¹Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

¹Abihomak anakcuan li cßaßru oc re chixyebal li Kâcuaß chêrix lâex aj Israel. Chi cau xyâb xcux tixye nak cuan êmâc. Ut lix yâb xcux tâcuulak toj saß eb li tzûl.

²Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

²Abihomak lâex aj Israel. Li Kâcuaß oc re chi rakoc âtin saß êbên. Tâabîk resil yalak bar saß xyânkeb li tzûl li xakxôqueb chi cau saß xnaßajeb. Abihomak li yô chixyebal li Kâcuaß. Li Kâcuaß yô xjoskßil saß xbêneb lix tenamit. Oc re chixyebal cßaßru lix mâqueb laj Israel.

³O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

³Quixye li Kâcuaß: —Ex intenamit, ¿cßaßru xinbânu êre? Ut, ¿cßaßru xextitzß cuiß inban? ¿Ma yôquin ta biß chêchßißchßißinquil? Yehomak cue cßaßru inmâc chêru.

⁴For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

⁴Lâin quin-isin chak êre saß li naßajej Egipto ut lâin quincoloc êre nak cuanquex chak chokß rahobtesinbil môs. Ut quintaklaheb chokß aj cßamol be chêru laj Moisés, laj Aarón, ut lix María.

⁵O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

⁵Ex intenamit, chijulticokß êre li cßaßru quiraj xbânunquil êre laj Balac lix reyeb laj Moab ut julticok ajcuiß êre chanru nak quixsume laj Balaam, ralal laj Beor. Ut chijulticokß ajcuiß êre li cßaßru quicßulman aran Sitim toj Gilgal re nak têqßue retal nak junes usilal xinbânu êre, chan li Kâcuaß.

⁶Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

⁶¿Cßaßru târûk takaqßue re li Kâcuaß ut chanru nak takaqßue xlokßal li nimajcual Dios? ¿Ma târûk takamayeja li cßatbil mayej chiru malaj junak li cuacax toj jun chihab cuan re?

⁷Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁷¿Ma tâsahokß saß xchßôl li Kâcuaß cui takamayeja nabalak li carner chiru? ¿Ma tâsahokß xchßôl riqßuin cui takamayeja chiru nabalak li aceite? ¿Ma takaqßue chokß kamayej li xbên kalal re tixcuy kamâc nak xkakßet li râtin? ¿Ma takamayeja li xbên kalal re xtojbal rix li kamâc?

⁸He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

⁸Li Kâcuaß incßaß naraj aßan. Ac chßolchßo chiku li cßaßru us. Ac yebil ke cßaßru naraj li Kâcuaß. Li Kâcuaß naraj nak tocuânk saß tîquilal ut takaqßue kachßôl chi uxtânânc u, ut chikacubsi kib re nak tocuânk chi sum âtin riqßuin li Dios.

⁹The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

⁹Li Kâcuaß yô chi âtinac chi cau xyâb xcux êriqßuin lâex li cuanquex saß li tenamit Jerusalén. Ut cui cuan ênaßleb, têxucua ru li Dios. Aßan yô chixyebal êre chi joßcaßin: —Cheqßuehak retal li tojba mâc ut cheqßuehak ajcuiß retal li ani quixakaban re.

¹⁰Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

¹⁰¿Ma incßaß ta biß toj cuan ajcuiß saß rochocheb li incßaß useb xnaßleb lix biomal li queßrêchani riqßuin xbalakßinquileb li tenamit? Ut, ¿ma incßaß ta biß toj cuan ajcuiß lix bisleb li incßaß tzßakal nequeßbisoc cuiß? Lâin xicß nacuil chixjunil li nequeßxbânu.

¹¹Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

¹¹¿Ma târûk ta biß tinye nak mâcßaß xmâc li ani incßaß tzßakal lix bisleb? ¿Ma yal tincuil ta biß nak yôkeb chi balakßic riqßuin lix bislebeb?

¹²For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹²Eb li biom nequeßxrahobtesiheb li nebaß nak nequeßxmakß chiruheb li cßaßru cuan reheb. Ut li cuanqueb saß li tenamit aj balakßeb ut aj ticßtißeb.

¹³Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

¹³Joßcan nak lâin xinqßue li raylal saß êbên. Xban li mâusilal nequebânu, lâin tinsach ru li cßaßru cuan êre.

¹⁴Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

¹⁴Texcuaßak abanan incßaß tânumekß lê tzßocajic. Toj textzßocâk ajcuiß texcanâk. Têchßutub li cßaßru êre, abanan incßaß târûk têxoc. Ut li cßaßru têxoc lâin tinqßue chi makßecß chêru saß li plêt.

¹⁵Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

¹⁵Tex-âuk, abanan incßaß texkßolok. Têyatzß li ru lê cheß olivo, abanan incßaß têyul lix aceitil chêrix. Têyatzß lê uva abanan incßaß têrucß li xyaßal.Lâex xebânu li cßaßru quixye lix chakßrab li rey Omri ut xebânu ajcuiß joß quixbânu li rey Acab. Xetzol êrib chixbânunquil li incßaß us li queßraj eb aßan. Xban li mâusilal nequebânu, lâin texincanab chi sachecß. Texhobekß lâex li cuanquex saß li tenamit Jerusalén ut têcßul li raylal xban nak xinêtzßektâna, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹⁶For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

¹⁶Lâex xebânu li cßaßru quixye lix chakßrab li rey Omri ut xebânu ajcuiß joß quixbânu li rey Acab. Xetzol êrib chixbânunquil li incßaß us li queßraj eb aßan. Xban li mâusilal nequebânu, lâin texincanab chi sachecß. Texhobekß lâex li cuanquex saß li tenamit Jerusalén ut têcßul li raylal xban nak xinêtzßektâna, chan li Kâcuaß.