¹Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

¹Ex aj Jerusalén, cauresihomak êrib xban nak xeßchal chi pletic kiqßuin. Ut riqßuin xukß teßxsacß lix nakß ru li narakoc âtin saß kabên lâo aj Israel.

²But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

²Lâex aj Belén Efrata, lê tenamit kßaxal caßchßin chiruheb chixjunil li tenamit aran Judá. Abanan saß lê chßina tenamit tâyoßlâk li Acuabej li tâtaklânk saß xbên li tenamit Israel. Aßan li Acuabej li ac cuan chak chalen saß xticlajic.

³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

³Joßcan utan li Dios tixcanabeb xjuneseb lix tenamit toj tâcuulak xkßehil nak tâyoßlâk li Acuabej arin saß ruchichßochß. Ut tâcuulak xkßehil nak teßsukßîk cuißchic saß lix tenamiteb laj Israel li joß qßuial chic queßcana.

⁴And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

⁴Ut li Acuabej li tâyoßlâk, aßan chic xakxôk xcuanquil saß xbên lix tenamit ut aßan ajcuiß tâilok reheb riqßuin lix nimajcual xcuanquilal li Dios. Aßan tâtaklânk saß xbêneb saß xcßabaß li nimajcual Dios. Ut li ralal xcßajol cauhakeb xchßôl riqßuin xban nak kßaxal nim xcuanquil saß xbên chixjunil li ruchichßochß.

⁵And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

⁵Ut aßan tâcßamok chak re li tuktûquil usilal saß kayânk lâo li ralal xcßajol. Ut aßan tâcolok ke saß rukßeb laj Asiria nak teßraj oc saß li katenamit chixjucßbal li kapalacio. Ut lâo takaxakab cuukubak chi cuînk re teßilok ke ut takaxakab ajcuiß cuakxakibak chi cuînk cuânkeb xcuanquil re teßcßamok be chiku.

⁶And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

⁶Ut eb aßan teßnumtâk saß xbêneb laj Asiria nak teßpletik riqßuin chßîchß ut teßnumtâk ajcuiß saß xbên lix tenamit laj Nimrod. Ut li Kâcuaß, aßan tâcolok ke chiruheb laj Asiria nak teßxyal oc saß li katenamit chi pletic kiqßuin.

⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

⁷Ut eb laj Israel li incßaß teßosokß saß li plêt teßxtenkßa nabal chi tenamit. Chanchanakeb li xchußque li naxqßue chak li Kâcuaß. Chanchanakeb li hab li natßakresin re li acuîmk. Incßaß teßyoßonînk chi moco cauhakeb xchßôl riqßuin cuînk. Riqßuin ban li Dios cßojcßôkeb xchßôl.

⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

⁸Ut eb laj Israel, li joß qßuial chic li incßaß teßosokß, aßanakeb li kßaxal cauhakeb rib saß xyânkeb chixjunileb li tenamit. Chanchanakeb li cakcoj li kßaxal cau rib saß xyânkeb chixjunileb li xul saß qßuicheß. Mâ ani târûk tixcol rib chiruheb laj Israel. Chanchanakeb li ral cakcoj nak na-oc saß xyânkeb li carner ut naxchap jun ut naxpedasi ut mâ ani naru nacoloc re chiru.

⁹Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

⁹Lâex aj Israel texnumtâk saß xbêneb li xicß nequeßiloc êre ut têsacheb chixjunileb.

¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

¹⁰Ut saß eb li cutan aßan, chan li Kâcuaß, lâin tintakla xcamsinquil chixjunil lê cacuây ut tinsach ruheb lê carruaje.

¹¹And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

¹¹Ut tinjucß chixjunileb li tenamit saß lê naßaj ut tinjucß ajcuiß chixjunil li cab li nequecol cuiß êrib.

¹²And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

¹²Ut tinsacheb laj kße ut tinsacheb ajcuiß laj tûl.

¹³Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

¹³Tinjuqßueb ajcuiß lê yîbanbil dios joßqueb ajcuiß li jalam ûch li xeyîb. Ut incßaß chic têlokßoni lê dios li nequeyîb riqßuin lê rukß.

¹⁴And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

¹⁴Ut lâin tinpuqßui chixjunileb li yîbanbil dios lix Asera xcßabaß li cuanqueb saß êyânk ut tinsacheb ajcuiß li tenamit bar cuanqueb cuiß.Ut xban injoskßil lâin tinqßueheb chixtojbal rix lix mâqueb chixjunileb li tenamit li nequeßkßetoc re li cuâtin, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

¹⁵Ut xban injoskßil lâin tinqßueheb chixtojbal rix lix mâqueb chixjunileb li tenamit li nequeßkßetoc re li cuâtin, chan li Kâcuaß.