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わたしの好む断食，人が自らを戒める日とは，

このようなものだろうか。

葦のように頭を垂れ，

粗布と灰を敷き広げることなのか。

これを，あなたがたは断食と呼び，

主に喜ばれる日と呼ぶのか。 

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?