¹Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

¹Andeha hiverina ho amin'i Jehovah isika; Fa Izy no namiravira, ary Izy ihany no hahasitrana antsika; Izy no namely, ary Izy no hamehy ny ferintsika.

²After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

²Rehefa afaka indroa andro, dia hovelominy indray isika; Ary amin'ny andro fahatelo, dia hatsangany ho velona eo anatrehany isika

³Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

³Dia aoka hahalala, eny, aoka hiezaka hahalala an'i Jehovah isika; Mahatoky toy ny maraina ny fiposahany, dia ho avy amintsika toy ny ranonorana mivatravatra Izy, sy toy ny fara orana izay mahavonto ny tany.

⁴O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

⁴Inona re no ho azoko atao aminao, ry Efraima? Inona re no ho azoko atao aminao, ry Joda? Fa toy ny rahona maraina ny fitiavanareo sy tahaka ny ando izay levona, raha vao maraina ny andro.

⁵Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

⁵Ary noho izany ny mpaminany no nentiko nikapa azy, ny tenin'ny vavako no nentiko namono azy; Ary ny fitsarana anao dia hiposaka toy ny mazava.

⁶For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

⁶Fa famindram-po no sitrako, fa tsy fanatitra alatsa-drà, ary fahalalana an'Andriamanitra noho ny fanatitra dorana.

⁷But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

⁷Fa ireny dia nivadika ny fanekena tahaka an'i Adama, tao no nivadihany nahafoizany Ahy.

⁸Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

⁸Gileada dia tanànan'ny mpanao ratsy sady voaloton'ny rà.

⁹And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

⁹Ary toy ny fanotriky ny jiolahy no fikamban'ny mpisorona: Mamono eny an-dalambe mankany Sekema izy, eny, efa nanao fahavetavetana koa izy.

¹⁰I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

¹⁰Tao amin'ny taranak'Isiraely no nahitako zavatra mahatsiravina: ao ny fijangajangan'i Efraima, voaloto Isiraely.Ny aminao, ry Joda, dia voatendry koa ny andro hijinjana anao, rehefa ampodiko avy amin'ny fahababoana ny oloko.

¹¹Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

¹¹Ny aminao, ry Joda, dia voatendry koa ny andro hijinjana anao, rehefa ampodiko avy amin'ny fahababoana ny oloko.