¹ Haw' vaD safety, SoH puqpu' vo' Benjamin, pa' vo' the midst vo' Jerusalem, je blow the trumpet Daq Tekoa, je raise Dung a signal Daq Beth Haccherem; vaD mIghtaHghach looks vo' vo' the pemHov nIH, je a Dun QIH.

² The comely je delicate wa', the puqbe' vo' Zion, DichDaq jIH pe' litHa'.

³ Shepherds tlhej chaj flocks DIchDaq ghoS Daq Daj; chaH DIchDaq pitch chaj tents Daq Daj Hoch around; chaH DIchDaq feed Hoch Daq Daj Daq.

⁴ ghuH veS Daq Daj; Hu', je chaw' maH jaH Dung Daq DungluQ. Woe Daq maH! vaD the jaj declines, vaD the shadows vo' the evening 'oH stretched pa'.

⁵ Hu', je chaw' maH jaH Dung Sum ram, je chaw' maH Qaw' Daj palaces.

⁶ vaD thus ghajtaH joH'a' vo' Armies ja'ta', pe' bIng Sormey, je chuH Dung a mound Daq Jerusalem: vam ghaH the veng Daq taH visited; ghaH ghaH wholly oppression Daq the midst vo' Daj.

⁷ As a QaQ casts vo' its bIQmey, vaj ghaH casts vo' Daj mIghtaHghach: violence je QIH ghaH Qoyta' Daq Daj; qaSpa' jIH continually ghaH sickness je QIDpu'ghachmey.

⁸ taH instructed, Jerusalem, lest wIj qa' taH alienated vo' SoH; lest jIH chenmoH SoH a desolation, a puH ghobe' inhabited.

⁹ Thus jatlhtaH joH'a' vo' Armies, chaH DIchDaq thoroughly glean the chuv vo' Israel as a vine: tlhe' again lIj ghop as a grape gatherer Daq the baskets.

¹⁰ Daq 'Iv DIchDaq jIH jatlh je testify, vetlh chaH may Qoy? yIlegh, chaj qogh ghaH uncircumcised, je chaH ta'laHbe' 'Ij: yIlegh, the mu' vo' joH'a' ghaH moj Daq chaH a reproach; chaH ghaj ghobe' tIv Daq 'oH.

¹¹ vaj jIH 'oH teblu'ta' vo' the QeHpu' vo' joH'a'; jIH 'oH Doy' tlhej holding Daq: pour 'oH pa' Daq the puqpu' Daq the street, je Daq the yej vo' Qup loDpu' tay'; vaD 'ach the loDnal tlhej the taH'nal DIchDaq be tlhappu', the aged tlhej ghaH 'Iv ghaH teblu'ta' vo' jajmey.

¹² chaj juHmey DIchDaq taH tlhe'ta' Daq others, chaj fields je chaj be'nalpu' tay'; vaD jIH DichDaq stretch pa' wIj ghop Daq the nganpu' vo' the puH, jatlhtaH joH'a'.

¹³ vaD vo' the least vo' chaH 'ach Daq the greatest vo' chaH Hoch ghaH nobpu' Daq covetousness; je vo' the leghwI'pu' 'ach Daq the lalDan vumwI' Hoch deals falsely.

¹⁴ chaH ghaj healed je the hurt vo' wIj ghotpu slightly, ja'ta', roj, roj; ghorgh pa' ghaH ghobe' roj.

¹⁵ Were chaH tuH ghorgh chaH ghajta' committed qabqu'boghghach? nay, chaH were ghobe' Daq Hoch tuH, ghobe' laH chaH blush: vaj chaH DIchDaq pum among chaH 'Iv pum; Daq the poH vetlh jIH visit chaH chaH DIchDaq taH chuH bIng, jatlhtaH joH'a'.

¹⁶ Thus jatlhtaH joH'a', Qam Daq the Hemey je legh, je tlhob vaD the qan Hemey, nuqDaq ghaH the QaQ way; je yIt therein, je SoH DIchDaq tu' leS vaD lIj qa'pu': 'ach chaH ja'ta', maH DichDaq ghobe' yIt therein.

¹⁷ jIH cher watchmen Dung SoH, ja'ta', 'Ij Daq the wab vo' the trumpet; 'ach chaH ja'ta', maH DichDaq ghobe' 'Ij.

¹⁸ vaj Qoy, SoH tuqpu', je Sov, tay' ghotpu', nuq ghaH among chaH.

¹⁹ Qoy, tera': yIlegh, jIH DichDaq qem mIghtaHghach Daq vam ghotpu, 'ach the baQ vo' chaj thoughts, because chaH ghaj ghobe' listened Daq wIj mu'mey; je as vaD wIj chut, chaH ghaj rejected 'oH.

²⁰ Daq nuq purpose choltaH pa' Daq jIH frankincense vo' Sheba, je the sweet cane vo' a Hop Hatlh? lIj meQqu'pu' nobmey 'oH ghobe' acceptable, ghobe' lIj nobmey pleasing Daq jIH.

²¹ vaj thus jatlhtaH joH'a', yIlegh, jIH DichDaq lay stumbling blocks qaSpa' vam ghotpu; je the vavpu' je the puqloDpu' tay' DIchDaq stumble Daq chaH; the jIl je Daj friend DIchDaq chIlqu'.

²² Thus jatlhtaH joH'a', yIlegh, a ghotpu choltaH vo' the pemHov nIH Hatlh; je a Dun Hatlh DIchDaq taH stirred Dung vo' the uttermost parts vo' the tera'.

²³ chaH lay 'uch Daq bow je spear; chaH 'oH cruel, je ghaj ghobe' pung; chaj ghogh roars rur the biQ'a', je chaH ride Daq horses, Hoch cher Daq array, as a loD Daq the may', Daq SoH, puqbe' vo' Zion.

²⁴ maH ghaj Qoyta' its report; maj ghopmey wax feeble: anguish ghajtaH tlhappu' 'uch vo' maH, je pangs as vo' a be' Daq travail.

²⁵ yImev jaH vo' Daq the yotlh, ghobe' yIt Sum the way; vaD the 'etlh vo' the jagh, je ghIjvIptaH, 'oH Daq Hoch retlh.

²⁶ puqbe' vo' wIj ghotpu, gird SoH'egh tlhej sackcloth, je wallow Daq ashes! Mourn, as vaD an neH puqloD, HochHom bitter lamentation; vaD the destroyer DIchDaq suddenly ghoS Daq maH.

²⁷ jIH ghaj chenmoHta' SoH a tester vo' metals je a yoDjuH'a' among wIj ghotpu; vetlh SoH may Sov je try chaj way.

²⁸ chaH 'oH Hoch grievous rebels, ghoS about tlhej slanders; chaH 'oH brass je iron: chaH Hoch vo' chaH Da qal.

²⁹ The bellows blow fiercely; the Dev ghaH Soppu' vo' the qul: Daq lI'be' ta' chaH jaH Daq refining; vaD the mIgh 'oH ghobe' plucked DoH.

³⁰ loDpu' DichDaq ja' chaH rejected baS chIS, because joH'a' ghajtaH rejected chaH.