¹Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

¹Chßutubomak êrib ut cßoxlahomak cßaßru têbânu, lâex li tenamit li mâcßaß êxutân.

²Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you.

²Checßoxla rix li cßaßru têbânu nak toj mâjiß nequecßul li raylal li tenebanbil saß êbên xban nak saß junpât tânumekß li cutan joß nak nacßameß lix mokoj li trigo xban li ikß. Checßoxla rix li cßaßru têbânu nak toj mâjiß nachal lix joskßil li Dios saß êbên. Checßoxla rix cßaßru têbânu nak toj mâjiß nacuulac xkßehil nak li Dios tixcßutbesi lix joskßil chêru.

³Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.

³Sicßomak li Kâcuaß chêjunilex lâex li tûlanex saß ruchichßochß. Sicßomak li Kâcuaß lâex li nequebânu li cßaßru naraj li Kâcuaß. Tîcak lê chßôl ut chebânu li châbilal. Mâre chan nak texcolekß chiru lix joskßil li Dios saß eb li cutan aßan.

⁴For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

⁴Li tenamit Gaza tâtzßektânâk ut li tenamit Ascalón tâsachekß ruheb. Ut li tenamit Asdod, chi cutan tâmakßekß chiruheb chixjunil li cßaßru cuan reheb. Ut li tenamit Ecrón chanchan michßbil teßuxk reheb nak teßsachekß ruheb.

⁵Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

⁵Ra châlc re saß êbên lâex aj Creta li cuanquex chire li palau. Li Kâcuaß xqßue ajcuiß jun li raylal saß êbên lâex aj filisteo nak quixye: —Lâex aj filisteo li cuanquex saß li naßajej Canaán, tinsach êru chi junaj cua. Mâ jun chi cristian tâcanâk saß lê tenamit.

⁶And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

⁶Li tenamit li cuan chire li palau tâpimokß ut tâsukßîk chokß xnaßajeb xul. Aran teßxchßutub ribeb laj ilol xul ut aran teßxqßue xnaßajeb li carner, chan li Kâcuaß.

⁷And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

⁷Ut li joß qßuial chic li teßcolekß saß li naßajej Judá, aßaneb chic teßêchanînk re lix naßajeb laj Ascalón ut aran chic teßcuânk. Chiru li kßojyîn teßcuârk saß li rochocheb laj Ascalón xban nak li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb tixtenkßaheb ut târosobtesiheb cuißchic.

⁸I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

⁸Quixye li Kâcuaß li kßaxal nim xcuanquil: —Lâin nacuabi nak eb laj Moab ut eb laj Amón nequeßxhob lin tenamit. Queßrisi xlokßal lin tenamit ut queßnumta saß xbêneb.

⁹Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

⁹Lâin li yoßyôquil Dios. Lâin li nimajcual Dios, lix Dioseb laj Israel. Lâin ninye aßin: Relic chi yâl nak teßosokß eb laj Moab ut eb laj Amón joß nak queßosoß laj Sodoma ut laj Gomorra. Nak qui-osoß li naßajej aßan, junes qßuix chic quimok aran ut junes atzßam chic quicuan aran. Ut li joß qßuial chic lin tenamit queßcoleß, aßaneb chic teßcßamok re li cßaßru reheb laj Moab ut aßaneb chic teßêchanînk re lix naßajeb, chan li Kâcuaß.

¹⁰This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

¹⁰Chixjunil li raylal aßin tâchâlk saß xbêneb laj Moab joßqueb ajcuiß laj Amón xban nak xeßxnimobresi ribeb, ut queßxhob lix tenamit li Dios li kßaxal nim xcuanquil ut queßnumta saß xbêneb.

¹¹The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

¹¹Kßaxal ra tixbânu li Kâcuaß reheb. Tixsach ruheb chixjunileb li yîbanbil dios li cuanqueb saß ruchichßochß re nak aßan chic teßxlokßoni nak teßxcuikßib rib chiru saß ruchichßochß yalak bar cuânkeb.

¹²Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

¹²Li Kâcuaß quixye: —Joßcan ajcuiß têcßul lâex aj Etiopía. Tinsach ajcuiß êru riqßuin lin chßîchß, chan.

¹³And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

¹³Li Kâcuaß tixqßueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb laj Asiria li cuanqueb saß li norte. Tâsachekß ru li nimla tenamit Nínive. Mâ ani chic tâcuânk aran. Joß chaki chßochß tâcanâk.

¹⁴And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.

¹⁴Lix naßajeb laj Asiria tâcanâk chokß xnaßajeb li xul xban nak juqßuinbil chic chixjunil li naßajej aßan. Tßantßôkeb aj chic chi cutanquil li chacalteß, lix cheßel li rochocheb. Teßcuânk cuacax aran joßqueb ajcuiß li xul li cuanqueb saß qßuicheß. Saß xbên li oquebâl teßcuârk li soßsol ut eb li cuarom. Ut tâabîk nak tixjap re saß li ventana.Joßcaßin xeßxcßul li tenamit li kßaxal sa saß xchßôleb nak queßcuan ut nequeßxcacuubresi ribeb xjuneseb rib. Queßxye saß xchßôleb: —Lâo nim kacuanquil. Mâ ani chic cuan xcuanquil chiku lâo, chanqueb. Ilomak chanru nak xeßosoß ut lix naßajeb xcana chokß xnaßajeb li joskß aj xul. Chixjunileb li teßnumekß aran, teßxseße ut teßrecßasi lix jolomeb nak teßril cßaßru queßxcßul li tenamit aßan.

¹⁵This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

¹⁵Joßcaßin xeßxcßul li tenamit li kßaxal sa saß xchßôleb nak queßcuan ut nequeßxcacuubresi ribeb xjuneseb rib. Queßxye saß xchßôleb: —Lâo nim kacuanquil. Mâ ani chic cuan xcuanquil chiku lâo, chanqueb. Ilomak chanru nak xeßosoß ut lix naßajeb xcana chokß xnaßajeb li joskß aj xul. Chixjunileb li teßnumekß aran, teßxseße ut teßrecßasi lix jolomeb nak teßril cßaßru queßxcßul li tenamit aßan.