18 Chixoc ba che qui banic ri e nu pixab xukuje' chebinimaj ri nu takomal, chebibana' ri cäquibij, we je quiban wa' man c'o ta c'u jachin quixslaben cho ri ulew;
Rumal ri' nu chomam u yaquic jun rachoch ri Ajawaxel ri nu Dios, jacha' ri chi'nic ri xuban che ri David, ri nu tat, aretak xubij che chi ri u c'ojol, ri cuban na che chi cajawin pa ri u c'olbal, are' ri' ri cäyacow na ri rachoch che u ya'ic u k'ij.
Pa tak ri u k'ijol, ri Juda cäto'taj na xukuje' ri Israel man c'o ta chi cäyo'w ta chi latz' che. Are c'u u bi' wa ri cäbix na: ‘Ri Ajawaxel are' ka ch'äcanic.’ ”
Ri e are' e qui bim tak chiwe: ‘Chiya' can ri itzel i c'aslemal xukuje' ri e itzel tak i banoj; jeri' cuya' quixjeki' na chupam ri ulew ri xuya' ri Ajawaxel chiwe re chbe k'ij sak xukuje' chque ri e i mam.
Pa we k'ijol ri' ri Juda man c'o ta cuc'ulmaj na xukuje' ri Jerusalen cajeki' na pa jiquiban c'uxaj. Are c'u bi'aj wa' ri caquinatabej rech: ‘Ri Ajawaxel Dios are' ka ch'äcanem.’
Aretak quinya' canok chi cux chaki'j uwo sak xukuje' pa etzeletajic ri ulew qui mac ri xojibalaj tak qui mac ri xequibano, c'äte ri' cänataj na chque chi in ri' ri Ajawaxel.’
Chatoc il che qui banic ri cubij ri nu pixab. Mabano chi quebetz'en ri awawaj cuc' tak awaj ri e jule' chic quija'lil. Matic jalan tak ija' chupam ri awulew ri cuyuj ta rib. Macoj jun awatz'iak ri jalan tak bätz' e cojom che u quemic.
Aretak c'ut ix k'axenak chic pa ri Jordan, ix c'u jekel chic pa ri ulew ri cujach na pa i k'ab, ix to'tajinak chic pa qui k'ab ri e i c'ulel ri quech'ojin iwuc', xukuje' man c'o ta chi jas quixe'j ta chi wi iwib,
Xubij c'ut ri cuc'ulmaj na ri Benjamin: “Ri culok'ok'ej rumal ri Ajawaxel man c'o ta cubisoj; ri aj chicajil cäch'ukuw na ronojel k'ij. Cäc'oji' na chuxe' ri u to'banic.”
Ri Israel cajeki' na ruc' cu'bisan c'uxaj, ri e rija'lil quejeki' na pa jamaril. Pa ri rulew quec'oji' wi na qui kajebal tak trico xukuje' ticbal tak uva, mawi ta c'u jubik' ma ta cäkaj ulok ri jäb cho ri caj paquiwi'.