¹Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

¹[Ny hitsarana an'i Samaria sy Jerosalema, sy fanoharana mahamarina ny fitondran'Andriamanitra] Lozan'ny satro-boninahitra, izay reharehan'ny mpimamo any Efraima, sy ny voninkazo mihamalazo amin'ny firàvany tsara tarehy, izay eo an-dohan'ny lohasaha lonaky ny fileon-divay.[Heb. matavy]

²Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

²Indro, ny Tompo manana izay mahery sady matanjaka, tahaka ny rivo-kavandra sy ny tafio-drivotra mandoza; Koa tahaka ny fandriaky ny rano be manafotra no hanjerany azy mafy ho amin'ny tany.

³The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

³Dia hohitsahin'ny tongotra ny satro-boninahitra, Izay reharehan'ny mpimamo any Efraima.

⁴And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

⁴Ary ny voninkazo mihamalazo amin'ny firàvany tsara tarehy, izay eo an-dohan'ny lohasaha lonaka, dia ho tahaka ny voan'aviavy mialin-taona, raha tsy mbola tonga ny fahavaratra, koa izay mahita azy dia mijery, ary raha vao raisiny, dia arapany. [Heb. matavy]

⁵In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

⁵Ary amin'izany andro izany Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, dia ho satro-boninahitra tsara tarehy sy ho fehiloha firavaka ho an'ny olony sisa,

⁶And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

⁶Ary ho fanahy fitsarana ho an'izay mipetraka eo amin'ny fitsarana, sy ho hery ho an'izay mampiverina ny ady hatreo am-bavahady.

⁷But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

⁷Nefa ireo koa dia miraingiraingy azon'ny divay ary mivembena azon'ny toaka; Ny mpisorona sy ny mpaminany miraingiraingy azon'ny toaka; Resin'ny divay ireo; Mivembena azon'ny toaka izy; Miraingiraingy amin'ny fahitana izy ary midoladola eo amin'ny fitsarana.

⁸For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

⁸Fa feno loa sy loto ny latabatra rehetra, ka efa tsy misy madio hitoerana.

⁹Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

⁹Iza no hampianariny fahalalana? Ary iza no hampahafantariny fianarana? Zaza vao notazana va? Ny vao nitsaha-nono va?

¹⁰For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

¹⁰Fa didy anampy didy, didy anampy didy; Fitsipika anampy fitsipika, fitsipika anampy fitsipika; Kely etỳ, ary kely erỳ;

¹¹For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

¹¹Eny, amin'ny molotra miambakambaka sy amin'ny fiteny baiko no hitenenany amin'ity firenena ity,

¹²To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

¹²Izay nilazany hoe: Ity no fitsaharana, ampitsaharo ny reraka, ary ity no famelombelomana; Nefa tsy nety nihaino ireo. [Na: Dia Izy Izay nilaza taminy]

¹³But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

¹³Ary ny tenin'i Jehovah dia ho tonga didy anampy didy aminy tokoa, eny, didy anampy didy, fitsipika anampy fitsipika, fitsipika anampy fitsipika; Kely etỳ, ary kely erỳ, mba hanaovany dia mianotra, ka ho torotoro izy sy hofandrihana ary hosamborina.

¹⁴Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

¹⁴Koa mihainoa ny tenin'i Jehovah ianareo, ry mpaniratsira, izay manapaka ity firenena eto Jerosalema ity.

¹⁵Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

¹⁵Satria ianareo manao hoe: Efa nanao fanekena tamin'ny fahafatesana izahay ary efa nanao fifanarahana tamin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita ka na dia ho avy aza ny loza manafotra, dia tsy hihatra aminy izany, fa ny lainga no nataonay ho fiarovana, ary ny fitaka ho fierena, [Heb. Sheola][Heb. kotopia]

¹⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

¹⁶Dia izao no lazain'i Jehovah Tompo: Indro, Izaho no efa nametraka vato ao Ziona, dia vato voazaha toetra, vato tsara izay fehizoro voaorina ho fanorenana mafy, ka tsy mba ho taitra izay mino.

¹⁷Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

¹⁷Ny fitsarana no hataoko ho fitsipika, ary ny fahamarinana ho pilao; Hopaohin'ny havandra ny lainga fiarovana, ary hindaosin'ny rano ny fierena.

¹⁸And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

¹⁸Hofoanana ny fanekenareo amin'ny fahafatesana, ary tsy haharitra ny fifanarahanareo amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita raha ho avy ny loza manafotra, dia ho tonga fanitsakitsany ianareo.[Heb. Sheola][Heb. kotopia]

¹⁹From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

¹⁹Ary na oviana na oviana no ihaviany, dia hahatratra anareo izany; Fa isa-maraina isa-maraina no hihaviany, na andro na alina; Ary ny vokatry ny fahafantarana izany fianarana izany dia fangovitana ihany.

²⁰For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

²⁰Fa fohy loatra ny farafara ka tsy azon'ny olona ilamparana; Ary kely ny firakotra ka tsy maharakotra, raha misy te-hirakotra azy.

²¹For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

²¹Fa Jehovah hitsangana tahaka ny teo amin'ny tendrombohitra Perazima, ho tezitra tahaka ny teo amin'ny lohasahan'i Gibeona Izy, mba hanaovany ny asany tsy ilay fanaony mandrakariva anefa, ary hahavitany ny ataony tsy ilay vitainy mandrakariva anefa.

²²Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

²²Koa dia aza maniratsira intsony ianareo, fandrao atao mafy ny famatorana anareo; Fa fahafonganana voatendry no efa reko tamin'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, Hamelezana ny tany rehetra.

²³Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

²³Mihainoa ianareo, ka mandrenesa ny feoko; Mitandrema, ka mandrenesa ny teniko.

²⁴Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

²⁴Moa ny mpiasa tany va miasa mba hamafy, na mitombo-doha sy mandravona ny taniny mandrakariva?

²⁵When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

²⁵Rehefa voaravony tsara ny tany, moa tsy afafiny amin'izay va ny voan'ny nigela, ary tsy apariakany va ny komina, ary tsy alahany mitandahatra tsara va ny vary tritika sy ny vary hordea amin'ny tany voafaritra ho azy Ary ny ampemby kosa eny an-tsisiny? [Na: spelta]

²⁶For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

²⁶Fa Andriamaniny no manoro azy izay mety hataony, Eny, Izy no mampianatra azy. [Na: Samy ataony araka izay tandrifiny ho azy avy; Fa Andriamaniny no mampianatra azy]

²⁷For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

²⁷Fa tsy ny kodia vy no ivelezana ny nigela, ary tsy ny kodian'ny sariety no akodiadia amin'ny komina; Fa ny nigela dia velezina amin'ny fantàka, ary ny komina amin'ny tehina.

²⁸Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

²⁸Moa mongomongoiny va ny vary hatao mofo? Tsia, fa tsy veleziny na hampandehanany ny kodian'ny sarietiny sy ny soavaliny lalandava izy; Tsy mongomongoiny tsy akory izy.Izany koa dia avy amin'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro; Fa mahagaga amin'ny fisainana Izy Ary mahatalanjona amin'ny fahendrena.

²⁹This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

²⁹Izany koa dia avy amin'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro; Fa mahagaga amin'ny fisainana Izy Ary mahatalanjona amin'ny fahendrena.