1 Shamai (hearken / hear) now to what Yahawah () amar (spoke): “qawam (rise up), rayab (plead) your case before the harayam (mountains), and let the gabaiwath (hills) shamai (hearken / hear) what you have to say.
2 Shamai (hearken / hear), you harayam (mountains), Yahawah () rayab (controversy), and you enduring masaday (foundations) of the aratz (Earth/land); for Yahawah () has a rayab (controversy) with his im (nation / people), and he will contend with Yashar-Al (Israel).
3 My im (nation / people), what ishah (make) I done to you? How have I burdened you? Inah (answer / respond) me!
4 For I ilah (go up / offer) you up out of the aratz (Earth/land) of Matzarayam (Matzarayam / Egypt), and padah (redeemed) you out of the bayath (house) of ibad (servant). I shalach (send) panayam (face) you Mashah (Moses), Aharawan (Aaron), and Marayam (Miriam).
5 My im (nation / people), zakar (remember) now what Balaq (Balak) malak (king) of Mawaab (Moab) yaitz (devised), and what Balaim (Balaam) the ban (son) of Baiwar (Beor) inah (answer / respond) him from Shatayam (Shittim) to Galagal (Gilgal), that you may yadai (know) the tzadaqah (righteousness) acts of Yahawah ().”
6 How shall I qadam (come) before Yahawah (), and kapap (bow) myself before the exalted Alahayam ()? Shall I qadam (come) before him with burnt iwalawath (offerings), with calves a shanah (year) ban (son)?
7 Will Yahawah () be ratzah (pleased) with alapay (thousands) of ayalayam (rams)? With rababawath (tens) of thousands of nachalay (rivers) of shaman (oil)? Shall I nathan (give) my bakawar (firstborn) for my disobedience? The paray (fruit) of my batan (body) for the chataah (sin) of my napash (soul)?
8 He has shown you, O adam (man), what is tawab (good / proper function). What does Yahawah () darash (require) of you, but to act justly, to ahabah (love) chasad (grace), and to yalak (walk) tzanai (humbly) with your Alahayam ()?
9 Yahawah () qawal (sound / voice) qaraa (called) to the iyar (city), and thawashayah (wisdom) yaraa (fear / be afraid) your sham (name): “shamai (hearken / hear) to the matah (staff / rod / tribe), and he who yaid (appointed) it.
10 Are there yet atzarawath (treasures) of rashai (wickedness) in the bayath (house) of the rashai (wicked), and a short ayapah (ephah) that is accursed?
11 Shall I be zakah (pure) with dishonest scales, and with a kayas (bag) of deceitful abanay (weights)?
12 Her ishayar (rich) men are malaa (full) of chamas (violence), her yashab (inhabit/dwell) dabar (word / matter) shaqar (lies), and their lashawan (tongue / language) is deceitful in their pah (speech).
13 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous nakah (wound). I have shamam (made) you desolate because of your chataah (sin).
14 You shall akal (eat), but not be shabai (satisfied). Your humiliation will be in your qarab (among / near). You will store up, but not palat (save); and that which you palat (save) I will nathan (give) up to the charab (sword).
15 You will zarai (sow), but won't qatzar (reap). You will darak (tread) the zayath (olive), but won't sawak (anoint) yourself with shaman (oil); and thayarawash (crush) grapes, but won't shathah (drinks) the thayarawash (wine).
16 For the chaqawath (statutes) of Imaray (Omri) are shamar (keep/guard), and all the maishah (works) of the bayath (house) of Achaab (Ahab). You yalak (walk) in their mawaitzah (counsels), that I may nathan (give) you a ruin, and her yashab (inhabit/dwell) a sharaqah (hissing); And you will nashaa (lift) the charapah (reproach) of my im (nation / people).”