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Ese tipo de ayuno
no me agrada para nada.

»Ustedes agachan la cabeza
como una caña del río,
y vestidos de luto
se acuestan sobre la ceniza.
Y a eso le llaman “ayuno”
y “día agradable para Dios”.

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Is this the kind of fast(A) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble(B) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(C)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(D)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

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