cui lix tzßajnil li chßîchß incßaß na-el.Lin tenamit chanchaneb li plata li tzßektânanbil xban nak ac xintzßektânaheb, chan li Kâcuaß.

³⁰Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

³⁰Lin tenamit chanchaneb li plata li tzßektânanbil xban nak ac xintzßektânaheb, chan li Kâcuaß.