¹And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

¹Ary ianao, ry zanak'olona, dia makà sabatra maranitra ho toy ny harezan'ny mpanala volombava, ka anarato ny lohanao sy ny somotrao, dia makà mizana, ka zarao ny volo.

²Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

²Ny ampahatelony dia dory amin'ny afo ao an-tanàna, rehefa tapitra ny andron'ny fahirano; ary alao koa ny ampahatelony, ka asio ny sabatra manodidina; ary ny ampahatelony dia aelezo ho amin'ny rivotra; ary hanatsoaka sabatra ho enti-manenjika azy Aho.

³Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

³Ary analao vitsivitsy ireo, ka fonosy ao amin'ny sisin-dambanao.

⁴Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

⁴Ary ireny indray dia mbola analao koa, dia atsipazo eo anaty afo izany, ka dory eo fa hisy afo hivoaka avy aminy ho amin'ny taranak'Isiraely rehetra.

⁵Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

⁵Izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Ity Jerosalema ity dia nataoko eo afovoan'ny jentilisa, ka voahodidin'ireny tany ireny izy.

⁶And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

⁶Ary nanao ditra tsy nanaraka ny fitsipiko sy ny didiko izy, fa nanao ratsy mihoatra noho ny jentilisa sy ny tany manodidina azy; eny, nanao ditra tsy nanaraka ny fitsipiko sy ny didiko izy ka tsy nandeha araka izany.

⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

⁷Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Satria ianareo nitabataba mihoatra noho ny firenena manodidina anareo ka tsy nandeha araka ny didiko na nanaraka ny fitsipiko sady tsy nanaraka ny fitsipiky ny firenena izay manodidina anareo aza,

⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

⁸dia izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Indro, Izaho dia Izaho no mamely anao ka hanao fitsarana eo aminao eo imason'ny firenena.

⁹And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

⁹Ary noho ny fahavetavetanao rehetra dia hataoko aminao izay tsy mbola nataoko, sady tsy hataoko tahaka izany intsony.

¹⁰Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

¹⁰Koa ny ray dia hihinana ny zanany eo aminao, ary ny zanaka kosa hihinana ny rainy; ary hanao fitsarana eo aminao Aho, ary izay sisa rehetra aminao dia haeliko ho amin'ny rivotra rehetra;

¹¹Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

¹¹eny, raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, noho ny nandotoanao ny fitoerako masina tamin'ny zava-dratsinao rehetra sy tamin'ny fahavetavetanao rehetra, Izaho kosa dia hampiala ny masoko, fa tsy hiantra; eny, Izaho dia tsy hamindra fo.

¹²A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

¹²Ny ampahatelony eo aminao dia ho fatin'ny areti-mandringana na ho ringan'ny mosary eo aminao; ary ny ampahatelony dia ho lavon'ny sabatra manodidina anao; ary ny ampahatelony dia haeliko ho amin'ny rivotra rehetra, ary hanatsoaka sabatra ho entiko manenjika azy Aho.

¹³Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

¹³Ary ho tanteraka amin'izany ny fahatezerako, sady hampariko aminy ny fahatezerako, ka hialako fo izy; dia ho fantany fa Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany tamin'ny fahasaro-piaroko, rehefa notanterahiko taminy ny fahatezerako.

¹⁴Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

¹⁴Ary hataoko lao sy fandatsa eny amin'ny firenena izay manodidina anao ianao eo imason'izay rehetra mandalo.

¹⁵So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

¹⁵Ka dia hisy latsa sy fitenenan-dratsy sy famaizana sy figagana avy amin'ny jentilisa manodidina anao, rehefa manao fitsarana aminao Aho amin'ny fahatezerana sy ny fahavinirana ary amin'ny fananarana mafy Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany

¹⁶When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

¹⁶raha alefako ho fandringanana azy ny mosary dia ny zana-tsipìka ratsy izay halefako handringana anareo, sady hampitomboiko ny mosary eo aminareo, ka hotapahiko ny mofonareo, izay tohan'aina.Dia haterako mosary sy biby masiaka eo aminareo, izay hahalany fara anareo; ary handroso eo aminao ny areti-mandringana sy ny fandatsahan-drà, ary hataoko mihatra aminao ny sabatra. Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany

¹⁷So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

¹⁷Dia haterako mosary sy biby masiaka eo aminareo, izay hahalany fara anareo; ary handroso eo aminao ny areti-mandringana sy ny fandatsahan-drà, ary hataoko mihatra aminao ny sabatra. Izaho Jehovah no niteny izany