¹He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

¹Xeßchal saß êbên li teßsachok êre, lâex aj Nínive. Cauresihomak êrib. Qßuehomakeb laj ramonel saß eb li be. Qßuehomak lix cßâmal êsaß ut cauresihomak êrib chi pletic.

²For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

²Li Kâcuaß tixqßue cuißchic xlokßaleb li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob. Tixqßue cuißchic xlokßaleb laj Israel. Teßqßuehekß cuißchic xlokßal ut xcuanquil li quimakßeß chiruheb xbaneb li queßnumta saß xbêneb. Tixqßue cuißchic li racuîmkeb laj Israel li quisacheß chiruheb.

³The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

³Cak li chßîchß li nequeßxcol cuiß rib li oqueb re chi pletic. Ut cak ajcuiß li rakßeb li tiktôqueb cuiß. Ac cauresinbileb re teßpletik. Lix carruajeb chanchan yô xxamlel, ut eb lix cacuâyeb teßraj ru xic chi pletic.

⁴The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

⁴Eb li carruaje yôkeb chi xic saß ânil saß eb li be. Telajeßnumekß saß eb li cßayil. Yalak bar telajeßxic. Chanchanakeb li xam ut chanchanakeb li rakß câk.

⁵He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

⁵Lix reyeb laj Nínive tixtakla xbokbaleb li nequeßcßamoc be chiruheb lix soldado. Teßxic raj saß ânil saß xbên li tzßac re raj teßxcol li tenamit. Abanan teßxtich li rokeb ut telajeßtßanekß.

⁶The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

⁶Li puerta li nequeßramoc re li nimaß teßtelîk ut tâsachekß li palacio.

⁷And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

⁷Li rixakil li rey tâchapekß ut tâcßamekß joßqueb ajcuiß lix môseb. Chanchanakeb li paloma nak teßyâbak. Yôkeb xtenbal reheb xchßôl ut yôkeb chi yâbac xban xrahil xchßôleb.

⁸But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

⁸Li tenamit Nínive najter chanchan jun li nimaß tzßaptzßo li rok. Ut nak napuqßueß naxic saß junpât li haß. Chanchan nak yô chi êlc li haß aßan, nak yôkeb chi êlelic saß lix tenamiteb laj Nínive. Usta teßyehekß reheb, “Xaklinkex, ut sukßinkex chak,” abanan mâ jun chic reheb teßraj sukßîc.

⁹Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

⁹Kacßamak li plata. Kacßamak li oro. Kßaxal cuißchic nabal lix biomaleb ut cßajoß xchakßal ru.

¹⁰She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

¹⁰Mâcßaß chic cuan saß li tenamit. Xeßosoß. Xeßcana chi mâcßaß chic cuan reheb. Sachsôqueb xchßôleb li cristian ut mâcßaß chic nequeßxyoßoni. Nequeßsicsot xban xxiuheb ut sakquirineb aj chic.

¹¹Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

¹¹¿Cßaßru xcßul li tenamit Nínive? Junxil chanchan xnaßajeb li cakcoj. X-osoß lix naßajeb. ¿Ma incßaß ta biß chanchaneb li cakcoj nak queßcuan? Eb aßan mâ ani queßxxucua ru ut mâ ani naru naseßbesin reheb.

¹²The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

¹²Junxil cauheb rib laj Nínive. Queßcamsin ut queßxbânu li joß qßuial queßraj. Chanchaneb li cakcoj li naxchap lix tib ut naxjeqßui re li ixki cakcoj ut reheb li cocß ral. Queßnujac lix naßajeb riqßuin li cßaßru queßxchap. Joßcan ajcuiß queßxbânu eb laj Nínive.Li nimajcual Dios quixye: —Lâin tinsach ruheb laj Nínive. Tincßat lix carruajeb re pletic. Chanchan nak na-osoß li sib saß ikß, joßcan nak teßosokß. Riqßuin chßîchß teßosokß chixjunileb re nak incßaß chic teßelkßak. Ut incßaß chic tâabîk li cßaßru teßxye li ani teßxtakla xban nak mâ anihakeb chic.

¹³Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

¹³Li nimajcual Dios quixye: —Lâin tinsach ruheb laj Nínive. Tincßat lix carruajeb re pletic. Chanchan nak na-osoß li sib saß ikß, joßcan nak teßosokß. Riqßuin chßîchß teßosokß chixjunileb re nak incßaß chic teßelkßak. Ut incßaß chic tâabîk li cßaßru teßxye li ani teßxtakla xban nak mâ anihakeb chic.