1. Xnumeʼ li kutan, yal kaʼchʼin chik hoonal
Re xyeebʼal chaq resil saʼ li chʼochʼ anajwan.
Cheseebʼa eeribʼ yalaq bʼar chixyeebʼal:
Jalomaq eekʼaʼuxl, ak thayeʼq li kutan!
Chejal eekʼaʼuxl, ak thayeʼq li kutan!
2. Lee chʼool michʼinan, us ta kaw lee kʼanjel;
Li xbʼaanu bʼan li Kristo, aʼan chebʼaanu.
Li kokʼ chʼaʼajkilal, us ta ra anajwan,
Ak chi seebʼ saʼ choxa teʼisiiq chaq cheru.
Chi seebʼ saʼ choxa teʼisiiq chaq cheru.
3. Wi wan saʼ eebʼeen li ruxtaan li Ahman,
Kʼaʼru reekʼ wi raaxiikʼ bʼoqbʼilex chixkʼulbʼal?
Ak wan lee koroon saʼ ruqʼebʼ li anjel!
Toj chexxik chi ubʼej, ut tento naq teekʼul.
Chexxik chi ubʼej, ut tento naq teekʼul.
4. Chexwanq chi xaqxo naq taayaleʼq eerix,
Lix nimal lee kʼanjel ak nawbʼil xbʼaan laj tza.
Naq kʼix ru lee bʼe, li Jesus wan chekʼatq.
Ak tzʼaqal ruqʼ Aʼan re xtʼanbʼal li xbʼalbʼa.
Tzʼaqal ruqʼ Aʼan re xtʼanbʼal li xbʼalbʼa.
Raatinul: Eliza R. Snow, 1804–1887
Xyaabʼal: Bʼich rehebʼ laj Alemania, chirix 1700