7
Sorrow for Israel’s Sins
1Woe is me!
For I am like those who gather summer fruits,
Like those who ⚓glean vintage grapes;
There is no cluster to eat
Of the first-ripe fruit which⚓my soul desires.
2The ⚓faithful man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
⚓Every man hunts his brother with a net.
3That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a ⚓bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
4The best of them is⚓like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.
5⚓Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your ⚓bosom.
6For ⚓son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will ⚓wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.
Israel’s Confession and Comfort
8⚓Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
⚓When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lordwill be a light to me.
9⚓I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my ⚓case
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I will see His righteousness.
10Then she who is my enemy will see,
And ⚓shame will cover her who said to me,
⚓“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
11In the day when your ⚓walls are to be built,
In that day the decree shall go far and wide.
12In that day ⚓they shall come to you
From Assyria and the fortified cities,
From the fortress to the River,
From sea to sea,
And mountain to mountain.
13Yet the land shall be desolate
Because of those who dwell in it,
And ⚓for the fruit of their deeds.
God Will Forgive Israel
14Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
The flock of Your heritage,
Who dwell solitarily in a ⚓woodland,
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
As in days of old.
15“As⚓ in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them ⚓wonders.”
16The nations ⚓shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
⚓They shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
17They shall lick the ⚓dust like a serpent;
⚓They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth.
⚓They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
18⚓Who is a God like You,
⚓Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of ⚓the remnant of His heritage?
⚓He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in⚓mercy.
19He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20⚓You will give truth to Jacob
And mercy to Abraham,
⚓Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.
7
Cov Yixayee ua tsis ncaj
1Kuv raug txom nyem lauj!
Kuv zoo yam li thaum tus uas de tej txiv
rau lub caij ntuj qhua
thiab xawb de tej txiv hmab tag lawm,
tsis tshuav ib tauv txiv hmab noj kiag li,
thawj phaum txiv cev uas kuv ntshaw noj
los tsis muaj ib lub siav li.
2Cov uas hwm Vajtswv ploj tag
hauv lub tebchaws lawm,
ib tsoom neeg tsis tshuav
ib tug siab ncaj kiag li.
Lawv sawvdaws zov kev tos tua neeg xwb,
nyias ua hlua cuab nyias li kwvtij.
3Lawv txhais tes tsuas yog txawj ua phem xwb.
Tus thawj thiab tus uas tu plaub
thov yuav nyiaj xiab,
tus uas ua hlob kuj tsa ncauj hais
tej kev phem uas nws lub siab ntshaw,
lawv sawvdaws ntaus tswvyim npaj ua tej no.
4Lawv cov tus uas zoo kawg
kuj zoo li tsob pos,
tus uas siab ncaj kawg
kuj zoo yam li lub laj kab xov pos.
Hnub uas nej cov faj xwm hais rau nej,
yog hnub uas txiav txim rau nej,
twb los txog lawm.
Nimno qhov uas lawv raug kev kub ntxhov
los ze lawm.
5Tsis txhob tso siab rau kwvtij zej zog,
tsis txhob cia siab rau phoojywg,
cia li tswj koj lub qhov ncauj
tsis txhob qhia
rau tus uas nyob hauv koj lub xubntiag.
6Rau qhov tus tub saib tsis taus leej txiv,
tus ntxhais tawm tsam leej niam,
tus nyab tawm tsam niam pog,
yus tus yeeb ncuab
kuj yog yus tsev neeg ntag.
7Kuv li kuv yuav ntsia ntsoov Yawmsaub,
kuv yuav tos rawv Vajtswv uas cawm kuv dim.
Kuv tus Vajtswv yuav mloog kuv tej lus.
Yawmsaub coj txojkev cawm los
8Kuv tus yeeb ncuab 'e,
tsis txhob zoo siab thuam luag kuv.
Thaum kuv ntog los kuv yuav rov sawv tau,
thaum kuv nyob hauv qhov tsaus ntuj,
Yawmsaub yuav ua qhov kaj rau kuv.
9Vim yog kuv ua txhaum rau Yawmsaub,
kuv yuav thev nws txojkev chim
mus txog thaum nws daws
kuv tshaj plaub thiab tu plaub rau kuv.
Nws yuav coj kuv tawm mus
rau hauv qhov kaj
thiab kuv yuav pom nws txojkev cawm dim.
10Mas kuv tus yeeb ncuab yuav pom
thiab tus uas hais rau kuv tias,
“Koj tus Vajtswv Yawmsaub nyob qhovtwg?”
yuav raug txaj muag.
Kuv lub qhov muag yuav saib thiab hnyos nws.
Nimno nws yuav raug muab tsuj
yam nkaus li cov av nplaum rau hauv txojkev.
11Hnub uas tsim kho nej tej ntsa loog yuav los,
mas hnub ntawd nej tej ciam teb
yuav nthuav dav.
12Hnub ntawd luag yuav tuaj cuag nej,
yog tuaj txij ntawm Axilia tebchaws
mus txog ntua Iyi tebchaws,
thiab tuaj txij Iyi tebchaws
mus txog tus dej Yufeti,
thiab txij lub hiavtxwv no
mus txog lub hiavtxwv tim ub,
thiab txij lub roob no
mus txog lub roob tim ub.
13Lub ntiajteb yuav nyob do cuas
vim yog tim cov neeg uas nyob hauv,
thiab tim tej uas lawv ua.
Yawmsaub txojkev hlub
14Thov koj tuav rawv koj tus pas nrig
yug koj haiv neeg, uas yog koj pab yaj,
yog koj qub txeeg qub teg.
Lawv nyob ua twm zeej twm kawv
hauv hav zoov uas nyob hauv nruab nrab
lub tebchaws uas zoo qoob.
Thov cia lawv nrhiav noj hauv Npasas
thiab Kile‑a ib yam li yav thaum ub.
15Ib yam li thaum nej tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws los,
kuv yuav ua tej txujci phimhwj
tshwm los rau lawv pom.
16Ib tsoom tebchaws yuav pom
thiab yuav txaj muag lawv li hwjchim huvsi,
lawv yuav muab tes pos qhov ncauj cia,
lawv lub qhov ntsej yuav lag.
17Lawv yuav yaim hmoov av yam li nab,
ib yam li tej tsiaj uas nkag hauv av.
Lawv yuav tawm hauv lawv tej chaw ruaj khov
ua ib ce tshee hnyo los,
lawv yuav tig los cuag
peb tus Vajtswv Yawmsaub ua ntshai kawg,
thiab lawv yuav ntshai koj.
18Leejtwg yog tus timtswv
uas zoo cuag li koj, uas daws lub txim
thiab zam tej kev fav xeeb
uas koj cov qub txeeg qub teg
uas tseem tshuav nyob tau ua?
Koj tsis cim ntsoov txojkev chim mus ib txhis
rau qhov koj txaus siab
ua txojkev hlub ruaj khov tshwm los.
19Koj yuav rov khuvleej peb,
thiab muab peb tej kev txhaum tsuj ntiag tseg.
Koj yuav muab peb lub txim huvsi
laim pov tseg rau hauv qab thu hiavtxwv.
20Koj yuav ua txojkev ncaj uas tso siab tau
tshwm rau Yakhauj
thiab ua txojkev hlub ruaj khov
tshwm rau Aplahas,
ib yam li koj twb cog lus ruaj khov
rau peb tej poj koob yawm txwv
thaum ub los lawm.