American Standard Version (1901)
Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
ASV Byzantine Text
Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Asang Khongca Bible
Kami maeto loe buhzah moe, poek patanghaih hoiah oh, anih loe phroh kazai baktiah zai sut moe, kazii to angzaeng hoi maiphu nuiah angsong sut, to tiah ohhaih ani to maw ka koeh ih buhzahhaih ah oh? To tiah sakhaih loe Angraeng mah tapom koi buhzahhaih ah oh, tiah thui thai tih maw?
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Kai kah ka tuek yaehnah tah he tla om a? Hlang loh amah kah hinglu a phaep ham khohnin dae ni. A lu te canghlong bangla duengyai tih tlamhni neh hmaiphu a phaih te nim? Te mai te nim yaehnah neh BOEIPA taengkah kolonah khohnin na ti van?
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Kai kah ka tuek yaehnah tah he tla om a? Hlang loh amah kah hinglu a phaep ham khohnin dae ni. A lu te canghlong bangla duengyai tih tlamhni neh hmaiphu a phaih te nim? Te mai te nim yaehnah neh BOEIPA taengkah kolonah khohnin na ti van?
Hawaiian Bible 1868
O ka hookeai anei me ia ka'u i makemake ai? He la e hookaumaha ai ke kanaka i kona uhane? E hookulou hoi i kona poo ilalo, me he kaluha la? A haalii i ke kapa ino, a me ka lehu ahi? E kapa aku anei oe i keia, he hookeai, A he la oluolu no Iehova?
English Berean Standard Bible
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Eske mwen ka pran plezi nan kalite jèn sa a? Se sa nou rele yon jou n'ap pran lapenn pou sa nou fè ki mal? Fè jèn pou nou, se bese tèt nou jouk atè tankou wozo van ap pliye, se kouche plat atè sou sak nan mitan sann dife. Atò se sa nou rele fè jèn? Se sa ki pou fè Bondye plezi a?
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Numquid tale est jejunium quod elegi, per diem affligere hominem animam suam? numquid contorquere quasi circulum caput suum, et saccum et cinerem sternere? numquid istud vocabis jejunium, et diem acceptabilem Domino?]
Bible in Basic English
Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?
French: Bible J.N. Darby
Est-ce un jeûne comme celui-là que j’ai choisi, un jour où un homme afflige son âme ? Courber sa tête comme un roseau, et étendre sous soi le sac et la cendre, appelleras-tu cela un jeûne, et un jour agréable à l’ Éternel ?
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Zdaliž to jest takový půst, jakýž oblibuji, a den, v němž by trápil člověk duši svou? Zdali, aby svěsil jako třtina hlavu svou, a podstíral žíni a popel? To-liž nazůveš postem a dnem vzácným Hospodinu?
Kosraean Bible
Pacl kowos lalo, kowos sifacna oru kowos in keok. Kowos suwoli nwe ten oana soko loa kuruweni, ac kowos laknelik nuknuk yohk eoa ac sang apat nu fac kowos in ona fac. Ya kowos pangon mu pa ingan lalo uh? Ya kowos nunku mu nga engankin?
World Portuguese Bible
É este o jejum que escolhi? Um dia para o homem humilhar a sua alma? É para inclinar a cabeça como um junco, e estender pano de saco e cinzas debaixo de si? Você chamará a isso de jejum, e de dia aceitável ao SENHOR?
Romanian BTF Bible
Este acesta postul pe care eu l-am ales? O zi pentru om ca să îşi chinuiască sufletul? Este pentru a-şi pleca al său cap ca o trestie şi a-şi întinde pânză de sac şi cenuşă sub el? Vei numi aceasta un post şi o zi bine primită pentru DOMNUL?
Brenton English Septuagint
I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.
Burmese Common Language Bible
သင်တို့သည်အစာရှောင်လျက်တစ်ရက်တာမျှ မိမိကိုယ်ကိုနှိမ့်ချခြင်းကိုငါနှစ်သက်သည် ဟုထင်မှတ်ကြသလော။ ဒုက္ခခံလျက်မြက်ပင် များသဖွယ်ဦးခေါင်းများကိုကိုင်းညွှတ်၍ မိမိတို့ထိုင်ရန်လျှော်တေအဝတ်နှင့်ပြာ ကိုခင်းတတ်ကြ၏။ ဤအပြုအမူကား အစာရှောင်ခြင်းဟု သင်တို့ခေါ်ဆိုကြသည့် အရာပေလော။ ယင်းသို့သင်တို့ပြုမူသော နေ့ရက်ကို ငါနှစ်သက်မြတ်နိုးတော်မူ သည်ဟုသင်တို့ထင်မှတ်ကြပါသလော။
Darby Translation
Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, — that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Ist dergleichen ein Fasten, an dem ich Gefallen habe, ein Tag, an welchem der Mensch seine Seele kasteit? Seinen Kopf zu beugen wie ein Schilf, und Sacktuch und Asche unter sich zu betten, nennst du das ein Fasten und einen dem Jehova wohlgefälligen Tag?
Dutch Bible 1917
Zou het zulk een vasten zijn, dat Ik verkiezen zou, dat de mens zijn ziel een dag kwelle, dat hij zijn hoofd kromme gelijk een bieze, en een zak en as onder zich spreide? Zoudt gij dat een vasten heten, en een dag den HEERE aangenaam?
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
Is dit soms een vasten, die Mij aangenaam is, Een dag, waarop de mens zich vernedert? Zijn hoofd laten hangen als een riet, In zak en as gaan liggen: Noemt ge dat soms vasten, Dat soms een dag, die Jahweh behaagt?
Italian Diodati Bible
Il digiuno che io approvo, e il giorno che l'uomo deve affliggere l'anima sua è egli tale? nominerai tu questo digiuno, e giorno accettevole al Signore, che l'uomo chini il capo come un giunco, e si corichi nel cilicio, e nella cenere ?
Douay-Rheims 1899
Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Geneva Bible 1599
Is it such a fast that I haue chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bull rush, and to lie downe in sackecloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?
Noyes Bible
Is this the fast that I approve, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it that he should bow down his head like a bulrush, And lie down in sackcloth and ashes? Wilt thou call this a fast, And a day acceptable to Jehovah?
Danish Bible 1931
Er det Faste efter mit Sind, en Dag, da et Menneske spæger sig? At hænge med sit Hoved som Siv, at ligge i Sæk og Aske, kalder du det for Faste, en Dag, der behager HERREN?
Leeser Tanakh
Is such then the fast which I can choose? a day that a man afflicteth his soul? to bend his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes for his couch? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day of acceptability unto the Lord?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
King James Version
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
King James Version + Apocrypha
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Đó há phải là sự kiêng ăn mà ta chọn lựa, há phải là ngày người ta dằn lòng mình đâu? Cúi đầu như cây sậy, nằm trên bao gai và trên tro, đó há phải điều ngươi gọi là kiêng ăn, là ngày đẹp lòng Đức Giê-hô-va sao?
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, And to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the Lord?
Revised West Version
ʻOku pehē koā ʻae ʻaukai kuo u fili? Ko e ʻaho ke fakamamahi ʻe he tangata hono laumālie? Ko e meʻa ia ke mapelu ki lalo hono ʻulu ʻo hangē ko e kaho, pea ke fofola ʻae tauangaʻa mo e efuefu ki lalo ʻiate ia? Te ke ui ʻae meʻa ni ko e ʻaukai, pea ko e ʻaho fakatuʻotuʻamelie kia Sihova?
French Ostervald Bible
Est-ce là le jeûne auquel je prends plaisir, un jour où l'homme afflige son âme? Est-ce de courber sa tête comme un jonc, de se coucher sur le sac et la cendre? Appelleras-tu cela un jeûne, un jour agréable à l'Éternel?
Esperanto Bible
Ĉu tia estas fasto, kiu plaĉas al Mi, kiam homo turmentas sian animon, klinas sian kapon kiel kanon, kaj sternas sub si sakaĵon kaj cindron? ĉu tion vi nomas fasto kaj tago plaĉanta al la Eternulo?
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
Est-ce là le jeûne auquel je prends plaisir, Un jour où l’homme humilie son âme? Courber la tête comme un jonc, Et se coucher sur le sac et la cendre, Est-ce là ce que tu appelleras un jeûne, Un jour agréable à l’Éternel?
German Luther Bible 1912
Sollte das ein Fasten sein, das ich erwählen soll, daß ein Mensch seinem Leibe des Tages übel tue oder seinen Kopf hänge wie ein Schilf oder auf einem Sack und in der Asche liege? Wollt ihr das ein Fasten nennen und einen Tag, dem HERRN angenehm?
LXX2012 U. S. English
I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though you should bend down your neck as a ring, and spread under you sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall you⌃ call a fast acceptable.
British English Septuagint 2012
I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though you should bend down your neck as a ring, and spread under you sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall you⌃ call a fast acceptable.
Majority Standard BIble
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Webster Bible
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Revised Version
Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Italian Riveduta Bible
E’ questo il digiuno di cui io mi compiaccio? il giorno in cui l’uomo affligge l’anima sua? Curvar la testa come un giunco, sdraiarsi sul sacco e sulla cenere, è egli questo che tu chiami un digiuno, un giorno accetto all’Eterno?
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Est-ce là le jeûne que j'ai choisi ? Un jour où l'homme humilie son âme ? Est-ce pour courber la tête comme un jonc, et pour s'étendre sur le sac et la cendre ? Est-ce là ce que tu appelleras un jeûne, un jour agréable au SEIGNEUR ?
Reina Valera 1909
¿Es tal el ayuno que yo escogí, que de día aflija el hombre su alma, que encorve su cabeza como junco, y haga cama de saco y de ceniza? ¿Llamaréis esto ayuno, y día agradable á Jehová?
Spanish BLL
¿Es este el ayuno que yo elegí? ¿Un día para que el hombre se mortifique a sí mismo? ¿Acaso solo consiste en inclinar la cabeza como un junco y en acostarse sobre ceniza y ropa de luto? ¿A eso le llaman ayuno y día aceptable para Yahvé?
Spanish Free Bible for the World
¿Es tal el ayuno que yo escogí, que de día aflija el hombre su alma, que incline su cabeza como junco, y haga cama de cilicio y de ceniza? ¿Llamaréis a esto ayuno, y día agradable a Yahvé?
Croatian Bible
Zar je meni takav post po volji u dan kad se čovjek trapi? Spuštati kao rogoz glavu k zemlji, sterati poda se kostrijet i pepeo, hoćeš li to zvati postom i danom ugodnim Jahvi?
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Takav li je post koji izabrah da čovek muči dušu svoju jedan dan? Da savija glavu svoju kao sita i da stere poda se kostret i pepeo? To li ćeš zvati post i dan ugodan Gospodu?
German Textbibel
Kann etwa derartig ein Fasten sein, wie ich es haben will: ein Tag, an dem der Mensch sich kasteit? daß einer der Binse gleich seinen Kopf niederbeugt und Sack und Asche unterbreitet - kannst du das ein Fasten nennen und einen Tag des Wohlgefallens für Jahwe?
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
הֲכָזֶ֗ה יִֽהְיֶה֙ צ֣וֹם אֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ י֛וֹם עַנּ֥וֹת אָדָ֖ם נַפְשׁ֑וֹ הֲלָכֹ֨ף כְּאַגְמֹ֜ן רֹאשׁ֗וֹ וְשַׂ֤ק וָאֵ֨פֶר֙ יַצִּ֔יעַ הֲלָזֶה֙ תִּקְרָא־צ֔וֹם וְי֥וֹם רָצ֖וֹן לַיהוָֽה׃
World English Bible
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
World English Bible (Catholic)
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
World English Bible British Edition
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
World English Bible Classic
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
World English Bible Updated
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
World Messianic Bible
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
World Messianic Bible British Edition
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Young's Literal Translation
Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man's afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day — to Jehovah?
SEPTUAGINTA
οὐ ταύτην τὴν νηστείαν ἐξελεξάμην καὶ ἡμέραν ταπεινοῦν ἄνθρωπον τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ· οὐδ᾿ ἂν κάμψῃς ὡς κρίκον τὸν τράχηλόν σου καὶ σάκκον καὶ σποδὸν ὑποστρώσῃ, οὐδ᾿ οὕτω καλέσετε νηστείαν δεκτήν.
Brenton Septuagint
Οὐ ταύτην τὴν νηστείαν ἐξελεξάμην, καὶ ἡμέραν ταπεινοῦν ἄνθρωπον τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ· οὐδʼ ἂν κάμψῃς ὡς κρίκον τὸν τράχηλόν σου, καὶ σάκκον καὶ σποδὸν ὑποστρώσῃ, οὐδʼ οὕτω καλέσετε νηστείαν δεκτήν.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Оаре ачеста есте постул плэкут Мие: сэ-шь кинуяскэ омул суфлетул о зи? Сэ-шь плече капул ка ун пипириг ши сэ се кулче пе сак ши ченушэ? Ачаста нумешть ту пост ши зи плэкутэ Домнулуй?
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Чи се такий піст, який я собі вибрав, — день, коли то чоловік впокорює душу свою, похилює, наче тростина, голову свою й попіл та верітку підстилає під себе? Чи се назвеш ти постом та днем угодним Господеві?
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Чи се такий піст, який я собі вибрав, — день, коли то чоловік впокорює душу свою, похилює, наче тростина, голову свою й попіл та верітку підстилає під себе? Чи се назвеш ти постом та днем угодним Господеві?
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Такав ли је пост који изабрах да човек мучи душу своју један дан? Да савија главу своју као сита и да стере пода се кострет и пепео? То ли ћеш звати пост и дан угодан Господу?
Russian Synodal Bible
Таков ли тот пост, который Я избрал, день, в который томит человек душу свою, когда гнет голову свою, как тростник, и подстилает под себя рубище и пепел? Это ли назовешь постом и днем, угодным Господу?
Hebrew Masoretic OT
הֲכָזֶ֗ה יִֽהְיֶה֙ צֹ֣ום אֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ יֹ֛ום עַנֹּ֥ות אָדָ֖ם נַפְשֹׁ֑ו הֲלָכֹ֨ף כְּאַגְמֹ֜ן רֹאשֹׁ֗ו וְשַׂ֤ק וָאֵ֙פֶר֙ יַצִּ֔יעַ הֲלָזֶה֙ תִּקְרָא־צֹ֔ום וְיֹ֥ום רָצֹ֖ון לַיהוָֽה׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
הכזה יהיה צום אבחרהו יום ענות אדם נפשו הלכף כאגמן ראשו ושק ואפר יציע הלזה תקרא צום ויום רצון ליהוה׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
أَمِثْلُ هَذَا يَكُونُ صَوْمٌ أَخْتَارُهُ؟ يَوْمًا يُذَلِّلُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ فِيهِ نَفْسَهُ، يُحْنِي كَٱلْأَسَلَةِ رَأْسَهُ، وَيْفْرُشُ تَحْتَهُ مِسْحًا وَرَمَادًا. هَلْ تُسَمِّي هَذَا صَوْمًا وَيَوْمًا مَقْبُولًا لِلرَّبِّ؟
Old Persion Version Bible
آیا روزهای که من میپسندم مثل این است، روزی که آدمی جان خود را برنجاند و سر خود را مثل نی خم ساخته، پلاس و خاکستر زیر خود بگستراند؟ آیا این راروزه و روز مقبول خداوند میخوانی؟
Judson Burmese Bible
ငါနှစ်သက် သော အစာရှောင် ခြင်းသည် ထို သို့ သော လက္ခဏာရှိ သလော။ လူ သည် တ ရက်တွင် ခြိုးခြံ စွာကျင့် ခြင်း၊ ကိုင်း ပင်ကဲ့သို့ ဦးချ ခြင်း၊ အိပ်ရာဘို့ လျော်တေ နှင့်ပြာ ကို ခင်း ခြင်း၊ လက္ခဏာရှိလျှင်၊ အစာရှောင် ခြင်း ဟူ၍၎င်း ၊ ထာဝရဘုရား နှစ်သက် တော်မူသော နေ့ ရက်ဟူ၍၎င်း မှည့် အပ်သလော။
Korean Bible 1910
이것이 어찌 나의 기뻐하는 금식이 되겠으며 이것이 어찌 사람이 그 마음을 괴롭게 하는 날이 되겠느냐 그 머리를 갈대 같이 숙이고 굵은 베와 재를 펴는 것을 어찌 금식이라 하겠으며 여호와께 열납될 날이라 하겠느냐
Japanese Freedom Bible
これが、わたしの選んだ断食なのか。 人が自分を苦しめる日なのか。 葦のように頭を垂れ、 粗布と灰を自分の下に敷くことなのか。 あなたはこれを断食、 主に受け入れられる日と呼ぶのか。
World Chinese Bible
这就是我所拣选的禁食吗? 是叫人刻苦己心的一天吗? 难道只是像芦苇一样低头, 把麻布和灰铺在自己身下吗? 你能称这为禁食, 称这为耶和华所悦纳的日子吗?
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
这样禁食岂是我所拣选、 使人刻苦己心的日子吗? 岂是叫人垂头像苇子, 用麻布和炉灰铺在他以下吗? 你这可称为禁食、为耶和华所悦纳的日子吗?
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
這樣禁食豈是我所揀選、 使人刻苦己心的日子嗎? 豈是叫人垂頭像葦子, 用麻布和爐灰鋪在他以下嗎? 你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子嗎?
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
Seria este o jejum que eu escolheria, que o homem um dia aflija sua alma, incline sua cabeça como o junco, e estenda debaixo de si saco e cinza? Chamarias tu a isto jejum e dia agradável ao SENHOR?
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Mashi Bible
Ka kwo kucîshalisa nnonza okwôla! Ka luligi lusiku omuntu ankaderha mpu acîshalisizemwo olwôla? Okulegerera okubire igosi nk’ishasha, okucîbwîka sunzu n’okucîshîga oluvù: ka okwôla kwo odesirage kucîshalisa, kulyâla kwankasimîsa Nyakasane?
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Meinet ihr, daß mir ein solches Fasten gefalle, da der Mensch sich selbst einen Tag lang quält und seinen Kopf hängen läßt wie ein Schilf und sich in Sack und Asche bettet? Willst du das ein Fasten nennen und einen dem HERRN angenehmen Tag?
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
¿He dado órdenes para un día como este? ¿Un día para guardarse de placer? ¿Es solo agacharse como una caña, para que se acueste en cilicio y ceniza? ¿Es esto lo que te parece un día santo, agradable al Señor?
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
¿Es éste el ayuno que Yo escogí, que el hombre aflija su alma de día, que incline la cabeza como un junco y se acueste sobre tela áspera y ceniza? ¿Llamarán a eso ayuno, es decir, día agradable a Yavé?
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
Is such as this a tzom that I have chosen? Merely for adam to afflict his nefesh? To bow down his rosh like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and efer (ashes) under him? Wilt thou call this a tzom, and a yom ratzon (a day of acceptance, an acceptable day) unto Hashem?
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