¹Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

¹Us raj cui lin jolom joß jun li yußam haß ut li xnakß cuu joß li haß li nabêc rok. Tinyâbak raj chi kßek chi cutan chirixeb li cuech tenamitil li queßcamsîc.

²Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

²Cui cuan ta inmuhebâl saß li chaki chßochß bar târûk tincuânk cuiß, tinêlk raj saß xyânkeb lin tenamit xban nak moco châbileb ta. Chixjunileb nequeßbalakßic ut nequeßxlokßoni li jalanil dios, chan laj Jeremías.

³And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

³Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Junelic sêbeb xchßôl chi ticßtißic lin tenamit. Chanchaneb li nequeßcutuc riqßuin tzimaj. Nequeßxqßue xcuanquil li ticßtiß ut incßaß nequeßxqßue xcuanquil li yâl. Numtajenak li mâusilal nequeßxbânu ut incßaß nequeßraj xqßuebal inlokßal, lâin li Kâcuaß.

⁴Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

⁴Incßaß naru têcßojob êchßôl riqßuineb lê ras êrîtzßin, usta nequeßxye nak eb aßan tzßakal êramîg. Chi moco târûk têcßojob êchßôl riqßuin lê ras ut lê rîtzßin xban nak li asbej ut li îtzßinbej nequeßbalakßin. Eb li amigo nequeßyoßoban ticßtiß.

⁵And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

⁵Eb li ramîgueb rib nequeßxbalakßi ribeb chi ribileb rib. Ut mâ ani naxye li yâl. Queßcßay chi ticßtißic ut incßaß nequeßxcanab xbânunquil li mâusilal.

⁶Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

⁶Cßajoß li rahobtesîc nequeßxbânu. Xban nak xnumta li balakßic nequeßxbânu, joßcan nak incßaß chic nequeßraj xpâbanquil nak lâin li Dios.—

⁷Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

⁷Joßcan nak li Kâcuaß naxye chi joßcaßin: —Chanchan nak numsinbil saß xam nak tinqßue li raylal saß xbêneb re nak teßxtau xnaßlebeb. Cui incßaß tinbânu chi joßcan, ¿cßaß chic ru târûk tinbânu reheb re teßusâk?

⁸Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

⁸Lix tzßûmal reheb chanchan li tzimaj li nacamsin xban li balakßic nequeßxbânu. Riqßuin xtzßûmal reheb nequeßâtinac chi châbil riqßuineb li ras rîtzßin. Abanan saß xchßôleb nequeßxcßûb ru chanru teßxbalakßiheb.

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

⁹¿Ma incßaß ta biß tinqßueheb chixtojbal lix mâqueb li tenamit aßin? ¿Ma incßaß ta biß tinqßue rêkaj reheb li mâusilal nequeßxbânu? Lâin li Kâcuaß ninyehoc re aßin.—

¹⁰For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

¹⁰Laj Jeremías quixye: —Lâin tinyâbak chirix li cßaßru quixcßul li tzûl ut li pachßayaß. Xeßcana chi mâcßaß chic cuan chiru ut mâ ani chic nanumeß aran. Incßaß chic nequeßabîc chi yâbac li cuacax. Queßêlelic li xul li nequeßrupupic chiru choxa. Ut queßêlelic ajcuiß chixjunileb li joskß aj xul, chan.

¹¹And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

¹¹Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Lâin tinsach ru li tenamit Jerusalén. Jucßbil chic tâcanâk chixjunil. Tâcanâk chokß xnaßajeb laj xoj. Chanchan chaki chßochß teßcanâk eb li tenamit li cuanqueb Judá. Mâ ani chic târûk tâcuânk saß li naßajej aßan, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹²Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

¹²¿Ani ta biß târûk tixtau ru cßaßru xyâlal li yô chi cßulmânc? ¿Ma cuan ta biß junak quiqßueheß xnaßleb xban li Kâcuaß re târûk tixchßolob xyâlal? ¿Cßaßut nak quisach ru li naßajej aßin? Chanchan chic li chaki chßochß quicana. Ut mâ ani chic nanumeß aran, chan laj Jeremías.

¹³And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

¹³Ut li Kâcuaß quixye: —Xinbânu chi joßcan xban nak queßxtzßektâna li chakßrab li quinqßue reheb. Incßaß queßxbânu li cßaßru quinye reheb chi moco queßxbânu li cßaßru nacuaj.

¹⁴But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

¹⁴Queßxbânu ban li cßaßru nequeßraj eb aßan xban xcacuilal xchßôleb. Ut queßxlokßoniheb li yîbanbil dios Baal joß quicßuteß chiruheb xban lix xeßtônil yucuaßeb.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

¹⁵Joßcan nak lâin li nimajcual Dios, lix Dioseb laj Israel, tinqßue li raylal saß xbêneb. Chanchan nak tinqßue chixtzacaheb li cßahil tzacaêmk. Ut chanchan tinqßue li haß li banbil xsaß chiruqßueb.

¹⁶I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

¹⁶Tinjeqßuiheb ru saß eb li jalan tenamit li mâ jun sut xnauhomeb, chi moco lix naß xyucuaßeb. Ut lâin tinqßueheb chi âlinâc riqßuin chßîchß toj retal mâ jun chic teßcanâk saß li tenamit.

¹⁷Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

¹⁷Ut li Kâcuaß li nimajcual Dios quixye ajcuiß: —Abihomak. Taklahomak xcßambaleb chak li ixk li nequeßxnau yâbac, eb li ixk li ac aßan ajcuiß xcßanjeleb.

¹⁸And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

¹⁸Eb li tenamit queßxye: —Châlkeb chi junpât chi yâbac chirix li cßaßru yôco chixcßulbal. Ut ocako chi yâbac. Choyâbak toj retal tâtßuluk li xyaßal ku.

¹⁹For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

¹⁹Toj aran Sión na-abîc li yâbac xban nak xo-osoß. Numtajenak li kaxutân xban nak tento nak takacanab li kanaßaj. Ut eb li kochoch juqßuinbil chic, chanqueb.

²⁰Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

²⁰Laj Jeremías quixye: —Lâin quinye reheb, “Lâex ixk, abihomak li cßaßru naxye li Kâcuaß. Qßuehomak retal li naxye. Cßutumak chiruheb lê coß chanru teßyâbak. Ut cßutumak ajcuiß li bich re rahil chßôlej chiruheb lê ramîg.

²¹For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

²¹Li câmc xchal saß kabên. Chanchan nak x-oc saß li kaventana. Chanchan nak x-oc saß eb li cab li cauresinbil chi us re takacol cuiß kib. Queßcamsîc li cocßal saß be ut queßcamsîc li cuînk li toj sâjeb saß eb li cßayibâl.

²²Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

²²Eb li camenak tßantßôqueb yalak bar. Chanchaneb li cßot saß li cßalebâl. Chanchan li ru trigo li natßaneß chirixeb li yôqueb chi sicßoc re ut mâ ani tâxocok re”, chan.

²³Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

²³Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Li ani cuan xnaßleb mixnimobresi rib xban nak cuan xnaßleb, chi moco li cau rib tixnimobresi rib xban nak cau rib. Ut li biom incßaß tixnimobresi rib xban nak cuan xbiomal.

²⁴But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

²⁴Li ani tixnimobresi rib, chixnimobresihak rib riqßuin nak naxnau nak lâin li Kâcuaß ut naxtau ru chanru lin naßleb. Nin-uxtânan u ut ninrakoc âtin saß tîquilal saß ruchichßochß. Aßan li nacuulac chicuu, chan li Kâcuaß.

²⁵Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

²⁵Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Tâcuulak xkßehil nak lâin tinqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb li tenamit li moco tîqueb ta xchßôl usta queßxcßul li circuncisión, usta incßaß.Tinqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb laj Egipto, eb laj Judá, eb laj Edom, ut eb laj Amón joß eb ajcuiß laj Moab. Tinqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb li cuanqueb saß najtil tenamit ut saß li chaki chßochß. Incßaß queßxcßul li circuncisión chixjunileb aßan. Joßcan eb ajcuiß laj Israel. Incßaß tîqueb xchßôl xban nak incßaß queßxjal xcßaßuxeb.—

²⁶Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

²⁶Tinqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb laj Egipto, eb laj Judá, eb laj Edom, ut eb laj Amón joß eb ajcuiß laj Moab. Tinqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb li cuanqueb saß najtil tenamit ut saß li chaki chßochß. Incßaß queßxcßul li circuncisión chixjunileb aßan. Joßcan eb ajcuiß laj Israel. Incßaß tîqueb xchßôl xban nak incßaß queßxjal xcßaßuxeb.—