¹Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

¹Indro, fa araka ny fahamarinana no hanjakan'ny mpanjaka, ary ny lehibe hanaraka araka ny rariny.

²And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

²Ary hisy lehilahy ho fierena amin'ny rivotra sy ho fialofana amin'ny ranonoram-baratra; Ho ranovelona ao amin'ny tany karankaina izy, ho alo-batolampy lehibe amin'ny tany mahana. [Na: Ary samy]

³And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

³Ary tsy hikimpy ny mason'izay mahita, ary ny sofin'izay mandre dia hihaino.

⁴The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

⁴Ny fon'izay maimaika hahazo fahalalana, ary ny lelan'izay mikodedidedy hahay miteny mahitsy.

⁵The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

⁵Ny adala tsy holazaina intsony hoe mitoetr'andriana, ary ny mpifetsy tsy holazaina hoe mahafoy be. [Heb. mpanankarena]

⁶For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

⁶Fa ny adala mbola miteny fahadalana ihany, ary ny fony mamoron-keloka, mba hanaovany fihatsaram-belatsihy sy hitenenany hevi-diso ny amin'i Jehovah ary hanaovany izay tsy hahazoan'ny noana hanina sy izay tsy hahazoan'ny mangetaheta rano hosotroina. [Na: ratsy]

⁷The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

⁷Ary ratsy ny hafetsen'ny mpifetsy; Mamoron-tsain-dratsy izy hanimbany ny ory amin'ny teny lainga, na dia miteny manan-drariny aza ny malahelo; [Heb. fiasan']

⁸But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

⁸Fa ny mitoetr'andriana kosa dia mamoron-tsaina araka izay mahamendrika andriana, ary izay mahamendrika andriana no ifikirany.

⁹Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

⁹[Anatra mafy tamin'ny vehivavy tao Jerosalema] Mitsangàna, ry vehivavy miadana, ka mandrenesa ny feoko; Ry zazavavy matokitoky foana, mihainoa ny teniko.

¹⁰Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

¹⁰Raha afaka herintaona mahery dia ho raiki-tahotra ianareo, ry vehivavy matokitoky foana; Fa hanjahitra ny taom-piotazam-boaloboka, ary tsy hisy ny fanangonam-boankazo

¹¹Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

¹¹Mangovita, ry vehivavy miadana, mangorohoroa, ry vehivavy matokitoky foana; Endaho ny akanjonao, ka mitanjaha, ary misikìna lamba fisaonana.

¹²They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

¹²Miteha-tratra izy, fa malahelo ny saha nahafinaritra sy ny voaloboka vokatra.

¹³Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

¹³Ho rakotry ny tsilo sy ny hery ny tanin'ny oloko, eny, na dia ny ao amin'ny trano mahafaly rehetra ao an-tanàna ravoravo aza;

¹⁴Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

¹⁴Fa ho foana ny lapan'ny mpanjaka; Hitsahatra ny fihorikoriky ny tanàna; Ofela sy ny tilikambo fitazanana ho tonga naman'ny zohy ho mandrakizay, dia fikarenjen'ny boriki-dia sy fiandrasana ny andian'ny ondry aman'osy, [Na: Ny havoana]

¹⁵Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

¹⁵Mandra-pandatsaka ny fanahy avy amin'ny avo ho amintsika, ka ny efitra ho tonga saha mahavokatra, ary ny saha mahavokatra hoheverina ho ala.

¹⁶Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

¹⁶Ary hitoetra any an-efitra ny rariny, Ary ny fahamarinana honina ao amin'ny saha mahavokatra.

¹⁷And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

¹⁷Ny asan'ny fahamarinana ho fiadanana; Ary ny vokatry ny fahamarinana dia ho fiadanana sy fahatokiana mandrakizay;

¹⁸And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

¹⁸Ary ny oloko hitoetra ao amin'ny fonenana mandry fahizay sy ao amin'ny fitoerana mahatoky ary ao amin'ny fialan-tsasatra feno fiadanam-po;

¹⁹When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

¹⁹Nefa hilatsaka ny havandra, rehefa aripaka ny ala, ary halamaka dia halamaka ny tanàna.Sambatra izay mamafy eny amoron'ny rano rehetra sady mampiriaria ny omby sy ny boriky.

²⁰Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

²⁰Sambatra izay mamafy eny amoron'ny rano rehetra sady mampiriaria ny omby sy ny boriky.